Xu Zixian didn't even go back to the Hou Mansion, and after settling the little sister and the others, he went directly to the Changwen Hou Mansion with the dowry.

He himself and a large number of generals, as well as Chen Zuocai, Liu Yi, Zhang Huchen, Lin Cunxin, etc., all changed their military robes and put on formal official robes.

After the brigade, the porter of the brigade was hired, and he was hired all the way from Nan'an to Fucheng.

The happy event of the prince of the Hou Mansion also caused a sensation in Nan'an, and the selected pickers were all beaming, and Xu Zixian didn't worry about the dowry, but just allocated 30,000 yuan to come out, and Li Yi and others were responsible for it.

Eighty-one porters carried large and small boxes and round boxes, two boxes of gold, two boxes of silver, and eight boxes of brand-new copper coins, in addition to some gold and silver jewelry, clothing and clothing, as well as flower tea, dried fruits, reunion cakes, wine, silk and other things, and so on, when marrying, the dowry of the Changwen Marquis Mansion also made many families secretly discuss.

Compared with the family, the current Nan'an Hou Mansion still can't keep up with the Changwen Hou Mansion, and the marriage between the two families is not a simple marriage, but also involves the cooperation of the two families in the military power and business.

Now the Changwen Hou Mansion and Nan'an are already cooperating in the cotton cloth textile business, and in the next step, Xu Zixian will also have the business of Qianzhuang Yinhao, the dock warehousing business, etc., all of which can cooperate with the Changwen Hou Mansion.

The marriage can be successful, not only because of Xu Zixian's achievements in military and political affairs, but also because of Chen Duguang and Chen Duzhong of the Changwen Marquis Mansion, and the elders of the clan are also quite recognized and accepted by Xu Zixian's business acumen.

Xu Zixian in the Nan'an River and Minjiang put tens of thousands of ducks, as well as two or three thousand acres of vegetable gardens have been opened up, plus a large number of pigs, chickens, sheep, the number of these group training has been consumed, Fucheng has a great demand for these agricultural products, it is expected that in this piece, the group farm production mode has saved a lot of costs, just this piece, a year tens of thousands of dollars of income is there.

Compared with the 30,000 yuan dowry, Xu Zixian doesn't know what gift Chen Dujing will return, and it is estimated that it will be several times more than the dowry.

When he arrived near Sanguantang, Wei Yi rode over on a jujube red horse, and he also changed into a robe and joined the team with joy.

"It's a pity that Brother Zizhang is not here." Wei Yi said with a regretful face: "Otherwise, he would be happier now." ”

"We'll be able to meet Brother Zizhang soon." Xu Zixian smiled: "When the time comes, I will invite him to a drink." ”

Wei Yi will go north with Xu Zixian next year, Xu Zi will first lock the hall to test for the military attaché, and Wei Yi will be the civil officer Jinshi. Xu Zixian remembered that Wei Yi failed to reach high school, returned to his hometown gloomily, took the next subject again, and then went to Beijing to take the Jinshi examination.

He thought for a while and said, "Brother Zizhang wants to take the military attache exam with me, and Yanke, you should take the Wen Jinshi exam." Now you're too busy with the weekly newspaper, or you don't go north at all, work in the weekly newspaper for a few more years, and accumulate more prestige and contacts. Either resign from the position of the weekly newspaper, concentrate on the book, the year to our departure, there are still ten days, this time should not be wasted, and then on the boat and to the Beijing division to study hard, the three of us go to Beijing together, I want to be able to come back proudly......"

Wei Yi glanced at Xu Zixian, lowered his eyelids and thought for a while, and said: "Mingda, what you said is right, I still resigned from the weekly report, no matter how good it is done there, I am afraid that my family will not be able to spare me." ”

Xu Zixian laughed when he heard this, the children of the family, while enjoying it, he has responsibility.

Wei Yi's family is also a family of official gentry, of course, far less than the Changwen Marquis Mansion, but generations of official gentry, there are always a few jinshi in each generation of the family, this is already very remarkable, if Wei Yi can't win, I'm afraid that he will have to be at least forty years old, it's really no fun, and the family will let him go.

After more than ten or twenty years of ups and downs, it is better to make up your mind and close this ghost door, which is the most appropriate idea and practice.

