Chapter 13 Matchmaking

is no better than Huang Zongxi, for this name, it is impossible for Chen Wen, who has a considerable love for history and military affairs, not to know at all. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info In history, it was this guy who brought Zheng Chenggong back to the pre-liberation period in the First World War, so Zheng Chenggong came up with the idea of recovering Taiwan in the future, and he also participated in the suppression of Jiang Ji anyway, he can definitely be called a generation of green camp generals in the early Qing Dynasty.

However, in Chen Wen's impression, this person seems to have been transferred from Wuyongying to the deputy general of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and was borrowed by Ma Guozhu halfway because Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan entered the Yangtze River, and was promoted to the general of the Su Song Water Division after expelling the Ming army in Chongming. On the contrary, now, who knew that he would be directly promoted from the general of the Wuyong Battalion to the chief soldier of the Su Song Water Division, it seems that the breeze fanned by this butterfly has reached the level that can affect Ma Guozhu's judgment, otherwise he would never be so anxious to intercept this military general and continue to stay in Jiangnan.

What is most important in the 21st century is naturally talent, and this is no different today in the 17th century.

At this moment, not long after the end of the war, Hong Chengchou was still sorting out the defeated soldiers, Liu Qingtai was still on the way, Xiao Qiyuan, who was just a governor, couldn't speak at all, Ma Guozhu intercepted Liang Huafeng at this time, and this hand was really dirty. However, this is also normal, the nature of the bureaucracy is to sweep the snow in front of the door, as the green camp in Jiangnan began to be forced to participate in the war in Zhejiang, Ma Guozhu left a hand is also understood and tolerated by the Manchu court, after all, this Zhejiang is still not comparable to Jiangnan in the sense of wealth and politics and military.

In addition, it is normal for the Qing army to strengthen the investigation, but fortunately, most of the first batch of intelligence personnel sent out by Chen Wen have already taken root in the local area. It is certain that more personnel will continue to be sent to strengthen the search for intelligence, but the specific movement of the Qing army will be able to be sent to his case in about a month or two, but there is no need to rush it now.

This time, Huang Zongxi still planned not to stay too long, but this time, Chen Wen did not plan to let him go in a hurry.

"Matchmaker?"

"Exactly, Mr. Lizhou is famous all over the world, and he is a well-known righteous gentleman. With Mr. Lizhou as a matchmaker, there is no reason why this family business cannot be impossible. ”

Aren't you just as famous as the world, and you are also a marquis with a heavy army, and that family is just an ordinary gentry, and their son is still working behind your scenes, and dares to disobey you?

Huang Zongxi didn't say anything about this complaint, if he was replaced by another Ming army general, he would be able to choke back for others with a word. But Chen Wen is different, Wang Yi's subordinates were born, he and Wang Yi are sons and daughters, and Wang Yi's daughters have also been taken care of by Chen Wen in recent years.

As for letting the Manchu Qing know about this, in fact, it doesn't matter, the Manchu Qing has been wanted by him all these years, and his younger brother Huang Zongyan has also been imprisoned and executed. But he has a wide range of contacts in eastern Zhejiang, and the wanted effect of the Manchu Qing Dynasty is very average, plus Huang Zongxi himself also has some internal fist methods, even if the ordinary officials find him, he can't say who arrested whom, so even if he runs to Nanzhili and Zhejiang over the years, he has never been captured.

Moreover, according to the current momentum, the Ming army in Zhejiang will be able to recover Ningshao in less than half a year, and at most in a year. If the Manchu Qing Dynasty's rule in Zhejiang was originally calculated in years, now it is only afraid that it will not be able to do even a month, and then he Huang Zongxi will have nothing to fear.

"Okay, I'll do my best."

"There's Mr. Lao Lizhou."

The marriage of the Han people pays attention to three books and six rites. The so-called three books refer to the letter of appointment, the letter of ceremony, and the letter of welcome; The six rites are: Nacai, Asking for a name, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, inviting and greeting.

