[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Hearing that Brother Xun also wanted to print a collection of poems, Shen Yue felt that he really dared to think about it.Unbearable, he patted his head directly with his hands: "You have only read a few poems and books, and you want to print poems? Wait until when you win the Jinshi."

Brother Xun was a little unconvinced: "I've heard that you can print it yourself if you pay the money first, and then go to the printing house to collect the manuscript fee after the collection of poems is sold. If my brother doesn't print it for me, how much money will I save?" I’ll ask Shuang’an to print it for me.”

Shen Yue frowned when he heard this: "Who did you listen to?" Only he and Daiyu had received the manuscript fee for the printing house, and only a few princes, him and Daiyu knew about it, and outsiders should not know about it.Now Brother Xun, who is devoted to studying, has even heard of it. Do others also know that Daiyu is the one who receives the manuscript fee?

Although the queen mother wanted to preface the poetry collections of the girls in Beijing, the queen mother also asked Daiyu to accompany the poems of the girls, and Daiyu had to seek the author's opinion one by one after painting, and strive to achieve this. The collection of poems is more perfect, so it can only be published after a year.

If someone knew that Mr. Jinghua was actually Daiyu before this collection of poems came out, Shen Yue's efforts in the early stage would be in vain.So he had to ask brother Xun where did he know that he could receive the manuscript fee.

Brother Xun didn't expect that when he asked, his elder brother's face would be blackened, and he whispered a little scared: "The emperor's eldest grandson told Brother Kuan, and Brother Kuan chatted a few words with me when discussing the article. , I just found out."

It turned out that the eldest grandson of the emperor said it. While Shen Yue breathed a sigh of relief, he felt that the eldest prince might not have learned his lesson. You are a high-ranking person with such a loose mouth. It's really good to talk to your daughter-in-law and son after you have something to do. ?

But before he troubles the eldest prince, he still needs to appease his younger brother. Shen Yue promised Brother Xun that he would buy him all the four treasures of the study that he liked in Liulichang. Bad, please ask the princes to compile his articles into the excellent compilations of Qiu Wei and Chun Wei.

After comforting Brother Xun, Shen Yue turned his eyes to Brother Wen, and found that the little guy was looking at Brother Xun sympathetically, with a hint of understanding in his eyes, he couldn't help but smile: "Why do you look at your second brother like that? What do you want?"

Brother Fan still smiled honestly: "I don't want anything, as long as the eldest brother follows the example of the second brother and gives me a copy."

He spoke quite easily, and seemed easy to talk, but Shen Yue felt that this younger brother was a bit wise and foolish: Inquiring about Brother's set of four treasures of the study cost two or three hundred taels, and this kid gave himself a slap in the face of a single sentence. It sounds like he still refuses to get past his brother.

"Okay, if you become a Jinshi, your name will also be included in the compilation." Shen Yue said that one sheep is herding, and two sheep are also being chased.After hearing this, Brother Fan shook his head again and again: "Brother, please forgive me. If it is high in the middle school, it is easy to say, but if it is out of the top ten, even if it enters the compilation, it must be regarded as a counterexample. At that time, it will not be possible to say every word. Let people pick out the faults? Maybe in the end, even the name of fraud will be on the head."

Shen Yue laughed out loud when he heard this, Brother Xun's face turned black, and he told Shen Yue that he wanted to study, and he left Shen Yue's study room without looking back, Brother Wen went to Shen Yue leisurely After a half ceremony, I left the house.

Within two days, Mrs. Fang asked Shen Yue: "What did you say to Brother Xun again? You read until the third watch every day, and you won't stop even if you are urged."

Shen Yue didn't dare to say that the two children were afraid of poor grades in the future, so he had to divert Fang's attention: "It's been so long, has the wife looked after him? I guess the boy is afraid that he will be inferior, and the wife will lose face by then." Go to someone's house to propose marriage."

Mrs. Fang said helplessly: "There are two good girls, but the younger ones are a little taller."

There is a family that is the granddaughter of an old prince in the clan. This old prince is already a figure of the grandfather's generation, but he is much younger than the grandfather today. stable.It's just that this kind of clan girl has at least one title of county lord on her body, and Fang feels that her family's family background is not worthy.

