Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2652
The servants of the eldest grandson's family looked enviously and jealously at the joyful scene in front of Fang's house, and inevitably had mixed feelings in their hearts. They shook their heads and left dejectedly one by one.

After walking a few steps, he heard cheers behind him, and hurriedly turned his head to look, but it was the steward of the Fang family who was standing on the stone steps in front of the door, holding a dustpan and throwing out money by the handful.Huang Chengcheng's copper coins rained into the crowd, and some of them fell directly to the ground without catching them, jingling and spinning all over the ground.

The servants of the eldest grandson's family looked at each other, turned around and ran back together, squeezing into the crowd to grab the copper coins.

We are just servants, shame is not shame, what does it have to do with us...

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The Fang family's father and son let Wang De into the main hall and invited him to take a seat, but Wang De insisted on not accepting it. He said in panic, "Master Fang is a meritorious service of the empire, His Majesty's humerus. Although this old slave is only an eunuch, he has also read a few sage books. The pillar of the country like you is a sage whose name will go down in history and will last forever. In front of you, how dare this old servant sit on the throne? His life will be shortened!"

Fang Xuanling shook his head and smiled wryly, cursing with a smile: "You old slave is really sweet-tongued, no wonder there are hundreds of interior decorations in the palace, but His Majesty always loves you very much."

Since Wang De refused to accept, Fang Xuanling took his seat calmly, and Wang De, Fang Yizhi and Fang Jun sat at the bottom.

The maid served the tea, and Wang De said: "There has never been such an honor in the same family since ancient times. The family of your family is so famous that it is enough to shine in the annals of history! Who is not envious and admired by the civil and military families of the Manchu dynasty? Fang Xiang He has made great achievements, although no one in the whole court can match him, but Erlang is amazingly talented and has repeatedly made outstanding achievements, but he is also envied by others and cannot be envied! The meritorious deeds of the court and relatives may be only a little behind Fang Xiang , but tiger fathers and dog sons can be found all over the place. Although the rank of this family is high, what is the use of having no successors? This point, Fang Xiang is enough to crown the heroes and look down upon the world!"

Fang Jun on the side couldn't help laughing.

This Wang De deserves to be a master of serving the emperor, look at what he said, not talking about how heroic Fang Xuanling is, but bragging about having successors, at Fang Xuanling's age, he has already taken his honor and disgrace lightly , but the only thing that is very important is whether the heirs can inherit wealth and power, and Wang De is not unwise to do what he likes.

Haven't you seen someone with Fang Xuanling's state of mind, who is used to storms, rain and snow, and can laugh so hard that his teeth can't see his eyes...

"The manager is polite. My son has always acted perversely and unscrupulously. Everyone calls him a 'stick', but he is definitely not wronged. But in essence, he is still good. He values ​​loyalty and love, which is exactly what the manager needs. If you have done something wrong in the past, I hope the supervisor will not avoid suspicion and give you some advice, I will be very grateful."

Fang Xuanling is not the kind of rotten scholar who talks about benevolence and morality but knows nothing about flexibility. He is well aware of His Majesty Li Er's trust and respect for Wang De. Such a seemingly inconspicuous servant can know all the movements in the palace, especially No one can compare His Majesty Li Er's thoughts, as long as he makes friends with him, the benefits in the future will be countless.

Furthermore, today is the Tang Dynasty, not when eunuchs ran rampant and disrupted the court during the Han Dynasty. Although Wang De is only an eunuch, his conduct is not necessarily lower than that of many ministers in the court, and his knowledge is even higher than others. Take it easy?

Wang Decheng was terrified, and said: "Oh, you can't say that, Mr. Fang. Who in the world doesn't know that Fang Erlang is unparalleled and upright like iron? If you say that, if Erlang gets upset and turns around to trouble the old slave, That old slave will have to cry and cry!"

"He dares!"

Fang Xuanling feigned anger, and said: "If that Nizi is really disrespectful to the general manager, the general manager can just come to the old man and watch the old man peel his skin!"

Fang Jun pretended to be helpless at the side, looked at Wang De and complained: "Boss, is this too much for you? If you offend me, you can just speak up. Now you have to complain in front of your father, but it is a loss of your identity. Don’t you always boast about someone like Lu Qiang? Wang Xianghou would not sue everywhere like this.”

Everyone laughed together.

Lu Qiang was a regular attendant during the time of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. At that time, eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were domineering, corrupt and flattering. However, Lu Qiang was worried when he discovered the huge crisis hidden in the Han Empire. He wrote to Emperor Ling of Han many times to speak out. Rebuke traitors and sycophants, appoint loyal ministers and good generals, lighten corvees and light taxes, and reduce the burden on the people.

As an eunuch, Lu Qiang was extremely opposed to eunuchs interfering in politics.

