For Jia Yucun, Feng Ziying never had much hope.

The difference does not mean that the other person has to be evil, and even in some cases, the person can be used.

This society is not either friend or foe, and it is even more impossible for the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty to be like this, and it is more of a wall grass that sits and watches the changes in the situation.

Ying Tianfu prefect or Fu Yin, the weight is not light, I don't know Wang Ziteng's intentions, and he used this position to win over Jia Yucun, which shows two aspects, one is that Wang Ziteng does have the intention to strengthen his own camp, and the other is that he does not have many Shilin Wenchen in his hands, otherwise it is impossible for someone like Jia Yucun to be reused by him because of greed and favoritism.

This is Xungui's natural shortcoming, unless you can be admitted to the Jinshi and completely change your attributes, no matter what position you are in, this dead knot will not be solved.

Of course, you can sit in the position of emperor, that's another matter, whether it's Zhao Kuangyin or Zhu Yuanzhang, they have all changed their original attributes, and so is the Taizu of the Great Zhou.

Feng Ziying hasn't seriously thought about what her future will be, it's too far away, she wants to lead the Great Zhou to defeat the Tatars and Jurchens, annihilate the Japanese Invaders, and make the Great Zhou the hegemon of East Asia, and it is estimated that she will not have that qualification in ten or even twenty years, and can only be positioned as a distant ideal goal.

But the goals in the near and medium term are indeed very clear, one is to avoid getting involved in the matter of the Heavenly Family's seizure of the throne, which is a catastrophe, and the slightest carelessness is the death of the family, and the second is to study and enter the office, completely get rid of the shortcomings of the Wuxun family, and become the most respected and popular civil official in the Great Zhou.

Now that he has a certain foundation, Qingtan Academy can provide him with full support, and at the same time, some of the changes that the imperial court will promote in the autumn and spring examinations can also make his advantages more prominent, which can largely make up for his shortcomings in the foundation of scripture and righteousness.

In the final analysis, I still have to study, and after this spring break, I am afraid that I will usher in another year of hard study.

Back home, Ruixiang brought him a message that Sister Lin was restless again and wanted to meet.

Thinking of this, Feng Ziying had a headache, didn't she say that it was good to choose a day during spring break? There are still two days left before the Chinese New Year.

"Master, Second Master Lian and Second Master Bao both know that you are back and sent a post, and it seems that the master has also received a post from the master of Rongguo Mansion, saying that he hopes you will have time to talk about it."

"Mr. Zheng sent a post?" Of course, it is impossible for Jia Zheng to send a post to himself directly, but he must have left a message for the person who sent the post and wanted to go to Jiafu to walk around by himself.

This must have nothing to do with other things, it can only have something to do with Jia Baoyu's reading.

It is estimated that it was the grand meeting of the North and South Shilin in Qingtan Academy that made Jia Zheng feel a huge shock, and saw the influence of such a Shilin atmosphere on the entire Jingshi City, and then felt that Jia Baoyu still had hope of reading the book, so he wanted to find himself to understand the situation.

But can this be compared?

Although she is not optimistic that Jia Baoyu can read the book, Feng Ziying does not have much hostility towards Jia Baoyu.

People don't bother Lin Yatou much now, so there is no old grudge, don't you also have this in mind?

Isn't that right?

Just pondering, Ruixiang said again: "In addition, Duan Sanye came back from Shandong, and the master said that you will go to your wife when you come back." ”

Cousin is back? So fast?

It seems that the Xue family's movements are not slow.

Feng Ziying nodded: "I know." ”

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From the beginning of knowing that this business was promoted by his little cousin, Duan Xigui began to carefully observe, understand and ponder.

It is necessary not only to ponder people, but also to ponder to make a living.

The little cousin was only thirteen years old, and he actually intended to take over the Feng family's livelihood, which made Duan Xigui very surprised, and it seemed that his uncle and two aunts actually nodded.

Uncle doesn't care much about these things, and the eldest aunt is a rough character and doesn't care much about the work, mainly her own aunt, that is, Xiao Duan's specific question, but no matter how close the aunt is, she can't resist the son of others.

This cousin was brought up by the little aunt, but the eldest aunt didn't bring it much when she was a child, so the cousin has always been very close to the little aunt.

How did Duan Xigui start to make such a big business Duan Xigui didn't know what to do at first, so when he first arranged for him to go to Shandong, he was not very happy, especially when he made a living in partnership, if he did a good job, maybe it was the credit over there, and if he did a bad job, it was his responsibility.

But the little aunt told the specific situation, and said that it was the cousin who named her to let her go, Duan Xigui realized that the people let him go in order to show that he trusted the Duan family, otherwise he would not be able to take his turn at all.

After this trip to Shandong, Duan Xigui completely understood a lot, the Xue family is so big a business, but they are willing to cooperate with the Feng family, although they have the Feng family's connections in Shandong, but it is said that the Xue family initially recognized some of the business methods proposed by his cousin, otherwise the Xue family would not dare to rush north.

