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

Chapter 352: Tu Rong

After the small banquet, Haitang returned home. She had just met her grandmother Ma. After leaving the upper room, she didn't bother to go back to the house to change clothes. She went straight to the east wing to find her brother Hai Jiao and told her the information she had just learned from Zhou Wenjun. he.

Haijiao was immediately overjoyed. In the past few days, he had been secretly trying to figure out the identities of the two military attachés sent to Chang'an from the capital, but unfortunately there was very little information available. However, it was his younger sister who played and chatted with the eldest daughter of the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, which brought him a surprise.

He quickly took out a pen and paper and wrote down the names of the two people that his little sister had asked about, and then tried to recall the information related to these two people in his previous life.

Haitang sat by the kang, still sighing: "I didn't expect that the people who returned home would be like that. No wonder, they are the in-laws of the Wu family. After the Wu family's accident, they were not injured. They were just sent to another place. They are still like branches. Ye Mao belongs to a family of officials, but no matter how difficult the situation was for the former Wu clan members, they never asked them for help. In the past in Guazhou, I often listened to my cousin and the others chatting about the past with people who were exiled with them. When we talked about returning home, it turned out that it was because returning home betrayed them and we were no longer one of our own."

The Gui family has such a natal family, and it’s not like they don’t know what they have done in the past, but they still shamelessly ask the Zhou family to help Guijia return to the capital. This is too shameless. She gave birth to Wu Qiong and saved Wu Ke's life, which was certainly a contribution to the Wu family. But this credit is not enough to support her putting on airs in front of the Zhou family, right? She obviously wanted something from someone, so why did she dare to be so arrogant? What is her confidence?

Haitang muttered a few words, but Haijiao didn't even raise his head and replied casually: "No matter what her confidence is, I'm sure she is daydreaming. Anyway, I have never heard of anything from the Wu family in my last life. Mrs. Gui, the survivor. Even Gui Guo, I haven’t heard anyone talk about it. I guess they wasted their time in the place and were completely defeated, right?”

Haitang sighed: "Actually, they are from the capital. If they really want to return to the capital, they can just resign. Isn't the old house still there? They won't be homeless. It's just that they are obviously reluctant to give up their official career and want to make a comeback. He clings to his official position. I heard from Sister Wenjun that when the second brother of Guijia passed away, the brothers of Guijia didn’t even return to their hometown in the capital to observe filial piety. Instead, they stayed at the natal home of Gui’s eldest wife and observed filial piety for three years, just to please him. The Yue family borrowed the power of the Yue family to revive after their filial piety was over.

"This kind of people are official fans. They are willing to do anything to become an official. They were probably the ones who said they wanted to send Wu Ke and Wu Qiong to the Sun family back then, right? It's a pity that a small official with this kind of character will do nothing. If you want to be promoted, who wouldn’t despise the officials in charge of personnel? Loyalty, filial piety and righteousness are not taken into account, and their reputations are ruined. If they are really promoted, what will those gentlemen who flaunt benevolence, righteousness and morality think? ! "

If you return home and join the Sun family, with the Sun family as your backer, it won't be difficult to get promoted, but it won't last long. It's a pity. I don't know if they have been enemies for many years and can't bear to hug the Sun family's lap, or if they are so useless that even the Sun family doesn't look down on them. After all, they just can't reach the shore at both ends.

Haitang also wanted to find out where Madam Gui's confidence came from, but Haijiao had no interest in talking about Gui's family. He clicked on the two names on the paper and said to his little sister: "I remember these two people. Among them, Tu Rong of the Jin Yiwei, I am more familiar with. Because it was him who became the commander of the Jin Yiwei in the last life of Emperor Deguang. When the new king came to the throne, he still sat firmly in that position, and he never moved until I died."

Although he was just a shady little spy at the bottom of Jinyiwei, and the people he dealt with the most were junior military attachés at the grassroots level, and he rarely knew people from thousands of families, he could still hear some news about the supreme leader of Jinyiwei.

It is said that Tu Rong was born a commoner and relied on his own ability to gain a foothold in Jinyiwei and slowly rise up the ranks. He was spotted by a noble family and married the daughter of a branch of the family, but he did not rely on his connections with his in-laws to get promoted. There are rumors that he has been unable to get promoted because he offended the Sun family.

