Chapter 296 Feng Sheng, who relapsed from an old illness
Li Jie knew that most of the queens of the Ming Dynasty were not of high origin, so he was so confident that he was convinced to convince Lao Zhu. Now Lao Zhu himself did not realize this problem, because his grandsons, such as Zhu Yunwen and Zhu Yunyu, were not yet old to get married, but Li Jie believed that as long as he mentioned a few words, Lao Zhu would definitely wake up.
Sure enough, after hearing Li Jie's words, Lao Zhu fell into deep thought again. When he married his son, almost all of them were selected from the nobles, in order to win over these nobles through marriage, but now the nobles have been suppressed by him, and he has no need to use such means of marriage.
And as Li Jie said, a woman without the support of a powerful relative is far more reassuring than those of noble families. To say something heart-wrenching, it is also fortunate that Zhu Yunyu's mother died early. Otherwise, with the background of Kaiping Prince's Mansion and Lan Yu, Lao Zhu would have to worry about whether Zhu Biao could suppress these two powerful relatives?
"What is that Fan Zhewen's origin?" Old Zhu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked Li Jie.
"Fan Zhewen is from Suzhou, and his family is full of scholarly families for three generations. His father was once a county magistrate. Fan Zhewen worked in Honglu Temple for many years. His family background is very innocent and his official reputation is also good. Apart from being a bit old-fashioned, he does not have any major shortcomings." Li Jie immediately reported.
After learning about Zhu Yunxiu and Miss Fan's affairs, Li Jie immediately investigated the Fan's details clearly, otherwise he would not be assured to let Zhu Yunxiu date the other party.
After hearing this, Lao Zhu nodded with satisfaction. Although the Fan family was a little low, they occupied the title of a scholarly family. Although they were officials for two generations, they were not of high rank and had no influence in the officialdom. Even if such people became relatives of the outside world, they would be difficult for them to interfere in the government in the future.
"Yes, I will ask someone to verify the situation of the Fan family. If there is no problem, I can help them!" Lao Zhu finally nodded.
"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Jie was happy when he heard this, and immediately saluted again. Then Lao Zhu asked him to call Zhu Yunxi in. As a result, when he learned that Grandpa Huang really agreed to his marriage with Miss Fan, Zhu Yunxi seemed to be dreaming. He was stunned for a long time before he remembered to salute and thanked Lao Zhu.
"Don't just be happy. If your marriage is settled, it means you are already an adult. You must not be as impulsive as a young man in the future!" Lao Zhu finally encouraged him again.
"The grandson remembers the teachings of the emperor's grandfather, and will never disappoint the emperor in the future!" Zhu Yunxi also promised again, but when he said this, he suddenly thought of something and immediately said in a little embarrassed manner, "Grandpa Emperor, my father's side..."
"Don't worry, I will tell him your father, but you can also serve snacks on the patent department. Don't delay official duties for the sake of affair between men and women!" Old Zhu said again. He also wanted to have a good chat with Zhu Biao about the future choice of a royal descendant. Not only Zhu Yunxiu, but others will do this in the future.
"Grandpa Xie Huang! I will be careful with the Patent Office!" Zhu Yunxiu said excitedly again when he heard this. With Grandpa Huang coming forward, he was not afraid that his father would disagree.
After the talk was over, Lao Zhu asked about the Patent Office again, and Zhu Yunxi also answered one by one. Now the Patent Office has barely gotten on the right track, and of course there are some questions. Li Jie also happened to have time, so Lao Zhu told Li Jie to go to the Patent Office for more redirection these days and help Zhu Yunxi.
Of course, Li Jie agreed immediately, and he also asked about Zhu Di's recruitment of Jurchens. However, it was just the beginning, and there was not much news about Zhu Di. It is estimated that more news will be heard in a while.
Finally, Li Jie and Zhu Yunxiu said goodbye and left, but Zhu Yunxiu was excited to leave the palace immediately and told the Fan family's father and daughter the good news. However, it was getting late now and the palace gate was about to be closed, so Li Jie finally persuaded Zhu Yunxiu to go back to rest, and he himself left the palace and returned to the princess's mansion.
When Li Jie returned to the princess's mansion, it was already completely dark. However, with the lessons learned last time, everyone in the princess's mansion knew Li Jie's status at home. Moreover, now Hu Yingyu is in charge of the affairs of the mansion, so naturally no one dares to block Li Jie outside the mansion.
Li Jie immediately came to the inner house to find Zhu Yuning, and then told her what happened today. When he learned that Grandpa Huang really agreed to the marriage between his younger brother and Miss Fan, Zhu Yuning stood up in shock. Then Li Jie explained the reason to her again, which made Zhu Yuning wake up.
"So that's it. If I were the emperor's grandfather, I'm afraid I would have the same concerns!" Zhu Yuning pondered for a long time after hearing this, and finally couldn't help but sigh.
