But when the head of the family looked to one side, who also seemed to be deep in thought, but was actually looking at Fan Jian, who was wandering in the sky, he sighed again in his heart. My youngest son seems to be careless about everything, but in fact there are always many things that he suppresses in his heart and refuses to say. He refuses to practice martial arts. Most of the reasons are not only because of laziness, but also because of his brother.
At the beginning, the old man's intention to appoint another generation to succeed him was already shared by Sima Zhao, except for his eldest son, the people around him. With the intelligence of his younger son, he would not fail to see what the old man was thinking. I'm afraid it was also because of this relationship that I ran away from home in the first place. To be honest, after learning that this youngest son ignored the ancestral instructions and became the King's staff, specializing in burning cold stoves.
I was still a little annoyed in my heart, thinking that even if I wanted to be an official, I wouldn't end up working for a neglected prince. But who could have imagined that the world would change so quickly that in just a few years, the Lord would only get a title from a prince after he left the palace at the age of eighteen. Starting from the prince of Hejian County, he was promoted to the king of England, then the prince of the country, and then to the ambassador of the two routes, who was in charge of all military and political affairs of the two routes.
He first surpassed countless brothers who left the palace much earlier than him, and was promoted from prince to prince. When the Supreme Emperor passed the throne in advance, the two generations of him, his father and his son, looked down upon him to some extent, and were even wary of him as an unpopular prince who used Fan Jian to make money from the Fan family, all the way to the position of emperor. To be honest, neither the old man nor himself had ever thought about this son's ability to see people with such precision.
Let’s look at how he worked as a county magistrate, and now he is a prefectural magistrate, even though his official position is not that big of a deal. Even when he was appointed as the county magistrate, his family helped him a lot. But from being immature at the beginning to being mature and experienced in hiring and administering policies now, I feel like I've been misjudged. If the methods he could put into government affairs were used on the family, his eldest son would probably be exhausted and unable to keep up.
It's a pity that this younger son's thoughts are not in the family at all. Although he is only an official as big as a sesame seed now, he can still be regarded as a Bailihou. Thinking of this, the head of the family couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Fortunately, my grandson, even though he is of blood, makes me really unwilling. But this child with that person's blood showed unusual talent at a young age.
Almost everything can be learned instantly. Even children who are no more than five years old are actually able to give themselves some opinions. If cultivated properly, it can be regarded as a good seedling. Coupled with the special bloodline of the child, it is a blessing rather than a curse for the Fan family. Compared with the so-called Fan family's flesh and blood, the Fan family's survival must be put first. What's more, that kid is so adorable.
After another sidelong glance at Fan Dao, the head of the family said to Fan Jian: "Tomorrow, you will return to your post. He already knows that you have returned to the Fan family, and staying here would be disobeying the holy order. Since you have chosen an official career , don’t worry about the Fan family’s affairs from now on. After a while, I will send your fiancée to your post in Jiazhou to marry you. It won’t be the same thing if you delay it any longer.”
After a pause, he said to Fan Dao: "You go back and think about what I said today. From now on, my main focus will be on Ju'er. I will not interfere too much in the matters of the Fan family. If you have any difficulty in making up your mind, just ask your wife. The next contact with the court, that is, the Lord, will be left to your wife. She is more suitable in this regard. "
"You are far from the one who is playing tricks with your mind. I know that your ability and mind are not bad. But maybe the Tian family has been a master of manipulation since birth. Whether it is skills or scheming, the three of you are good at it. I can't pinch him. If I let you go, I'm afraid the Fan family has been sold, and you are still helping to count the money. Although the daughter-in-law is a woman, she is not far behind the master in some things. "
"From now on, you two will divide the work. Internal affairs and contact with the Lord will be in charge of Mei'er. The rest of the things are under your control. Unless the sky is about to fall, don't come to me. Your mother My body and bones have never been very good. Therefore, the affairs of the housekeeper’s wife have been left to my daughter-in-law to handle in advance. While I am still alive, I can train you for a few more years. "
The head of the family's words made the two brothers look at each other and could only nod in agreement. After making this decision, the head of the family waved his hand a little tiredly, indicating that the two of them could leave. But compared to Fan Dao, who returned honestly, Fan Jian, who knew some inside information, turned back after a while. I saw my father in a daze looking at the picture of a tiger descending from the mountain that my grandfather had drawn a few years ago.
Fan Jian wanted to say something, but felt a little unable to say it. The father knew clearly about the relationship between his sister-in-law and that person, but still let his sister-in-law take over the task of dealing with that person. Is there something wrong with this approach? In the past, the Fan family had direct contact with the imperial court through Huang Qiong himself. In other words, if the sister-in-law is allowed to take over the matter, it means that the sister-in-law has to go to the capital frequently to contact the Lord.
The two already have that kind of relationship. If they are exposed to too much, wouldn't the color of the brother's hat become different? This is not only tantamount to sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth, but also tantamount to using his sister-in-law to fight for the interests of the Fan family. Isn't this a bit too much? Just looking at his father's head of white hair, these words were already on his lips, but Fan Jian found that he couldn't ask them anyway.
