[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

After Wang Ziteng took Wang Yue out of Jia's house, he asked someone to send him back home, and he himself got into the carriage of Wang's family.

In the carriage, Zou Cheng was leaning against the wall of the carriage, holding a book of travel notes in his hand, when he saw the prince coming up, he cupped his hands casually, and said, "Master, how are Master Bao and Miss Feng?"

Wang Ziteng nodded, walked to his side, sat down casually, and said: "The generation of the Jia family is getting worse and worse. That Jia Amnesty only spends his days drinking and drinking, and blindly blames the old lady Jia for being partial. I really have the guts to say that without even looking at it, I don’t know what will happen to the Jia family if it is really handed over to him.”

Zou Cheng smiled lightly, and said consolingly: "This is also human nature. After all, the Jia family should belong to him, but it just fell out of his hands. It is understandable that he feels resentment because of this."

Wang Ziteng shook his head, and said angrily: "The person in charge of the family is related to the survival of a family, and he really has no self-knowledge. Even if he feels that he has been treated harshly, he can do whatever he wants behind closed doors. Should he make a fuss in front of outsiders, so he doesn't care about the family's reputation?"

Zou Cheng laughed again when he heard this: "It's not that the boss doesn't know what kind of temperament that old man is. He was spoiled by Mrs. Jia in the early years. He is generous and only cares about himself in everything. He It doesn't care about the consequences of reputation. What's more, this old lady has a good wrist and has been suppressing him. He doesn't dare to make trouble at home, so he can only show it to the boss, you, an outsider who is not an outsider."

Wang Ziteng was silent for a while when he heard the words, then shook his head and said: "Jia Amnesty is fine, but it's just locked at home to play with women, even if the reputation is not good, they will not involve the Jia family, and will not miss anything. On the contrary, it is Jia Zheng, today's facts are really disappointing."

"Oh? What's wrong with this second master? Didn't you say that this second master has a legacy? What? What did he do today to disappoint the owner so much?"

Zou Cheng was a little surprised by what Wang Ziteng said. Don't think that his boss usually thinks highly of Jia Zheng, his brother-in-law, but they have a good opinion of him in private, especially compared to the four families of Jia Wang, Shi Xue, who only know him outside. For the men who cause trouble and spend money, Jia Zheng, the second master who usually doesn't cause trouble and just stays in the house studying and supporting the clean, is already a rare clean stream.

Moreover, there are also a few capable Qingkes raised by Jia Zheng, and they have been slowly climbing up through the connections of the Jia and Wang families. With power as the backing, it will be a good boost in the future.

"The legacy of the ancestors? That's just a word of praise from outsiders who see him as the person in charge of the Jia family. Do you believe this too, sir?"

Zou Cheng said with a smile: "The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, there must be something real!"

"It would be great if there was something real, but if he has the demeanor of Mr. Jia back then, he won't be a member of the Ministry of Industry who has worked in the Ministry of Industry for more than ten years without being promoted, and who is raised under his own hands all day long." Those Qing guests complained in front of them, saying that the imperial court did not know people well, and that their own talents were not appreciated. Hmph, he has the Jia family as the backing, but if he has a few real talents and real learning, no one dares to suppress him. For this sake, it is only true talent and real learning Not at all, the way of being a man is even more unreasonable, he has the face to dare to say this, as long as he is willing to make good relations with those colleagues and superiors in the Ministry of Industry, even if he has no real achievements, this qualification will also bring him to the official rank Already!"

Zou Cheng smiled helplessly. He knew the temperament of the master. Although he was born in a noble family, he did not have the usual problems of those disciples of the high school. Too much family resources were poured into him, and his official position was promoted bit by bit by his own ability.

Back then, he started as a soldier in the barracks. For this reason, although his boss was very serious outside, he was surprisingly kind when dealing with people. As long as he didn't violate his bottom line, he was rarely mean. When he was a child, his speech was usually very tactful, and it was rare to hear him speak ill of others, whether outside or in private.

Especially Jia Zheng is still his own brother-in-law. As a relative of his own family, he is more tolerant than outsiders. Today they said such comments in front of their own faces. It seems that what the two Jia brothers did was really annoying Mao lost his boss, and I don't know what they did.

Seeing Zou Cheng's doubts, Wang Ziteng didn't hide anything, so he reported what happened in Jia's mansion one by one.

Zou Cheng listened, pondered for a while, and then said: "Not to mention anything else, the second master gave up on the second master Bao so easily? It's not as good as uncle Jia She, who is his only son and only son. The heir, even if he still has a son, it's a bastard who has no right to inherit, unless he intends to record the bastard under the name of his great aunt."

Although there is a law in the imperial court, the concubine has no right to inherit. If there is no direct son, it can only be adopted from the branch of the offspring. However, there are policies and countermeasures. Some people record the concubine under the name of the aunt as the legitimate son.

