The rich lady of the Qing Dynasty did not want to marry a poor scholar, and let the lady marry on her behalf, and a few years later the rich lady regretted it
In various novels and movies and televisions, we see a lot of bridge sections of "lady marrying instead of a mane", Miss Qianjin is not satisfied with her future husband, or the princess of Diao Man can't look at the designated horse, so she lets the mane around her marry instead of herself, and then find someone she loves to stay with for a lifetime.
In the past, I always thought that such a bridge section was funny and funny, and would only appear in the story, but I did not expect that there was indeed something in history, and it happened to Tao Shu, a heavy minister in the late Qing Dynasty.
The true version of the poor young man: the surrogate marriage
Born in 1779 in Anhua, Hunan Province, Tao Shu showed his talent for reading and entering school when he was a teenager, and studied at Yuelu Academy, where his poetry, policy and eight talents were very outstanding. In 1798, the 19-year-old Tao Shu had not yet entered the army, and his family was also generally well-off, and his future was uncertain, so he accepted the order of his parents and prepared to marry and start a family before starting a business.
The affair with Tao Shu was Huang Defen, a young lady of the Huang family of the rich gentleman of the same county, and both parents had seen each other and were relatively satisfied with each other, but the arrogant Miss Huang had her own ideas.
She felt that although Tao Shu studied very hard and looked tall, but his family was poor and he did not have a meritorious name, he could not marry his wife and husband gui, but he must first follow the hardships, and whether he could get out in this life completely depended on luck. If the other party can't pass the meritorious name in a lifetime, then isn't he going to suffer from sin all his life and bear the name of a sour show and a yellow-faced woman?
Miss Huang, who has been pampered since childhood, is worried, just want to doze off on the pillow, watching the hard-working Tao Shu once again fall off the list, this time even Huang Laoye's attitude is also uncertain. Therefore, seeing that the wedding date was approaching, after the family discussed, they felt more and more that Tao Shu had no future, and simply did not stop and made a method of Li Daitao's stiffness to let Miss Huang's side of the maid marry instead of herself.
However, they underestimated Tao Shu's shrewdness, and on the day of their marriage, the "false bride" Ya Gui had just come down from the hijab with her hijab covered, and when she saw the walking posture and careful demeanor, Tao Shu knew that something was wrong. But at this time, it was also his own face that turned over, and a good tutor and steady thinking made him endure it, and he waited until he finished the worship hall and entered the cave room to show a hint of hesitation.
At this time, the "Miss Huang" who was pretending to be a young lady was also nervous, and she had cultivated a skill of observing the color of speech and being cautious, and when she saw Tao Shu lift the hijab, she sat on the side, expressionless, as if she had discovered something.
Out of guilt and fear, this beautiful and kind lady put out all the causes and consequences and asked Tao Shu's forgiveness.
Who knew that after Tao Shu listened, he looked at her and smiled, not only did he not get angry, but he no longer had a cold face, and his attitude also changed, becoming kind and warm. It turned out that he had already seen everything from the feet of the beard. The Qing Dynasty had a tradition of foot binding, at that time only the beard would not wrap the foot, and Miss Huang, who was born in a rich gentry's family, must be a pair of three-inch golden lotus, but the bride was a pair of heavenly feet when she got off the car, so the Huang family not only repented of marriage, but also got a mane for themselves instead.
Tao Shu and Yan Yuexi confessed to Ya Gui, he also heard that Miss Huang was a pampered and arrogant person, and did not like that kind of person, and marrying relatives and completing marriage was only an obstacle to her parents' fate. And now that the fake bride was able to tell him everything, he was very pleased. Tao Shu had a good feeling for this kind and gentle lady, so she did not have to be afraid, in the future she was the wife she was marrying, and now that they have opened up everything, they will not have a gap in their hearts, and they will be able to live a good life in the future.
The bride was also very touched to hear this, and she admired this husband from a humble origin, and she vowed to serve him wholeheartedly and help him to obtain a meritorious name.
Tao Shu, a famous minister of the Qing Dynasty, repeatedly failed to succeed, and the bride was replaced by a beard, and after a few years, the other party could not climb high
Thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi, exhaling and raising eyebrows are real gold
Chinese hao to say a sentence "thirty years of Hedong and thirty years of Hexi", which means that Hexi is poor, and Tao Shu's life trajectory after that is exactly verified by this sentence.
Three years after marrying a relative, Jiaqing came to run in the seventh year, that is, in 1802, when Tao Shu came to run, and with extremely high results, he passed the second rank of jinshi, was awarded the title of Shu Jishi, and served as a Hanlin editor. After that, his official career was like that of Kai Hang, and he was smooth and smooth, first serving as a royal historian, and then being delegated to Guangxi, Fujian, Anhui Province and other places as envoys and inspectors, and in office, he achieved outstanding political achievements.
In the fourteenth year of Daoguang, that is, in 1830, after eight years of official struggle, he was reused by the Daoguang Emperor as the governor of Liangjiang, becoming a feudal official with real power.
During his tenure as governor of Liangjiang, Tao Shu, who was an old and spicy political strategist, was very authoritative, built water conservancy and education, and in economic and commercial affairs, he even straightened out the shipping, water transportation, and salt industries in an orderly manner.
So what happened to that Miss Huang in the first place?
She later married a rich and wealthy brother as she wished, but unfortunately she was abandoned not long after due to the loss of virtue, and after returning to her mother's house, Tao Shu was already famous at this time, and the snobbish Huang family parents did not give her a face, and soon she married a butcher at will, and her life was terrible.
It is said that twenty years later, the kind-hearted Lady Tao once accompanied her husband yijin back to her hometown, met this former lady on the street of her hometown, saw her life was very bad, heartbroken, wanted to help, but Miss Huang had long been resentful of her for marrying and ruined her life, robbing her own official wife's life, Mrs. Tao had to love and help when she saw this situation, and no one has ever seen Miss Huang since.
Some people say that she regretted that she had committed suicide in the first place, and some people said that she finally chose to become a monk and accompanied the green lantern ancient Buddha to this remnant of her life.