Extra Story: Xu Ke (Current Life Chapter)

"Xiaoyu, have you encountered any difficulties lately?"

At the end of the small court, Jiang Pengji discussed trivial matters with the ministers, and waited for everyone to disperse before asking Xu Ke to talk privately.

Xu Ke was detained, with a puzzled expression on his face, "I...haven't had any major issues recently, Your Majesty suddenly asked this...I'm confused..."

Jiang Pengji pointed at the few memorials piled up on the dragon case, and said to Xu Ke with a serious face, "These memorials are all for you."

At a glance, there are at least a dozen books. Xu Ke is a low-key official. Although he is one of the important ministers, he seldom acts as a monster. After one year, an average of more than 20 books were read every month. Either there was a problem with speech or wrong behavior, and if it was not good, there were too many pressures in government affairs—Fengzhen was covered in lice, and Xu Ke had always been a forbidden place for speech officials. , I have been squatting for half a year and can't pick the wrong kind--I have saved more than a dozen copies in the past half a month, Jiang Pengji thinks there is a problem.

The content of these memorials is also very unified, roughly divided into two types.

One kind of saying that Xu Ke doesn't go home after get off work all day and wanders outside. This is not the example that a good official in the new era should have.

One is that Xu Ke has a concubine but has a concubine, which seriously damages the positive image of the court in the new era. For the scandal, they felt that Xu Ke should be punished.

Jiang Pengji looked confused.

I don't know if it's because the political situation is too stable or if the big guys have enough to eat and have nothing to do, a group of speech officials are making noise like paparazzi.

Although it was their duty, Jiang Pengji felt very helpless every time she saw trivial gossip piled up on her dragon case.

She gave the speech officials a great right to speak, and allowed them to participate in the performance from the emperor to the common people, so that they could serve as the supervisory agencies of the court and remind the emperor and officials to pay attention to their words, deeds and morals at all times, It seems that the style of painting has shifted.

Of course, this is not the point, the enthusiasm of the speaker cannot be dampened.

Jiang Pengji could only swallow ten thousand words of MMP in her heart, and the most important thing was that the person who was involved this time was Xu Ke.

Because of the trust of the monarch and ministers for many years, Jiang Pengji temporarily stayed in China, and planned to find out about the situation with the person concerned.

Xu Ke was not only an important minister but also an old minister, he had to maintain his face, and Jiang Pengji couldn't ignore his face just for trivial matters.

therefore,

With the above scene.

Xu Ke read the pile of notebooks and realized that something was serious.

Jiang Pengji said, "The above-mentioned officials don't come out of nothing, but I don't believe it all. There must be a reason for this, so I'm asking you."

Xu Ke sighed, "It's the minister's fault that he didn't handle the family affairs well and let it dirty His Majesty's ears."

Jiang Pengji raised her brows, her eyes were filled with unkindness, "You really made a concubine as the memorial said, and you're making trouble?"

Xu Ke: "???"

etc--

It doesn't seem to be the same thing.

Xu Ke asked, "What concubine?"

What did these officials refer to him?

Jiang Pengji said briefly, Xu Ke was almost frightened by the logic of the speaker.

"Xiaoyu, although Xunmei Qingchun is gone, she is also your wife who has been with you for many years. She serves your aunt, raises children, and the mansion is well-organized, so that you have no worries. For so many years, you have been away in the early years, and she has no complaints. .There is hard work without credit, you really found an outside room behind her back, isn't this embarrassing her?"

Jiang Pengji severely criticized and educated Xu Ke.

In the early days of the founding of the Jiang Dynasty, marriage laws were further subdivided and organized.

A man can take a concubine, as long as he meets the conditions, his ancestors have a good background or he is a good man, or his wife is born barren, a man over thirty can take a good concubine, the conditions are quite harsh. Xu Ke was qualified to take a concubine, but instead of taking it home and crossing a clear road, he hid it and concealed it, and finally let the outside room and the outside room make trouble at the door, which doubled the damage to Xunmei.

Spread the word, not only saying that Xu Ke is weak and uncultivated, but also saying that Xunmei is not good, and his usual posture is all pretended.

At the least, they will be shattered by others, and at the worst, their reputation will be ruined.

It's not that Xu Ke can't figure it out, why is he so confused about this matter?

"Your Majesty, this matter... the minister is also wronged. There is no concubine or concubine, nothing!"

There is a rather strange phenomenon. Officials outside are hard to say, but officials in Beijing are more restrained, and there are not many concubines in the backyard.

In the previous dynasty, it was common for an official to take concubines three or four times, and there might be six or seven or eight unnamed foot warmers.

Now, one article of the emperor is a woman, and the other article of the marriage law on concubinage is more mature and detailed, and there are fewer loopholes to exploit.

Most of the concubines in the backyards of officials in Beijing existed before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the number of concubines fell precipitously after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Veteran and important ministers like Xu Ke, who are senior and simple in the emperor's heart, mostly have only one wife in the backyard.

Of course, there are also some who once gained power and kicked off their old wives.

