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Chapter 3 Retirement

Du Peng's face turned red again. But he was thinking about something in his heart. At first, he was not interested in this young man because of his family background, but whether he had a promising future. It seemed that this young man had fallen, and at least he had not even spread a poem. But is that true?

Now looking at the boy in front of him, he knew that he had brought his daughter to clear the marriage, but his behavior was natural and generous. He had such a cowherd? He became suspicious. But at this time, his daughter pulled his sleeve.

He sighed, and now he is discussing this marriage with the Yu family. And it seems that the three-man of the Yu family is not bad. It is like an arrow on the string, and his arms are pulled open and he has to fire it. Daughter, now you force your father to withdraw this marriage, don't regret it in the future.

He finally said: "That's right. When you were a child, I told your parents lightly about this. Now that you are old, this marriage must be determined. If your family wants to have a relative in-laws, you have to discuss it. If you don't want to have an in-laws, this is a little bit of your wish."

As he said that, he brought up a gift box from under the table.

It was extremely tactful. It was not because your Wang family had declined. Our Du family now did not recognize this marriage. If they disagree, they would compensate the Wang family. If they said it, they would take all the truth. But if the Wang family still insisted on competing with the dragon and phoenix, the Du family would reluctantly admit it. With the current family background of the Wang family, such as betrothal gifts, lottery, matchmakers, etc., they would just take it out, and the Wang family would be dragged to death.

Wang Hua nodded secretly. Du Peng was much more experienced than his arrogant daughter. He said this with great skill. He was not angry. He was optimistic about this marriage at that time and was optimistic about his future. Now it seems that his future is vague. This marriage was decided clearly at that time, and it was easy for him to repent. Now, no matter what purpose or intention is for, he speaks very politely.

As for this gift box, Wang Hua did not open it, but he also expected that there must be some money or valuable items inside.

Such a move is considered to be the end of kindness.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to clear this matter, which is a bit snobbish. But although the Du family is a gentry, they can do business mainly, and do business and pursue profits. Just like knowing that their stock has gone bankrupt, they still have to continue to buy it?

In addition, in recent years, the head of the Du family has been giving him books and ink to "hope his son-in-law to become a dragon", although he refused. Therefore, Wang Hua's face was still kind and said, "Uncle Du, the boy was still very young back then, but he vaguely remembered this matter. It was just a joke. His reputation was not right and his words were not right. This marriage instinct cannot be established. Uncle, you should be welcome."

In fact, he thought to himself that fortunately he did not make a clear appointment to this marriage back then, otherwise he would still be worried about how to get rid of this snobbish girl.

As he said that, he pushed the gift box with his hand and said, "Besides, our family is a bit poor, but a gentleman loves money and takes it well. Now that his reputation is not right and his words are not right, why dare to accept this gift box? It is also a shame for him to accept it. Please ask my uncle to bring this gift box back, and there is no such thing as a marriage."

After saying that, he also glanced at his cheap man, took the initiative to clear the marriage, and even refused to accept the gift box to see how he reacted. He was strangely surprised that his father was sitting in the chair and silent.

Wang Hua thought to himself: The reason why the Du family came to quit the marriage today is because you lost all your property. Now you feel a little ashamed.

Wang Hua said so remarkably, Du Peng couldn't force it. He was even more ashamed and rubbed his hands with both hands, not knowing what to say.

Despite this, this matter should have been resolved successfully, and the two families were still harmonious. Even the three-man from the Yu family looked contempt, but because Wang Hua was a bachelor, his expression softened. 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 know yourself!"

Wang Hua had a good temper. But at this time he was a little angry, and he shouted in a low voice: "Don't talk about your Du family, only King Xie Yuanxiao of Jiangnan, Zhu Zhu Zhang Gu Lu of Southeast Wu, Cui Lu Li Zheng of Shandong, Wei Pei Liu Xue Yang Du of Guanzhong, Sun Yu and Wen Yuan of acting foreign minister. If there is a young lady in their family who is as despised as poor as you, I wouldn't like him.

I'll give you two poems,

The world is afraid and angry and looks at each other, and thousands of cars and thousands of enemies are close to the six countries.

The Luodao snake wanders for a hundred miles, with arrogance at first and arrogance at the end.

The salary is loaded and the song is rotten, and the divorce book is filled with snow and cold.

Later, the water was overwhelmed and the sun was hard to recover, and the horse was already regretful.

Please remember, what you gave me today and the shame you gave me before, I will repay you twice the reward one day. Please don’t be Su Qin’s wife or Mai Chen’s wife at that time. I don’t have the guts of them either!

Those who insult others will insult themselves!”

"Poor boy, you are crazy about gaining and losing." The young man from the Yu family said with a sarcastic expression.

No wonder what Wang Hua mentioned just now was the top ranks of the Tang Dynasty. Especially among them, 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 the Former Yan, and Li Kai in Zhaojun (some people call it the seven families of the five families) are the most popular.

When Gao Shilian, the Minister of Personnel, wrote the "Clan Genealogy", he was honest and made the Cui family in Shandong the first and the royal family second. When Li Shimin learned about it, he was furious and scolded him greatly. He appointed the royal family's surname as the best and the first class; the surname of the relatives as the second class; the surname of Cui, Zheng and other major families as the third class. This was the first time that the Li family's dynasty had officially suppressed these famous families. However, these families were self-contained and were ashamed to marry others. In turn, it caused people all over the world to fight for marriage, and even Li Shimin was moved. Although the emperor married the princess, these families might not agree. Even the ministers such as Li Shiji, Cheng Yaojin, and Fang Xuanling bent their knees to propose marriage to them. Then they failed to propose to Li Yi's mansion, and the second suppression was still unsuccessful.

