"In recent years, my father has been running around, but the family's situation has deteriorated year by year. He sought employment as a young man, supported independently, and did a lot of great things. How do you know that the old realm is so decadent! He was so sad that he couldn't help himself. Feelings are depressed, but they can't be sent out......"

A middle-aged man with half-white hair sat in the study, reading the weekly newspaper delivered in the morning. The study is elegant and atmospheric, revealing the owner's quite good aesthetics and elegant sentiment everywhere, all kinds of calligraphy and painting are arranged in an orderly manner, the various furnishings on the desk are also quite neat and clean, there are a few pieces of rice paper spread out in front of the master, it seems that the words have just been practiced in the morning, the brush is on the pen holder in the shape of the mountain, and the ink has not dried.

On the other side are stacks of official documents, red and white envelopes showing the different levels of importance of the documents. Next to the official document is a hard pen made of ink and goose feather tubes, a brush for writing in leisure time, and a hard pen for formal letters and official documents, which is already the consensus of the high-level of the Great Wei.

The calligraphy is beautiful, and the pavilion style is a part of the civil and military jinshi examination, and the handwriting can show a person's most basic ethics and ability. If he can't even devote himself to practicing calligraphy, how can he be convinced that he has the ability to stabilize the country?

After taking the brush with a brush, it is mainly a hard pen office, writing more than a dozen words with a brush, and the hard pen has almost finished writing a short official document, which is the difference.

The weekly newspaper was spread out on the table, page by page, and pressed with a paperweight on the side, showing the owner's orderliness and calmness.

But even people with such a personality were moved by Xu Zixian's article, and couldn't help but read it out loud.

There were people inside and outside the study, and they couldn't help nodding slightly for a while...... Apparently quite a few people have read this article.

One of the guests had a valuable status and couldn't help but say, "The Metropolitan Governor is also reading this article? It's really well written, Xu Zixian, the son of Nan'an Hou, I didn't know him before, I only knew that his father died depressed after the defeat of Qizhou, it seems that before he died, the old Nan'an Hou was depressed in his heart, and he was really sad. ”

The governor of Dadu, that is, Xu Yingxing, the king of Qi, his ancestors had suppressed the rebellion of Southwest Yi when he founded the country, beheaded 50,000 people to cast into Jingguan, and was the best among the meritorious servants of the kings at the beginning of the country.

Because of the great merit to the country, the concession inherited the fifth, and later in the fourth King of Qi had encouraged the morale of the people of Fuzhou, personally led the escort to the army as a commander to lead the troops to meet the attacking Japanese invaders, when the officers and soldiers were repeatedly defeated, the water division was lost, and the Fujian road may not be guaranteed, shaking the entire southeast.

And that generation of King Qi led the pioneers to stabilize the army's position and turn defeat into victory, so Fuzhou was retained, giving the imperial court a buffer time to recruit and deploy the army to attack.

Because of his great achievements, the King of Qi had to attack the fifth again, and after Xu Yingxing, he could also attack the lord twice, and then turn into a prince of the country, and then turn into a marquis.

Such as the King of Qi such a royal family, there are only a few in this dynasty, and it is the Metropolitan Governor of Fujian Road, nominally the garrisons of the military states of Fujian are under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, in fact, everyone knows that such an institution is for the sake of the relatives and nobles to look good, and there is no real power, the garrison is divided into two parts, a small number of elite garrisons are trained and managed by the Privy Council, and the Privy Council dispatches troops to fight.

In peacetime, logistics management, recruitment of soldiers, and resettlement of retired soldiers, including the promotion and promotion of officers, are all the functions and powers of the military department.

Local officials also have the ability to take charge of military and political affairs, such as the pacification envoy, also known as the marshal, the local garrison on the Fujian Road is under its jurisdiction, and the small-scale war is determined and commanded by the pacification envoy, and only the big war involving the forbidden army needs to be reported to the military department by the metropolitan governor's office, and then the two governments are decided, and the Privy Council is responsible for the specific implementation of military affairs.

The real authority of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is to conduct intensive training for local soldiers, supervise the military affairs of officers at all levels, and coordinate logistics with the local government, which is all these things.

Even so, the King of Qi was originally the more powerful prince in Fuzhou, until the King of Zhao moved to Fuzhou and became the deputy governor, and the situation changed greatly.

"The matter of Nan'anhou is complicated." Xu Yingxing, the king of Qi, said slowly: "His crime is difficult to solve, and his feelings are pitiful. ”

"Yes, yes." The guest who spoke at the right time said with a respectful face: "What the Metropolitan Governor said is extremely true. ”

The reason for Xu Yingbin's defeat is indeed quite complicated, and King Qi is not good at saying anything in public, and then looked at the weekly newspaper on the table, King Qi said: "Xu Zixian, who is also my nephew, has heard people talk about the poverty of Nan'an Hou Mansion, and when I saw his article, I felt uneasy. ”

After saying a word, King Qi turned his head to the chief of his mansion and said: "Take my hand in a while, go to the tent to pay a hundred times, send someone to the Nan'an Hou Mansion Courtyard, and hand it to Xu Zixian." ”

"Yes, lord." Changshi bowed down and agreed, the Qi Wangfu is not as luxurious as the Zhao Wangfu, but the accumulation of generations of princes, one hundred is the entire property of the middle-class family, and it is nothing to the Qi Wangfu.

