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Chapter 31 The old fox

At night, the Duke of England.

Since entering the Beijing Camp, Zhang Weixian often lives there and never comes back. Today is a rare day for Mu Xiu, and Zhang Weixian can come back.

After the reunion dinner, Zhang Rong took his grandson to chat in the study and asked about his affairs in Beijing. The grandfather and grandson had a great chat.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Weixian said, "Grandpa, Sun Hao from the Xining Marquis Mansion, told his grandson something today. He said that his father had handed over a few times to come over, but his grandfather didn't see him."

Zhang Rong glanced at Zhang Weixian and asked, "What do he want to say?"

"Grandpa, don't get me wrong. He just wants me to plead for mercy!" Zhang Weixian quickly explained. If grandpa misunderstood Sun Hao and complain to him, it would be terrible.

"Marquis of Xining!" Zhang Rong sighed and said helplessly: "After all, it's too eye-catching, so I repeatedly warn you not to be too popular or too ostentatious. Of course, you should do more things to make contributions."

"Our Zhang family is far from reaching the point where the master is so powerful that he can do it, so you can let it go!"

After hearing his grandfather's words, Zhang Weixian looked helpless. How could he have made great achievements? Now he is just a slap in his power. In the words of the emperor, he is just a playboy who relies on his ancestors' conscience.

It’s not that I did a good job, but that I gave birth to a good job. Zhang Weixian still remembers that when the emperor said, “I am the best one”, he almost was shocked. Now when I think about it, I still feel very warm and touching.

The emperor told himself before that when you go out, you will miss your days in the school, and now I really miss your days in the school.

However, he could not refute his grandfather's words. Zhang Weixian said directly: "Grandpa, let's talk about the Xining Marquis Mansion! Why can't you see him? Did something happen to the Xining Marquis Mansion?"

Zhang Rong said with a smile: "It's not a big deal, but the emperor wants to moan them."

"Who made the Xining Marquis' Mansion a royal relative, different from other honorary relatives?" Zhang Rong said here, and said with some gloating pleasure: "Don't worry about them. There is nothing big. If something really happens, grandpa will not ignore it."

"It's not that the nobles don't care, but that's not the time yet, wait and see!"

Zhang Weixian was stunned and asked inexplicably: "What happened?"

After glanced at his grandson, Zhang Rong said with a smile: "Then grandpa will tell you that the wife of Dingxi Hou is from Hejian Mansion. Although the ancestors of the Qian family were not nobles, they were from scholarly families and passed down from poetry and etiquette."

"This Qian family's grandfather was once a governor and got to know the Marquis of Xining at that time."

"The two get along well, and the Marquis of Xining valued the daughter of the Qian family. Although the Marquis of Xining is the Marquis' Mansion, you also know that it is normal for these scholars to look down on all their bad habits and not look down on us."

"Fortunately, the grandson of Xining Hou, who is now Xining Hou, has studied well and was loved by Governor Qian, which led to this marriage."

"In order to show his importance to this marriage, the Xining Hou Mansion gave the Qian family 100,000 salt yin as a betrothal gift, all of which were big yin. It can be seen that the Xining Hou Mansion was so satisfied with this marriage. Since then, the Qian family of Hejian Mansion has become a big salt merchant in Hejian Mansion."

"But the human heart is not enough, the snake swallows the elephant. This official salt always makes a small profit, and it also needs to be distributed to the Xining Marquis Mansion. How can private salt come quickly!"

Zhang Weixian looked at his grandfather in amazement and said hesitantly: "Grandpa, are you saying that they sell private salt?"

"The Xining Hou Mansion will not sell private salt, but this is not certain of the Qian family in Hejian." Zhang Rong said with a smile: "A few days ago, an imperial envoy named Cao Yikui studied a book, and the emperor asked someone to check private salt."

"I felt it was not good at that time. When the imperial envoy went to Hejian, I guessed that they were heading for the Qian family."

"Now the Xining Marquis' Mansion can't sit still. It is obvious that the imperial envoy has set his sights on the Qian family. It is not appropriate to interfere in this matter now. You have to wait and see what the emperor wants to do. It is not a wise man to take action before the emperor takes action!"

Zhang Weixian nodded. No wonder Xining Hou Mansion handed over several visits, but his grandfather never saw anyone.

After looking at his grandfather stroking his beard, his face was smiling, and his face looked like a wise bead was holding. Zhang Weixian always felt so inconsistent. Why did he look like an old fox, or a cunning person?

"Grandpa, then the Xining Marquis Mansion is waiting?" Zhang Weixian thought for a while and asked.

Zhang Rong glanced at his grandson and said with a smile: "Grandpa is very curious. What benefits did that boy from the Xining Hou family give you? Let you help him like this and run here to trap grandpa's words?"

He smiled embarrassedly, and Zhang Weixian smiled and said, "Grandpa, aren't we all nobles!"

"Don't you really like the girl from the Song family?" Zhang Rong said with a smile: "Grandpa understands that this is not what the boy from the Xining Hou family told you, but what the little girl from the Xining Hou family told you."

"It's okay to ask grandpa to give advice. If the Marquis of Xining marry their maid, it's rare for my grandson to like it."

Zhang Weixian looked at his grandfather with a black head and said helplessly: "Grandpa!"

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore!" Zhang Rong said with a smile: "We can watch, the Xining Marquis Mansion is not possible. In fact, if the emperor wants to deal with the Xining Marquis Mansion, it will be troublesome."

"The most suitable method for Xining Marquis' Mansion is to go to the palace to ask the emperor for guilt."

"Tell me about the Zhou family, don't hide it, let the Zhou family admit their guilt and accept the punishment. How the emperor will deal with it, then you will suffer." Zhang Rong stroked his beard and said, "If this happens, although the Xining Marquis Mansion will be punished, it will be in the emperor's heart in the future."

Zhang Weixian was stunned. He did not expect what his grandfather said, but is it really good to do this?

"As a minister, what's wrong with asking the emperor to admit his mistake? Can't you let go?" Zhang Rong looked at Zhang Weixian and said disdainfully: "The wealth of nobles is given by the emperor, and it is earned by his ancestors. A group of people who disdained their descendants for face, so why don't they think about doing the dirty things that they have done to lose their ancestors' face."

"The Xining Marquis Mansion is not only a nobleman, but also a relative of the royal family. Now the grandmother of the Xining Marquis is Princess Xianning, the four daughters of Emperor Taizong, and the legitimate daughter of Emperor Taizong and Empress Xu, and later he was named the eldest princess."

"Where did the royal family wrong their Xining Marquis Mansion? What's wrong with asking the emperor to apologize? Don't say you apologize, you will die even if the emperor asks you to die."

"Besides, the Ming Dynasty's rule was not written very clearly. Those who sell private salts had a hundred sticks and were entrusted for three years. Although some people were beheaded, the Xining Marquis's Mansion went to apologize and admit their punishment. I don't believe that the emperor would chop off his head."
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