Zhen Guo Princess GL

Now I have a deep understanding of why people in this era always pray for more children and grandchildren. At this time when there are no ideals, and relatives are purely based on blood and patriarchal clan, having many children and grandchildren is not only a guarantee for the succession of the family, but also an important human resource. The implicated company regulations in the law ensure the loyalty of clansmen with the same surname.

I have no descendants, so although I have enjoyed the honor of the imperial family for a long time, I have never experienced the prosperity brought by many close relatives.The establishment of the Women's Club changed this. He Lou Yingluo—I didn't know her small characters until now, and she is used to using her husband's surname, so we still call her He Lou—has several younger brothers and nephews in court. Officials, one of them was born in Mingjing and was already above the fifth rank. A sister married a fourth-rank official from Jingzhao Webster. Among the relatives of her husband's family who had good friends in the past, there was also a third-rank Shangqing He Loudun, Xu It's true that the Hai brothers are not foreigners, but one nephew was once the governor of Huazhou. Now it's time to change his official position. Wan'er's deceased uncle, Zheng Xiuyuan, has six sons and four daughters. All of them held the Mingjing, and they all lived in the court for several years. The youngest one was newly admitted to the system. His mother hand-picked the imperial pen and chose the Tuobai officer and Xianyang county lieutenant that scholars dream of. All the daughters married Xue, Pei, Wang, and Li. Pei Lansheng's close relatives withered away, and there were still a few cousins ​​who married into families with common surnames. The sisters had children again, and it was time to marry. Dugu Shao was introduced by Cui Mingde one month after the establishment of the club. He himself had no children. Strongly recommended, he has been awarded General Zuo Wuwei, his cousin Dugu Hong is the governor of the same state, his nephew Dugu Lin graduated from military school, and he was awarded the title of Master Guo Yi, and the rest are roughly the same.

Cui Mingde collected all the relatives who were interested but unable to be promoted, and I looked at them one by one. We roughly classified these people according to their resumes, three grades and above and those with high authority, and five grades and above. There is another category for those who are hopeful for the imperial examination. Among them, those who have a little contact with me, or those who have indeed taken refuge in a separate list, after a little consideration, in my name, I recommend He Loudun as Qiuguan Shangshu, Xu Chong In order to be Duzhi Langzhong and Dugu Hong to serve as Zuo Suzhengtai's censor, small officials and small positions do not need to be reported to the sage, and they are directly entrusted to various places. Because of the fierce fighting between the two factions, the low-level positions are actually worse than the middle-level and high-level positions directly appointed by the mother. It was hard to win, but I saw that the opportunity was rare, so I simply reported the names of these small positions to my mother,

Recently, there have been drastic changes in personnel, there are many vacancies, and my mother is also worried that there is no one available. Seeing that I have stuffed more than ten small official positions of seven or eight ranks in front of me, I just laugh it off and the imperial pen approves it.

The fight between Li and Wu has been fierce until now, and it hasn't subsided for a moment until mid-February. I made up my mind not to participate in the struggle between the two sides. Apart from filling my own people in every official vacancy wholeheartedly, I was preparing gifts for my mother.

Every year is a big event, especially this year, both Li and Wu are eager to win the favor of their mother. Even Li Dan has been busy for a long time for this, spending a lot of money to translate scriptures and build Buddha statues for his mother. In terms of financial resources, I am far behind. These people, and all of them go to the precious, it is time to show my sincerity, so this year I am ingenious, without real objects, and only do three false things: Shangshu, please set the holy birthday as Longevity Day , have a one-day holiday, give wine and meat in the capital, give wine and meat to the elderly over [-], and give money and silk to the Wu clan all over the world; invite someone to compose a dance for thousands of people, called "Dance of Thousand Years and Longevity", and perform it for mother on the day of Shengshou; invite Cui Mingde Wrote ten thousand words "Ode to the Saints of the World", extolling his mother as one of the saints from ancient times to the present, juxtaposed with Yao, Shun, Yu, Laozi, Confucius, Mencius, Henkel, Guangwu, Gaozu, Taizong, and Xiandi, and translated into many languages , each of which is hand-copied and dedicated to the mother.

My mother was most satisfied with my gift, and gave me a copy of "Book of Filial Piety"—different from the one Li Sheng was given back then, this one was read and annotated by the late emperor himself, wrapped in a purple cover, and decorated with gold and jade , On the cover, there is a big "filial piety" written with a royal brush, as if otherwise, the world would have no way of knowing my filial piety.

The gift of this book also went through a small ceremony. My mother got up early and ordered me to wait at home, and sent an envoy to make the book and the "Book of Filial Piety", and led a long team to my home to give it to me. I was dressed in court clothes, Fast and burn incense, lead the whole family to receive it respectfully, and then carefully frame this small scripture book and offer it in the main hall.

In the early morning of the next day, I entered the palace in court clothes, knelt outside the palace gate to thank God, and presented nine small gifts, and the next day the palace gave back gifts with great fanfare, so I entered the palace again to thank God and present gifts. , Fang ended the performance.

I finally entered the palace in casual clothes again. My mother sat cross-legged in the hall in a light purple gown, listening to the nuns talking about "Mulian Bian". However, my mother had no intention of listening to the lecture. After sitting for a while, she waved her hand. Shaking my head, I stayed, and my mother frowned and sat for a while, then said in a nonchalant way: "The prime minister who was demoted, what is his job if he is called back again?"

I went to see Wan'er again, and Wan'er lowered her head, looking at her nose and heart with her eyes, and said nothing. My mother squinted at me, half-smiling: "If you don't know how to answer, I will serve you a cup of tea for Master Shangguan." , I would like to ask for advice."

I felt a little nervous, and hurriedly lowered my head to cover it up, and said softly: "There are many prime ministers who were demoted, I don't know which one A Niang is talking about?"

The mother's displeasure was less clear, and she half-closed her eyes and said, "Which one do you think it should be?"

I said: "Mr. Doulu and Mr. Yang are very senior and have great reputation in politics. The princes are from a rich family, and their poems and books are from China. They also presented the right army copybooks to A Niang. I thought I could call them back as servants. When there is no objection."

Mother didn't answer my words, but only looked at Wan'er: "What do you think?"

Wan'er said: "I think what the princess said is true."

The mother showed a genuine smile, and nodded slowly: "Since you said so, let's make it up." Seeming a little tired, she got up and went to have a rest on the couch over there.

I dismissed everyone, took a step closer to Wan'er, and called out in a low voice, "Wan'er?"

Wan'er glanced left and right, took a step closer, and said in a low voice, "I'm not satisfied with trying to compare Saburo's knowledge."

The author has something to say: Notes:

Tuobai: It is the official position for a scholar to enter an official for the first time, which means to leave the white body. Xianyang county lieutenant usually takes two or three transfers.