Xu Yanda, Wei Jiuzhen and Wei Jiuru brothers came to visit Xu Yanren's house together.

Xu Xingwei, the son of Xu Yanren, is still in Yanjing, and may also go to Jizhou or Pingzhou, or even follow the army to fight. There are also reports that he recruited and supervised pirates on Pingdao to transport grain and troops from sea, so he may also be on Pingdao.

Xu Xingwei was ranked first in the Wu Jinshi exam and was already appointed as the battalion commander. Zhiguo School Captain and Yunqi Wei were not considered a low position in the military officer sequence of this dynasty.

If he made meritorious achievements during the Northern Expedition, he would also be able to become a general of Rangers or guerrillas.

Xu Yanren is now just General Xuanwei. This is a common official position of the royal family who has produced five sermons and has made achievements. He has no real power, but only paid salary. He may also be given a real position in the garrison palace, so that these royal families who have produced five sermons will not live in production or are not good at managing. Once he loses his official position, he will soon fall into poverty and destitute.

According to the original idea of ​​Taizu's establishment of a royal family system, the royal family did not necessarily have titles, and some princes might not even be able to make it marquis, and they only received a general's salary, so they would not be able to make them hungry and cold.

Over time, ordinary royal families will no longer be offered and need to find a way out.

This is a very correct idea. The royal family can also take exams, serve as a corps, serve as an official, do business, and even farm.

It is basically difficult for princes and lords to find the descendants of the emperors before Wenzong. Over the long years, they were demoted from royal princes and lords to generals, defense envoys, and Fengjielang. After the five squads, they were dismissed from the royal family, which was no different from ordinary people.

But for any clan, being able to make great contributions and be re-granted to the clan's identity is undoubtedly a great success. Being able to re-enter the clan and worship the incense of ancestors is a goal that any clan surnamed Xu wants to achieve throughout his life.

Xu Yanren is such a person. He is nearly fifty years old. He was famous for his bravery when he was young. He was a general under the command of the King of Qi. He made many achievements and became the deputy commander of the military capital. For an ordinary person who has already left the royal family, this is almost the pinnacle of his life's hard work.

But Xu Yanren was not satisfied. The military commander was the deputy commander of the army, General Xuanwei, which is enough for ordinary people, and it is still far from the goal of returning to the royal family.

There is only one rigid standard for returning to the royal family, making military achievements and being granted a title of marquis.

As long as you can be granted a title of marquis, the genealogy of this branch will be re-listed within the royal family and under the jurisdiction of the Grand Clan Mansion. During this period when the Marquis Mansion was allowed to inherit, the legitimate lineage was considered a royal family.

Xu Yanren can only count on his son for this goal.

Xu Ziwei of the Zhao Palace was an incompetent and mediocre person in Xu Yanren's eyes. He relied on his prince's father and emperor's brother, and he always boasted of bravery. As a result, he did not dare to move forward in Pingzhou and returned to Fuzhou in shame from Liaodong.

Because of his special status, the emperor and the two palaces did not punish him. Xu Ziwei lost only the official position of Qimen Ling.

The two sons were also sent to the capital and were educated outside the palace, just waiting to enter the palace as if they were older, and they were appointed as the envoy of the group or the defensive envoy, becoming the crown prince of the emperor.

There is no word fairness in this world.

Xu Yanren would not tell others about these words in his heart, but he wrote a letter to his son. If he did not make military achievements this time, he would never be allowed to return to Fuzhou.

There is only one condition. If the Dongfan has an opportunity, Xu Yanren will allow Xu Xingwei to return to the Dongfan. Under Xu Yanren's judgment, Xu Zi first has a better chance to do a relative of the royal family with a larger career. In Xu Yanren's view, to do big things, the first thing is to get to know the paired person and follow the right noble person. Xu Zixian is this very obvious candidate.

King Zhao, Lin Douyao and others, Xu Yanren, who followed King Qi, looked down on him.

"My brother is here." Xu Yanren greeted Xu Yanda first, and then bowed to Wei Jiuru and Wei Jiuzhen. The three of them saluted each other. They were all very familiar old friends. After the salute, Xu Yanren said with a heavy expression: "It seems that Dongfan is really dangerous."

Wei Jiuru nodded calmly and replied, "Yes, we also see this."

The Wei brothers are all well-proportioned and tall, but they are thin. Their literary aura is also quite strong. They both wear soft-legged heads, long robes with cross-collar collars, and jade belts hanging on their waists. At a glance, they know that they are a family of officials and gentry who are rich and have been studying for generations. With Xu Yanren and Xu Yanda, a strong brother who has the aura of a strong martial artist, is just the front and back of the coin.

Xu and Wei families were originally good friends for generations. The family traditions of both families were deep and restrained, and they did not train their children to become incompetent playboys.

