In the front hall of the Fang Mansion, Master Fang was still sitting firmly on the main seat facing the door, his leisurely expression had been replaced by deep worry, worry about his only son.

Once upon a time, a wealthy businessman's family, who caused a little trouble all day long, wandered around and had nothing to do, actually entered the court inexplicably, and walked all the way to the thrilling road, and now he has become a member of the powerful officials, and now he is more deeply trapped in the whirlpool of imperial power struggle and cannot extricate himself, and any small mistake may cost the life of the whole family.

The Fang family has only one lineage, three generations have been passed down, and the number of people has been very rare, and by the time of Fang Zheng's generation, there is only such a precious son left in the Fang family. Although this son is usually very dishonest, stealing chickens and touching dogs, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and doing all kinds of ridiculous things, he is the only bloodline of the Fang family after all, and he has not insulted the lintel of the Fang family, and has become the only person in the Fang family to become an official in the court in the past hundred years, and has become an important minister of the court.

But the more this happened, the more worried Master Fang became.

God treats the Fang family well, the Fang family has everything that the world wants, but the ancients often said that "blessings and misfortunes lurk", good luck will always be used up one day, Master Fang is afraid, he is afraid that in the near future, everything he gets in front of him will disappear, and even, the entire Fang family may disappear in this world.

This worry is not groundless, his son, Fang Zheng, is involved in a battle for imperial power that no one can predict, and if he wins, the Fang family can step into the ranks of the family gate valve and enjoy eternal glory. Defeated, slaughtered, no one alive, this is a big gamble, a big gamble at the cost of life.

"Zheng'er, have you thought clearly? Some things, once you get into it, you can't quit anymore, officialdom is like a battlefield, and you can move your whole body and participate in it. I can't help myself, and it's not too deep to fall into it now, and it's still too late to stop. Old Man Fang looked at Fang Zheng and sighed.

Fang Zheng looked stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "Dad." You know it. Children are the most afraid of death, and they hide when they see danger on weekdays, and they go up when they encounter soft ones, with the temperament of children. How could he be willing to participate in such a dangerous struggle for the throne? ”

Fang Zheng slowly looked around at everyone in the hall, including parents and wives. They are the only relatives in this world who feel a sense of belonging. Traveling to this strange era, Fang Zheng's heart was already full of fear and rejection. He didn't think that crossing was such a happy thing, but he had already come, so he had to live well.

The so-called high-ranking officials and the so-called Wanguan family wealth, he didn't pay attention to it, the emperor promoted his official, he didn't see much joy, he made a fortune inexplicably, and he was not ecstatic. Because he always felt that none of this was real.

"I saw him rise up a tall building, I saw him feast guests, and I saw his building collapse."

Isn't that what I have now? Beyond the glitz, what you can really have. There are only these relatives in front of me. For their sake, Fang Zheng could only choose to fight for it, because he knew that even if he didn't fight. The winner will also never let him and his family go,—— unless he becomes the winner himself.

It's a simple multiple-choice question. Can adults make a choice without thinking and exit the fight? If you don't want to, you can't.

Fang Zheng is not a great man, and he doesn't feel how great everything he is doing now, to put it bluntly, there is only one sentence, he doesn't want to die, let alone his family die, so he can only let others die. As long as his family can live well, even if he is forced to pull the flag and rebel and become the emperor, he will dare to do it.

Fang Zheng slowly looked at his family members and said word by word: "There are some things that you can't do without doing, and if you don't do them, you can only die, so I have to do it, even if I lose and lose, at least I don't have to regret not fighting when I should have fought in the first place." The child has a family, it is my responsibility to protect the family, for you, even if the child sacrifices his life, he must protect you thoroughly. ”

Fang Zheng, who is used to having a hippie smile, has never had such a positive expression on his face when he said this.

Old Man Fang trembled when he heard this, and a layer of tears instantly appeared in his cloudy old eyes. The son has really grown up, how could he, who was the bastard before, ever say such simple but touching words?

The child knows what he's doing, and that's enough.

Mrs. Fang and Changping on the side had already been moved to tears, and in the hazy eyes of tears, they vaguely saw that the seemingly thin body in front of them suddenly became tall and strong, as if they could carry all the burdens and blows for them, and they were fortunate to see that the new pillars of the Fang family were slowly standing up straight, holding up a new sky for them......

It is rare for the family to sit together and enjoy this warm and touching moment.