He really made his fortune after the emperor recovered from his serious illness. No one knows how the emperor noticed him and why he trusted him so much. Anyway, in just a few years, he rose from the fifth rank of Jinyiwei from the governor to the fourth rank of command officer, and then from the third rank. The commander knows the same thing. When Emperor Deguang was approaching his deathbed, he became the commander of the Jinyi Guards. He was responsible for cooperating with Xinge Lao Tao Yue, supervising all officials, and suppressing the officials of the old Sunge faction. After the new king succeeded to the throne, he continued to sit firmly as the highest officer of Jinyiwei, assisting Mr. Tao Ge in maintaining order in the court.

There is not much negative news about him. The internal evaluation of him in Jinyiwei is that he is very disciplined, values ​​the law, and is fair. When he was in charge of Jinyiwei, he emphasized the need for evidence-based handling of cases and did not advocate severe torture. There were many fewer unjust prison sentences, but there was no possibility of overturning the cases that were concluded.

Generally speaking, this person has a good reputation, is fair in dealing with things, has old grudges with the Sun family, and will not help the Sun family frame the Zhou family. The emperor would send such a person here, and he must not want to continue fighting with the Zhou family. As long as Tu Rong proves the innocence of the Zhou family, the emperor will trust the Zhou family again and let the Northwest Frontier Army become a powerful force in his hands again. After hearing this, Haitang asked Haijiao: "So, the Zhou family can rest assured? No wonder I don't think Sister Wenjun has been worried about the people coming from the capital at all. It must be that the Zhenguo government knows the news about the people coming, and she feels in her heart Is it because you have the confidence?"

Hai Jiao did not dare to be so optimistic: "Although this man has always had a reputation for being fair and upholding rules, he is also ruthless when it comes time to be ruthless. The new king trusts him because he has the merit of supporting him. But Emperor Deguang trusted him because he was loyal and even willing to kill his son with his own hands."

Haitang was shocked: "Kill with your own hands?!"

Hai Jiao nodded: "His eldest son is a lustful playboy, and he is stupid, so he easily fell into the Sun family's trap. Sun Yongbai of the Sun family was still in the Jinyi Guards at the time, and used his eldest son's leverage to threaten him to work for the Sun family. He refused and stabbed his biological son to death on the spot. Sun Yongbai was frightened by him and did not dare to provoke him anymore. Later, he asked for a transfer to avoid working with him again."

He sounds like a cruel person!

However, according to Hai Jiao, this Tu Rong was fair in dealing with matters and valued the law. He should be an upright official. How could he raise a son who was a lustful playboy?

Hai Jiao doesn't know much about this aspect: "It seems that the old man in the family has spoiled his grandson, right? I don't know. No one in Jinyiwei dares to gossip about him. Even those of us below rely on the people above to listen. No, I’ll have a few private discussions, and I won’t make fun of the commander’s family affairs.”

It can be heard that Tu Rong has great authority within Jinyiwei.

Haitang thought for a while and said: "Since this man follows the rules, is loyal to the emperor, and is not from the same family as the Sun family, then as long as the emperor does not want to turn against the Zhou family, he will not secretly cause harm in Chang'an. But... the Zhou family is against The imperial court is loyal, but it does not mean that there are no problems within the Northwest Frontier Army. In addition to the private thoughts and actions of some generals, the Zhou family itself actually has irregularities in its employment and behavior..."

Hai Jiao nodded: "Indeed. It's fine if the court doesn't investigate this kind of thing. Once it is investigated, all the border troops will suffer, and the Zhou family will be in trouble." He had stayed in Jinyiwei for so many years in his previous life, and he knew very well that Zhou Some common practices at home can turn into many crimes in the eyes of caring people. It's a pity that others are so soft-spoken that there is really nothing they can do about this fact.

However, he reminded his cousin and the old military advisor that it could still be done.

Haitang looked at Hai Jiao's expression and asked: "Then what is the background of the other military attache? He seems to be a confidant of Marquis Yingchuan."

(End of this chapter)