The other family is the youngest daughter of Zhengqing's family in Taipusi. Fang also thinks it is good, but she is afraid that the current Shen's mansion will follow the old path of the scholar's mansion, so she dare not even show her intentions to her daughter's family.

Shen Yue also smacked his tongue inwardly, when did Brother Xun's market become like this: "What's so good about him, at least my mother can just pick someone who is similar to him." Don't think about people who are higher than the servant.

Mrs. Fang gave the elder son a blank stare: "With Yu'er in front of her, I can't see an ordinary girl. Even if I can't stand shoulder to shoulder with Yu'er, I can't be too far behind."

Shen Yue could only scratch his head naively, his daughter-in-law is too good, does he even have to go up to the level of brothers and daughters-in-law?He tentatively asked Fang: "Did those two families show their intentions to their wives?" How can an ordinary female family have any reason to catch up?

Fang Shi is also very helpless, isn't it because the mistresses of these two families have obvious intentions?She also knows that what people value is not her lord, the third-rank Shuntian Fu Yin, but the eldest son and eldest son-in-law——Shen Yue keeps the princes around every day, unless the second prince ascends the throne in the future, no matter which prince takes the throne , even Shen Yue won't fall.

And Daiyu, who can't see that the empress dowager and empress love her more than the real princess. With such a eldest sister-in-law, it will be easy for the future sister-in-law to integrate into the circle of married women.

The most important thing is that Shen Yue is famous for being kind to his brothers, even Shen Chao's cousin is willing to avoid him, let alone his own brother?

But Fang didn't know that Shen Yue was acting nice to his brothers now, just using them as test subjects!Although the compilations of the princes have not yet been finalized, they are more than half completed. Shen Yue directly asked someone to copy a copy and sent it to Brother Xun and Brother Familiar's study for the purpose of allowing them to expand. Foresight, don't think that you are really a genius born in the world.

Not only Brother Xun and Brother Wen, but Brother Kuan, Brother Yan, and Brother Ne, none of them escaped from Shen Yue's clutches. Everyone had such a share on their desks, and the few children they made were regarded as During the Chinese New Year, there are articles in front of my eyes and next to my bed, and I don’t care about the red envelopes and gifts I got.

Shen Yue himself wasn't idle, he didn't mean that the princes couldn't be idle.As a result, the second prince actually made a big splash during the New Year's palace banquet: Others didn't care about flattering the present, which made the present a little disappointed, and showed a rare smile to the second prince who surrounded him every step of the way.

This also made some people's minds active again. They didn't know that it was the princes holding back their big moves. They only thought that the Sacred Heart had changed, and the second prince had regained the favor.For a while, the two emperors couldn't finish drinking for a year, so how could a high-spirited man be able to talk all the time?

Unexpectedly, as soon as the fifteenth day of the first lunar month came, the second prince became depressed again—now, who had treated him mildly throughout the year, was very satisfied with the results of the second prince's studies during this period, and felt that he still had room for improvement, so Then he sent the second prince back to study in the study in order to be more sensible.

After hearing the news, Shen Yue felt that what he was doing now was really... Forget it, that was his son, the only son who could make him trouble and not feel bad, as long as he was happy.

The reason why I can think so freely is because the printing house is facing a huge printing task just after the fifteenth day.Although Shen Yue usually completely let go of the printing house, but this first book was the collection of poems of ladies, so he had to keep an eye on it for Daiyu.

As soon as the poetry anthology titled "Yuxiu Jizhu" came out, there was a wave of panic buying: the ladies who participated in the palace banquet and wrote poems were given a copy as a gift, how could those ladies who didn't write poems not buy a copy?There are still girls who are not qualified to participate in the palace banquet, do they also have to participate in the grand event?

Not to mention that the palace banquet coincided with the New Year's gift of each family, and the name of the Empress Dowager's order has been spread all over the country along with the annual gifts of each family. The local officials also have daughters. Let's take a look at the preface, and let's take a look at the level of the masterpieces of the ladies in Beijing.

