Chapter 254: The Foundation of Honor
"Brother Qiu go slowly, I'll drink it again in the future. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "The night was getting dark, and Wang Ji sent the drunk Qiu Shangjian out of the door, and did not forget to carefully tell his servants to take good care of him. Qiu Shangjian, who was drunk and hazy, was speechless, and barely waved his hand to say hello, and staggered away on his horse with the support of his attendants.
Returning to the mansion, Wang Ji instructed the servants to watch the door, and he quietly came to the backyard, "Father, the guests have been sent away, can the child come in?" ”
"Come in." After obtaining permission, Wang Ji pushed open the door and walked in, a clear-looking scribe in the study was looking at the latest newspaper issued by the imperial court under the candlelight, if Yang Jiefu and others saw this person, they would be very surprised, Wang Xun, the head of the contemporary Langya Wang family, had sneaked into the capital, and they didn't know anything about it.
"The child visits his father." The family pays the most attention to etiquette, and Wang Ji also put away his free and easy appearance in front of Li You, Qiu Shangjian and others, and meticulously performed big gifts.
"Hey, I had great expectations for you before I entered Beijing, but now you have disappointed me." Wang Xun looked at his son who was kneeling on the ground, shook his head and sighed softly.
"Father, after the child enters Beijing, he does not dare to be sloppy in the slightest, and there is no omission in his conscious actions, and if there is a mistake, he hopes that his father will correct it." If it is an ordinary family, that junior has won the champion, and he will not be praised to the sky immediately? But the Langya Wang family is different, their family has lasted for nearly a thousand years, and the ancestors don't know how many high-ranking officials such as prime ministers and three dukes have been produced, and a champion with an uncertain future can't move them.
Li You and Qian Sa, the old and the young, have sensed that something is wrong in the capital and took the lead in escaping the capital, only Qiu Shangjian does not know the depth and hopes to revive the family's reputation, and has already become a thorn in the side of Yang Jiefu and others; You're still in such close contact with him at this time? Aren't you afraid of suffering from the disaster of pond fish? Seeing that Wang Ji was still arguing, Wang Xun raised his hand to stop his words, "If it's just you, it's fine, but if Yang Jiefu thinks that this is my Langya Wang's decision, can you afford this responsibility?" Don't forget, in the court, you not only represent yourself, but also represent the entire Langya Wang family. ”
The burden of the family suddenly weighed on Wang Ji's shoulders, making him irrefutable; Yes, his relationship with Qiu Shangjian is a personal friendship, but it will cause unnecessary misunderstandings; Just imagine, the son of the British prince, who has held military power for generations, and the descendants of the deep-rooted Langya Wang clan get together, and Yang Jiefu will definitely not be at ease in such a situation.
"Yang Jiefu is so generous." Seeing that Wang Ji seemed to listen, Wang Xun continued, "After the defeat of the Imperial Commander, not only did Your Majesty's prestige fall to the bottom, but even the nobles who had fought with our family and the Hanmen family for more than 200 years had no chance to turn over, and from then on, the government would fall under the control of Yang Jiefu; Fortunately, he is old, and the descendants of the Yang family are not angry, otherwise this Great Wei may be about to change. ”
"Although the British public generals died in state affairs, the younger generation of each family is still there, and there will be no day of turning over in the next few years." Wang Ji consciously caught the loophole in his father's words, "Li You, Qian Hua, and Qiu Shangjian are all outstanding people, and they will definitely make a comeback after Yang Jiefu's death." ”
"Confused." Wang Xun reprimanded unceremoniously, "Don't you still know what the foundation of those nobles is on which they stand? After this battle, their foundation is too bad, so what chance do they have to make a comeback? ”
"Please also ask my father to make it clear." Wang Ji still knelt on the ground and didn't dare to get up, listening intently to his father's teachings, he knew that these were the experience of the elder Huan Hai for many years, and any sentence could benefit him immensely.
"There are two foundations for the nobles to settle down in the court, one of which is inheritance." Wang Xun raised his first finger, "Even if the children of our family and the Jinshi from a poor family can get the middle school in the same year, their future development will be much better than theirs, what is the reason for this?" In addition to having the connections of the family for many years, we also have the experience of the elders in the clan for many years as officials, know what to deal with in the officialdom, and the staff cultivated in the clan can be driven by the younger generations, with these two things, they are much easier to deal with political affairs than those who are immersed in hard study, and their political performance is also much better, so even without the help of the elders, their promotion speed will be faster than that of the poor scholars. ”
"Those nobles are the same, why do Great Wei have to be them? That's because they also have the experience of leading soldiers to fight in their hands, and they know that these experiences exchanged for human lives are the foundation of the family's existence, so no one will resort to these experiences, and they can only pass them on from father to son, so as not to let others go. ”
"Even though there are all kinds of military books in the bookstore, I think you have read a lot of them back then; Now think about what is written in those war books? It's nothing more than some generalized things like 'the way of using soldiers, keeping one mind', but can you teach you how to train troops, how to march, how to calculate grain and grass, and other fundamental things? It's like if you are a magistrate, you naturally understand that you need to be clear in government, but how to subdue those local gentry and make them act according to your orders is the most important. ”
"Besides, didn't that noble family rely on empty salaries to support the elite pro-soldiers in order to control the army and win the battle? Now these pro-soldiers accumulated over the years have also been buried by Yang Jiefu through the hands of Tang Kuobu, this is like being a prefect without a competent and reliable staff can not stabilize the place, and it is no longer difficult for them to control the army and win the battle? ”
"At present, the Xunguisu who holds these experiences in the Great Wei will be completely lost, and the inheritance of this experience will be broken; The pro-soldiers accumulated over the years were also destroyed, and even if these young people were able to re-enter the barracks, they would probably not be able to cope with their fathers as easily; What is the use of the nobles who can't win the battle to the imperial court? Even if one or two talented people can find these experiences on their own, the decline of the entire Xungui group is irreversible. ”
After talking for a long time, Wang Xun stopped talking, and there was a hint of depression in his tone, I don't know if he saw the decline of Xungui and thought of the future of their Langya Wang clan.
"The child has been taught." Wang Ji, who has always been proud, heard this naked analysis, and only then did he realize that he was still far from these treacherous and cunning elders.
"Alright, get up and sit down." Seeing that Aiko obviously really listened, Wang Xun was deeply pleased, and continued to ask, "What did Fang Cai and Qiu Shangjian say, and what has been the recent movement in the palace?" (To be continued.) )