- After the wedding, Chen Ke finally had time to sit down with her brothers and have a good chat.

On this day, he held a banquet in the outer house and invited Dalang Erlang Shiro Goro to get together with their wives and children. After eating, the women and children went to the back garden to enjoy the fun, while the six brothers ate tea and talked in the study.

Chen Yu, who sat at the top, was in the same department as Erlang, first released to the lieutenant of Dehua County and then promoted to Tongcheng County, and after the examination was completed this year, he was transferred to the transfer of Guangxi Guizhou, and after attending the wedding, he was going to take office.

"I heard that it was Wang Caoshuai of Guangnan West Road who asked me by name." Da Lang is dignified and steady, not smiling, and worthy of being a good student of Chen Xiliang: "I'm afraid it's for the sake of San Lang's face." ”

"Although it is a little harder to go to Guangxi, it is more enjoyable to be a function." Chen Ke said with a smile: "First, the emperor is far away, and second, our brothers are there, and there are some good fates." ”

"I see you have something to say." Da Lang smiled: "I heard that you are in a tight situation, and I thought that I would try to transfer me back to Beijing." ”

"Huh." Chen Ke smiled and said: "It's really tight, but at this level of fighting, we all have to watch from the side, and if we don't get it, we will be affected by the pond fish, so how far away is it necessary to hide, at least in the future, the brothers will be assigned to Lingnan, and there is one who can take refuge, isn't it?" ”

His joke was not funny at all, and the brothers sighed when they heard this. When they saw Chen Ke's grand wedding, the official couple and the Manchu Dynasty ministers were all guests, and they thought that the good days of the Chen family had arrived.

"San Lang's words are not alarmist." Erlang frowned and said, "Once that one goes up, there will be no place for my Chen family in this Great Song Dynasty." ”

"So, you asked me to go to Guangxi, let Shiro go to Fujian, let Goro go to Shaanxi......" Da Lang somewhat understood. Chen Yu served as a county magistrate on Fujian Road, and Wulang served as a military magistrate in the Suide Army.

"Yes." Chen Ke nodded and said, "And Liulang is also leaving Beijing." ”

"Rokuro?" Da Lang's eyes widened and said, "You have completely given up your career?" ”

"I didn't count on it for a long time, and I was locked up at home for half a year." Rokuro smiled and said, "Don't let me out again." I'm going to have to go home myself. ”

"Where are you going?"

"Get out and walk around." Liulang smiled and said, "I discussed it with Li Fan, he left Beijing this time and took me with him." Where to go depends on his arrangement. ”

"It's okay not to be an official." Shiro sighed and said, "Otherwise, our Chen family is like an egg on a plate, it's too dangerous." ”

"So I'm going to be the egg on the outside of that plate." Rokuro smiled: "When you can't get along." Come to me. ”

"Save it." Chen Ke smacked him and said, "If you can take care of yourself, I'll thank God." ”

"Speaking of which, what are the odds?" Da Lang asked the question that everyone was most concerned about. Although it is necessary to take precautions, who wants to change from a full house of eunuchs with infinite scenery to a lost dog who has fallen to the end of the world.

"I can't say for sure." Chen Ke said slowly: "Judging from the current situation, our strength is growing rapidly, and we are no longer alone. After a pause, he said: "However, the strength of the other party is also growing, although not as fast as us." But they are too big, and we can't catch up in a short period of time. ”

"The official family is only fifty years old." Da Lang said softly: "There is still time for us to chase." ”

"Here's the problem. You can see that, and so will they. Erlang said in a deep voice: "Now." San Lang and his rapid rise, some people have panicked. There is no way they will not fight back. ”

"How to counteract?" Da Lang asked.

"There are two paths, one is to vigorously suppress, and the other is to settle the game as soon as possible." Chen Ke analyzed: "The former may be smaller, because the Great Song Dynasty, after all, is still the official family who has the final say." And the most taboo thing for officials is party strife. Therefore, in order to avoid creating a bad impression on the officials, everyone tried their best to maintain a situation of healthy competition...... Even if it's just on the surface. ”

"So how do they get the deal done?" Da Lang asked in a deep voice.

"It's nothing more than writing through those well-known ministers." Erlang said: "Three years ago, that powerful exhortation led to the opening of the clan school, and later the sect children completed their studies, and they continued to exert pressure, in exchange for the best five people to watch the government. It can be seen that the official family has been making concessions, but as they give in again and again, the space for circulation has become smaller and smaller. There was no reason why they should not continue to work hard to establish that man's position once and for all. ”

"Yes, they're one last step away." Chen Ke nodded and said, "But we're still early." So what we need most is time. ”

"The attitude of the officials is also very important." Shiro said softly.

"It's the same thing." Erlang said: "The fact that we can get time shows the attitude of the officials." ”

"So, the longer it drags on." Da Lang said: "The more favorable the situation is for us, isn't it?" ”

"Now it seems that it is so." Chen Ke nodded.

"I heard that the king of Runan County is dying." Rokuro suddenly said.

