HLnovel Chapter 241 Gorgeous Transformation
Chapter 241 Gorgeous Transformation
The Sheng family already has a considerable property in Beijing.
The location of the mansion was not bad. Although it was on the east side of Bianyang City, close to the East Market, all the properties in the central and southern corners of Xuanyangfang were taken over by the Sheng family and rebuilt, so there was no disturbance or noise at all.
Now that Sheng Hong has been promoted to a Beijing official, he shouldn't be too extravagant.
Lin Qinshuang had been mentioning this matter in her early years, which made Sheng Hong pay more attention to the affairs of the Tokyo house.
Purchase additional buildings and expand them, renovate and fill them year by year... and so on.
So they go through this every year. Now that they have officially moved into Tokyo, they only need to find someone to take good care of the house in advance, and then the whole family can move in.
When Sheng Hong returned to Beijing this time, he entered the Censorate and became the director of the Censorate, a sixth-rank official.
(The "Shangshutai" in the TV series did not exist during the Renzong period, so the show only mentioned Shangshutai without going into any details, so it's hard to continue writing.)
The Censorate's Office was in charge of assisting the Censorate's affairs. Its nature was more like the general secretary of the entire Censorate. The official rank was not high but the actual power was considerable, which was similar to the previous Yangzhou Tongpan.
And because of the special nature of the censor and the trend of the times in the Northern Song Dynasty where the literati and the emperor ruled the world together, Sheng Hong's return to the capital to work this time can be considered glorious.
When Sheng Hong was the magistrate of Yangzhou, he once saved a man named Lao'an.
Anren had a son who was very talented. His surname was Zhuang and people called him Zhuang Daru.
In order to repay Sheng Hong for saving his mother, Zhuang Daru agreed to be their family's private tutor after Sheng Hong went to Tokyo.
In fact, Master Zhuang had his own considerations for repaying his gratitude.
Sheng Hong's family has a good tradition, and his two consecutive generations of heads have been talented. From this, it can be inferred that Sheng Hong's son must be well-educated.
It is a win-win situation for the Sheng family and he, and they achieve mutual success.
This is a beautiful story.
Mr. Zhuang wanted fame, while the Sheng family wanted benefits and favors.
Because Sheng Hong bravely said "No!" to the Zhongqin Marquis's Mansion, the Sheng family's Changbai and Gu Tingye, who used the alias "Mr. Bai", did not have a relationship, and naturally did not invite him to the Sheng family private school.
The military family, which had long lost its reputation in the Song Dynasty, was only a stone lion even if it had the title of marquis.
It looks good but is not useful.
Looking at Gu Er with Molan's critical eyes, she doesn't think he is a good match at all.
If the world of the TV series "Knowing Your Destiny" is integrated with the original novel, Gu Er is not the eldest son, and he has a mistress and a pair of children before he gets married. He has a bad reputation and is a playboy. He first marries Yu, and has a concubine Gong as a dowry, and also has Qiu Niang as a maid. His boss will also send a girl named Fengxian to marry him. It is under such circumstances that he proposes to marry a girl from the Sheng family.
Marry him? In the context of the Song Dynasty? Crazy?
And there is no shortage of capable young generals like the Gu family, so Molan has no intention of helping the so-called "male protagonist" and bringing him together with Minglan.
Because of Hualan's successful marriage proposal to the Princess's Mansion, the Sheng family's private school has become very popular, and most of them are powerful or noble.
First of all, there are several members of the royal family, Zhao Ceqiu, Zhao Cewu, and the one who must be mentioned, Zhao Ceying, the son of the Right Guard General and the Yuezhou Training Envoy.
Also related to the royal family is Princess Qingchang's eldest grandson, Han Chen.
And the best son in the world, the only son of Princess Pingning Gu, Qi Heng.
(There are three points. First, the previous article miscalculated the generation of the eldest princess. Now the emperor is not dead, but only the eldest princess. All have been revised.
