Chapter 2839 Official Ecology
As the New Year approaches, the mansions of aristocratic families, royal relatives, and nobles come and go with carriages and horses, and the doors and courtyards are bustling. New Year's gifts from relatives and friends, as well as colleagues from the DPRK and China, are constantly being delivered to the mansion. New Year's gifts for other families are also being transported from the warehouse. It should be noted that the exchange of favors is a custom that has been passed down for thousands of years and should not be neglected in the slightest.
There were cars and horses in front of the Duke Zhao's Mansion, guests were arriving in an endless stream, and gifts were being delivered to the house. Although everyone in the government and the public felt that the eldest son's family had long lost its former glory and power, there was no sign of any decline in the family's power. color.
At least now Changsun Wuji is still honored as Taifu and Zhao Guogong, and no one dares to lack the human sophistication he deserves.
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It's a cold day today, the north wind is blowing, and snowflakes are falling from time to time.
In front of the study door, two young officials stood with their heads bowed. In front of them, a servant of the eldest grandson's family stood out with his chest and belly, a smile on his face, but no respect in his eyes. He said with a faint smile: "Good to teach you two. As you know, my master was very tired from the reception last night. He is currently checking the gift list in the study and has no time to meet you two. "
One of the officials, who was fair and thin, held up his hands and said: "The Duke of Zhao is tired, and we feel the same. However, before we came here, we were entrusted by His Highness the King of Jin to see the Duke of Zhao, but we did not dare to fulfill our mission."
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The servant of the Changsun family still had a smile on his face, but his words were rejected thousands of miles away: "Of course, I dare not violate the orders of His Highness King Jin. But please understand that it is not easy for my family master. After all, he is old. With the increase, physical strength is not as strong as in previous years. If every Everyone who comes to see you must be interviewed. It is really difficult to force people to do so. You may as well leave your name card and the old slave will give it to the master. When he meets with His Highness the King of Jin later, he will definitely explain the reasons for your dereliction of duty. No blame.”
He has seen many such people.
They are just some children from small families who, relying on chance or unpopular connections, were able to enter the court and serve as officials. They also relied on tricks to get close to the prominent figures in the court. There is no loss in being invisible. Anyway, it is nothing. She is a humble person, and her New Year gifts are very shabby, but once she catches the eye of a big shot, she can rise to great heights with a little help.
As for bringing out the face of His Highness the Prince of Jin... it is even more impossible to allow him to come in to ask for an audience. If everyone under the banner of the Prince of Jin comes to visit, the Changsun family will treat them as honored guests, then how will the Changsun family be seen by others? Didn’t he become a being dependent on King Jin and dare not disobey any of King Jin’s orders?
The current situation is that if the King of Jin wants to fight for the throne, he must rely on the Changsun family, instead of the Changsun family, which will collapse without the King of Jin.
Even if this is the case, the character of the Changsun family must be shown...
This servant is the head of Changsun's family and has been working under Changsun Wuji for half his life. Although he has a bad habit of looking down on others, he is not as shallow and mean as he appears. He is well aware of Changsun Wuji's usual behavior. , deliberately making things difficult for these two young officials, in order to show that the Changsun family was in a dominant position in the cooperation with King Jin.
The two young officials looked ugly, but Changsun Wuji was famous, but they did not dare to offend him. Although it was really embarrassing to be despised and lectured by a servant, they could only endure it.
They all handed over their name cards and said, "In that case, please give our name cards to Zhao Guogong and inform him of the details."
The servant never uttered a word to ridicule him. He took the name card respectfully and said with a smile: "It must be true."
The two young officials said: "Then let's take our leave for now and come to visit you again when we have the opportunity."
The servant smiled and bowed: "You two, walk slowly."
The two young officials turned around and walked out of the gate of Zhao Guogong's Mansion under the leadership of two servants. They stood on the street and looked back at the tall gate and the four gilt characters "Zhao Guogong's Mansion" on the plaque. An air of injustice surged and stirred.
He was also at an age when he had great ambitions and was full of enthusiasm to show off his ambitions. But now he is being ignored like this. How could he not be filled with anger?
The two turned around and boarded the carriage, lowered the curtain, and the fair and thin official said angrily: "This is too much! We came here with His Highness's orders, but we were turned away and couldn't even see him! Duke Zhao Guo not only looked down on him How have we ever put His Highness in our eyes? Today’s humiliation will be etched in my heart and I will never forget it!”
