On the carriage, Zhang Huan has been silent, Zhang Ruohao leaned on the couch, half-squinted, looking at the young man in front of him with interest, he is full of mystery, every time he sees him, he can bring freshness to himself.

He didn't admire him for daring to break into the yamen at night to save people, let alone appreciate him for kidnapping the eldest lady of the Cui family, but because he was impressed by his clever use of himself.

This guy, since he can use a hundred yuan to get the owner of a small shop to deliver a letter, he will still be caught, and he will hide there, where will Cui Yuan find him?

But he just wanted to show up and let Cui Yuan catch him, there is only one explanation, he was caught on purpose, and then let himself come forward to protect him.

His real intention was to force himself to come forward and eliminate his worries for him, a cunning young man, although Zhang Ruohao finally understood that he was being used, he still felt very relieved in his heart.

This is what he wants to see Zhang Huan, who is both daring and far-sighted.

"Eighteen Lang...... What are you thinking? Zhang Ruohao smiled slightly.

Zhang Huan smiled, "I'm wondering what conditions the head of the family agreed to Cui Yuan, otherwise, how could he release me easily." ”

"Zhao Yuanchao is about to retire from the two Huai Cao Yun, and I promised him that I would recommend Wang Jin to take over."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ruohao glanced at him, saw that his face was expressionless, and said in an accentuated tone: "The two Huai Cao Yun envoys control the Cao Yun in Huainan, and they have always been the ban of the Chu family, and Cui Yuan's purpose is nothing more than to borrow my hand to let the Wang family intervene in Huainan, and at the same time make Chu Xingshui dissatisfied with me." ”

"The head of the house agreed?"

Zhang Ruoho waved his hand angrily, "Of course! In order to eliminate the trouble caused by your boy, I can only agree. ”

The corners of Zhang Huan's mouth moved, and after a long time, he whispered: "Family master, I'm sorry!" ”

"I also know that you are not reckless, but forced by the situation, and I don't blame you!"

Zhang Ruoho patted Zhang Huan's shoulder and smiled: "You are willing to stand up for your friends, which means that you are a person with affection and righteousness, which is very good, if you really listen to me, no matter whether your friends live or die, although I will obey my wishes, I will also be very disappointed in you, the husband is in the world, it is important to know how to be flexible, but the principle of being a man cannot be lost, but ....."

Speaking of the word 'but', a hint of cunning flashed in Zhang Ruohao's eyes, "But you kid actually dares to yin me, I can't spare you!" ”

Zhang Huan saw that the head of the family had guessed his intentions, he scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Actually, I promised Cui Yuan, and our Zhang family has no loss, on the contrary, leading the Wang family to Huainan will still have more benefits than disadvantages for my Zhang family, what does the head of the family think?" ”

"Go on!" The interest in Zhang Ruohao's eyes became even stronger.

Zhang Huan smiled slightly and said: "Chu and Wang are at odds, and Wang Ang has no time to look north, so that the head of the family can take the opportunity to clear up the family's internal strife."

Zhang Ruohao stroked his palm and laughed, "Not bad! I can see it thoroughly, and I'm going to talk to you about the family tonight! ”

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Eating, washing, changing, and waiting for the trembling old housekeeper to bring Zhang Huan, it was already sub-hour (eleven o'clock at night).

"Master, Eighteen Lang brought it!"

"Let him in!" Jang Ruoho put down the book and looked at Zhang Huan coming in with a smile on his face.

Zhang Huan stepped forward and bowed deeply to Zhang Ruoho: "Let the head of the family wait for a long time!" ”

"Come on! Sit down and talk. Zhang Ruoho ordered Zhang Huan to sit down, and he didn't say hello, and went straight to the point: "I have revised the rules of inheritance of the head of the family, and it is not necessary for the eldest son to inherit, you know, I am under a lot of pressure for this." ”

Zhang Huan nodded silently, in a hierarchical society, the importance of bloodline is self-evident, this is the rule of conduct of the entire Tang Dynasty up to the family, down to the Han family, and even the inheritance of family wealth and land, etc., are all based on this.

