Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Subconsciously, he reached out and touched the small mahogany box beside him.This is where he keeps important documents and letterheads. .

Zhao Hulu, who was sitting on the shaft of the car, was so sharp-eyed that he couldn't help but ask, "Master, do you miss your wife and young master again?"

Su Mu has a strong body and likes to breathe fresh air. Therefore, when riding in a car, he likes to roll up the door curtain.Zhao Hulu sat outside, and the master's every move fell into his eyes.

When Zhao Hulu mentioned his wife and children, the tenderness on Su Mu's face turned into a sweet smile.Without saying a word, he opened the box, took out a few letters from it, and looked at them over and over again.

He didn't know how many times he had read these letters, the cover was already a little hairy due to long-time rubbing, and he had already memorized the contents of the letter by heart, without opening it, every word inside was in his heart.

These letters are nothing more than family letters transferred through official communication channels, and most of them are greetings from three women to him.

But among them, there are two letters that are the most important, and they come to announce the good news.

It turned out that just this month, Mrs. Wu and Hu Ying gave birth to a child for him.

I have to say that Doctor Huang was right, but Hu Ying gave birth to a son.This made Su Mu terrified. He thought that the theory of a baby's gender could be inferred just by the pulse.

According to Hu Ying's letter, her son was very big and weighed nine catties, which made her almost have a difficult delivery.And when she was born, she cried loudly, and once she cried out, it could be heard in any corner of the entire Hu Mansion.

Hu Ying's mother had already suffered a nervous breakdown from the crying of Su Mu's son.

Hearing Hu Ying say that she almost had a dystocia, Su Mu was startled.In ancient times when medical science was underdeveloped, giving birth to a woman was like walking through the door of hell. The pregnant women who died of dystocia every year were not only guilty of their own crimes, but luckily she was fine.

This little kid not only cries terribly, but also eats a lot.Hu Ying's milk alone was simply not enough, so there was nothing she could do. The Hu family invited two wet nurses from outside, and they barely managed to deal with it.

Seeing this at first, Su Mu couldn't help laughing.I was born tall, and the Hu family has been a military household for generations, and Hu Ying has practiced martial arts before.It is not surprising to have a healthy baby who can eat and cry.

Finally, Hu Ying said in the letter that since the son was born, she asked Su Mu, the father, to name the child.

Su Mu thought for a while, and wrote back, saying, just call him Hu Keji!

He still remembered what he had discussed with the Hu family back then, so he let his son take the Hu family's surname and enter the family tree of the Hu Shun family.

Self-restraint and courtesy, restraint when eating, don't eat so ugly.Otherwise, he would become a little fat man in the future, but it would ruin the name of Su University scholar.

Naturally, this letter was sent back to the capital by urgent delivery through official communication channels, and by now, it should have been delivered to Hu Ying.

But he didn't know how their mother and son were doing now, Su Mu felt a little worried.

After thinking about it, Su Mu smiled and shook his head: A baby weighing nine catties can eat, sleep, and toss people, so there is nothing to worry about.On the other hand, Mrs. Wu's side seems to be a bit inappropriate.

Mrs. Wu also gave birth, it's not that she and the baby are bad.

In fact, Mrs. Wu's delivery was much smoother than that of Hu Ying. After all, she was just a five-pound baby.According to the family letter, on the day of delivery, Mrs. Wu was still reading in the study, and happened to read the section where Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden for the second time in Su Mu's "Dream of Red Mansions".

Before Wen Po came over, the child had already fallen to the ground.

Ordinarily, this is great news, but Mrs. Wu is a little unhappy.

It turned out that she gave birth to a daughter.

Of course, it is not a big deal to have a daughter in the first birth. As long as the body is healthy, if you want to have a son, you will have plenty of opportunities in the future.However, when she heard that Hu Ying gave birth to a boy, she became depressed.

Mrs. Wu is a lady from a scholarly family. If she reads a lot, she will inevitably be very sensitive, especially after giving birth.

I just thought, if the husband knew that he was giving birth to a daughter, would he be disappointed, would he give his heart to Hu Ying's mother and son?

Thinking of this, I couldn't help crying.

Seeing this, Su Mu was angry and funny: madam, why don't you understand me, Su Mu.For a modern person, a daughter is much better than a son.The daughter is a caring little padded jacket for her father, and she will know how to love her parents when she grows up.It's not like a son, who only cares about running around outside all day long. If he doesn't become a father himself, he won't appreciate the kindness of his parents' upbringing.

Su Mu wrote home to explain his meaning clearly, and then gave his daughter a name.

The name is very common: Suzhou embroidery.

This is the name of the name, and it is easy to call.

As a new father, even though he has not had a chance to meet his children, Su Mu suddenly felt that the burden on his shoulders seemed to be a little heavier.

He also considered for a long time how his children's future life path should be taken.

