After sending away the two women of the dealer's house, Lin Qingyun learned the origin of the dealer's family from Daiyu's mouth.

The dealer is a generation of scholars, inherited for hundreds of thousands of years, the past dynasties have produced a lot of Confucianism, and there is a century-old academy, which can be described as a peach and plum all over the world. The Zhuang family likes to study and learn, but they rarely become officials, but whenever they come out, they will definitely rise to prominence as the emperor's important ministers. When the emperor was the first emperor, the old lady of the Zhuang family was the first assistant of the cabinet, and concurrently served as the secretary of the ministry and the prince and the prince, and was the head of the contemporary literary world. Such a big family, with lush branches and leaves, it stands to reason that the children should be good and bad, but it is really difficult for outsiders to grasp the handle of the dealer. The dealer has been inherited for hundreds of years, and the family is very strict, and there are more family rules that have been passed down to this day: men cannot take concubines, and women cannot be concubines. The former is the beginning of the disaster for the family because of the dispute between wives and concubines, and the eldest husband should cultivate himself and cultivate his nature, how can he be delayed in beauty. The latter is because of the historical battle for the throne of the bloody river, I don't know how many families were wiped out in an instant, the dealer can be a minister, but not a prince outside the family.

The old lady of the dealer adheres to the ancestral teachings, and the dynasty does not force women to be sent into the palace, and there is never a dealer girl in the palace, which is also a major reason why he is relied on by the emperor as a confidant.

However, there are accidents.

In the early years of the first emperor, there was a crown prince, and he personally raised his feelings since he was a child, and the prince enjoyed even more specifications than the emperor. When the prince became an adult, he wanted to marry the crown princess, and after several selections, the first emperor actually chose the daughter of the old lady of the Zhuang family. Old lady Zhuang moved out of the ancestral teachings and repeatedly depreciated herself, but it was difficult to change the heart of the emperor. After the Zhuang girl entered the East Palace, the Zhuang family no one came out, a few years later, the old lady Zhuang repeatedly wrote to the Shi on the grounds of frequent illness and lack of energy, the first emperor rejected it several times, and finally agreed to return to his home to raise his honor, only not allowed to return to his hometown. More than ten years later, the crown princess died, and Zhuang Pei, the son of the Zhuang family, wrote a letter to resign, but the emperor did not allow it. After a year, the prince forced the palace to fail, the first emperor was furious, and all the rebellious people were imprisoned, and the dealer was the prince and the Yue family. Fortunately, the emperor calmed down afterwards, thinking that the dealer had always been interested, and indeed had not participated in the rebellion, so he issued an order to exonerate, but all the people who came out of the dealer were dismissed, only Zhuang Pei was demoted to southern Yunnan, and the dealer has not entered Beijing since then.

Of course, this is all information on the surface.

After a little analysis in her heart, Lin Qingyun guessed more inside information.

The first emperor had a deep relationship with the prince in his early years, and naturally gave the best of everything, although the Zhuang family had ancestral training, but it was undeniable that the Zhuang family had both important ministers in the court and high prestige in the literary world, and it would be a good help for the prince to choose such a Yue family. Old lady Zhuang saw the horror of imperial power, no matter how deep the father-son relationship is, sooner or later it will be consumed by the power, not to mention that the first emperor has a long life, the prince is older, and the emperor's suspicion will sooner or later collapse the relationship between father and son. The old lady Zhuang can only try her best to reduce the power of the Zhuang family, but the daughter must be the crown princess, and the Zhuang family is the prince's family, once something happens, the Zhuang family will definitely overturn.

Lin Qingyun remembered that the crown princess had never had children, and the current King Jingjun was actually the eldest son, and later recorded in the name of the crown princess. Thinking of the coincidental death of the crown princess inevitably makes people suspicious. Moreover, even if the crown princess dies, King Jingjun is not the princess's own son, but the princess is his wife, and all the prince's children must respect her as his mother, not to mention that it has been recorded in his name, the dealer is still the prince's family, and it is still the foreign family of King Jingjun, even if the dealer is really not involved, it will not be incomprehensible for the emperor to eradicate the dealer in anger, and then the dealer has suffered no casualties except for a prison sentence.

The question was said unconsciously, and Daiyu smiled: "How could my sister not think of it?" As the saying goes, 'prosperity and decline', although the banker's family rules are strict and self-disciplined, in the end the power is great, when the emperor likes it, it is no hindrance, once there is a suspicion, how can it be tolerated? At that time, the first emperor did not have the intention of completely destroying the Zhuang family, after all, the prince raised by his own hands can rebel, let alone the courtiers? The first emperor was reluctant to kill the prince, and it was necessary to cut off all the wings of the prince, and the dealer himself bore the brunt. ”

Qingyun was like an initiation, and instantly understood: "I understand, the Zhuang family was the head of the literary world at that time, so there were many friends, peach and plum in the world, not to mention that the crown princess is dead, and the Zhuang family has no high position in the court, and it is true that he has never participated in the rebellion. The first emperor locked people up first, and then released them, but it made people feel that the emperor was clear, and dismissed all the Zhuang family, leaving only the eldest master of the Zhuang family, which seemed to be benevolent to the emperor. Isn't this the Imperial Technique? It not only suppressed the power of the banker, but also left a good reputation. ”

Because the two wanted to talk about the dealer, Daiyu deliberately let the maids go out, so that someone was standing outside the door at this time, but they didn't know it.

