Time passed by, and the little nieces who were still childish when Chief Wei came to the door gradually grew up, and they all reached the age where they could discuss marriage or were about to do so. Young people with a big house and a second house have to start worrying about these things.
The two children in the third room are still young, so it stands to reason that besides raising them, there is no time to worry about them. But after autumn came, Wei Changying also had something on his mind: It was time for Shen Shuguang to officially start school.
He is five years old this year. Last year, his father Shen Zangfeng forced him to start enlightenment in advance. Now he has a certain amount of homework every day. Considering his young age, the current homework is still very careful. But it will definitely be different next year when I turn a few years old. By that time, Shen Shuguang, as the eldest son of the third wife, would definitely not be able to be taught by his father while his father went out to lead the army as he is now. It would be his mother, Huang family, and grandfather who would be taught by whoever was free.
He must ask Hongru to give him a serious and careful lecture.
The problem is that Hongru is not easy to find nowadays.
Fengzhou Wei, Jiangnan Song, and Jinxiu Duanmu are all famous scholars in the past dynasties, and the Wei family is the leader among them. Judging from Wei Chang Ying's status as a daughter of the Wei family, her son's teacher in civil affairs would of course give priority to his own clan. For example, my younger brother's teacher is Wei Zhijiao, a famous scholar in China.
It's a pity that the two places are separated by roads, and the road is not accessible now. Otherwise, if Wei Zhenghong had free time, there would be no problem in teaching his grandson.
Even Wei Changfeng should be...
Among the clan members of the Wei family who live in the imperial capital, Wei Yu is the leader in terms of knowledge and status.
As for the Song family, Song Yuwang and Song Zaitian both look miserable now and cannot be counted on at all. The other members of the Song family... well, for example, those who have been writing to ask the Grand Master to return to power, Wei Changying does not want to hire them.
Duanmuqin of the Duanmu family is a good candidate, but he is not available now because the grand master is old and does not want to delegate power to the young new monarch. Naturally, he needs his descendants to help share the worries - in fact, Duanmu Xing tightly controls the government. , not entirely because he likes to exercise power, but because although Shen Bo became emperor, he did not have the ability to take care of the Wei Dynasty, especially the current Wei Dynasty.
After all, he is only in his twenties now. He had never even been in court before ascending the throne, let alone had experience in handling political affairs. He is not a born wise person, so he has insisted on many things since he came to the throne. He thinks that he is maintaining the dignity of the royal family and benefiting the common people, but in fact he only cares about this and not the other.
The world can survive for a while under Duanmu Xing's control, but it's hard to say if it will all be left to Shenbo.
Let’s not talk about this, let’s continue talking about the candidates for Shen Shuguang’s enlightenment teacher.
If you don't necessarily want to be a member of the noble family, there are two people in Shen Zangfeng's staff who are very talented and can make people feel at ease - Nian Shengyuan and Guan Shiyi.
However, learning is possible, and the former's character... Wei Changying, who had just comforted Luzhu, would not trust his eldest son to teach him even if he died! The latter's temperament... Thinking of Mr. Shangguan who was even shyer than Erba Jiaowa, Wei Changying sighed deeply. As someone who had met Shangguan Eleven in person, she had no way of imagining how Shangguan Eleven would teach her. son? Most of them would hide their faces with their sleeves and be so shy that they dare not enter the classroom... Besides, Shangguan Shiyi is still playing for Shen Zangfeng in Yanzhou.
... In short, Wei Changying thought about it and couldn't find the right person, but the days passed by, and the New Year was about to come. Shen Shuguang was born in March, and his birthday would be celebrated not long after the beginning of spring. If he hadn't found a suitable master at that time, his son's future would be delayed. While asking her parents-in-law for advice, she told her story in a letter to her husband.
When it came to the future of their eldest son, Shen Xuan and Mrs. Su had not yet given a reply. After receiving the letter, Shen Zangfeng immediately sent two letters back by his satellite Ye Feichi.
