This kind of thing was most popular in the former Song Dynasty, but with the increasing number of scientific examinations, the difficulty of the imperial examination is also increasing, not to mention that it is rare before the age of twenty for Jinshi, that is, it is a middle lift, and it is mostly over twenty years old.

And with the current atmosphere of the times, if a man has not married a wife at the age of eighteen, it is basically rare, and even if there is, it is already a marriage long ago, just waiting for the imperial examination to be married.

Therefore, what Song Shixiang and He Fengsheng said is an idealized state, not nothing, but it is indeed rare.

A family like Fang Youdu is relatively poor, and he is fifteen years old at the moment, which means that no matter whether he can pass the exam or not in the autumn next year, it is estimated that the family will have to consider his family affairs, and according to his age, it stands to reason that someone should have come to the door to propose his relatives when he was admitted to Xiucai in the examination the year before last, but I don't know if his family agreed.

Like this group of people, needless to say, he is a real gentry family, the former Ming Lian Zining lineage, Henan Guide Lian clan is famous, as a man in his twenties, he has already married, it is said that there are two concubines, it should be his concubine after the examination, but it seems that there are no heirs.

Several other people, Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng are already married in their hometowns, they are all eighteen years old, Song Shixiang, Wang Yingxiong and Xu Qixun are engaged and have not yet married, and basically they have to clarify the time of marriage after the autumn season, if the spring can live, of course, it is good, if it can't pass, it will also be married, it is estimated that only the youngest Fu Zonglong and Zheng Chongjian do not know whether they are married.

He is only fifteen years old, and he will only be sixteen years old in the autumn of next year, even if he is only twenty years old in the next subject, and he will only be twenty years old in the next subject, and after five years of hard study, Fang Youdu still has the determination to take the Jinshi exam.

There are no bad grades in this group of people, and only Feng Ziying is the worst, Jingyi is much inferior to these people, but Feng Ziying's superb sense of smell and analytical judgment in current policy theory makes these people sigh to themselves.

After some jokes, Feng Ziying introduced a few people to meet her father.

Since it was a visit to someone's home, although they were all young people, they still understood the basic etiquette, and Feng Tang was also a Shenwu general, and he didn't have a bad reputation, so he had to go to meet him in terms of etiquette.

Of course, Feng Tang welcomed the group of students brought by his son.

They are all elites of Qingtan Academy, maybe in ten or eight years, these people will be able to go to the court and become the backbone of the civil ministers, especially look at their current mountain chief Qi Yongtai and Guan Yingzhen, the real Confucian, in the future, they will definitely return to the six departments of the court or the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these disciples follow these two, can they still have a good future?

When the two carriages drove out of Feng's mansion, it was already the right moment.

Ten people, divided into two carriages, and two boys and food boxes were also brought out, a little crowded, but they were all young people, and it was lively when they were crowded together.

"Ziying, have you heard of it?" Lian Guoshi sat at the front, holding the door frame of the carriage with one hand, "The news from the Di newspaper said that the Jianzhou Jurchen built a city outside the gate two years ago, called Black Bald Ara, and its ambition is to become more and more undisguised, and call carpenters and blacksmiths to attach, and now the scale is expanding more and more, but the court has not moved." ”

"Oh?" Feng Ziying's heart tightened, black bald? I'm afraid it's Hetuala, right? Whether it was studying for so long, lingering in Jiafu, or celebrating festivals, he subconsciously indulged in the beautiful side of this time and space, and forgot about the various threats hidden in the invisible places, "Where did you learn about it?" ”

Building a city was no small task, and it meant that the Jurchens, who lived as nomadic fishers and hunters, began to embark on the path of evolution.

Once there is a solid logistics base, especially when seemingly inconsistent personnel such as carpenters, leathermen, blacksmiths, and masons begin to live in groups, then it means that there may be a division of labor and cooperation in the handicraft industry, and the work efficiency will be further improved, and for the Jurchens, there may be a qualitative improvement in the replenishment of materials such as blades, weapons, armor, and saddle bridles.

There may still be a big gap with Da Zhou, but once they embark on this evolutionary path, it means that they have already embarked on a relatively spacious road from the sheep intestine path.

The Great Zhou was not alert to the unruliness shown by the Jurchens, but the Tatars from the north greatly dragged the attention of the Great Zhou, so a series of actions of the Jurchens in the past few years only made the Da Zhou, who was napping, occasionally open his eyes to see, and the serious arrears of military salaries made the Great Zhou seem powerless.

However, as the Jurchens' activities outside the customs became more and more frequent and their movements became bigger and bigger, Da Zhou began to feel the pressure from the Northeast, especially the aggressive momentum shown by the Jurchens towards Liaoxi, which made Da Zhou feel that the Jurchens were planning greatly.

Once Liaoxi is controlled by the Jurchens, it will be directly connected with the Tatars, that is, the Mongol tribes, which is not a good sign.