Perhaps, in the eyes of modern people, it is too early for him to start thinking about his children.However, the ancients matured early.When a man is sixteen and a woman is fourteen, he can get married. It takes more than ten years to get married in a blink of an eye.

On the surface, it seems that Su Mu has a bright future, and he might be able to join the cabinet.By that time, it will be a real famous family.

Xiuxiu is a girl, if Mrs. Wu has another son in the future, she will definitely inherit the family business.When Xiuxiu gets married in the future, she doesn't need to marry a wealthy family, even if she is an ordinary person, it doesn't matter, as long as she has a good character.

As for Hu Keji, when he thinks of his son, Su Mu has a headache.

First of all, his surname is Hu, and he inherited the Hu family's family business.If nothing else happened, when he grows up in the future, he should still enter Jinyi's military yamen.

However, as far as Su Mu knew, the personnel relations in the Jinyi Yamen were very complicated throughout Zhengde, and even in the Jiajing Dynasty later, and the commanders changed like a revolving lantern.

If his son enters the Jinyi yamen in the future, he might be involved, and if something goes wrong, it will be a big trouble.

From this point of view, not entering the Yamen is also a good thing.

As a father, Su Mu felt that his children would not need to make any great careers in the future.It's best to spend your life peacefully, even if you are a rice bug, it's not bad!

The biggest rice worms in the Ming Dynasty were the royal families from all over the country, and then there were the princes with titles.Even if they don't do anything, they still have a generous salary every month.

Perhaps this is the way to go.

For the royal family, Su Mu didn't even think about it, his son's surname is Hu, not Zhu.If you want to be a royal family, you can only be a royal consort.But is the son-in-law made by humans? Gu Run is a living example.

Then, he can only find a way to get a hereditary title for his son.Just like Xu Da and Zhang Yu, the descendants of the founding generals of the Ming Dynasty, they have been eating the country for more than 100 years, and they are very prosperous.

However, if he wanted to be as prosperous as the Xu family and the Zhang family, at least he had to get the title of Duke.

Su Mu thought that with his own abilities and his affection in front of the emperor, he could still be an uncle, but it would be difficult to go further.This is still him, not to mention that his son's surname is Hu, even if he wants to inherit the title, he can only inherit it from Hu Shun.

Although Hu Shun's official position and power are not small, he does not have any titles.

Even Liang Sumu didn't think he could win the title of Duke, let alone Hu Shun.

According to Su Mu, the few families that now hold the title of duke of the country are either generals at the founding of the country, or heroes at the time of Jing Nan.If you want to be the Duke of the State, you don't just have to be a first-rank official, you have to have peerless military exploits.

So, from where to get some military industry for Hu Shun?

He is just a Jinyiwei experience, not a general.Although it is said that border troubles continued during the Zhengde period, it is not your turn to fight such a thing as a Jinyiwei spy.

Staying in the yamen all day, investigating corruption and rebels, even if they stay for decades, I am afraid that two or one earls will not be able to get along.

It is impossible to tell Hu Shun not to be a Jinyi experience, and transfer to the frontier army to lead troops.

At that time, I am afraid that the father-in-law Taishan will turn his face against him first.

A good cia leader is wrong, but he becomes the leader of the army and drinks the wind and eats the sand on the grassland. Isn't this a demotion in disguise?

Su Mu sighed, touched his forehead that was a little hot because of too much thinking, and couldn't help muttering: "Son, son, although we have never met each other. But when you are born, daddy owes you A debt from a previous life. However, Dad is also unlucky. To repay your debt, you must first help your grandfather to rise to power. However, I have no debt to him!"

Thinking of this, Su Mu has no idea.

If the real history does not undergo a huge change, the Ming Dynasty will have a big battle with the Tatars in the Zhengde year.That was Hu Shun's only chance to obtain the title of military merit, and he had to find a way to get him involved.

As for the chaos in Huanhao, it seems that King Ning has been under great surveillance, and it is impossible to cause trouble.

Thinking about it makes my head hurt, so Su Mu doesn't need to think about it.

He glanced at the mahogany box again, and there were still a few letterheads written by friends in the officialdom in the capital.There are Zhang Yong's, and there are former colleagues from the Imperial Academy and classmates from the imperial examination.

Seeing these letters, Su Mu's heart suddenly moved, and he felt that he had vaguely grasped something.

It seems that there is some unusual opportunity in it, maybe, this opportunity is nothing to me.In fact, in the Ming Dynasty where civil officials ruled, Su Mu, as the editor and number one scholar of the Imperial Academy, had already obtained all the qualifications that could be obtained, so he didn't need to do anything at all.As long as you have experienced it for more than ten years, it is a matter of course for you to join the cabinet as a prime minister.

However, for Hu Shun, this matter was a great opportunity.

Thinking of this, Su Mu took out those letters and pondered over and over again in the bumpy carriage.

After reading it, I also took out these issues of Dibao at the same time to confirm each other.

Slowly, a train of thought gradually became clear.