Only one of the two letters was addressed to Wei Changying, and the letter asked her to deliver the other letter to Zhang Luoning of the Zhang family in Gyeonggi Province - this Luoning was the literary tutor chosen by Shen Zangfeng for his eldest son.
After being reminded by him, Wei Changying remembered that there was such a romantic and talented man in the imperial capital.
Of course, with the word "romantic" in front of a talented man, Wei Changying always felt uneasy, so he took his husband's letter and showed it to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Su.
Mrs. Su agreed very much: "Why have you forgotten the eldest son of the Zhang family? This young man has become famous. It is said that there is no false scholar under the fame. He has real talent and learning. Besides, he has a good relationship with Feng'er, and his demeanor and behavior are very good. He has the demeanor of a scholar and is the perfect person to be Guang'er's master."
Wei Changying said tactfully: "When my daughter-in-law came here, I heard someone said that Mr. Zhang has many confidantes. Could it be that he is too busy to teach Guang'er?"
"That was all a few years ago." Mrs. Su said disapprovingly, "You have been in Xiliang for the past two years, and you probably haven't inquired about the Zhang family since you returned to Beijing, so you don't know. Mr. Zhang had already arrived before you came. At that time, he suddenly broke off all contact with Feng Yuechang. It is said that he listened to his mother's advice all the time. However, his mother died of illness three years ago, and Master Zhang was extremely sad. Since then, he has been living in seclusion, even after being filial. Stay away from outsiders... Now the Zhang family is worried that he has no intention of getting married!"
Wei Changying said unexpectedly: "Is there such a thing?"
"Isn't it?" said Mrs. Su, "so you don't have to worry that he will neglect Guang'er's studies because he is as obsessed with sex as before. Besides, I guess the reason why Feng'er asked Guang'er to become his teacher is because he is worried about these two things. Nian has always been depressed because of his deceased mother and refused to grieve. He wanted to use Guang'er's innocence and liveliness to relieve his sadness. "
After her mother-in-law said this, Wei Changying immediately felt relieved and sent someone to prepare a generous gift and bring her husband's letter to her door.
At this time, Zhang Luoning's reputation in the imperial capital had faded because of his filial piety and seclusion. According to reports from those who were sent there, the place where he lived was far less busy than before. As for becoming Shen Shuguang's teacher, he hesitated for a moment at first. After reading Shen Zangfeng's handwritten letter, he asked the person who sent the letter to stay in the main hall for a while and went to a side room to meditate before agreeing.
However, after he agreed, he was very dedicated. He sent someone over the next day and said, "I heard that Mr. Sun already knows a little bit about writing. My son wants to take a look at what Mr. Sun has learned so that he can know what to do in the future. How to teach.”
After Wei Changying found out, he was busy collecting the words Shen Shuguang had learned and the explanations he had heard, and sent them to Zhang's house in categories.
After reading it for a few days, Zhang Luoning had a rough idea and started preparing for the lesson.
Life here was leisurely. In early November, half good and half bad news came from the south: the good news was that almost all the Siamese who invaded the Wei Dynasty were driven out of the Wei territory; the bad news was that Zezhou was captured. The Qingzhou Legion surrounded it but still failed to capture it.
In order to expel Siam, the Qingzhou Army used a large number of troops and civilians. In addition, the royal support received by the Qingzhou Army was never comparable to that of the Xiliang Army and the Donghu Army. Therefore, whether it was a victory or an emergency, there was no one who did not cry in the documents. The shortage of supplies required the court to find a solution.
This is the south side.
The most important thing is that once something goes wrong, Donghu in the north will have no chance to escape and will be directly targeted by the soldiers. According to Tan Ma's report, although the Rong people's ceremony of worshiping the heaven is over, there are signs of fighting for the throne in the royal tent - The third prince who led the army to invade the Wei Dynasty blamed Mo Jiangcao and, er, God for being angry because the eldest prince had previously opposed the invasion.
