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A woman in the Tang Dynasty was the emperor, and a woman in the Zhou Dynasty could be the queen mother and listen to the government behind the curtain.

In the same way, you can master the court and become the actual supreme leader of the country.

Although it cannot be said that men and women are equal as in later generations, the status of women in the Great Zhou Dynasty was definitely considered very high in the feudal dynasties.

After outings, mountain climbing, horseback riding, hunting, and necessary entertainment, Sheng Changbai stopped receiving people who came to visit him.

They were quite old, hadn't even passed the state exam, and went to the ancestral house of the Sheng family one by one to ask Sheng Changbai for advice.

How could Sheng Changbai have so much time to waste with so many people.

It's not that Sheng Changbai doesn't want to support these fellow villagers, You Yang sees it as a county with a good economic development.

There are many wealthy families and many scholars, but the quality is really not good. In the decades since the founding of the country, a total of six scholars have been awarded.

The Sheng family accounted for half of them, and the three members of the Sheng family were able to win the Jinshi, and they all got admitted after studying with famous teachers from outside.

Excluding the Sheng family, in the county town of Youyang, it took more than 20 years to produce a Jinshi.

No generation can produce a successful student.

The foundation is too poor, and Sheng Changbai really can't help him.

Uncle Wei and Chang Song were in charge of preparing for the ancestor worship.

Rejecting the stranger's visit, Sheng Changbai took a group of younger brothers and sisters to play around and became the king of children.

The fifth day after coming back is a good day for people to see it, and it is suitable for offering sacrifices.

Led by Sheng Changbai, a large-scale sacrificial ceremony was held, with five animals and three animals, which was more solemn than during the New Year and Qingming Festival.

Someone in the family has passed the Jinshi examination. Even in this feudal era, the most important thing for the family is far more than the usual festivals.

After the sacrificial offering, a large banquet begins, and ancestor worship is also a group building activity for the family to unite people's hearts.

The members of the Sheng family, the guests who came to watch the ceremony, and the idlers who joined in the fun, the Sheng family did not refuse anyone who came, and a hundred banquets, large and small, filled the entire Zhuangzi, what a grand scene.

This is what Wang Ruofu wanted to do in the capital, but because of scruples, he didn't implement it.

In Youyang, far away from the emperor, the Sheng family is the biggest noble.

Even the county magistrate, the master Bo, and the two big officials in the county can only make the Sheng family a little scruples, there is no need to be too scruples.

Sheng Wei wanted to do something big, and Sheng Changbai had no reason to refuse.

After staying in Youyang for ten days, Sheng Changbai had seen all around Youyang.

For this hometown, Sheng Changbai is quite familiar with it, and when someone asks about his hometown, he doesn't know what to introduce.

Half of the one-month holiday passed in the blink of an eye, and it was time for Sheng Changbai to return to Beijing.

When he came, Sheng Changbai brought a lot of people and a lot of goods, filling a big boat.

When returning home, Sheng Changbai was not able to pack lightly, and even a boat could not fit it.

I brought back two boats full of goods, and took away more things than I brought.

Except for some Youyang's local specialties, which are meant to let Mrs. Sheng and Sheng Hong miss their hometown and relieve their nostalgia, most of the remaining things are valuable goods.

The two shipments that Uncle Wei loaded were not cheap when they were in Youyang.

After bringing it back to Bianliang, the value will at least double again.

If it can ensure the safety of goods transported on the road, it will be less exploited by bandits, robbers, officials, and tyrants.

Going to Bianjing to do business, the profits are quite considerable.

Maybe it was because of the official ship that Sheng Changbai was on this trip.

The back and forth was quite peaceful, Sheng Changbai wanted this group of teenagers, but he failed to achieve his goal of seeing blood.

"Bai'er, has this journey been smooth? After staying in Youyang for so long, you have suffered a lot, right?"

Sheng Changbai was away from home for so long for the first time, and Wang Ruofu was very worried.

"I didn't suffer. Our hometown, Youyang, has good mountains and rivers, and a good place to live. What kind of hardship can I suffer?"

Wang Ruofu grew up in Bianliang, and he disliked that Youyang was not as prosperous as Bianliang.

There are all kinds of inconveniences when shopping. There are no new rouge, the most popular jewelry, and the most novel materials.

He has no old friends of his own, and no female relatives who are quite comparable to him.

There are still a bunch of elders and relatives who need to deal with and are unwilling to go back.

But Sheng Changbai didn't think there was anything wrong with Youyang, and if time allowed, Sheng Changbai even wanted to stay in Youyang for a while longer.

Not to mention that in Yuyang, there is no emperor, no honorable ministers, and playing is more comfortable than Bianliang.

It's business, Sheng Changbai is not finished yet.

