Chapter 588: Family and Talent Prosper!
Conscription!
The emperor ordered conscription, which was originally expected by everyone.
Because of several northern expeditions, the soldiers suffered many casualties, but they have not been replenished.
But this conscription was not from the common people, but from the Chinese military officials of the dynasty, and even from the nobles of the family!
Almost all families have received military stickers, and the children and grandchildren who have reached the age of fifteen, as long as they do not have an official position, do not care whether they are married or not, they are all famous.
But fortunately, the emperor did not mean to let the families cut off their children and grandchildren.
The decree stated that each family would be recruited in a ratio of three to one, and the upper limit would be three children, but one of them must be a son-in-law.
In other words, even if there are more than a dozen sons in the family, only three are needed at most, but there must be sons-in-law.
In this way, if there are few children in the family, it will be unlucky.
For example, in a certain Shangshu family, there are two grandchildren in total, one grandson and one concubine.
Now the sister-in-law has to be a soldier, but the sister-in-law has escaped, and of course the family is going to fall out!
The wife shouted that she wanted her concubine to change her son-in-law, and the concubine shouted that the emperor's order could not be violated, and in the end, the wife and concubine fought together, and the sister-in-law and concubine couldn't maintain the superficial harmony, and directly turned against each other.
The worst thing is that there is only one child in the family who meets the conditions and is still a son-in-law, such as the Wu family of Jiangning Houfu.
The Wu family has a son in the second room, who has already married, and last year through the operation of the queen, he went to the south to make a county order.
But Changfang has a son-in-law, who is just eighteen years old, and he has no marriage and no fame.
This is also the old son of Mrs. Shizi, she is very pampered, she can't study, she doesn't like to practice martial arts, she thinks that she has the identity of the queen's younger brother, she can find a good daughter-in-law, and wait to inherit the title in the future.
Who would have thought that when the emperor issued a holy decree, the entire Jiangning Marquis Mansion had to send this baby pimple to be a soldier!
Not to mention that Mrs. Shizi was so anxious that she fainted at that time, even the old Hou Ye and Mrs. Hou had difficulty breathing.
In the past two days, Second Mrs. Wu resented her daughter's lack of anger, and on the other hand, she was afraid that she would really force her to death.
Simply, she lay on the bed and didn't care about anything.
As a result, such a big event suddenly appeared, not only was she not in a hurry, but the corners of her mouth were curled up with joy, and she couldn't fall.
Isn't the big house showing off its power on weekdays and looking down on their second room?
Now it's okay, the biological baby bump is going to Jiangbei to die, maybe ten or eight years later, the title of this marquis will still fall on their second room.
Mrs. Shizi finally woke up, crying and longing for blood in her eyes, goodbye to the look of concubine, where can I guess her thoughts.
So, the usually dignified lady also became a shrew, and Mrs. Shizi pounced on the second lady's bun and kicked it hard.
"Let you gloat, my son is in trouble, and your whole family doesn't want to live?!"
The second lady is not a master to be messed with, she pulled her sister-in-law's hair bun back, and scolded even more cheerfully, "I'm just gloating, what can you do!" Aren't you the queen's mother, aren't you proud?
"Let you go to the queen to save my daughter, you have pushed back, now it's okay, your son is going to die, what do you do this time?! Well deserved, well deserved! ”
The two of them were rolling all over the ground, and everyone who watched was stunned.
"It's over, it's over, the Hou Mansion is going to be defeated." The old marquis's eyes were full of despair.
Back then, when the palace selected the princess for the prince, their family didn't expect their granddaughter to be selected, but they were given marriage.
Fortunately, he was an unfavored prince, but his family was also entitled, and he got this marquis.
He was still complacent, thinking that it would be good.
Unexpectedly, the unfavored prince actually became the emperor.
Everyone envies the soaring Wu family and became the queen mother, only he is worried day and night, worrying more than joy.
Because he knows his own affairs, he is not a talented person, and his two sons are even more mediocre.
Prosperity and wealth may be the beginning of a loser......
Sure enough, the eldest son became the son, and the second son began to be unhappy.
There is always some noise between the two families, and life is not restless.
Previously, the second son and his wife tried their best to marry their granddaughter to Xintinghou, and he also supported it.
is nothing more than looking forward to the second son and his wife getting their wish, so they no longer stare at the title and are jealous of the eldest son, and the new pavilion marquis is a capable person, and he can protect his own family somewhat.
Where did I think that things didn't work out, and it made the two sons even more quarrelsome.
Now that the two daughters-in-law have completely torn their faces, what prosperity does the Wu family have at all? !
The family and talents are prosperous, but the future of the Wu family is almost predictably going to decline......
The old marquis has a kind of joy that the sword on his head has finally fallen, but it is more sad.
Finally, everyone pulled Mrs. Shizi and the second lady apart, and when they turned back, they found that the old marquis had passed out and was unconscious.
"Father! Father! ”
"Old lady!"
"Master Hou!"
Everyone became more and more chaotic, hurriedly calling for the doctor, and almost lifted the roof for a while.
Under the same sky, in the new capital, there are not a few families in this situation.
But there are exceptions, and that is...... Zhenguo Mansion.
The old couple and their son have been sitting and waiting for their own posts since they heard the news of the conscription.
It's not that they are looking forward to their son becoming a soldier, it's really that every family can't hide, so it's better to take a good look at how the post is written, and then discuss countermeasures.
Shizi was almost frightened, and he didn't care how old he was, he hugged his mother's arm and didn't let go, "Mother, I don't want to die!" I won't get into trouble again, I study, I will definitely study hard, you must find a way, don't let me go to the army! ”
The Duchess almost fainted in distress, but she tried her best to comfort her son, "Don't be afraid, it's really not enough for your father to ask the emperor, our family is your only son, and the emperor can't let our Qi family blood be cut off!" ”
Zhen Guogong also planned so, he turned around on the ground with his hands behind his back, and even thought about how to cry and beg when he saw the emperor.
As a result, it was dark, but no posts came.
The family of three got together and finally believed that there was no part of the Qi family in the matter of conscription.
The prince knelt down and kowtowed to the palace at that time, and the grandfather and the old couple no longer felt sorry for the 100,000 taels of silver that they had offered before.
These 100,000 taels are simply so easy to use, they saved my son's life twice!
The prince was about to go out to Dese, but was pulled back by Grandpa Guo.
"Idiot! Do you look at others and go out to attract hatred? If you want to be taken out and use you as an example to persecute the emperor, you just go out! When the time comes, you will be thrown into the barracks, and the family will not be able to fish you out! ”
Shizi shrank his neck in fright, let alone go out, he hid in the house and didn't come out......
There is never a shortage of smart people in this world, and when the holy decree came down, some people immediately thought that this was the emperor's punishment for the powerful family.
Punish them for pretending to be deaf and dumb and turning a blind eye to the emptiness of the treasury!
Punish them for pointing fingers at the Northern Expedition and withhold the consolation money!
Punish them for enjoying only peace and wealth, but not paying a price!
As a result, many people regretted that they didn't donate some money when the Zhenguo Gong donated some money, and now they have completely annoyed the emperor, rained down thunder, and directly split them to death.
Especially when I heard that the Zhenguo Mansion did not receive the military sticker, everyone's intestines were even more regretful......