"Why?"

Pei Ju sensitively captured this grandson's mood swings, he felt a little strange in his heart, how could he suddenly not want to do it if he did a good job?

"What happened? You tell me. ”

Pei Qingsong's lips trembled slightly, and under the blazing gaze of the head of the family, he timidly lowered his head and whispered: "Grandson's holding of this position has caused discord within the family, and grandson doesn't want to be a sinner of the Pei family. ”

"How did you become a sinner of the Pei family?"

Pei Ju's eyes became more and more severe, the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart were spreading, but he still restrained this anger, he attached great importance to the mood fluctuations of this clan, it was not as simple as his eldest grandson or second grandson not wanting to participate in the imperial examination, the position held by this clan's grandson was so important, it was related to the future of the Pei family, he did not dare to take it lightly.

Under the severe interrogation of the head of the family, Pei Qingsong couldn't avoid it, the cold sweat on his forehead continued to seep out, he regretted his gaffe, but the words had already been said, he couldn't stop anymore, Pei Qingsong lowered his head deeply, and said in a tone that only he and Pei Ju could hear: "This is the case, the eldest grandson and the second grandson should be allowed to take this position, I am just the grandson of the Pei family, but I am in an important position, can the Pei family not be chaotic?" ”

'Bang! Pei Ju slapped the table heavily, a wave of anger rose in his heart, he could no longer restrain the annoyance in his heart, and shouted loudly: "Who told you this, is it Xiao Jin?" ”

"This matter has nothing to do with Xiao joining the army, he just took me to drink when he saw that his grandson was in a bad mood."

"Who told you that, you tell me!"

Pei Ju's voice was very loud, everyone outside the door heard it, Steward Liu was standing outside the door, his heart trembled, it had been a long time since he heard the master be so angry, he didn't dare to stay at the door anymore, turned around and hurried away.

Just turned the small door. But he met the eldest grandson Pei Jin who came in a hurry, and hurriedly grabbed Pei Jin's arm and whispered: "The old master is angry, don't go, eldest son." ”

"Why?" Pei Jin asked strangely.

"I don't know. The old man is anxious to see the young man, so I'll go and find him, huh! Maybe it's because Aomatsu Gongzi drank alcohol. ”

Pei Jin frowned slightly, his grandfather was anxious to find Pei Qingsong, could it be that something big happened in the court?

"I see!"

Pei Jin slowed down and slowly walked towards his grandfather's study, he wanted to know. What the hell is going on?

Steward Liu saw that the eldest son was still walking towards the study, he was not at ease, and turned around and followed.

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In the study, Pei Ju was like an old leopard, although he was old, but the power of anger should not be underestimated, he stood up and looked at Pei Qingsong sternly. The majesty of the head of the family shrouded Pei Qingsong, a brother of another family, from all directions.

Pei Qingsong's heart was crossed, and he also let go, and plucked up the courage to say: "No one told me." This is a clear thing, since I joined the army as this secretary, the ministers of the DPRK and China have talked a lot, saying that I have no qualifications, just relying on the power of the family, every time Wang Xiangguo meets me, he has to find all kinds of reasons to reprimand me, and even if I walk too fast, I also say that I have lost the manners of a gentleman, and outsiders say that it is enough, but everyone in the family is cold to me and ignores me. Even my brother who lived with me moved out and saw me as a plague god, grandfather, do you know the pain of this great pressure? ”

Speaking of this, Pei Qingsong finally couldn't help crying bitterly.

