After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 305 Exchange of Information

The Hai family was very full at the banquet, and they only had to deal with dinner casually. But today everyone at the table ate a lot of melon, and they need to digest it well. Hai Xiya wanted to discuss matters with his cousin Xie Wenzai and his two friends Cao Gengyun and Lu Bainian. Ma wanted to rest, so they drove the children out of the main house early.

Haitang went back to the house and changed her clothes, then ran to the east wing of the main courtyard to find her brother. She collected a lot of information today and needed to communicate with Haijiao Haosheng.

The brother and sister sat across from each other at a low table on the Kang by the window, drinking digestive tea and exchanging the information they got today in a low voice.

Haitang sorted out her experience in the Zhenguo Palace and extracted the key points to tell her brother. Even Zhou Wenjun told Peng Yuqi that the latter's father would most likely be favored by the court and be transferred elsewhere.

Hai Jiao nodded: "My grandpa and I heard many people discussing this matter at the banquet in front of us. Although not many people in the city know the news at the moment, the Zhenguo Government should have talked to many people in private. But most of the generals who are expected to be transferred are willing to leave the northwest and try their skills outside. Although some people worry that they will be made things difficult for them by Sun family members after leaving the northwest, but if they have the opportunity to venture outside, they I really don’t want to let it go.

"If someone can be promoted to Beijing and win a place in the imperial court, the situation in the northwest will be much better in the future. Just hope that scholars from the northwest can pass the Jinshi examination, stay in Beijing as officials, and then be promoted to The hope of getting a position where he can have a say in the government is really slim. Even if an official from the northwest has real talent and academic performance and good political performance, the old Sunge faction will deliberately suppress him and prevent him from having the opportunity to enter the government. It's from the DPRK. Many officials have experienced this kind of thing in the past, and everyone in Chang'an is well aware of it."

Haitang nodded: "Sister Wenjun also said that this is what Duke Zhen Guo thinks. If you have the opportunity to push one of your own people to serve outside, you must not miss it. Even if the Zhou family will be separated after that and the family's power will weaken, But future generations will live a more stable life. Even if something happens, it won’t be so easy to be blamed.”

Hai Jiao frowned and said, "If this approach is correct, then why didn't the Zhou family do this in the previous life?"

Haitang believes that the Zhou family still did this in their previous life. Didn’t the Zhenguo Duke’s Mansion move to the capital? Can it be considered a family separation in disguise? The Zhenguo government seemed to be in decline after losing its military power. The whole family moved to the capital and became a family of ordinary military officers. Although the Sun family made things difficult for them, they no longer paid attention to the Zhou family in Chang'an.

In fact, there are still a large number of children of the Zhou family still serving in the Northwest Frontier Army. After leaving the direct branch, they did not lose their position. Among the subsequent generals who took charge of the frontier army, except for Sun Yonglu, the embroidered pillow, it was the old members of the Zhou family who were really in charge. A large number of old Zhou family members hold the actual power of the David and Qianhu offices of the northwest frontier army, and are still taking care of the descendants of the Zhou family. Who said that the Zhou family would no longer have influence in the northwest frontier army because they lost their commander's seal?

Haitang said: "The Zhou family's experience in the previous life was worse than now. At least nothing has happened to General Zhou and General Wednesday, and Du Boqin and the Sun family have not succeeded in harming the younger generation of Zhou family descendants. The relationship between the Zhou family and the emperor There has been some relaxation, and the emperor is also willing to transfer outstanding generals from the northwest frontier army to serve in other areas. All this is much better than the situation in the previous life. It is natural that the Zhou family will have different plans. "

Think about Haijiao as well. He added: "That general of the Tang family... probably really wants to go to the capital. The Tang family has a lot of private activities. It's a pity that this matter depends on how the imperial court issues an order. If the emperor doesn't pick him, the Tang family will No matter how he manages things in Chang'an, it's useless. But at this moment, he has no interest in the Chang'an avant-garde. When he met the commander of the Yan'an Guard during the banquet, he was still talking and laughing, which was completely different from when he met him before. The situation is tense."