There is also a family who wants to send their daughters to the palace to fight for wealth. From this palace banquet, they think of the two mistresses in the palace. They seem to value girls' literary talents. Why don't they buy a collection of poems so that their daughters can study well?

What's more, the young scholars who are self-proclaimed, they couldn't even see the girls' papers and words, but now there is a book of poetry that can be placed in front of them, even if they have emptied their private houses and money, they still want to buy it. .

In short, once the collection of poems comes out, it can be called Luoyang paper expensive, and the printing press can't think of other words except for reprinting.The eldest prince had no choice but to discuss with Shen Yue: "You can wait for two months for the compilation of the Spring Taboo, and the compilation of the Qiu Wei will be printed no matter what."

Shen Yue felt that he was talking nonsense: "Then print it."

The eldest prince looked helpless: "Lao Liu refuses to live and die, he has to say that "Yu Xiu Ji Zhu" is selling so well, it would be a pity not to reprint it." That Lao Liu who desperately wanted money, even refused to listen to his elder brother for money Only then did he think about asking Shen Yue to come forward and talk about reconciliation.

Shen Yue looked at the eldest prince who had his eyes gouged in, and said to him without any sympathy: "Eldest prince, you are the eldest brother." Even the sixth prince can't figure it out, what use are you?

How the eldest prince moved the sixth prince, Shen Yue didn't know, he only knew that the business of Daiyu's flower house suddenly exploded, and some girls even got into disputes over buying flowers for the flower show.

By the time the "Compilation of Five Years of Autumn" came out, some bold girls had already sent their nephews to find the Royal Press with money, thinking about printing their collection of essays and poems.

I heard that the printing house pushed back the money on the grounds that the schedule was not open, and some girls with flexible minds found other printing houses.But after the book is finished, I can only cry without tears: there is no harm without comparison. I have seen the quality of printing in the Royal Press, and then I look at books printed by other houses, and I feel that the paper is rough, the ink is smelly, and the characters It is also slanted, and the painting is also blurred, only a black mass, not even a single color can be seen.

Don’t just give this kind of book away or put it in the study, even if you put it in the bedroom and read it by yourself, you still feel your hands are dirty, and it’s disgusting to put it on the table.

No way, these girls came up with a better idea - to invite Daiyu to the Wenhui and Huahui, when Mrs. Xiao Shen's poems will be on the first page, can the Royal Press print them for herself? ?

But who invited Daiyu to go to both the literary and flower fairs?Except for a few imperial concubines or elders posting posts, she was following Fang's wholeheartedly to inquire about her elder brother's wedding ceremony.

It turned out that during the Chinese New Year, the old prince, who had not received a reply from Shen's residence for a long time, thought that Shen Ren was afraid to propose marriage in his own mansion because he cared about Shen Xueshi, so he found Shen Xueshi's immediate superior, and asked him to look at it in the face of the same clan. On the way, return the grandson-in-law he is optimistic about to himself.

Today's depression, he is also optimistic about Shen Fu (asking for his brother's name), there is such a good brother - Shen Yue who has to let the queen recognize a adopted daughter so that he can be tied - how bad can a younger brother be?Zhong Xiucai won No.2, so it's hard to guarantee that he won't be the same as his brother.

Just holding on to this hope, thinking of icing on the cake, and when Shen Fuzhong was the number one scholar, he personally bestowed a marriage. Now that good things come in pairs, seeing the old prince come to cut off his beard, or should he cut off his beard with his own mouth? !

Today, it is not without excuses, and the old man wants the prince to quit because the Shen family is not suitable for the in-laws to be too prosperous.But the seniority of the old prince is high, he relies on the old to sell the old, and bluntly said that his whole family is a material for eating and waiting to die. No matter whether it is him or his grandson or great-grandson, none of them has the heart of rebellion, and they are all willing to live one generation after another. Sitting and eating and waiting to die, so even if the Shen family marries with his own family, it will not be of any help.

If it weren't for the people of my grandfather's generation in front of me, I would have to let people go straight away today. A county head, a county head who is destined to have a father of a country-the father of the county head is the second son of the old prince- —Just a name can scare a lot of people away, okay?