Especially those two words, Fan Jian couldn't say them out. And although he didn't look back at Fan Jian, how could the head of the family not guess what his son was thinking. He just didn't speak for a long time, until Fan Jian turned around and wanted to leave. Then he said: "Do you think the two of them can break up if I don't do this? You are overthinking. Even if Nangong Mei wants to break up, is it possible for the master to agree?"
"What's more, there is something wrong with Nangong Mei's expression when she comes back this time. Her expression is completely different from when she went to the capital in the past. Every time she came back from the capital in the past, her expression was a little tired, even a little sad. But this time, although She looked a little tired from running all the way, but she gave people a radiant feeling. This shows that there have been some changes in her mind."
"There are some changes not only for your brother, but also for the entire Fan family. Now that we have reached this point, it is better to make good use of this relationship, at least to keep the Fan family from big trouble. You are also my son, what are you thinking about at the moment? I still know what they are doing. But what do you think I should do? If that man were someone else, do you think I would still allow them to live in this world? "
"Even if Dao'er is unable to give birth to a child, do you think I will tolerate such humiliation of the Fan family until now? If he were not the emperor, even if he were another clan, I would have killed their whole family long ago. What I am doing now is also A helpless choice in desperation. Since we can't let them break up, let alone deal with that person. Why not use this relationship to gain some benefits for the Fan family? "
"At least at the critical moment, I can save the Fan family. You can say that I am a coward, you can say that I am unscrupulous, you can even say that I am not a human being. But I do this, even using Nangong Mei, for the Fan family. Today's Fan family is expanding It's so fierce that he already feels threatened. Let Nangong Mei go to confront him, this is the last resort. I am doing all this for the Fan family."
The head of the family's words made Fan Jian finally choose to remain silent. Fan Jian was silent, and the head of the family turned around and said: "Jian'er, although you are quite smart, you are still a scholar at heart, and your heart is not ruthless enough. In the future, if you want to really stand firm in the officialdom, Heels, it’s time to give up some of the things in your heart. Otherwise, you really won’t be able to go far.”
"He is the king of a country. He can take care of you for a while, but he cannot take care of you all the time. In the past few years, he has been working hard to support you, and even consciously created achievements for your promotion. From the time when he was the county magistrate, he has been promoted to the present. The fifth-level governor almost puts political achievements by your side. But if you really want to reach the position you ultimately want, you still have to rely on yourself.
"If you are still unable to support you, you will be abandoned sooner or later. Jian'er, as your father, it is his own choice to do this. And one thing comes to another, although he is indeed sorry for your brother regarding Nangong Mei. But it is definitely heavy on you, so I can only advise you this way. No one in this world will support you all the time. Don't underestimate the cold blood of an emperor."
At this point, the head of the family sighed softly and said: "You are the most educated person in our Fan family. You must know the principle of Ci not to control the army. But behind Ci not to control the army, there is another sentence that cannot be said. If you are kind, then you should not be an official. A kind-hearted person cannot get very far. Although my family does not expect you to become a big official, after all, that is your wish. I still remember what you said back then."
His father's words made Fan Jian silent. Having worked hard in the officialdom for several years, how could Fan Jian not know these principles? On some things, he did admit that on some things, he really couldn't do that. Although he holds this position, even if the court does not pay him a penny in salary throughout his life, he does not have to worry about money. But after all, his ideal is to make a career.
In the past few years, even with Huang Qiong standing behind him and the full support of the Fan family, Fan Jian still felt something was going on in the officialdom. First of all, he was not a Jinshi, so he sat directly in the position of palm seal officer as a staff member. This is in the Daqi officialdom where senior officials and palm seal officials at the prefecture and county levels are basically all officials with Jinshi and rank origins. , itself is considered an outstanding alternative.
He suffered from the glare of those Jinshi and other officials, plus a certain degree of exclusion. At the same time, he did not even have the status of a scholar. He was neither an elected official nor a supervisor of the Imperial College. Even in Tongxin County, where bones were exposed in the wild and there were no roosters crowing for thousands of miles, no one was willing to be the county magistrate. They are officials selected through elections, also known as officials from miscellaneous classes.
Almost no one wants to go. But he, who was just a staff official, still became a different person in the eyes of those officials who came from miscellaneous classes. It can be said that Fan Jian is a little unhappy on both sides. If it weren't for the fact that the person standing behind him was the former prince and now the emperor. Those people had some taboos and didn't dare to do anything too blatantly. He would have been unable to hold the position of official for a long time.
But although no one dared to say anything, they were always excluded intentionally or unintentionally. Just like when he was the magistrate of Jiazhou, the state fellow who was a Jinshi and was born in Jiazhou didn't look down on him at all. If the Fan family hadn't come forward to win over the state judge for him, he would have been ignored long ago. It was also after years of training in officialdom that he believed his father's words to be true. Extremely rare, there is no rebuttal.
Naturally, it was impossible for Huang Qiong to know about the conversation between the three members of the Fan family after he left. After he left Xiangyang Mansion, he went south along the official road. Passing Zhongxiangzhou, detouring to Wuchangfu to cross the Yangtze River. Take the boat from Changshafu and go upstream along the Xiang River. Along the way, we either walked by water or galloped on horseback. After stopping and stopping along the way, one month after leaving the capital, we successfully arrived at Jingjiang Mansion.