Pei Ju's gaze softened, he really didn't expect Pei Qingsong to be under so much pressure. Pei Ju sat down again, and said to him softly: "You just have to be your secretary to join the army, don't have any ideas, and don't consider resigning, you just need to remember one thing, I firmly support you, at least the court's discussion of you is mostly out of jealousy, and if it takes a little longer, no one will dare to offend you easily." ”

Pei Qingsong wiped away his tears and nodded, "Grandson remembers." ”

Pei Ju smiled again and asked him, "Didn't you go back to bring your wife and children to Taiyuan last time, why did you come back single in the end?" ”

Pei Qingsong lowered his head and said for a while: "My grandson has no place to place their mother and son, and I want to save a sum of money to buy a house." ”

Pei Ju pondered for a moment, then got up and walked to the bookcase and took out a jade plaque, and handed it to Pei Qingsong, "There is a small mansion covering an area of three acres in Wangwu Lane in the west of the city, which is also the property of the Pei family, you take this jade plaque to the account room to receive the key, and then receive a thousand taels of silver to clean up the house, your wife and children I will send someone to pick them up tomorrow, the king of Chu trusts you very much, you don't live up to his trust, drink less, work hard, and wait for him to leave every day before you can go home, understand?" ”

Pei Qingsong's tears poured out again, he kowtowed three times, and said in a trembling voice: "The head of the family loves and cares, and the grandson remembers it in his heart." ”

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Pei Qingsong left, Pei Ju stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, quietly staring at the starry sky in the night sky, at this time his heart was full of thoughts, and the situation of the past seemed to return to his eyes, vividly.

In the fourth year of Renshou, when he first discovered that Yang Yuanqing had a huge hidden value, he gradually bet the fate of the family on him, and it turned out that his bet back then was completely correct, Yang Yuanqing had dominated the Sui Dynasty, and he would control the whole world sooner or later.

But with the establishment of the new Sui, Pei Ju slowly felt that Yang Yuanqing and the Pei family had an estrangement, and began to use the Wang family to suppress the Pei family, although Pei Ju also found that Yang Yuanqing did not like the Wang family, but the Wang family still had to be reused, which in turn showed that Yang Yuanqing was wary of the Pei family's dominance.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is the focus of his original argument with Pei Yun, he advocated the unity of Pei and Yang, integrating the interests of Yang Yuanqing and Pei's interests, and Pei Yun advocated that Yang Yuanqing was Yang Yuanqing, and Pei's was Pei's, and he should keep his distance.

Now it seems that Pei Ju has to admit that Pei Yun is right, since ancient times, it is impossible for any person in power to tolerate a monopoly, not to mention that the rise of Yang Yuanqing did not rely on much of the Pei family's strength.

Pei Ju's train of thought returned to Pei Qingsong, this is a delicate chess piece, in fact, Pei Ju also knows that Yang Yuanqing's appointment of Pei Qingsong as the secretary of the army is a disguised move to suppress the Pei family, on the one hand, he will continue to reuse the Pei family, but on the other hand, he does not want the Pei family to be too strong, so he starts by reusing the Pei family's partial brother, which makes Pei Ju very helpless.

But Yang Yuanqing's move also reminded him that Yang Yuanqing was taking a relatively mild approach. is hinting that he wants to rein in, if the Pei family still doesn't know what to do, and continues to sit strongly, Yang Yuanqing may not move himself now. But in the future, he will clean up the Pei family, and the most serious consequence will be the abolition of the queen.

The biggest difference between the Pei family and the Wang family is that the Pei family has a far-sighted political veteran like Pei Ju, who has a long-term vision, considers the interests of the family for a hundred years, and does not seek a situation for the Pei family. The most important capital is the eldest son of the princess and Yang Yuanqing, as long as this capital is kept, then the Pei family will have forty years of prosperity, as for his personal interests, it is really not important, he must plan for the Pei family.

Thinking of this, Pei Ju said loudly: "Call Steward Liu!" ”

After a while, Steward Liu hurriedly walked into the study. He bowed down and said, "Did the master call me?" ”

"Hmm!"

