Chapter 182 181 Hesitation

In the evening, after dinner in the lobby outside, Lao Kanyou began to organize a game to make money. This was the only fun for these Jinshi who had not yet been assigned a place to go.

Wei Guangde waved his hand, "I'll just play with myself today. I received a letter from home today, and I have to go back and fix one. If I go back to my hometown in Jiangxi, I'll ask someone to take it back with me."

"Why are you anxious about this? It's not too late to write a letter after the results of the North Korean exam are out and the place has been decided. Just ask who here has written a letter."

When Lao Kan heard Wei Guangde's reason, he immediately said with a smile.

"That's right, I have to wait until the arrangements are finalized before writing a letter back. Now my family may have received the results of our palace examination, and there is nothing to say. I will tell my family after I get my official position."

Zhang Ke answered.

"What are you going to write back to now? Is there an official position? If you pass the first-level exam and you have obtained the official position, it is still reasonable to write the letter. Let's take a walk and play a few games before we talk."

Wei Guangde heard this and felt that it made sense. He had not yet decided on his official position, and he did not know what to say in the letter. As for the land matters, he was not in a hurry.

The fields around Jiujiang Prefecture are not so easy to buy. It is normal to have a price but no market.

Jiujiang Mansion, Wei Zhai.

"You also heard from elder brother earlier that Xiao Er will definitely become an official in the capital. You can find someone to bring the money there when you can."

Mother Wei sat on the bed and said leisurely that her son had been away from home for several months and Mother Wei missed her son.

"Wait a minute. When Guangde left, he said that he would definitely become an official when he left. He sent us a letter then, asking us to go to the capital to live for a while."

Father Wei looked at his wife and smiled and said, "Wait a minute, when Guang Dexin comes back, we will write to him."

"In fact, we should write to him now, tell him about the incident, and see what his son's attitude is."

Mother Wei thought of another thing, so she said again.

After hearing this, Father Wei just thought for a moment and shook his head: "That's not necessary. We have already agreed. Parents make the final decision on their children's marriages. This has been the case since ancient times. He can still change the world."

"But, at least tell your son."

Wei Mu still insisted.

"Okay, I'll write a letter tomorrow and ask someone to take it with me. I don't think Guangde will refuse this marriage. It will only be good for him and not harmful."

Father Wei thought about it before saying.

"Yes, I think so too, but I don't know if my son has anyone else in his heart."

Mother Wei said.

"What are you talking about? Is it my son?"

Father Wei opened his eyes wide and asked in surprise.

"No, no, I just thought that the waiter couldn't stay at home and often ran out." Wei's mother explained the reason for his guess.

"No, that kid went out to play with his classmates at night. I heard Shigui said that he and Zhang Hongfu both like to go to Cuixiu Hall to drink and listen to music. It's not what you think."

Dad Wei breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile. Wei Guangde and his classmates went to a brothel to hang out. Dad Wei bumped into them, but he didn't say anything. As long as he didn't mess around in there, he just drank and listened to music.

"Do you think the waiter will be unhappy? After all, we just listened to the Zhang family and agreed without even seeing it."

We are still worried.

Well, no matter what others say, Wei's mother still feels insecure and worried about being cheated without seeing it with her own eyes.

"You are worrying too much. You have seen Mr. Xu's appearance before. His biological sister should not be too different."

In fact, the ancients were also obsessed with appearance. Regardless of the appearance of the person who started his family, as long as he had money, he would marry a beautiful woman. No matter how bad the genes were, they would become good after several improvements.

The Xu family is like this. The ancestors of the Xu family are not bad. Naturally, a woman who can enter the Duke of Wei's palace cannot be a crooked melon. Under normal circumstances, the men born are all good-looking, and the women are also delicate and charming. Under normal circumstances, they are naturally Those things that Mother Wei was worried about would not happen.

As for whether Mr. Xu can inherit the title in the end, it is relatively unimportant.

In the Ming Dynasty, the daughter of the Xu family who married into the Wei family had nothing to do with the Duke of Wei.

What's more, as far as now is concerned, if the Wei family was still a vassal of the Xu family before, it is different now.

Wei Guangde has become a Jinshi, and his superior will only be the emperor and not his Xu family.

When will civil servants be afraid of nobles?

Besides, Zhang Qing and Zhang Tongzhi made a special trip to the Wei family regarding Wei Guangde's results in the palace examination. Together with Zhang Shigui and Wu Zhankui, they analyzed in detail the signals behind Wei Guangde's first place in the second class.

Wei Guangde must have been spotted by some big shot in Beijing. Not to mention he will become a successful person, but at least he won't be bad.

