Fang Kongzhi was refuted by his daughter, and he couldn't continue the topic for a while.

Since ancient times, when it comes to women's marriages, as fathers, they can only consider the layout from the perspective of interest marriage, but it is difficult to convince their daughters emotionally. Especially a serious doctor like Fang Kongzhi, who is a straight man of steel, he will not be able to figure out his daughter's thoughts.

Fortunately, Fang Kongzhi is not the only one in the Fang family who cares about this matter, as soon as the father and daughter said that they were screwed, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the study,

A middle-aged woman paced in, and sure enough, it was Mrs. Fang, Wu Lingyi.

Wu Lingyi looked at her husband and then at her daughter, and then helped her husband persuade: "Ling'er, young people are famous, and if they are crazy, they will be crazy.

When your eldest sister married your brother-in-law, she also picked her nose and eyes, and in the end, she lived smoothly for eight or nine years. The daughter of our family, don't be too satisfied, maybe it will be a blessing.

Your three aunts, when they got married, what kind of moral gentlemen did they marry? But the result? One passed through the door for a year and died of tuberculosis, and the other two were both magistrates guarding the land and were killed by the Tartars. Sometimes, men are opportunistic and flexible, but they are not rigid and easy to break. ”

These words, if they were other official eunuchs, they would not generally say so, but the situation of the Fang family is special, so that Wu Lingyi also has to lower the moral standards of her future son-in-law.

It's just that the aunts of the older generation of the Fang family are really too betrayal, and they are all married to moral gentlemen, and they end up being widowed. So much so that Wu Lingyi hopes that her daughter will come to see a "slightly more flexible moral standard" in the future, and she can live a few more years in this last days.

His eldest daughter, Fang Ziyao, married Sun Lin of the Sun family, a fellow villager in Tongcheng, nine years ago. This Sun Lin's character and morality are not very good, and he has been living in Nanjing for many years after marriage, spending time and drinking.

But Wu Lingyi thought it was good, at least he wouldn't be killed in front for Da Mingchong.

The family background of the Sun family in Tongcheng is also very good, among the uncles and relatives of the older generation of the Sun family, there is an aunt who married Fang Ziyao, and later left an orphan daughter Sun, who is now the wife of Shen Shuren's cousin Zhang Huangyan.

Sun Lin's eldest brother Sun Jin, who was also an important minister in the court at that time, worshiped Dali Siqing, and Sun Jin married the niece of the late Donglin boss Zuo Guangdou and Shi Kefa's younger sister (Shi Kefa was Zuo Guangdou's student)

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, when Sun Jin was in office as the secretary of Dali Temple, he also dealt with a major case of triage by three divisions, involving Zhang Xianzhong and other thieves digging up the tomb of Emperor Fengyang at that time, and confirming the guilt of local officials such as An Lufeng.

Sun Jin withstood the pressure and kept Shi Kefa and Huang Degong. When a large number of other officials around Fengyang were killed and demoted, Shi Kefa and Huang Degong were also promoted, which led to Shi Kefa serving as the governor of Anlu and Huang Degong serving as the chief soldier of Fenglu.

Therefore, the Sun family's influence in the Tongcheng faction is very large, and it is still the hub of the relationship between the Tongcheng faction and Donglin. Sun Jin is not only Shi Kefa's brother-in-law, but also the life-saving benefactor of Shi Kefa and Huang Degong.

It's a pity that although the other children of the Sun family are gentle, Wu Lingyi actually mistook this eldest son-in-law - this Sun Lin doesn't look like a good person now, but when the nation is in danger in history, it is not a loss.

Later, after King Lu surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, the Qing soldiers directly occupied the entire territory of Zhejiang, and forced Xianxialing at the junction of Zhejiang and Fujian, this Sun Lin also retreated south from Nanjing all the way to resist, and brought some righteous troops to help Zhu Yujian, the king of Tang, and finally died in the battle of Xianxialing.

