Chapter 226: True Colors
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Wu Fanhui's departure from Mizhi County was set for the fifth day of November. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
This means that Wu Fanhui has been on the road for nearly two months, which can be described as a rare long-term greeting in ancient times.
The team that followed Wu Fanhui to Fengxiang Mansion to greet relatives was still very large, and the welcoming team composed of the three hundred most elite Wu family nurses, as well as Wu Mianqing, the patriarch of the Wu family, plus the best man Wu Mingkun.
The time to go to Fengxiang Mansion will not be too long, at most about 20 days can be reached, but the time to come back is difficult to say, mainly because the bride Chen Yitong cannot ride a horse, can only take a carriage, and it will take at least half a month on the road.
And after coming to Mizhi County, Chen Yitong could not enter the house immediately, and needed to wait at the inn until the eighth day of the first lunar month to do a happy event, before he could officially enter the door.
This is the rule of the scholar family, and ordinary people don't pay so much attention to it.
Besides, Wu Fanhui is a fourth-grade official in the court, and he needs to abide by the rules.
Less than a month after returning home, Wu Fanhui was about to set off again, and the time away from home was close to two months, but this time Wu Qingchao and Wang Hecui were very happy, looking forward to Wu Fanhui's early departure.
The situation in Shaanxi gradually stabilized, this is because the imperial court sent Cao Wenzhao, the general soldier of Lintao, to lead the most elite 3,000 Guanning iron cavalry in the eastern Liaodong border army to exterminate the Liukou in various parts of Shaanxi.
This also made Wu Fanhui's journey to Fengxiang Mansion to welcome his relatives a lot smoother and safer.
On the fifth day of November, at the end of the day.
The three hundred Wu family's nurses, dressed in new clothes, waited neatly at the south gate.
Wu Mianqing, the patriarch of the Wu family, as Wu Fanhui's elder, went to Fengxiang Mansion to welcome his relatives, which showed the highest degree of attention to the Wu family, and Wu Fanhui's family affairs were indeed one of the most important things in the family.
Wu Fanhui was wearing red clothes, which made him a little awkward, but fortunately, he only wore them when he went out of the city, as for the road, he was not so particular about it, if he always wore this red clothes, I was afraid that after he arrived in Fengxiang Mansion City, this clothes could be thrown into the moat.
Wu Mingkun is the happiest, he is fourteen years old, he passed the county examination and the government examination this year, and became a child, but the hospital examination failed, but he is not in a hurry, two years later, he will participate in the college examination, that is, at the age of sixteen, it is not too late at all, to be able to become Wu Fanhui's best man, this is what he dreamed of, and this time he followed to Fengxiang Mansion, a long journey, for him who has never left Mizhi County, it is also an opportunity to see the world.
The people in the county almost all came out, standing on both sides of the street, watching Wu Fanhui and others riding towards the south gate, and the voices of blessings sounded one after another on both sides of the street.
Out of the south gate, the Wu family's nursing home, who was waiting outside, under the leadership of Li Yong, neatly shouted the slogan of congratulations to the young master, and the loud voice almost pierced the sky.
The 300 guards who followed him this time were composed of Li Yong's original subordinates, Chen Liangce's former Liaodong border army under Chen Liangce of Qishan County, and a small number of soldiers who surrendered in Dengzhou.
According to Li Yong and others' requirements for the training of the Wu family's nursing home, that is, to be able to fight directly on the battlefield, fight with opponents, and defeat opponents, this requirement does not seem high, in fact, it is the highest standard of training.
And the Wu family's nursing home is capable and elite, Wu Fanhui has a number in his heart, he has always been adhering to the rule of not indiscriminate, selecting the most elite sergeant to become the Wu family nursing home, and in this process, some not very qualified nursing homes, there are also eliminated, in Wu Fanhui's view, the Wu family's nursing home is the real fire, is the foundation he relies on, in the future he needs to rely on these people, and constantly grow his own strength.
The team set off, Wu Mianqing, Wu Fanhui and Wu Mingkun and others, in the middle of the team, in front of them are more than 100 nursing homes, behind them are also more than 100 nursing homes, Li Yong led the front nursing homes, Sun Kailin was behind the town, Ma Jigang and Wang Baofu followed them, and the twenty people who were screened out of the nursing homes were followed by Li Yong and others, these twenty people were specially selected by Li Yong and others, and they were clearly told that they were to protect the safety of the young master, among these twenty people, including Ma Sanli, Ma Qiangui, Ma Qianmu and Wang Decai and others, Their identity is actually Wu Fanhui's personal soldiers.