"I'll write a letter later, you bring it to Zixian." King Qi said solemnly: "He has a good future, I have to give him a little bit, I have to cherish myself well, and I will serve the country in the future." Go and see, I heard that he is very good in the other courtyard, how to be specific, don't pretend to be a meritorious, take a look for my good life! ”

"Yes, lord." Changshi clenched his fists again and agreed very respectfully.

……

The liveliness of Fucheng, the sensation brought by the weekly newspaper, including the attention of King Qi, King Zhao, and those big names in Fuzhou Fucheng to the Nan'an Hou Mansion, these Li Cheng and his son don't know anything.

They have been busy with one thing in the past few days, and after the matter is done, the father and son are both proud.

Li Fu is a young descendant, and he was very excited when he thought that Xiuniang was going to fall into the palm of his hand, Xiuniang's slender figure, beautiful white face, and that kind of cold and glamorous arrogance became the reason for his excitement.

Because he was too excited, Li Fu had to change his thinking, and after thinking about it, he said to Li Cheng: "Daddy, how can we get Xiuniang back?" Her half-dead man took the money, and Xiuniang is already from our family. ”

Li Fu said a word, and said excitedly: "Xiuniang's term of service is also about to expire, tonight I will take advantage of the darkness to stuff her into a sack, and use a mule all the way back to our house in Jiazizhuang." ”

"You're a bit of a fucking good." Li Cheng scolded his lewd and son with a cold face, but the old man was also hot, but he was older, but he had more things to worry about.

"You go to Jiazizhuang, call Li Yong, Li Bin, Li You, Li Gui, and then go to B-Zhuang, C-Zhuang, and Jizizhuang...... Just say that you take a concubine, go to the other courtyard to welcome your relatives, and ask them to come to the temple to participate in the excitement and make a strong noise...... Don't say more, hurry up and bring everyone over before noon! ”

"Daddy, is the movement getting bigger?"

"Big eggs." Li Cheng's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said, "You know a fart, hurry up and do what I instruct." ”

Li Fu knew that when his father's face turned gloomy, it was best to do what he said, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

In dozens of nearby Zhuangzi, thousands of families know Li Cheng. This is a shrewd person, but also a powerful person, not to mention the ordinary Zhuang people, even those who are in charge of the village, the officials who live in the town and the village and the soldiers of the Great Wei, as well as those ruffians, those businessmen with wealth, or men who run the rivers and lakes to sell money, those small businessmen, small landlords, or some famous powerful characters from all over the world, these people all know Li Cheng, and they also know that his skills are ruthless, and they should not be provoked.

Only show talent and fairness, raise people, and there are real powerful people in the yamen, officers who lead troops, people at this level don't know much about Li Cheng, even if they know him, they treat him as an ordinary Zhuang Guan Zhuang Ti, a manager of a broken marquis official Zhuang.

Those people in the upper echelons will not really pay attention to him, Li Cheng's status is not worth mentioning in the real power circle. Don't say that a Houfu official Zhuang who has no grade is in charge, even if he is a seventh-grade lieutenant, he is nothing in the real circle of power. These officials in the mansions of the nobles of the clan are also the weakest link in the political ecosystem of the Great Wei, and they do not have much real power, and only the most unpromising civil and military officials will become officials in the mansions of the clans without real power, which is really too unpromising.

Li Cheng is like a rat in the gutter, the sun can't shine in, he uses his wrist, scheming, and ruthless heart to slowly manage his own strength, after his brother Li Shi cast the mountain thieves, and became the leader, Li Cheng found a stronger backer, and ran an underground network to be more comfortable, in recent years, Li Cheng and the Li family of Jiazizhuang have no one dared to provoke in a radius of dozens of miles nearby, Li Cheng not only mastered the six official villages of the Hou Mansion, in fact, some nearby Zhuangzi, Some of the shops in the town of Minami Anze cooperated with him, after all, they controlled the smuggling routes of the Qishan bandits.

After a long time of doing whatever he wants, self-respecting makes Li Cheng's humble appearance hide violence and cruelty, after Xu Zi first arrived in the other courtyard, Li Cheng can only put away his minions and hide and forbear, and now, because the threat of the prince to himself is getting bigger and bigger, he can't hold himself anymore.

Revenge, only complete revenge, snatching the beloved woman from the prince's side justifiably, even if the law of Great Wei is not on the side of the prince, Li Cheng really wants to see what the prince's face is, how embarrassed it will be, it will make him very happy, even if it is worth paying the price.

Li Cheng is not afraid that the prince will be relieved of his position as an official, and now being dismissed is just a justifiable escape. With the underground power he holds, Li Cheng can still continue to collude and control everything such as exemption from military service and hidden households, and the heads of each village dare not disagree, even if it is the successor, he has to act according to his eyes, and it just so happens that he can also whitewash the previous things, which is better.

With the pleasure of suppressing the prince of the world and the illusion of humiliating the powerful, Li Cheng's face changed, he used to be a little old man with a scorched face and a short body, but at this time, he was holding his chest high, as if the supreme power was in his hands, and the country was trampled under his feet.