Therefore, the young master of the Yu family said that Wang Hua was crazy about gaining and losing his heart. In addition, he ridiculed Wang Hua to curry favor with the young lady of the Du family.

Wang Hua smiled coldly again and said, "In the past, Lu Su passed by Xunyang and talked with Lu Meng, and said that with your current talent, it was no longer the same as Ameng in Wuxia yesterday. Lu Meng said, "Shishou, the scholar should look at him with admiration. Why did the eldest brother discover it so late? I wonder if the Yu family Sanlang had heard of this story?"

Wang Hua said this sentence was not an exaggeration.

It’s not that he has no confidence in his talent. Not to mention the classics and poems, he dare not call himself a great man in his calligraphy and paintings. He can proudly claim to be much better than ordinary people, let alone that he is ahead of all the talented scholars and literati in the knowledge of arithmetic. It’s just because of the current imperial examination system.

Although the Tang Dynasty has now introduced the imperial examination system of the Sui Dynasty, Li Shimin cheered to pass the imperial examination and scattered all the talents in the world on his palm, it has not yet reached the level of maturity of the Song Dynasty. First of all, there are very few Jinshi admissions, and there are no procedures for the third examination of the scholars and scholars to stand out in the end. When the scientific examination, one looks at the articles at that time, two looks at their reputation, and there are very few places to be hired. Therefore, whenever candidates take the scientific examination, they enter the capital city to sing their own articles with literati, or hand over the articles they wrote to literati for review to make a good review. That is to say, a fame is more important than actual talent.

As a result, many disadvantages arose. For example, when Li Bai was in the scientific examination, he did not hesitate to surrender the Qu style and wrote an article to Han Chaozong, asking him to help him recommend it, but Lord Han ignored him. The funny thing is Chen Zi'ang, who felt that he had achieved success in his studies and entered the capital to take the scientific examination with confidence. But when he arrived in Chang'an, he was stunned. Why? Others were in contact and entrusted with the back door. However, he had no relatives and was unknown. How could he pass the exam?

It just so happened that a great monk from the Western Regions sold a huqin on the street, and he was asking for a price of one million. It was not Cai Yong's Jiaoweiqin, one million. Ten thousand was not worth it! People thought that this monk was a lunatic, and they were all watching the fun. Chen Zi'ang had an idea and separated the crowd and said, "I'll buy it."

Someone asked him. Chen Zi'ang replied, "I'm good at playing this thing."

At this time, the artistic atmosphere was strong. Someone curiously asked him to play a trick. Chen Zi'ang replied: "The piano is an elegant thing. You should burn incense and bathe before playing. This way, you will go to my apartment tomorrow, and I will wait for you to play a song for you."

If you buy a piano with one million, you can only divide the piano skills by more than ten. There are free concerts and buffets. So the next day, many people came to his apartment, and those who entered were famous scholars. They had no fame and had to stand outside. After eating and drinking, Chen Zi'ang sat next to the piano, and everyone listened, and the show started. Chen Zi'ang also played his posture, but suddenly said, "Playing the piano is just a job of musicians, but I, Chen Zi'ang, is a poet. The poems I wrote are better than those of the most wise piano masters. Do you just want to listen to my piano sounds, but don't you want to read my poems?"

After saying that, he threw the piano on the ground with a "bang" sound, threw it into the ground, and then sent the collection of poems he wrote. At this time, everyone felt very uncomfortable. After all, it was a million zither, and it was gone. But there was an equation in his heart. Could it be that the poems he wrote were worth more than one million? So he admired his poems that were worth a thousand gold. Chen Zi'ang became famous in the capital.

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

The Wang family may be a small gentry, but it is also a small gentry without fame. Now it is still in decline, let alone entering the capital. Even Wang Hua himself is not sure that he will pass the Jinshi exam, or he will pass the exam. He doesn't want to enter the officialdom now.

He may not remember all the development of history, but he also knew that the current officialdom was the darkest period, after Wu Zetian's death, there was also the Wei family's rebellion. Perhaps he wrote and painted, but he could enter the officialdom, and he might not even be able to save his life.

But Wang Hua was sure to earn a lot of money! At least he could buy all the property of Du Yu and his two families.

When Li Shimin was alive, he also carried forward the atmosphere of diligence and chastity. When Li Shimin returned to Beijing during his expedition to Goryeo, he passed by Yizhou. Chen Yuan, Sima of Yizhou, entered a greenhouse with off-season vegetables. Li Shimin thought it was flattering and removed Chen from his official position.

But when Emperor Gaozong was in charge of his success, the society was settled, and the trend of extravagance began to form again. By the time of Empress Wu Zetian, this trend became even more prosperous. Wu Zetian himself liked luxury, especially because of his belief in Buddhism, and built countless gorgeous temples and towers.

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

But what kind of attitude this society has towards businessmen has also made him uncertain about his choice of this path.

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

He raised his head proudly, looked at the elegant young man, and said, "Are I crazy about gaining and losing my heart? You can wait and see."

After hearing his bold words, Yu Jiasanlang laughed and said, "You are really capable of bragging. Okay, I think you are not Lu Meng, but Zhuge Liang."

After saying that, I laughed again.

If Wang Hua was born in the big families of King Lu, Fan Zheng, maybe he would believe that he said such arrogant words. But now the Wang family is like this? Not to mention that Wang Hua has not been published in poetry and books, even if he is famous, and because of his poor family background, how difficult it is to make a comeback?

After three days of separation, the melons looked at each other? If it weren't for the sake of fame, I brought a group of slaves to pieces and beat everything to pieces in the Wang family, and there was no place to shout for the Wang family's unjust accusation!

This kid seems to have been stimulated today. He is sometimes laughing at these famous families, and sometimes he calls himself Lu Meng, and can even speak such nonsense.

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

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