But he said that when he heard that Wang Shu wrote a letter recommending his father, Fang Yingwu couldn't help but feel moved. This man was not an ordinary minister, he was very famous.
Although Fang Yingwu is not as familiar with the current political ecology of the Chenghua and Hongzhi years as he is during the Jiajing and Wanli years, he has also dabbled in it.
He knew that during the period from the end of Chenghua to the beginning of Hongzhi, Wang Shu was a very eye-catching figure. He was loyal, honest, outspoken, fair and selfless, and had a high reputation at home.
There is a popular saying in the officialdom at the moment, which is called "Twelve departments in two capitals, but only one Wang Shu". This means that the court is now full of chaos, there are no decent ministers in the six departments of the Nanjing Division, and there is only one Wang Shu who can be considered upright and upright.
From this evaluation, we can know who he is. The current emperor Zhu Jianshen is a homely emperor who is afraid of being disturbed by others. He is probably annoyed by Wang Shu, a minister who is outspoken and dares to give advice, so he sent the old man to Nanjing and kept him as an official in Nanjing.
Willing to return to the capital.
But what Fang Yingwu couldn't figure out was that Wang Shu was definitely a selfless person. How could he write a note to open the back door and recommend his father to enter?
Hong Song showed envy on his face and said leisurely and fascinated: "I have heard something. Last year, the prince visited Su Song as the imperial envoy of the left deputy capital of Nanjing. Your father happened to be on a study tour in Suzhou. By chance, we met at a cultural meeting and debated knowledge.
Classic meaning.
At that time, the prince admired your father very much and was worried that your father would miss the provincial examination and the court would miss out on talents, so he wrote a letter to the great master of the province and vouched for it, and then your father was allowed to enter the palace in the name of recording.
With the prince's upright nature, he would never have done such a thing to help others unless he had a keen eye to recognize his true talents! As a result, your father-in-law became very famous.
It just so happens that your father-in-law has met Xie Yuan again, which can be said to be a beautiful story among scholars! This opportunity is deeply admired and envied by us!"
After listening to the gossip from Mr. Hong, Fang Yingwu felt a dull pain in his head. Is this a good thing?
It is true that a well-known and upright minister like Wang Shu would not write a note for his father, a poor student with no wealth and power, out of selfish motives, but the more he does this, the more troublesome it becomes...
As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. It is precisely because Wang Shu admires his father that he can infer what his father's temperament is now. He must be principled, upright, tolerant and tough, otherwise he would not have
Gained the favor of Mr. Wang.
It’s very vulgar to think, this is bad luck!
Fang Yingwu knew that it would take about ten years from the resignation of the Shang Prime Minister in anger this year to the death of the emperor. In these ten years, the atmosphere in the court has been very corrupt, and all kinds of crooked ways have been practiced. If my father were here,
If you run into official circles for a while and don't get used to the culture, you will inevitably suffer.
Today, although Zhu Jianshen is relatively soft-hearted and does not like to chop off the heads of ministers, he has a mischievous mentality and likes to send ministers who offend and remonstrate to outlying areas. Wang Shu's reputation is too high, so it is not easy to touch him, so he is left in Nanjing without seeing his heart.
It's okay if it doesn't bother you. Others may not have such good luck.
If his father really entered the officialdom, and was punished for offending the emperor with his outspoken words, and was implicated again, I'm afraid he would have to accompany his father to travel to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi for a few years.
Thinking of this prospect, Fang Yingwu felt a touch of sadness in his heart, and couldn't help sighing. Life really has its own level of troubles at every level. With his father's way of cheating his son, even though it seems that he used Jieyuan to help him this time.
Yes, but long-term travel to border provinces is very likely to happen in the future.
The gentleman I joked about just now hides his weapons in his body and waits for action. Is this where he should be? Could it be that his destiny in the future is to escort his father and clean up the mess?
Fang Yingwu sighed secretly, wishing he had thought too much. He began to pray silently that his father would not be able to become a Jinshi in the next ten years, and would only hold on to the honor of being a civil servant and work as a squire at home. If there is a chance, the officialdom will be left to Qiankan Wubai
Years later, let's see if the filial son of five hundred years can take his place.
Another guest, Mr. Xiang, suddenly said mysteriously: "Not only is it a good story about scholars, there is also another good story. I heard that the young daughter of the prince's family fell in love with your father at first sight and vowed to trust him for the rest of his life...
Talented men and beautiful women, I would like to congratulate them!"
Hearing this, Fang Yingwu was stunned and subconsciously asked: "Is it true or false?"
Ahem! Hong Song coughed heavily and said seriously: "I have heard rumors that the prince wants to marry his daughter to your father, but it is so short-circuited that it is difficult to tell the truth from the truth."
Fang Yingwu fell into deep confusion again. What virtues and abilities does his father have that can make women fall in love with him everywhere?
More than ten years ago, my mother came from a well-known Hu family in Cixi, but she was able to marry her father. When she was studying in the county, the top girl in the county, Baimei, desperately wanted to be her father's concubine. When she went out to study, she was able to meet her.
I went to a high-ranking official's house and took a fancy to Miss Wang.
This is standard treatment for a protagonist. Compared with his father in this regard, he is simply not good enough. What on earth does this thirty-year-old man deserve? From what everyone said, his father should be an old-fashioned man who doesn’t understand amorous feelings.
, how come it has such great charm?
Thinking about it carefully, not only in terms of love luck, I worked hard to win over a county magistrate and almost lost. My father went out to study abroad and met the favor of a famous boss casually. I worked hard and almost got the county case to be launched for the first time.
It was so easy for my father to win a solution... There was a huge gap in all aspects!
