Feng Da's shopkeeper was ordered by the head of the family to send the pearl to Jia Ji, although he didn't know the intention of the head of the family to let him send the pearl, but he knew that Jia Xu came to return the pearl in person, and he must not accept it as soon as possible, and this matter must be reported to the head of the family as much as possible.

While entertaining Jia Xu with good tea and snacks, he urgently sent someone to inform the head of the family, it happened that today was a holiday, Fei Guan was not in Weiyang Palace, but in his own house, he got the news that Jia Xu was in the jewelry store, and hurried to the jewelry store.

Since Liu Jing issued the order to adjust the official office, Fei Guan began to worry, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, and Du Yi were among the power centers, was it an accident to adjust Xiangguo, and Dong Yun and his nephew Fei Yi were promoted to Zhongshu left and right, which probably means that he and Dong Yun will be down.

Fei Guan was anxious in his heart, of course he didn't want to lose the position of Xiangguo, Xiangguo's power was like a sweet poison, which made him want to stop, in order to keep Xiangguo, he did not hesitate to take Jia Xu's path, hoping that Jia Xu could say a few good words for himself, he knew the weight of Jia Xu in the heart of the King of Han, and generally Jia Xu's proposal was proposed by the King of Han, and the King of Han would accept it.

But Jia Xu actually came to his jewelry store and returned the pearl, Fei Guan felt a little bad in his heart, he got out of the carriage through the back door, and almost trotted all the way into the inner hall.

Seeing that Jia Xu was sitting alone in the hall drinking tea, Fei Guan hurriedly walked up to the inner hall and said with a smile: "Let Jia Gong wait for a long time." ”

Of course, Jia Xu would not return the jade box to the shopkeeper, but wanted to return it to the people of the Fei family, but he didn't expect Fei Guan to come over in person, which made him really a little contemptuous.

In fact, not only Jia Xu, but many people in the DPRK and China do not look down on Fei Guan, he is the weakest in the Five Phases Country, and his reputation is also the worst, just because his aunt is Liu Zhang's mother, the Fei family has soared and become the first wealthy family in Shuzhong, and Fei Guan has naturally become the second only to Zhang Song in Yizhou.

Liu Jing seized Yizhou, in order to balance the factions of Yizhou officialdom, he let Fei Guan make Shangshu, not only because of his ability, not only Fei Guan made Shangshu, his younger brother Fei Shi served as the county guard, and his nephew Fei Yi was promoted to Zhongshu Cheng and became the first family of Han officialdom.

However, Fei Shi and Fei Yi are very talented, and this Fei Guan is a little difficult.

Jia Xu didn't show his face, got up and saluted back and said with a smile: "Fei Shangshu only needs to let his nephew come once, why bother to come in person, Jia Xu can't afford it." ”

"Jia Gong is here, how dare I not come!"

Fei Guan hurriedly ordered the maid next to him to change the tea, he asked Jia Xu to sit down, his eyes fell on the jade box on the table, his expression was a little embarrassed, but he reacted quickly, and hurriedly said: "It may be that my shopkeeper didn't make it clear to Ling Lang, this is a birthday gift specially given to Jia Gong when he heard that Jia Gong is going to celebrate his 70th birthday, why should Jia Gong see outside?" ”

"Huh! The old decay will not pass the life of the ancient until October, and it is only May now, and Fei Shangshu is too anxious. ”

"Where! Where! I'm afraid that there will be too many people to give birthday gifts, and the younger generations won't be able to rank up, so I sent them in advance. ”

Fei Guan pushed the jade box to Jia Xu again, "This is a little bit of the junior's heart, please Jia Gong must accept it." ”

Fei Guan kept claiming that the younger generation made Jia Xu really uncomfortable, but he tried not to care, Jia Xu smiled again: "Since it is a birthday gift, then I might as well be respectful." ”

Jia Xu is an extremely smooth person, he doesn't want to offend the Fei family because of this, no matter what the Fei family relies on, but now the Fei family is indeed very powerful, and he is not willing to set up a strong enemy for the sake of his descendants.

