After Zhang Hongsi finished speaking, he glanced at his father secretly, and then said sternly: "Dad, my son feels that what Zhao Heng said is right. Now that the world is in chaos, my son should not stay at home and wait for the imperial examination. He should follow Ban Chao's example and join the army.

It is far better to do something for the country than to get married and have children early!"

When Zhang Hongsi said this, Zhang Wenming glared and cursed: "Asshole, the imperial examination is the right way, do you want to sacrifice the good and the weak?"

After Zhang Wenming finished speaking, he sighed and continued: "Being a father among men, being able to pass the exam at this age is already the best, but your eldest brother and you are far more talented than being a father, and your future achievements will also exceed those of being a father.

There are many fathers!”

Mentioning his eldest son Zhang Honglu, Zhang Wenming sighed again and said: "Last year, your eldest brother was supposed to go to the capital to attend the Spring Festival. According to your eldest brother's level, it would be a little difficult to pass the top three, but there is absolutely no problem with the second one! But your eldest brother

In order to give this opportunity to my father, I did not go to the capital with my father. My father feels guilty!"

Zhang Wenming is forty-eight years old, and his son Zhang Honglu was only twenty-nine last year. In order to save face for his father, he went to the exam with his son. The son won the exam but his father failed. It was really embarrassing. That's why Zhang Honglu took the exam with himself.

Zhang Wenming had not finished reviewing his homework, so he asked Zhang Wenming to go to the capital to take the exam. Everyone knew the result. Zhang Wenming failed again, but this time it also made Zhang Wenming see his strength clearly, and he was indeed not the material to take the imperial examination.

According to the principle of taking the exam every three years in the Ming Dynasty, the next imperial examination will be held two years later, in the 19th year of Chongzhen. By then, Zhang Honglu would have just turned thirty-two and would be in the prime of life. It was the right time to take part in the Spring Examination.

Good times.

There is a difference of more than ten years between Zhang Hongsi and his eldest brother. Zhang Honglu is his idol. Now hearing his father mention his eldest brother, Zhang Hongsi smiled and said: "Dad, of course there is no problem with eldest brother. His teacher is Mr. Yu Shan, who taught Confucianism."

Isn’t it easy for a student to pass the Jinshi examination?"

Zhang Wenming devoted all his efforts to his eldest son. After Zhang Honglu won the national examination at the age of 22, Zhang Wenming asked his teacher Huang Daozhou to let his son become a disciple of Mr. Yushan. This Mr. Yushan was famous, and he was the Shui Tai in later generations.

Liang Qian Qianyi. Although later generations did not think highly of Qian Qianyi, during the Chongzhen period, Qian Qianyi could firmly occupy the position of the leader of Jiangnan academic circles and literary circles.

Looking at his son with a playful smile, Zhang Wenming surprisingly did not scold him, but sighed: "Zhong He, my father is forty-eight this year, and he will enter the age of destiny in two years! This is basically what my father's life will be like.

, but you brothers must not follow the same path as your father! Your father arranged for your eldest brother to become a disciple of Qian Qianyi, in order to arrange for him to enter the official career. Although Qian Qianyi has not been in the officialdom for a long time, his disciples and former officials are all over the world.

It will be very helpful to your elder brother’s career in the future!”

Hearing what his father said, Zhang Hongsi put away his joking tone and said sincerely: "Dad, my eldest brother is a genius, but my son is really not a student of this kind!"

"Humph, you are so naughty. If you devoted half of your time to studying, you would have been admitted to the Juren Examination long ago!"

If Mao Shaohong heard this sentence, he would be so angry that he would vomit blood. In his eyes, Zhang Hongsi was already a genius when he was admitted as a scholar at the age of seventeen. How could he know that Zhang Hongsi only showed half of his strength?

For example, in later generations, I obviously saw my classmates sleeping and playing games every day, but when they took the exam, they ranked first in the class.

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Are you angry or not?

After hearing what his father said, Zhang Hongsi hurriedly said: "Dad, how about my son study at home and prepare for the exam? Does he have to go to Nandu?"

When Zhang Wenming heard that his son didn't want to go on a blind date, he glared angrily and cursed: "Asshole, do you think you can make the decision on such a big thing by yourself?"

Zhang Wenming hesitated for a moment, then continued: "Letting you go to Nandu is not just a blind date, but a relationship between you and Chen Zilong! This will be of great benefit to your future!"

Zhang Hongsi was stunned, why would marrying Chen Zilong's daughter be beneficial to him?

"You don't know something. Although Chen Zilong is not well-known, he is one of the six sons of Jishe and one of the three sons of Yunjian. If such a person hadn't worshiped Mr. Shi Zhai with his father, what would you want?

Why don’t you want to be a bride-in-law?”

Zhang Hongsi was very moved when he heard what his father said. He knew that he was a concubine, and Miss Chen was a direct descendant. In addition, Chen Zilong's father, Chen Suowen, had served as the minister of the Ministry of Industry. The Chen family was also a famous family in Songjiang Prefecture.

Marrying herself was entirely based on her father's favor.

Thinking that Zhang Hongsi's unhappiness with his father had disappeared, Zhang Hongsi knelt on the ground and said, "Dad, my son is wrong. He shouldn't lead his sister to fool around!"

Zhang Wenming sighed, gently touched his son's shoulder and said: "Outsiders say that I, Zhang Wenming, are the smelly and hard stone in the pit, but you three brothers are indeed the softest in my heart! Get up quickly!"

Although Zhang Wenming compares favorably with Hai Rui and has a similar personality to Hai Rui, he treats his children much better than the ruthless Hai Rui. Hai Rui would starve his underage daughter to death for the sake of his reputation, but Zhang Wenming is absolutely

Can't do it.

