Idle courtiers

Chapter 259 The Uninvited Guest

Coming out of the meditation room, Zhou Nan was upset by the "Princess Jiashan" and hurriedly comforted his wife.

Xun Fangyu also heard the conversation between Zhou Nan and "Princess Jiashan" in the house, and she was afraid, so she timidly pulled her husband by the corner of his clothes and hid her body behind him, looking like a frightened little daughter-in-law.

As expected, Guoyuan knew how to be a man, so he vacated his meditation room and settled the Zhou couple.

Xun Fangyu was pregnant and was tired after tossing around for a long time, so she took a nap in the warm room.

At night, a young novice came to invite, saying that Princess Jiashan and her party had finished burning incense and left, and the abbot invited Master Zhou and his wife to worship the Buddha.

Although it was a pity that the first stick of incense could not be burned, Xun Fangyu got up and knelt in front of the Buddha and prayed in a low voice for a long time, and then gave up ten liang of silver for the sesame oil.

It was already late at night, so it was naturally inconvenient for her to leave, and the group stayed in the temple for another night.

On the second day, Zhou Nan asked her with a smile, "Fang Yu came to Biyun Temple this time to fulfill his wish, did you make any new wish?"

"Naturally there is."

Zhou Nan: "Then what did you promise?"

Xun Fang said: "May the Buddha bless our family in peace." Of course, she secretly made a wish to ask the Buddha to give her a son, but she refused to tell Zhou Nan.

After the new year, Zhou Nan will naturally return to Baigezhuang as an errand.Before he could pack his bags, he just went to bed and fell asleep that night, when Huang Dou came to report that someone outside asked to see the old man, but he didn't tell the reason.

In the middle of the night, he came directly to the house, obviously an acquaintance.Zhou Nan was originally a small person, and he didn't know many people in the capital.So I put on my clothes and got up, and when I went to the main room, I saw a scholar in his thirties.

Zhou Nan also knew this man, he was Xu Jie's guest at Xu Xiang's residence, his surname was Zhu, he was from Sichuan, and everyone called him Mr. Zhu.

Mr. Zhu said that Enxiang wanted to invite Mr. Zhou to come to the house tonight, and the special agent came over to invite him.

Sending someone over in the middle of the night to pass it on, and making it so mysterious, I think it's not a small matter.

Zhou Nan naturally didn't catch nonsense, and just said: "I'm sorry, I'll go now as an official."

Along the way, Zhou Nan pondered in his heart that Xu Jie had placed himself in the Military Weapons Bureau of the Ministry of Industry in order to keep an eye on the direction of the strict party's funds.He didn't tell the truth about this matter, it just depends on his own understanding and understanding of each other.

"Could it be that there are twists and turns in that matter?"

There was nothing to say along the way, Zhou Nan was really tired, tilted his head, and took a nap for a while.

Soon he reached the ground, opened several doors as before, and went straight into the inner house.

Unlike the last time when Xu Jie pretended to hold a book and pretended to read it, this time old Xu was walking around the room with his hands behind his back, with an anxious expression on his face.

Seeing Zhou Nan, he drank back and asked, "Zhou Nan, a gentleman should act from the straight, and don't seek from the straight. The old man knows that you came from a poor background and suffered a lot, but you can't make such a bad move. Self-destroying your future? You want to be an official, even if you don’t pass the imperial examination, it’s not uncommon for the miscellaneous people to reach the fourth and fifth grades.”

Zhou Nan's eyes were sleepy, his mind was like a mess, but he couldn't hear the meaning of Xu Jie's words.Thinking that Old Man Xu was going to be promoted to his official position, he said happily, "Master Ge, I'm an official of the eighth grade, and I don't have any fame, so it's really not suitable for me to be in the Department of Pedestrians. Now I'm going to the Military Weapons Bureau as a temporary substitute. The new ambassador is bound to leave when he takes office. The former subordinate official heard that there was a vacancy in the Changlu City Transshipment Salt Envoy, and the judge was vacant. The subordinate official was able to be a pedestrian. It was the support of the current Changlu deputy envoy Zhan Tong, who happened to report to him. The kindness of knowing you./"

There is no fixed number of judges who are transferred to the Salt Envoy Division. From the sixth rank, they are fat and fat, and have a bright future.

