prosperous age

Chapter 289 Chapter 288
The wedding fleet has already left the case, heading upstream towards Jiujiang Mansion.

Xu Bangrui, Wei Guangde, and Wei Wencai stood behind him, looking at the outline of Nanjing City in the distance.

"Brother, don't think too much, no matter what they do, the last position will always be yours."

Wei Guangde whispered in Xu Bangrui's ear.

"Ok?"

Xu Bangrui was a little surprised why Wei Guangde was so straightforward.

"Before, I was still worried about my father-in-law's poor health, but seeing you today, hehe"

Wei Guangde smiled lightly.

After letting the other people behind him leave, only the three of them were left at the bow, Wei Guangde finally said what he thought.

At first, Wei Guangde was really worried about Wei Guogong Xu Pengju's health.

You know, although he didn't have much contact with Emperor Jiajing, Wei Guangde could still get a general idea of ​​what kind of person Emperor Jiajing was by listening to his words and watching his actions.

Emperor Jiajing was a smart man with great governance ability. Although he didn't go to court very much, the power of the country was firmly in his hands.

From his handling of Xia Yan, Zhao Wenhua and others, it can be seen that even the former favorites, he can kill the killer, he only sees if he still needs the other party.

However, judging from Zhao Wenhua's ability to escape from the capital in embarrassment, it seems that Emperor Jiajing still has a little affection. The news that Yan Song had pleaded for Zhao Wenhua had spread to the outer court, and everyone suddenly realized why Zhao Wenhua was able to leave the capital.

However, many past events also proved that Emperor Jiajing was a little eager for quick success and a little arrogant, especially because he had a good face.

However, these are not things that Wei Guangde is worried about, because they are completely irrelevant to the succession of Duke Wei.

Emperor Jiajing was very assertive in doing things, and he often acted according to his personal wishes, but he didn't listen to people's persuasion very much.

This is where Wei Guangde's worries lie. In the battle between King Yu and King Jing in the capital, although he chose King Yu to bet, he was still a little worried about making a mistake. Once Emperor Jiajing really liked King Jing, and Xu Pengju was in poor health, it was hard to guarantee that he would not He chose to use the succession of the dukedom of Wei to test the reactions of all officials.

Stubborn and perverse, this kind of personality made Wei Guangde not very sure that he would be able to speak for Xu Bangrui at critical moments, as long as he had an opinion in his mind, because no matter what you said, Emperor Jiajing would not hear it.

However, when he saw his father-in-law Xu Pengju today, Wei Guangde made up his mind that he is in good health and has at least 20 years to live. When the time comes to discuss the issue of seizing the title, it may not be the Emperor Jiajing who decides.

If King Jing is in power, then we can only talk about it at that time, but if His Royal Highness King Yu is in power, with his own achievements and etiquette, Xu Bangrui is more likely to successfully inherit the Dukedom of Wei.

A few days later, the fleet to pick up the relatives sailed back to Jiangxi and docked at Jiujiangwei Wharf.

At this time, the place has already been cleared, and all the miscellaneous things have been removed, replaced by various things representing festivities. The firecrackers on the shore sounded, and the musicians on the boat and the shore played festive and cheerful tunes together, adding to the lively atmosphere of the scene.

The news of Wei Guangde's marriage had already spread throughout Jiujiang Mansion. Almost all the officials and businessmen in the mansion gathered in Wei's house. Wei Guangde's former classmates and contemporaries also came here one after another. Even Mr. Sun was arranged by Wei Guangde to take him over.

At this time, Wei Guangde was manipulated like a marionette to complete one wedding procedure after another.

There are too many things going on, for a person who is married for the first time in two lives, Wei Guangde is still a little dazed.

Although Xu Jianglan wore a red hijab and went through the ceremony with Wei Guangde and was sent to the bridal chamber, Wei Guangde has not yet been able to see what his daughter-in-law looks like, but the figure is still good.

After the wedding, there was naturally a wedding banquet, and at this time, Wei Guangde's father suddenly cupped his hands to Mrs. Sun next to him and said, "My son has been stubborn since he was a child, but thanks to my master's patient teaching, I have achieved today's achievements.

Although the child is dissatisfied with the crown, but after all, he has entered the court as an official, and I am thinking about choosing a word for the child.

My old Wei is a rough person. When I named my child, I asked a wandering Taoist. I don’t know if I can ask my master to choose a name for the child today. Anyway, you are the enlightenment teacher of Guangde. "

When Wei Meng said this, except for a few people such as Wu Zhankui who knew in advance, everyone at the table was a little surprised.