As a result, the old wife went to the supervisor, and the ex-husband was beaten to the end.

Han Yu, who is insane, when he reworked the marriage law, he put forward one point - those who are cheap first and then noble, are not allowed to go.

What do you mean?

It means that before marrying his wife, he was a pauper phoenix man. After he became prosperous, unless the wife committed a felony, the man was not allowed to take the initiative to divorce his wife. Of course, for the third revision of the marriage law, Han Yu added a few more words--neither men nor women are allowed to go to those who are inferior first and then noble.

This modification is because female officials from the women's battalion also have the phenomenon of scumbags, and their husbands are too weak.

Han Yu felt that husbands and wives should be united on this issue, and that it was everyone's responsibility to protect the weak.

Long story short, according to the newly revised Marriage Law, Xu Ke's actions violated the law, not only fined money but also demoted, and closed doors to reflect on his mistakes.

When Jiang Pengji heard this, she didn't fully believe it.

Private friendship belongs to private friendship, as a friend, Jiang Pengji naturally trusts Xu Ke.

But as an emperor, she treats her courtiers fairly and justly, and will not trust Xu Ke or officials.

"you say."

Xu Ke opened the chatter box and poured out several catties of bitter water.

Do those talkers who have a lot of shit think he is willing to leave work and not go home?

He was forced to go home.

It is rumored that the outer room in the mansion is not an outer room, and the outer room is not an outer room.

"Who is that?"

Xu Ke said, "The daughter of the eldest daughter of my aunt's widowed sister is considered to be my cousin's distant cousin and niece in seniority."

Jiang Pengji said, "It's a relationship of three thousand miles."

Xu Ke was a little aggrieved after hearing the complaints.

With such an obsessive majesty, the pressure of being a courtier is also great.

"How did your distant cousin and niece become your concubine?"

Xu Ke sighed, "The old lady in the house is old and likes to stay with the younger generation. She is soft-hearted and kind-hearted. Seeing that this relative is living in poverty, she can't help but lend a helping hand. The old lady is kind-hearted, but unexpectedly She has a lot of ambitions... probably because she was bewitched by the prosperity of the capital and had thoughts that she shouldn't have. Anyway, I can't drive her away now, for fear that she will make a fuss with the old lady. I also don't want the old man to be embarrassed—no, I can only move out temporarily to hide for a few days."

Xu Ke's late mother passed away early, leaving only one aunt among the close female elders.

The aunt was also unfortunate. She lost her husband in her early years and had no children, so she poured all her mother's love on Xu Ke and treated him like a parent and child.

Aunt is the old lady with the highest status in the house, and Xu Ke has always served the elderly with the gift of a filial son.

After so many years, mother and child are better than mother and child.

The old man is getting old, and he doesn't know how many days to enjoy life in his later years. Seeing that the old lady has a poor relative who wants to help him, Xu Ke naturally agrees, and discusses with Xunmei to take them over. Speaking of which, my aunt and niece also had a hard life, and she also lost her husband in her early years, and she struggled to survive alone with her daughter. As for her daughter, she was also miserable. She married a gangster, and her husband was beaten to death by someone chasing the bill.

Aunt's cousin and niece are very insecure about what they have.

She always felt that the current glory and wealth was obtained by Aunt Xu Ke.

Once the old lady dies, she, her daughter and young granddaughter will definitely be driven away.

So I turned my head and heard that Xunmei, the mistress of the mansion, was born as a maid, and I looked down upon her.

A maid can become the head lady of an important official in the court, so it is no problem for her own daughter to be a good concubine, right?

After Xu Ke gets off work, he often sees the cousin and niece who looks three thousand miles away secretly flirting with him, expressing it openly and secretly.

As a human being, Xu Ke has realized it.

The other party is trying to seduce himself.

"I went to hide outside for two days. You can find out what the old lady said, and if you can't figure it out, send it out."

This is how Xu Ke discussed it with his wife.

Xunmei said, "No more?"

Xu Ke said, "Why do you accept it? It's not as simple as adding a pair of chopsticks to the house. There are many people and miscellaneous things, and there are many bad things. I looked coldly at the mother and daughter. It's not worry-free. If you really want to take it away, the house will not be clean? If I let my children know, how shameless my old father will be?"

For ordinary men, they may think that taking a concubine means raising more pets and adding a pair of bowls and chopsticks, but it is not that simple to actually implement it. Let me give you an example of a big quarrel recently - one of the servants of the bureaucracy, the unlucky guy, broke his face with his old wife, and the old wife said in a rage that she only cared about the old snacks in the mansion, and didn't care about concubines and foot warmers. Let the husband take care of the related matters, otherwise he will give her a salary and let her take care of it. It is really because the servant girl is not clear about the sexiness, and the old wife's heirs have been wronged, and this broke out-the unlucky guy was taken care of by the old man. The wife's words and deeds provoked anger, and said in a rage that the concubine and warm feet should not be controlled by the old wife——

Emmm——

Then the matter was revealed by the spokesperson.

