Chapter 182 Upgrading Mathematics Skills
The wedding customs of the Ming Dynasty scholars are no different from those of ordinary people. The general process is that the man issues a letter of engagement, then the woman asks about the auspicious date, and finally agrees to issue a marriage letter, which is considered a marriage contract.
Fang Wanghai was rushing to Jiangnan to take up his post, so he naturally kept everything simple, but Su Ze also prepared a fairly generous gift and sent it to Magistrate Fang's home.
In addition to the normal betrothal gifts, such as silver cakes, silk, geese, wine and tea, there is also a custom in Fujian to give seafood, namely fish maw, as betrothal gifts.
Coupled with a batch of spices robbed from the sea, peppercorns bear many fruits on a bunch, which means more children and more blessings. It has been an auspicious wedding gift since the Han Dynasty, and was also stuffed into the bride price by Su Ze.
In the early Ming Dynasty, frugality was advocated, and betrothal gifts were often ceremonial.
Since the Jingtai year, folk customs have become increasingly exaggerated, and betrothal gifts have also begun to increase.
However, in this era, there is a certain etiquette and reciprocity, and betrothal gifts and dowries are corresponding.
Starting from the mid-Ming Dynasty, the custom of marrying richly became prevalent. If the dowry did not exceed the bride price, people would ridicule her as "selling her daughter." The bride would also be looked down upon in her husband's family.
The prefect Fang also didn't expect Su Ze's betrothal gift to be so generous. He quickly discussed with Mrs. Li and added a few more treasures to the dowry list, which finally exceeded Su Ze's betrothal gift.
When the woman accepts the man's engagement letter and sends the bride's dowry list to the man's home, the engagement is considered completed.
The legal relationship of engagement has been recognized in the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If one party regrets the marriage at this time, the bride price must be returned, and the regretful party will also be punished by flogging.
This wedding still caused a sensation in Yanping Mansion.
Official Zhang of the government office was overjoyed when he heard the news. Fang Wanghai once served as Su Ze's government examination examiner, and also appointed Su Ze as the chief case officer. Now he is married to Su Ze. Isn't this a complete case of examination fraud?
Zhang Tuiguan quickly wrote letters to his friends in the capital, asking these officials to use them to attack Fang Wanghai.
Fang Ruolan felt like she was in a dream, and she was already engaged to Su Ze.
Although the wedding date has not been determined, it will probably be after Su Ze's rural examination is over, but it will not be possible until Fang Wanghai comes back from vacation.
Fang Ruolan was naturally very satisfied with this marriage. In the past few days, she had been reading Nalan Rongruo's poem written by Su Ze in her boudoir, and she was still worried about gains and losses.
If you can write such a poem, will such a lover treat you well after marriage?
The only thing she was unhappy about was that Mrs. Li had tightened her control over Fang Ruolan.
Now that they are engaged, if Fang Ruolan goes to see Su Ze again, the Fang family's reputation will be completely ruined.
Mrs. Li even gave up horse-drawing for the time being and took Fang Ruolan to practice as a female worker every day.
This was very frustrating for Fang Ruolan. She was very knowledgeable about Xiaolan and could learn everything she was taught, but this female worker just didn't know how to do it.
Her fingers were pricked, but the embroidered mandarin duck quilt still looked like two chickens. Madam Li was so angry that she scolded her for being rotten wood and couldn't carve it. She quickly searched for a skilled embroiderer in the city and bought it as Fang Ruolan's dowry.
After the marriage was settled, Fang Wanghai summoned Su Ze again.
Because he was not married yet, Su Ze called him Uncle Shi, and Fang Wanghai also called him "good nephew".
Fang Wanghai got straight to the point and asked: "My dear nephew, this time the court asked me to prepare for the banknotes, do you have anything else to teach me?"
Su Ze took out a notebook from his arms, handed it to Fang Wanghai and said,
"Uncle Shi , these are my thoughts on the banknote pass method, all written on it."
Fang Wanghai took it, opened it, and was overjoyed.
This was a detailed plan proposed by Su Ze. For this purpose, Su Ze also drew a hydrological map of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and suggested to Fang Wanghai where to set up banknotes.
The Ming Dynasty already had banknotes, but Su Ze's banknotes law was just an improvement. By "deducting" commercial taxes, the court could control the taxation of banknotes, thereby avoiding the loss of tax revenue.
Regarding the improvement of the original banknote checkpoint, Su Ze also made a full set of suggestions, including how to deal with subordinate staff, how to assign personnel to inspect smuggling, and how to print anti-counterfeiting tax payment certificates.
After reading it briefly, Fang Wanghai felt enlightened and became more confident about going to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to collect banknotes and customs duties.