It is said that although the Great Khan of the Rong Dynasty is still in his prime, he does not have many sons. The fifth prince, the youngest child, is now seventeen years old. From the fifth prince down, there is not even a princess, and there is no possibility of having any more children in the future. Big. In this way, the five princes have grown up, and those who are interested in the throne don't have to wait and see, they can get ready now.
This third prince is an example. He led an army to invade before and took advantage of the rebellion caused by the servants of Xinzhou in the great Wei Dynasty. He killed the Liu family's troops and was defeated like a mountain. He galloped through several cities in one night and plundered countless people. Although the retreat of the army was even more hasty due to the incident of the devil falling grass, and many plunders that could not be taken away had to be discarded at will, the previous defeat of the Liu family also allowed him to accumulate a great reputation among the Rong people.
Now he is probably taking advantage of the situation and wants to kill the eldest brother first.
After hearing the news, everyone breathed a sigh of relief...
Even though the Rong people will definitely continue to attack in the future, at least they can have some respite now.
So everyone turned their attention back to the south.
Xinjun Shenbo was aware of all these court affairs, but none of them could make the final decision. Whether it is taking advantage of the situation where the Rong princes are fighting for the throne, sending a surprise attack on the king's tent, or ordering the Qingzhou army to attack Siam like the time more than ten years ago to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, forcing the Siamese army in Zezhou to have no intention of continuing to defend the city... these Shen Bo thought hard about the idea. After listening to it with frowns, the Grand Master and others left after a few words and left. Not to mention adopting it, their expressions said that the new king was too young and not familiar with court affairs. It's so ridiculous...
Shen Bo saw this and was angry in his heart. He had no one else to talk to about his distress, so he went to the harem to pay his respects to Empress Dowager Deng, and after waving away the palace people, he confided in her.
Empress Dowager Deng understood better than him: even if the Deng family was included, they were no match for the Grand Master and others. Unlike the late emperor, Shen Bo was protected by loyal and important ministers like Gu Xiaode. It would be very easy for people like the Grand Master to depose him.
In order to gain the position of Queen Mother with great difficulty, and in order to continue torturing the Gu family of Hongzhou, Queen Mother Deng had no choice but to enlighten him with sincerity. Finally, he persuaded him to spend more time with his eldest son Shen Lang.
Shen Lang was the son of Deng, the clan's niece who had been recommended to Shen Bo by Empress Dowager Deng when she was still a noble concubine.
This Deng family was very popular with Shen Bo. After Shen Bo succeeded to the throne, he appointed his wife Wei Lingyue as the queen according to the official decree. He originally wanted to give Deng the same position as her clan aunt, just below the queen. But Deng was very humble and refused to accept it. She said that since her aunt was only a concubine during the reign of the late emperor, how could she deserve to sit in the position where her aunt had occupied her own talent and morals? Therefore, I am only willing to take the position of concubine Shu.
For this reason, Empress Dowager Deng treated her very considerately. Now, because Shen Bo is still observing filial piety, it is not easy to go to the concubines of various palaces. Empress Dowager Deng specially took Shen Lang under her knees to raise her so that father and son could meet each other more conveniently, so that Shen Bo would not forget his relationship with Concubine Deng Shu after observing his filial piety for a long time.
Empress Dowager Deng reminded her that Shen Bo was now used to teasing Shen Lang when he went to Huishu Palace to see Empress Dowager Deng. The little prince was born in the second half of last year and is now two years old. He is in the most fun situation. She is Shenbo’s biological son, so naturally she looks cute no matter how she looks.
But when Shen Bo was being diluted by his son's laughter, he heard a report from the palace: "The Grand Master, the Grand Tutor, the Taibao, and the Taiwei are working together to mobilize the Xuanjia Guards of the Yulin Army to Fahuo County! The news has been spread three days later. leave!"
Shenbo suddenly turned pale! Shen Lang, who was held in his arms, was young and although he was not sensible yet, when he saw his father who was smiling and talking to him a moment ago, his face turned ferocious. He was so frightened that he flattened his mouth and started crying. … (To be continued)