In fact, Wei Guangde decided on the choice of characters after careful consideration and after discussing with his father.

Don't look at Wei Guangde passing the provincial examination, general examination, and palace examination all the way. It seems that the examination is very good, but in fact, every time he is on the list with a parking space, it is entirely due to luck, not because his articles are outstanding.

His ranking was not high, so he was naturally not favored by the examiners. The only exception was naturally the final imperial examination, where he was accidentally picked up by Emperor Jiajing.

As for the examiners, not to mention the township examination and palace examination, the chief examiner of the general examination is Lu Ben. Usually, if you ask a elder to be your teacher, it is naturally best for him to lead you into the officialdom.

The only difference is that the elder Lu Ge is ill and has been recuperating at home for a long time, basically just to make a name in the cabinet.

Moreover, as far as Wei Guangde knew in the capital, the fundamental reason why Lu Ben Lu Ge was able to gain a firm foothold in the cabinet was that he only followed Yan Song's lead.

Wei Guangde has complicated feelings about his current fellow villager.

It is actually not easy for Yan Song to maintain the operation of the Ming Dynasty Hall, but the most important thing is that this person does not seem to have a good ending, so Wei Guangde has always maintained a close relationship with the Yan Mansion.

As a fellow townsman, he naturally had to visit from time to time, but it was just a polite behavior of the younger generation to the elders, and he had already drawn a clear line with the Yan family.

As for the imperial examination, the nominal examiner is actually Emperor Jiajing, and the others can only be the examiners, but they are definitely not the examiners, or Jinshi is the emperor's disciple.

Speaking of this section, it is because the ancients did not choose characters casually, and the person who took the characters had to be a respected senior or teacher. Should Wei Guangde go to Emperor Jiajing and ask the teacher to choose a character for himself?
Maybe Emperor Jiajing would give Wei Guangde a name from Longyan Dayue, and then the news spread that all the civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty laughed at him behind his back as a sycophant, so don't mess around in the officialdom, people's words are terrible.

Wei Guangde searched around and found that only Mrs. Sun, his first teacher, was barely qualified, and after all, he was his teacher in the true sense.

As for the elders in the family, all of them are military officers. Jinshi asks military generals to choose his own characters. Even if he has real talents and learning, there is a high probability that he will be treated as a joke by other civil servants. Although he will not be excluded, he certainly will not be. That's it.

Wei Guangde was under [-] years old and hadn't been crowned yet, so he hadn't taken a character before, and others called him by his first name.

But this is not a problem for him who has already entered the officialdom, so this time when he returns to Jiujiang, one is to marry a wife, and the other is to get a character.

If there is no crown, then there is no crown. It doesn’t matter if you choose the character. Besides, even if you are less than twenty, you can actually be crowned. The ceremony of family crowning.

However, Mrs. Sun looked distressed when he heard what Old Wei said. He is a scholar. This student of mine has given him a face. He is already a Jinshi or a passerby. Can he get it?
"Master, you are Guangde's teacher, so don't refuse."

Wu Zhankui on the side saw the hesitation on Mrs. Sun's face and guessed what he was thinking, so he spoke at this time.

As for the other people on the table, the only military general who has the highest official position to be eliminated is the prefect of Jiujiang Prefecture, but at his level, his nephew may arrive someday.

Wei Guangde's official promotion is really a bit fast. Others move every few years. He just moves once a year. Calculated next year, he should be promoted to the sixth rank, and the next year to the fifth rank. It seems that it will not take a few years. Catch up with yourself.

What's more, his own is still a military commander, but he can't give Wei Guang a derby.

Now Wu Zhankui has already taken advantage of Wei Guangde, whether it is the Commander of Wei, the prefect of Jiujiang or the Bingbei Dao, they all have to give him face.

Really, one person attains Taoism and ascends to heaven.

Hearing Wu Zhankui's words, Master Sun's expression softened slightly and he nodded slightly, but he also quickly thought about the appropriate word for Wei Guangde.

He had asked Wei Meng about the name of Guangde when he sent him to his private school, because the name of Guangde seemed to be genteel, and he didn't believe that a hundred household officials would come up with it.

When he learned that it was given by a wandering Taoist who Wei Meng had rescued, he was relieved.

Taoists are most familiar with the "Tao Te Ching", which states, "Advanced virtue is like a valley; great knowledge is like humiliation; extensive virtue is like insufficient; building virtue is like stealing; quality is like authenticity."

But what word should we choose for Wei Guangde?After all, he is already a Jinshi and a member of the officialdom.

