"Aren't these the legendary ones who specialize in dirty work?" Xue Ruitian sneered, "The Empress Dowager is too wasteful!"
"That's right. No matter how you say it, Old Man Ning was the top scorer in high school at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and he should be pretty good-looking. Isn't it a bit too much to do such dirty and tiring work for the Empress Dowager? ?" Jin Jing also nodded, "However, even if these are found out, it will have no impact on him, right? Why should he rush to silence him?" He looked at Jiang Erye, "According to the usual style of the Empress Dowager, I want to I’m afraid it’s not Old Man Ning who wants to kill the Second Master, but her.”
"You are wrong. If you are the Empress Dowager, there is no need to go to such trouble." Second Master Jiang snorted, "And you will not use such rhetoric that no one will believe, saying that I want to fight for the throne. Such words can only Only those who don’t understand the royal family can say it. Although the Empress Dowager and the Song family are not of the same mind, he cannot say such words that can be exposed. The only people who can really be deceived are the civil servants outside. "
"The information received by civil servants, nobles, and the clan is completely different." Shen Haolin, who had been silent for a long time, cleared his throat and said, "The nobles and the clan know the temperament of the royal children very well, and they know the Song family very well. People have different personalities, but civil servants are different. They only think about how to decentralize power from the emperor, and how to accomplish Conglong's merits. They don't think about anything else, and they don't want to think about anything else. And Xun The noble family and the clan are not willing to deal with them, and they are not interested in interacting with the clan and nobles, so naturally they don't know anything."
"Yes, so many of their actions are very ridiculous in our eyes." Second Master Jiang looked at the children, "Now that you know the identity of old man Ning, do you still have any doubts? In other words, do you have any doubts? Any ideas?”
"Yes!" Shen Cha nodded, "Brother Xiaotian said that he once encountered the Ning family and his wife who sent someone to deliver a message to the Ningchang Kingdom. The servants in the Ningchang Kingdom had a very bad attitude towards them and disliked them. So, Does Ning Changguo have a bad relationship with the later Ning family?"
"It can't be said that it's not good, it's very bad." Second Master Jiang chuckled, "Actually, the Ning family in Chaozhou regrets finding such a family for their youngest son, and is a bit overreaching. You know why Ning After becoming the top scholar in Changguo High School, he stayed silently in the Hanlin Academy for several years. After knowing that his father passed away and my brother ascended the throne, he found an opportunity to go somewhere and become a fellow scholar of the fifth grade?"
"I don't know." Several children shook their heads. Xue Ruitian touched his chin, looked at Mr. Jiang and said, "But, generally speaking, don't the top three have to enter the Imperial Academy? Are there other options?"
"Of course there is. Although it is said that if you want to join the cabinet, you must be a Hanlin for several years, but this is just a casual talk. Not all the current cabinet ministers were Hanlin in the past. Sometimes, especially in the Hanlin During the Pure Emperor period, it was just a place for retirement.”
"If that's the case, then why did he, a top scholar, go to the Hanlin Academy to eat ashes?"
"Because of the Ning family in Zhongzhou." Second Master Jiang sneered, "Although the Ning family in Zhongzhou is derived from the Ning family in Chaozhou, it has long since moved out and has lost the style of a famous family. In addition, survival is not easy. , the Ning family is a small family in the eyes of the clan, which is why the Chaozhou Ning family chose the Ning family. Although the impostor was very smooth, they did not expect that there would be big trouble in the follow-up. The Ning family felt that the Ning family Changguo replaced his son and went to Beijing to take the exam and enter high school, so their faces are also proud, and they should be able to get some of the benefits. "
"That's true. Han Chuang has studied hard for many years and finally graduated from high school. The family can really breathe a sigh of relief and life at home can be easier." Xue Ruitian thought for a while, "This is not overreaching, right? They deserve it , if Ning Changguo and the Ning family of Chaozhou know how to repay their kindness, giving them a little benefit is just a piece of cake."
"That's what you say, yes, but there is a big difference between a little benefit and never-ending demands, right?"
"Understood." Xue Ruitian nodded, "The hearts of the people are weak, and their appetite is getting bigger and bigger. They may also threaten the Chaozhou Ning family. If they don't agree to their conditions, they will expose the affairs of Ningchang Kingdom." ,right?"
"That's pretty much what it means. If the people of the Ning family in Zhongzhou just stay in Ningzhou and threaten a few words, no one will take it to heart. But they are rushing to the first day of the imperial examination. He went to Beijing at night, and he didn’t tell old man Ning yet. He didn’t show up until the results were released, so everyone knew that the family of the new top scorer came to see him.”
"Is this the reason why he escaped that investigation?" Seeing Mr. Jiang nod, Shen Cha thought for a while, "The people of the Ning family in Zhongzhou were afraid that they would abandon them after Ningchang High School. In order not to abandon their son. , they came all the way to Beijing, just to get some benefits for themselves, and completely tied themselves to the big ship of the Chaozhou Ning family."
"Yes, this move not only saved the old man, but also harmed him. Because the Ning family of Chaozhou has not agreed to Zhongzhou's request, the people of the Ning family of Zhongzhou often block the Ningchang Kingdom. When meeting classmates or visiting teachers, you can see them following him like dog-skin plaster. Call them entangled, but they don’t bother. They just pretend to meet by chance. When they meet, they say hello to Ning Changguo and then introduce themselves to the person next to him. Who is it? Ning Changguo's behavior during the whole process... well, how should I put it? It's not particularly embarrassing or embarrassing, it's not very natural anyway. He was not very old at that time, and he was not as scheming as he was later, so, The dislike for the Ning family in Zhongzhou has surfaced. As time goes by, there is a rumor in Xijing City that the number one scholar in Ningchang Guoning is not filial and may want to abandon his parents and family and not want to recognize them. Specifically What, I can’t remember clearly. I was very young at that time and had no memory of it. Later, when I was investigating the old man, I found this out and felt that there seemed to be such a thing.”
"You just throw it away after use. You think that since you are in high school, you don't have to maintain the relationship with this family and you don't take them seriously, right?"
"Chaozhou Ning family indeed thought so, but the situation at that time was not good for Ning Changguo. After all, he was so young and the top scholar in high school. On the surface, he flattered the young and promising people, but secretly he wanted to catch his pigtails. Young Master." Jiang Erye raised his eyebrows slightly, "So, many students and scholars at the same time couldn't help but spread this rumor. Even in several court meetings, there were imperial censors who participated in him. . And the result of the commotion was that he was sent to the Hanlin Academy to study."
"Hanlin only says it sounds good, but in fact he can't even support himself with that little salary, let alone the Ning family in Zhongzhou, right?"
"Indeed." Mr. Jiang took two sips of tea, took a pear next to him, and started to nibble on it. "When the people of the Ning family saw that there were no officials, and they couldn't get any money or water, they just Quickly say goodbye to Ning Changguo and leave Xijing City as quickly as possible."
"With Ning Changguo's character of seeking revenge, he probably wouldn't tolerate the Zhongzhou Ning family's behavior, right?"
"Yes!" Second Master Jiang looked at Shen Cha, "What did you think of?"
"I wonder if there is a possibility that the Ning family in Xijing was confiscated, the reputation of Ningchang country was disgraced, and the children of the Ning family can no longer serve as officials. Does this have nothing to do with the Ning family in Chaozhou, and they will not be affected at all? "
