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Chapter 2 Retirement

Du Peng's face flushed again.But he had one thing on his mind.At the beginning, it was not because of the boy's family background that he took a fancy to this boy, but whether the boy was promising.It seems that this young man has sunk, at least until now not even a single poem has been published.But is that the case?
Looking at the young man in front of him now, he knew that he brought his daughter here to clear up the marriage, but he behaved naturally and generously. Is there such a cowherd boy?He became suspicious.But at this moment, his daughter tugged at his sleeve.

He sighed, and now he is discussing the marriage with the Yu family.And it seems that Saburo Yu is not bad either.It was like an arrow was on the string, and the arms pulled the bowstring, and it had to be fired.Daughter, now you are forcing your father to withdraw this marriage, don't regret it in the future.

He finally said it: "It's like this. When you were young, I told your adults about it lightly. Now that you are grown up, this marriage has to be finalized. If your family wants to marry my family, you must We discussed it. If you don't want in-laws, this is a little bit of a wish."

As he spoke, he brought out a gift box from under the table.

Very euphemistically.I didn't say clearly at the time, it wasn't because of your Wang family's decline, our Du family doesn't recognize this marriage now.If they disagree, they will also compensate the Wang family.If you say it, all the reasons will be taken up.But if the Wang family still insists on climbing the dragon and the phoenix, the Du family will reluctantly admit it. Given the current family situation of the Wang family, whatever betrothal gift, lottery, matchmaker, etc., can be taken out at will, and the Wang family will be dragged to death.

Wang Hua nodded secretly.Compared with his arrogant daughter, Du Peng is much more sophisticated.How well this is said.He wasn't angry. At that time, people were optimistic about this marriage, and they were also optimistic about his future.Now it seems that his future is bleak. Even if this marriage was clearly decided at that time, it would be easy for others to go back on their word.No matter what the purpose or intention is now, the tone of his speech is extremely polite.

As for the gift box, Wang Hua didn't open it, but he expected that there must be some money or valuables inside.

Such a move can be regarded as the utmost benevolence.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to get rid of this matter, which is also a bit snobbish.But although the Du family is considered a noble family, they can mainly do business, talk about business in business, and pursue profit.It's like knowing that this stock is bankrupt, but still continue to buy?
In addition, in these years, the Patriarch of the Du family kept giving him books, pens and inks in order to "seek his son-in-law to become a dragon", although he refused.Therefore, Wang Hua's face was still amicable, and he said: "Uncle Du, the boy was still very young, but he vaguely remembered this matter. It was just a joke. The name is not right, and the words are not right. This marriage instinct cannot be established. .Uncle, you are welcome."

In fact, he thought in his heart that it was fortunate that the marriage was not clearly arranged, otherwise he would still be worrying about how to get rid of this snobbish girl.

As he spoke, he pushed the gift box with his hand and said: "Besides, our family is a bit poor, but a gentleman loves money, and he gets it in a proper way. Now that the name is not correct and the words are not right, why dare to accept this gift box. Accepting it is also a matter of oneself. Take the shame. Ask uncle to take this gift box back, and there is no such thing as marriage."

After finishing speaking, he took a look at his cheap old man, and on his own initiative, he voluntarily dismissed the marriage, and even refused to accept the gift box, to see how he reacted.To his surprise, his father sat silent in the chair.

Wang Hua thought to herself: The reason why the Du family came to retire today is because you have ruined all the family property, and now I feel a little bit ashamed.

Wang Hua's words are so absolute, Du Peng can't force it.It's just that I'm even more ashamed, rubbing my hands together, not knowing what to say.

Even so, this matter should be considered a satisfactory solution, and the two families are still in harmony.Even the disdainful Mr. Saburo of the Yu family softened because Wang Hua was a bachelor.A faint smile began to appear on his face, and he took a sip of the tea made by Wang Yi.

But at this time, the young lady of the Du family suddenly said: "Poor boy, you have self-knowledge!"

Wang Hua has a good temper.But at this time, he was also a little annoyed, and he shouted: "Don't talk about your Du family, that is Jiangnan Wang Xie Yuanxiao, Southeast Wu Zhu Zhang Gulu, Shandong Wang Cui Lu Li Zheng, Guanzhong Wei Peiliu Xue Yangdu, Daiwai The eldest grandson, Yu Wen, was born in Lu Yuandou. If there is a young woman in their family who dislikes the poor and loves the rich like you, I will not take my fancy.