Zhang Wenming knew that his family background was not as good as that of those aristocratic families, so he planned the background of his two sons early. When his eldest son Zhang Honglu was passed the imperial examination at the age of 22, Zhang Wenming asked his master Huang Daozhou to study under Qian Qianyi.

Zhouyi. As soon as his younger son came of age, Zhang Wenming arranged a way out for him, which was to become the son-in-law of the Chen family in Songjiang. In addition to having the same aspirations as Zhang Wenming, the most important thing was that Chen Zilong was well-known among scholars and was a member of the Donglin Party.

This background will be an excellent help for Zhang Hongsi in the future when youth organizations are restored to society.

Zhang Hongsi was very moved when he heard his father confide in his heart today, but he still didn't understand. Since his father could think so much about his children, why would he marry his sister Zhang Side to Zhao Heng, the son of a businessman? According to Zhang Hongsi's guess, even if he didn't marry,

The nephew of his aunt, the Feng family, should also find a well-matched scholar's family to marry, but why should he choose a merchant's son?

Zhang Hongsi expressed the doubt in his heart. Zhang Wenming hesitated for a while and said: "In addition to your mother not wanting your sister to marry far away, the other reason for marrying your sister to Zhao Heng is that your father has taken a liking to Zhao Heng!"

Zhao Heng? Zhang Hongsi recalled the muscular Zhao Heng, and never imagined that there was anything brilliant about this guy that could catch his father's eye!

Zhang Wenming knew from his son's expression that he didn't understand, and couldn't explain: "What Zhao Heng told you is not entirely wrong. Now that the north is in such chaos, we really need good generals. From my father's perspective, this Zhao Heng looks like a good general."

, that’s why I married your sister. If Zhao Heng can become the second Guo Ziyi, what will happen to me in the future?

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Your brother is also a great help!"

Only now did Zhang Hongsi understand his father's painstaking efforts. It turned out that his father had already planned it. As long as one of his brothers succeeded, the Zhang family would not decline. As for his sister Zhang Side's marriage to Zhao Heng, it was considered an insurance policy bought for his brother.

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Zhang Hongsi still underestimates his father. Zhang Wenming has been traveling abroad for more than ten years and has a very detailed understanding of the civil society, as well as various drawbacks and contradictions. In Zhang Wenming's view, the current situation is comparable to the Anshi Rebellion in the mid-Tang Dynasty.

, but there were good generals such as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi at that time, but look at it now, except for Hong Chengchou who looked a bit like that at that time, the others are just like chickens and dogs.

After Hong Chengchou surrendered to the Manchus outside the customs, Zhang Wenming gave up on this idea and returned to his hometown in Qiongzhou to take care of his old age. At the same time, he educated his two sons and prepared to wait until a good general was born to help the Ming Dynasty!

Historically, Zhang Wenming died in his hometown of Qiongzhou while waiting. His son Zhang Hongsi inherited his father's legacy of studying behind closed doors and taught future generations to study hard. More than 140 years later, in the 14th year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Hongsi

Zhang Yuesong, the sixth descendant of Hongsi, won the third place in the Imperial Examination and became the only top candidate in Hainan in the imperial examination era. The Zhang family returned to the political stage.

But in this era, Zhang Wenming no longer had to wait. He met Zhao Fuxiang. Zhao Fuxiang and other strange theories opened Zhang Wenming's eyes. It turned out that there was this way to solve the problem, so Zhang Wenming and Zhao Fuxiang could become brothers. As for drinking too much, it was just an excuse.

Zhang Wenming's palace is very deep, how can Zhao Fuxiang get drunk with just a few glasses of water and wine? If you don't pretend to be sworn in with you after drinking too much, how can you, Zhao Fuxiang, shed tears of gratitude?

Zhao Fuxiang's smooth sailing in the prefecture was mostly due to Zhang Wenming. If Zhang Wenming hadn't visited Tongzhi Cai Sichun in advance, Zhao Fuxiang really thought that just by being a businessman, you could walk into the prefect's Yamen and meet the second-in-command Tongzhi.

Is that so? The fact that the gentry in the city joined Zhao Fuxiang's United Society was naturally attributable to Zhang Wenming. It was Zhang Wenming who visited his family one by one, and those gentry were willing to sell their face and invest in the United Society, but Zhao Fuxiang didn't know about it.

Of course, Zhang Wenming meant to use Zhao Fuxiang. Zhang Wenming wanted to see how far Zhao Fuxiang's theory of industrial and commercial prosperity could go. Especially now that the north was in such chaos, it was really necessary to try the second way.

As for Zhao Heng, it was Zhang Wenming who really took a fancy to this son-in-law. Even if Zhang Wenming was capable of calculation, he would not make fun of his daughter's happiness.

Originally, marrying his daughter to Zhao Fuxiang's son was just a drunken joke, but he didn't expect Zhao Fuxiang to take it seriously. But when Zhang Wenming saw Zhao Heng, he immediately realized that he had found the good general he was looking for.

Zhao Heng's eloquent talk at that time, coupled with his outstanding height, strong physique, and Zhao Heng's novel views on military matters, made Zhang Wenming intuitively realize that the young man in front of him was an excellent candidate to support the Ming Dynasty. So at that time, Zhang Wenming

Only then could he make an immediate decision to marry his daughter to the young man in front of him.

Of course, Zhang Wenming would not tell his son this. After all, Zhang Hongsi was too young to appreciate Zhang Wenming's painstaking arrangements for the revitalization of the family. However, when Zhang Hongsi heard that his father had arranged everything for him, he was still shocked by his bad temper.

His father actually had such scheming intentions.
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