Nacai, that is, the man's family invites the matchmaker to go to the woman's house to propose, and after the woman's family agrees to propose marriage, the man's family prepares a gift to propose. Asking for a name, that is, the man's family asks the matchmaker to ask the woman's name and date of birth. Najib means that after the man retrieves the woman's name and eight characters, he performs divination in the ancestral temple. Na Zheng, also known as Na Yuan, refers to the man's family giving a dowry to the woman's family. As for the invitation period, the man's family chooses the marriage date, prepares a gift and informs the woman's family, and asks for her consent. The first five ceremonies are completed, and the last is the personal welcome, that is, the groom goes to the woman's house to marry.

This was originally a Zhou ceremony, and Confucius also specially invited his wife Qi Guan to demonstrate it to his disciples, but omitted the final cave room.

However, over the past two thousand years, the six rites have been reduced due to excessive complexity among the people and even in the regulations. In accordance with the provisions of the "Zhuzi Family Rites", the Ming Dynasty only left the three rites of Nacai, Nazheng and personal greeting. However, Chen Wen is already a marquis, and as a nobleman, he is different from the common people, and he still has to act according to the ancient system of six rites. And Huang Zongxi, as a matchmaker, the first thing he does is to be a matchmaker, in the vernacular.

Huang Zongxi's reputation is well known in later generations, and even the prime minister of the Republic has specifically mentioned the famous Huang Zongxi's law. However, now, Huang Zongxi's law is far from coming out, and Huang Zongxi's literary name is far from being looked up to by the world, and his fame is not as good as that of later generations. But even so, Huang Zongxi is not a nobody in Jiangnan, and even the next day, the father and uncle of the Zhou family brothers and sisters heard that Huang Zongxi came to visit, and even took the two cousins of the Zhou family's little sister who were resting at home today to the gate to greet them in person.

"I have heard the name of Yao Jiang Huang Xiaozi for a long time, and when I see it today, it can be said that I got what I wanted."

Huang Zongxi's father, Huang Zunsu, was one of the Seven Gentlemen of Donglin, who died in prison for impeaching Wei Zhongxian, and is famous all over the world. After Chongzhen ascended the throne, Huang Zunsu and others were rehabilitated, Huang Zongxi wrote to kill Xu Xianchun and Cui Yingyuan, and then stabbed Xu Xianchun and beat Cui Yingyuan in public when he testified in court.

In the eyes of many people in later generations, the Donglin Party is one of the culprits responsible for the demise of the Ming Dynasty, but in this era, the right to speak is completely in the hands of the gentry, and the southeast is the basic plate of the Donglin Party, especially the Yuyao Huang family, the father is a loyal minister, and the son is a filial son. In all fairness, even Chen Wen would praise Huang Zongxi's deeds of daring to stab Xu Xianchun in court, let alone the Zhou family.

The ancients emphasized loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, Huang Zongxi was not only the son of loyal ministers, but also a famous filial son in the world, and even the first emperor Chongzhen had praised it. When Huang Zongxi entered the lobby of the Zhou family, the two elders of the Zhou family pulled Huang Zongxi to talk one by one. From Huang Zunsu's impeachment of the eunuch party, to Huang Zongxi's stabbing of Xu Xianchun and beating Cui Yingyuan, and then to the struggle between the Fushe and Ma Shiying and Ruan Dayue in Nanjing, he even brought several juniors in the family and told them clearly that this is the world-famous "Yaojiang Huang Xiaozi", and he should take this as an example in the future.

Huang Zongxi has not seen this kind of scene, there is a way is Shen Wansan in Nanjing, Beijing Dead Tree Bend - the name of the person, the shadow of the tree, it is this fame that is the heaviest among the scholars and doctors, the Zhou family can only be regarded as an ordinary gentry, and Huang Zunsu, one of the seven gentlemen of Donglin, is a well-known filial son of the government and the opposition who came to visit, which can be said to be a great face. Even if it is not for these faces, it is also of great benefit to let the juniors in the family see with their own eyes that such filial piety can achieve the role of education.

It's just that they didn't know that Huang Zongxi didn't think about coming originally, and he would appear here for the sake of Chen Wen's face.