And a person's nobility and humility are determined before birth, and the status of a concubine of a family is not even comparable to that of a child of a poor family, who can get ahead through hard work, and a concubine is branded as inferior at birth.

Therefore, as soon as Zhang Ruoho's decision to make no distinction between his descendants and concubines came out, he immediately caused a sensation, and his move subverted the tradition and changed the unspoken rules that everyone agrees on.

And all this is for him Zhang Huan.

Of course, being the heir to the head of the family must not only be satisfied with the head of the family, this is related to the rise and fall of a family, and he must have enough strength to make the whole family agree.

What Zhang Ruoho gave him was actually just an opportunity to show his ability, and whether he could seize this opportunity or not depends on himself.

"The value of the head of the family, Zhang Huan engraved it in his heart, I will work hard and never let the head of the family down."

Zhang Ruohao glanced at it and smiled faintly, ten years ago, Zhang Ruofeng vowed to himself that he would take care of every copper coin of the Zhang family, but he transferred 400,000 yuan to the Shannan Wang's family; Fifteen years ago, his brother Zhang Potian swore allegiance to him, but in the end he split the Zhang family.

Statements don't say anything.

He pondered and asked: "You have also been in charge of the financial power for several months, and you should have also seen the current situation of my Zhang family, so tell me, what is the current crisis of my Zhang family?" ”

"Crisis?" Zhang Huan smiled bitterly, everyone in Taiyuan City knew about the crisis of the Zhang family, so why bother asking him.

"Over the years, the luxury in the family has become more and more prosperous, and the concubine has a lot of money, and he has been chanting poems and playing with the wind and moon all day long, but the poor concubine has no future, and the clansmen who have official positions do not want to forge ahead, and they have to get by, take my father as an example, it took fifteen years from the eight-grade master book to the six-grade long history, and the annual evaluation is all middle and lower, on the contrary, he takes concubines every year but is never willing to be left behind."

Speaking of this, Zhang Huan sighed, "One leaf can know the autumn, if the head of the family does not make up his mind to clean up, I am afraid that in two or three years, the Hedong will change, and the officials will come down with an official document, and the county magistrates from all over the Zhang family will have to pack up the quilt and go home." ”

Zhang Ruohao's face changed several times, and after a while, he said helplessly: "I don't know the situation you said, but some things are not as simple as you think, my Zhang family has no strength to protect itself since the civil strife ten years ago, the Wang family is in the front, the Cui family is in the back, and there is a Pei family waiting to reap the benefits, in this situation, a move will involve the overall situation, but next year, the position of the right minister will reach the five-year period, no one dares to act rashly at this time, this is the opportunity." ”

"What is the head of the house going to do?"

Zhang Ruohao smiled slightly: "So I want to hear your thoughts, where do we need to cut from?" ”

"Rise from where you fall!"

Zhang Huan raised his head, he stared at Zhang Ruohao and said slowly: "Since the decline of my Zhang family stems from the family rebellion ten years ago, if you want to reorganize the old glory of the Zhang family, the head of the family must open his heart and make Zhang Potian's family return to their origins, and the day when the two Zhang become brothers again is the beginning of the revival of my Zhang family." ”

"Be brothers again!" Zhang Ruohao muttered to himself, Zhang Huan said well, Zhang Potian is a prince of the dynasty and has a wide range of connections in the army; And he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, squeezed into the circle of cabinet decision-making, if the two of them join hands, why are they afraid of the squeeze of Cui and Wang?

He nodded with satisfaction, his eyes were full of hope, and the courage and vision shown by Zhang Huan made him seem to see the day when the Zhang family rose again.

"I see, you should rest early! Tomorrow I will take you to visit Wei Ge and Pei Jun. ”

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Wei Ge's mansion in Chang'an is located in Anrenfang, which is close to Zhuque Street, covering a large area, which is also the house of Wei Jiansu of the former Xiangguo, when the Wei family's clan was in Chang'an, after the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, Wei Jiansu moved the clan to Kaiyang County, Longyou, and gradually, it became Wei's home, and Guanlong Wei's was named after it.