Fang Ziling's eldest sister, Fang Ziyao, has also embarked on the old road of widowhood since then, just like her three aunts.

However, Fang Ziling obviously has not experienced suffering and beating, and cannot understand her mother's painstaking efforts. Hearing her mother mention her eldest sister and brother-in-law, it touched her unhappiness:

"What are you talking about! It's just a matter of not mentioning my sister and brother-in-law, has my sister been happy all these years? Even I heard that my brother-in-law was looking for flowers and willows in Nanjing, and he also ransomed a famous prostitute Ge Nenniang as a concubine.

Speaking of this, this Shen Shuren is even more excessive, just in the afternoon, when I was chatting and asking for advice, I also knocked on the side to persuade him, not for the sake of ...... His selfish desires made a big mistake, but he was not ashamed, but proud, and most of this aspect was more excessive than his brother-in-law. ”

Wu Lingyi didn't understand current affairs, and she didn't understand her daughter's meaning too much for a while, so she looked at her husband with a puzzled look.

Fang Kongzhi is very familiar with the political situation and the war situation, and coughed awkwardly at the moment and gave his wife a literacy:

"What Ling'er said should be that Shen Shuren was jealous with Hou Shangshu's son, and bought the beautiful concubine that Hou Gongzi originally wanted to buy for Zuo Liangyu, a woman named Li Xiangjun. As a result, when Huangzhou was in crisis half a year ago, Shen Shuren couldn't ask Wuchang Zuo Liangyu for help, so he could only come to us, and he almost missed a big event.

Fortunately, this Shen Shuren's talent in using soldiers is extraordinary, and in the end, he didn't invite Zuo Liangyu to reinforce the army, but he still annihilated Erhe in one fell swoop. It's not easy for Ling'er to talk about this topic, so I also helped persuade a few words at the dinner just now.

However, this Shen Shuren is indeed a little ignorant of the importance of women...... I persuaded him, but he looked like he had no regrets, and he was not afraid of offending Zuo Liangyu and losing strong reinforcements. ”

When Wu Lingyi heard this, she finally completely reversed her original mentality of painstakingly trying to match.

In her opinion, it is enough for a man to be a little more flexible in his loyalty to the court, but if he is so lascivious and mistaken in terms of women, the nature is completely different. At least when it comes to judging whether a son-in-law is suitable.

Her eldest son-in-law, Sun Lin, is also lustful and redeems Qin Huai's famous prostitute, but at least he will not delay his future for the sake of jealousy. Shen Shuren has reached the point where it is possible to endanger his life and safety for the sake of women, and it is too dangerous to win or lose the battle.

Of course, it is impossible for the Fang family to know that all this is a situation that Shen Shuren came to do prepared, and he deliberately squeezed Zuo Liangyu at the beginning, so that Zuo Liangyu was afraid to move forward and did not save him, so that Zuo Liangyu could be punished.

At the wine table just now, Fang Kongzhi also had a temptation, but Shen Shuren was tight-lipped, his relationship with the Fang family was not to the extent that he could reveal such a big conspiracy.

Shen Shuren was still very clear about the priorities, even if he realized that Fang Kongzhi might want to tell him about his daughter, he would not easily let go and admit his conspiracy. He is not a person who leaves flaws in the strategic layout for the sake of women, and always puts the overall situation first.

Therefore, of course, Shen Shuren wanted to bite the caliber, and said that this matter was "I am desperate for women, I just saw Li Xiangjun's stunning beauty, and my brain was hot, and I did not hesitate to offend Zuo Liangyu for her, and I had no other considerations."

The news that he offended Zuo Liangyu was originally leaked after he came to Jiangling for help last time. So the last time I came, whether it was Wu Lingyi or Fang Ziling, they didn't know that Shen Shuren had "bad deeds" in this regard.

I waited until I came back this time to confirm the truth and wanted to know if the outside world had misunderstood.

As a result, Shen Shuren personally confirmed that he was "lustful and desperate", of course, he made Fang Ziling angry at the wine table, and it was impossible before this matter was revealed.