After the excitement of this family had passed, Zhou Jingting's father remembered that their family did not seem to have anything to do with the Yuyao Huang family, and now Zhou Jingting, who has the best future trend of the Zhou family, did not mention that he had dealings with celebrities such as Huang Zongxi, and only then did he remember to ask Huang Zongxi's intention.

"I came rashly today, and I was entrusted by the Marquis of An Yuan to ask Ling Qianjin for marriage."

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"This is the official of my family's big cow, Luo Yongzhong Luo, the sentry chief of the Nantang camp."

In the small village of Shi Daniu's family, Shi Daniu's parents were taking Shi Daniu to a rich peasant family in the village to ask for marriage, but it was Shi Daniu's boss Luo Yongzhong who acted as a matchmaker.

There are not too many taboos in the small family, but this rich peasant family seems to be a little dissatisfied with an officer coming to be a matchmaker. In fact, there is nothing abnormal, the eldest son in his family was originally a scholar in Mengmeng, but he did not continue to study because of his talent and family background. Not long ago, the civil official training class expanded its enrollment, and his son entered the training class, and when he came out, he was likely to be an official, so naturally the newly popped up family in the village was no longer as eye-catching as before, even if it was really a real matchmaker, it was estimated that he would meet this face.

The Shi family was not unaware of the snobbery of the martial arts officials, and even they felt that time had changed, and the status of the two families might be uneven in the future. But the daughter of this family is very well educated, and the two families were originally considered to be a good match, and they also had basic intentions with each other. Moreover, according to the inertial thinking of the Ming Dynasty, if a military general can marry a civil official, it will also be a great benefit. Pity the hearts of parents all over the world, all of which make Shi Daniu's parents do their best for their eldest son in this matter.

"Now it's the sentry commander, my family bull said, last time I drank with Deputy General An of the Shentang Battalion, and Deputy General An said that Hou Ye mentioned that Sentry Chief Luo has made great contributions this time, and he will soon be promoted to the head of the bureau. yes, big bull. ”

Compared with the stuffy oil bottle in charge of the Shi family, Shi Daniu's old lady is much more able to speak. Shi Daniu is only a military commander now, but he can drink with An Youfu, the commander of the Shentang Battalion, and An Youfu can still tell him what Hou Ye said, this friendship is enough for the in-laws to understand that her son also has a backer in the army, and the future will naturally not be bad.

However, Shi Daniu didn't follow his wife at all, just in line with the tradition of their old Shi family's son following his father, he didn't react at all, and seemed to be still wondering if An Youfu had said this last time he drank with An Youfu.

Fortunately, Shi Daniu's wife found a matchmaker very well, and when he heard this, Luo Yongzhong immediately reacted, and opened his mouth and said: "This matter has not yet been decided, but the promotion of the military rank has been completed, and the dispatch or something will have to wait for the notice." I heard that Brother An will soon be promoted to chief military officer. ”

Speaking of this, Luo Yongzhong's words changed. "In fact, Brother Da Niu's military rank is long enough to be a sentry commander, and if he is assigned to another battalion, it will be a sure thing. It's just that Nantang Camp is the first camp head of Hou Ye's family, and there must always be Da Niu brothers from top to bottom, so that Hou Ye's old subordinates can be in Dalan Mountain, so that the tradition cultivated when he was on Dalan Mountain can continue to be passed on. ”

Hearing this singing and harmony, the head of the family couldn't help but be moved. Unexpectedly, this silly and silly strong boy not only knew a deputy general who was about to be promoted to the chief military officer, but also the earliest subordinates of Hou Ye. His son came back last time, saying that in the current Zhejiang Ming Army, most of the senior officers of the divisions, battalions, and garrisons at the top are Hou Ye's subordinates when he was in Dalan Mountain and Tiantai Mountain.

"Da Niu, tell you Uncle Han, what other familiar generals are there in this army?"

As soon as the future old man spoke, Shi Daniu had to scratch his head, and then said: "Actually, I was a firefighter when I was in Dalan Mountain, and I didn't know many people. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shi Daniu's old lady immediately had a look of hatred for iron and steel, what are you doing at this time, she followed Hou Ye on Dalan Mountain, then Wu Dashuai, Yin Dashuai, Li Dashuai or something can't blow it vigorously, can this old Han Tou still run to verify it.