Pei Ju nodded, "You leave tomorrow morning to go to Wenxi and bring Qingsong's wife and children." To use the treatment of the eldest grandson, there must be no cold reception. ”

Steward Liu was startled in his heart, why did the old man become the treatment of the eldest grandson after yelling and scolding a few words? He didn't dare to ask more, so he promised to turn around and leave, but Pei Ju stopped him, "By the way, call the eldest grandson and San Lang together." ”

Steward Liu turned around and left the study, in fact, the eldest grandson Pei Jin was near the study, and when Pei Qingsong came out just now, he had just approached the study. Steward Liu walked out of the study and saw Pei Jin head-on, so he said, "The old master let you in." ”

Pei Jin was taken aback, "The head of the family knows that I am outside?" ”

"No, I guess I'm looking for you, and I'm looking for your third uncle. Get on board! ”

Steward Liu left, Pei Jin hesitated for a long time, and then slowly walked into his grandfather's study and saluted deeply, "Is my grandfather looking for me?" ”

Pei Ju glanced at him, this eldest grandson has excellent talent and character, there has never been a scandal like Qinglou ** or getting drunk like mud, he has been an official for many years, and he also has a good official reputation, but he also has shortcomings, that is, he is a little high, or arrogant, which is a common problem of many famous children, but as he gets older and his experience increases, this problem will slowly disappear.

"Jin'er, you're in your early thirties this year!"

Pei Jin didn't know what his grandfather meant, and said respectfully: "My grandson is thirty or two years old this Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

"Hmmm! At the age of thirty-two, he also served as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and his future is immeasurable! ”

Pei Ju sighed, and his tone suddenly became stern, "But why are you still like a businessman's son, and you are calculating?" ”

Pei Jin was so frightened that he knelt down, "Grandfather, grandson doesn't!" ”

"Humph! If you are not a small-bellied chicken intestine, then you are a rat-eyed, and you don't have the bearing and vision that a family eldest grandson should have, you disappoint me too much. ”

Pei Jin lowered his head deeply, not daring to say a word, Pei Ju glanced at him again, only then did he suppress his breath, and said seriously: "Regarding Qingsong's appointment to join the army as a secretary, it is not as simple as you think, in fact, there is a deep political meaning in it, I won't tell you why?" You have to figure it out for yourself, you have been an official for 12 years, if you can't even see through this, then you are an idiot in the officialdom, I just want to tell you one thing, the king of Chu appointed Qingsong as a secretary to join the army, which means that I have to resign from the phase, do you understand? ”

Pei Jin's heart trembled, he probably had faintly seen a little, "Grandson understands a little, let Grandchild think about it again." ”

At this time, Pei Ju's third son, Pei Wenju, walked into the room, Pei Ju glanced at him, and said to Pei Jin: "You can think about it yourself!" Once you figure it out, you will know how to treat Qingsong as an eldest grandson. ”

"Yes! The grandson retired. ”

After looking at the eldest grandson and leaving, Pei Ju turned back to Pei Wenju and said, "There is an important thing for you to do for your father." ”

Pei Ju has a total of three sons and four daughters, the three sons are not very good, Pei Ju's eldest son Pei Wenjing was originally the Taishou of Nanyang County, and the current Hedong County Magistrate Shi, with average ability; The second son, Pei Wenyi, is Pei Minqiu's father, who has not been out of office due to poor health; Pei Wenju in front of him is the third son, more than forty years old, formerly the Taifu Temple, because of Yang Guang's death and abandoned the official home, now in charge of the Pei family's money and trade, very powerful.

He bowed and said, "Father, please." ”

Pei Ju pondered and said to him, "I plan to let you go to take charge of the Pei family's industry in the Jiangnan area. ”

Pei Wenju was shocked, his father was cutting his own clan power! He didn't dare to contradict it, so he had to whisper, 'Yes!' The child obeyed. ’

Pei Ju smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't think that your father is cutting your power, in fact, you have a heavy responsibility, you are not going to manage the industry, your heavy responsibility is to keep an eye on the Wuxing Shen clan for me." ”

Pei Ju's eyes narrowed, "Do you understand what it means to be a father?" ”