Second Master Jiang looked at the little guys who had left and returned, raised his eyebrows at Qin Zheng, Uncle Yan and Uncle Wang, with a proud smile on his face.銊
"Look! Look! Did I get it right?" He shook his head proudly, "What did I just say? As long as they notice something is wrong here, they will definitely come to us to ask clearly. Yes. These little guys are all impatient. Let alone waiting until dawn tomorrow, they won't even wait for a cup of tea."
"You are awesome, we are convinced!"
"You can't just admit defeat!" Second Master Jiang extended his hands towards Qin Zheng, Uncle Yan and Uncle Wang, "I'm willing to admit defeat, but don't think about turning your back on me!"
"Are you serious?" Uncle Yan looked at the outstretched hand and said dumbfounded, "Are you kidding?"
"Of course not. Since we made a bet and now we have a winner and loser, of course we have to fulfill the contract."
Qin Zheng and Uncle Yan looked at each other. Uncle Yan reluctantly took out his purse from his arms, poured out a piece of broken silver and put it in front of Mr. Jiang. He sighed softly, and his expression seemed a little bit... regret.
"Old Wang! Old Wang! It's your turn!"
"I know, don't rush me!" Uncle Wang sighed and shook his head helplessly at the children standing there, "Tell me, why are you so impatient? Why can't you wait one more night and cost us so much? Silver!" As he said this, he took out a bunch of copper coins from his arms and threw them to Mr. Shen, "Hey, it's just a little bit short!"
"A slight difference is a thousand miles lost!" Mr. Jiang happily collected the money he won and said cheerfully, "What does this mean? It only means that you don't understand them well enough. If they can endure it, If you ask again tomorrow, it won’t be them.”
"Are you..." Xue Ruitian and Jin Jing looked at each other, "are you making a bet on our reactions?"
"Isn't this obvious?" Second Master Jiang took a sip of wine and raised his chin towards Qin Zheng, Yan Bo and Wang Bo, "They insisted that you were reluctant to disturb us and would come back to ask me tomorrow, but I think you can wait I wanted to get the answer today before tomorrow. The result is, I was right!"
"Second Grandpa, is it inappropriate for you to do this?"
"What's inappropriate? I think it's quite appropriate."
Xue Ruitian thought for a while, then came to Mr. Jiang's side and said, "Then since we are betting, do we have a share in the meeting?"
"Yes, yes!" Jin Jing also joined in the fun, "You made a lot of money this night, would you like to share some with us so that we can share in your happiness?"
"Why should I share the money I earned with my own skills with you? Why??" Jiang Erye felt Shen Cha staring at him. To be precise, he was holding the wine glass in his hand, coughed lightly, and He put the wine glass on the table, pointed to another table that had been arranged, asked them to sit down, and then said, "You come to me to ask questions and ask me to answer your questions. I confiscate your money, which is already worthy of me." You guys! You still think about sharing half of it when we meet. Isn’t it too good to think too much? "
"Hey, you are..." After hearing what Jiang Erye said, Xue Ruitian clapped his hands and sighed, "You are truly a businessman now, putting all your interests first!"
"Of course, we are talking about business!"
"Yes, that's good to think about. We don't have to worry about you suffering a loss."
"Are you worried that I won't suffer a loss? Are you worried that we won't be able to meet each other in the future and share half of it." Second Master Jiang looked at Shen Haolin and then at Shen Cha, "Look at how well-behaved our Haolin and Xiaocha are. If you are not greedy for this money, you are like you, just like money."
"Okay, okay, I can't listen to you any more!" Uncle Wang patted Second Master Jiang on the arm, "I don't know who among us has fallen in love with you, but you still have the nerve to talk about someone else's child."
“Yes, yes!”
"This kid is really..." Uncle Wang shook his head helplessly, picked up the tea cup at hand, and took a sip, "Okay, this part of the gambling game is over. It's time to talk about what you want to ask."
"I would like to ask whether Ningchang is the real Ningchang or an impostor." Xue Ruitian explained their previous guesses in the simplest words, "If Ningchang is not Ningchang, then who is he? Did he fake it in the first place? What will be the fate of this person now?" He looked at Second Master Jiang and asked tentatively, "Second Grandpa, is it because of this that you are targeted by him? Although these old-fashioned people will not take the clan members seriously. But at least there is still respect, at least on the surface it can be tolerated. If old man Ning attacks a member of the royal family like this, is it because you have pinched his sore spot?"
"This guy has a lot of sore spots, and I'm not the only one pinching him. Why are you holding on to me and not letting go?"
"Impersonation and falsification of household registration are different from other pain points. In addition, he has always advocated the fallacy of the emperor and the clan dividing the world equally. It is difficult for people not to doubt his origin, isn't it?" Xue Ruitian touched his chin, "Students from poor families are not so...rebellious."
"I just said that these children are smart and will definitely guess the most important point." Jiang Erye nodded and gently touched the wine glass. Just when he was about to touch it, he heard Chen Chaqing Clearing his throat, he retracted his hand. "Xiaocha, don't be so scary, okay? I didn't drink too much, not even half of what I usually drink!"
Shen Cha didn't say anything, but looked at Jiang Erye blankly. Jiang Erye was a little embarrassed by the sight, so he could only stretch his hand towards the tea cup.銊
"Okay, okay, don't look at me like that, I won't drink anymore." He took a sip of tea, and then he moistened his throat and said, "Ning Changguo is indeed not from Zhongzhou. He was born in the Ning family of Chaozhou. The youngest son of the Ning clan leader."
"Chaozhou Ning clan?" Shen Cha raised an eyebrow, "When the Xia Dynasty was founded, it was clearly stipulated that several big clans could not participate in the scientific examination. They could found mountains and establish sects, and they could also write books and treatises, but only You cannot become an official in the court through recommendation or scientific examination. If I remember correctly, this Chaozhou Ning family is one of them, right?"
"You remember correctly." Mr. Jiang nodded, "There are nine major clans in the south of the Yangtze River that cannot serve as officials in the court. These clans are all the clans that the previous dynasty relied on. They are used to equally sharing the power in the hands of the emperor, and are used to enjoying and sharing the power with the emperor. They were treated like the emperor, so they thought Daxia would continue the previous dynasty. Taizu once said that these clans made this request to him when Daxia established the dynasty. The children of several of their families could join the dynasty as officials. But they must hold the same power as the emperor."
"Is it so natural?" Jin Jing couldn't help but sneered after hearing this, "Are they too self-righteous?"
"Because they take this as a matter of course, they don't think they are self-righteous. What's more, the nobles headed by the royal family are all military generals. They feel that these military generals do not know how to govern the world. They must Just rely on them.”
"Isn't this face too big?" Xue Ruitian clicked his tongue. He knew that some big clans were a little abnormal, but he didn't know that they were so abnormal. "Taizu will definitely not allow it."
"Of course, Taizu himself dislikes the big clan. His brothers and friends were persecuted by the big clan in the previous dynasty. Of course he would not allow such a situation to happen, so he sternly refused. Those big clans refused to give up and pestered Taizu relentlessly. When they found that Taizu was not fooled by them, they changed their strategy." Ya.
"Changed the strategy?" Xue Ruitian recalled what he had learned in the East Palace and shook his head gently, "I have no impression!"
"Those old masters in the East Palace will not tell you this. They are scholars and stand in the same camp as those big clans. They really hope that those big clans can defeat the imperial power and their power can override the imperial power. But Emperor Taizu didn't buy it, so what should they do? They came up with a way to force Taizu to do it."
"What method?"
Second Master Jiang smiled faintly and slowly uttered two words.
"Spread rumors!"
