Chapter 157: The Wei Family's Choice

The flying pigeon took their secret letter and flew to the south, the target was the Daimyo's Mansion, Wang Shi here, just a temporary camp in Baozhou, and it was also set up after Zhao Xin arrived in Baozhou, everything was not perfect, the foundation of the Wang family, in the Daimyo's Mansion, a large number of carrier pigeons came from all over the world every day, and became an important source of information for the Wang family to control the situation. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

At the same time as their carrier pigeons flew up, in the Daimyo Mansion, several high-ranking members of the Wang family received an order sent by Wang Deyong on a fast horse, and after a short consultation, a core member of the second generation of the Wang family, riding in a carriage, under the escort of the guards, quietly left the Daimyo's Mansion and went to Hejian Mansion.

Hejian Province, located next to the Grand Canal, in the west of Qingzhou, is an important border area like Baozhou, but it is a little farther away from the border fortress.

The Wang family has been in the north for many years, starting from Wang Chao to Wang Deyong, operating in the north for many years, if it is a little westerly, to Hedong Road, the influence will be a little smaller, in the core area, Hebei West Road and Hebei East Road, almost the influence is amazing.

At the same time as Wang Saburo left, the forces of the Wang family had already begun to act in the entire Hejian Mansion.

Hejian Prefecture belongs to Jinghai County, which is an important place in the north of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, because of the proximity to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, the commercial and trade activities are developed, and the scale of the city is not small, much larger than Nanle, but compared with the Daimyofu, it is much smaller.

Wei House, the ancestors of the Wei family are prominent, they belong to a branch of Wei Zhuang's descendants, after the turmoil of the five dynasties and ten countries, because the Shu Kingdom was destroyed, migrated to the river, and after taking root in the river, it has also become one of the small snakes in the Hejian Mansion, especially after the son of the head of the family, Wei Gui, became the inspector, and became the home of the military gate.

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty and Hebei, there are many powerful and powerful, not to mention the entire Hebei East Road and West Road, even in Hejian Mansion, they are far from being able to rank first, but they are just a good family in Jinghai.

Wei Gui's career is stable, and he is highly regarded in the Yunyi Army, and it is very likely that after the grinding, he will be promoted to another level, crossing the dragon gate of the seventh grade, from the eighth grade to the seventh grade, this is a very critical step in the control, compared to the flow may not be so large, but at the age of more than 30 years old, after this step, it is very likely that in the end, it will be promoted to the sixth grade.

Seven-grade sesame officials, that is for the entire dynasty, when the dynasty to measure, only the big people above the third grade have the qualification to comment, and the three grades below are called minor officials.

Placed on a place, the six products can not be petty officials, six products, which means that the head of the state capital, whether it is the military or the local head, is the six products, and the six products also represent the status of the family can be further raised, from the ordinary county and township wealthy families, to the state capital.

Wei Gui is away all the year round, his hometown Jinghai here, just every New Year's Festival, send some New Year's gifts and annuities, but with Wei Gui's identity, the Wei family has been developed in the past 20 years, and has 4 branches and dozens of side branches including the big family, just the villages headed by the near branch and side branches, as many as 20, in Jinghai Shahe, the ancestral house of the Wei family, a huge ancestral hall was also built to worship the ancestors.

The calm Jinghai Shahe ushered in a team of gorgeously dressed knights and a luxurious carriage, and this team quietly entered the Hejian Mansion, and entered the Jinghai Shahe without alarming anyone.

They did not go straight to the Wei family, but informed the Wei family's in-laws in advance, and under the introduction of the Wei family's in-laws, they met Wei Shang, the head of the Wei family.

Wei Shang was born as a businessman, and almost all of Wei Gui's upper three generations were businessmen, starting from small traders and becoming big businessmen step by step, which laid the foundation for Wei Gui's martial arts.

In ancient times, although reading was not something that could be done by being poor, people with outstanding talents, even if they were surrounded by four walls, could also rely on their talents, carp jumped over the dragon gate, as long as they had the identity of Xiucai, their family conditions would slowly improve.

But Wu is different, whether it is to invite famous teachers or to work hard, if you don't have enough money, you can't go on at all.

The Wei family used all their resources to promote Wei Gui, which made Wei Gui have an official body, and they also changed from the rich landlords in the countryside to the official eunuchs, although the road they took was slightly wrong, and some of them lived up to the name of their ancestor Wei Zhuang, and even now, they did not dare to claim to be the descendants of Wei Zhuang, and they were afraid of being embarrassed.

Wei Zhuang is a famous poet, and he also did the Zaifu of Shu, but the ancestor of Wei Zhuang is even more prominent, Wei Jiansu in the Xuanzong period, has done the same as the Ping Zhang, the opening of the house with the three divisions, and finally posthumously presented Sikong, which is the real home of Zaifu.

Zaifu's family, condescending to the military position, this is a helpless choice, but it is not worth publicizing, they all take Wei Zhuang's position as a springboard, as long as they can lay the foundation for the younger generations, step by step, the Wei family may not be able to climb the peak.

