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Chapter 853 Let me educate you on behalf of your father!

"Xue Zhanshe?"

When Zhao Xu saw the name Zeng Bu reported, he was stunned for a moment.

This person was the youngest son of Xue Kui, the Vice-Chancellor during the reign of Renmiao.

Moreover, he was born in Xue Kui's later years, so he is so precious.

Therefore, he was also considered a famous playboy in the Song Dynasty.

In the city of Bianjing, his reputation is probably comparable to that of Gao Yanei in Water Margin.

Xue Kui died in the first year of Jingyou in the Renmiao period, and it has been fifty-three years since then. Therefore, this yamen official is over fifty years old this year and is already an old yamen official.

Logically speaking, Xue Kui has been dead for more than 50 years, and his political influence should have disappeared completely.

This old young master shouldn't be able to show off his power anymore.

But the key point is that Xue Kui had a great eye for choosing a son-in-law during his lifetime!
He married all his five daughters to potential stocks!
Especially the youngest daughter, Xue, who was conferred the title of Lady of Renshou County, married Emperor Wenzong of the Song Dynasty, the great literary master of the previous generation, Ouyang Xiu, Duke of Wenzhong!

And this Lady of Renshou County is still alive today.

Moreover, the family legend continues.

It was also this year that the daughter of Mrs. Xue's second son Ouyang Fei, the fourteenth child in the family, Shisiniang, became engaged to Su Shi's son Su Dai with the help of Su Song and Zhang Fangping.

In this way, the two generations of Wenzong completed the handover.

In addition, Xue Kui's other four daughters also married well.

The second and fourth daughters both married the same man - Wang Gongchen, who died in the eighth year of Yuanfeng.

This incident became the starting point of the feud between Ouyang Xiu and Wang Gongchen.

When Wang Gongchen remarried, Ouyang Xiu wrote a doggerel to mock him: the old son-in-law becomes the new son-in-law, and the elder uncle-in-law becomes the younger uncle-in-law.

This matter could have been passed with a laugh.

The key point is another development - it is said that before the imperial examination in the eighth year of Tiansheng, Ouyang Xiu was certain that he would be the top scorer, so he happily made himself a set of top scorer's clothes.

Unexpectedly, after the clothes were finished and he had no time to put them on, they were worn by Wang Gongchen.

Later, when the imperial examination results were announced, Wang Gongchen became the top scorer.

The two of them had a very unhappy argument because of this.

There is another version about the beginning of this feud - some people say that Wang Gongchen originally wanted to marry Xue Kui's youngest daughter, the Lady of Renshou County.

Unexpectedly, Ouyang Xiu stole his love, so Wang Gongchen hated Ouyang Xiu deeply from then on.

No matter which version it is, the relationship between these two brothers-in-law has always been very bad.

However, although the relationship between these brothers-in-law was terrible, they were consistent on one thing - they loved their younger brother-in-law!
This was because, when Ouyang Xiu and Wang Gongchen got married, Xue Zhanshe had just been born, and Xue Kui's health was not very good at that time.

The father-in-law, who loved his son dearly, asked his sons-in-law to take care of him in the future.

And Xue Zhanshe was also lucky. Both Mrs. Ouyang Xiu and Mrs. Wang Gongchen were famous Voldemorts.

With Ouyang Xiu and Wang Gongchen, his two brothers-in-law, protecting him, Xue Zhanshe's life was extremely comfortable.

Even now my brothers-in-law have passed away.

But, the sisters are still here!

Even the New Party has to give face to Ouyang Xiu's widow, Lady Renshou.

In addition, Xue Zhanshe did not get involved in officialdom and only worked as a yamen official in the city of Bianjing. Naturally, he had no taboos and was free and easy.

Now, he is over fifty years old, but still a well-known official in Bianliang City.

Even Zhao Xu has heard of his name!
It’s just that it’s not a good reputation.

Zhao Xu snapped his fingers and ordered someone to bring Shi Deyi to him.

When Shi Deyi arrived, Zhao Xu asked, "Do you have any impression of Xue Jiansu's youngest son?"

Shi De was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered who Xue Jiansu was.

He bowed and said, "I will inform you all that the youngest son of Lord Jiansu has predicted through divination that he is a romantic man in Bianjing and the man of dreams in Wa Si..."

"He, along with the youngest son of Duke Yanyuanxian, the sixth son of Grand Tutor Wen, and the Scholar of Criminal Law, were collectively known as the Four Princes of Bianjing..."

Zhao Xu listened and was a little confused.

The Four Young Masters of Bianjing?
So, you can still debut as a group, right?
Do you want me to open a brothel just for you in Sang's house, and let you perform on stage every night? !

