Chapter two hundred and seventy-eight Gao family catches son-in-law
In front of the gate of Gao Mansion, Gao Shen was looking forward to his neck, but his wife beside him had a gloomy face. Mrs. Gao was not satisfied with the Jinshi that her husband liked, a poor boy from Xiangzhou, who wanted nothing.
But Mrs. Gao has been obsessed with Li Yanqing last time. She is a good-looking person and is the little boss of Baoyanzhai. I heard that she passed the Jinshi exam and is both civil and military. Such conditions are so good, but her husband looks down on her. I really don’t know what he thought?
Gao Shen knew his wife's thoughts very well, so he said to her patiently: "Although Li Yanqing is in good condition, he is Tong Guan's person, and we can't control him. Although Zhou Jinshi came from a small family, he just needed our help to climb upwards. In this way, the interests of our Gao family will be integrated with his interests. This is actually equivalent to a son-in-law. Does the wife understand?"
In fact, Mrs. Gao also knew that these Jinshi were not so easy to grab. It was already very good for the master to catch one. She had to sigh helplessly, "Since the master said that, I won't interfere with it, but I hope his appearance will not be too bad, as it will be aggrieved by my daughter."
"Don't worry! I've seen this person. He is very pretty and has a pretty figure. Although he is not tall, he is enough to match Sanniang. When the wife can see him later, she will be really unsatisfied. If she is really not satisfied, let's not forget it."
As the old couple was talking, a carriage slowly stopped at the door. The housekeeper sitting in front jumped out of the carriage, saluted Gao Shen and said, "Master, I've brought it."
Mrs. Gao hurriedly said, "Wait a minute, I'll avoid it first."
She hurriedly hid aside. The housekeeper stepped forward and opened the car door. Several women held Zhou Chun, who was full of anger, and got out of the carriage. In order to control it, these women forced him to take advantage of it. This was also Gao Shen's efforts to catch his son-in-law. He was afraid that using a man to force Zhou Chun would hurt the dignity of his son-in-law, so he asked several pretty women to catch his son-in-law, at least the other party would not be so resistant.
It’s a pity that Zhou Chun is not a disciple. He felt really frustrated. Gao Shen understood in his heart. He stepped forward and smiled and said: “I will give Zhou Xian’s right temporarily to be wronged. If you are wrong, I will apologize to Zhou Xian’s nephew in the future.”
Zhou Chun knew that this was a senior general, so he was not rude, so he politely said, "Thank you, General, for your kindness to Zhou Chun, just."
Gao Shen did not allow him to refuse. At this time, he did not hear his wife's cough, which meant that his wife had passed the pass, and said, "Let's talk about it first, please come to the mansion, please Nephew Zhou!"
Zhou Chun had no choice but to follow him in. When they entered the house, Mrs. Gao moved out of the doorman. The housekeeper smiled and said, "How does Madam think this son-in-law catch?"
Mrs. Gao nodded, "It's okay!"
Zhou Chun is very beautiful and comes from a scholarly family. He has a gentle temperament, which makes Mrs. Gao very satisfied. It was not until this time that she finally threw Li Yanqing behind her head.
The Song Dynasty was a good marriage and attached great importance to dowry. Ordinary families usually had to pay 50 or 60 acres of land. Many poor families had to borrow money in order to marry their daughters. Therefore, there was a proverb in the Song Dynasty, saying, "The robbers can only steal the door of five girls." If there were five daughters at home, the robbers would not be too lazy to visit them.
When he went to a wealthy family or a powerful family, the dowry was even more shocking. For example, the poor Qin Hui married the daughter of the rich Wang Zhongshan, and gave him 200,000 yuan in dowry alone. Huang Zuozhi, a poor Jinshi, married the daughter of the rich Wang Sheng, and the dowry alone was 5 million yuan. In order to let Zhou Chun marry his daughter, Gaoshen also had to have a dowry that could be taken out.
In the inner hall, Takata, the third daughter of senior, personally served Zhou Chun with tea. Of course, she carefully put on makeup, looked fair-skinned and beautiful, and charming. When Zhou Chun saw this beautiful beauty, most of her dissatisfaction disappeared.
After observing his words and expressions, he saw Zhou Chun secretly looking at his daughter from time to time, and knew that he was obsessed with his daughter. He was secretly happy in his heart. This was half the success.
At this time, Takata also took a fancy to Zhou Chun and went out with a blushing face. Gao Shen smiled, "This is the first time that the little girl has seen an outsider. It seems that she has a good impression of Zhou Xiannie. What do you think of the little girl?"
"I am a lady from a famous family!"
Gao Shen pushed a thick dowry list to Zhou Chun and smiled and said, "My three daughters will give the same dowry when they get married. This is the dowry of the little girl. I bought it for her a few years ago. My nephew might as well take a look at my sincerity."
Zhou Chun was a little embarrassed. He didn't expect Gao Shen to be so realistic. He went on a blind date when he entered the door and talked about dowry when he spoke, but he also wanted to know in his heart what would be the benefit of marrying the daughter of the Gao family?
