Lu Jun saw that his nephew was depressed, and then ended the topic, some things can only be understood after personal experience, and he continued to return to the topic just now.

"Speaking of the four families of Jia Shiwang Xue, if their older generation has not passed away, they are indeed worthy of the title of the four major families, but now these four families are still slightly behind the Zhen family, and the Xue family has long declined, even the Li family in Jinling is much stronger than the Xue family."

Lu Jing hadn't yet pulled away from the topic just now, and when he heard the second uncle mention the Xue family, he immediately remembered that Xue Pan killed Feng Yuan, the Xue family regarded human life as child's play, and didn't take it seriously at all, and no one blamed Xue Pan.

Whether it is Jia Zheng, Jia Lian, Jia Baoyu and others, the Jia family also turned a blind eye to Xue Pan's evil deeds, and Lu Jing suddenly felt that their disregard for human life and connivance with Xue Pan were the biggest evils.

Moreover, after Xue Pan arrived at the Jia family, he was deceived and lured by the children of the Jia family, and became more unscrupulous, which shows that the Jia family's family style has been crooked, and the Jia family itself has caused a lot of lives, and no one has taken it seriously.

Lu Jing suddenly felt that the decline of the four major families was nothing to sympathize with, it was all due to karma.

Those women of the Jia family enjoy the wealth brought by the power of the Jia family, and they will inevitably bear the corresponding cause and effect.

Lu Jing thought of this, looked up and found that the second uncle was looking at him, and hurriedly gathered his mind and replied: "Second uncle, forgive me, my nephew was thinking about it for a while." ”

"As for the matter of these four families, I also heard someone mention it by chance, saying that these four families are connected, all losses are lost, all glory is honored, support and cover-up, all have care, they have deep influence in Jinling, and almost no one dares to provoke them."

"And my nephew heard that Xue Pan of the Xue family beat someone to death in public in Jinling a few years ago in order to grab a maid, but he didn't take it seriously at all, and still swaggered into Beijing, and later relied on the power of the Jia family and the Wang family to easily end the matter."

Lu Jun snorted coldly: "Such a bully, careless of human life, sooner or later there will be a day of liquidation, you look at the saint to clean up the Zhen family, none of these families can escape, this son of the Xue family will not be able to escape the punishment of the law sooner or later." ”

After Lu Jun finished speaking, he was worried that his nephew would be affected by him, so he immediately taught Lu Jingdao: "Jing'er, you must remember to cultivate yourself in the future, don't rely on power to do whatever you want, you must know that those who are good are moral, those who have good intentions are peaceful, and those who do good deeds are prosperous. ”

"The nephew must remember the teachings of the second uncle, and the nephew also knows that the family of accumulating goodness will have afterglow, and the family of accumulating unkindness will have aftermath." Lu Jing hurriedly replied.

Now he thinks about the reason for the ruin of the four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue is that his descendants are not good and he has done too many evil things.

However, there is still a deep sadness in his heart, like Xue Pan's matter, he can only be punished after the power that protects the Xue family declines, if the Jia family and the Wang family have not lost power, Xue Pan can always be at large.

And Xue Pan's matter is just a microcosm of this era, a glimpse of the whole leopard, how many such things in the whole society, I have to say that the people living in this era are extremely unfortunate.

But then again, from ancient times to the present, all eras are the same, each with its own darkness, but some eras are better hidden and unknown.

Lu Jun nodded and said: "Good is the most treasure, it is inexhaustible in life, the heart is a good field, and it is more than enough for a hundred generations, doing good deeds is in the avenue, and accumulating virtue to get blessings from disasters." ”

"Doing good deeds to accumulate virtue, not only about yourself, but also about the future of the family, your virtue will affect the family style and descendants, in the eyes of others you and the family are not separated, you do good, naturally for the family descendants to accumulate virtue, on the contrary, you do evil, but also for the descendants of the family to accumulate sins."

"My nephew also knows about this, and he will definitely cultivate himself diligently and do more good deeds and accumulate virtues."

Since Lu Jing came to this world, he has completely broken his materialist atheistic concept, and now he also believes in karma, so he usually tries his best to do good deeds and accumulate virtue.

Lu Jun has high hopes for Lu Jing, and naturally hopes that Lu Jing can always correct himself, and at this moment, he sees that his nephew has a deep understanding of this matter, and he is also deeply grateful.

"It's naturally good that you can accumulate more blessings and do good, as for the Xue family's affairs, there will be a public opinion in the future, and we don't need to discuss it too much."

"My nephew understands that some things are not unreported, but the time has not yet come." Lu Jing nodded.

Today's conversation has had a great impact on his outlook on life and values, and he originally felt that it was not good to believe in ghosts and gods, but now he feels that faith is not a kind of constraint, which makes those who are unscrupulous worry and those who suffer have something to sus.

Otherwise, I don't know how many people will be lawless because there is no restraint, and I don't know how many people will be unable to live because they are desperate for life, and then do extreme things.

"Yes, although the emperor has just grasped the real power, it seems that he has not made a move against the Zhen family, but in fact, he has already begun to cut off the Zhen family's wings." Lu Jun continued.

"The Jia family and the Wang family have always been considered by the emperor to be the same party of the Zhen family, do you know the prince Tengqi?"

"My nephew has heard of this person, and I heard that he has been promoted to the Nine Provinces Ruler three years ago, and the Holy Lord has taken him very seriously." Lu Jing replied that Wang Ziteng was the only person in a high position in the four clans of Jia Shi and Wang Xue, so he was naturally extremely concerned.