"I was in the Fourth Mandarin Duck Formation Killer Team of the First Outpost, and the highest rank and dispatch in the team is Brother An of the Shentang Battalion, followed by Brother Yao, who said that when he returned to Jinhua not long ago, he said that he had been promoted to the garrison of Fenshui County, Yanzhou Prefecture, and Brother Fei was now in the Lishui Battalion Authority, and Brother Yang was wounded in the Battle of Shentangyuan, and now he is making palm prints in the Suichang Thousand Households Office of the State Guard......"

Hearing this, Shi Daniu's old lady couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. In fact, it's not just her, Luo Yongzhong actually breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately Shi Daniu didn't mention Liu Cheng, the team leader only sat on the cold bench because he angered Hou Ye, it's one thing to have a good relationship on weekdays, but at this time, it's more prudent to mention it less.

Taking advantage of Shi Daniu's dispatch to count down, Liu Cheng was counted immediately, and Luo Yongzhong, who was not familiar with Liu Yuan, hurriedly interjected. "Actually, the big bull brothers also know Governor Sun, but they are not as familiar as these old brothers who eat in a pot."

"Huh?"

Sun Yu, now said to be the prefect, in fact, is already doing the work of the governor of Zhejiang, and even the previous two governors of Zhejiang, Wang Jiang and Cao Conglong, are not as powerful as him, after all, this time is different from the past, the Ming army in Zhejiang now occupies the territory of the four prefectures, and it is only a matter of time before the governor is actually awarded, and it may not be possible to enter the cabinet in the future.

The most important thing is that the Shi family's prospective family has a son who is in the civil official training class, and he is Sun Yu's student in it, and he is also Sun Yu's subordinate when he comes out.

"That's natural, although our big cow was a firefighter when he was in Dalan Mountain, he also worked for Governor Sun at that time. Later, when the army turned in, when the big bull of my family followed the Hou Ye to fight the standard camp, Governor Sun was not far behind him, not only cheering for the big army, but also chatting with the big bull of my family after the battle, praising him for his bravery when he fought the tartars. ”

Luo Yongzhong was a witness to that battle, and so was Shi Daniu, but none of them refuted Shi Daniu's wife's boast. Shi Daniu didn't mention it, after all, it was his wife, and he didn't say that what his wife said was wrong in front of outsiders. And Luo Yongzhong, however, also knew his task today, so naturally he would not be so stupid.

From beginning to end, Shi Daniu's father grabbed an opening sentence introducing the matchmaker, plus a closing sentence of "see you tomorrow", and the rest of the words were said by these three people, most of them were Shi Daniu's wife and Luo Yongzhong, who acted as the "matchmaker".

Fortunately, this did not affect the actual effect, the Han family has a son in the civilian training class, and Shi Daniu also has a lot of connections in the army, so the two families have decided the matter, but the day has to be calculated tomorrow, and it is already evening when I come out today, it is really inconvenient to go to the town.

"Fortunately, it's the little brother of the Luo family today, otherwise it's really not easy to talk about the Han family."

"The aunt has an overreputation, the little nephew and the big bull brother are friends of life and death, this matter is related to the life of the big bull brother, and it should be like this."

Helping Shi Daniu tell his family story, Luo Yongzhong felt a sense of accomplishment in his heart. However, compared with Luo Yongzhong, Shi Daniu's wife is still a little unsatisfied.

"The little brother of the Luo family is young and successful, and he is a presumptuous question to be an aunt, but is he married?" - The marriage of the eldest son has been decided, the second son is gone, the younger son is still studying in the Boy Scout Academy, two of the four daughters have already been married, and the remaining two are also of age.

"Thank you aunt for your concern, the little nephew has already married when he was in Tiantai Mountain, and the big bull brothers have also gone to eat the wedding wine."

"Oh." There was some regret in the voice. "The big cow must come over when he gets married."

"Definitely, definitely." (To be continued.) )