The time is too short, and I don't know whether Changwu has made up his mind to perform martial arts.

What is Dafang's attitude towards Sun Shentong, and what is Shulan's future like?

Sheng Changbai doesn't know yet.

"How is that possible? What about You Yang? It's not like I haven't been there before. Bai'er, you've been away for so long, and your mother hasn't been idle in the capital. When my mother went out during this time, she met many girls from rich families."

Wang Ruofu said briskly, to see a girl from someone else's house is of course to show Sheng Changbai his wife.

"Mother, I've only tied my hair, and there are still five years before I can reach the crown."

Sheng Changbai and Wang Ruofu emphasized their age.

Men from scholars' families are the latest group of people to get married.

Yuan Wenshao is a son of a noble family, even in his early twenties he is considered an old man.

It is not uncommon for literati who are studying to not get married at thirty.

"Fifteen is not too young. According to the regulations of our Great Zhou Dynasty, a man can get married when he is fifteen. Now that you have passed the imperial examination, marry a wife early, and you are not afraid of delaying your studies. Taking advantage of these few years, the officials have kept you in the capital. If you don't rush to arrange the marriage, what are you waiting for?" Wang Ruofu has various reasons, which are quite sufficient.

"Manly man, if you don't have a career, how can you start a family. Although I passed the imperial examination, I still can't achieve anything in the court. How can I think about getting married and starting a family so early?"

Sheng Changbai said awe-inspiringly.

In fact, Sheng Changbai is still young, and he doesn't want to think about it for the time being.

The other is that Sheng Changbai really didn't believe Wang Ruofu's vision.

Even in this feudal dynasty, the era of arranged marriages.

It's not easy to engage in free love, but Sheng Changbai at least has to choose a talent line that he is satisfied with in all aspects.

With the rich family assets of the Sheng family, the Qingliu family has successfully passed down three generations of poems and books.

Sheng Changbai went to high school again with his hair tied up. In the Zhou Dynasty, there were not many women that Sheng Changbai couldn't match.

Even the emperor's daughter wanted to marry Sheng Changbai, but Sheng Changbai could not agree.

In order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, although the son-in-law of the Great Zhou Dynasty cannot say that they are not allowed to participate in government affairs, the political upper limit is too low, and the fourth-rank officials are the limit, and they cannot grasp any important real power.

Ordinary Jinshi with a better ranking would not agree with Princess Shang, let alone Sheng Changbai.

"It's impossible if you don't get married. If you don't want to marry a wife, your aunt and aunt will send their daughter to our house. When they got the news that you won Tanhua, they have sent me several letters, urging me to get married."

What Wang Ruofu said was simply bad news.

Fortunately, what Wang Ruofu said was obviously that he did not want Sheng Changbai to marry the daughter of the Wang family and the Kang family.

"That's even more impossible. They are all my sisters. How can I marry them?"

Sheng Changbai flatly refused, saying that it is impossible for close relatives to marry, and it has nothing to do with the fact that the Wang family is not as good as it used to be, and the Kang family is in trouble.

No matter how good the two families are, it is impossible for Sheng Changbai to marry the daughters of these two families.

Can't afford to have a mentally handicapped price.

In fact, although there is no clear proof in ancient times, these aristocratic families still know more or less that marriages between close relatives are likely to give birth to frail, disabled, and dementia children.

But for the ancients, the benefits of close marriage are also obvious.

Not to mention being able to unite the relationship between in-laws more closely, in addition to the high probability of giving birth to a child with dementia, the probability of giving birth to a young genius is also high.

It is because of the existence of the concubine and the concubine that there are many cousins ​​and cousins ​​who are not related by blood.

For example, Sheng Changbai and the concubine of the Kang family have no blood relationship.

Sheng Changfeng and the Wang family's children are actually not related by blood.

With these pretentious things mixed in, it will make people think that the probability of a child getting sick after a close relative gets married is not very high.

One of the consequences of this is that, in the eyes of the ancients, the benefits of marriage between close relatives are higher than the harm.

Take the Sheng family as an example, as long as there is a genius in the family, he will be admitted as a Jinshi.

It is more useful than a hundred mediocre people.

"You think I'm willing to let you marry their daughter. When you went to Youyang, you don't know anything about the situation. You don't know that your marriage can't go on. Recently, the threshold of our family is almost broken by matchmakers."

"The matchmakers are not reliable, so they shouldn't be allowed in. What's your father's attitude towards this matter?"

It's not that Sheng Changbai dislikes matchmakers as bad, he's just someone from the upper class.

There is no way to let a matchmaker come directly to the door, at least find a middleman first, inquire about it side-by-side, and only ask the matchmaker to come to the door if you are interested.

These people who come here to find a matchmaker are either not of high class, or they have insufficient morals and brains.

