Chapter 1
Xue Zheng, the head of the Xue family in Jinling, has really not had a good time recently.
He put down the "greeting" letter from Zhen Yingjia, the head of the Zhen family, who was also from the Jinling family, and frowned.
He has read this letter several times, and there is nothing on the content on it, but it implies a different message, which is to the effect that the Zhen family is planning to "find another virtuous lord", and now he is optimistic about a certain highness, and that one also welcomes capable people to join.
Yes, this is a "recruitment" letter.
This is nothing.
After all, the sage has been in power for forty years now, and the princes under him have all grown up, and they are all staring at the position of their emperor Lao Tzu, and they dare not make big moves but small actions are continuous, which makes the court turbulent, not to mention, even this south far away from the capital is not exempt from vulgarity.
In particular, the area of Jinling has always been rich, and it has always been a "place where soldiers must fight". With such a big piece of fat, which one doesn't covet it?
- It is understandable that the princes would come all the way to intervene.
It is understandable to understand, but the hand of a certain highness envoy of the Zhen family had to make Xue Zheng more careful.
If Xue Zheng was really just one of the four major families and a mere imperial businessman, Xue Zheng would not be like this. However, he has another identity - he is a member of the General Administration Department under the command of the current sage, and he is also the leader of Jinling and even the entire south.
Moreover, "Jia Shi Wang Xue" doesn't say it, but who doesn't know that the four major families are from the prince's faction?
- It can be seen that the Zhen family's appearance is very intriguing.
Xue Zheng guessed that Zhen Yingjiaxu suspected that he was a member of the General Administration under the command of the sage, but there should be no conclusive evidence—otherwise the letter would not have said so—probably because he wanted to deceive him with a few words.
Knowing that he has not been exposed, he can't say that the other party is still casting a wide net, of course Xue Zheng will not be stupid enough to jump out like this.
And the reason why Zhen Yingjia is so unscrupulous is probably related to the current situation of the prince.
Originally, the sage set up the prince early, and those of them who were courtiers would not have the trouble of standing.
However, in recent years, the prince's behavior has become more and more unstable, and his former son was even reprimanded by the saint in front of him. Xue Zheng didn't need to investigate carefully to know how unstable those people's hearts were at this time.
Xue Zheng even received rumors recently, saying that the prince was sick on the surface, but he was actually planning something in the prince's mansion.
The rumor also said with great certainty that the matter of the prince, if nothing else, would break out within the year.
Because of this "rumor", Xue Zheng has received "greeting" letters from the other three families more than once recently.
The highness of the Zhen family must have known the prince's recent movements and thought that the prince would be defeated, so he took the opportunity to order Zhen Yingjia to win over his subordinates and try them everywhere.
Xue Zheng knows very well that the Zhen family's "actions" have become bigger and bigger in recent years, but in view of the fact that the General Administration Department is in the dark, he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous.
Assuming that Xue Zheng really wants to change to the prince recommended by the Zhen family, it is indeed to show sincerity and show enough strength. And as soon as he was exposed, he represented the entire south, and he was almost taken in by that one prince.
At that time, the Zhen family will really do whatever they want.
- If Xue Yan can know this secret and the cause and effect of this incident, he will probably be able to deduce how the original Xue's father hangs:
It is very likely that it was because of the defeat of the crown prince, so Father Xue planned to fight hard and take all the resources of the general administration department in the south under the command of the sage and led by him to defect to other princes;
Probably Father Xue thought that with so many resources from him, he would definitely be taken seriously, so he didn't think of keeping a hand or anything, but he didn't expect that the Zhen family's appetite was so big, they accepted Father Xue's resources, took it for themselves without snorting, and turned around and killed Father Xue.
Due to the particularity of the General Administration, it is estimated that if the saint does not investigate carefully, he will not notice at all that one of his leaders has been transferred.
And as soon as Xue's father died, the orphans and widows of the Xue family and several other people were simply not afraid, and they even had to thank the Zhen family for not killing!
- However, a three-year-old child has no right to know such a secret matter.
Therefore, Xue Zheng could only look at the Zhen family's letter and continue to worry.
At this time, because the Xue Pan brothers formed a team to "brush down people", they made the family jump, and made one by one the subordinates have suffering.
So a few subordinates were bold enough to find Xue Zheng to cry.
Xue Zheng listened to these words about how naughty their two sons were, and their heads were already hurting, and they hurt even more.
Let the subordinates who came to cry (complain) and complain (complain) leave, in line with the principle of "if I am not happy, I will make everyone unhappy", Xue Zheng waved his hand and slipped the two sons who made a lot of trouble to him, and said: Check your studies.
This learning has always been a "panacea" for Xue Zheng to "educate" children. At this time, especially the eldest son Brother Shun, no matter how arrogant he is on weekdays, he has to obediently hold Lao Tzu's tail!
I never expected that this tried and tested method would fail today!
I saw Brother Shun's Xue Pan, unprecedented, and he memorized a passage of the book smoothly!! so shocked that Xue Zheng wanted to run out to see if it was raining red in the sky.
When Xue Zheng came back to his senses, he saw Xue Pan's stunned appearance, so he didn't get angry. The former slapped the table angrily, shook Brother Xue Pan fiercely, and scolded:
"What are you proud of, "Thousand Character Text" is the book that your brother started to read! How old is your brother this year, how old is your kid?!"
Xue Pan reflexively shrunk his neck, and after a while, he actually had the courage to refute: "I, I can't memorize this book when I was enlightened!"
The youngest sons on the side, Brother Xiang and Xue Yan, also interjected: "That's right, brother has made progress!
Xue Pan: "That's right!
Xue Zheng almost laughed angrily.
However, Brother Xiang also has a point.
It is not easy for his eldest son to be able to recite a paragraph, or in other words, to be willing to endorse it.
The eldest son is so blunt, if it weren't for his youngest son, the little year commemorative book is really talented, and the Chen Xixi in the family probably couldn't stand it and resigned, right?
Xue Zheng looked at the appearance of his sons singing and harmonizing and the two brothers being good, and he really didn't dare to imagine that the two of them were still in trouble as soon as they met before.
It's probably that Brother Shun is willing to calm down and study, and Brother Xiang has a share of the credit.
Xue Zheng stiffened his face and said, "Even if you make progress, you can't be tired!" Brother Shun, you don't work hard to catch up with the progress!"
When Xue Pan saw Father Xue's appearance, he had no choice but to respond.
It was Xue Yan, as if he couldn't see his brother being scolded, looked up at Xue Zheng who was sitting on the chair, and asked, "Dad, there is something my son doesn't understand very well, I hope my father can give an answer." ”
Xue Zheng glanced at his youngest son, and didn't know what the other party was doing, so he had to say, "Say it." ”
"Daddy," Xue Yan's voice was clear, word by word, "My brother and I, why do we want to study?"