Wei Meng naturally noticed that Zhang Shigui, who had a vague sense of superiority in front of him before, was very different from before, and seemed much gentler.

In fact, after Mr. Xu came to Jiujiang Mansion again, his attitude changed a lot, but the changes today are even more obvious.

In the inner room of Duke Wei's Mansion in Nanjing, Xu Bangrui stood at the head with his hands down.

He just returned to Yingtian from Jiujiang Mansion this afternoon, but when he returned to the mansion, he got the information about Wei Guangde's ranking in the palace examination.

To be honest, Mr. Xu Bangrui was still very surprised at that time.

First place in the second class, this is no longer a normal palace examination result.

Although he was disliked by Wei Guogong Xu Pengju, he still understood all the education and things he needed to know. If he ranked low in the National Examination, he should be in the top three.

But Wei Guangde's ranking in the palace examination really surprised him. Even the powerful Yan Song and his sons probably didn't have the ability to influence the result. Besides, the position of Chuanlu was not something that Yan Song could decide, and it was not the way to take care of a fellow villager.

There were so many fellow villagers from Jiangxi in this palace examination, why was it Wei Guangde?

And what about Huiyuan Jinda?

There was something strange about it.

When his father, Duke Wei, Xu Pengju, returned to the mansion after a banquet in the evening, Xu Bangrui asked to see him immediately.

Of course, he didn't go to Xu Pengju to inquire about the palace examination. His father couldn't reach Beijing, and he could only have some power in Nanjing. After all, he had been stationed in Nanjing for many years and had already shown signs of alienation from the royal family.

The main reason was that during his trip to Jiujiang Prefecture this time, Wei Guangde of the Wei family did not have an engagement. He also implicitly expressed to Wei Meng that he wanted to marry his sister to Wei Guangde. Wei Meng was very happy to take the initiative to mention this matter after a brief hesitation.

Wei Meng was not a fool. After Xu Bangrui asked Wei Guangde about his marriage, he said that he had a sister who was fifteen years old and had not yet been betrothed. Naturally, he understood what Xu Bangrui meant.

They had talked it out in Jiujiang. Now they just had to wait for Xu Pengju, the Duke of Wei, to report to him and make the final decision. He would write to Jiujiang and the matter would be settled. It was time to go through the subsequent matchmaking process.

After listening to Xu Bangrui's report, Xu Pengju just glanced at his son casually. To be honest, he looked like him, but he was not as well-behaved as the younger one, and was a little dull.

In fact, maybe he was not dull, but he was used to hiding his thoughts. Xu Pengju always felt that his eldest son had some privacy and seemed to like to do some small things behind his back.

Perhaps it was also because of the family environment. After his mother passed away, he felt that no one loved him, so he became more and more distant from himself.

However, Xu Pengju never liked this son who had some privacy, so he did have the idea of ​​making his younger son the prince.

Before, when Xu Bangrui mentioned Wei Guangde, he was just a young and overly successful candidate, so Xu Pengju naturally didn't care.

His daughter had to marry at least an official. Although a successful candidate could have an official position, it was far from enough.

Later, after becoming a Jinshi, it was barely suitable, at least reaching the minimum.

The third class can only be said to have a chance of reaching the fourth rank, and it would be difficult to go higher.

From the perspective of family stability, he felt that it seemed to be a good choice.

If Wei Guangde really became his son-in-law, he would definitely help Xu Bangrui instead of Xu Bangning.

A low position naturally has less influence, and a woman who marries there will have no worries about food and clothing, which is worthy of her mother and daughter.

But when the results of the palace examination were sent from the capital two days ago, Xu Pengju regretted it a little. The reason was very simple. He naturally knew that Wei Guangde must have been lucky and was favored by Emperor Jiajing, otherwise the ranking of the palace examination would not have changed so much.

Although he didn't know the reason, the fact was obvious, and it was very troublesome.

If he handles it improperly, he might offend a future emperor's close minister.

Although he is a top noble, he is not afraid of a rookie like Wei Guangde, but it would be troublesome if he whispers in the emperor's ear every day.

In the future, if he wants to do something, he will report it, and then someone will say that this is not good or that is not right in front of the emperor. He will be punished for major things and scolded for minor things.

Well, Xu Pengju is actually very conflicted now.

He doesn't want to accept this marriage, but he is worried about offending people.

"You should know what he wants to do."

Xu Pengju seemed to be nonchalant and said, "The first place in the second class, Chuanlu, is definitely going to be an official in the court, but the officialdom in the capital is very chaotic now, and one careless move will cause a big disaster.

I just received news today that Wang Yongbin was sent to Nanjing Ministry of Personnel to be the Shangshu because of the Li Mo case.