It's a pity that the good times don't last long, and there are always those who don't have the eyesight to jump out and satisfy the bad taste of burning the piano and cooking the crane.

The serious expression on Fang Zheng's face suddenly changed, becoming pitiful, and his tone was full of underbeating: "Hey, I was joking just now, Dad, why don't we just run away, the capital is very dangerous......"

The whole family froze when they heard the words, and then blinked vigorously in unison, as if they couldn't believe it, the person who was full of righteousness just now, and the fearless momentum of "although there are tens of millions of people, I will go" on his body, is he really him? How can a person's expression change to such an unpredictable level?

Now Fang Zheng looks like a slut, no, he praises him too much, he is like a lump of cow dung that can be stepped on casually as long as it is not dirty.

Old Man Fang shook his head helplessly, and glared at Mrs. Fang again: "Look at the son you gave birth to!" ”

After speaking, Old Man Fang didn't bother to take care of Fang Zheng, flicked the sleeves of his robe, and walked to the backyard.

Mrs. Fang also got up, didn't even glance at Fang Zheng, and followed behind Master Fang and said unconvinced: "My son was born to me, but he was taught by you, and you didn't teach it yourself, how can you blame me?" ”

"If you don't give birth to him, do I still need to teach?"

"Humph! How fresh! Then when I gave birth to him, why didn't you strangle him? ”

"If the old man had known that he would have grown up like this, do you think the old man would not dare to pinch him?"

"Then you can strangle him now."

"Alas! It's too late, he's definitely not happy to ......"

“…………”

“…………”

The two elders of the Fang family drifted apart in the quarrel until they disappeared.

Fang Zheng stood in place, staring blankly at the direction in which the second elder had disappeared, like a dead fish, motionless.

Changping was beside him, and when he saw the stinky expression on his face, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Fang Zheng came back to his senses and said with a sad face: "You can still laugh, hey." I'm so unwelcome in our house? As for it? I'm also a lone seedling in the Fang family's thousands of hectares, do you treat lone seedling like this? It hurts my self-esteem too much, Mi'er, let's go back and pack up and run away from home......"

Changping grinned. Pretty big eyes curved like a crescent moon. Shaking his head and saying coquettishly: "Husband, go and clean up by yourself, I haven't read the account books sent by the firm today, so I won't accompany you." ”

Chang Ping stroked Fang Zheng's face, and said like a child: "Be good." You're going to play by yourself......"

After speaking, Changping flew out of the front hall like a fluttering butterfly.

Fang Zheng was the only one left, squatting in the corner of the wall with great resentment, drawing circles aggrievedly......

--------------------------------

In the afternoon, Fang Zheng went to the yamen of the ministry.

The Yamen of the Ministry of Officials is located on the north side of the imperial city. Because the officials were in charge of the evaluation, promotion, and transfer of all the officials of the Hua Dynasty, there was a lot of oil and water, and it was the beginning of spring, and the annual performance appraisal of the officials by the officials was about to begin, so the crowds at the gate of the yamen were surging, and there was an endless stream of local officials coming and going.

Fang Zheng did not wear official clothes, only brought a few highly skilled guards, and as soon as he got off the official sedan chair and walked to the entrance of the yamen, many officials recognized him. For more than a year, Fang Zheng's name is too big and loud, and it is very yellow and violent, especially since he also serves as the inspector of hundreds of officials, who dares not to know this powerful lord?

The officials were like a group of old hooligans who had been familiar for many years and saw the flower girl. swarmed up, surrounded Fang Zheng in the middle, and the flattery was like a gushing thing, which made Fang Zheng smile with his eyebrows. I was hooked. In the past, he always patted the emperor's ass by himself, but now Young Master Fang has enjoyed the taste of being patted by others. The pride is beyond words.

Finally getting rid of the group of enthusiastic officials, Fang Zheng walked through the yamen hall and walked inside.

The Yamen of the Ministry of Officials was built in the previous dynasty, because the land of the capital was less war-torn, so the Yamen was also relatively well preserved, but it was old, slightly old, but the old was full of antiquity, solemn and solemn in the more elegant.

There is a pair of couplets inlaid with gold characters on a black background on the side of the second hall of the Yamen: "If you deceive others, you don't deceive yourself, and if you bear the people, you will lose the country, and how can you bear it."

The fat man was working in the middle of the second hall, and the officials who came and went to do things went in and out, and the fat man was writing a book on the case, so busy that he was sweating profusely and couldn't lift his head.