"If my nephew can accompany me to the south of the Yangtze River, it will be a big deal. However, the imperial examination is the right way. You prepare well for the exam these days and try to come back with a great reputation!" Fang Wanghai was afraid that such a good
son-in-law would be arrogant and unwilling to get married, so he hurriedly Then he said: "It doesn't matter if you fail. A real man will get married first and then start a career. After the provincial examination is over, I will find an opportunity to take leave and come back and get the marriage done as soon as possible." Fang Wanghai sighed and said, "The deadline given by the court is tight.
I We have to leave. I don’t need to say more about the provincial examination. These are the people who can be used in Yanping Prefecture. Some of them have been prefects for several times. Maybe you can still use them." Su Ze took a look and said
, This is the roster of government officials and historians. Fang Wanghai not only recorded their resumes in detail, but also recorded their personal preferences and family situations. Su Ze understood that this was the political wealth left to him by his future father-in-law.
Fang Wanghai added:
"I have a good relationship with Li Tongxuan of the government office, but he is weak in character and weak in methods. It is useless to approach him if there is really something wrong." "
Zhang Sijing, the official recommendation officer of the government office, although he is the same year as me, but this time He is narrow-minded in popularity, has a surly temperament, and is jealous of me because he was relegated. If you encounter trouble, don't go to him. I'll leave you a few letters. If you have trouble, go to Fuzhou Mansion to find them." Su Ze took these letters and it turned out to
be Fang Wanghai wrote letters to the Fujian Chief Envoy, the Fujian Deputy Inspector and the Fujian Tixue. Su Ze felt warm in his heart knowing that these were the connections left to him by Fang Wanghai.
It seems that Fang Wanghai really treats himself as half a son, which is equivalent to handing over all the political assets that he has been operating in Fujian for many years to himself.
Fang Wanghai took out two more private letters.
"This is a letter I wrote to Liang Youyou, Shunde, from Uncle Shi. He is a good friend of mine in the same department. He returned home to recuperate in Shunde due to poor health." Su Ze said in awe, "
But Liang Bibu, who is famous for his poetry all over the world, ?"
Fang Wanghai looked at his future son-in-law in surprise. Liang Youyu, Li Panlong, and Wang Shizhen formed a society in the Ministry of Justice, called the Poetry Club of the Ministry of Justice, and they were very famous in North and South Zhili.
I just didn't expect Su Ze to know their reputation.
Of course Su Ze knew that Liang Youyu was one of the seven sons of Jiajing and a very important figure in the literary history of the mid-Ming Dynasty.
Fang Wanghai took out another letter: "This is a letter to Chen Jin, the number one scholar in my class. He has just been demoted to the magistrate of Huizhou, but Chen Deyan still has a huge influence in his class." Fang Wanghai handed the letter to Su Ze and
said : "Although these two people are not as official as the previous ones, they are my close friends. If I encounter a big problem, I can ask for help." Su Ze immediately understood what the future father-in-law meant. The first few people were all ordinary friends. If You can move around for small things, but you can only go to Guangzhou to find the two latter people when it comes to big things. Although one of them was demoted and the other lives at home, they are influential in the literary and political circles of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, Su Ze knew that it was normal to be demoted in the Ming Dynasty. Historically, Chen Jin, the number one scholar, was demoted for a year and then transferred back to Nanzhili under Xu Jie's promotion. Later, he also served as a co-examiner for the joint examination. This is the training path for ministers of the Ming Dynasty. If Chen Jin hadn't died unexpectedly and prematurely, he might have been able to join the cabinet.
Although Liang Youyu is recuperating at home, Li Panlong and Wang Shizhen's status in the literary world is rising day by day, and the reputation of the Seventh Son is gradually becoming more and more popular. Now some people have settled near Liang Youyu's home to study.
What's more important is that Liang Youyu's teacher Huang Zuo is still there. This great Confucian who debated classics with Wang Yangming and quarreled with Xia Yan is still the leader of the Lingnan School of Literature and Literature in the world.
Finally, Fang Wanghai said: "When I arrive in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, I may have to inspect Chaoguan. If something really happens and you can't contact me, you can take a boat south to ask them for help." "After I left Yanping Mansion, Lan'er and
her Mom will go back to her hometown in Quanzhou first. They have several relatives in Quanzhou, so you don't have to worry."
After coming out of the prefecture's back house, Su Ze realized how terrifying a Ming official's network of connections was.
When dealing with Cai Yuanwai at that time, if the future father-in-law had not used thunderous tactics to quickly nail the case, Cai Yuanwai might not have been able to win with the contacts Cai Yuanwai had accumulated over many years as an official.
These intertwined relationships among peers, teachers and students, and superiors and subordinates formed a corrupt and inefficient bureaucratic machine that even the imperial power could not shake. This is also the reason why the officialdom struggle in the Ming Dynasty became more and more fierce, and the party's disagreement with each other became more and more serious.
After the explanation was completed, Fang Zhifu quickly went north with his staff and servants. The official residence of the Chaoguan envoy was assigned to Xuguan, Suzhou, South Zhili. Fang Zhifu had to get there within the time limit.