After hearing this, Haitang talked about the rumor that General Zhou might be promoted to the Chang'an Vanguard Commander: "This kind of thing is a lie as soon as I hear it, and I don't know who made it up. Mrs. Tuesday actually believed it. It was said that the day before yesterday We both embarrassed Mrs. Thursday because of this matter yesterday."

Hai Jiao also heard this rumor during the dinner. Whether it was true or false, most people said that they did not believe it. Some people questioned the Yan'an Guard Commander and his family, thinking that this rumor might have been spread by them in order to drive a wedge between the Zhou family and the Tang family. relationship, reaping the benefits of fishermen.

However, when his grandfather Hai Xiya had private discussions with his acquaintances, they all felt that such a thing could not have been done by the commander of the Yan'an Guard. Their family is also a general family in Chang'an. Although they have always actively sought good official positions for their children and relatives, they have never used such unsightly means. Spreading rumors behind someone's back... they can't do it, and there's no need to do it.

The Yan'an Guard Commander has outstanding talents and sufficient qualifications and merits. Even if he cannot become the Chang'an Guard Commander, he will still have a bright future. An elder of their family has been serving as the commander of the Central Guards in Chang'an for nearly ten years. He is almost old. At worst, he will retire a year or two early to make room for the younger members of the family. They would not risk offending the Zhenguo government just for the sake of a small position as commander of the guards.

Haitang was a little confused: "Who spread this rumor? Except for Mrs. Tuesday, who was easily fooled, everyone else knew it was false. What purpose can be achieved by spreading such a rumor?"

Hai Jiao said: "Grandpa and several people in Dusi Yamen all suspect that this is the minions of Du Boqin and the Sun family who are causing trouble. The purpose is to provoke a conflict between the second and fourth houses of the Zhou family, and then let the Zhou and Tang families A gap."

Although the Dusi Yamen previously arrested Du Boqin and found out the intelligence network he helped the Sun family establish in Chang'an, and the Sun family's agents and bribes in the families of various generals, no one dared to guarantee this information. The net has been cleared.

Most people in the intelligence network don't know who they are working for. They are just greedy for a little money and are being used by others. But who knows if there are any true cronies sent by the Sun family among them? Such people are most likely hidden so deeply that even Du Boqin may not know their existence. They only follow the Sun family's orders and communicate alone. Maybe they had a desire for revenge because of the previous eradication of the intelligence network and the arrest of Du Boqin, so they deliberately spread rumors and sow discord?

Hai Jiao once heard someone tell Hai Xiya that as soon as the Zhenguo Government heard about the rumors, they immediately sent people to investigate. Now all he knows is that although many officials and generals heard the news, the matter should have originally been It was spread among the inner circle of servants. The servants heard the news from somewhere and reported it to their mistress, and then the news reached the ears of the men and women of other families.

It sounds very much like what the Sun family would do by the spies and minions installed in each house.

Unfortunately, there were too many servants involved, and most of them were from famous families in Chang'an. The commander-in-chief of Shaanxi Dusi was old and sick. The commander-in-chief, General Zhou, was temporarily in charge of the Chang'an vanguard. Another commander-in-chief did not want to offend Tai There are many people, so this matter has not yet been concluded.

Rumors are nothing more than that. Most people would not believe them after hearing them. Only Mrs. Tuesday believed them to be true. This incident will probably make Mrs. Zhen Guo feel a little embarrassed. She may not want to believe that her niece can be so stupid.

Haitang smiled and said, "This is not the only thing that made Mrs. Tuesday stupid. She originally tried her best to encourage the eldest daughter of the Tang family to marry into the Duke of Zhenguo. Today, for some unknown reason, she suddenly proposed a marriage to Mrs. Cheng'enhou Shizi. Unfortunately, she made a mistake. Accidentally hitting the ground caused us to break our wishful thinking..."

(End of this chapter)