This is how Xu Xingwei and Wei Yi met each other. Later, they met Xu Zixian, and the three brothers established a great friendship.

However, it was hard for Xu Yanren and Wei Jiuru to imagine that Xu Zixian had accomplished such a career in front of him, which was extremely amazing!

"Why is the epidemic at this time?" Xu Yanren's face turned pale and asked the servant to close the doors and windows after taking tea, and then said, "It's really a very bad luck."

"Yan Ke said when he returned to Fuzhou." Wei Jiuru said: "In terms of the situation on the island and the military preparations of the Nan'an Prefecture Army, if Mingda is not sick and he is in charge, the pirates have no choice but to take advantage of it. If Mingda cannot recover within more than ten days, the victory or defeat is between the two. The worst result is that the foundation on the island is destroyed."

"This is what I worry most." Wei Jiuzhen said: "Brother Yanda and I have been to the island. The salt farm has stretched for more than ten miles and is still being expanded. It will produce millions of stones of sea salt a year. With this sect alone, the Nan'an Marquis Mansion can earn 20 million jin a year, or even more."

"There are also cotton fields, bean fields, factories, and shipyards." Wei Jiuzhen said: "After we went to the island, the Nan'an Hou Mansion knew that they were all our own people and did not hide anything from us, so we saw a lot along the way. This kind of business is a big deal and a big investment. I doubt that if there is a tragic victory, most of the foundation will be ruined, and I don't know when the business will be able to appear at this scale again."

"Alas, from ancient times to the present, most people who accomplish great things will encounter setbacks." Xu Yanren sighed: "If Mingda cannot pass this time, he may be in a slump."

"That won't be." Wei Jiuzhen said in a deep voice: "Yan Ke said that Mingda is not the kind of thing that cannot withstand the twists and turns. It was much more difficult back then than now. Didn't it just work hard to make a family out of nothing?"

"I'm afraid that Changwen Hou Mansion will change his mind."

"Chen Dujing is not that kind of person. Chen Duguang and Chen Duming are not patient people."

"Then you can only walk." Wei Jiuru looked at Xu Yanda and said, "I will meet with Chen Duzhu and the others to talk about my Wei family's views. Even if the Dongfan wants to be rebuilt, as long as the Hou Mansion army is still there and Mingda can recover, my Wei family is willing to support me. Although the money is not much, there are still more than 100,000 or 200,000 yuan."

The Wei family can only be regarded as a third-class family on Fujian Road. Of course, the first-class family is the relatives of the royal family, and at least the marquis family is the marquis family.

The second class is a large family with real power and real duties, and the third class is a family with generations of officials and gentry, but there has never been a real high-ranking official in one or two generations. This is true for both the Wei family and the Xu family.

It seems like a lot of ten or twenty million guan, but considering that a person's annual net income is usually about six to ten guan, and even many people's families cannot get so much income.

A family like the Wei family should have done its best to take out all the net income from 10,000 or 20,000 households in a year of farming.

"We can do it too." Xu Yanren and Xu Yanda brothers looked at each other and said decisively: "You can write to Yanke and ask him to hand it over to Mingda to be calm and not take too much risk."

"Yes, yes." Wei Jiuru was quite happy and said, "We are interested in Mingda's way of doing things. In Nan'an, our Wei family once had business there, and we were doing iron business. Wang Yue made the sky angry and people resentful in Jianzhou. After crossing many mines, he forbidden to trade with Nan'an and set up a card to collect taxes. Now he is involved in our business. Recently, tax cards have been used to help idle rogues, those brave and fierce gangsters and goblins not only set up a card to collect taxes, but also crossed the border to Nan'an to get tricks. He even opened the tax cards to the edge of Nan'an Town. More than ten days ago, the Nan'an Hou Mansion informed the Nan'an Chamber of Commerce that some veterans who had withdrawn from the government army would be arranged to join the Chamber of Commerce's regiment training. The Hou's regiment in Nan'an can also be used as the Chamber of Commerce's regiment training. If there is any threat to the Chamber of Commerce, severe punishment will not be neglected and will never be spared!"

Wei Jiuzhen said: "Nan'an not only needs a chamber of commerce, but also a boat association and a handicraft association. As long as you are good at doing things and want to eat, you can join the association. At that time, you can unite and fight against the government. There is also a farmer association, which is also the same principle."

"Mingda is really a trustworthy person." Wei Jiuru continued: "The Chamber of Commerce was established when the Nan'an League was first established. Everyone thought it was just a meeting and divided the benefits equally. Of course, the big one was taken by the Nan'an Marquis Mansion, and the rest were the owners of the various businesses. Later, Mingda said that the market was too big, so he gave some benefits to each of us. Later, His Highness of Qi died, and the Nan'an Marquis Mansion went to the Dongfan. Everyone said that it was afraid that the Nan'an Marquis Mansion would not be in charge. Who knew that the Nan'an Marquis Mansion would still do it as his own business. I think Wang Yue was ugly in Nan'an last time, and he had to touch a hard-headed nail to know that

foot."