On the copywriting on both sides of the second hall, the officials of the Ministry of Officials are also busy with their feet in the sky, the Ministry of Officials is the yamen of the officials, which is equivalent to today's Organization Department.

When the officials of the Ministry saw Fang Zheng walking in with a smile, they were all stunned, and then they all put down their work and bowed to him one after another.

Fang Zheng laughed, pressed his hands downward, and said in an official tone: "Oh, the comrades' enthusiasm for work is very high, not bad, you are busy with you, don't worry about me, ah, just be an official, ah, ordinary people, hehe, hey, this official is very relieved in his heart......"

The officials laughed together, and after enduring the nausea and saluting Fang Zheng, they confessed their sins and went to work.

The fat man also put down the work at hand, and came forward with a smile, before he could speak, Fang Zheng waved his hand at him, still saying in an official tone: "...... Aren't you busy reporting to the official first, the official is not in a hurry, fatty, how old is it? How many people are in the family? Can you get married? On behalf of the organization, I care about you, do you have a sense of happiness that is sweet to sad? …………”

The fat man's smile froze, and his eyes straightened as he watched Fang Zheng standing in the second hall of the Ministry of Officials and posing as a high-ranking official, and for a long time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Brother Fang, why are you always like this every time you appear...... Such a ......."

"Shiny, right?" Fang Zheng smiled and continued: "I think so too, it's like a firefly in the dark, it's ......."

"Distinctive, outstanding." The fat man didn't take it angrily, and then rolled his eyes.

Fang Zheng turned his head to look around, pulled the fat man to a corner on the side of the hall, and said in a low voice: "You are doing well in the official department, not as miserable as you say, right?" I see that these officials in the Ministry of Officials are also very respectful to you, why do you keep saying that you are struggling? ”

The fat man smiled bitterly: "Of course respectful, but this group of old oilmen in the officialdom are all snobbish masters, and now it is rumored in Beijing that the prince is about to be deposed, and the hottest candidate for the new prince is King Shou, and now the officials in the court are divided into three factions, one is still loyal to the prince, the second is closer to King Shou, and the third is those who stop and watch." I don't say anything for the time being, but I, the blessed king, have become a real loner......"

Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "Do you remember what I told you last time?" Don't care about the rumors outside, you will do your official business in a down-to-earth manner, and everything you do will be seen by your father. He naturally knew ...... in his heart."

Then Fang Zheng looked ahead. sneered: "...... Some people are all over the world to win over ministers, go through the door, and form parties to build momentum for themselves, but they don't know that what the emperor hates most is forming a party. You and I are not a group, but we have the upper hand more than them, very well, you just keep the current posture, there are some things that you are inconvenient to do. You might as well leave it to me......"

The fat man blinked and said, "What is it that I can't do?" ”

Fang Zheng smiled and said, "Form a party." ”

The fat man was taken aback: "Didn't you just say that the emperor hates the most is forming a party?" ”

Fang Zheng nodded and said: "The emperor hates the prince for forming a party for power, but I don't form a party for power." ”

"And what are you for?"

"For profit."

The fat man was stunned and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Fang Zheng said: "Since ancient times, whether it is civil or officialdom, people have been united and divided because of interests. So. If you want to win the crown prince's position, you should not simply win over the ministers and give a few heavy gifts, but also unite the ministers of the court and the central government, so that they are willing to tie you to the boat. And the reason why they are willing is 'profit'. ”

The fat man was stunned for a moment, then shook his head, and said with a disapproving face: "Brother Fang's words are wrong. I am the official who has entered the office, and it is as small as the county lieutenant of a county. As big as the first-class and second-class officials, they all have the support of the imperial court, plus the filial piety and bribes of the subordinates they receive on weekdays, etc., who will be short of money to spend? It's too impractical for you to tie them up with the word profit. ”

Fang Zheng smiled: "You are unrealistic." Who is afraid of money? Afraid of biting your hand? The bribes they accept are not the right way after all, if I give them an open way to make money, and ask them to symbolically participate in a small share, do you think they are willing? ”

The fat man still didn't dare to agree: "The people who are officials are all people who are light on profit and heavy power, and you use the word profit to unite them, this kind of relationship between profit and profit is too fragile." ”