Zhang Ruohao's arrival, so that Wei Ge was surprised and delighted, in an upcoming officialdom struggle, this is undoubtedly a carbon in the snow, although the Zhang family's power is not as good as before, but he is the Ministry of Rites, and controls the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court (here needs to say a few more words, after the Tang Dynasty, the six books basically became the capital of the official transfer, and its official title only represents one identity, and does not necessarily explain the position held, nor can it specifically deal with the affairs of the Ministry, and the real power is in the hands of the six Ministry of Servants), the current Ministry of Works, Zhao Zong, is Zhang Ruohao's protégé.

"Who is this little brother?" Wei Ge looked at Zhang Huan, a little surprised, Zhang Ruohao brought his younger generation to visit him, but he did not bring Zhang Xuan, the eldest son of the Zhang family, but brought a strange young man, but where did this young man seem to have seen him?

"Huh! Let me introduce you, this is Zhang Huan, the son of my sixth brother, who entered Beijing this time to participate in the imperial examination. Zhang Ruoho said, and glanced at Zhang Huan, "Eighteen Lang still hasn't stepped forward to salute?" ”

Zhang Huan stepped forward and bowed deeply, "I've seen Uncle Wei Shi!" ”

"Ahh It turns out that you are Zhang Huan. Wei Ge was overjoyed, he took Zhang Huan's hand and smiled gratefully: "Thank you for saving my mother, she often mentions you, I planned to go to the door in a few days to thank you, but I didn't think you came first." ”

Speaking of this, he hesitated, as if he wanted to ask something, but it was difficult to say, Zhang Huan knew what he meant, so he smiled slightly and said: "Brother Wei Qingxian, I have been rescued, and then we separated for some reason, but at that time, the Hui people have already retreated west, and he should be fine." ”

"Is that really the case?"

Wei Ge can no longer suppress the excitement in his heart, he is overjoyed, Kaiyang City is broken, the eldest son is chased by Hui Hui, life and death are unknown, this has always been his most worrying thing, now from Zhang Huan's mouth, how can he not be ecstatic, but Zhang Ruohao is next to him, he can't be too out of shape, Wei Ge restrained the excitement in his heart, nodded to Zhang Huan and said: "Thank you little brother for the news, maybe they are still taking refuge somewhere, and they will return to Beijing soon!" ”

After that, he diverted the topic, looked him up and down again, and said with a smile: "If it weren't for your family master saying that you will participate in the imperial examination this year, I would have thought that you were also a son in the army, and my Tang Dynasty boy should be like this, he can get on the horse and play the bow, protect the family and the country, and be familiar with poetry and books, and govern one side, so we Longyou govern the school with military regulations, which is also the reason." ”

With his son's whereabouts, Wei Ge's mood was much lighter and happier, he remembered something again, pointed at Zhang Huan and smiled at Zhang Ruohao: "Brother Zhang, when I first saw Zhang Xian's nephew, I thought it was a person I met on the Leyouyuan Bridge the night before, heh!" That guy ......"

He looked at Zhang Huan and smiled meaningfully, but said no more.

Zhang Huan also smiled faintly, he knew that Wei Ge had actually recognized himself, but he didn't break it.

At this time, Zhang Ruohao interjected beside him: "Brother Wei may not know that the burning of the military rations of the people in Maanling was actually done by me, the eighteenth lang, and the second child of the Cui family took away the credit!" ”

"Humph!" When Wei Ge heard the word 'Cui', his eyes shot out a deep hatred, "I'll just say that the Cui family's nasty billet who only knows how to play with women can do such a big thing, it's really a risk!" ”

Knowing that Zhang Huan was the hero of the grain burning incident, Wei Ge smiled brightly, and he took Zhang Huan's hand and walked to the house. "Let's go! Go to my study and tell me how the military rations were burned, which is the main reason for the Hui people to retreat north! ”