Zhu Yuning has always been conceited and smart, but has no personal experience of governing the country. After getting married, he realized that just managing a princess's mansion would cost her a lot of effort. Thinking of the emperor's grandfather carrying the huge empire alone, Zhu Yuning also became more and more impressed by his grandfather.
"Wait a minute!" But at this moment, Zhu Yuning suddenly showed a worried expression and said, "If Yunsheng married the woman from the Fan family, wouldn't that mean that he would not get the support of his relatives in the future?"
"It doesn't matter. Since Your Majesty has agreed to the affairs of Yun Xi and the Fan family, other emperors will definitely not marry women of too high origins in the future, so everyone is on the same level!" Li Jie explained with a smile.
He knew what Zhu Yunning was worried about. Now Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen were about to become adults. Zhu Biao was the crown prince and would definitely be the emperor of the Ming Dynasty in the future. After Zhu Biao, the throne would definitely be between Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunwen. Although Zhu Yunxi performed well now, Zhu Yunwen also received praise from many people because of his intelligence and knowledge, so the competition between the two began to become fierce.
In this case, if Zhu Yunwen could marry a wife with a deep background, such as marrying the Chang family or the Xu family, he would naturally get more support. However, now Li Jie has cut off this path. Even Zhu Yunwen could only marry a woman with a low background in the future.
"That's true. It's a coincidence that my aunt also visited her specifically today, saying that she had a niece of Yun Yu's age and was about to be on par. I didn't dare to agree at that time, but now it seems that I can only refuse." Zhu Yuning nodded at first, and then said with regret.
"Your aunt? I remember she seems to be the daughter of Duke Song, right?" Li Jie suddenly asked with wide eyes. Zhu Yuning's uncle was named Chang Mao and married Feng Sheng's daughter. However, the father-in-law and son-in-law had a dispute. In the end, both were dealt with by Lao Zhu. Now Feng Sheng has gone to martial arts, which has been re-activated. However, Chang Mao was demoted to Longzhou and has not come back yet.
"Yes, she is talking about Duke Song's granddaughter." Zhu Yuning nodded again. Although her uncle was demoted to Longzhou, his family stayed in the capital and often had some contacts.
"This old man Feng has healed and forgot to hurt his scars. Did he forget how he was demoted at the beginning?" Li Jie was even more speechless when he heard this. The reason why Feng Sheng was demoted back to his hometown by Lao Zhu was mainly because he was concerned about the power of the Feng family.
Feng Sheng and his brother Feng Guoyong both had great military achievements, and they also married the top nobles in the court to form a huge in-law network. Even if he had no other intentions, in Lao Zhu's view, the Feng family had already threatened him, so they suppressed him everywhere before, and even stayed idle for many years. This time, he finally activated it again, but he wanted to marry his granddaughter to Sun Yunyu. You must know that Zhu Yunyu will have the opportunity to win the throne in the future.
"What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with Duke Song doing this?" Zhu Yuning felt something was wrong when he heard Li Jie's words, so he immediately asked. Although she was extremely smart, she still had too little contact with the government affairs, and of course she didn't know the Feng family's problems.
"It's not just inappropriate, it's a big problem!" Li Jie also smiled bitterly, and then briefly told Feng Sheng's problem. With Zhu Yuning's intelligence, he fully understood halfway through hearing it. This also made Li Jie secretly admire him. Although it was a bit inconvenient to marry a smart wife, it was really convenient to communicate.
"Luckily I refused, otherwise if Duke Song continues to do this, it will be sooner or later to be demoted again in the future!" Zhu Yuning said with some fear at this time. If he married the Feng family, although he could be connected with the in-laws in the court, it might arouse the dissatisfaction of the emperor's grandfather, and even involve Zhu Yun's wife at that time.
"This old man Feng is really a fool. I have to talk about him when I have time!" Li Jie said again. He hadn't gone to martial arts for a long time. The last time he saw Feng Sheng was on the wedding day. However, there were too many guests that day, so he only greeted the other party a few times. He never expected that Feng Sheng's old habit would be remarried in just one year.
After being afraid of the past, Zhu Yuning no longer cared about the affairs of the Feng family. She said happily: "Since the emperor agreed, it should not be a problem with his father. You have already figured out the situation of the Fan family and there is no problem. It seems that this marriage will be announced to the world in the future!"
Li Jie smiled a little when he heard this. Zhu Yunxi's marriage was settled. He and Zhu Yunning were all worried. However, Li Jie soon thought that Zhu Yunwen was one year older than Zhu Yunxi. According to the order of elders and young people, his brother usually got married earlier than his younger brother. But now Zhu Yunxi took the lead. This is also a big and small problem for Old Zhu, and I don't know what he would do.
Regarding the above issue, Li Jie quickly knew how to deal with Lao Zhu. Half a month after he and Zhu Yunxi met Lao Zhu, Lao Zhu also announced in front of all civil and military officials that Zhu Yunxi and Zhu Yunxi's brothers would be engaged at the same time!
As soon as the news came out, many people with keen political senses smelled a strange look, and then a lot of rumors began to spread in the capital!
Chapter completed!