To the people of Yanping Prefecture, Magistrate Fang was regarded as a good official who did not bother with anything.
When he served as the magistrate of Yanping, everything was peaceful, and neither the invading Japanese pirates nor the rebellious bandits affected the capital.
Magistrate Fang was promoted again. Under the arrangement of Bai Zhixian, the people went out of the city to see off Mr. Fang. Several people who were really moved hugged Magistrate Fang's official boots and refused to let him leave. Magistrate Fang took off his official boots and there were villagers again. Lao gave me the Wanmin Umbrella, and then reluctantly left Yanping Mansion.
Mrs. Li returned to Quanzhou with her son and daughter. Before leaving, Su Ze received an exquisite pastry box. Su Ze thought about it and copied a poem by Nalan Rongruo and asked Peng An to send it over.
The newly appointed magistrate from the imperial court has not yet arrived, and Li Tongpan, the governor of the government, is temporarily in charge of the affairs of the government, and Nanping County has returned to its previous appearance.
In the blink of an eye, May came, and Su Ze was studying in the county school, doing calculations, and finally waited until it was time to upgrade his "mathematics" skills.
[Correct calculation, "Mathematics" skill experience +5, Lv5, 3/1000]
The three blue rays of light made Su Ze a little disappointed, but seeing these three passive skills, Su Ze had a hard time making a choice.
[Blue Passive - Quick Calculation: When making oral calculation estimates, temporarily gain intelligence +2 and math skills +1. ]
[Blue Passive - Formula Master: When proposing and proving formulas, temporarily gain intelligence +2 and mathematical skills +1. ]
[Blue Passive - Arithmetic Scripture: Write works related to arithmetic, temporarily gain intelligence +2, mathematical skills +1] [
Acquire free attribute points: 1]
Su Ze thought for a moment, but chose the second one Blue passive [Formula Master].
I wonder if future generations of students will curse themselves when they see so many formulas named after Su Ze?
Free attribute points were added to intelligence, and the panel attributes became:
Su Ze, male, 25 years old.
Intelligence: 13
Strength: 11
Agility: 6
Charm: 6
Remaining attribute points: 0
Su Ze opened a piece of paper and wrote down several changing formulas of trigonometric functions. He picked up the pen and quickly proved these formulas.
Trigonometric functions are one of the foundations of calculus. Looking at the changing trigonometric functions, Su Ze was going to throw these formulas to Li Qiyuan, a classmate from the county school, so that he could feel the shock of mathematics.
Lin Liangjun and the others from Changning Guard could not let go. Su Ze wrote several basic trigonometric formulas and took them back to the county town of Changning Guard when they returned to their hometown.
How can a childhood be complete without trigonometry?
Hai Rui opened the door and entered the classroom. Everyone fell silent. Hai Rui distributed the exercises assigned yesterday and explained his ideas for solving the problem using Su Ze's article as a model essay.
After adding intelligence, the imperial examination skills will indeed increase faster. If there are no accidents, the imperial examination skills can be upgraded to Lv10 before the provincial examination.
"Rulin, come with me."
"Gu Wen Guan Zhi" has been printed and published. Su Ze and Hai Rui were both afraid that it would not sell well. Only fifty copies of the first edition were printed and sold in two bookstores.
What surprised the two of them was that the fifty copies of "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" were sold out in half a day.
Not only were they sold out, the government office Li Tongpan and the county government magistrate Bai Zhi sent people to request books. Su Ze had to ask the study to increase manpower and print fifty more copies.
Su Ze underestimated the influence of the "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" series of books. In this era when casual readers can only dig for gold in the anthologies of famous writers, and in this era when the dissemination of knowledge is very inconvenient, a book "Gu Wen Guan Zhi" can be said to be It contains the essence of thousands of excellent articles and combs the ancient and modern contexts. How can any scholar not go crazy after seeing this?
Hai Rui called Su Ze and said, "I plan to use the royalties to repair the row of houses behind the county school and recruit some scholars from the county to study." Su Ze understood what Hai Rui meant. Since Chen Chaoyuan and
himself After "graduation", Lin Qingcai was the only one left in the private cram school run by Hai Rui.
Now that he has money, Hai Rui wants to expand the class so that more children from poor families in the county can study in the county school.
Su Ze naturally said supportively: "Teacher, then I will also donate the royalties."
Hai Rui waved his hand and said: "I have enough money, I didn't call you here because of money. In recent days, the county's I have a lot to do. If you are free in the middle of the month, can Rulin teach on my behalf?"
Teaching?
Hai Rui nodded and said, "Teaching once in the middle of the month, just talk about eight-legged essay solving problems. With your talent and learning, you are more than qualified for the job. How about it?" Su Ze saw that he had reached level 3 early but had not improved his "
lecture" skill. He immediately Said:
"Teacher, I am also a scholar who was admitted because of this course. I am a well-dug person who knows how to learn. I am willing to talk about it!"
(End of this chapter)