When Feng Ziying stepped into the house, Duan Xigui stood up, "Brother Keng is here." ”

"My cousin is back, I'm afraid this trip is hard, right?" Feng Ziying met her mother and aunt first, and then greeted her cousin, "Sit down, it's all a family, why be so polite?" ”

That's what he said, but Duan Xigui didn't dare to be casual, it seemed that he hadn't seen him for more than a month, and he felt that this cousin seemed to be a little different again, but he couldn't say what was different.

It's no wonder that this Qingtan Academy has a great reputation, everyone wants to go, and seeing how long my cousin has been there, it feels a little reborn.

"Brother Keng, Xigui is back, things are going well in Linqing, then the Xue family does have some background, and they can get a handful of people in all aspects, so Xigui said that it is estimated that it will be opened in March or April." Duan motioned for his son to sit in his own house, the empty position was Feng Tang's, and if Feng Tang didn't come, it would have to be empty.

"Oh? It seems to be beyond my expectations, cousin, there is nothing wrong with the Xue family, right? Feng Ziying sat down very casually, "The Xue family is not simple, his girl promised to review the Hanlin Academy, but the two sides are young, so they dragged it, this Mei Hanlin has just given the review, and the future can be expected." ”

"Why haven't you heard you in this relationship before?" Duan frowned.

"In the past, my son didn't know it, but today I learned about it from Mr. Jia."

Feng Ziying's memory is a little vague, Xue Baoqin and Na Mei Hanlin's son are engaged, but in the end, there is no saying whether they got married, it seems that Na Mei Hanlin didn't seem to mix well later, what happened, and it was not said in the book "Dream of Red Mansions", at least the first eighty episodes were not this one.

"Hanlin's sister-in-law promised this marriage?" Xiao Duan didn't seem to believe it.

How is this possible? The face of the scholar is bigger than the sky, how can he promise such a marriage?

Besides, this Xue family is an ancestor who has been an official, but now it has withered after all, you said that the long house still has a royal family to rely on, and these two rooms are almost pure businessmen, what about the imperial merchants? That's nothing more than a little more connections and a few taels of silver at home.

"I don't know." Feng Ziying was stunned.

He didn't ask much about this situation, he didn't care so much about the distinction between the concubines and the concubines, and this had nothing to do with himself, so why did he ask others about the divisions of the concubines?

But the people of this era are different, the distinction between the descendants and the concubines is deep-rooted, to put it mildly, even if the Su family and the Xie family give birth to a son, if they want to compare with Feng Ziying, they don't even think about it, just look at how big the difference between Jia Baoyu and Jia Huan is, you can understand the gap between them.

Even if Xiao Duan, who is a concubine, gives birth to a son, it is a level worse than Feng Ziying, unless Feng Ziying dies, then everyone else doesn't think about it.

"If it's a concubine, it makes sense." The Duan family nodded, the concubine's words are limited in influence, and the Xue family's ability to borrow power is also limited, "San Lang, you tell Brother Cong about the situation over there, he has always kept it in mind." ”

Duan Xigui has a high opinion of his cousin's weighty status.

This eldest aunt had been unwilling to listen to her about the situation of Linqing's livelihood before, and she had to wait until her cousin came back, and she was still a little unimpressed, but now it seems that the eldest aunt is determined to hand over this business to her cousin to be responsible, but doesn't the cousin want to study? Why do you have to take care of these livelihoods again?

"Cousin, don't be confused, this time the business is the younger brother I asked for from my mother in every possible way, so my mother simply let go, but the younger brother I want to study, I really don't have too much energy to ask, so I proposed to my mother and aunt that my cousin be responsible, the specific situation I also explained to my cousin last time, and my father will go to Shandong after the year, just to make some preparations for our Feng family's livelihood in Shandong in the future, cousin, you tell me about the situation first."

Feng Ziying sat down, there was no superfluous nonsense, but there was also politeness, but her attitude was unquestionable.

Duan Xigui also solemnly took out some account books and records that he had brought with him, and began to report the specific situation of the entire Linqing jewelry shop to make a living.

Feng Ziying has been carefully observing the performance of this cousin, less than thirty years old, flexible in mind, strong in accepting new things, and very meticulous and serious in doing things, otherwise the Duan family has a large number of concubines, and if they want to come to the Feng family to beg for a living, they will not choose him.

As for loyalty, Feng Ziying feels a little ridiculous to say this, everything must be conditional, you ask people to be loyal, it also depends on the conditions you prescribe to others, as far as the current observation is concerned, Duan Xigui is not the kind of person who is insatiable, and he is also practical and serious in doing things, the key is that the brain is easy to use, and he can accept some seemingly unreasonable arrangements of his own, which is enough.

After listening to Duan Xigui's report quietly, Feng Ziying nodded, "I will discuss some specific issues with my cousin later, how is my cousin doing in the things I arranged?" ”

As soon as he talked about this, Duan Xigui couldn't help frowning, but seeing his cousin's determined gaze, he also knew that there was no doubt about it.

He even suspected that the reason why this cousin suddenly wanted to make a living from this jewelry was to engage in his so-called "experiment".