Now, the famous Wang Jiazaburo came to the door, and he was still on Wang Deyong's order.

Who is Wang Deyong, the number one leader of the military, the head of the Eastern Mansion, now as Zaifu, knows Chuzhou, but he is still a top tycoon, why would such a big man find them.

Wei Gui's father, Wei Shang, as the head of the family, negotiated with this distinguished guest, and an hour later, the guest rode in a carriage without alarming anyone's departure, and the matter was decided.

The Wei family stayed awake all night, the main branch, the important people of the side line, were invited to the Wei family's mansion, and the closed-door meeting was held for a day and a night, mainly to analyze the pros and cons, this matter is too important, it is related to the fate of the Wei family, after a long time of negotiation, finally made up his mind, seek wealth and danger, and did it.

The ancestors of the Wei family have been brilliant, as the descendants of Wei Zhuang, they are also eager to reshape the glory, more than a hundred years, the ancestors have long been wiped out, they also want to pick up the glory of their ancestors again, but unfortunately, the change of dynasties of five dynasties and ten countries, the endless wars, so that the former Zaifu family in the early Tang Dynasty, and even in the late Tang Dynasty of Wei Zhuang, the Wei family, which was also the first-class family of Shu State, became fragmented, and even had to engage in cheap business, which allowed Wei Gui to obtain an official status.

Rising in the midst of difficulties, they have gone through countless hardships, and they can't even find where the other ones are, they can only develop on their own.

After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the country gradually stabilized, and countless efforts were spent, but there were few gold list nominations, and the best was Wei Zhuang, but he barely became a martial artist, taking the martial road, not the most important civil official road, and finally entered the officialdom.

Perhaps, give Wei Gui a little time, slowly operate, from the state capital to a higher level, but a shortcut can appear here, in the Wei family's view, a Wei Zhuang is not enough to support the huge Wei family, let alone lead the Wei family to glory, then the commitment of the Wang family is indispensable.

Wang Deyong is the first person in the military, and even to the extent that he is the first person in the military, it can be said that he is below a few people, above tens of thousands of people, and if such a person asks for them, they may not have many choices to make.

Either take the risk and agree, or the whole clan will die, there is no third way to go, yes, it is so cruel, for the feudal society, under the strict hierarchical concept, leaning over is enough courtesy to really not obey, that is the real Mount Tai pressing, a small Wei family, under such a behemoth as the Wang family, under the palm, is powder.

Promise is the only way, but what to do in order to get the maximum benefit, you need to be cautious, several loyal servants of the Wei family took the old man Wei's handwritten letter, and went to Baozhou, and even in case, Wei Gui's own uncle also went with him.

Wei Shang is inconvenient to go, because his goal is a little bigger, after all, in the Northern Song Dynasty, he is also an official in a different place, and he generally does not slack off his parents and relatives, so his son can go to see Lao Tzu, but he can't Lao Tzu come to see his son, which is against filial piety.

Of course, this is also Wei Shang's caution, Wei Gui is such an eight-grade inspection, and who will stare at him, but what Wang Sanlang said is a big matter, once the matter is leaked, it will be the consequence of the Jiu clan, and Wei Shang will definitely not dare to take this risk.

After the loyal servant and the uncle of the Wei family left, the prosperous Wei family first lost two concubines, and they were all sold overnight, and even the houses and land were sold.

Then step by step, the Wei family's main house and ancestral hall, if the target is not too big, will be sold, and the other smaller branches and ancestral branches are reduced one by one, and in less than half a month, even the main house is basically only left with servants.

The Wei family's boarding made Wang Sanlang very happy, although he left the Wei family, but did not leave the Hejian Mansion, with the influence of the Wang family in the Hejian Mansion, once there is a bad rumor, the Wang family can also quickly mobilize forces to kill it.

It's just a small Wei family, and it's not a state capital like Baozhou, all of which are in the hands of Renzong, with Renzong's supervision and the help of the state government, no matter how great the power of the Wang family is, it can't be used, Hejian Mansion is under the direct control of the Wang family, and it is not a problem to destroy a small family.

Of course, the Wei family is willing to get on the boat and really help, which saves a lot of effort, and the strength of the Wang family is good, and agreeing to their conditions is more difficult for the Wei family than ascending to the sky, but for the Wang family, it is just a gesture of effort, casually agreeing to a few small conditions, just like a meat bone, attracting the Wei family to put out the fire like a moth.

The Wei family took the initiative to take refuge, and even handed over their lives to the Wang family, the Wang family was also quite generous, under the influence of the Wang family and the forces behind him, quietly got on the boat on Huainan Road, and then traveled thousands of miles to Guangzhou, from beginning to end changed, their names and identities were also changed, they no longer had the surname Wei, but became the surname Wei, a descendant of the Wei family, the Guangzhou Wang family, and the scholarly family.