The ancients were very particular about choosing names and characters. "Yan's Family Instructions" said: "The ancients, the name is based on the orthodox style, and the characters are based on virtue." , "Women's fifteen hairpins and characters".

In other words, both men and women are named when they are young, and they choose their characters when they are adults.

Before choosing characters, you can call them by name directly. After choosing characters, except for teachers, you can call them by names. Peers and subordinates should respect their characters, but their names can only be called by themselves.

For example, in "The Analects of Confucius", Confucius can call himself Qiu, and his disciples always call him Zhongni.

There is often a certain relationship between names and characters, and there are mainly the following relationships: one is the same training, and the characters are the interpretation of the name, or they come from the same allusion.

For example, Zhou Yu, Zi Gongjin, Yu and Jin are both beautiful jade.The same is Zhuge Jin, whose name is Ziyu.The first and last names of two people are used upside down.

Then there is Zhuge Liang, the word Kongming, Ming and Liang are also synonymous.

The second is complementary, that is, the name and the word are opposites to each other, in order to complement each other and balance.

For example, Han Yu's characters are retreated, the more progressive they are, and the retreats form a complement.

Zhu Xi, a Neo Confucianist in the Southern Song Dynasty, had the character Hui, Xi is the light in the morning, bright; Hui is the light in the evening, not bright.

The third is joint meaning, there is an association between the word and the name, or the word is an extension of the name.

For example, Guan Yu, the word Yunchang, Yu means wings that can fly, and Yunchang represents the height of the sky and the smoothness of the clouds, which can be understood as spreading wings and soaring.

Su Shi, Zizhan, Shi, the crossbar in front of the ancient carriage, "Zuo Zhuan. Ten Years of Zhuang Gong": "Look at the track from below, climb Shi and look at it." Zhan, look far away or from a high place, board the chariot You can look far.

Wei Guangde's name is Guangde, and the original meaning of the book is "The lofty virtue is like a canyon; the broad virtue seems to be insufficient; the vigorous virtue is like laziness; the simple and pure is like turbidity."

"If Guangde is not enough, if Guangde is not enough"

The corners of Master Sun's mouth were relaxed, and he silently recited the origin of Wei Guangde's name, which was a bit difficult to make up.

Thinking of this, Master Sun thought of the second part of this passage again, "Greatness has no corners; great tools are late; great voices have no sound; great elephants have no form; the way is hidden and nameless. Husbands only follow the way, good loans and success."

The most square thing has no edges and corners; the largest material takes a long time to be made into a utensil; the loudest sound is soundless; the largest image has no shape.The Tao is hidden without a name, nameless and soundless.Only "Tao" can make all things start well and end well.

"Good loan and success?"

Suddenly Master Sun thought of the last sentence, only Tao can make all things start well and end well.

However, Master Sun did not say it immediately, but thought about other interpretations.

In fact, different people have different opinions on these ancient books, even the word Guangde in Wei Guangde's name has slightly different interpretations.

However, no matter whether it is understood as "the vast virtue is not enough", or "the vast virtue is not enough, it is invisible and cannot be full", or "the vastness cannot be added, it is nothing more than this, it is not extensive", in fact, the difference is not big , all imply that Guangde is not easy, it is very difficult to do.

Since it is difficult to achieve, it is better to start well and end well.

Husband only follows the way, good loans and success.

The meaning of lending, giving, and giving is explained in Wang Bi's "Tao Te Ching Notes":

"All these good things are all made by the Tao. In the image, it is an elephant, but the elephant has no form. In the sound, it is the great sound, and the great sound is rare. Things are made by themselves, but they are not seen. Therefore, Hidden and nameless.

The purpose of lending is not only to provide for one's need, but one loan is enough to end one's virtue forever, so it is called good loan.Without the tailoring of a mechanic, there is nothing but its shape, so it is called Shancheng. "

After a long silence, Master Sun finally said something that no one else understood.

"The loan is not just for the needy, one loan is enough to end the virtue forever, so it is called good loan."

Speaking of this, Master Sun looked at Wei Guangde who was toasting at the table outside and whispered to Father Wei: "Let's call it 'Shan Loan'. I hope that even if Guangde is not enough, his virtue will last forever."

Although Wei Guangde wasn't here, and it wasn't Wei Guangde who said it, it's impossible for Wei Guangde not to know such a big thing as the selection of characters.

Now that he knew that the Wei family had chosen to believe in him, there was nothing to say, Master Sun just told them his choice.

Of course, Master Sun would not explain the specific thinking process, he just needs to let Wei Guangde know the sentence he read, and Wei Guangde should understand the meaning of "good loan" because of his intelligence.

(End of this chapter)