On this day, as soon as the second master of politics got off the office, he was invited to Rongqing Hall by Mandarin Ducks, saying that the old lady was invited.

"What can the old lady say?"

The second master of politics is not a fake serious now, and his practice is the most training person, although he is still a little old-fashioned and inflexible, but he is not as vain as he used to be.

At least, it wasn't too difficult to ask the henchmen around the old lady about the situation in advance, and he still did it quite simply.

"The old lady is more concerned about the situation in the eldest master's courtyard!"

The mandarin duck didn't hide it, and reminded him vaguely, as for whether the second master can understand it or not, it's none of her business.

The second master of politics understood, but his heart was full of doubts.

What is there to say about the big master?

Whether it's his status outside or his status at home, he doesn't seem to be qualified to put his beak, right?

When he arrived at Rongqing Hall and sat down, the old lady was not polite to him, and directly explained the reason for letting him come: "Second brother, the boss's other courtyard has been very lively recently, do you know what's going on?" ”

"I don't know!"

The second master of Zheng was confused, shook his head and said: "Recently, my son has been busy with work and really has no time to be distracted, I don't know what is going on with my eldest brother!" ”

What he said was the truth, at the moment, the second master of the government is still just a small Ministry of Works, and the gap between him and the eldest master is too big, even if they work together in the Ministry of Industry, there are few opportunities for contact.

Not to mention, he has taken on a lot of work recently, and there are so many places that he needs to be busy, and he really doesn't have the heart to pay attention to other things, unless the matter is particularly important or it concerns himself, otherwise who has that free time?

"Second brother, it's good that you concentrate on public works, but you can't ignore the things outside!"

The old lady taught earnestly, and she looked like a very experienced person, which made the second master of politics look confused and at a loss.

The heart said that the old lady is what's wrong, I haven't seen him pay attention to his work before, why is it that today he suddenly seems to have changed as if he is a different person?

"Second brother, in the past few days, there have been many heads of the noble family who have gone to the boss's other courtyard, do you know?"

Obviously, the old lady herself was also very uncomfortable with this way of speaking, and after two sentences, she returned to normal, and said straight to the point: "Do you know what they are looking for the boss for?" ”

The second master shook his head subconsciously and said with a wry smile: "Old lady, my son doesn't know much about these things recently, if you have anything to say, just say it!" ”

"Hmph, the boss is really uncomfortable, there is such a good opportunity, and I don't know that the house is also stained!"

The old lady's face sank, and she said angrily: "A few months ago, didn't some people in the clan who went to the martial arts go to the border to make contributions, and now these juniors are almost all mixed up, and the best ones are all six-grade schools!" ”

Speaking of this, the old lady's tone was a little inexplicable, anyway, she was either happy to be happy with the children of the family, whether it was the second master of politics or the maid next to her, she could hear it.

"The head of the Zixungui family in Beijing is very envious of the fact that the clan can cultivate so many military talents, and if they want to learn to imitate, don't they go to the boss to discuss?"

After saying this, the old lady snorted coldly with a bad face: "Such a big event, the boss doesn't know how to go back to the house to discuss it with the old woman, it's really the opposite!" ”

The second master was speechless for a while, and suddenly realized in his heart that the old lady was unhappy that the eldest master monopolized the scenery, but this matter really has nothing to do with the house.

There is a special Zhuangzi to support the family science, and there is no need for the government to take out silver every year to support, and it is basically out of touch with the public account of the house.

In previous years, I didn't see how enthusiastic the old lady was about clan studies, even Baoyu went to school, and I didn't see the old lady reward the silver.

Even the second master himself, after listening to the old lady's words, he didn't have much envy and jealousy, in his opinion, taking the path of a military general is not the right way after all.

Besides, he just wants to share the credit and doesn't have that face, during the period of supervising the clan study, he only cares about the imperial examination school, as for the Baigong School and martial arts, it is already very good to be able to go through it once in half a year, and the meaning of not paying attention to it is very obvious.

At this time, martial arts has made achievements, and more than a dozen high-ranking officers have been produced in one go, and the second master of Zheng's mind is still not shaken, he still thinks that the imperial examination is the right way, and he does not want to share the credit and benefits from martial arts.

So he felt a little inexplicable about the old lady's anger, and he lowered his head and didn't speak, letting the old lady play freely, and not venting the sullenness in his heart, for fear that there would be chaos in the house.

"Second child, don't you have any ideas?"

Seeing that the second master of politics was acting like this, the old lady was angry in her heart, and said angrily: "Such a good opportunity to gather contacts, can you let it go?" ”

"My son doesn't have any ideas!"