Wu Lingyi understood the cause and effect, and could only sigh: "That's it, since Shen Shuren is so desperate for women, he is not a good son-in-law, you have your own opinions, just take it slowly."

However, I only give you this last year, you will be seventeen next year, your eldest sister will get married until seventeen, and next year you will prevaricate, and you will find someone to marry! ”

Fang Ziling had no choice but to accept her parents' ultimatum first.

She couldn't help but wonder why there were so many strange contradictions in this Shen Shuren.

The advantages are so good, the disadvantages are so obvious, there is no mediocre and mediocre aspect of the body, either a great sage or a great evil.

After returning to the house, like a walking corpse, she unconsciously flipped out the "Rizhi Shijian" and "The Theory of Thieves", plus a few volumes of the reference book "Zizhi Tongjian", and began to study them against each other, and before she knew it, it was midnight.

The best way to solve the problem of a person's contradictions is to read his books.

At this moment, Fang Ziling is a bit like a professor of the Chinese Department of a later university, studying "what kind of person is Mr. Lu Xun" through Mr. Lu Xun's writings.

……

Shen Shuren didn't care about these at all, he came to Jiangling just to talk to Fang Kongzhi about political transactions and power support.

After several days of negotiations, exchanges, and private exchange of interests,

The two sides adjust their authority on their own in terms of the use of centigold, the setting of banknotes, the local tax rate of centigold, and other daily civil decrees...... and so on, all of which reached a dirty deal.

Those Wuchang Mansion and Hanyang Mansion were dissatisfied with Shen Shuren and felt that Shen Shuren was domineering, and those who came to Fang Kongzhi to sue him here were also suppressed by Fang Kongzhi and completely betrayed.

After all this is done, Shen Shuren's civil affairs reform, military training, and cash-for-work in Wuchang and Hanyang Prefectures can all be vigorously implemented, and no one can obstruct them.

Shen Shuren had been in Jiangling until the end of October, and after the things to talk about were finalized, on the second day of November, he re-embarked on the return journey to the east of the river.

The Fang family also went to the dock to see him off, and Fang Ziling also came generously. After all, the two families are also world friends, and the relationship between Shen Shuren and Fang Yizhi in the same year is there.

There is nothing against etiquette for Fang Ziling to see off "Brother Nian", even if the two have no other relationship, it should be.

I haven't seen him for a few days, and Shen Shuren can see that Fang Ziling has lost some weight again, which should be caused by studying too hard. At the time of parting, he also politely teased:

"What? Worried that I won't be able to resist talking about my plans? I'm afraid that after breaking my oath, I will not be allowed to study for the rest of my life, so I should hurry up and read enough now? ”

Fang Ziling's face turned red, what kind of villain's heart is this? She was ashamed to shove the bamboo tube soup in her hand on Shen Shuren:

"Who is afraid to break their oath? Who bothered to talk about your nonsense. Can't I love to read? I've always been like this! ”

Shen Shuren smiled proudly, and pinched the strength and weakness to the core: "I have always loved reading so much, how can I get thinner and thinner?" The next time I see you, if you are thinner than now, it means that you are worried that you will not have to study for breaking your oath, so you should hurry up and read enough! ”

Fang Ziling was speechless, she could only be teased by words, and let Shen Shuren drift away, so angry that her teeth itched, and she cried when she looked at Gu Fan's distant shadow.

Wu Lingyi knew that her daughter had a lot of thoughts and didn't want her daughter to be deflated, so when the boat was far away, she enlightened and persuaded: "What's so angry about this, it's just two jokes."

I don't think Shen Daotai wants to be angry with you, he just wants to persuade you to take good care of your body, don't lose weight again, and be embarrassed to say it, so I will squeeze you with words. If you don't want to be ridiculed by him the next time you see each other, you need to recuperate. ”

Fang Ziling felt better, and her teeth creaked: "I'm not a picky eater from today!" Let's see what excuse he has next time to say I'm skinny! ”