Seeing that the old prince is about to cry for himself, now he can only think about the good: Although he can't recruit a talented man to be his son-in-law, he can appease a palace, isn't it worth it?Considering that the son-in-law is not allowed to participate in politics, but the husband of the county lord does not have this restriction, Shen Fu will be able to serve himself in the court when the time comes, and his mood is a little more peaceful now.

People who can be stable princes for decades have winks.When the old prince saw that his expression was relaxed, he immediately forced him to bring Shen Renxuan into the palace directly, and he must finalize the marriage today.

However, Shen Ren was still worried about why the scholar's residence had to separate the family, he must not dare to accept this marriage, and only said to listen to the scholar Shen.The old prince looked at the present with such an expression as expected, and now he couldn't do it, so he had to announce Bachelor Shen to the palace to explain the matter.

In the eyes of today and the old prince, Xueshi Shen's complexion is not good-looking. They thought of Shen Xin's second son by coincidence, and the marriage they made seemed to be a maidservant's daughter, so the two of them stared at Xueshi Shen together, preparing for him If you open your mouth to object, you have to talk to him about how to be a father.

Fortunately, Shen Xueshi is a person who can see the situation very clearly, he didn't use the current persuasion with the old prince to get Shen Ren to accept the marriage.But he also has a request, that is, it is not necessary for a saint to be a matchmaker, just let Shen Ren invite an official matchmaker.

Although the old prince felt a little regretful, but felt that Bachelor Shen finally agreed to get married, he didn't care about it a lot, and directly talked about the in-laws with Bachelor Shen with a smile, which made today's brows wrinkle and frown.

Fang was very satisfied with the choice of the second daughter-in-law, and put a lot of thought into preparing the small ceremony.She was afraid that Daiyu would feel wronged, so she repeatedly explained to Daiyu: "The status of the county magistrate is different, and now he is in Beijing, so things are more expensive than yours at that time. Don't worry about it, mother only has good things for you."

Daiyu smiled nonchalantly and said, "I can't use up all the things there, so how can I miss my mother's good things."

Mrs. Fang couldn't help nodding when he heard this. As the eldest daughter-in-law, she came in with two full-size dowries, so she didn't know how much money was in the box.No matter how much dowry the second daughter-in-law has, can she still overwhelm the eldest daughter-in-law?

When talking about this to his second son, Brother Xun didn't pay any attention to his upcoming engagement: "Madam, it's just a small engagement, what are you thinking so far. I don't expect my daughter-in-law dowry."

"What are you busy with every day, and you don't even care about your own marriage?" Fang was a little speechless to his stubborn second son.

Brother Xun has already bowed to Mrs. Fang, and said as he walked out: "I still have an essay to do, or if I sleep late today, my wife will complain again."

Who am I doing this for? !Fang Shi silently packed up the little ceremony that he wanted to show to his second son, thinking that he should replace it with a second-class one. Anyway, the second son would not appreciate it if he gave such a good thing.

She didn't know, not only her second son, but also the students who got the "Compilation of Five Years of Autumn", who didn't have the same thoughts as Brother Xun?Look, look, look as much as you can.

This compilation is well done, the princes are the bosom friends of the students, they know what the students are lacking, and they produced the compilation in such a timely manner.This compilation has broadened the knowledge of the students and saved them the time of collecting information everywhere. If you don't read more, I'm sorry for the painstaking efforts of the princes.

That's right, the compilation of Qiu Wei compiled by the two princes Liu Jiu and Jiu Jiu was the first to come out.Originally, the Sixth Prince had no idea about the compilation he participated in editing, so he thought about printing more "Yu Xiu Ji Zhu".Who knew that once this compilation came out, it would be even more popular than "Yu Xiu Ji Zhu".

The people who buy are not only those who are scholars, but also those who are about to take the test for children, and the students in private schools. They also want to have a set of people. ?