Half a month later, Li Mo died in Tianlao, and this is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel."

Seeing that Xu Bangrui wanted to say something, Xu Pengju waved his hand and said, "Let me think about this for two more days. After all, it is related to your sister's lifelong happiness. I must be cautious, so as to be worthy of your mother.

In fact, his ranking is not good. After the observation of politics, I will find someone to transfer him to a wealthy county in Jiangnan to be an official. It's a pity that I am destined to be unable to take care of him with this ranking."

Hearing his father say this, Xu Bangrui was like a mirror in his heart. It's better to worry about his brother-in-law standing firm in the court than to worry about others not being able to stand firm in the court.

There was no other way, Xu Bangrui bowed his head and said, "Yes."

"You've been on the road for so many days, it's been hard, go back and rest early."

Xu Pengju continued, and when he saw Xu Bangrui turning around to leave, he suddenly stopped him and said, "Tomorrow you go to the inner storehouse to choose two boxes of jewelry for your sister.

Well, you also choose two boxes for your wife."

After saying this, Xu Pengju waved his hand to signal him to leave.

After Xu Bangrui walked out of the room, Xu Pengju smacked his lips, this matter was really difficult to handle.

If only the ministers in the court were optimistic about Wei Guangde, Xu Pengju could still do some tricks behind his back to suppress him, but now it seems that it is not the court officials who value him, and only that person has the means to raise his ranking by more than 200 people.

Xu Pengju dare not play tricks on that person who is optimistic about him. If he is discovered by Lu Laogou, he is afraid that he will be skinned alive if he does not die.

After the imperial examination, Wei Guangde spent a few days leisurely. One day, someone from the Ministry of Rites came and informed Wei Guangde to go to the Ministry of Rites the next morning.

Well, at this time, the results of the imperial examination have not been known to the visitors, but Wei Guangde knows very well that when he goes to the Rites Yamen tomorrow, arrangements must have been made for him, whether to go to the Hanlin Academy to become a concubine, or to be sent Go to that yamen to observe the government and you will know everything.

The time for Lao Kan to go to the Ministry of Etiquette was scheduled to be in the afternoon, and the remaining Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan were to go there in the morning the day after tomorrow.

After sending away the clerk of the Ministry of Rites, the four people gathered around a table and started discussing.

"Guangde, according to this arrangement, it is safe for you to enter the Hanlin Academy. I should be hopeless."

Lao Kan shook his head and sighed.

Obviously, this is the time to go to the Ministry of Etiquette determined according to one's personal destination.

Tomorrow morning, if you go to the Ministry of Rites, you will most likely be admitted to the Hanlin Academy as a scholar.

I can only go to the Ministry of Etiquette in the afternoon, so I might be one of the people staying in Beijing, but I don't know which yamen they will be arranged to watch the government.

The remaining two are both in the top three, and they won't have a share tomorrow. Obviously, they may be released after observing the administration.

"I don't know. I'll find out when I go tomorrow."

Wei Guangde was not in a good or bad mood at the moment.

It seems normal to enter the Hanlin Academy and serve as a scholar. It is not surprising to stay in Beijing. After all, this is his normal reaction.

Although he didn't know why the Yan family took special care of him, Wei Guangde also knew that this relationship was not so easy to repay, even though he had already sent hundreds of taels of silver in gifts.

Their future careers will all depend on the arrangements made by the Ministry of Etiquette tomorrow based on their results.

If the yamen arrangement is good, after the government inspection is over, the official department may arrange it in a better position.

Seeing that Zhang Ke and Xia Kefan had bad expressions, Wei Guangde whispered again: "Anyway, there is still a period of observing the government. During this period, pick up your colleagues and be polite to the superiors. When it is time to confer officials, go to Mr. Xiao Ge to send some We are all from the same hometown as local specialties. I think Mr. Xiao Ge must like our Jiangxi specialties.”

"Well, during this period, we will pay attention to the goods sent from Jiangxi to see if there are any good ones. We can keep them and make gifts."

Lao Kan nodded slowly and said.

"It would be great if I could go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to observe the government affairs and spread the salt fortune."

Zhang Ke said with a smile now. Apparently he had listened to what Wei Guangde and Lao Kan said, and there was always a way.

Whether it is Lao Kan or Zhang Ke, it is not difficult to spend money to find a good job. Xia Kefan's financial conditions are slightly worse, but for Jinshi, there are many ways to get money.

At the very least, during this period, brokers from the capital kept coming to ask the four Jinshi whether they needed to borrow money to make a living.

Xia Kefan only hesitated slightly and then felt relieved. At worst, he could just borrow some money temporarily and make up for it later.