Chapter 56: Invitations and Benefits
"The kid was born in a poor family, and he didn't hear much about the affairs of the imperial court...... Li Ming simply shook the pot directly, anyway, his identity, it is not realistic to directly contact things of this level.
"Then in the eyes of the virtuous son-in-law, what kind of person is Your Majesty?" Li Ming and Xun Cai have already been engaged, and Xun Qi naturally began to call Li Ming a 'virtuous son-in-law'.
"I don't know what kind of person Your Majesty is, I only know that since I was born, the Han has never been peaceful. Either there was a rebellion here or there, and from time to time there was a natural disaster, and one or two said that His Majesty was immoral, so God sent punishment. Li Ming also replied decently.
"That's someone else's opinion, what does the virtuous son-in-law think?" Xun Qi asked further.
I don't know why, Li Ming feels that Xun Qi and Xun Cai are very similar, and if he wants to know something, he will keep asking questions like this until he gets an answer. Of course, this answer doesn't necessarily need to be correct, they just want to get the answer that they think is the most correct. Slowly, according to this inference, what answer does Xun Qi hope to get?
In other words, in his heart, what is the most correct answer?
Your Majesty is very mediocre? Your Majesty's inaction has caused chaos in the world? I don't know why, Li Ming felt that Xun Qi didn't want to get such an answer. So the opposite? No, no, no, isn't that too deliberate......
"I think Your Majesty may be in some trouble, right?" Li Ming simply chose a compromise answer.
"Does the virtuous son-in-law really think so?" Xun Qi couldn't help but feel surprised, and finally asked with a smile.
"I don't know much, but I don't think an emperor should be willing to see his empire fall......" Li Ming knew that he seemed to be close to the truth, so he simply replied more boldly.
"The virtuous son-in-law is really discerning!" Xun Qi nodded with satisfaction, it can be seen that Li Ming has indeed answered the most perfect answer in his heart, "Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, the government decree has not been able to leave Sizhou, and he has not even left Luoyang. Therefore, even if the world is in chaos, he can only watch silently, but there is nothing he can do. ”
"Virtuous nephew, there is a great fortune, I don't know if you are interested?" Xun Qi asked with a smile.
"Just by my father-in-law's orders!" Li Ming replied.
"Your Majesty is not as unbearable as you think, and he is also trying to find a way to seize the right to speak. Since last year, he has been training eunuchs and actively courting local officials, and has initially possessed the ability to compete with the Yang, Huang, Wang, and Yuan clans.
In the army, His Majesty only has Huangfu Song in his hands, and this person is from a family, and it is inevitable that he will waver when necessary. Therefore, it is the responsibility of my Xun clan to find some suitable talents for Your Majesty in the army. Xun Qi said with a smile.
"But why did Xun accept this thankless and dangerous job?" Li Ming is very strange, according to his understanding, aren't all families 'family and country all over the world'? Desperately offend other families to help Emperor Han?!
"In the end, it's nothing more than profit!" Xun Qi shook his head, "Today, whether it is the imperial court or the fields, they have all been divided between the Taiyuan Wang clan, the Jiangxia Huang clan, the Runan Yuan clan and the Hongnong Yang clan. There are also many second- and third-rate families attached to it and let their minions be. For example, the Li clan in Longxi and the Yingchuan Chen clan, as well as my Yingchuan Xun clan, were constantly suppressed by them.
If this situation continues, our family can only continue to survive half-dead. Only by breaking this situation can our family have the possibility of development. At present, the only one who can fight against them is His Majesty! ”
To put it simply, a few officially rising families are too strong, so they overwhelm a group of old families. Seeing that if it continues, the family will be half-dead, and may even be completely wiped out, so there is no choice but to unite and resist.
But if you can't really resist hard, that's death, so you secretly support Your Majesty and these families to resist. Their family ostensibly caters to these big families, and they come together on both sides to earn the most benefits.
Perhaps over the years, in the officialdom, Emperor Han has the ability to fight in the ring with these families. But the military was weak, so Xun Qi came to the door and recruited himself as his son-in-law. One may really be Xun Cai's favor, and the other is that his ability and identity are better in line with the current needs. In other words, there are still elements of political marriage in this marriage!
X's, sure enough, is worthy of being an old fox, what do you say about free love, and in the end, even your own daughter is counted!
"But I don't know what to do, son-in-law?" Li Ming asked tentatively.
"At this stage, you don't need to do anything, you just need to be yourself!" Xun Qi was very satisfied with Li Ming's attitude, "When needed, naturally an existence named 'Yuntai' will come to contact the virtuous son-in-law, and when the time comes, it will naturally arrange tasks." If the task is difficult and the virtuous son-in-law cannot complete it, he can also excuse himself, but in this way, it will inevitably lower the evaluation of the virtuous son-in-law.
As for the benefits, there are them, too! My Xun clan is not known for practicing Qi or martial arts, but can the virtuous son-in-law know, where did the "Fighting Heart Sutra" and "Wind Marksmanship" come from? ”
"What does the father-in-law mean...... Your Majesty? Li Ming was also strange, the Xuan-level mental method was very valuable, how could Xun Qi be willing to take it out as a dowry, and dare to borrow flowers to offer Buddha, and be grateful for the generosity of others.
"The royal collection of books is beyond our reach! If the virtuous son-in-law works hard, a local-level martial art, or even a local-level mental method, may not be impossible to obtain! Xun Qi said with a smile.
I have to say that Li Ming's breathing did speed up at this moment.
"But the master is ......," Li Ming couldn't help but worry.
"You're just working for Your Majesty, and you're not going to change your master!" Xun Qi had long known Li Ming's thoughts. According to him, that is, Zhu Jun is considered Li Ming's sect, but working for His Majesty is his place of employment after completing his studies.
This Li Ming seems to understand that he has had such a bridge in the past when he read novels. Someone graduated from a certain famous sect, and then joined the eight doors as an errand or something. From a modern point of view, it is the difference between school and workplace.
It's just that if something happens to him, will he implicate Zhu Jun?
His identity is not a registered disciple or an ordinary disciple, as a personal disciple, it is equivalent to a preparatory leader. In a sense, his every move actually can't represent Zhu Jun's meaning?
"Zhu Jun is also a person from 'Yuntai'!" Xun Qi looked at Li Ming and frowned, as if he knew what he was worried about, so he smiled.
This answer really made Li Ming choke for a moment, whether he wanted to be so vigorous.
"It's a pity that Zhu Jun didn't agree to join the 'Yuntai' directly, but existed as a peripheral member. But come to think of it, I shouldn't refuse the virtuous son-in-law to join the 'PTZ'. Xun Qi smiled kindly.
Seriously, this feeling of being controlled by someone is very uncomfortable.
"Father-in-law, what if Your Majesty can't fight the family after all?" Li Ming asked cautiously.
"Our Xun clan is above board, how can we cling to the eunuch party?" Xun Qi's face suddenly changed, and he said indignantly.
Li Ming immediately understood, this was an old fox in front of him! I became the kind of fine! Why don't you go to heaven?!