He picked up the dowry and looked at it, his eyes almost glared. The first item of dowry was to have a beautiful house in the outer city of Bianjing. Based on a one-acre house of ten thousand guan, this is worth 30,000 guan, a 3,000 guan, a 3,000 guan, a 100,000 guan, a 500 guan, a 20 servants, and a 100,000 guan, a 100,000 guan, a 20 guan, and a 10-yuan box of jewelry and clothing.
Yesterday, Zhou Chun was still worried that he had no money to return home, so he was about to ask Li Yanqing to borrow ten cents of money, but in a blink of an eye, he had tens of thousands of dollars in his family fortune, and there was also a beautiful family man like a flower. Zhou Chun was like a dream. He finally understood why there was a golden house in the book and a beautiful woman in the book. As long as he passed the Jinshi, he would have everything.
He murmured: "But the students are not sure that they can take the palace exam."
Gao Shen smiled and said, "There are 586 Jinshis, and only twenty people were recorded in the palace examination. I know very well the difficulty. Besides, unless they are in the top three A list, the Jinshis of the second A list are not much different from those of the same Jinshis on the second list. If you want to find a good position, you have to rely on relationships. Like Qin Hui, the top scholar three years ago, his father-in-law was rich but had no power, and finally got the position of a professor in Mizhou. Our Gao family would not do this. My eldest son-in-law was a Jinshi in the second year of Zheng He and also a Jinshi. I operated for him. He finally got the position of chief clerk of Liang County, Ruzhou. In recent years, I have been in charge of him. In Zhenghe, he was promoted to county magistrate in the fourth year of Zhenghe, and officially became the magistrate of Liang County in the seventh year of Zhenghe."
This is the condition that makes all candidates furious. They were promoted to county magistrate in just five years, and no one could refuse this temptation.
At this time, Gao Shen pushed a wedding letter to Zhou Chun again and said with a smile: "Matchmaker's words and parents' orders, I will not make things difficult for my nephew. However, if my nephew is interested in her little girl, then sign and seal it on it, and the marriage will be decided."
Generally, wealthy families will directly push people into the bridal chamber and make mature meals. However, the Gao family is a family with a status and he will not do this. As long as Zhou Chun signs and seals his wedding letter, he will not be afraid of him repent.
Zhou Chun finally couldn't resist the temptation to be a county magistrate for five years. He picked up a pen and signed his name on his wedding letter and pressed his handprint.
Gao Shen laughed, "The son-in-law won't have to go back to the inn tonight."
The Gao family finally succeeded in capturing their son-in-law with the right time and connections. In addition to the Gao family, similar comedy was staged inns in Bianjing, but the Taixue was very quiet. Thanks to the arrangement of the Imperial Academy, more than 1,200 people from the Imperial Academy participated in the imperial examination and passed the 53 people. In order to enable these 53 scholars to achieve better results in the palace examination without being disturbed by the capture of their son-in-law, the Taixue concentrated them in the highest Guantian Building, with the gate and gate locked, which made many son-in-law teams who sneaked into the Imperial Academy unable to find their goals and had to return without success.
On the third floor of Guantian Tower, Li Yanqing and more than a dozen top scholars stood in front of the window and stared at the figures that were constantly appearing in the distance. One of them smiled and said to Li Yanqing: "It's really a pity. Maybe Mr. Cai is also catching his son-in-law for his granddaughter!"
Li Yanqing said lightly: "Cai Xiangguo can see the ranking list. If he wants to catch his son-in-law, his goal should have been set long ago and he will not wait until this time to catch his son-in-law."
At this time, Wu Bangchang came over and said with a smile: "Brother Li said it makes sense. You might as well guess the top three in this palace examination!"
This time, Xiangzhou performed well in the provincial examination and passed the exam four people in one go. In addition to Li Yanqing and Zhou Chun, Wu Bangchang and Yang Du also passed the exam, and Wu Bangchang seemed particularly energetic.
A scholar next to him smiled and said, "Everyone recognized that Wang Ang of Yangzhou can win the top scorer this year. He has already become famous all over the world. This time he was the first to hand in the imperial examination paper, and he deserves his reputation."
"There are rumors that His Highness Jia also participated in the imperial examination. With him here, I'm afraid Wang Ang won the top scorer!"
At this time, Wu Bangchang smiled at Li Yanqing and said, "What do you think, brother?"
Li Yanqing shook his head, "I don't know!"
Wu Bangchang glanced at him, "Your Madam seems to have something to worry about?"
"I can't say anything about my thoughts, I'm just a little worried!"
Li Yanqing smiled bitterly, "I have a friend who lives in Yinan Inn. I am very worried that he will be caught by unfortunately?"
Wu Bangchang hesitated for a moment, "Are you talking about Zhou Chun?"
"It's him!"
"Has he married?"
"It shouldn't be, he's only twenty years old."
Wu Bangchang didn't say anything for a long time. If Zhou Chun was still staying in the inn tonight, he might really be unable to escape the scrutiny of the son-in-law team.
Chapter completed!