Fei Guan saw that Jia Xu accepted it, and he was secretly happy in his heart, so he seized this opportunity to probe: "Has Jia Gong seen His Highness recently? ”

"I haven't asked about political affairs for a long time, but I saw His Highness once during the last Battle of Hefei, and I haven't seen him again, is there anything wrong with Fei Shangshu?"

Fei Guan said worriedly: "Your Highness has recently been reforming the power structure, involving many people, and the officialdom of Chang'an is not calm!" ”

"Lao Yu also heard from the dog yesterday that his nephew was promoted to Zhongshucheng, congratulations to Fei Shangshu."

Fei Guan smiled bitterly and said: "If you have gains, you must lose something, how can Your Highness let the two Fei family members be in a high position, I'm afraid I will be dismissed." ”

"Fei Shangshu is serious, but the dismissal of the prime minister is derogatory because of the matter, did Fei Shangshu do something inappropriate?"

Fei Guan was silent, and after a long time, he said, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of being presumptuous, how much land does Jia Gong's family still have?" ”

Jia Xu saw that he was not stupid, and knew what the problem was, so he had the heart to remind him, Jia Xu smiled: "I originally had thousands of hectares of land, part of which was given by Dong Zhuo and Li Xuan, and later I got hundreds of hectares in Nanyang, and I handed over the land in Nanyang to Prime Minister Cao Cheng, and he gave it back to me, but I handed over all the land to His Royal Highness, and now I have less than ten hectares of fertile land in my hands, which is my ancestral property." ”

"I heard that Kuai Yue handed over thousands of hectares of land to His Royal Highness the King of Han back then, but His Royal Highness refused to accept it, why is this?"

Jia Xu smiled, "I know very well about the matter of the Kuai family, in fact, it was I who built it for His Highness, because Kuai Yue figured out that Guò returned the land and regained His Highness's reuse, but His Highness really didn't want to use him anymore."

However, His Royal Highness is ready to use Kuai Qi, so His Royal Highness obeys my construction and does not accept Kuai Yue's surrender of land, but a year later, he accepted the thousands of hectares of fertile land returned by Kuai Qi, and as a result, Kuai Qi served as the Taishou of Nanjun, and later Kuai Yue died of illness, His Royal Highness also regretted it a little, and cried, he often said to me that he owed Kuai Yue a lot of kindness, and I estimated that the Kuai family would have a great future in the future. ”

"What about the Cai family? I heard that their family still has 2,000 hectares of land in Xiangyang."

Without waiting for Fei Guan to finish speaking, Jia Xu waved his hand, "Regarding the four major families in Jingzhou back then, if Fei Shangshu is willing to listen, I can sort it out, I have participated in this matter before and after, and I know it very well." ”

Fei Guan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "The younger generation is willing to listen to it!" ”

"Cai, Kuai, Pang, Huang, the four major families in Jingzhou back then, Huang Zu died early, thousands of hectares of land in Jiangxia were awarded to meritorious soldiers by the King of Han, Kuai family I just said, I won't say more, anyway, the Kuai family now has less than 50 hectares of land in their hands, all of which are ancestral property, the Pang family originally also had thousands of hectares of land, but Pang Tong and Pang Shanmin all handed over the year before last, and these lands were distributed to tenant farmers, so that Xiangyang has thousands of homesteaders, now let's talk about the Cai family."

Jia Xu took a sip of tea and said unhurriedly: "The Cai family is more complicated, and it is more typical, they originally owned tens of thousands of hectares of land, known as the first family in Jingzhou, although Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, but the impact on the Cai family was not great, Cai Yan even served as the Xiangyang Taishou, but the premise of his appointment as the Xiangyang Taishou was that the Cai family handed over half of the land, and later His Royal Highness went to visit the Cai family several times in order to increase the number of homesteaders, and the Cai family was finally only willing to hand over a thousand hectares of land, which made His Royal Highness the King of Han angry, and later when the five Shangshu were determined for the first time, It was originally decided not Jiang Wan, but Cai Yan, which was also the collective recommendation of Jingzhou officials, after all, Jiang Wan was not qualified enough to fight for the interests of Jingzhou, but do you know why it was not Cai Yan in the end? ”

"Because of the land!" Fei Guan blurted out.