When Zhou Nan went to pay homage to Wang Ruoxu during the day today, he heard from him that the imperial court intends to promote Fatty Zhan as a fourth-rank associate.If he could work with him in the past, he would become a rich man within two years.The point is that the Changlu Salt Road Yamen is only a day or two away from the capital, and they can take care of the family at any time.

After the past, the two bad friends got together to spend time and wine, with endless money on hand, it was so cool.

Seeing Zhou Nan's drunken and wealthy official obsession, Xu Jie became furious. This guy really wants to go to Yandao. Is it my family who opened the imperial court?
No longer caring about the prime minister's demeanor, he scolded: "Zhou Xingren, you are a scholar after all, and now you want to be a son-in-law captain, and you are willing to degenerate here. You are really not a son of man. You have your own wife. Wealthy, you want to divorce your wife and marry another, what a bastard!"

Hearing the word Consort Duwei, Zhou Nan broke out in a cold sweat and shouted, "What, who said you want to divorce your wife and marry another, who said you want to be a consort?"

Xu Jie scolded with a cold face: "The old man only heard about it today. It is said that Concubine Li of Prince Yu's Mansion has entered the palace to report this matter to Concubine Shen. He said that Mr. Zhou, you are virtuous and have an extraordinary appearance. You are really good." As a consort, you can be the captain-in-law. Zhou Nan, don’t you know about this?”

Old Xu was really furious. He tried his best to make Zhou Nan the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau, just to let him keep an eye on the strict party, and the plan was very big.

Now, as soon as Zhou Nan became a son-in-law, the ambassador might not be able to do it, and all his hard work would be in vain.

He seriously doubted that Zhou Nan had applied for the job of consort. It is estimated that this kid also saw something wrong, and he was afraid that he would be accompanied by the strict party, so he made such a decision and quit the job.

In fact, it is not considered a bad policy, he will be willing to become a son-in-law and live a lifetime of wealth and glory.

Zhou Nan really felt baffled. He didn't know Concubine Li. How could she say that she was virtuous and had an extraordinary appearance?

However, he knew the seriousness of this matter.Hastily argued: "Enxiang, I am wronged! I am a good pedestrian, and I have the support of the elders. How can I destroy my future? Besides, my old wife did not commit the seven crimes, so she retired for nothing. , How convinced are people's hearts? The reputation of the lower officials has been ruined, and what face will they stand in the world in the future? My son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty, can that be done?"

The consort of the Ming Dynasty, can that be done?

Once you become a son-in-law, that is the clan.The life of the imperial clan in the Ming Dynasty was extremely miserable, especially the son-in-law.

Once selected as a consort, you can't be an official, you can only eat soft food at home.

You married the princess, although it is husband and wife.But who are you, Princess Royal, who are you, an ordinary commoner.At home, you are the ruler and ministers.It is inevitable to kowtow to greet each other when they meet each other, who can bear it?

Not only do you have to be managed by your wife at home, you also have to be taught by officials sent by the court.If the officials of the Ministry of Rites, Rituals, and Cleaning Department are upset, they can scold the son-in-law bloody, and you still can't talk back.

Even the princess' nanny dares to show you her face.The reason is simple, if you want to live a married life with the princess, you have to agree with her as a female official, and no one will nod, so you can only hold back.

During the Ming and Ming dynasties, many sons-in-law were separated from the princess for a long time because they had no money to bribe the nanny. They were so angry that they went to the emperor to sue the imperial court: "Old Taishan, long live, the son-in-law also needs sex, there is no way to do it these days pass!"

To put it bluntly, the son-in-law is the birth tool of the princess.

For Zhou Nan, such a day was simply hell.It would be better to die than Nima to become a son-in-law!
However, the captain's son-in-law's rank is high, it is the second rank, it is a good way out for those who come from a poor family and cannot study the imperial examination.