Xu Yanren sneered: "Wang Yue gathered more than ten wing troops in his hands, thinking that he had tens of thousands of troops, and both civil and military officials surrendered. Both military and political affairs were controlled by him. King Zhao and Lin Douyao had no choice but to deal with him, so he thought he was a hero for a while. I received a letter from a friend from Jian'an. Almost all the mines there were closed except for Wang Yue's shares and dividends. He wanted too much, and the mine owners calculated the accounts. If Wang Yue bought the shares, he would probably have to pay the money. Even if he could barely maintain it, he would just think about completing the stockpiled iron ore and then quickly shut down the matter. There were more than 100,000 miners in Jianzhou. I think that a big mess will happen sooner or later."

"It's hard to say." Wei Jiuru paid great attention to Xu Yanren's words and said with a key point: "So there are chambers of commerce and chambers of commerce training, not to leave this acre of three-point land for the Hou Mansion Villa, but for ourselves and everyone. In the chaos, if Nan'an does not have a garrison, it will definitely be the first to bear the brunt of it."

"I hope nothing happens, and I hope Mingda will get better soon." Xu Yanren sighed, showing his old attitude at this moment. After all, he is an old man in his sixties. Xu Xingwei has not married and has not given birth to a child. He is still in a dangerous place in the north. If the Nan'an Marquis' Mansion is in vain, if the investment in the past few years is completely in vain, Xu Yanren will no longer be in a state of mind to choose someone to follow.

At this moment, he felt confused and in a heavy mood, so he could only pray secretly, hoping that Xu Zi would recover as soon as possible and repel the pirates who were attacking in large numbers.

More than a year ago, the East Vanguard, which was basically a deserted island, underwent earth-shaking changes. All measures and governance were fresh and efficient. The officials were honest and dedicated and efficient. The people were optimistic, united and strong, and the atmosphere was also excellent. There were no refugees and beggars everywhere else. There were not so many sad coolies on the streets, no rogues who stood up and whizzed by the knife, and no lawless officials who bullied the people.

This is a completely different place, it is simply a miracle in the Peach Blossom Land written by the Jin people.

Many officials and gentry even believed that the governance of Nan'an Marquis' Mansion was much better than the narrative in the Peach Blossom Land.

This is an important reason why Xu Zixian gradually entered the perspective of officials and gentry.

A pure warrior may be feared or exploited, but will not be truly trusted and expected.

But if a royal family with strong force and noble blood is good at governing the government, understands the economy, treats the people well, respects merchants, develops industry and commerce, and trade... this is a standard template for a wise king, and can even take a step forward. If the emperor has no children for a long time and is sick again, the Marquis of Nan'an is less than twenty years old, even if he cannot become a crown prince and take over the position, he can at least take charge of the government of the Great Wei as a state-controlled state after having children.

If the throne of emperor was made by talents from the royal family like Nan'an Hou, the Great Wei would not be such a tragic situation.

Of course, no one would say these words explicitly, but it is obvious that a considerable number of officials and gentry were thinking or promoting them secretly, which encouraged Xu Zixian's reputation and made more and more people recognize Nan'an Hou and accept the power of Nan'an Hou's Mansion.

This influence will sooner or later form greater thrust, allowing Nan'an Hou to enter the royal circles of Fuzhou and Jiangling. In fact, in Jiangling and Fuzhou, Xu Zixian had long been recognized by the royal family. In Fuzhou, only King Zhao and Jingyuan Hou Mansions did not like Xu Zixian. The dozens of Dukes and Princes of Guohou’s royal family had a very good impression of Xu Zixian.

Jiangling may be more complicated, but at least one thing is a consensus that people recognize, that is, Xu Zixian's talent is quite outstanding, which is a fact that no one can deny it.

If it is true that when the royal family elects the crown prince, Xu Zixian should receive wider and far-reaching support.

The Zhao palace sent two young children to the capital, but did not receive the recognition and support of the sect. From a legal perspective, this is the private gift between the emperor and the Zhao king. If the emperor's prestige can suppress the two palaces and the sects, then everyone can only accept it. If the emperor's prestige further declines, the two children may have a great upsurge when they enter the palace.

Only now, all changes are still like in the fog. The people at the helms of the officials and gentry families of the Great Wei Dynasty could not see the trend of history. The only variable they felt was Xu Zixian, the Marquis of Nan'an. Everything about him was able to let people see where hope was.

And now the only thing they can do is pray to God, hoping that Nan'an Hou Xu Zixian's illness will improve, leading his troops to repel the pirates, and maintaining the current upward power of the Dongfan.
Chapter completed!