Chapter 16 Marriage and Zuo Zongtang's Voice

Hu Chuyuan was completely puzzled. Since Mei Qizhao is not going to marry a daughter, who else will there be?

Is he very handsome? Why do you like him?

Seeing that he had been silent, Zuo Zongtang inevitably asked dissatisfiedly, "Why, do you have another candidate you like?"

Hu Chuyuan hurriedly said, "No for the time being. It's just that my subordinates are filial piety and can't get married within three years, so I haven't thought about it."

He Jinglang laughed and said, "Don't worry about my nephew. My little daughter is only 13 years old this year. I can afford to wait!"

"Uh...!"

Hu Chuyuan couldn't believe it. He couldn't help scolding in his heart: Is there any mistake? The thirteen-year-old young girl is willing to take it out and ruin me**. Are you a human being?

Zuo Zongtang and Hu Chuyuan comforted him and said, "I saw Xiaomei once in Beijing a few years ago. She is indeed a very smart little talented girl, just a perfect match for you!"

Hu Chuyuan thought that there was a mistake. What he saw in a few years was a ten-year-old boy and a talented girl... Who are you fooling?

He Jing clearly vowed to take it to death, and said proudly with Hu Chuyuan, "Sage nephew, can't the governor's family background be compared with your family?"

Hu Chuyuan thought for a moment and said, "The governor blamed the younger generation. Although the younger generation has no suitable candidates for the time being, he has always attached great importance to his lifelong events. My father once talked to me about this matter and promised to let me choose by myself. Wait for me to like it first, and then he will invite someone to propose marriage!"

Hu Xueyan really agrees. Of course, he does not encourage Hu Chuyuan to fall in love freely. His meaning is very simple - son, as long as you like it, no matter which daughter you have, your father will have a way to let you marry her!

Zuo Zongtang was vaguely resentful and said, "Nonsense, marriage affairs, matchmaker's words, parents' orders, if it hadn't been for your own nonsense, at least your father would have seen you get married and a career."

Hu Chuyuan is not going to give in. No matter what his young daughter Lori is, he doesn't want it at all.

He doesn't plan to marry a few wives in his life. He just wants to choose the best, the best woman in the world, right? Isn't a person a lifetime!

If you want to find the best, you have to live in vain all your life.

Guangxu has a lot of wives, but looking at the quality level of those concubines, just looking at the photos, Hu Chuyuan felt that if he was Guangxu, he could basically commit suicide and hang himself.

There are many wives. It's useless. You have to have the best one.

He gritted his teeth and immediately replied, "The lesson of Zhongtang is that the younger generation also regrets it, but there is no medicine for regret in the world! As the saying goes, filial piety does not change his father for three years. Since my father asked me to choose by myself, I will choose the best woman for me, and also choose the best daughter-in-law who can take charge of the family business for my father. I will pass on the family from generation to generation, teach my husband and children, so that the ancestral business will last forever and be magnificent for generations.

"Good!"

He Jing couldn't help praising and said, "You have ambitions. Sure enough, there must be something amazing about ancient talents!"

Mei Qizhao was still hopeful and immediately said, "Lord Zhongtang, I think I'll put this matter aside for the time being. Since Third Master Hu had this word in those years, let's still respect the idea of the Third Master."

Zuo Zongtang frowned slightly and could only say, "Well, I wanted to do this matter together and then go back to Jiangning. It seems that there will be regrets after all."

Hu Chuyuan hurriedly thanked, "Thank you for your success."

"Hold on, don't be in a hurry to thank me!" Zuo Zongtang suddenly raised his hand and continued, "When I went south, I had made a vow to do this on behalf of your father. I guess I'm not a person of longevity. I'm afraid I can't wait for many years. Within three years, I have to choose properly. It's not appropriate to be delayed for a long time.

Hu Chuyuan hugged his fist and said, "Lord Zhongtang, please don't worry, the younger generation knows it in his heart."

He Jing and Hu Chuyuan laughed and said, "Nephew, then tell me what kind of wife you want to find. I have two unmarried daughters under my knees. If you have time to go to Fuzhou, you can go to the governor's office and sit down. Let's discuss it slowly!"

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Hu Chuyuan felt a chill in his heart. He thought that He Jing, an old guy, was too insidious. Maybe he would marry his eldest daughter at the beginning. As soon as he heard that he would wait for three years, he immediately recommended his younger daughter.