All the officials of the imperial court also watched the sad days when the servant went to work during the day and took care of the concubine's basic necessities at night, and frequently had problems at work.

It was also this lady who started it, and the other ladies in the main room saw the effect and followed suit.

It is their job to serve their in-laws, raise children, and take care of middle-income families. However, a concubine belongs to the husband’s assets and is an extra job. The wife takes care of the concubine and the children of the concubine. There is no credit but hard work. Give your wife an extra salary.

If you can't afford it, then take care of it yourself.

But this evil wind has also been recognized and supported by His Majesty.

Court officials: "..."

There are ten thousand words of MMP in my heart to say to this Dogecoin servant!

Xu Ke had no intention of taking a concubine at all, and he even looked down on the daughter of the eldest daughter of the aunt and sister.

If he hadn't taken care of the old lady, Xu Ke would have driven her away long ago.

Unexpectedly, to avoid the limelight and be poked out by the spokesperson, the nature of this matter is more serious.

Jiang Pengji rested her chin and said, "If this is true, the speaker will have to rectify it."

The speaker is not a paparazzi, and the content of the performance should be detailed and true instead of making up gossip, distorting the facts, and increasing her workload. As for Xu Ke—it's better to let him go back and deal with the family's mess. It's not very pleasant to have such a scandal at an early age.

Xu Ke could only go home with a bitter face.

After a few days, the house was clean.

Of course, it wasn't Xu Ke who did it, nor Xunmei, but the old lady took the initiative to let this relative leave.

He gave money and sent it away.

The old lady said, "I thought it would be good to take care of the relatives. The family is lively, but it can't delay your business."

Xu Ke: "???"

Xunmei asked, "How does the old lady know about this?"

"I heard about it when I went out to play leaf cards with some old sisters! You and your wife are too. It's about Ke'er's future. Why bother to hide it from my old lady? The old lady is old and her ears are soft, but she doesn't know right from wrong? The old sister was ashamed when she said it..."

The old lady was very wronged, so Xunmei and Xu Ke could only bow their heads and admit their mistakes.

A storm just passed.

Xu Ke was ordered to write an excerpt to reflect on himself, and the speaker who went up was also sent by his majesty to criticize and educate him.

At this time, Fengyi, who had traveled around for many years and made many achievements, returned to Beijing.

Feng Zhen happily asked His Majesty to find out.

Relying on his outstanding achievements in impoverished counties and counties after being released for nearly ten years, Fengyi can also find a high official position in Beijing.

result--

"Speaker, Yanguan? What is he doing as a Yanguan?"

Jiang Pengji said, "Admonish the king at the top, and supervise the officials at the bottom. What's wrong with being a speech officer?"

Jiang Chao's officials can not only squat in the capital to stare at the officials in the capital, but also send out to supervise and inspect everywhere, with relatively strong mobility.

Fengzhen: "..."

As a person who is dissed by the speech officer every day, the eldest son of the family becomes the speech officer, isn't this a disturbance?

If the son is too low, he will lose face.

If his son climbed to the top of the speech officer, he would be even more worried.

It's annoying anyway.

"Why can't this eldest son think about it?"

Jiang Pengji curled her lips, "Look at the provinces that Fengyi is in charge of inspecting..."

Feng Zhen's heart was even more congested when he saw it.

This is where the daughter-in-law takes office...

Or, Feng Yi, an unfilial son, went to become a speech officer just to form a husband and wife team with his wife?

Take care of your wife and ignore your father.

Let outsiders know that Feng Zhen's eldest son has become a speech officer, how can he mess around in front of all officials?

"This old man resolutely disagrees! Resolutely disagrees!"

As soon as Fengzhen came home, he pulled his son over for serious criticism and education.

Feng Yi remained motionless, and secretly gave her younger brother Feng You a look.

Feng You understood it, and took advantage of his father's furious situation to sneak out to rescue soldiers.

The mother-in-law will know if there is one as soon as she makes a move. Now it's Fengzhen's turn to be criticized and educated.

"What's wrong with being a speaker? Did you humiliate your old Feng's family?"

Regardless of the low rank of a speech official, not everyone can be a position. The requirements for employment are even stricter than ordinary official positions. Straightforward", with outstanding knowledge, not only familiar with the government affairs of various places, but also knowledgeable about ancient and modern times. Fengyi's foundation is naturally strong enough to become a speaker at a weak age... The only shortcoming is that she offends people too much.

If Feng Yi can take office, it is His Majesty's high affirmation of his ability and knowledge.

Feng Zhen is an old man, and the older he gets, the more unclear he becomes.

Feng Yi silently walked out the door with her younger brother.

It is inconvenient for the old father to be reprimanded by his wife. After all, the old father wants to save face.

"Are you getting close to His Highness Yan?"

The younger brother nodded.

"It's a blessing to be valued by His Highness, don't take it lightly."

Fengyi caressed her younger brother's head.

The older the younger brother, the cuter he is (*?▽?*)

Feng Yi nodded and smiled innocently.