Lin Ruhai originally came to talk to them about the banker's entry into Beijing, but when he heard this, he was shocked and very emotional. Qingyun has always been mature and steady, and occasionally shows xàn sensitivity in political affairs, but Daiyu is a poetic and painting daughter, he knows that he is smart, but he never thought that he could be so smart, and he really lived up to his upbringing as a boy since he was a child, but he was afraid that he really had a son and was not as good as Daiyu.

"Ahem!" Lin Ruhai deliberately made a sound and lifted the felt curtain to enter.

"Daddy/Father-in-law." The two people in the room hurriedly got up to greet each other.

"You don't have to come out, be careful about catching a cold." Lin Ruhai only stood outside the screen and said: "You have also seen the dealer's arrival, Yu'er is afraid that she knows some things about the dealer, but Qingyun doesn't know." When his father entered Beijing to participate in the examination, he was lucky to get the first place, and the chief examiner who presided over the examination was the old lady of the Zhuang family. I have gained a lot for my father, and I have a lot of respect for the old lady in my heart, and I have the heart to apprentice to the teacher, but the old lady did not allow it, but in the heart of the father, the old lady is already the teacher, if it were not for the special situation, this master-apprentice relationship would have been worthy of the name. ”

Daiyu heard him mention the dealer when he was a child, and always praised the dealer for being worthy of being a poet who has been inherited for hundreds of years, and both men and women in the clan are clear in poetry and books, which is also a reason why Daiyu was raised as a boy back then.

"Now that the dealer has the will to enter Beijing, he must be reused by the emperor, and I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse." Lin Ruhai sighed.

Lin Qingyun's eyes turned and he understood what he meant, the dealer finally came out of southern Yunnan, indicating that the current emperor will no longer hold on to the old things, but now that the princes are older, they are all fighting black-eyed chickens, how can the dealer come back at this time and be quiet? Again...... King Jingjun is the son of the first prince, but I am afraid that it is not so peaceful, this juncture is on the banker's return to Beijing, who knows that it is not the emperor's plan to lure the snake out of the hole?

Lin Qingyun suddenly spoke: "Father-in-law, I often hear people say that when the saint is a prince today, he is just and strict, never favoritism, and now he is the king of a country, and he is still strict with the law and diligent in government affairs and cares for the people, isn't such an emperor a rare emperor through the ages?" ”

Lin Ruhai was stunned at first, not understanding what she meant by suddenly singing the emperor's praises, but after tasting what she said, she smiled suddenly: "Yes!" Qingyun is right, today is a rare Mingjun. ”

Since he is a Ming Jun, he will definitely cherish talents, even if King Jingjun really has bad intentions? If you enter the court as an official and don't know how much you can do for the people of the world, how can the emperor fold into the dealer who can be a virtuous minister because of a king of the county.

Lin Ruhai stroked his palms and sighed: "It is really a great blessing to have a father and a daughter like this. The Zhuang family must arrive in Beijing in the middle of the month at the latest, and now their eldest son will come to clean up the house first, and leave him to live in the house temporarily for his father. ”

When Daiyu heard this, she asked, "Where did Daddy arrange for the eldest son of Zhuang?" ”

"For my father, I asked people to clean up the yard next to the study, and then you can see what to decorate, and arrange a table at night to catch the wind for the eldest son of Zhuang."

"Father-in-law likes that eldest son very much?" Lin Qingyun's praise in his voice was clear.

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "This son is extraordinary, he is happy for his father, and he is worthy of being the eldest grandson of the Zhuang family, and he has a good upbringing." Thinking that after all, he was a foreign man and his daughters were older, so Lin Ruhai didn't say more, and instead talked about the daughters of the banker. I heard that there are two eldest sisters above him who are married, and there is a younger sister who is two years old, and there are also two girls in the second room, both of whom are the same age as you. ”

Lin Qingyun saw Daiyu's eyes light up, and couldn't help but quip: "Look at my sister's happiness, there will be a few more sisters at that time, and more people will accompany my sister to compose poems." ”

"I'm happy." Daiyu came to the capital from Lin Ruhai, but she felt that everything was going smoothly, and her temperament became more and more lively.

Lin Ruhai was happy for her daughter, and when she thought of her daughter's days in the Jia family, she made up her mind to only make face with the Jia family.

As soon as the decree was issued, Lin Ruhai was going to take office in the household department. When the new official took office, everything was complicated, and he had been absent from Beijing for many years, and he had been closed to the door before, but now he had to move around again after being a friend of the world, and he had to deal with the relationship with his colleagues, and he was almost busy with his feet on the ground, even if Zhuang Li lived in the courtyard next to the study, he didn't have time to see him for a while.

In addition to visiting a few relatives in the first few days, Zhuang Li either went to supervise the process of cleaning up the house at other times, or studied behind closed doors at the Lin family.

Zhuang Li is the only male in the Zhuang family's big house, 14 years old this year, the word Mingjing, in August last year, he passed the house test and won the Xiucai. If it weren't for the dealer who received the holy decree to enter Beijing, he would not have continued to participate in the later township examinations, but now it is different. Next year happens to be the triennial township examination, and he is sure that he will take the examination in three years...... Even if he knows that the princes are fighting more and more fiercely, but when he returns to the capital after more than ten years, if he can't let the emperor see the value of the banker, he is afraid that the banker will be difficult again.