"Fangye Wen" - At this time, the reigning monarch of Zhou is Emperor Ling Ding Ling'an, who is eighteen years old at the time, with seven sons and six daughters. However, Emperor Ling An is incompetent and extremely stupid, if it weren't for the solid foundation of his predecessors, then the Great Zhou would have fallen into decline in the hands of Emperor Ling An. And the country of Yi is now prosperous in the country of Qi, but the Great Zhou is gradually declining, if you say that the general trend of the world is a few times, and look at the geometry of the descendants of the Great Zhou.

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Bai closed the "Fang Ye Wen" in his hand, and laughed speechlessly, saying that the general trend of the world, it will be together for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time, which is half a point. It is said that Emperor Ling An has seven sons, except for the fourth son Yue Wang rarely heard of, the rest of the sons are a little unsatisfactory, the prince loves to play with power, the second son Huai Wang is cowardly, the third son Shu Wang is mediocre, the fourth son Yue Wang Yu Biansai, the fifth son of the provincial king is cruel, the sixth son Zhen Wang has no intention of government, and the seventh son Qing Wang is young and ignorant. However, these are just rumors, it is difficult to understand the government and the prince and nobles in the backyard, the palace gate is noble and deep like the sea, if you don't have half the ability, how to survive in the cruel struggle, maybe these people are pretending to be ambitious.

It's just that Bai Zi is very interested in King Yue. I heard that he went to the battlefield at the age of thirteen, and he never had a defeat, brave and strategic, but he had not returned to Beijing for many years. It's just that there is a rumor that there is a strategist around King Yue, named Song Xuan, who looks ugly, but has a lot of scheming, it is said that King Yue has been undefeated in Guanzhong for many years, all of which is his credit, and he is the brave and resourceful person. It's just that everything I hear is just rumors, and the truth is all unknown.

But there are rumors about King Yue and Song Pu, which were written into novels by some people, and Bai himself was interested in King Yue and Song Pu, so he ordered Xile to go out and secretly buy some small talk books about them, Xile took the money, and happily took the waist card and went out with a guard in the outer courtyard. Yuanjing is lively, but as a maid, she doesn't have much chance to go out and see, this time Bai Zi ordered her to buy books, but it was an excellent opportunity to go out, she naturally would not miss it, Bai Zi saw that she was so happy, so he rewarded her with five taels of silver, and she went.

After Joy went out, Bai Zi was in the house, holding a book that Mama Mao stuffed for her, "Baifu Collection", and read it carefully. And in it, most of them are the glorious deeds of the ancestors of the Bai family, and Bai himself is a little interested, but in this Bai Mansion, he needs to read more of this book.

Baifu was originally a merchant, and he rose up as an official in the time of Emperor Ling Yuan, and Emperor Ling Yuan was the son of Emperor Ling Wu. Today, Baifu has existed for a hundred years with the rise of the Great Zhou. Bai Jugao's father, Bai Jugao, is a captain, although he is an officialdom and a courtier, and he is not a founding meritorious service, but he has a title, which is Bai Jugao's father, that is, Bai Jugao's grandfather, when the emperor gave it, although he is powerful and ambitious, but he is not ambitious, or that the ancestors of the Bai family until Bai Jugao are not ambitious, and they only contribute to the country, so the Bai family has been exempted from elimination among many scholars until today.

It's just that if you don't have the slightest ambition, you can't say it. The ancestors of the Bai family have been with the emperor of Zhou for half their lives, and all the emperors asked the Bai family's courtiers what they wanted? The answer is almost always the same - yellow and white things! So much so that the later emperors no longer asked the Bai family what they wanted, as long as they made meritorious contributions, they would give yellow and white things.

If you say that this money is too much, it may attract thieves, but the Bai family has been loyal and gentle to people for generations, and the place where they live is Shuntian Mansion in front and Zongren Mansion in the back, so they have never encountered theft. Only occasionally, the emperor would advise him not to ask for yellow and white things, otherwise there would be more than the treasury. But this was quickly retracted.

For one year, it rained heavily in Chaozhou for three months, resulting in many deaths and injuries, and the tens of thousands of taels of gold allocated by the treasury were still not enough. At this time, the ancestors of the Bai family stood up without hesitation, and said that most of the family property would be used in the disaster place. The emperor nodded in his heart, but he was quite jealous, what did the Bai family do?

It's just that what happened later made the emperor cry and laugh. The next day, when the officers and soldiers came, the people of Baifu did not hesitate to send money and property, but when the yellow and white things were carried into the carriage, they howled and cried, shouting: "My heart, my liver, ......" made everyone think that the Bai family had been raided because of too much money.

The emperor summoned the ancestor of the Bai family to enter the palace with a black line, and asked him with a calm face why he didn't want to donate? ! Crying and crying after donating, wouldn't it make others see the joke.

The ancestor of the Bai family said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, you also know that the ministers and all the people in the family love yellow and white things like life, as long as you hold it and sleep, you will never have nightmares, this donation of money, my Bai family has a headache!"

The emperor had a black face: "Then why do you want to donate?!"

The ancestor of the Bai family wiped away his tears with his sleeves, and said with wrinkles on his face: "Your Majesty, my Great Zhou Kingdom has rejuvenated the country and the country for a hundred years, and the people have been able to live and work in peace and contentment. This Chaozhou catastrophe is actually a catastrophe of my Great Zhou, if it is not properly managed, not to mention the money, the people have suffered countless damages, and maybe they will lose the hearts of the people. "The ancestors of the Bai family are full of blood,

"This Great Zhou Dynasty not only depends on the emperor to protect it, but also depends on the people of my Great Zhou Dawn, and the ministers, how can they not be the people of this Great Zhou!"

After hearing this, the emperor was moved, but he heard the ancestors of the Bai family crying again: "Moreover, the emperor is so good to his ministers, and the money is given by the emperor. Besides, the minister donated money, but he only played an exemplary role, and it was other people who really relied on it! Therefore, it is better for the minister to start first, so that the people can help me Chaozhou to avoid harm even more! ”

After hearing this, the emperor nodded, and after more than two months, the Chaozhou disaster was calmed down, and the people were restored to their former state, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. While the emperor was happy, a holy decree also descended to the White Mansion. Bestow a knighthood, which can be hereditary. In addition, he brought two boxes of yellow and white things and many treasures. The ancestors of the Bai family looked at this yellow and white thing, and they were happy for a long time.

Since then, if there is a country or a disaster in the Great Zhou, the courtiers of the Bai family are always the first to take out their family property to help the country. Therefore, the status in the hearts of the royal family has become more and more stable, and the items given have become more and more.

As a result, there were rumors throughout the Great Zhou that the Bai Mansion had countless money and was the number one family except for merchants... Ahem, it is the first rich family.