I send you two poems,
The world is afraid of anger and looks sideways, and there are thousands of cars and thousands of leathers against the six countries.

Luo Dao snakes around for hundreds of miles, and breathes out in front and back.

Singing badly on Keshan with a negative salary, Huan Shu's tears turned into white snow and cold.

Later, when the water was flooded, it was difficult to recover the sun, and Ma Qianqian regretted that he was at a loss.

Please remember, what you gave me today, and the humiliation you gave me before, I will repay you double one day.Please don't be Su Qin's sister-in-law and buy a minister's wife when the time comes.I don't have the guts of either of them!

Those who insult others must insult themselves! "

"Poor boy, you've lost your mind and gone crazy." The son of the Yu family said with a sarcasm.

It's no wonder that what Wang Hua said just now is the first-class big family in the Tang Dynasty.In particular, there are ten families with seven surnames including Li Bao in Longxi, Wang Qiong in Taiyuan, Zheng Wen in Xingyang, Lu Ziqian in Fanyang, Lu Hun, Lu Fu, Cui Zongbo in Qinghe, Cui Yuansun, Cui Yi in Qianyan, and Li Kai in Zhaojun. The surname Qijia) is the most famous.

When Gao Shilian, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, wrote the "Genealogy of Clans", to be honest, he put the Cui surname in Shandong as the first and the royal family as the second.When Li Shimin found out, he was furious and reprimanded him. The surnames of the royal family were designated as the upper class and the first class; the surnames of foreign relatives were the upper middle class and the second class;This is the first time that the Li Dynasty officially suppressed these famous families.However, these few families are proud of their noble families and are ashamed to marry others.In turn, people all over the world are scrambling to hire and marry, and even Li Shimin feels it. Although the emperor marries the princess, these elites may not agree.Even ministers like Li Shiji, Cheng Yaojin, and Fang Xuanling bowed their knees to ask them for marriage.Then he went to Li Yifu to propose marriage but failed, and suppressed him for the second time, but still failed.

Therefore, the son of the Yu family said that Wang Hua had lost his mind.In addition, he ridiculed Wang Hua in order to curry favor with the young lady of the Du family.

Wang Hua sneered again, and said: "In the past, when Lu Su passed Xunyang, he talked with Lu Meng, and he was shocked. He said that Qing's current talent is no longer the same as that of Wu Xia Amen yesterday. Lu Meng said, three days after farewell. When you look at it with admiration, why did the eldest brother find out so late? I wonder if Yu Jiasanlang has heard of this story?"

It is not an exaggeration for Wang Hua to say this.

It's not that he doesn't have confidence in his talent.Not to mention the classics and poetry, but my calligraphy and painting dare not be called everyone, and I can proudly claim to be much better than ordinary people, not to mention that I am ahead of all today's talented scholars in terms of arithmetic knowledge.Just because of the current imperial examination system.

Although the Tang Dynasty now enshrined the Sui Dynasty's imperial examination system, and Li Shimin cheered for passing the imperial examinations to gather all the talents from all over the world, it has not yet reached the maturity level of the Song Dynasty.First of all, the number of Jinshi admissions is very small, and there is no procedure for scholars to pass three examinations for Jinshi and finally stand out.During the scientific examination, one looked at the articles at the time, and the other looked at the usual reputation, and there were very few places for recruitment.Therefore, whenever candidates take the scientific examination, they enter the capital for activities, or sing their own articles with the literati, or hand over the articles they wrote to the literati of the current dynasty for review in order to get a good review.That is to say, fame is more important than actual talent.

As a result, many disadvantages have arisen.For example, during the scientific examination, Li Bai did not hesitate to condescend to the style of music, and wrote an article to Han Chaozong, asking him to help him recommend it, but Master Han ignored him.The funniest thing was Chen Ziang, who felt that he had achieved something in his studies, so he entered the capital to take the scientific examination with confidence.But when I arrived in Chang'an, I was dumbfounded, why?Others are following the relationship and holding the back door.But he has no relatives and is unknown, how can he pass the exam?