There’s more!
You are all over fifty, and you are still playing with the concept of the Four Young Masters?
An old boy from the Song Dynasty, right?
However, this is normal!
The style of the Song Dynasty is to do these nonsensical things.

From the Four Friends of Tiansheng to the Four Friends of Jiayou, to the Thirteen Elders of Luoyang, the Five Elders of Daming Prefecture, and so on.

The literati like to form all kinds of couples. It is normal for the officials to follow suit and create the Four Young Masters of Bianjing.

Shi Deyi, seeing Zhao Xu's frown, knew that Zhao Xu really disliked this so-called 'Fourth Young Master'.

"Everyone..." Shi Deyi immediately understood what he meant and described the glorious deeds of the four old babies in the past in front of Zhao Xu.

These four guys each have their own specialties.

But they all have one thing in common - they love to help the poor, often hang out in brothels and theaters, and help those self-reliant and strong women of the Song Dynasty to reach the peak of their lives and win a wealthy future.

Among them, the most popular among the girls in brothels was of course Yan Jidao.

According to Shi Deyi, although Yan Jidao is 50 years old this year, the most beautiful courtesans and top girls in the brothels would light up when they saw him.

Even the current Yan Jidao is already alone and no longer has the appearance and charm of his youth.

But there are still countless singers and dancers who are willing to pay him for nothing, or even spend money to support him!
Last year, after Yan Jidao went to Dengzhou, it was said that the girls in the theaters in Bianjing City were all in tears.

There were even a few infatuated ones who brought their own dry food and followed Yan Jidao all the way to Dengzhou.

To be honest, Zhao Xu found it difficult to understand, but after changing his mind, he interpreted Yan Jidao as Huang Zhan and Fang Wenshan, and the singing girls and dancers in the brothels as modern singers, and the logic made perfect sense.

All I can say is that all the responsibility lies with Liu Yong - if Liu Yong hadn't created this track of stories about talented men and beautiful women, Yan Jidao would have starved to death long ago!

Compared with Yan Jidao, the remaining three are just trash!
You have to pay for yourself when you go to a brothel!
They often spend a lot of money to get close to someone.

They are totally three suckers!
Not comparable to Yan Jidao at all!
However, recently, Xing Shu seems to be catching up with Yan Jidao.

Because Xingshu has now super evolved!
Became the big brother on the real list!

I don’t know how many brothels and taverns rely on Xing Shu to bring in customers.

He even helped two dancers who were supposed to be doomed to perish, to get out of the brothels and escape the fate of having their red lips tasted by thousands of people and their jade arms rested on by thousands of people.

The two dancers even lived in a large mansion from then on, with servants serving them, and they were completely the real wives.

This is incredible.

The eyes of many singing girls and dancers suddenly turned red, and when they saw Xing Shu, they were probably like believers seeing Bodhisattva, they stuck to him and wouldn't let go.

And there are two left.

Wen Laoliu, probably because of his age, has rarely appeared in brothels this year.

Only Xue Zhanshe did not change his nature. He was still drunk among the flowers and often spent money lavishly.

Maybe he had stayed in Bianjing City for too long and was getting bored.

Perhaps it was because new people were beginning to rise, and also because Xue Zhanshe’s two brothers-in-law had passed away one after another.

The sisters also started to consider the future of the family and had no time to care about him.

So in recent years, Xue Zhanshe has spent less and less time in Bianjing City.

He went to the counties and towns under Kaifeng Prefecture more and more frequently.

With his family background, he strolled around the counties and towns below.

After listening to Shi Deyi's introduction, Zhao Xu squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then waved his hand and said, "I understand. Everyone, please go down first!"

"Yes!" Shi Deyi bowed and retreated.

Zhao Xu leaned back on the cushion, closed his eyes, and muttered, "You don't want to be a proper official in Bianjing City... but you want to go to a county town down there, right?!"

"Not a son of man!"

"I will teach you a lesson on behalf of Lord Jian Su!"

When Xue Kui died, Xue Zhanshe was probably less than five years old.

So, this guy has no father to teach him, and this may be the reason for the problem.

As a monarch and father, Zhao Xu is fully qualified to give Xue Zhanshe some belated fatherly love on behalf of the deceased Xue Jiansu.

"Even if it's just to thank Lord Xue Jiansu for being the first to propose that my grandfather be the heir to the throne!"

"So, you don't need to thank me!"

Xue Kui was indeed the first minister to submit a petition clearly proposing that Zhao Xu's grandfather be made the Prince of Renmiao.

It’s just that Xue Kui died early.

But the dead cannot speak, so this credit was ruthlessly taken away by others.

Now, the official hero recognized by the Song Dynasty as the first to propose the succession is Han Qi!

(End of this chapter)