The other person was relatively calm, frowning and saying worriedly: "Looking at the posture of this servant, you can know what Duke Zhao Guo's attitude is towards His Highness. Now His Highness has to rely on Duke Zhao's power to fight for the throne, but even if he wins a great victory in the future. Following the unification, we must also face the domineering power of Duke Zhao. It will be even more difficult to rule the world with the sun and moon in hand. "
Li Chao said angrily: "So what? Your Highness is just pretending to be a coward at the moment. As long as he succeeds in fighting for the throne, he will be the master of the world. His eldest grandson Wuji mainly does not rebel, so why not be honest? We will definitely help him." His Highness cut off his wings and took over the imperial power!”
The other person frowned, but made no reply.
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In the study room.
The servant put the two name cards on the desk and told the two young officials what they had said and their purpose.
Changsun Wuji nodded slowly and said calmly: "You did a good job."
Just as the slave thought, now he must take the leading position in the cooperation between King Jin, otherwise, not to mention that he will not be able to seize greater benefits in the future, if he cannot suppress King Jin at the moment, he will be allowed to do what he wants. How could things be reversed and won in the crown prince's attempt to seize the rightful son?
Get close when you should be close, and don't neglect when you should be ignored.
I picked up the two name cards and unfolded them to take a look. One of them said Yuan Gongyu, a native of Fule, Chen County, Tongshi Shiren, and the other one said Li Chao, a native of Changle, Weizhou, censor of the imperial censor. ……
"Okay, let's go down."
Very satisfied with the slave's behavior.
They are just two children from a small family, and their official ranks are not high. One is in the lower seventh rank, and the other is in the eighth rank. They don't have to worry about offending the family behind them, and they can use this to show their attitude to the King of Jin. It is very appropriate.
He casually threw the two name cards aside, picked up the tea cup on the table and took a sip of tea.
There was the sound of footsteps at the door, and Sun Jun, the eldest son of the third son, and Sun Wen, the eldest son of the fourth son, walked in one after the other.
"I've met my father!"
Both of them bowed and saluted.
"Yeah."
Changsun Wuji nodded and said: "Sit down and talk."
"Here."
The two of them sat on the left and right under Changsun Wuji.
Changsun Wuji put down the teacup and asked, "Aren't you two responsible for receiving the New Year's gifts? Why did you come to your father's side?"
Changsun Wen had a more irritable personality and said angrily: "Father doesn't know something. Guan Long, an old man like this, is really bullying others!"
Changsun Wuji's face turned a little dark...
Changsun Wen was startled, knowing that he had said something wrong. His father, Changsun Wuji, was a member of Guan Long. Didn't he even get scolded?
He quickly said: "I have been receiving New Year's gifts with my third brother these past two days. Guan Long and other families who are all well-off have all sent New Year's gifts, and my son and third brother have also given gifts in return according to their respective proportions. But these families are just If you send your heirs here without even receiving a greeting from the head of the family, doesn’t it mean that you don’t take my eldest grandson’s family seriously?”
Changsun Jun also said: "It is true. These people have always relied on their father to show off their power. Now that my father has become alienated from His Majesty, he has begun to break away from my family in various ways. It is really disgusting."
The Changsun family has always been the leader of Guanlong. Which family is not eager to curry favor? Fortunately, now, in order to strive for greater interests for Guan Long, the relationship between Changsun Wuji and His Majesty Li Er has become estranged and jealous. As a result, the Guanlong family is eager to keep a distance from the Changsun family...
Even if there is such a thing as Changsun Huan, how could the Changsun family ever be in any way dissatisfied with the Guanlong nobles? Nowadays, the Changsun family is fighting hard for Guan Long's interests, but the other families put aside their relationship like this, which is really disgusting.
Changsun Wuji disagreed.
He has been in the court for most of his life, and is used to seeing clouds rise and fall, prosperity and decline, and he understands the truth of human relationships and benefiting oneself at the expense of others. How can he get angry because of the deliberate alienation of the Guanlong nobles?
As long as he can support the King of Jin to win the throne, no matter how alienated those people are today, they will rush to curry favor with him in the future.
In the final analysis, Guanlong is of the same blood, and not just anyone who wants to can distance himself can do so...
He didn't care about this, but looked at Changsun Jun and said: "Go back and prepare. After the year, you will go to the Western Regions for your father."
Changsun Jun was stunned: "What are your instructions, father?"
Changsun Wuji picked up the teacup, paused, and whispered: "Go to Damascus to deliver a letter..." (End of Chapter)