It can be said that there is no good match for those who come directly to the door with a matchmaker.

Although Sheng Changbai disliked Sheng Hong's poor handling of the back house, but at this time, Sheng Changbai wanted Sheng Hong to be better.

Sheng Hong was much more sober than Wang Ruofu when it came to dealing with his children's marriage.

"When your father comes down, you can ask him yourself."

Wang Ruofu said impatiently.

I don't want to mention Sheng Hong so much, it may be that during Sheng Changbai's absence, the two of them had some conflicts again.

This is the daily life of two people, not a big deal,
"Okay, then I'll take the things that Uncle Wei gave to my younger brothers and sisters first, and send them there."

Sheng Changbai took the opportunity to find something for himself and slipped away.

With the orders of his parents and the words of the matchmaker, Sheng Changbai has won the favor. He has a certain right to speak in matters of marriage, but he is far from being able to make his own decisions.

"Bai'er, you're going back to your hometown this time, is everything going smoothly?"

After Sheng Hong returned home, he sent someone to inform Sheng Changbai to speak in Sheng Hong's study.

Officials, the study of rich people, is undoubtedly the most important place.

Important antique calligraphy and paintings, cherished ancient books, some private letters, official documents of the imperial court, and memorials that have not been handed in are all placed in the study.

The rest of the family can't enter Sheng Hong's study room casually.

Sheng Hong called Sheng Changbai to the study to speak, which was very formal.

This is also an obvious change in Sheng Hong's attitude towards Sheng Changbai after Jinshi.

"Everything went well. This is the letter that Uncle Wei asked me to bring back to you. This is Uncle Wei's gift list in return."

Let's explain the business first.

Except for what was written on the gift list, the rest of the cargo of the two ships was given to Sheng Changbai by Uncle Wei.

As a direct result, Sheng Changbai himself became a small rich man.

The value of the property is at least one thousand guan, and with this money, it is enough for Sheng Changbai to go to Fanlou for a long time.

Of course, what Sheng Changbai said was just going in to eat, drink, and watch singing and dancing.

The oirans in Fanlou still can't play with it, and how much money they have is not enough to build it inside.

The big man, of course, just likes a prostitute, and ruined his huge family business.

"Tell me about your stay in Youyang. Speaking of which, I have been there for many years and haven't gone back."

"After arriving..."

Sheng Changbai told Sheng Hong about Youyang's situation selectively.

The focus is on how Youyang has changed over the years.

In fact, You Yang hasn't changed much, and it's not the era of infrastructure madness in later generations.

At this time, the infrastructure is all manpower, and it is really not easy to carry out large infrastructure projects.

It is mainly people who have changed a bit, which family has gone, and which family has given birth.

Who is what appearance, what kind of character.

These are mainly about Sheng Wei and Sheng Yun's children, and the Sanfang family.

Sheng Hong also likes Dafang's two families very much.

In a three-bedroom family with three generations, Sheng Hong was also speechless.

Literati already valued reputation very much, but Sheng Hong valued reputation even more.

It's not good at all, watching Sanfang starve to death.There is also Sheng Hong's uncle in the third room.

"There are two more things I need to tell you."

Sheng Changbai focused on Changwu's possible martial arts and Shulan's possible reconciliation with Sheng Hong.

Men can divorce their wives, but women can only reconcile if they want to divorce, and cannot divorce their husbands. This may not be so friendly to women.

"If Changwu wants martial arts, he can come to Bianjing. I'll find him a coach, and then focus on practicing the exam items."

There are not many other things in the capital, but there are many instructors of the forbidden army, and there are hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops.

Among dozens of people, there is a coach. Counting the coaches of the Forbidden Army, there are not [-], but [-], which is equivalent to non-commissioned officers in modern troops.

Lin Chong's 80 Imperial Army coach is actually equivalent to a squad leader in the army.

The squad leader still has a dozen people under his command, but Lin Chong has no one under his command, so he might as well be a squad leader.

The lowest rank is not enough from the ninth rank, basically it is an elite soldier.

"Shulan's matter, you are a little impulsive. As the saying goes, it is better to demolish ten temples than one marriage. You have been prudent since you were young, how could you do such impulsive things?"

Sheng Hong was not very satisfied with this matter.

It doesn't matter what Sheng Changbai said about being impulsive.

All Sheng Hong wanted was to worry about a woman in the family getting divorced, which would affect the family's reputation.

What Sheng Hong cared about the most was the interests of the Sheng family, a standard feudal patriarch.

"It's not impulsiveness. It's because the daughter of the Sheng family can't be bullied for no reason. Speaking of which, the eldest sister was bullied by her mother-in-law. Have you found Uncle Zhongqin? If you don't go, then I will go." (End of this chapter)