Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Su Mu was shocked. Shao Tai was his guide for the imperial examination. After studying with him for more than a month, he learned more Chinese knowledge than he had learned in the previous 30 years.

I dare not imagine what I would be like in the future without the guidance of Mr. Shao.Not to mention the examination of a scholar's fame, I am afraid that he will not be able to pass the government examination.

"Please reprimand, sir."

Shao Tai nodded, and suddenly shouted: "Su Mu, do you know you're wrong?"

Su Mu was puzzled: "Students are dull."

Shao Tai: "Didn't you just say you wanted to marry Hu Shun's daughter?"

Su Mu: "Yes, I did say that. Although my third uncle wants to marry Su Mu into the Hu family, the two elders have their own thoughts. But there is a matchmaker, and there are elders who say, students I also like Miss Hu's family very much. After I plan to go down, I will invite a matchmaker to come and hire me. The boy has a clean family background, and he will not refuse if he wants to come to Hu Baihu."

Yes, one has to start a family.In ancient times, people got married early, most of them got married as soon as they turned sixteen, and by the age of 20, many people became fathers.

Like modern people who are in their early thirties and are still single, in ancient times it was simply a symbol of failure, and they were going to be gossiped?Be a good person, not yet married at such an age, either a loafer with a poor family background, or a handicapped person.Otherwise, you, a normal person, won't be able to get a wife?

Su Mu felt that it didn't matter if he went to the country and did as the Romans did.Besides, it's really hard to find a beautiful woman like Hu Ying who fully fits his aesthetic taste as a modern person, and it would be a pity to miss it.It's not that he has any prejudice against the petite beauties of about 1.5 meters in the Ming Dynasty, it's just that he simply thinks that taller ones are more beautiful.

"Confused!" Shao Tai stomped his feet and shouted sharply: "You are a disciple of a sage, you have a bright future, how could you be so self-deprecating?"

"Oh, sir, you mean that Hu Baihu is a military household, it doesn't matter." When Su Mu thought of this, his heart shivered, and he felt vaguely uneasy.

"Why don't you worry?" Shao Tai said angrily, "If you marry the daughter of a military household, your descendants will be military households in the future and cannot take part in the imperial examination. Once there is a war, you have to go to the battlefield."

Su Mu also didn't understand why the Ming Dynasty despised soldiers, and replied: "It is a duty of a man to fight the enemy and serve the country. Didn't the ancients say that it is better to be a centurion than a scholar? The country has something to do, everyone is hiding at home, and who is willing to play for it?"

Shao Tai sneered, if it was a debate, his proud student could not argue with him: "That's right, killing the enemy on the battlefield and sacrificing one's life for wrongdoing is also a glorious thing. But military households are required to do hard labor, and this year the embankment will be built here , next year there will be official roads built there. Once they are confiscated, they will die. In recent years, many people who died in hard labor fell on the battlefield."

Su Mu didn't think so, then: "Can you use money to replace labor?"

"Shut up!" Shao Tai shouted: "It's fine if you don't become an official in the future. If you become an official, it's against the law to hire someone to replace you with money. It's impossible for you to be in the officialdom without a political enemy. How can you justify yourself?"

Su Mu was taken aback, and then he wanted to ask, although it is a very common thing to use money to replace labor, many middle and high-level families will hire someone to replace them when they encounter labor.The government also turned a blind eye and closed one eye, anyway, the number of people is right.

But this article has not been written into the law. Only after Zhang Juzheng's whipping law is implemented, the folks are allowed to pay for labor.

"Even if you don't become an official, you still have to walk in Shilin, right?" Seeing the students waver, Shao Tai continued: "Whether you become a scholar or get the honor of juren in the future, it will always be a very glorious thing. The seeds of reading are dignified. , a famous teacher, but your son is a lowly family, aren't you afraid of being ridiculed?"

"And..." When it came to the excitement, Shao Tai was heartbroken: "Also, Hu Shun is a guard in Jinyi, and scholars all over the world hate the factory guard to the bone, and you are the son-in-law of hundreds of families in Jinyi. Let me ask, there are still kings in the world who dare Are you dating? Su Mu, you are trying to destroy yourself! A teacher shouldn't say these things, but you are Shaotai's most proud student, so I will tell you the truth. Ziqiao, don't Self mistake!"

Sentence by sentence, the words were reasonable, Su Mu's heart sank gradually, and for the first time he felt that he was so childish.

Shao Tai: "Zi Qiao, let's go. There is no grass anywhere in the world. You should calm down now, so that you can deal with the upcoming exam. Next month is the chapter exam, and in two months it will be the township exam. Wait until you pass the exam." Juren, I will find a good marriage for you as a teacher."

Su Mu smiled bitterly, and shook his head: I can't think about this matter too much. Instead of worrying about it, it's better to get a good reputation first, this is the foundation of my foothold in this world.

Looking at the sunny spring sun outside, he felt the helplessness of being in a different time and space for the first time.

Yes, helpless.

In a huge world view, the power of the individual is so small.

At least, for now.

Seeing Su Mu go silent, Shao Tai heaved a sigh of relief.

Can't bear to see Su Mu so sad, he said: "If Zi Qiao is willing to take Hu Shun's daughter as a concubine, it's fine."

"Take a concubine, how is it possible?" Su Mu smiled wryly and thought, "Although Hu Ying looks gentle on the outside, she is soft on the outside and strong on the inside. She really annoyed her, and dared to pick up a knife to cut people. Besides, I am so angry with you." How to say it."

"Zi Qiao, my uncle invites you to come over and talk." At this moment, the big man ran into the school, shouting loudly, his black face full of excitement.

"Hu Baihu woke up?" Su Mu asked.

"I woke up, mainly because I was too excited and couldn't bear it." Hu Jinxue said, "The first thing my uncle said when he woke up was to ask me to invite you over."

It seems that Hu Baihu also understands how he got his official position.Although he is vulgar, he is a veteran of society, how can he not understand this.

In fact, Su Mu also had a premonition that Hu Shun would have a talk with him.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Su Mu had something on his mind, but he forgot to ask Hu Shun for the two ingots of silver, and just couldn't help being depressed one after another.

Only then did he realize that he was a little bit reluctant to part with that tall, big-eyed, thin-waisted little girl.

"Zi Qiao, why are you talking about this...it's so unbelievable, how come uncle has become a hundred households of Jinyiwei, it's like a dream." As he walked, Hu Jinxue laughed loudly: "This time our Hu family is It's going to be prosperous! I've already decided that my uncle will become a Jinyiwei, and I will follow him to help him, awe-inspiring! The group of guys who forced the account before are now frightened into a ball, and they are still afraid to go ahead. Wait. Take a breath out of your anger."