In the post house in the hanging city, a small courtyard, Cui's was talking to his son Zheng Shanguo, just in the council room of the governor's office, the situation forced him to say something about the scene, but in private, Cui's had to remind his son that the current situation was not secondary.

The emperor is real, and it is also true that the Wei Chi clan is powerful, and the Cui family didn't think about letting Zheng Shanguo head the rat at both ends, so it is a villain's behavior, but there are some things that must be known to his son.

Whether he wants it or not, Zheng Shanguo is involved in a whirlpool, and if he is not careful, he will be crushed.

Although Cui Shi is a woman, her vision is very broad, and she thinks that the Son of Heaven seems to want to stay in the Hanging Gourd in order to call on the King of Soldiers and Horses as much as possible, but she also judges that the Son of Heaven will not stay in the Hanging Gourd for long.

Because the Wei Chi clan will inevitably launch a large-scale offensive next, then Zheng Shanguo must follow the Son of Heaven and retreat when the catastrophe comes.

In the meeting room, the Son of Heaven was talking about trying to contact the Zheng family in Xingyang through Zheng Shanguo, and the Cui family felt that this kind of thing was impossible to do, so he reminded his son not to accept it easily.

Zheng Shanguo was born in the Zheng family of Xingyang, and he was able to go to Yangzhou to become an official this time, also relying on the help of the elders in the clan, but it was impossible to persuade the elders to throw themselves into the Son of Heaven.

Zheng Shanguo's branch, which was a side branch of the Zheng clan that went west after Wei divided the east and west, and the clansmen in Xingyang, where the county was located, had a somewhat close relationship, if it was an ordinary season, it would be nothing for the clansmen to help out, but there was no substantial benefit at a critical time, why should others listen to you?

Now that the Yuchi clan is powerful, not many people are optimistic about the Yuwen clan, even if the Yuwen clan can gain a firm foothold in Guanzhong and Shannan next, and at most reproduce the situation of the confrontation between the East and the West Wei back then, at that time, Xingyang will still be under the rule of the Yuchi clan, who wants not to joke with the lives of the whole family or even the whole clan?

It is true that the Zheng family of Xingyang is the first-class family in the world, but in the face of the ruler with a heavy army, no matter how arrogant the head is, he must bow his head, otherwise the Fan Yang Lu family, one of the high gates in Shandong, will be a lesson from the past.

In the second year of the Zhou Dynasty's annihilation of Qi, Lu Changqi, who was born in Fanyang's Lu clan, raised troops to occupy Fanyang, intending to welcome Gao Shaoyi, the king of Fanyang, who had fled into the Turks, to restore Qi.

Even if someone survived the massacre, and then more than half of them were killed and injured due to hunger and cold, the Fan Yang Lu clan was greatly injured by this catastrophe, and the other high-ranking families saw it, where would they dare to joke about the future of the family?

Hundreds of years of troubled times, so that the family, the family of the family and the surname of the family have practiced a sleek way of life, Xingyang is on the edge of the Yellow River, this kind of four battles determine that the local warriors will never easily stand in line, often are multi-sided bets.

Therefore, the Cui family didn't think that Zheng Shanguo could say that the elders of the clan would be the king of Qin, so he told his son to know the advance and retreat, even if he agreed to the request of the Son of Heaven, he could not go to Xingyang to be a lobbyist in person.

You can write a letter, people can't go, and the army of the Wei Chi clan may kill it again at any time, if you learn that Zheng Shanguo is helping the Son of Heaven as a lobbyist in Xingyang, then there will be a click, and your life will be gone.

Zheng Shanguo knows that his mother has a point, but he is full of confusion about the future, whether he wants to or not, he must follow the Son of Heaven now, but how long the Yuwen clan can last under the current situation is a question, what should he do then?

Cui Shi believes that the king of Xiyang can lead the troops to earn a hanging gourd, and easily defeat the Yuzhou army, thinking that it will really be as rumored to fight, the situation continues to develop, probably Guanzhong, Shannan can be defended, so the possibility of the 'East and West Zhou' confrontation is not small.