Lu Jun saw that his nephew did not understand the emperor's scheming skills, and then pointed out: "It's just that the Ming Ascends and Descends secretly, Prince Teng was originally the envoy of the Jingying Festival, and he holds the military power in the Gyeonggi area, but now the nine provinces are extremely powerful, and they are ordered to check the border, but the emperor drove the prince Teng to the territory of the king of Xining County." ”

Lu Jun was worried that his nephew didn't know about the relationship between the Wang family and the king of Xining County, and continued to explain: "The nobles of Jingzhong have always been in the same spirit, and the Holy Lord put Wang Ziteng and the king of Xining County together, just intentionally letting them fight among themselves. ”

Lu Jing then said: "My nephew has also heard a little about the situation in Beijing, the nobles represented by the four kings and eight princes in Beijing are all attached to the Taishang Emperor, they have always watched and helped each other, and they also have a large number of military power, and the emperor is helpless against them." ”

"Yes, now the nobles in Beijing have elected King Beijing as the leader, hehe, King Beijing is young and vigorous, I am afraid that he will repeat the mistakes of the old prince back then." Lu Jun said mockingly.

The reason why he thinks that Emperor Yuanyong will eventually win is because Emperor Yuanyong has watched the death of being suppressed by Emperor Taishang in recent years, but Emperor Yuanyong has secretly planned a lot of things, and they have achieved good results, and now the situation in the court is becoming more and more favorable to Emperor Yuanyong.

After hearing this, Lu Jing suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked, "What happened to the previous King of Beijing?" ”

Lu Jun shook his head and said: "It is said that he was implicated in the abolition of the crown prince, according to my guess, it should be removed by the emperor, and I don't know the specific things, but the royal family has always been extremely strict against kings of the opposite sex, and the life span of the king of Beijing in previous dynasties is not long, and the things here are too complicated for us to peek into." ”

After hearing this, Lu Jing didn't ask anymore, and then asked, "How did Wang Ziteng become the envoy of the Jingying Festival in the first place?" ”

He was quite curious about this matter, it stands to reason that the envoys of the Jingying Festival are generally the emperor's henchmen, looking at Wang Ziteng's position and Emperor Yuan Yong's attitude towards him, no matter how you look at him, he can't be Emperor Yuan Yong's henchmen.

Lu Jun explained: "This matter is a long story, when Emperor Taishang was in power, the Jingying Festival was originally served by Jia Daihua of the Ningguo Mansion, but Jia Daihua and the prince were too close, and after the prince was abolished, Jia Daihua was also implicated. ”

"He recommended Wang Zi Teng to succeed him as the envoy of the Jingying Festival, and later the emperor succeeded to the throne, because of the pressure of the emperor, Wang Zi Teng did not dare to make extra moves, three years ago the emperor used the excuse of rewarding meritorious ministers, and promoted many officials, including Wang Zi Teng!"

Lu Jing nodded clearly, although the second uncle did not say it explicitly, but he also knew that Wang Ziteng held the military power in the Gyeonggi area, and Emperor Yuanyong was naturally extremely uneasy about him, so he did everything possible to cut off the unstable factors around him.

Lu Jing then thought of a question: "In this way, the four families of Jia Shi and Wang Xue don't have much real power in Beijing?" ”

Lu Jun explained: "Yes, the emperor is already guarding against the nobles in the capital, so naturally he will not give them too much real power, and even suppress the power in their hands, but now the emperor is still suppressed by the emperor, and he does not dare to belittle the emperor's old ministers. ”

"Since you talked about these four families, do you know that although the Xue family is the richest of the four, it is also the first to decline." Lu Jun said meaningfully.

Lu Jing naturally knew the reason why the second uncle mentioned the Xue family, and he warned him that the imperial examination was the right way: "My nephew understands what the second uncle means, money is not power after all, power can bring money, but sometimes money not only does not bring power, but it will attract covetousness, or even disaster." ”

Lu Jun nodded with satisfaction and said: "It's good that you can understand this, the Xue family was originally born as a businessman, and when Taizu raised the army, the ancestor of the Xue family relied on donating most of the family wealth in exchange for the position of Ziwei Sheren, and he was just a businessman in the name." ”

"If it weren't for the marriage between the Xue family and the Wang family, I'm afraid it would have been eaten up by other magnates a long time ago, and in my opinion, the Xue family has become a vassal of the Wang family."

"My nephew should keep in mind the teachings of the second uncle and take the imperial examination as the right path!" Lu Jing said solemnly.

He agrees with the judgment of the second uncle very much, since the death of the head of the Xue family, the Xue family has basically dispersed, and now the Xue family is relying on the power of the Wang family to support it, and now the Xue family is living in the Jia family is not borrowing the momentum of the Jia family.

Lu Jun saw that his nephew looked serious, and no longer mentioned this matter, but talked about the family of Gusu: "Since you mentioned the Jinling family, do you know which families we have in Gusu?" ”

Lu Jing heard the second uncle ask about the family in Gusu, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Our Lu clan and the Lin family clan of our mentor should all belong to the family of Gusu, as well as the Xia family who now controls the weaving in Suzhou, and the Yang family where Yang Lin, the political envoy of Jiangnan, is located, all belong to the famous family of Gusu, and the other nephews are not very clear. ”

Although the Lu family's ancestral home is Gusu, but his father has been an official in Jiangning Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion, Lu Jing has lived in Gusu for the first three years since he came to this world, and then lived in Jiangning Mansion with Lu Yu, and later went to Taizhou with Lu Yu, and he has lived in Yangzhou for the last five or six years.

In addition to returning to Gusu's hometown to participate in the county, government and hospital examinations, Lu Jing only returns to Gusu every year when he worships his ancestors, so in addition to the above-mentioned families, he does not know the other families in Gusu very well.

After Lu Yu's death, their family was supposed to return to Gusu, but before they could leave, Lu Yu fell ill, and Lu Jing was worried that his father's body could not withstand the bumps of the journey, so they stayed in Yangzhou.