Chapter 68 A Scroll of Foresight

   Feng Tang was followed by a woman who looked a bit like his mother, Duan, but with a sharper face, much younger, and quite pretty. That was Aunt Duan, and Feng Ziying's real aunt.

The marriage system of the Great Zhou Dynasty is also somewhat different from that of the previous Ming Dynasty. The Zhang family believed in the ancient system and admired the Great Zhou Dynasty built by the Ji family. The marriage system is also slightly different, especially among the nobles and gentry. system.

The so-called concubine is often when the family is married. When the wife of the first wife is married, she can marry a concubine, sister or niece of the same clan. Because she is a concubine or a sister of the same clan, her status will definitely not be too high, especially when the man is thin and the wife has no children. Under such circumstances, the sons born to such concubines or women of the same clan can avoid concubines from inheriting the husband's family business to the greatest extent, and protect the interests of the wife's family.

  Of course, this mainly refers to the marriage of nobles and gentry, which may involve a wide range of issues that may involve the interests of the marriage between the two families, and this system is similar to marriage supplementation.

Compared with purely taking concubines, this kind of concubine's status is obviously higher than that of ordinary concubines, and can even take over as the main wife after the death of the main wife. If the main wife has no children, her son can also be regarded as the first son. Even if the main wife has a legitimate son, the status of the concubine's children is also higher than that of the general concubine's children.

  媵It can be that the first-line wife comes as a dowry when she marries, or it may be that the first-line wife does not have a baby for many years after she gets married, and then finds her own concubine or sisters or nieces of the same clan to marry over.

   This kind of situation was more popular in the Warring States, Qin, Han and even the Three Kingdoms period, but it was rare in the Tang and Song Dynasties. However, after the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many ancient systems were implemented, and this system was restored.

  Feng's mother married Feng Tang without a child for several years. Later, Feng's mother included this cousin as a concubine, but she didn't expect her own sister to marry and still have nothing to do. Instead, she waited for a few more years and gave birth to Feng Ziying.

   "I've met my aunt." Although Feng Ziying is an unknown aunt, she has always liked Feng Ziying very much and almost single-handedly raised Feng Ziying. Now this aunt is only in her early thirties, ten years younger than Feng's mother.

"My son, come, let my aunt take a look. You didn't come to see my aunt when you came back yesterday?" Xiao Duan was not as restrained as the other two aunts in front of her sister and husband. Very affectionate.

"It's okay, Auntie, it's not as exaggerated as Feng You said. Besides, I will be thirteen years old." Feng Ziying pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "And I also have a friend with me. He is very concerned about the situation over there." familiar."

  His birthday is the second day of September, and he is about to turn twelve years old. According to the regulations of this era, he is considered to be thirteen years old after the Chinese New Year and the Spring Festival.

   "Hmph, that friend of yours is younger than you, what can he do? If the ancestors of the Feng family didn't do good deeds, and God protected my Feng family, you might have..."

Feng Tang went to the banquet held by Wai Lang, a member of the military department, and heard a lot of rumors about his son during the banquet. This made him surprised, happy and worried. He inevitably drank a few more glasses during the banquet, so he came back a little late up.

   "Master!" Duan Shi and Xiao Duan Shi were anxious at the same time. There is only this one seedling, so they can't afford such bad words.

  Feng Tang naturally wouldn't continue, just snorted, and then sat down in the chair, Xiao Duan also sat down next to his sister.

   "Tell me, what's your idea?" Feng Tang really didn't dare to underestimate his son.

  During the dinner last night, Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of War, and a head of the Ministry of War both mentioned the news from Shandong, saying that the Cao soldiers were able to successfully suppress the bandit rebellion in Shandong thanks to several reasons.

  First, the water transportation yamen is united as one, the governor, censor and chief military officer are brave in their duties, and the soldiers serve their orders; second, Long Jinwei is well-informed and seizes the first opportunity;

  It also specifically mentioned Feng Ziying's situation, saying that he was willing to take risks and cooperate with Long Jinwei through the Shanshaan Grain Gang and successfully instigated some of the attached rebels, which was able to solve the Linqing rebellion so smoothly in one fell swoop.

   This news came from the mouths of the military officials, so it is naturally true.

What made Feng Tang even more surprised and delighted was that according to the record reported by the Ministry of War and Shandong, his son's credit was almost invincible, especially when he was called wise and brave, and a young man who was unparalleled. If you can afford it, I'm afraid it will really spread to the emperor's ears.

Of course, there is a bit of worry here. My son has lost such a reputation at the age of twelve. If he fails to make a good future in the future, he is afraid that he will lose the reputation of Fang Zhongyong, who has not been good for an hour. It was absolutely unacceptable to Feng Tang.

This means that my son may not be able to get through the road of Yin Prison alone. As he himself said, he may really have to take the road of the provincial examination and the general examination. .

  Because of this, Feng Tang's mentality changed a little after the night passed. He even woke up early in the morning and thought about it for a long time in bed before getting up. Unexpectedly, his son was already lobbying his mother here.

   "The son has already told his mother that the situation of the Feng family is different now, and there must be some changes."

  Feng Ziying saw that her father cared so much, and was even happier. Compared to persuading her mother, it would be much easier to get her father to nod her head.

"One is that our Feng family in Linqing can't go on like this. We should be like the Zhou family and the Ren family. On the one hand, we must sort out the other members of the Feng family. If there are teenagers and young people with qualifications and potential We should think of a way to give them some opportunities, no matter whether it is studying, making a living, or being an official, it is better than them guarding the one-third of an acre of land, and many people have become servants. It's even more unbearable, the aid must be aided, the aid must be aided, and this cannot be allowed to continue."

  Feng Ziying's words made Feng Tang a little embarrassed, but he had to admit that his son's words made sense.

  Before, he was either in Datong for a long time, or he was out of work in the capital for the past two years. His main focus was on his recovery and he didn’t care about other things. Now it seems that he is not as far-reaching as his son in this aspect.

   "Well, what are you going to do about this?" Feng Tang asked.

"What I mean is that the family donates money to build or help build an ethnology, or academies, so that the children of the Feng family can run from elementary school to Confucian classics. If conditions permit, they should even absorb some poor students from outside to study. This will not only help us enhance the local reputation and image of our Feng family, but also cultivate talents for the country."

Feng Ziying talked eloquently, "In addition, it is good if you can be admitted as a scholar, a scholar, and a Jinshi in this school. If you really fail in your studies, you can at least be able to read and understand. If my family needs to employ people for some livelihoods, I can choose from them, and there will be others. Those who wish, such as officials, doctors, etc., we can also help them achieve their wishes."

  Feng Tang and the big and small Duan gasped. I have to say that Feng Ziying's idea is very good, but it is too grand.

  Supporting and donating to build private schools of ethnology, and even building academies, this is not a small amount of money, and it is a lot of money that needs to be invested every year.

The minimum is two or three thousand taels a year, and the maximum is five or six thousand taels. If it is an academy, it may cost tens of thousands of taels, and this is an annual fixed expense. This will ruin the Feng family's reputation.

   Try to code, please support!

  

  

  (end of this chapter)