Zhao Mansion
Since Zhao Wenkuan was impeached by Lu Desheng and was demoted by half a rank, he has been unpopular with Emperor Kang Cheng. Therefore, when Emperor Kang Cheng took his valued ministers to visit Hongsheng Restaurant incognito, he naturally had no part in it. On the contrary, it was the Xie family. Because they lost a Dali Temple official, Emperor Kang Cheng found them inexplicably more pleasing to the eye, and then took Xie Mingtang with him.
It's not like he can't go by himself, but after thinking about it, he might as well forget it and carefully accuse him of spying on the emperor.
Not being able to be there in person filled him with regret. So he waited quietly at home.
The news that Fan Quan was devalued by Lu Desheng was worthless and then rejected by the emperor and refused to be hired. Even Zhang Yong's personal recommendation could not make the emperor change his mind. The news immediately returned to the Zhao Mansion. Zhao Wenkuan immediately changed his clothes and planned to go to thank him. A trip to the house.
At this time, Luo's nanny came to invite him to the yard of his fourth son Zhao Bin. She said that Zhao Bin was making a hysterical noise after receiving the news about Hongsheng Restaurant, so she asked him to go and have a look.
Zhao Wenkuan was impatient. These days, his son was having trouble almost every day. He went from being nervous and concerned at the beginning to becoming impatient now.
I'm going out for a trip, and when I get back I'll go see him and ask my wife to give him some advice.
Zhao Wenkuan arrived at Xie's house and found that it was his son-in-law Xie Zhan who met him.
The two moved to the meeting hall to talk.
After the servants served tea and retired, Zhao Wenkuan looked at his son-in-law opposite him silently.
Zhao Wenkuan can feel that the Xie family is undergoing a subtle change of power recently.
Because the last time they jointly recommended Lu Desheng failed and the Xie family lost their position as Minister of Dali Temple, his future son-in-law became more powerful and now gradually took over the power of the Xie family, while Xie Mingtang quietly retreated behind the scenes. In fact, this is fine, Xie Zhan is his son-in-law after all, and Weng and his son-in-law are also relatively close.
After Xie Zhan signaled him to explain his purpose, Zhao Wenkuan couldn't wait to say, "A Zhan, I know the results of Hongsheng Restaurant, but are we really helpless against the Lu family?" The two families joined forces, but they were killed one after another. Zhao Wenkuan really couldn't accept being slapped in the face by the fifth-rank official. Not to mention how many resources the Zhao family had to replace in order for the Xie family to take action. This result disappointed him so much.
"This result is expected, Uncle Zhao knows it."
"You have a good brain, think of other ways. A Bin is your brother-in-law. He lost a leg by Lu Songli and Qin Sheng, and was insulted by them in that way, but we can't do anything about them. ! I know this is my incompetence as a father, but this is also a slap in your face, isn’t it? "
Xie Zhan rubbed his forehead, "First of all, we have already competed with the Lu family and Qin family about Zhao Bin, and then lost." At least for now, they lost. The Xie family also lost a Dali Temple official. As for the follow-up, he doesn't want to start the war lightly for the time being.
Zhao Wenkuan immediately answered, "We lost once, but we have to win a big one!" Everything came back!
Xie Zhan coldly rejected his suggestion, "I have decided to make a truce with the Lu family and will no longer actively antagonize the Qin family and the Lu family. The Lu family also agreed."
He is mature and sensible enough, and just as his grandfather praised him, he is a born politician.
Those who are in charge of politics must have a big picture. They cannot just focus on the loss of one city or one place. They need to look at the overall situation. Once a battle situation has been lost, they cannot dwell on it, especially to avoid continuing to invest resources in a steady stream. Otherwise, it becomes a quagmire, an abyss that drags your home completely into it.
As a family owner, stopping losses in time, abandoning the car to save the boss, and making choices are the decisive abilities that every qualified family owner should have.
"What?" Zhao Wenkuan couldn't believe that Xie Zhan reached such a consensus with the Lu family so quickly.
"In addition, we need to face the fact that the enemy is not weaker than us."
Xie Zhan's words were cold and realistic at the same time, like a basin of cold water poured on Zhao Wenkuan's head, waking up his heated mind.
"It's very dangerous if we continue to fight with them. Don't forget that the snipe and the clam fight, and the fisherman will benefit." The lessons from the past are still there. In addition to the Lu family, the Zhao and Xie families have other political opponents.
Zhao Wenkuan said nothing. Intellectually, he could accept Xie Zhan's decision, but emotionally it was very difficult to accept it.
"Uncle Zhao, don't forget, you have another son. Do you really want to exhaust all the resources of the Zhao family for the sake of the useless Zhao Bin?"
Zhao Wenkuan was silent.
If you lose this time, just try again next time you have the chance.
However, it is too irrational and crazy to consume resources like this for the sake of face. It is not easy for the family to grow to this point.
For a big family like theirs, face is either important or not. If you choose between strength and face, the core thing is always strength.
It would be unwise to blindly consume one's strength for the so-called face. Face can be won back with strength. If you lose strength, you will never get back face.
"When the fight with the Lu family ends in losing both sides, it is also when our two families are in the most danger. Are you sure you want to bet?" After analyzing the pros and cons, Xie Zhan handed over the choice to Zhao Wenkuan.
Zhao Wenkuan was silent in the meeting hall for a long time, and finally stopped insisting on causing trouble for the Lu family.
Before he left, Xie Zhan handed over his investigation of Zhao's backyard to him.
After Zhao Wenkuan took it, he looked down and saw that his face was turning red and white.
Xie Zhan finally said, "If the Zhao family had sent Zhao Bin to Zhuangzi or elsewhere for recuperation earlier, maybe his condition would be better than now." Zhao Bin is basically useless now. The Zhao family can only support him and hope that he can do something for the family, except for giving birth to children.
But his words may not come true. With Lu Songli's ruthlessness, even if Zhao Bin is sent to a distant place, she can let people mess with Zhao Bin until he collapses.
Getting into trouble with such a person would really be a great disadvantage to both of them.
Hearing this, Zhao Wenkuan paused in his departure, and then left without looking back.
Xie Zhan knew that what he said was a bit of an afterthought and meant to pour cold water on the Zhao family, but the Zhao family's handling of this matter really made him very dissatisfied.
Zhao Wenkuan returned to Zhao's house angrily, ignoring the servants' greetings, and went straight to the main courtyard, found Luo Shi, and scolded her.
Bang, he banged the table loudly and said angrily, "How do you manage this backyard? Look, look, anyone can reach out to our back house, are you a pig? Not at all aware?"
When his future son-in-law handed him the investigation results, he saw the sieve-like backyard of the Zhao family and was pointed out by his own son-in-law that anyone could have had a hand in his backyard. Zhao Wenkuan felt completely humiliated and wished he could There is a crack in the ground for him to crawl through!