"Then the court doesn't have a saying?" Feng Ziying knew that since Lian Guoshi took the initiative to talk about this topic with herself, she must have felt that she had more say in these aspects, compared to Fan Jingwen, He Fengsheng and even Zheng Chongjian, they were obviously much worse in this regard.

"It's been two years, and there's no response." Lian Guoshi sighed softly, "Brother Chu Cai, well, it's still your fellow countryman, are you afraid to know?" He is now in the staff department of the Ministry of War, he is a jinshi in the 38th year of Yuanxi, and he is a member of the staff department, he came to see him as a brother the day before yesterday, and he talked about it by the way. ”

Brother Chu Cai? Or your own fellow countryman? Feng Ziying reacted immediately and nodded: "Of course I know Brother Chu Cai, but I am not familiar with it, my father knows Brother Chu Cai, and he has always said that Brother Chu Cai is a young talent in our Dongchang Mansion,......"

Geng Ruqi, the word Chucai, a native of Dongchang Mansion, was the same Jinshi in the 38th year of Yuanxi, and then failed to pass the Shu Jishi examination, first to the head of the household department, and then transferred to the Ministry of War.

Although Feng Ziying knew that he couldn't help with the real military affairs now, he was still very concerned about the battle situation in the northern nine sides, after all, it might be related to his future net worth and life.

Don't be mature yourself, the Tatars or Jurchens will come in, and your dream of a beautiful and happy life will be in vain.

After all, there are some deviations in this history now, and it is really hard to say whether it will be even more biased.

Up to now, Feng Ziying's understanding of the entire political, economic, financial, military, cultural, transportation, commercial, logistical and other aspects of the Great Zhou is still chaotic and scattered, and it is not clear how strong the mobilization ability of the Great Zhou is in the face of emergencies, and it is difficult to form a comprehensive concept.

Don't make it like the end of the Ming Dynasty, there is really a mess everywhere leaking, headache doctor head and foot pain, the result is that he can't hold down everything, so now he is trying to be as familiar with the situation as possible in all aspects, but his position, age and experience have limited his ability to obtain information in all aspects.

It's still this damn age and timeline, so that I can't grow and grow quickly.

"The imperial court should still have a comprehensive strategy, for the Tatars, for the Jurchens, should be seriously considered, the Ministry of Officials should send more people to the north to find out the situation, to provide a more accurate and detailed summary of the situation to the military department and the imperial court, not just some fragmentary news, if the person in charge is more lazy, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come up with a decent strategy."

Feng Ziying could only vaguely put forward some routines that seemed to be very targeted, but lacked practical operation, no way, he didn't know the details of the military department.

Whether the military department attaches importance to it or not, and what the Jurchens really think, they don't know anything.

What if the imperial court and even the military department are still there, so they will go to Huairou or pull a gang to fight a gang? What is the current relationship between the Jianzhou Jurchens and other Jurchen tribes, and what is the attitude of the imperial court?

Lian Guoshi is very appreciative of Feng Ziying's words, well, of course, they are all characters on paper, so Feng Ziying's big routine is still very confusing.

"Well, Brother Chu Cai also proposed to increase the penetration of Liaoxi and the Jurchens, and in addition, it should be made a fuss about the private business and trade exchanges of the Jurchens, and they should not be left alone, and they also need to be strictly controlled when they come to pay tribute,......"

Feng Ziying nodded, this Geng Ruqi seems to be somewhat knowledgeable, and has realized the various hidden dangers and threats that may be brought about by private commerce.

At present, the relationship between the Jurchens and the Great Zhou is still under a system of vassals and tributaries, but the trade brought by the tribute has become less and less important, and the private caravans have begun to play the main role.

"It's difficult, this caravan involves layers of relationships behind it,......" Feng Ziying exhaled softly.

He knew very well how close the trade ties between the Jurchens and the Great Zhou were now, and a large number of furs, northern pearls and eastern pearls, ginseng, medicinal herbs, gold sand, and animal skins came in from outside the Guan, and they became the favorite of the dignitaries and nobles in the capital city.

The women of the official family are not dressed in mink fur, and you are embarrassed to go out.

My mother and aunt bought one in the winter, and Su Xie's two aunts seemed to be pestering their father in bed, and both of them added one this winter, although the coat color is not as pure as that of the mother and aunt, but it can be regarded as a cover that can be worn out in the Jingshi City, and it is said that Aunt Su alone cost 1,200 taels of silver.

How big is the windfall profit here, and how many people's interests are involved?

There is also the North Pearl, which is more bullish than the East Pearl, in Jiafu, Feng Ziying saw the hairpin crown on Wang Xifeng's head and inlaid with an East Pearl, which is huge and full, round and bright, although I don't know the price, but Feng Ziying estimates that it will not be less than a thousand taels of silver.