Wu Mianqing has never interfered in the affairs of the Wu family's nursing home, he is very smart, after all, he has served as a county magistrate before, knows some rules, this is the strength that Wu Fanhui has worked hard to develop, the family is still not to ask, and in Shaanxi and even Yan'an Mansion, it is necessary to develop such a nursing home force, because of Wu Fanhui's efforts, the prestige of the Wu family's nursing home, has long spread throughout Yan'an Mansion, and even in Shaanxi and Shanxi, it has a lot of influence, nearly a year has passed, although there are still rogues in various parts of Shaanxi, But none of them came to Mizhi County.
The Wu family has long become the largest family in Mizhi County, and the Liu family, which has also been upgraded to the Shidafu family, is also on par with the Wu family in all aspects, as for the He family and other families, they no longer have the ability to compete with the Wu family, in less than five years, Wu Mianqing has purchased a lot of arable land at a low price through various methods, many shops in Mizhi County, and even many shops in Yan'an Fucheng, are already the assets of the Wu family. Owning a few shops in Xi'an Fucheng is able to earn more money for the family.
As the patriarch of the largest family in Mizhi County, Wu Mianqing has an unusual mind, he did not desperately suppress other families, and adhered to the concept of mutual coexistence, which coincides with Wu Fanhui.
Facts have proved that Wu Fanhui's original decision was correct, he did not return the favor with a tooth for a tooth, did not repay the favor, forgave the He family, accumulated a good reputation for the Wu family, and also made the Wu family get the sincere admiration and support of other families, and was able to develop at the fastest speed.
Wu Fanhui was promoted so quickly, at the age of seventeen, he was an official of the fourth grade of the imperial court, which made Wu Mianqing happy, the more prominent Wu Fanhui's status is, the more stable the status of the Wu family, but he also has something to worry about, after all, he used to be an official in the county government, and he still knows a little about the game in the court, Wu Fanhui's environment, it is impossible to avoid the game of power, if he is deeply involved, then he may also lose in the game, be removed from all official positions, and go home to relax.
It is precisely because of such worries that Wu Mianqing is very much in favor of Wu Fanhui's development of the Wu family's power to protect the hospital, completely relying on the imperial court, some things cannot be done well, and everything must be owned by himself.
Let the seventeen-year-old Wu Fanhui serve as the supervisor of the Nanjing Guozi sacrifice wine, which is also incomprehensible to Wu Myanqing, to say that the official who serves as the Guozi priest wine, should have a certain qualification, a little older, and a person with a lot of prestige, only seventeen-year-old Wu Fanhui, no matter how you look at it, is a little young, I don't know if he will encounter setbacks when he is the Guozi priest wine.
The scholars in the south are not as simple as those in the north, they rely on their own knowledge, often get together to comment on current affairs, and form many groups of all sizes, and the Fushe is currently the largest group, Wu Fanhui, who is the chief priest of the wine of Nanjing Guozi, is bound to face all this, I don't know if I can deal with it calmly.
Wu Fanhui's future is not only his own business, but also the future of the Wu family.
"Qian Jue, what do you think of going to Nanjing to serve as the priest of the country this time."
"I haven't thought about it that much, I don't know what the patriarch has taught."
"It can't be said to be a teaching, I have never reached that height, and I don't know the matters inside, but I feel that it is always a little inappropriate for you to be the priest of Nanjing Guozi at your age, when I went to the capital to participate in the examination, I heard that Nanjing Guozijian is more prosperous than the Guozijian in the capital, and it is much more complicated."
"What the patriarch means, Qian Jue understands, but Qian Jue thinks that everything is changing, the scholars in the south may be very powerful, what Donglin Academy, what the resumption of the society, it is impossible to have no influence in Guozijian, Qian Jue estimates that this has a great impact, but Guozijian is a place to study, not a place to discuss current affairs, if you are keen on the discussion of current affairs and are too concerned about the affairs of the imperial court, then don't study in Guozijian, go home and discuss it."
Wu Mianqing looked at Wu Fanhui and was very surprised.
"Qian Jue, you should be cautious in this move, if you do it rashly, I am afraid it will cause a big turmoil."
"The patriarch rest assured, Qian Jue knows in his heart, in fact, this Donglin Academy and the Fu Society are not very smart, their starting point may be good, what they think of is the current politics, and what they think of is to make the Ming Dynasty prosperous, but their approach may not be supported, sometimes to do things, the direction must be accurate, otherwise it will backfire."
Wu Mianqing thought for a moment and nodded slightly, he understood that Wu Fanhui was pointing to the party struggle, and the Donglin Party, including the Fushe, participated in the party struggle, which was already an indisputable fact, and even Wu Mianqing, the county leader, felt it at the beginning.
"Qian Jue, I understand what you mean, but there are some things that you still have to pay attention to, if you shoot too hard and encounter a backlash, it will be difficult to deal with."
"The patriarch's teachings, Qian Jue has written them down, and Qian Jue will definitely pay attention to them."