Chapter 66: The Godson
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In the outer study, An Hai was not gossiped about by his father-in-law, uncle, and brother-in-law, and they were all staring at an invitation a little stunned. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The invitation was sent by Lord He, inviting Zeng Fan to his house for dinner, on the grounds that he had a bottle of good wine. Seems like a good reason. Between friends, if you have a good wine, of course you have to share it. This has been done before. Still, are they still friends at this point?
Although An Hai is not in Zeng's house these days, he still knows a little about things outside. Lord He was originally his father's subordinate, and An Yuan would sometimes go home to talk about it, which was also a way to teach his son. Let him listen to him and the old man talk about the old things in the officialdom, so that he doesn't know the depth of wandering outside.
As for the fact that Lord He and the people of the Hunan Gang targeted Zeng Fan, the old man and his father were happy to see it, Zeng Fan was supported by the family, and they didn't want Zeng Fan to step on two boats.
An Hai just listened silently and didn't express any opinions, showing that Zeng Fan's education of him over the years was quite successful, even to his father and grandfather, he knew that he had to leave three points for words. At this time, he didn't move anything when he saw this post, but just looked up at his father-in-law, as if asking for advice.
"Also, nothing strange. didn't really turn his face, he invited him to dinner, I really couldn't help but go, but not going gave him a chance. Zeng Fan misunderstood his son-in-law's astonishment, he thought that his son-in-law wanted to say, 'What is there to think about Lord He, please eat?' Thinking that he didn't know anything in between, he laughed self-deprecatingly and sighed lightly.
"Lord He seems to have some misunderstanding of his father, but it is incomprehensible to invite his father to drink at this time." The little monkey is obviously not easy to explain, and can only be vague.
"It's just a five-grade petty official, and my father-in-law doesn't need to give them too much face." At this time, An Hai couldn't help but express his position. Of course, this is also his psychological words. Officialdom is always pursued, and officials crush people to death. Zeng Fan Erpin, is the favorite minister of Emperor Zhengyang, the teacher of the current princes, no matter who is on the throne, I am afraid that Zeng Fan will have to give Zeng Fan a little face. Lord He came out at this time to instigate everyone to go against Zeng Fan, and it seemed that he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
"You!" Zeng Fan smiled and shook his head, but still glanced at his son-in-law deeply, thinking, "Look at your uncle's legs, do you think he has no background or no connections." The results were united by people and saw the results? ”
"Brother-in-law, that's because my official is too young." Brother Hao quit, he knows the seventh grade, even if he has a second-grade father-in-law, a promising brother-in-law, and the richest man's father, but these can't stop the jealous gaze. This time, he rushed into Beijing, in fact, he also knew that if this matter was not handled well, it would really affect Zeng Fan's future. Not to mention anything else, if they send someone back to their hometown at this time, but Zeng Qing will be killed, then Zeng Fan will really have to go back to his hometown to worry. Emperor Zhengyang has won love once, it is impossible to win love a second time, you must know that Zeng Yi has not returned to the capital from the countryside yet!
It's not that he didn't think about drawing a scoop with a gourd and killing one of the He family's hometowns, but in the end he didn't do it. Even if he didn't tell Zeng Fan, he felt that he couldn't pass the threshold of conscience. For political purposes, he really can't take the life of an innocent old man. So he would rather be more direct now, and it would be easier to kill the hypocrite, Lord He. However, he didn't want to get his hands dirty, he said that he looked down on that Lord He a little, these years, only five grades, Brother Hao believes that if he wasn't so young and frivolous back then, he must be taller than Lord He now.
"Same! Even if Hai'er doesn't become an official in the future, you have to remember that even if you are the son of the An family, your future is still full of dangers, as long as they make up their minds, even if you are on the front line, even if you are covered with hands and mouths, you will not escape bad luck. Zeng Fan said solemnly to the freshly baked son-in-law.
"Yes, just like Qin II in history, even if the first emperor is talented, he can't pass on the second generation. And it was Xiang Yu Nawufu and Liu Bang who overthrew him. Brother Hao nodded, can he be better than those kings who died in the country if he was from a good background? But why they can become the king of the dead country, in addition to their own problems, there are actually those human factors. Because they were too arrogant, they didn't see the form clearly, and they didn't think about people in their own shoes, so they finally achieved infamy through the ages, and no one blamed anyone.
"That's right, being a father is only a second-class person, and over the years, except for the long-term companion Junshang, he really hasn't done anything. Why do you think that Master He, who starts from the bottom little by little, is not as good as a father? Zeng Fan nodded, this time he was not only targeting his son-in-law, but also at the little monkey.
"This is also what the officialdom says, the king of Hades is good, the little ghost is difficult, although they are not big, but they are all very real departments in Beijing, they also have a certain influence in the clear stream, if it really spreads, even the father's fellow villagers feel that their father's eyes are above the top, chasing the wealthy. I'm afraid that my father's reputation among Shilin will be greatly affected. The little monkey has studied this matter in depth these days, and he is busy calming down and speaking clearly.
"Reputation is only one aspect, I have discussed it with your mother, and when you leave, I will apply to the emperor to return to my hometown to be a magistrate, people must always be down-to-earth, and every step can go on well." Zeng Fan waved his hand, although he cared about reputation, but what he cared more about was that he wanted to apply to return to his hometown, at least when the situation did not develop out of control, intervene as soon as possible, maybe at least let the people suffer less. And when he returned to his hometown to be an official, in addition to the support of the Chen family, he also hoped that these people from the Hunan Gang would not make trouble for themselves.
"Daddy!"
"Father-in-law!"
"Brother-in-law!"
The three of them exclaimed in unison. They never expected that Zeng Fan's entangled problem was this. When he returned to his hometown to be an official, he was already a second-grade official, and the Hunan Governor was only a second-grade official, so he was demoted to a post, but he was afraid that in the eyes of the people, he had done something wrong and was demoted back to his hometown.
Of course, the governor is not impossible to be a second-grade governor, and it is also possible to let him take the second-rank title to be in charge of the military and political affairs of a province. It's just that the timing is sensitive now, it is a sensitive period of alternation between the old and the new, and he is transferred away from the center at this time, not to make people forget his existence, the new emperor will be rewarded for meritorious deeds in the future, who will remember him as a teacher?
"I'm not busy talking, let's talk about my opinion, should I go?" Zeng Fan didn't want to hear what they said, what he wanted was to see how his son and son-in-law dealt with this matter.
"Of course you have to go, you can't be told the truth, Lord He is hypocritical and cunning, but I don't dare to harm you. It's okay to listen to what he says, but you shouldn't be there anyway. The little monkey said hurriedly.
"What about you?" Zeng Fan looked at his son-in-law.
"My son-in-law thinks you should go, but you can't let it go. He told you to go, and you went, and it was a bit embarrassing to spread the word. Otherwise, the son-in-law Ming'er sent a table of noodles to the He family, and the wine was served, and we should have ordered some food. An Hai rolled his eyes, bowed with a smile on his face, and said.
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