"Lord Liu is a capable person who has governed Nanyang very well in office. The officials of the yamen and the chiefs of various departments were very convinced of him, and he was more prestigious in Nanyang. It's just that he is about to become a master, and his two sons, one of whom is a man and one who is a talent, have repeatedly failed the exam. Seeing that he was about to become a scholar, three years ago he asked his eldest son to be the teacher of Nanyang. ”

"In the future, if Lord Cai takes over his position, his son will have to eat under Lord Cai. So he is more conceited to Lord Cai now. As long as it does not touch his interests, he will turn a blind eye. ”

"And Lord Cai relied on the power of the crown prince, and felt that Nanyang Zhizhou was in his pocket, even Lord Wu couldn't stop it, so he is getting stronger and stronger now, and the fat difference between salt and grain has been in his hands. It will not be easy for the girl to get one of these two items from him. ”

Zhao Ruxi asked again: "How is Lord Cai's official voice?" What about the actual situation? ”

"With Lord Liu in front, Lord Cai's official voice is not obvious. However, now that Lord Liu intends to back down, it is estimated that Lord Cai will inevitably have a good reputation in the past two years. In private, he has a lot of selfish desires, and the reason why he clings to salt and grain is that he has made a lot of profits from them. The villain privately speculated that most of the money he got was provided to the prince. And the reason why he wants to become the governor of a state is also to snatch power and resources for the crown prince. ”

Zhou Chun has been by Zhao Ruxi's side for two years, and his vision is the same as that of the old lady and the Zhu family, which is very different from before. When thinking about problems, we also think at a deeper level, rather than looking at the superficial phenomenon.

Zhao Ruxi's brows couldn't help frowning.

She doesn't have a heavy desire for power, and she came to be a local official, just to have an in-depth understanding of the local economic situation and make a modest contribution to improving the lives of local people.

So if Cai Yaozong was a good official and didn't think about bullying her, she didn't plan to engage in a political struggle with him.

It's just that now, she has stood in the line of the second or fifth princes, and in the face of the prince's followers, she always feels like she can't get along peacefully. Under her nose, she always felt that she was too incompetent to let Cai Yaozong be greedy for salt and grain money, and send it to support the prince and let them use it to deal with Xiao Lingyan's faction.

So even if she wants a Buddha, she can only be a fighting Buddha, and she has no choice.

She asked, "What is Cai Yaozong's weakness?" Chen Kang, the official I asked you to inquire about, what is the situation at home? ”

Zhou Chun said embarrassedly: "Cai Yaozong has any weakness, the villain didn't find it." As for Chen Kang, he is just fifty years old this year, he has given birth to three children, his daughter is married, his son only lives in one, and now he is working as a servant in the house, and his nephew has opened a restaurant, and Chen Kang's family should have more than half of the shares. Although the family is not rich, it is also well-off. However, the girl reminded that this Chen Kang is a black and white eater. The villain only found out about these things on the surface, but didn't inquire about them secretly. The villain was worried about startling the snake, so he didn't dare to ask around. ”

"You're doing a good job." Zhao Ruxi praised.

This is also what she told when Zhou Chun came.

People like Chen Kang are very sensitive to ears and eyes. As long as someone asks a little, it can reach his ears. And whether you are good or malicious, investigating others for no reason is an act that offends people in itself.

She had just arrived, and before she could do anything, she offended the head snake, which was definitely very unwise.

Zhou Chun is an ordinary person and a new face, so when he comes here, he can only tell some gossip by hearsay, and it is not good to blatantly ask someone to inquire. Who knows if the little second in the restaurant or the beggar at the city gate is Chen Kang's person?

She didn't want to do anything to Chen Kang, so naturally there was no need to cause trouble. Moreover, Xiao Lingyan's information to her is already more detailed, and Zhou Chun naturally asks as much as he can here.

"Chen Kang is fifty this year, he should have a grandson, right? How old is the grandson? Zhao Ruxi asked.

He had three grandchildren, the eldest sixteen and the youngest seven. Chen Kang is worried about his grandson's future. Zhou Chun said.

The officialdom rules of the Great Jin Dynasty are very similar to those of the Ming and Qing dynasties, there is a clear distinction between officials and officials, and the status of officials is the same as that of service, so officials and their descendants are not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.

In other words, even if Chen Kang is a powerful person, he is a black and white man in Nanyang, he is a local snake, and the officials dare not ignore him, and they need his support if they want to gain a firm foothold in Nanyang, but no matter how much he himself and his descendants toss, they can't get rid of the shackles of identity.

Chen Kang is a official, his son is a official, and his grandson has no other way out except to be a official.

But everything has a process of prosperity and decline. The Chen family wants to occupy the territory of the yamen from generation to generation, and they have to be powerful people from generation to generation. But this is rare.

Lao Tzu is powerful, and he can't help but be strong when raising his son, which leads to the son he raised is submissive and can't stand up. And the grandson may be a gentleman who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. People say that "you can't be rich for three generations", that's the truth.

Chen Kang's son is covered by him, and he can still stay in the yamen. When Chen Kang is old or passes away, his son can't stand up, and his grandson can't make it, and the people Chen Kang offended back then will fall into the Chen family, and it will be difficult for the Chen family not to fall by then.

Zhao Ruxi asked Zhou Chun to inquire about Chen Kang's situation, and he wanted to start from here.

She said: "It is difficult to cultivate a person as capable as Chen Kang. Not only talent is needed, but also an environment for growth. But it is not difficult to train an arithmetic master or painter. Although this also talks about talent, even if you don't have talent, as long as you are willing to work hard, it is still no problem to be a little higher than ordinary people in this regard. ”

Zhou Chun's eyes lit up.

Although Cai Yaozong was assigned to take charge of salt, grain, and other affairs, he was an official sent from other places after all, and all these affairs had to be implemented by Xu officials and subordinates. If the people below don't cooperate, Cai Yaozong can only be a cursor commander who is overlooked, and he has no effect.

So if Cai Yaozong wants to take charge of these, he has to win over Chen Kang. Because Chen Kang is the leader of all the officials, the officials and officials in the yamen are basically controlled by him in secret.

Zhao Ruxi wants to seize power from Cai Yaozong, and she doesn't need to wrestle with Cai Yaozong, she can directly take a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and she can take over a certain piece of power that she fancies.

Cai Yaozong has been in Nanyang for many years, and he is naturally in the same group as Chen Kang, and the two must have similar interests and collude with each other. It is naturally not easy for Chen Kang to abandon Cai Yaozong, a person who is about to become the governor of Nanyang, to cooperate with Zhao Ruxi.

But what if it's for the sake of the offspring?