"Mingda," Wei Yi said suddenly, "You've really changed a lot now. If you were like that, only Zizhang persuaded me before, if you were before, except for cynical words, you really couldn't say decent words to persuade your friends. ”

"The way of a friend, of course, is to go hand in hand." Xu Zixian didn't answer directly, but said: "Don't talk much, when you get to the Changwen Marquis Mansion in a while, you have to block a few more rounds of wine for me." ”

"It's incumbent." Wei Yi responded with a smile, looked left and right, and said with a smile: "But Mingda, you are a strong soldier, looking at everyone around you, I am afraid that there is no place for me......"

Liu Yi was on the left side of Xu Zixian, one or two steps behind and riding a horse to follow, the huge rosacea was quite conspicuous, Wei Yi of course pointed to it, and everyone laughed when they heard it.

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To the Changwen Hou Mansion, the Hou Mansion has long been believed, the main gate is wide open, Chen Zhengzhi is wearing the official robe of a seven-grade civil official, standing at the gate to welcome the future sister-in-law for the elders.

The two sides bowed for a long time, and then watched the porter enter in one after another, and then Chen Zhizheng led everyone into the second gate until they reached the main hall of the Changwen Marquis Mansion.

This time it was a levy ceremony, after the ceremony, the family matter had been decided, Xu Zi first saw Chen Dujing wearing a second-grade marquis robe, and also saw Chen Wenjun with a slightly red face, looking at the beautiful girl with a slightly drunk face, obviously both shy and happy, and he also had a sense of trance in his heart.

In the past and present lives, I finally got what I wanted.

In the current etiquette, there is no reason that you can't meet before marriage, and when everyone greeted each other, Chen Wenjun greeted Xu Zi generously.

After the invitation and personal welcome, the two sides will change their words, Xu Zixian called Chen Dujing still an uncle, and Chen Wenjun was called the third sister.

In the midst of the chaos, Xu Zixian couldn't help but whisper to Chen Wenjun: "What I looked forward to five years ago, today I am finally satisfied." ”

Chen Wenjun's face turned even redder, and he couldn't help but glance at Xu Zixian.

Xu Zixian is not stupid now, he is no longer the low-handed love expert, of course he can see it, and the girl in front of him is very satisfied with his words.

Maybe every girl will suffer from gains and losses, both happy Xu Zixian and accepting him, but also hoping that the other party really loves herself, not because of family background and worldly considerations.

Although he knew that things were inevitable, Chen Wenjun should be very happy with Xu Zixian's words.

"I will live up to you." In front of everyone, how could Chen Wenjun say anything excessive, but when he answered, his voice trembled, and his body trembled slightly.

"The two of you will ......talk after a while," Chen Dujing's cousin Chen Duguang walked over, pulled Xu Zixian to the middle steps of Anzhi Hall, the main hall of Chen's mansion, and said loudly: "Everyone come over and get to know Mingda." ”

Everyone turned back from the scattered state, and many eyes looked at Xu Zixian.

Wei Yi and Xu Zixian have known each other for many years, and it is the first time they have seen this good brother in the center of so many dignitaries, not only that, but everyone looked at Xu Zixian with a smile, and there was no lack of curiosity, admiration, and even flattery.

He sighed with emotion, took two steps back, and thought in his heart that it was a pity that Xu Yingbin couldn't see it, Xu Zixian and Xu Yingbin's father and son should be the most regrettable about this matter.

"This is Chen Zhengxin, the judge of the Dali Division, and the right to know Nan'an County, Quanzhou."

"Chen Zhengyi, Zuo Zhengyan, Governor of Ting County."

"Chen Zhengbin, Fu Baolang, magistrate of Penghu County."

"Chen Yaozong, the palace servant of the imperial history, the envoy of the Jianzhou Guanjun."

"Chen Dedao, Jianzhou and Zhoutong."

"Chen Duming, your eleventh uncle, Jiying Hall repaired, this time I asked for leave from Beijing to return to Fuzhou to visit relatives, and I happened to meet it."

"Chen Duzhong, the Eastern Domain, the Zhai, the defense envoy."

"Chen Duwu, Doctor Zuo, Deputy Envoy of Fujian Road Transfer."