The truth can only be found out the day we meet our father, but it will probably have to wait until next year after the Spring Festival Gala in the capital, Fang Yingwu said with emotion. He has a bit more expectation for his father whom he has never met since time travel.
and a sense of curiosity.
In fact, having said that, if he can survive ten years and the emperor changes, it will be quite good for his father to marry the daughter of Wang Shu's family.
Historically, when the new king came to the throne ten years later, Mr. Wang Shu came to Beijing as a civil servant and became one of the three elders in the early years of the Hongzhi Dynasty. He was in charge of the personnel work in the early years of Hongzhi for six years.
, with great authority, even the cabinet gave him three points.
After talking about the celebrity gossip of the newly solved Yuan Fang Qingzhi, Mr. Xiang suddenly cupped the object in his hand and said: "By the way, I almost forgot to congratulate my friend Fang for entering school. Now that the case has been captured, the next two levels should not be a problem."
Hong Song shook his head and laughed at himself: "I'm not afraid of friend Fang's jokes. The two of us failed in the provincial examination this time and have to go back to the county to study as students. In the future, we will study and write in the county with friend Fang. I just took the exam with my father.
, and I am a classmate from your county school, and my encounter in life is truly wonderful."
Fang Yingwu said humbly: "I'm lucky this time, and I would like to ask the two seniors for more advice. But I have already said this, and I still don't know where the two seniors are from or where their family is. I hope you can tell me, maybe in the future.
Worship each other."
Hong Song patted his forehead, "I can't wait for this. I have never said anything about my family. Brother Xiang Xian and I are both from Jinxi, so my friend Fang must have heard about it."
Xiang Chengxian said proudly: "The local saying goes: the two servants on the left and the two officials on the river are the ancestors of our two families."
It turns out that the Hong family produced a Jinshi named Hong Yu during the Yongle period of this dynasty, and he was promoted to the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Xiang family, which lived across the river from the Hong family, produced a Jinshi named Xiang Wenyao during the Xuande period. He was the official to the left of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Ministers. So people in this county made up a saying to show off - two ministers on the left and two officers on the river.
Moreover, these two families have a long tradition, and some of them are now scholars and are serving as officials.
Fang Yingwu had been mentally prepared for this. It really was the Hong family and the Xiang family of Jinxi. No wonder Mr. Hong dared to mock his unworthy uncle.
He reported his family details, which was regarded as a formal friendship. Hong Song thought of something and asked again: "I saw that Senior Hu came to see you just now, and his face was not kind. Is there something wrong?"
Fang Yingwu said calmly: "He claimed to be my uncle, and he came over and asked me to see the Hu family."
"Uncle? Your daughter is from the Hu family?" Hong Song and Xiang Chengxian said in surprise at the same time.
"Jiaci has passed away more than ten years ago. I heard that he is from the Hu family, but I don't know the details. The two seniors were in the county school. Didn't they hear my father say this?"
Mr. Hong shook his head, "I only entered school three years ago. Your father was already a senior at that time. He was taciturn and never talked about family affairs. Within a year or so, your father went out to study again, and he never had the chance to meet him.
See you. But if it’s a matter about the Hu family, I can help you find out something."
Xiang Chengxian said quickly: "We have no dealings with the Hu family, so let's explain it here first to avoid embarrassment to our friend Fang."
"Why not deal with it?" Fang Yingwu asked curiously.
Hong Song stopped Xiang Chengxian and continued, "The county sergeants have a distinction between the East Society and the West Society. Friend Fang, you will know it after you go to school."
Fang Yingwu found it quite interesting. Is it true that wherever there are people there are rivers and lakes?
Seeing that the sun was turning to the west, Hong Song and Xiang Chengxian said goodbye together. Fang Yingwu sent them to the entrance of the village. When he came back, thinking about his parents, he turned around and went to the house of Fang Zhili, the second uncle of the clan leader.
"Are you asking about your mother back then?" Fang Zhili frowned and recalled it carefully before saying, "Although more than ten years have passed, I still clearly remember your mother's appearance at that time. She was from a scholarly family. She seems to be.
I eloped and married your father, but my parents' family seemed very dissatisfied at that time.
Later, your mother fell seriously ill when she gave birth to you and passed away more than a year later. Then, for some unknown reason, your father's temperament changed drastically. He remained silent all day long and did not care about foreign affairs. He just studied hard until he passed the exam and moved to the county school. After that, I
It's very rare.
That's all I know, I don't know anything else."
The story of a lady from a scholarly family who eloped and married a poor boy from a mountain village... Fang Yingwu could only say one word of "submission" to his father, and he was completely convinced.
As for the other inside information, Fang Yingwu could guess it without the old patriarch having to tell him. Just from his uncle's attitude today and the fact that the Hu family and the Fang family had not interacted with each other for more than ten years, he could guess a lot.
It seems that I have contradicted my uncle a few times, and I have not wronged him at all. My father must be a man of integrity. I cannot embarrass my father, Fang Yingwu thought.
He left the patriarch's house and walked in the village when he suddenly saw another government servant waving to him. He ran over panting and said, "Ms. Fang, I've got a ticket for the government examination for you!"
The so-called examination ticket is similar to an admission ticket. After the county examination is over, the county government will issue a prefecture examination ticket to the students who passed it. The school children can use the ticket to go to the prefectural city to take the prefecture examination. They can only go to the government office not far away from the ten-mile mountain road and come there in person.
It is also very rare to receive exam tickets.
Fang Yingwu collected the test tickets and reminded himself that it was time to prepare for the prefectural exam. Although for a student who was recommended as the first in the county, the prefectural exam and the road test were just like going through the motions, but he still had to take the formality seriously.