In the past, Wei divided the east and west, and the Xingyang Zheng clan entered Guanzhong in the west, and now Zheng Shanguo is afraid that he will stay in Guanzhong again like his grandfather, so in the long run, he must consider seeking help from his relatives.

The Cui family skipped his mother's family and didn't say anything, but only said the Zheng family's relatives.

In Guanzhong, Zheng Shanguo's close relatives have his uncle Zheng Yi, but this is an elder, and his reputation is notorious, so it is not easy to deal with him directly, so Zheng Shanguo can interact more with his cousins.

Zheng Yi's sons Zheng Yuanxuan and Zheng Shanyuan, now used by Yongzhou Mu and Qi Wang Yuwenliang, are peers with Zheng Shanguo, and it is easier to communicate, after all, after a few years, the elders in the clan will still have to help each other after the elders die one after another.

This is a long-term plan, and now Zheng Shanguo is going to stay in the hanging gourd for a while, so how to deal with the people around the Son of Heaven is a thing that must be paid attention to.

The Son of Heaven is close to the minister, maybe it can't be done but it can be bad, Cui's doesn't want his son to become a sycophant, but he also doesn't want his son to be calculated by the villain and be unlucky for no reason.

She had seen the Son of Heaven in the council hall just now, and she had also seen the Son of Heaven with her left and right, so Zheng Shanguo had to know how to deal with these people, and the Cui family analyzed them one by one.

First of all, Xiyang Wang Yuwen Wenwen, as a clan, once saved the life of the Son of Heaven, so he is quite valued, but this person's reputation doesn't seem to be very good, it is said that he behaves perversely, but he can't afford to offend, Cui's suggested that his son stay away.

Secondly, Wu Cai often served Liu Jushi and Yu Wenhua as meritorious men who assisted the Son of Heaven to escape south, and he was also trusted by the Son of Heaven.

Liu Jushi's father Liu Chang, Yu Wenhua and his father Yu Wenshu, were originally Zhou Guoxungui, and they both used to be Sui ministers, Cui's general understanding of the situation of these two families, and the two young Langjun could not become good friends, so he advised his son not to have a deep friendship.

Liu Jushi is a ranger, likes to dance with knives and sticks, Chang'an was a troublemaker in the city when he was still in the Sui capital, Cui thought that if his son was with this kind of person, he would be taken bad sooner or later.

And Yu Wenhua is not much better, Liu Jushi is brave and ruthless, this man is not good at martial arts, he is good at amusement on weekdays, and the flying eagle lackeys are not doing their jobs, and Cui's will never let his son make this kind of fox friend and dog friend.

But the two are the relatives of the Son of Heaven, except for the big right and wrong, they must not be easily offended, so they must grasp the degree of communication on weekdays, at least in their attitude, do not let the other party feel that they are deliberately alienated.

In addition to these three people, how to deal with other people in the future, Cui Shi decided to talk about it later, after all, she didn't know much about the situation of other people, Zheng Shanguo felt that what her mother said was very reasonable, but after thinking for a while, she asked tentatively:

"Mother, the King of Xiyang seems to be very talkative..."

"So what? Don't provoke him. Cui Shi paused and reminded Zheng Shanguo: "Do you know the grievances between King Xiyang and Yuwen Wuqi?" ”

"I don't know."

"They have enmity, I'm afraid they will calculate each other, you don't want to get involved, and don't be used by others without knowing it, if you have too close contact with one of them, you will be hated by the other, so why bother?"

"The child knows."

"People's hearts are unpredictable, most of the rumors about the King of Xiyang are not true, but the King of Xiyang has a bad reputation, there is always a reason, you can stay away."

Seeing her son nodding yes, Cui's was a little relieved, she only hoped that her son would be a good official, not extravagant and wasteful on weekdays, and never indulge in wine, Xiyang Wang Yuwenwen's personality, she didn't know, but she always felt that the other party was not serious.

My son, don't let anyone spoil you!