"This is Zhang Ziqing, who will be called the second uncle in the future, a member of the Zhongshu House, and the deputy envoy of the Xinghua Army."

"Liu Baorui, the fourth uncle, a member of the Zhongshu House, and the Xuanfu envoy of Shao Wujun."

"Well, this is Li Mingyu, the eldest brother-in-law, the imperial history of the palace, the envoy of Fujian Road Guanfeng, Fujian Qingzhi County,

"Yang Fu, second brother-in-law, secretary of the Xinghua Army."

Xu Zixian felt that his face was about to stiffen with laughter, and he nodded and clenched his fists, almost more tired than fighting.

No wonder King Zhao begged Chen Wenjun to be his daughter-in-law in his previous life, even if Chen Wenjun and Xu Ziwen fell out of harmony with their husbands and wives, King Zhao never felt sorry for Chen Wenjun, and the people who were introduced in front of him were all close relatives, whether they were people from the Chen family of Changwenhou or in-laws, they were all quite close relationships.

The distant sect that is a little farther away, and some distant in-laws, they don't have the opportunity to come forward on this occasion today, maybe they were introduced at the wine banquet of the marriage.

Once married, such a huge direct bureaucratic power in the hands of the Marquis of Changwen cannot be said to be used by Xu Zixian, but at least it will be a considerable help.

It's no wonder that this family has become the No. 1 civil official family on Fujian Road!

The imperial court is not very jealous of such a family, even if the Chen family is not knighted, as long as such a scholarly family does not die, there will definitely be a large number of children who will become officials, which is obviously easy to see.

In the area south of the Yangtze River, this kind of scholarly family from the previous dynasty to the current dynasty, dozens of officials in a family, and hundreds of talents, this is quite a common thing.

Unusual, but also Xu Zixian was surprised that the Great Wei did not force civil and military officials to go to other places as officials, of course, after the examination of the Jinshi, of course, will not let the officials choose positions at will, many Jinshi will be in Beijing for about half a year to observe the style of the Jinshi, learn the process of the government affairs of the prisons, temples, six departments, three divisions, and two governments, understand the officialdom of the Beijing Division, after half a year, most of the people who stayed in Beijing are ranked high in the scientific examination, although the Great Wei strives to implement the government affairs system that attaches equal importance to the center and the locality, but the tradition of hundreds of thousands of years is difficult to break, and it is still the Beijing officials who are important, The court officials were proud to stay in Beijing.

Jinshi stay in Beijing, generally appointed from the seventh grade, is the eighth grade or from the eighth grade of the position, if from the Beijing release, generally speaking, the Ministry will be the branch of the Jinshi, regardless of civil and military, are put back to the road as an official, if the road is not really short, or I am voluntary, then it will be put on the outside road.

This is the concept of Taizu when the country was founded, and the local government is an official, and there is no disadvantage of language barrier and difficult governance. If you put the northerners in Fujian and Guangzhou, it will take half a year and a year to understand the dialect. And the people don't understand Yayan, the majority of people can't speak Yayan, and local officials don't know dialects, how to govern and be close to the people, how to judge criminal cases, take care of money and food, and all kinds of things in the valley?

Only when they went to the prefect, the military state, or the military capital, as well as the pacification envoys, patrol envoys, transfer envoys, and punishment envoys, and other high-ranking positions, did the Great Wei generally hold high-ranking positions for foreign officials.

Middle- and low-level officials and locals can quickly control the locality and are not easily controlled by officials, heroes, and clans. Central governance is easy to implement.

The wealth, military, and laws of the Great Wei have basically been vigorously implemented in the local area in the past three hundred years, and this policy is not unrelated.

The policy of being an official in a different place, originated in the Han Dynasty, the original meaning is that the officials of the Han Dynasty have great autonomy power, and the Taishou is a 2,000-stone official, who controls the army, administration, justice and many other powers in the local area, and can recruit officials by himself, and almost kill the officials and people under his rule. The county magistrate also has great power, and if it is not restricted, the foreign strong officials will be pitted against the local powerful and powerful, and the local officials will be selected, then it will easily cause a situation that gets out of control.