This kind of practice is not new to this dynasty, and everyone has long been familiar with this kind of practice, so although they know that this kind of practice is not in line with the law of the court, everyone basically turns a blind eye to it.

After all, no one can say whether their own family will lose their legitimate son, and if they have their own biological son, who would be willing to adopt someone else's child.

The imperial court also knew that this kind of thing could not be prohibited, so they supplemented the law to allow this kind of practice, but the requirements became stricter. If you want to record the concubine under the name of the aunt, it is not only the consent of the husband's family. , the genealogy can only be modified after the aunt's own nod and the consent of the aunt's natal family.

Therefore, if Jia Zheng wanted to record his concubine son under the name of his aunt, he had to obtain the consent of his aunt and at the same time seek the opinion of the Wang family, otherwise this approach would not work.

But where did Jia Zheng feel confident that he could get his aunt to agree to record his concubine under her name as her own son, especially since both of her sons died and her only daughter could only stay in the palace? , I can't see each other a few times in my life, but the concubine's two children are living well.

It's not bad if the eldest aunt didn't go crazy. If he were the eldest aunt, he would rather adopt the eldest son's son and hand over the second wife's future to the eldest son than to give the property to the concubine!

And where did Jia Zheng have the confidence to think that the Wang family would agree to this approach?

"Who knows what he thinks, that concubine is already ten years old, he is so old, how can he be well-raised, even if Baoyu is gone, I would rather my eldest sister adopt an innocent child from the side branch of Jia's family , and better than this bastard who already remembers who his mother is."

This is the truth, even ordinary people will choose children who are young and do not remember anything, otherwise, who would want to raise a child who already knows who their parents are?

Who knows if he will be more like his own parents when he grows up, a white-eyed wolf who is not familiar with him, who is willing to waste energy and time on him.

What's more, now that the Jia family is in decline, if the Wang family disagrees, the Jia family must consider what the Wang family thinks. I really don't know what confidence Jia Zheng has to be so sure.

"It seems that Jia Zheng is a bit ruthless. Listening to what he said, he was merciless when he gave up his two children in order to please your boss! Besides, I think he usually cares so much about Brother Yue. He thought that there was still some friendship between him and Brother Yue, but he didn't expect that Jia Amnesty would take his anger on Brother Yue after only a word. I will be in the hands of a small worker named Wailang for so many years."

Now that his employer's impression of Jia Zheng was bad, Zou Cheng's speech was not as polite as usual.

Regarding Zou Cheng's words, Wang Ziteng smiled instead: "He cares about Brother Yue, but because he sees his potential, and he also thinks that he is a relative of his own. He is better than outsiders in supporting him. The Jia family is now so big that it is hard to find him." Out of half a talent, it's very easy to meet someone who is outstanding, since we have to put in more effort."

After a pause, Wang Ziteng continued: "Brother Yue only has potential now, so naturally he won't be too polite, but if I were him, I would only be more dedicated to Brother Yue from now on."

After a little thought, Zou Cheng understood the meaning of Wang Ziteng's words. This time, when Bao Erye and Miss Feng had an accident, many people came. I was there, but except Brother Yue, a child who thought of how to find out the murderer behind the scenes, the others just panicked to find famous doctors, monks, or priests, or they used this opportunity to make contacts, and their performance was really unsightly .

It's just a very simple thing to say, but no one thought of it. Even if they were a little flustered because of the relatives, it shouldn't be like this. It can only be said that the talents of the four major families are now withered, and they have reached an extremely dangerous situation!

"Talent, Emperor Tianzheng said that talent is the most important thing. If the four major families can cultivate another talent, it may be another brilliant generation. Otherwise, if something happens to me, the four major families will collapse immediately. Such a vision!"

Wang Ziteng sighed, his voice was full of disappointment, Zou Cheng looked at his face, and suggested: "Actually, it's not that there are no talents. I think the girls in Jia's family are all good. They need to have good looks, and they need to be talented. Why not send them to the women's school in the palace, if they can make connections, marry into the royal family, and have the help of their empress, it may not be a good way out."

When Wang Ziteng heard this proposal, his heart moved, and he was about to speak, but his head suddenly hurt. The slight heartbeat just now dissipated instantly, and turned into anger: "Sir, you don't have to say this again in the future, women should stay in the back house and study hard." Learn how to marry a good family and live a good life in the future, and learn from those women outside who are shameless, show their faces, and forget their three obediences and four virtues!"

After Wang Ziteng finished speaking, he took a rough breath, leaned against the wall of the carriage and stopped talking. Zou Cheng glanced at him secretly, lowered his head, and stopped talking. There was silence in the carriage for a while.

The author has something to say: When I wake up in the morning, my cheeks are swollen, it hurts so much! !I can't even eat, I can only drink some porridge, and I went to the hospital to prescribe some anti-inflammatory drugs.Will not forget to add more!