The second master of politics smiled bitterly: "As for connections, it was not without a son when he was in charge, and in the end, he was not honestly nested in the position of a foreigner for twenty years?" ”

These are all false, if the connections are really useful, how can it be so easy for the eldest master to rise, and his official position will not be in the position of the fifth grade for so many years.

The key is to depend on your own ability.

"You elm head!"

The old lady was so angry that she almost vomited blood, and said angrily: "Haven't you already made achievements now, and with the support of the connections of the Xungui family, it's not easy to get promoted?" ”

"With the eldest brother here, it's not difficult for my son to be promoted!"

The second master was really a little inexplicable, and said helplessly: "The eldest brother told his son that as long as the accumulated credit is enough, it is not difficult to be promoted!" ”

He thinks this is very good, he has accumulated real credit, and there is a lot less gossip after being promoted, and the eldest master really hasn't fooled him on this point.

"Seeing that you are tired and tired all day long, when will you be able to accumulate enough credit?"

The old lady was dissatisfied: "If you have good connections, even if you don't do anything, you can still be promoted, and you will not be promoted!" ”

The face of the second master of politics collapsed, if it wasn't for the old lady, he would be angry.

What do you mean by 'doing nothing to be promoted'?

If it was so simple, how could it have happened when he was in charge of the house before?

At that time, the connections of the Rong Mansion were all in his control, and there were allies like Wang Ziteng, didn't he still fail to gain momentum?

Or the old man said well, he has no ability and a solid foundation, even if he rises high and fast, it is easy to be kicked down, and when the time comes, it is not as simple as falling into disgrace, but a real broken body.

This kind of thing happens from time to time in the court, and those officials who were easily brought down by the imperial history of the imperial history of the imperial history platform, except for those who are really unclean themselves, the rest are like this.

The eldest lord collected a lot of information and gave a copy to the second master, which scared him a lot after reading it, and strengthened the idea of promotion with merit, the officialdom is too dangerous.

The old lady couldn't see that the second master of politics was not on the road, so she had to wave her hand to drive people away.

Originally, according to her idea, she wanted to ask the boss to return to the house to receive those lords of the noble family, and the Rong Mansion also followed suit, and at the same time let the second master of Zheng and Lian Er follow them to form some contacts.

They knew each other before, but the key was usually tight.

Although Ning Rong Erfu is the second of the eight princes of the founding of the country, it is basically playing its own circle now, that is, the so-called small circle of the four major families of Jinling.

Moreover, as the Ningrong Second Mansion continued to decline, the connection between the rest of the founding Eight Princes' families, and even the Twelve Marquis families, and Ning Rong's Second Mansion became more and more loose.

This is not a good thing, Ning Rong Erfu quickly declined from a top family in the capital to a third-rate family in just twenty years, and even almost fell into the ranks of non-mainstream families, the biggest reason is that it was marginalized by the Xungui circle, and the connection with other families became weaker and weaker.

No way, the reality is so cruel.

At present, because of the clan's martial arts, most of the noble families in Beijing have asked the Jia family, and the old lady's idea is to take the opportunity to gain enough contacts to help the family's momentum go to the next level.

The second master of politics can just take the opportunity to meet the real magnates, and maybe he can make great progress in his career, and he doesn't need to receive the love of the eldest master.

The old lady can see that the second master is completely under the control of the eldest master, and with the promotion to the position of Langzhong because of merit, the second master of the government does not listen to her words very much, which is something that the old lady can not tolerate.

Don't mention that the eldest master is out of control, it is difficult for the old lady to suppress it with filial piety now, and she absolutely cannot allow the second master to get out of control.

If this is the case, the old lady's status as an old feudal lord will be greatly affected, and her right to speak and respect in the palace will be impossible.

It is a matter of her own interests, and the old lady naturally refuses to give up easily.

There is another advantage to calling the eldest lord back to the house, that is, the head of the Xungui family who asks for the door, even if he is embarrassed, he will bring his wife, and the old lady can enjoy the flattery of the Xungui family's housewife again.

It's just a pity that the second master didn't know how to cooperate, which made his plan fall through, and he was quite unhappy, but there was nothing he could do about the second master.

You can't force the second master to invite the eldest to go back to the house, if you really want to do this, I don't know how unhappy the second master is in his heart.

However, the old lady has a way, and it is impossible to directly persuade the second master of politics, she still has a roundabout way, there is Mrs. Wang in the second room, and it is difficult for the second master not to participate in it.

waved her hand to summon the mandarin duck, and gave such and such an order in her ear, and then waved her hand to go down to do something, but she sneered in her heart, this time the matter must be fully implemented her will.

Here, the second master returned to the courtyard where the second room was located, and just before he had time to sit down in the study, the little maid guarding the door walked in and reported: "Master, Madame is here!" ”

"What are you doing here?"

The second master frowned, put down the scroll in his hand, got up and walked out.