The sixth prince completely disregarded his image as a prince, and personally followed the tent to pull the abacus beads, then heaved a long sigh of satisfaction, and told his long history: "Go and ask if the new printing machine is ready. In a few days, Fourth Brother and the others will be compiling their compilation, and this machine can't keep up."

Chang Shi also had a bright face: "I don't need to ask you, I have already urged you several times. But please think about one more thing, this printing machine is ready, you need to recruit some skilled hands."

The sixth prince finally found Shen Yue's feeling of oppressing others: "You should remind elder brother about such a thing, who to recruit, how to screen out and not let other spies come in, it's all the elder brother's business."

Chang Shi stopped laughing: "The eldest prince doesn't come to the printing house now, and the younger ones don't dare to come over to disturb him." So you should come forward and negotiate with the eldest prince yourself.

The sixth prince also realized that he hadn't seen his elder brother for several days, so he couldn't help asking Chang Shi: "What is elder brother busy with?"

Chang Shi glanced at the tent, and the sixth prince got up and headed out the door. The winter was still in the air, and he came outside so suddenly that the sixth prince shivered. He said to Chang Shi angrily, "Hurry up."

Chang Shi looked around to see if there was no one there, and leaned into the sixth prince's ear and said, "It has been three or four days, and the sage asked the eldest prince to accompany the reviewer every day."

The sixth prince's eyes narrowed, but he soon smiled knowingly. The eldest brother has a queen mother, and a good son who has won the favor of his father. Didn't he expect this day?That's fine, as long as the elder brother can still be like this and let himself have something to do, instead of being like the old idle prince who ate and waited to die in the mansion every day, he will be content.

Not only do I not have to worry about it, but other brothers can also rest assured.However, there may be some people who are unwilling to rest assured. The sixth prince smiled contemptuously. Do you really think that they are all princes, so they can compete?There is a big difference between the prince's mother and mother.

"You go to Shen Yue, he was the one who initiated this matter, and if the elder brother lets go, he has to take care of it." The sixth prince pointed out the direction to Chang Shi again, and went back to the house to make his own calculations.

Can Shen Yue put a burden on himself?He directly asked the Fifth Prince to take over the matter, the reason being that since the Fifth Prince was in charge of the Ministry of Officials, he must already have experience in how to screen others, and it was appropriate for him to take care of recruiting.

The sixth and ninth princes are going crazy with joy—their tasks have been completed, while the ten-year compilation of the fourth and fifth princes is in the final stage. If the fifth prince is to recruit people at this time, wouldn't that be a burden to him?

The fifth prince wanted to cry: "Lao Liu has no time to settle accounts, isn't Lao Jiu idle? Why don't you let him recruit people." He didn't dare to ask Shen Yue, who was more leisurely, so he had to vent his anger on someone who was more relaxed than himself. On the little Ninth Prince.

Shen Yue's reasons are very good: "Although the Ninth Prince has opened a mansion, he doesn't even have a concubine, how can he know how to distinguish people from sinister people?"

No matter how much the fifth prince thought about it, he couldn't figure out how he had offended Shen Yue and made him torment him like this.Fortunately, he still knew how to find foreign aid, so he sneaked Zhang Yiti over and asked him to choose candidates with him.

Shen Yue was not as relaxed as the fifth prince thought.As early as last year, when various places paid taxes to Beijing, some local officials successively sent the collected ancient rare books and some agricultural books to the Imperial Academy. Shen Yue is now leading people to sort out these books as soon as possible. .

This matter is easier said than done, but also difficult.Shen Yue is a good-natured person who wants to do whatever he wants to do, and he already has a general framework in his mind. The first thing he came up with was the planting manuals for several commonly used crops.

Looking at the agricultural books handed in from all over the world, Shen Yue only felt headaches and headaches. Anyone who could think of "Lushi Chunqiu. Agriculture" was a clever person who knew how to send "Book of Fansheng" and "Monthly Order of the Four People" , is already an official close to the people.The rest are just some local farming orders and the like.

Shen Yue had no choice but to divide the whole country into several major regions according to the memories of his previous life, and then in the form of a message, he asked the local officials to report the most commonly grown crops in their region, and also sent a few old crops with their styles. Dijing.

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