He once wrote in the memorial: Gaozu once made an oath that non-heroic officials cannot be named marquises, but eunuchs such as Cao Jie and Zhang Rang were all conferred as marquises. , Zhao Gao's disaster...

After the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Uprising, Lu Qiang wrote several times, proposing to rehabilitate the loyal ministers who were persecuted by the party and punish corrupt officials from all over the country.Not only did Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty not adopt it, but he overhauled the palace and was keen on making money.Lu Qiang remonstrated: "The wealth in the world originally belonged to your Majesty. How can there be any distinction between public and private?"Now Your Majesty collects the treasures of the counties and accumulates the wealth of the world. As a result, the treacherous officials benefit from it, but the people suffer from it. Please also consider your Majesty's suggestion.

Lu Qiang's many letters touched the interests of Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs, and was arrested by Emperor Hanling on charges of corruption, and finally committed suicide in anger.

Although he died, his name and deeds were recorded in the history, and the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" is his biography, which is full of praise.

But for any eunuch, if someone compares him to a loyal eunuch like Lu Qiang, how can he be unhappy?
At this time, Princess Gao Yang came from outside the door in palace attire, Wang De got up hurriedly, went forward to pay respects: "This old slave sees Your Highness!"

He is the emperor's servant, and the princess is also his master. Even if he marries into a man's wife, the identities of both parties still remain the same.

No matter how unruly Princess Gao Yang was, she did not dare to show off in front of eunuchs like Wang De. She held back her skirt and returned the salute. After getting up, she waved her hand to let the maid who followed behind her come forward, and said with a smile: "My family is very happy today, and I will prepare some Give money and silk to the steward, and be happy."

Wang De hurriedly laughed and said: "This old slave shouldn't accept it. It is my duty to come to the door to announce the decree. But since it is a reward from His Highness, this old slave has the audacity to accept it. Thank you Your Highness."

Princess Gao Yang said happily: "One family, why do you need to talk about two families? That's the way it should be."

Although she didn't know that her lord and Wang De had long been bound together in private, she just knew that lord had always been on good terms with the great eunuch next to the father, so she was polite and tried her best to win him over.

Wang De is also very knowledgeable, so he climbed up the ladder, Fang Jun wanted to make friends with him so as to know what was going on in the palace, so why didn't he want to make friends with Fang Jun, thinking that he was a secret aid outside the palace?
Fang Xuanling proposed to entertain Wang De with wine, but Wang De did not dare to accept it, because he said: "It must be that this old slave does not know what is good or bad, but His Majesty is waiting for the old slave to reply in the palace. Another day, another day, this old slave will definitely Come to visit, and drink a meal of wine with a shy face."

Fang Xuanling also knew that he didn't dare to stay outside, so he nodded and said: "Since that's the case, I don't force you to stay. The steward will return to the palace to return to his order. Let's talk about it some other day when we have time."

"sure."

Wang De bowed and saluted, and left.

Although he is a eunuch, the edict announced this time represents the emperor. Everyone in the Fang family sent him outside the gate, and even Fang Xuanling stood at the gate, watching Wang De board the carriage and return to the palace. door, return to the main hall.

In the hall, Mrs. Lu was sitting there, flipping through imperial edicts and jade discs, and there were a lot of dukes on the side, with a smile on his face.Fang Xuanling has long been a duke of the state, and she has been tired of seeing these things for a long time, but this time her son has earned another duke title with his own ability, and she is even happier than when Fang Xuanling was promoted to a duke.

Wu Meiniang, Xiao Shuer, Kinderman, and Fang Xiuzhu looked at this and that, and were amazed.

The eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Du, sat beside Mrs. Lu with an envious look on her face.

When the male family member and Princess Gaoyang came back from the front yard, Mrs. Lu looked at Fang Jun with joy, and praised: "Sure enough, he is my mother's good son. Revitalize the family, honor the ancestors, and the ancestral grave of our Fang family is almost smoking!"

Fang Xuanling paused and scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

It is naturally a great joy for his son to become the Duke of the Duke, but how can he use his ancestors as a foil?

After they were seated, Lu pulled Fang Jun to his side, his eyes full of pampering and satisfaction: "Our Fang family really has accumulated sinister virtues, your father is a court official, and now you are the one who inherits the family business. My mother will keep her wealth forever, and my mother will be satisfied."

Fang Jun was very embarrassed by his mother's praise of elementary school students, and hurriedly said: "My son disagrees with what my mother said, but he is just a mere Duke of Yue. Compared with his father's Liang Guogong, it is not 01 :30 o'clock."

Fang Xuanling stroked his beard and nodded slightly.

After all, we are also Lao Tzu, the head of the family, and the pressure to give birth to such a heaven-defying son is already high enough. If the fief is bigger than ourselves, how will we show the majesty of the father in the future?

Undoubtedly, this kid with his tail raised high, could go to the house to expose the tiles...

(End of this chapter)