Feng Tang was also followed by a woman, who looked a little like his mother Duan, but her face was sharper, much younger, and quite a bit of beauty, that was Aunt Duan, and she could be regarded as Feng Ziying's real aunt.

The marriage system of the Great Zhou Dynasty is also somewhat different from that of the former Ming Dynasty, the Zhang family believes in the ancient system, admires the Great Zhou built by the Ji family, and the marriage system is also slightly different, especially among the noble gentry, in addition to the wife and concubine system, there is also a concubine system.

The so-called concubine, often when the wife marries the family, can marry the concubine, the sister of the same clan or the niece, because it is a concubine or the same clan, the status will definitely not be too high, especially in the case of the man's thin and childless wife, the son born to this concubine or the woman of the same clan can avoid the concubine to inherit the husband's family business to the greatest extent and protect the interests of the wife's family.

Of course, this mainly refers to the marriage of the noble gentry, which may involve the marriage of the two families, and the interests of the two families are more widely involved, and there will be this system similar to marriage supplementation.

Compared with pure concubines, the status of this kind of concubine is obviously higher than that of ordinary concubines, and can even be replaced as a concubine after the death of the wife.

The wife can be married when the wife marries, or it may be that the wife has not been married for many years, and then she looks for her own concubine or sister or niece of the same clan to marry.

This situation was more popular in the Warring States Qin and Han dynasties and even the Three Kingdoms era, but it was not common in the Tang and Song dynasties, but after the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty, many ancient systems were implemented, and this system was restored.

Feng's mother has not been out for several years after marrying Feng Tang, and later Feng's mother included this cousin as a concubine, but she didn't expect that her sister was still out after marrying, but she waited a few more years to give birth to Feng Ziying.

"I've seen my aunt." Although Feng Ziying's aunt has no appearance, she has always liked Feng Ziying very much, and almost single-handedly brought Feng Ziying up, and now this aunt is only in her early thirties, ten years younger than Feng's mother.

"My son, come, let my aunt see, you won't come to see your aunt when you come back yesterday?" Xiao Duan's is not as restrained as the other two aunts in front of her sister and husband, and she is very affectionate to herself, the "son" who was raised single-handedly.

"It's okay, auntie, it's not as exaggerated as Feng You said, besides, I'll be thirteen years old when I turn the year." Feng Ziying pretended to be dissatisfied and said: "And I also have a friend with me, he is very familiar with the situation over there." ”

His birthday is the second day of the ninth month, and he will soon be twelve years old, according to the regulations of this era, he will be thirteen years old after the Spring Festival.

"Hmph, that friend of yours is younger than you, what can he do? If it weren't for the Feng family's ancestors accumulating virtue and God protecting my Feng family, you would have ...... long ago."

Feng Tang went to the banquet of the soldiers yesterday, and only then did he hear a lot of rumors about his son during the banquet, which made him surprised, happy and worried, and he inevitably drank a few more drinks during the banquet, so it was a little late to come back.

"Sir!" Duan's and Xiao Duan's were anxious at the same time, only this one lone seedling could not afford such bad words.

Feng Tang naturally didn't continue, but just snorted, and then sat down in the chair, and Xiao Duan sat down next to his sister.

"Tell me, what's your idea?" For his son, Feng Tang really didn't dare to underestimate him.

During the banquet last night, Wai Lang, a member of the military department, and a head of the military department both mentioned the news from Shandong, saying that the Cao soldiers were able to successfully suppress the bandit rebellion in Shandong due to several reasons.

First, the Caoyun Yamen is united, the governor, the imperial history and the chief military officer are brave to do things, and the soldiers serve their orders; the second is that the dragon forbidden lieutenant is well-informed and seizes the opportunity; Third, the local gentry gave full support.

It also specifically mentioned Feng Ziying's situation, saying that he was willing to take the risk of cooperating with Long Banwei through the Shanshan Grain Gang, and successfully rebelled against some of the subordinate bandits, so that he was able to solve the Linqing rebellion in one fell swoop.

This news came from the mouths of the important members of the military department, and it was naturally true.

What surprised and delighted Feng Tang even more was that according to the record reported by the Ministry of War and Shandong, his son's credit was almost ironclad, especially calling him both wise and brave, and his young man unparalleled, if such praise can be deserved, I am afraid that it will really reach the ears of the emperor.

Of course, there are also some worries here, his son is only twelve years old and has such a reputation, if he fails to have a good future in the future, he is afraid that he will fall for another hour, and Fang Zhongyong, who is not good at the age of time, will be famous, which Feng Tang will never accept.

This means that my son may not be able to get through the road of shadow prison alone, as he himself said, I am afraid that he will really have to take the road of the township examination, and it is really difficult to explain if he does not take the examination to raise people to enter the army.

Because of this, Feng Tang's mentality changed a little after this night, and he even woke up early in the morning and thought about it in bed for a long time, before he got up, but he didn't expect his son to lobby his mother here.

"My son has now told his mother that the situation of the Feng family is different from what it used to be, and there must be some changes."

Feng Ziying was even happier to see that her father was also so concerned, and she was even happier than convincing her mother, if she could get her father to nod, it would be much easier to do.

"First, our Feng family in Linqing can't go on like this, we should be like the Zhou family and the Ren family, on the one hand, we must sort out the other people in the Feng family, if they are qualified and potential teenagers and young people, they should still find a way to give them some opportunities, whether it is to study, to make a living, or to be an official, it is better than them guarding that one acre and three points of land, and many people have become domestic servants or even more unbearable.

Feng Ziying's words made Feng Tang a little embarrassed, but he had to admit that his son's words were very reasonable.

Before, he was either in Datong for a long time, or he was idle in Beijing for two years, and his main mind was also on his own recovery matters, and he didn't have the heart to care about anything else, but now it seems that he is not as far-reaching as his son in this regard.

"Hmm, what are you going to do about it?" Feng Tang asked.

"What I mean is that the family will donate money to build or help build a clan school, or a academy, so that the children of the Feng family can learn from Mongolia to the scriptures, and if conditions permit, they should even absorb some poor students from outside to study, which will not only help us enhance the reputation and image of our Feng family in the local area, but also cultivate talents for the country."

Feng Ziying said eloquently, "In addition, if you can be admitted to Xiucai, Renren and Jinshi in this school, it is good, if you really have no academic success, at least you can be literate and reasonable, if some of my family needs to employ people, you can also choose from them, there are other willing people, such as officials, doctors, etc., we can also fund them to achieve their wishes." ”

Feng Tang and the Big and Small Duan Clan both gasped, they couldn't help but say that Feng Ziying's idea was very good, but it was too grandiose.

Helping to build a private school for ethnic schools, and even building a college, is not a small amount, and it is a large expenditure that needs to be invested every year.

If it is a college, I am afraid that it will cost tens of thousands of taels, and this is a fixed expense every year.