Fortunately, he gritted his teeth and refused.

He couldn't say it too carefully, so he said, "Fenging is the most important thing."

He Jing also smiled and said, "Yes, fate is the most important thing."

Zuo Zongtang sighed bitterly and said, "Chu Yuan, I want to do this for you and then go back to Jiangning. Now it seems that I'm going to leave a regret. Life is indeed an unsatisfactory nine out of ten, but it's just like that!"

Listening to these sincere words, thinking that Zuo Zongtang was delayed until now for his marriage, Hu Chuyuan also felt a strange warmth, mixed with a little happiness in the warmth.

Although Zuo Zongtang did not say anything on the surface, he was indeed taking care of Hu Chuyuan, hoping that Hu Chuyuan could achieve something.

At this point, Hu Chuyuan really felt that he felt as if he had heard Zuo Zongtang's voice. In the cold official prestige, he was also an ordinary person and an ordinary elder.

Even if this matter comes to an end, everyone wanted to have a glass of wedding wine, but they couldn't eat it. Only Mei Qizhao was secretly happy in his heart.

The big deal was talked about, but the good marriage was not completed. Mei Qizhao, the governor of Zhejiang, and Tan Zhonglin, the governor of Jiangsu, had to leave first. He Jing was far away and stayed that night, but he also went to rest early.

Soon, Zuo Zongtang and Hu Chuyuan were left in the flower hall of Rongdongyuan. Hu Chuyuan also wanted to get up and leave, but Zuo Zongtang asked him to wait for a moment.

Zuo Zongtang lighted a pot of hookah and smoked silently.

After a while, he and Hu Chuyuan said, "I want to do the marriage for you, and I also want to find someone to take care of you. Although He Jing can't bear the responsibility, after all, he is also the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. With his help, your family's business can be bigger. I'm old, and it's impossible for me to take care of your family for too long. I thought I had decided this marriage for you. After that, with him, I could go west at ease. Unexpectedly, God doesn't follow people's wishes!"

Hu Chuyuan sighed in his heart again and thanked him silently, but he was also very grateful.

Doesn't he know He Jing?

The reason why the Fuzhou Fleet was completely destroyed in the Battle of Mawei is that this man's "credit" accounted for 50%. The most abominable thing is that he escaped from the battle and ran home directly from the position of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. He was dismissed by the court and never used.

If he really had such a father-in-law, Hu Chuyuan didn't know whether he was crying or laughing!

Zuo Zongtang asked him again, "I will officially leave for the post of governor of Liangjiang tomorrow. Before leaving, do you have anything to worry about?"

Hu Chuyuan was grateful in his heart.

Zuo Zongtang, who is in a high position, looks majestic and indifferent, but he is very delicate in his heart. Considering everything, he inadvertently gave a lot of care to Hu Chuyuan, so that Hu Chuyuan did not know how to repay him?

After thinking about it, Hu Chuyuan and Zuo Zongtang asked, "Zhongtang, I just want to ask you what regrets you have in your life?"

"Oh...!"

Zuo Zongtang smiled bitterly and sighed, "There is no other regret. Only under the national situation, I can do my best to stop it. When I was young, I felt that I was comparable to Zhuge Kongming, but now I know Kong Ming's state of mind in his later years... I can't do my best to establish a national event, and I can't close my eyes!"

"Oh!"

Hu Chuyuan sighed silently in his heart.

Whether this is true or not, Zuo Zongtang is really very good to him.

After a little thought, he decided to say a few words of truth, although he estimated that Zuo Zongtang would not accept it, and even reprimanded him.

He said: "The younger generation thinks that the disadvantages of today's world are nothing more than 'tax increase, no tax increase will die'. The court needs more taxes to maintain military pay and expenditure. If you don't raise taxes, you will die. You can only increase taxes. Tax increase hurts the root of the national strength. Over the years, the people will not live in poverty and die. This is a dead circle. No matter which dynasty it is, as long as you enter this circle, it will inevitably die, and there is almost no way to get rid of it!"

When Zuo Zongtang heard this, his face suddenly turned cold and his anger turned dark.

Although Hu Chuyuan's words make sense, they can't be said, even if there are only two of them here.