Second, the royal family has not been studied in official history. Because the royal family members in "The Story of Minglan" have names and generations determined, the subsequent stories can only be made up.
Third, the marriage pairings in "The Story of Minglan" are messed up in terms of generations.
For example, the eldest granddaughter of Princess Qingning (the third-generation son) became the second wife of Qi Heng (the third-generation son), and the son of Princess Qingchang (Qingning's sister) (the second-generation son) married Gu Er's sister (the third-generation son).
The Lady of the Duke of Yingguo was good friends with the Lady of the Marquis of Yongchang. The Lady of the Marquis of Yongchang, Mrs. Wu, should be of the same generation as Old Lady Sheng, but her granddaughter (third-generation son) married Changfeng's son (fourth-generation son).
If I remember correctly, except for the Qing Dynasty, marriages also had to be based on generation, which was called "marriage of equal generations."
But since the setting is like this, just match it randomly, and I will save myself the trouble (not really))
In addition to the royal family, the Duke of Yingzhou, who had previously formed a good relationship with the Sheng family because of the matchmaking that admired the Sheng family's family tradition, also sent people to study in the private school.
The Duke of England's mansion sent the eldest grandson and the second grandson, Zhang Youqian and Zhang Youcheng, as well as Cui Mingze, the eldest grandson of the Cui family, the wife of the Duke of England, Mrs. Cui.
There was also the Duke of Fuguo, who admired Sheng Hong, a local civil servant, for daring to firmly refuse the Earl's Mansion for his daughter, and he also sent his legitimate daughter and niece to study in the Sheng Mansion's private school.
In addition to Gui, there are two Quan who admire the Sheng family very much. The old Minister Ge sent his third son Ge Cheng'an, and the Minister Quan of the Ministry of Rites sent his daughter Cai Qingyou to come and make friends with the sisters of the Sheng family.
In the early days, Sheng Family Private School, which only had Qi Heng, a male outsider, but was surrounded by three girls, suddenly became a well-established medium-sized private school.
Zhuang Xuejiu felt both happy and sad.
The worry is that there are so many people with so many different opinions, and each of them is either a duke or a high-ranking official, so communication is bound to be troublesome with red tape.
The good news is that these sons of the rich and powerful are not all hopeless fools. Even the sons of the Han family, who have the worst reputation, are studious and inquisitive. Their talents are above average and they cannot be considered as dissolute or dull.
In this way, together with these Tokyo dignitaries, the Sheng family's "three sons and two daughters" began their regular daily private school life.
The three men do not include the youngest son Changwu who has not yet learned to crawl, but Minglan Yao Yiyi who suddenly had an epiphany and dressed as a man, using the alias "Changwu".
The success of this matter is inseparable from Molan's help.
Under her bewitching plea, Sheng Hong and Old Lady Sheng acquiesced to Minglan's behavior of disguising herself as a man, even though she couldn't even make up a complete reason. They even let her live in the front yard and reasonably arranged maids and servants to cover her identity.
Yao Yiyi, who made this decision, had a simple idea.
She wanted to take the imperial examination, gain some fame and then assist Molan in fulfilling her ambition to become an empress. After that, she would restore her female body and transform into a perfect female number one scholar.
She is very good at studying, otherwise she would not have been included in the system at such a young age.
She is also very good at maneuvering around in the workplace, otherwise she would not have held an important position in the system at the age of only in her twenties.
Although classical Chinese is not her forte, but having experienced the vast sea of questions in the college entrance examination, Yao Yiyi believes that nothing is difficult in the world as long as one is willing to practice.
It was this brush calligraphy that made Yao Yiyi, who was accustomed to hard pen calligraphy, miserable.
Every time Master Zhuang scolded her in anger or wrote a list of people to punish her, her name "Changwu" would always be on it.
Thanks to this incident, the atmosphere in the private school became much more harmonious.