It happened that a great monk from the Western Regions was selling huqin on the street, and the asking price was 100 million.It's not Cai Yong's Jiaoweiqin, 100 million.Ten thousand is not worth it!Everyone thought this monk was a lunatic and they were all just watching.With an idea, Chen Ziang left the crowd and said, "I'll buy it."

others asked him.Chen Ziang replied: "I am good at playing this thing."

At this time, the artistic atmosphere was strong.Someone curiously asked him to play one.Chen Zi'ang replied: "Qin is an elegant thing. You need to burn incense and bathe before playing. How about this, tomorrow you come to my apartment, and I will wait for you with good wine and food, and I will play a song for you."

If you spend 100 million yuan to buy a piano, no matter how you divide this piano skill, you must have more than ten grades.There are free concerts and a buffet.So the next day many people came to his apartment, and those who went in were all famous scholars, and those who were not famous had to stand outside.Eat enough, drink enough.Chen Ziang sat by the piano, everyone listened, and the show began.Chen Ziang also raised his posture, but suddenly said: "Playing the piano is just a musician's job, but I, Chen Ziang, am a poet. My poems are better than the best luthiers. Don't you just want to listen to my piano sound? But don’t you want to read my poems?”

After finishing speaking, he threw the piano on the ground with a "bang", and smashed it to pieces.Then the collection of poems he wrote was distributed.At this time, everyone felt very uncomfortable, after all, it was a 100 million Qin, and now it was gone.But there is an equation in my heart, is it possible that the poems he wrote are worth more than 100 million.So appreciate his poems worth a thousand dollars.Only now did Chen Ziang become famous in the capital.

Of course, the Chen family was rich, and Li Bai couldn't afford to play like this.As for Du Fu simply staying in the capital, he did nothing for eight years and almost died of sleepiness.

The Wang family may be a small noble family, but it is also a small noble family with no reputation, and it is still in decline, let alone entering the capital.Even Wang Hua himself was not sure that he would pass the Jinshi examination, and he did.He doesn't want to enter the current officialdom either.

He may not remember all the development of history, but he also knows that the current officialdom is the darkest period. After Wu Zetian's death, there will be Webster's Rebellion.Maybe he writes and paints, but if he enters the officialdom, he may not even save his life.

But Wang Hua is sure, earning a lot of things!At least earn enough to buy all the properties owned by Du Yu and his family.

When Li Shimin was alive, he also carried forward the spirit of diligence and thrift. When Li Shimin returned to Beijing from his expedition to Korea, he passed Yizhou.Yizhou Sima Chen Yuanxuan entered a greenhouse with off-season vegetables.Li Shimin thought it was a flattery, so he removed Chen from his official position.

But in Gaozong's hands, he was just a conservative king, and because the society settled down, the extravagant atmosphere began to form again.After Empress Wu Zetian, the trend became stronger. Empress Wu Zetian liked extravagance, especially because of her belief in Buddhism, she built countless gorgeous temples and towers.

Although I don't know whether it is beneficial to social progress or not.But for Wang Hua, it is an excellent opportunity. He can use his talents to produce many gorgeous handicrafts to obtain the greatest source of income.

But the society's attitude towards businessmen also made him uncertain about his choice of this path.

But no matter what, his future is at least much bigger than the few people present here.

He proudly raised his head, looked at Mr. Pian Pian, and said, "Whether I have lost my mind or not, you can wait and see."

After hearing his bold words, Yu Jiasanlang laughed and said, "You really have the ability to talk nonsense. Okay, I think you are not Lu Meng, but Zhuge Liang."

After speaking, I laughed again.

If Wang Hua was born in the big family of Lu Wang, Fan Zheng, maybe he would make people believe his proud words.But what does the Wang family look like now?Not to mention that Wang Hua has no poems and books to spread, even if he is famous, and because of his poor family background, how difficult is it to get ahead?

How about seeing each other after three days of farewell?If it wasn't for the sake of fame, he led a group of slaves and beat everything in the Wang family to pieces, there would be no place for the Wang family to complain about their injustice!

This kid seems to have been stimulated today. He is proud of these famous families for a while, and calls himself Lu Meng for a while. He can speak such nonsense.

Wang Hua didn't find it funny at all, he picked up Wang Yi's teacup.

See off!
But the three of them hadn't moved at all.

(End of this chapter)