After all, Xu Muhe was a Jinshi and a solid official of the Great Zhou.

This kind of officialdom question, Xu Shiyang can only guess, but for Xu Muhe, the answer is equivalent to writing directly on the surface.

"Wen Xianggong is really interesting......."

After getting the exact answer, Xu Shiyang shook his head helplessly:

"There is still a big battle on the Jiangbei side, and the outcome is still unknown; The restoration of the Central Plains is far away; There are still a lot of messes around him that have not been resolved, why did he think about dividing us first? ”

Originally, Xu Shiyang felt that he should be very angry, but after thinking about it, it was actually very unnecessary - after all, he really wanted to overthrow the Great Zhou court sooner or later!

This just proves that Wen Jiefu has some foresight, and he was able to become the prime minister at the beginning, but he was really not a simple person.

"Because that's what Wen Jiefu should do, it's strange that he doesn't do it."

Xu Muhe said in a somewhat disapproving tone:

"For the imperial court, we are equivalent to an independent force, the current situation in Qingzhou was developed by our father and son, and the soldiers are also our cronies who have been recruited and promoted, and they have almost nothing to do with the imperial court."

"In this case, even if Shiliu is like a proton in Jiangnan, it will definitely not be able to eliminate the concerns of the imperial court. If Wen Xianggong wants to use the power of our family to achieve the goal of their main battle faction, how can he not try to exert some influence? ”

"Actually, Wen Jiefu wrote this letter, in the eyes of his father, he did not hide his purpose at all, and he also believed that his father would definitely agree - is it now a combination of two benefits."

Xu Muhe took the letter from Xianggong Wen and said indifferently:

"Since this is the asking price of Wen Xianggong, then my father agreed."

"So, now it's our turn, there is no such good thing in this world as not only getting and not paying."

Xu Shiyang asked, "Father wants to ask for something from Wen Xianggong?" ”

Xu Muhe waved his hand: "What do you want?" Wen Xianggong should give something more important. ”

"What?"

"Marriage!" Xu Muhe emphasized: "To be a father, you must marry the Wen family!" ”

“……。” Xu Shiyang was speechless for a while.

He felt that eighty or ninety percent of this kind of political marriage would fall on his head.

After a long time, he spoke again: "Marry or marry?" ”

"There is a marriage, there is a marriage." Xu Muhe said in an affirmative tone: "Marry your sister to the Wen family, and the Wen family will also have to marry a concubine to be your wife!" ”

"Shi Yang, you didn't want a princess before, but in fact, you couldn't figure it out at all, your situation, it is impossible for your wife to have nothing to do with Jiangnan."

Unless the Xu family turns against the court now, otherwise, if they want the support of the court, whether it is economic or political, they have to pretend to be a loyal minister.

And when the imperial court is out of reach of the provincial whip, marrying the imperial court is one of the best political statements.

Of course, there is also the acceptance of the imperial court's supervision of the army, and the secret policy of division.

Now the imperial court has no idea of sending a supervising army, because the supervising army sent by the lord and the army to Qi Province is looking for death, and the main battle faction has not yet come to power, and the military exploits achieved at this time will be given to the lord and faction on the stage.

And the Xu family is already planning to accept the policy of division, so coupled with the mutual marriage, the Qingzhou Army and the Jiangnan Main Battle Faction will officially form a real alliance.

Previously, the Xu family accepted the support of Jiangnan, as well as intercepted and pro-ship fleets as agreed, which could only be regarded as cooperation, and after all, it was a few layers worse than the alliance.

"Father, I still insist that I can't get married."

Xu Shiyang Zhengse said:

"What's more, Mei'er will be involved this time, you know, our family will definitely rebel in the future!"

"If we get married, how will my wife and children deal with themselves when the time comes? How should Meier and her children deal with themselves? ”

Xu Shiyang marries back, and in the future, at most his wife will turn his face, but at least he can ensure the safety of his wife and children.

If my sister marries, who dares to guarantee that the court will not do such indiscriminate things as bullying women and children?

"Mei'er is married to the Wen family, not to the royal family, and Wen Jiefu is not that kind of person."

Xu Muhe shook his head and said in a very affirmative tone:

"Are you stupid to be Wen Jiefu? Our family turned against the court, and he will definitely try his best to protect Mei'er, not for anything else, just to bet on both sides. ”

Xu Shiyang said: "Xianggong Wen is a loyal minister of the Great Zhou. ”

"That's right, but the Wen family is not necessarily all loyal ministers." Xu Muhe said with a smile: "If we besiege Lin'an today, the Great Zhou is in danger, Wen Jiefu probably wants to fulfill his loyalty, and Wen Zhong is estimated to be about the same, but what about the others?" Will Wen Ji be? Will the clerk be? ”

"Even if the two of them want to follow the family to the disaster, I'm afraid Wen Jiefu won't be able to agree."

"It's enough for someone in the family to be loyal and righteous, and the Wen family always has to pass it on! Wen Jiefu must understand this truth. ”

At the beginning, the Zhuge Wuhou family was still divided into three kingdoms, if the Xu family is the general trend, it is natural for the Wen family to obey the mandate of heaven - the Xu family is not a Tartar.

"Don't worry, Shiyang, I promise that the daughter of the Wen family will not be an obstacle to you when she marries - of course, Mei'er can't be an obstacle to the Wen family until the final result is achieved."

Needless to say, the rest of the words are too clear, Xu Shiyang can figure out most of it if he thinks about it himself - if the Xu family loses, Xu Shiliu and Xu Shimei in Jiangnan will support each other and become the hope for the Xu family to continue.

On the contrary, if the Great Zhou court loses, then the Wen family daughter who marries and Xu Shimei's husband will also become the starting point of the Wen family's prosperity in the new dynasty.

"It's annoying." Xu Shiyang whispered.

"What?" Xu Muhe didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing." Xu Shiyang shook his head, trying to drive out the disgust in his heart - he hated this kind of political marriage, but he had to admit that this kind of thing was beneficial to his career, ambitions, and the future of the Xu family.

Politicians cannot let their emotions dictate their actions, but disgust is disgust, disgust from the heart.

"So, I agree to the marriage." Xu Shiyang frowned, endured the disgust in his heart and said: "When the main battle faction comes to power, they can send a prison army to Qingzhou, but that is just a prison army." ”

"Also, I don't plan to give the reinforcements that Shiliu is looking forward to - the new army is not suitable to appear in Jiangnan now, I plan to train the forbidden army that wants to return to Jiangnan into an army, and let the eldest brother bring it to Jiangnan - more than 2,000 people are estimated to be enough."

Xu Muhe nodded: "I agree with this, the military power must be in our own hands." ”

"However, there is one thing for my father to remind you, all the officers you recruited for the meeting really couldn't see such an obvious hint from Wen Jiefu?"

"They just don't want to get involved in the internal dispute of our Xu family, right?"

"In their eyes, this matter involves you, Shiliu, Shisong, as well as the second room and the long house, as well as your future heirs, this belongs to the ......, well, the lord's family affairs, they don't dare to get involved."

"Do you understand what that means? In the eyes of those people, you are no longer an ordinary dock castle lord or a powerful family master, and your future behavior should also have some lord majesty. ”

"Don't let these children's love things occupy your mind too much in the future."

"You should have this kind of realization!"