This kind of local officials have too much power, resulting in the situation of the princes of the Eastern Han Dynasty, since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the center gradually took power, and even the local officials have to add the central official position as an honor, the Beijing official is more important than the locality, the local military, politics, finance, including the judicial power gradually moved upward, and the officials are checked and balanced, the same is true of the Great Wei, even if you are a pacification envoy all the way, there is no power to appoint your own subordinate officials, you can only play the knowledge, and the decision is made by the Son of Heaven and the two governments.

In this case, the significance of being an official in a different place is not very great, even if a local giant like the Changwen Marquis Mansion is created, as long as it does not control the army, no matter how many officials there are, they will not be able to create a pattern of local centrifugation and self-reliance.

Of course, this is under the normal dynasty, if the center loses its strength, the place can quickly become self-reliant, after 14 years of Chongde, all roads have been separated from Germany, and after 17 years, all roads have become self-reliant, which is afraid that it is also something that Taizu of Great Wei can not imagine.

In fact, when the national politics reached the situation after the fourteenth year of Chongde, even if the local officials became officials in different places, it was of little significance.

Chen Duguang himself has no real job, but only helps Chen Dujing take care of the clan housework in the Hou Mansion, and can be regarded as Chen Dujing's deputy as the patriarch.

was able to accept Xu Zi to enter the Changwen Marquis Mansion first, and Chen Duguang and others also went to Nan'an in person to conduct a field investigation.

Although the result was satisfactory, the Chen family would not rashly marry the Nan'an Hou Mansion, and it was not until Xu Zixian won a big victory in Jiangtan that the Chen family really made up their minds.

Except for a few military officials who are appointed to know the military village and the defense envoy, most of the forces of the Chen family are still in the civil official system, and the military attachés of the imperial court economic division have to look at the prestige and connections in the army.

And Xu Zixian's regimental training is different, from creation to command, all by Xu Zixian, the regimental training of the upper and lower military attachés, not appointed by the imperial court, but recommended to the imperial court after Xu Zixian was appointed, so the command is as good as possible, and the upper and lower are united.

This is also the reason for the gradual tightening of regimental training, after all, this kind of local armed non-economic division, the imperial court is difficult to control, once it falls into the hands of the family and clan heroes, it is likely to bring unpredictable trouble.

Xu Zi was first supported by King Qi, and he was a clan, and there were too few garrisons in Fujian, and it was too difficult to prevent theft, so it was a last resort to start a group training.

The strength of the Great Wei Center is insufficient, so there is a Nan'an group training, and it is conceivable that the group training will be gradually released in the future, and it will not be as strict as the previous control.

For the Changwen Marquis Mansion, his own civil official connections are quite sufficient, although most of the children of the family are middle- and lower-level officials, but they are connected to each other, and the control of local government affairs can be completed quietly.

Commercially, the Chen family is also a huge wealth on Fujian Road, second only to a behemoth like the Pu family.

Then Xu Zi first mastered a strong army to join, and they were in a cooperative relationship with each other, and the status of the Changwen Chen family on Fujian Road was even more unshakable, and there was no need to worry about changing the dynasty.

Before the Tang Dynasty, many families in Hebei, such as Cui Lu Wang Zheng and others, began to run their families from the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, and they really did not fall down for thousands of years.

For Xu Zixian, the marriage with the Chen family is an emotional factor on the one hand, which is very important, and on the other hand, the Chen family can give him a lot of help in officialdom and business.

As for his Nan'an group training, of course, he can only use it for his own use, and he will never be a thug for others, which means that he will also explain to Chen Dujing that if it really comes to troubled times, it should be the Chen family that is attached to him, not that he is attached to the Chen family.

I believe that when the time comes, the people of the Chen family will also understand the changes brought about by the different times, and there is no need to worry now.

After Chen Duguang finished introducing them one by one, Xu Zixian stepped forward to greet everyone again, and he also had an excellent memory, so many people introduced, almost along the direction one by one shouting salutations and honorific salutes, everyone was a little surprised, always thought that Xu Zixian was just a strong martial artist in the clan who was good at leading and training soldiers, and it could be seen from his body shape that Xu Zixian's martial arts aura was quite strong, but he didn't expect it to have such a side.

While everyone was surprised, they remembered that Xu Zixian was able to write an article, and for a while, some estranged thoughts were also thrown out of the clouds.

It's been a great weekend tonight, everyone.