Jia Xu nodded slowly, "Exactly!" When the Cai family refused to hand over the land, it had already angered His Royal Highness the King of Han, but because of the needs of the situation, the King of Han did not move the Cai family, but it did not mean that he would forget about it, as a result, Cai Yan was out, and he retired last year, and he has never been able to enter the center of power, and Cai Jin, now he is only serving as a captain, and it is difficult to get promoted again, including Cai Shaoyu, I heard that he also married last year, I will tell Fei Shangshu this! The Cai family is finished, because they are unwilling to give up the land, and they are not allowed by His Royal Highness the King of Han, if Cai Jin is smarter and hands over the last bit of land, His Royal Highness the King of Han will look at Wen Ping's sake, maybe he can be promoted to a partial general again. ”

Fei Guan's face was white and red, although Jia Xu said that it was the Cai family, but the Fei family was not the same, and he said in a low voice: "But after all, they still have thousands of hectares of land in their hands." ”

Jia Xu smiled, "Without power, can they keep the land in their hands?" Did Fei Shangshu forget the fate of the Yizhou Yun family? ”

Fei Guan suddenly remembered Yun Shao, the father of Liu Zhang's favorite concubine, who was originally a businessman, and later became rich because of his daughter, Liu Zhang rewarded him with 500 hectares of the best land, but the last family was nowhere to be found, and the land was also taken away by the government.

This is the reality, without power, without any wealth, and if you don't give up the land, the Fei family will sooner or later follow the old path of the Cai family, Fei Guanyi gritted his teeth and asked: "If the Fei family gives up the land in Shuzhong, does Jia Gong think that my position as Xiangguo can still be kept?" ”

Jia Xu said for a long time, in fact, he persuaded him to give up the land of Shuzhong, he saw that Fei Guan had been moved, so he smiled and said: "I don't know if Fei Shangshu can continue to be the prime minister, but if Fei Shangshu decides not to follow the old path of the Cai family, I can assert that the Fei family will have another Xiangguo in five years." ”

"Jia Gong is talking about my nephew Fei Yi?"

Jia Xu squinted and smiled, "Doesn't Fei Shangshu understand the heart of the superior?" Han Wang's move has already come out, and it depends on whether Fei Shangshu will move on to the next move. ”

Fei Guan nodded silently, he finally understood why the King of Han promoted his nephew Fei Yi to Zhongshucheng, in fact, he was hinting to himself, if the Fei family was willing to give up the land, then Fei Yi could take another step, if he was not interested, then not only would his position not be guaranteed, but the Fei family would gradually decline, and within five years, the Cai family would repeat the mistakes of the Cai family.

Although Fei Guan has understood that he has no hope of continuing to be a prime minister, but in order for the Fei family not to follow the old path of the Cai family, he should indeed make a decision, Fei Guan is also a smart person, when he sees the shape clearly, he knows what to do, Fei Guan finally made up his mind, he got up and gave a deep salute to Jia Xu, "If the Fei family has a future, it will all depend on Jia Gong's gift, Jia Gong's great grace, and the Fei family will remember it." ”

The next day, Fei Guan officially wrote to Liu Jing that the Fei family was willing to give up 10,000 hectares of land in Bashu, and the 8,000 tenant slaves attached to the land were also returned to the people.

Liu Jing was overjoyed and praised Fei Guan as the minister of the pillars of the Han State, and the hundred officials of the Han State should follow suit and give the Fei family an iron scroll on the spot.

Three days later, Liu Jing promulgated the decree of the king of Han, promoted Dong He to the Situ of the Han State, promoted Fei Guan to Sikong, both of them were named townsmen, Du Ji and Pang Tong entered the prime minister, and Dong Yun and Fei Yi added the same Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhangshi, Fei Guan's brother Fei Shi moved to Shu County Taishou.

So far, Liu Jing has completed the first phase change and improved the system of multi-phase checks and balances.

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