Because, in order to prevent foreign relatives from monopolizing power in the Ming Dynasty, both the son-in-law and the concubine in the palace must be the children of ordinary people.Even if the three generations of ancestors have been officials, they cannot be higher than Cong Qipin.

When the royal family chooses a son-in-law, they are required to be innocent, good-natured, and handsome.

It's easy to say that your net worth is clean, just check it out.Things like character are too free to testify, but it is easy to judge that the appearance is dignified.

Therefore, if you want to be a son-in-law, the key is to be handsome.

The old Zhu's family can understand this matter clearly. Ordinary people want a son-in-law if the man has a car and a house, and it is best if both parents are deceased... Uh, I made a mistake, he is a talented young man with wealth.We have no shortage of money and power.Could it be that the man's wealth is greater than that of our royal family, so why not choose a beautiful one?
In this way, the old Zhu's family treats the marriage of their children with a standard appearance association.

To be a son-in-law would be worth a hundred times in one leap.So, at that time, countless ordinary teenagers who want to change their own destiny will use their brains on this, and use money to buy officials.

In this dynasty, some officials even took black money and forced a half-century-old bald man to Jiajing's younger sister in the name of the court.

Jiajing's great glory, but it's a done deal, the court etiquette cannot be abolished, so he had to knock out his front teeth and swallow his blood, and recognized this appearance as Uncle Ge Youge's old-fashioned and stubborn brother-in-law with a head so bright that he could be a night pearl.

After shouting, Zhou Nan simply opened the window to Xu Jie and said brightly: "Enxiang brought the subordinates to the Military Arms Bureau for the sake of the country and the people, and Zhou Nan is also a scholar, so he doesn't know the principle of benefiting the country's life and death. I have long held the consciousness of smashing my body to pieces and serving the country. I am kind and benevolent, thinking about it, I will not make my subordinates die. If I really want to be a son-in-law, wouldn’t that kill a thousand enemies and hurt myself ten thousand?"

Hearing him clarify this point, Xu Jie suddenly came to his senses.This kid is a fan of officials, he only hates that he doesn't have a lot of power and money in his waist, and the women on the bed are not beautiful. To be honest, his reputation is very bad.

This is a treacherous sycophant who is full of wine, sex and wealth.

It seems that he knows the purpose of the old man sending him to the military, and also wants to use this as a step forward.

How can he be willing to destroy his own future to become a son-in-law now? What good does it do him?For money, as long as he is an official, he can't get any money; for women, I heard that the princess is very ugly.Moreover, as a son-in-law, you have to get rid of all the wives and concubines in the house. Is it possible for a lustful and hungry tiger? It is even more impossible to be afraid of being retaliated by the strict party. This guy is very ambitious. Seek wealth and wealth.

This is unreasonable, could it be that the old man misunderstood him.

Yes, there must be ghosts in it.

Thinking of this, Xu Jie was startled: Could it be that the Yan Party heard some rumors and resorted to a plan to get Zhou Nan out of the Military Bureau?

But I have to be careful, the old man has to go down to find out who the next official ambassador of the Armaments Bureau is, and what relationship he has with Mr. Yan Ge.

Zhou Nan said again: "George, I just want to work under your command to repay the kindness of my encounter. Please also save me, I would rather die than be that son-in-law."

After the misunderstanding was eliminated, Xu Jie's face turned calm, and he looked at Zhou Nan: "Zimu is reassuring, there will be a way. The emperor must follow the system when choosing relatives. You are an official of the imperial court, how can you just choose?"

"That's right, even if you are a Lalangpei, you have to follow the Basic Law!" Zhou Nan was furious.

Xu Jie's eyes moved down, between Mr. Zhou's thighs.

Zhou Nan suddenly had a bad premonition, and hurriedly covered his crotch with his hands, and shouted: "A gentleman in my generation cannot live with a vertical eunuch." Of course, self-mutilation can escape this marriage, but once you cut it off, you can't take it back .

At that time, instead of killing a thousand enemies, you will lose [-], but if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose [-] million.

(End of this chapter)