After listening to Zhu Youjian's explanation, Zhou Yanru and others probably understood what was going on with the emperor. It was obvious that he was cheating and trying to make ends meet.
Let's just make do with it. With such a first-in-line heir here, he can be used in any unexpected situation. From the bottom of his heart, Chen Yuanyuan's son is not the best candidate for the crown prince in the minds of the ministers. The identity of this woman
Although it was not stated explicitly, the ministers also knew that it would be against the integrity of the country to force such a woman to become the mother of the country.
A political turmoil has finally calmed down. Judging from the current reaction of the courtiers, they must have finally overcome the danger of destroying the country! Otherwise, they would not be so anxious to let the emperor establish a prince.
With peace of mind, I had the urge to do great things. Not only the courtiers, but also many common people had the same idea.
It has been several months since Gao Zengnuo took his wife and sister to live in a new house in Anminzhuo. When he sees his house after get off work every day, he will feel an inexplicable surge of emotion in his heart.
Frankly speaking, he had never imagined that he could live in such a house in his life! As a military household, only hundreds of households could live in brick houses. How could a man like him be able to live in a house made of bricks and tiles?
Even poor military households live in such nice houses?
"Nuo'er is back? Mrs. Wang came to the house today and took a look around." Seeing that Gao Zengnuo had returned home, my mother got together to chat.
Mrs. Wang is a matchmaker. Naturally, she came to the house to talk about marriage. Last year, her eldest brother arranged a marriage, and they got married and separated the family before buying a house. In other words, the matchmaker came here to talk about Gao's marriage.
It came from Zengnuo’s marriage.
"Mom, our family has bought a new house and we are very nervous about money. Can you postpone my marriage for a short time?"
"Granny Wang said that if any girl from the Li family can marry into our family, the gift will not be much. You are getting older and it's time to start a family. You can't keep putting it off like this?"
"Mom, can you postpone the marriage for two years? I have something to tell you. The imperial court has issued a recruitment order, and I want to join the army."
"Join the army? Your brigade is doing a great job! What kind of army do you want to join? The fifth generation of my family has been a military household. Now that the court has shown mercy, our family has finally been spared the hard work. You go and get on the pole and walk back."
"Mom, the situation is different now. You can have a good future by joining the army, and you don't need to be a soldier for the rest of your life. My brigade is looking at the scenery, but after all, it is not a formal official and is not registered. I
I want to serve as a soldier for a few years and have a real future."
"You have to fight for your future as a soldier? Do you think you are so competitive? You don't have to risk your life. My mother can't bear to leave you."
"Mom, our family came to Beizhili just to live a good life. Now, although we have a house, our family fortune is still unstable. While I am still young, I will strive for a better future and let my children and grandchildren take another step forward.
It's time. If we don't take a chance now, when the world is stable in the future, where will the opportunity come from? I always feel that this chaotic world in the world will be over in a few years. You said that our Gao family has neither power nor power.
Beizhili is still a migrant, and people need to take a step further to feel secure."
"You will be very talkative! If you want to join the army and strive for a better future, my mother will not object! However, before you go to join the army, your family must be settled, otherwise my mother will not agree."
"Let's get married first! Tell Mrs. Wang that our family has accepted the Li family's marriage."
The reason why Gao Zengnuo pushed back and forth was because he planned to give his wife a hand in the marriage and got her to agree to join the army.
After working as a team leader in the Anmin Institute for a year, Gao Zengnuo's vision and ambitions have also increased accordingly. Now he yearns to have a serious official career and become a legitimate civil servant of the Ming Dynasty.
How can he become a serious civil servant? An official from the Anmin Office pointed out a shortcut to him. Since Gao Zengnuo has been on the battlefield before, he must make good use of this resource and advantage. He must first serve as a soldier for a few years, even if he has no military merit.
When the time comes, you can also have the status of a court official when you change your career. With military merit, your future will be even more promising. There is no problem at all in becoming a good official.
Starting from this year, the status of a court official has become much more valuable. In the past, literati who did not care about being a junior official of the eighth or ninth grade are now anxious to take the college entrance examination, thinking about becoming an official, even if they go to normal school, they must first learn from qualified teachers.
When it comes to work, they all rush to do it. It is not a bad thing that there is no qualified Jinshi to take the exam. At least middle and low-level literati have more ways to enter the official system, and they have more channels to eat from the imperial court. They don't have to hang on a tree.
Died in mid-air.
The wedding at the Civil Affairs Bureau was quite simple to organize. Mrs. Gao Zengnuo found a matchmaker the next day. After paying the deposit for the bride price, the wedding was roughly decided on the same day. As for the timetable, she chose a date this month.
An auspicious day is enough, and the wedding is quite simple. Just set up a few large banquet tables in the open space of a row house, entertain relatives and neighbors on both sides, and the wedding is complete.
While the Gao family was busy preparing for the wedding, a family of homeless people came to the Anminsuo. To be precise, three people came, an old man and two young men and women. Gao Zengnuo, who saw these three people
At this time, my head was getting bigger. Isn't this the family I got married to in my hometown? Aren't they going to follow the thieves to fight against the world? Why did they come here again?
"Young descendant of the Gao family, we have found you! We went to the Refugee Agency in Beizhili and inquired for a long time before we found out that your family is in Huairou. When we found you here, we found you." When the old man saw Gao Zengnuo, he
He rushed over and started talking excitedly.
"Uncle Tian, didn't your family go to the south? Why did you come to Zhili again?" Gao Zennuo replied with an awkward look.
"Oh! Don't mention it again! If we hadn't been clever, we almost wouldn't have had the chance to meet you. Now it's good, I finally found you. Is my mother-in-law okay?"
"How is my mother doing?"
"That's good, you take us to find our in-laws first. When we come here this time, we have to arrange your marriage with the girl first. The marriage between you two almost fell through because of the world."
I'm really afraid that something will happen. As soon as I met the Lao Tian family, I started talking about marriage. What should I do? I've already made an engagement with someone else, and I'm preparing for the wedding these days.
Gao Zengnuo, who had no idea, had to take the three of Lao Tian's family home first. To be honest, he was so confused at this time that he didn't know how this situation would end. Couldn't your family have come here a few days earlier?
? Why did you rush to this stall!
After bringing Lao Tian and his family home, my wife had the same reaction as Gao Zennuo when she saw them. She was stunned for a long time before letting them into the back room at a loss.
Marriage contracts in ancient times were not as casual as in later generations, and the Gao and Tian families were still close friends for many generations. Legally speaking, Gao Zengnuo was actually the husband of the girl from the Tian family, and this new marriage he arranged was suspected of bigamy.
The Ming Dynasty was not a polygamous system, and concubines were not wives. Normally, a man could only have one wife.