"That's what I'm worried about." Chen Ke sighed and said, "Have you ever thought about what the consequences will be once he dies?" ”

"It should be a good thing for us." Shiro said slowly: "The reason why that person can get the support of many big people is largely because of the relationship between the king of Runan County, once he dies, the blow to that person will definitely be very heavy." "At least many people don't need to be bound by the shackles of the past and make a new choice.

"There's something more realistic." Erlang said: "Once he dies, that person will be in charge for three years!" In the past three years, Zhao Zongshi has been equivalent to hibernation.

"Isn't that the time we need?" Da Lang's eyes lit up.

"But will they give us that time?" Chen Ke sneered.

"Yes......" Now everyone believes Chen Ke's words. Zhao Zongshi really can't wait, there will definitely be a big move in the near future.

"He must hurry up and get rid of the father-son relationship with the King of Beihai County, otherwise everything will be in vain." Da Lang said in a deep voice: "But how can he do it?" My father is about to die, who dares to make such a motion? That's a lot of humanity! ”

"No, there is one person who is not afraid." Chen Ke shook his head and said.

"Who?" Everyone asked in unison.

"The ...... of the King of Beihai County" Chen Ke said quietly: "So far, their choices are very few, I estimate that the King of Beihai County will definitely personally contribute to this matter......"

The study was quiet, and everyone was speechless for a long time by Chen Ke's reasoning.

"Don't worry too much," Chen Ke smiled and comforted: "I'm afraid that things in the world can't be imagined, as long as you can think of it, there will be a way." ”

The brothers nodded silently, they now understood that these things were indeed not something they could care about, so it was better to take their place and wait for the boots to fall.

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sent the brothers away, but Chen Ke's family did not go back. The cross-courtyard in the house originally felt quite large, but as soon as there were many houses, it seemed crowded.

Chen Ke's outer house, located in the east of Jinliangqiao Street Road in the west of the city, on the bank of the Bianhe River, is a prime location that is hard to find. It was originally the residence of Liu Shouzhong, the founder of the Great Song Dynasty. Liu Shouzhong is one of the ten brothers of Emperor Taizu's righteous society, and he was released from military power with a glass of wine and became a rich man.

However, as a result of handing over military power, he was completely squeezed out of the historical stage by the upstarts who rose from the Taizu and Taizong dynasties. The children of the Liu family sit and eat empty, and naturally it is difficult to escape the curse of 'being rich for three generations'. Now that it has been passed to Liu Shouzhong's great-grandchildren, they can no longer afford to live in such a big house, so they sold their ancestral house and wanted to exchange some silver taels to move to live elsewhere.

At that time, Zhou Dingkun was ordered to look for a house, so he took it at a price of 30,000 yuan, which was cheaper than the one he bought for the Su family.

When this yard was just put down, it was already dilapidated, and the west wing houses had collapsed, so it was uninhabitable...... Of course, for people of Chen Ke's status. So 30,000 guan is just to buy a piece of land.

And in terms of land alone, it's not very big, 'only' eight acres. After all, the people of the Taizu Dynasty did not have the extravagance they have now, so even if it is the mansion of the founding hero, it can only be regarded as medium compared with the super-rich mansions of more than ten or twenty acres now.

Chen Ke bought this house, is for the purpose of married life, Zhou Dingkun naturally wants to keep improving, he invited the famous painter and architect Cui Bai in Bianjing to draft the plan, after Chen Ke agreed, he hired Cui Bai as the construction manager, responsible for planning and building.

After the beginning of the year, all walks of life craftsmen gathered, and the civil bricks and tiles, civil bricks and tiles, were transferred to place through the Bianhe River, and the project officially began.

They ordered the craftsmen to tear down all the original courtyards of the houses and renovate the exterior walls. Then in addition to building houses, they also built mountains and ponds, erected buildings and pavilions, and planted bamboo and flowers...... The house built by the painter and designer is naturally like a painting.

Fortunately, the mountains and rocks and trees in the original house are all old, and now they can't be bought, so they can naturally be used. And there was also a lotus pond in Fuzhong, but it was not treated for a long time and was silted up into flat ground. After digging again, it turned out to be a stream of living water. This made Cui Bai very happy, and said to Zhou Dingkun: "The feng shui of this house was originally excellent, but it was because there was no living water that it was getting worse." It turned out that it was just blocked, but it saved us trouble, and there was no trouble to lead again! ”

This greatly shortened the progress of the project, and when Chen Ke returned from Liao, the main building was basically completed. In order to let him move into a new house after marriage, Zhou Dingkun paid double the salary, asked the craftsmen to work overtime, and finally completed it ten days ago, and hurried to set up the furniture, until yesterday, it was not considered to be occupied-

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Although the writing is a little slower, I will not stop updating this year...... Years ago, I still have to pay off my debts. It should be the one who owes the fourth watch (I know, there are two new debts.) Let's pay off the old debt first. ）

At the end of the year, the pressure of debt is too great......