Number of romantic figures

Chapter 68 Scroll A foresight
Behind Feng Tang was a woman who looked a bit like his mother, Duan Shi, but with a sharper face, much younger, and quite a bit of beauty. That was Aunt Duan, Feng Ziying's real aunt.

The marriage system of the Great Zhou Dynasty is also somewhat different from that of the previous Ming Dynasty. The Zhang family believed in the ancient system and admired the Great Zhou Dynasty built by the Ji family. The marriage system is also slightly different, especially among the nobles and gentry. system.

The so-called concubine is often when the family is married. When the wife of the first wife is married, she can marry a concubine, sister or niece of the same clan. Because she is a concubine or a sister of the same clan, her status will definitely not be too high, especially when the man is thin and the wife has no children. Under such circumstances, the sons born to such concubines or women of the same clan can avoid concubines from inheriting the husband's family business to the greatest extent, and protect the interests of the wife's family.

Of course, this mainly refers to the marriage of nobles and gentry, which may involve a wide range of issues that may involve the interests of the marriage between the two families, and this system is similar to marriage supplementation.

Compared with purely taking concubines, this kind of concubine's status is obviously higher than that of ordinary concubines, and can even take over as the main wife after the death of the main wife. If the main wife has no children, her son can also be regarded as the first son. Even if the main wife has a legitimate son, the status of the concubine's children is also higher than that of the general concubine's children.

The concubine can be married as a dowry when the first wife is married, or it can be that the first wife has not had a baby for many years after marriage, and then finds her own concubine or sisters or nieces of the same clan to marry.

This kind of situation was more popular in the Warring States, Qin, Han and even the Three Kingdoms period, but it was rare in the Tang and Song Dynasties. However, after the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many ancient systems were implemented, and this system was restored.

After Feng's mother married Feng Tang, there was no birth for several years. Later, Feng's mother included this cousin as a concubine, but she didn't expect that her own sister would still have no birth after marrying, but she waited for a few more years to give birth to Feng Ziying.

"I've met my aunt." Although Feng Ziying is a young aunt, she has always liked Feng Ziying very much and almost single-handedly raised Feng Ziying. Now this aunt is only in her early 30s, ten years younger than Feng's mother.

"My son, come, let my aunt take a look. You didn't come to see my aunt when you came back yesterday?" Xiao Duan was not as restrained as the other two aunts in front of her sister and husband. Very affectionate.

"It's okay, Auntie, it's not as exaggerated as Feng You said. Besides, I will be 13 years old." Feng Ziying pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "And I also have a friend with me, he is very familiar with the situation there .”

His birthday is the second day of September, and he will soon be 12 years old. According to the regulations of this era, he will be considered 13 years old after the Spring Festival.

"Hmph, that friend of yours is younger than you, what can he do? If the ancestors of the Feng family didn't do good deeds, and God protected my Feng family, you might have..."

Feng Tang went to the banquet held by Wai Lang, a member of the military department, and heard a lot of rumors about his son during the banquet. This made him surprised, happy and worried. He inevitably drank a few more glasses during the banquet, so he came back a little late up.

"Master!" Duan's and Xiao Duan's were anxious at the same time, only this one seedling, can't afford such bad words.

Naturally, Feng Tang would not continue, just snorted, and then sat down in the chair, and Xiao Duan also sat down next to his sister.

"Tell me, what's your idea?" Feng Tang really didn't dare to underestimate his son.

During the meeting last night, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, and a head of the Ministry of War both mentioned the news from Shandong, saying that Cao Bing's ability to successfully suppress the bandit rebellion in Shandong was due to several reasons.

One is that the water transportation yamen is united as one, the governor, the censor and the chief military officer are brave in their duties, and the officers and men serve their orders; the second is that Long Jinwei is well-informed and seizes the opportunity;

It also specifically mentioned Feng Ziying's situation, saying that he took the risk to cooperate with Long Jinwei through the Shanshan Liang Gang and successfully instigated some of the attached rebels, which was able to solve the Linqing rebellion so smoothly in one fell swoop.

This news came from the mouths of the important members of the Ministry of War, so it is naturally true.

What made Feng Tang even more surprised and delighted was that according to the record reported by the Ministry of War and Shandong, his son's credit was almost invincible, especially when he was called wise and brave, and a young man who was unparalleled. If you can afford it, I'm afraid it will really spread to the emperor's ears.

Of course, there is also a bit of worry here. My son has lost such a reputation at the age of 12. If he fails to make a good future in the future, he may lose another hour. Feng Tang would never accept it.

This means that my son may not be able to get through the road of Yin Prison alone. As he himself said, he may really have to take the road of the provincial examination and the general examination. .

Because of this, Feng Tang's mentality changed a little after the night passed. He even thought about it for a long time in bed after waking up early in the morning before getting up. Unexpectedly, his son was already lobbying his mother here.

"The son has already told his mother that the Feng family's situation is different now, and there must be some changes."

Seeing that her father cared so much, Feng Ziying was even happier. Compared to persuading her mother, it would be much easier to get her father to nod her head.

"One is that our Feng family in Linqing can't go on like this. We should be like the Zhou family and the Ren family. On the one hand, we must sort out the other members of the Feng family. If there are teenagers and young people with qualifications and potential We should think of a way to give them some opportunities, no matter whether it is studying, making a living, or being an official, it is better than them guarding the one-third of an acre of land, and many people have become servants. It's even more unbearable, the aid must be aided, the aid must be aided, and this cannot be allowed to continue."

Feng Ziying's words made Feng Tang a little embarrassed, but he had to admit that his son's words made sense.

Before, he had either been in Datong for a long time, or he had been out of work in the capital for the past two years, and his main focus was on his own recovery, and he didn't care about other things. Now it seems that he is not as far-reaching as his son in this regard.

"Well, what are you going to do about this?" Feng Tang asked.

"What I mean is that the family donates money to build or help build an ethnology, or academies, so that the children of the Feng family can run from elementary school to Confucian classics. If conditions permit, they should even absorb some poor students from outside to study. This will not only help us enhance the local reputation and image of our Feng family, but also cultivate talents for the country."

Feng Ziying talked eloquently, "In addition, it is good if you can be admitted as a scholar, a scholar, and a Jinshi in this school. If you really fail in your studies, you can at least be able to read and understand. If my family needs to employ people for some livelihoods, I can choose from them, and there will be others. Those who wish, such as officials, doctors, etc., we can also help them achieve their wishes."

Feng Tang and the big and small Duan's gasped. They had to say that Feng Ziying's idea was very good, but it was too ambitious.

It is not a small amount of money to help build a private school of ethnology, and even build an academy, and it is a big expense that needs to be invested every year.

The minimum is two to three thousand taels per year, and the maximum is five to six thousand taels. If it is an academy, it may cost tens of thousands of taels, and this is a fixed annual expense. To ruin the Feng family's reputation.

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