Chapter 205 When Wang Mang was modest and not usurped
When Mr. Zeng came out of Xu's house, he was beaming with joy. After waiting for so many years, Sister Zhou finally nodded. No wonder she said that there is a beauty in the book, and if you win the exam, you will have everything.
Qin Dewei came out with Mr. Zeng and was very emotional. According to the eyes of this era, Mr. Zeng before he passed the imperial examination was a standard poor old bachelor.
He was in his thirties and had nothing but a reputation as a scholar who was worthless in Nanjing and a good character. He had no livelihood and no land or property.
He spent the whole day unrealistically reading military and martial arts books, reading newspapers from the Xu Family Residence, and dreaming of becoming a general or prime minister and accomplishing great things.
Who is this person? This is the most typical Earth Ming Hai Xin! My mother initially looked down on Mr. Zeng, which was actually quite normal.
Also, after Mr. Zeng saved some money by sitting in the Xu family, he bought a house for a bankrupt friend. However, he found that he could not even afford servants, and then he thought of supporting Zhongyi and bringing disaster to the house.
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When I return to Nanjing this year, I have to rely on a disciple named Qin to help me and arrange accommodation.
If a middle-aged person like this is posted on Weibo or Douban five hundred years in the future and says he wants to find a marriage partner, he will be exposed online for a week. If the popularity is high, it is not impossible for him to be a month.
But who would have thought that this middle-aged man could actually pass the extremely difficult Nanzhili Provincial Examination and become one of the four percentile.
Moreover, Qin Dewei also knows that if nothing unexpected happens, his name will be on the Jinshi list sooner or later, maybe next year.
"This September, the wedding will be held!" Zeng Mian, who was still immersed in excitement, suddenly said when he walked to the alley.
We have known each other for several years, and we are both in our thirties, so why should we be so pretentious?
Qin Dewei didn't say anything. As a son, he couldn't take a stand on his mother's marriage! But after thinking about it in his heart, he really should strike while the iron is hot this month.
The Capital Examination will be held in spring next February, so it is also called Chunwei. Before then, you must arrive at the Capital in advance to register and adapt to the conditions of the Capital.
But the canals freeze in the winter in the north, so if you want to go north to take the exam but don't want to take the harder land route, you have to leave by the end of September or early October at the latest to get to the capital before the canals freeze.
So if you want to get married, you have to hurry up and get things done within September, and it's already early September.
After Zeng Mian talked about the marriage, he was relieved when he saw that Qin Dewei didn't express his stance. Not expressing his stance was enough to explain his attitude, as long as he didn't object.
Anyone who is familiar with primary school students knows that many times they are not afraid that primary school students will not express their opinions, but are afraid that primary school students will insist on expressing their opinions.
When Zeng Mian started to think about how to organize the wedding, he suddenly heard Qin Dewei speak again.
"Mr. Zeng, I think we need to make a three-part agreement on how father and son will get along in the future. After all, the state has its own laws, and every family has its own rules."
Although there are many wonders in the world, Mr. Zeng has never heard that his son made family rules for me, but he should listen first.
Qin Dewei continued: "The first thing is, no matter how you and my mother live, I will live separately from you. You don't have to worry about the things in my house at all."
Mr. Zeng has no doubts about Qin Dewei's ability to live independently.
As for whether he is filial or not, he is not his biological father and has no nurturing grace, so there is no reason for Qin Dewei to fulfill his filial piety day and night.
"Then will you change your surname? From now on, will you be considered a Qin family or a Zeng family?" Mr. Zeng asked.
Qin Dewei answered clearly: "You can change your surname to Zeng."
Mr. Zeng endured it. If Qin De was forced to panic and he insisted on running back to the Qin family to set up a house on his own, there was no way anyone could do anything about it.
"The second rule is that the standard of discipline between father and son should not exceed that of teacher and student. In other words, your father's authority should not exceed that of the teacher."
Mr. Zeng couldn't help but said: "You are going too far. How can you treat your father as a teacher?"
Qin Dewei said "haha": "What do you mean by the hope of the whole city's literary world? This is a shameful thing to say in front of you, lest you be fooled by others and have unrealistic fantasies."
Mr. Zeng could only endure it. If Qin Dewei was forced to panic, he would have to run back to the Qin family and set up his own house.
Qin Dewei said the third point: "There were no fathers and sons before the monarch! If you become an official in the future, I have the right to make suggestions on official matters, especially issues involving the court, and you must not rely on paternal authority to suppress you."
Mr. Zeng became a little angry when he heard this: "You even want to interfere in official affairs?"
Qin Dewei said without giving in: "Do you think I want to interfere? I'm not afraid that you will seek death and harm your wife and children!"
To be honest, if Zeng Mian hadn't buried such a big thunder in his body, Qin Dewei wouldn't bother to worry about it when he was beheaded in the vegetable market seventeen years later. Wouldn't it be better to just lie down?
If there was no risk of thunderstorms, Zeng Mian would already be a civil servant now. As his son, he would no longer have to worry about being treated like a leek.
If you don't want to make progress, you can just wander around leisurely, copy poems and become a talented person.
After Zeng Mian became a Jinshi, he would be given a few casual tips to help him achieve great success. Then Zeng Mian would be given the title of wife, and he would naturally be able to obtain an official status, but it would only be a small one.
Mr. Zeng didn't know what was going on in Qin Dewei's heart, and he accused him: "You are too overbearing, kid. If you act like this, who can tolerate you?"
Qin Dewei replied: "Why can't we tolerate it? Magistrate Feng and Wang Dasima, they all get along well with me."
Mr. Zeng: ""
Are you sure they are fine?
Qin Dewei stood in front of Zeng Mian, with his hands behind his hands, while the autumn wind swirled around him.
He casually slapped off a yellow leaf that was stuck on his face, affecting his pretense, and said lightly: "Of course, if you don't want to agree, then forget it.
Then all I can do in this life is to go all out to prevent you from becoming a successful person, so that you can only be an official in a local county and spend this life in peace.
Lest you step into the temple and be harmed by treacherous ministers when you are fighting against each other."
If you want to gain momentum in the next ten years, you can only rely on Xia Yan, but as long as you get on Xia Yan's boat, you will inevitably be involved in temple strife in more than ten years. This is an inevitable rule.
After all, the so-called political power of Emperor Jiajing today is nothing more than supporting the waves behind to beat the waves in front, and the tide will come one after another, never ending.
In the first ten years, I supported Zhang Cong and took away Yang Tinghe. Now I support Xia Yan in filming Zhang Cong. More than ten years later, I will support Yan Song in filming Xia Yan.
Even if there is no Yan Song, someone else will come to take pictures of Xia Yan. This is the destined fate and reincarnation of being an official in the Jiajing Dynasty.
As a side note, the fierce party struggles in the late Ming Dynasty and the end of the Ming Dynasty were actually the power tactics that started in Jiajing and were touted as brilliant by later generations, but were actually second-rate.
If Mr. Zeng refuses to obey and relies on Xia Yan to rise to power, he will definitely explode in more than ten years, just by someone, so it would be better to hold him down from the beginning.
Mr. Zeng looked at Qin Dewei in astonishment and was speechless for a long time.
I heard that many people have one face before marriage and another face after marriage. Has Qin Dewei's true face been exposed now? It turns out that his attitude towards himself is not like this!
Could it be that this is when Wang Mang was humble and not usurped? Thinking of this, Mr. Zeng subconsciously asked: "Then who do you think is the traitor in the court?"
Qin Dewei answered very metaphysically: "Anyone can be."
Mr. Zeng really wants to respond, I think you are very similar!