Fang Zheng sneered: "Light profit? Fatty, you look up to those officials too much, do you think they are really light on profits when they talk about light profits? Who doesn't have a small home? Who doesn't have a wife or concubine? When they encounter good-looking silks, precious jewelry, and ancient paintings from the previous dynasty, do they want to buy them? Where do you want to buy the silver? Have you ever seen an official who doesn't love money? ”

"Wei Chengde, the secretary of the Ministry of War, the old man is over sixty years old, and he has been in the court all his life, his official style is honest enough, right? But do you know that he raised a red-card girl in Baihualou, and he tossed all the money that the court gave him every year, making his family feel like he had suffered a disaster and was robbed, and he himself was shabby like a flower, do you say he lacks silver? If someone sends a bribe, he may not accept it, but if I give him a way to make money, and make money in a bright way, do you think he will be willing? ”

"Fatty, you are from a noble background, you were born as a prince, the emperor favors you, makes you a prince, gives you land and property, and you have a lot of properties under your name, so you have never lacked money in your life, and you don't know the importance of silver. But other officials are not born with no shortage of money to spend like you, do you think that only businessmen are profitable? In fact, officials are more greedy than businessmen, because they need money more than businessmen. Colluding with superiors, bribing subordinates, and even ...... What kind of official beard does not need to spend money? Therefore, let's use profit to attract them, so that they have a chance to earn money in a righteous and bright light, and are not afraid of being impeached by the officials, which is more effective than giving them heavy gifts. ”

"We don't talk to them about the government, we don't talk about alliances with them, we only talk about business, and those officials only maintain business dealings, on the surface, it seems that we don't get anything, in fact, you have invisibly obtained a great network base, because they have been tied to our interests, so in the future, whether it is the court or official affairs, they will speak to you intentionally or unintentionally, because to protect you is to protect themselves, and they understand the truth better than anyone else."

"And what are you going to do?"

Fang Zheng said with a smile: "There are so many profitable transactions in our firm, as long as you set aside a transaction from it, ask them to participate in individual stocks casually, and wait for dividends in the future, who doesn't want to do such a good thing?" Our advantages, the crown prince and the king of Shou can't compare ......"

"As long as they join forces with us to do business, you will not be alone in the future, and this is not a party struggle for power, even if your father knows, he will not have a bad feeling towards you, I have thought about this matter, let me handle it, you will be your official honestly."

The fat man thought for a long time when he heard this, and finally nodded with understanding: "What you said is indeed quite reasonable, I grew up in the deep palace since I was a child, and later lived alone in the palace, and I don't think about the thoughts of the officials in the court as thoroughly as you." Brother Fang, I'm glad you helped me, otherwise...... I really don't know how to hold it up. ”

Fang Zheng smiled: "You're welcome, who is with whom of our brothers, I know that you have been short of silver recently, and I specially sent you silver today, hehe, I am sending charcoal in the snow......"

As he spoke, Fang Zheng took out a stack of silver tickets from his arms, didn't even look at them, and stuffed them all into the fat man.

The fat man was really short of silver recently, and he didn't be polite to him, he took the silver ticket and counted it at random, and found that there were more than 40,000 taels, so he couldn't help but look up in surprise and said: "So many?" How did you get it? ”

Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently: "Do you remember when I told you last time that I wanted to rob the head of the household department, Jun Songjun?" ”

The fat man trembled with fright, his fat was like waves, his face suddenly became extremely pale, he trembled his lips, and lowered his voice: "You...... Did you really rob Du Shangshu? Brother Fang...... You, you're not really so slippery, are you? ”

The corners of the fat man's mouth twitched as he spoke, and he was already about to cry.

Fang Zheng cut and glanced at the fat man contemptuously: "Is my character so bad?" Can the book of the household be robbed casually? Do you really think I'm the kind of daring master? ”

The fat man's heart was relieved when he heard this, wiped the cold sweat on his head, and collapsed and said: "It's okay, it's okay......"

"I'm just robbing his subordinates, Juniper-kun, let's step on the idea for a few more days and find a chance......"

"Plop!"

------------ the following does not count as a word count---------------

It's the beginning of the month...... I don't think it's been a long time since I've asked for a ticket......

I heard that every VIP user has a guaranteed monthly pass at the beginning of each month, if you have a lot of money, just send a few, I borrowed it to study, what does the legendary guaranteed monthly pass look like, why is every author asking for it...... I'm really curious...

Also, who voted for 10,000 2 yesterday? It's so unkind! Criticize by name......