After several days, the aristocratic families in Xingyang, Yingchuan, naturally learned that Marquis Guangyuan was going to farm in Xingyang, Yingchuan.

For a time, the responses varied.

The main hall of Xunfu in Yingchuan.

The people sitting at the top of the two rows were all white-haired people, and the youngest among them was in his thirties or forties.

As for young people, there are none here.

"Everyone, what do you think of Guangyuan Hou's settlement in Yingchuan?"

The person speaking here is Xun Fan.

Xun Fan was the son of Xun Xu. Especially when both the eldest son and his son died, Xun Xu's political legacy was completely inherited by Xun Fan.

Therefore, although Xun Fan was not the oldest in the Xun family clan, he had the greatest say.

When Xun Fan came out to speak, there were naturally people who responded.

"From my point of view, it is not a bad thing for Marquis Guangyuan to come to Yingchuan to farm. After all, given the importance of Marquis Guangyuan in His Majesty's side, if we can regain His Majesty's attention through the road of Marquis Guangyuan, then of course it will be

It’s an excellent thing.”

In the meantime, a middle-aged scribe stood up and started talking.

He is the youngest here, and the reason why he speaks is naturally because he is a descendant of Xun Xu.

Now the head of the Xun family is considered the most prominent of the Xun Xu lineage.

"I think otherwise."

This is a kind old man. His hair is combed very carefully without any mess. But the silvery white hair is still clearly visible in the black hair. In the slightly sunken eye sockets, there is a pair of dark brown eyes.

Quietly telling the vicissitudes of time.

"What's your opinion on apartment building? But you can discuss it in detail with juniors like me."

Xun Yu was the grandson of Xun Yu and the son of Xun Ma. He was well-known in the capital when he was young. He was on good terms with Pei Kai, Wang Rong and Du Mo. He was famous and became the minister.

But his political career ended early.

In the fourth year of Emperor Yuankang of the Jin Dynasty, there was a strong wind, and several tiles were blown off the ancestral temple, so Taichang Xunyu was dismissed from office.

Whether this was really the case and whether there were other stories, I am afraid that only Xun Yu knows now.

After he stopped serving as an official, Xun Yu stayed in Luoyang for a while, and then settled in Yingchuan.

He is from Xun Yu's lineage, which is considered the main lineage. His status and seniority in the clan can be regarded as the highest among the main lineage.

"Who is the Marquis of Guangyuan? He was born in Hansu, so how can he work in Yingchuan? How dare a descendant of Hansu command a high-ranking family? Isn't it a joke?"

Xun Yu had an instinctive dislike for those in power.

Perhaps, it has a lot to do with his poor career.

"What the apartment said makes sense."

Looking for the sound, he saw a thin face with a dark complexion, a pair of bright eyes under the light eyebrows, and he looked to be in his fifties or sixties.

"Brother Clan also agrees with the apartment father's idea?"

Xun Kai smiled softly and nodded heavily.

"Marquis Guangyuan is just a humble man. He just comes to Yingchuan to farm. We can just ignore him. Why do you still need me to wait here to discuss it? Isn't it ridiculous?"

Xun Kai is the great-grandson of Xun Yu, but a few generations later, the difference in seniority is one generation, but sometimes the age is not much different.

Although Xun Yu and Xun Kai were separated by a generation, they were only a few years apart in age.

"Brother, your words are wrong."

Xun Fan shook his head slightly and said: "Since taking the throne today, all the dignitaries in the court have belonged to the Wang family of Langya. Our Xun family in Yingchuan is a high-ranking family with countless scholars. We have also made great contributions to the Jin Dynasty. Your Majesty

The conflict with us can be resolved with this person, so why can't we hold a clan meeting?"

"It's just a cold thing."

Xun Yu's opinion remained unchanged.

"Even if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your children and grandchildren, and the Xun family. How many clansmen have unstable foundations in the court now, and how many people are punished by your majesty because of some trivial things? If we can use this method

Why not take this opportunity to reconcile with His Majesty?"

"this..."

Xun Yu opened his mouth, but finally stopped talking.

Because what Xun Fan said is indeed true.

The aristocratic family has great power in the court.

The Xun family in Yingchuan was also very powerful.

But the aristocratic families are not monolithic. The emperor may not even look at the Xun family of Yingchuan alone.

It is difficult for a noble family to compete with an emperor.

Even if the opponent wins, I'm afraid it will be of no use.

Because this is ultimately a tragic victory.

The key is that you have to deal with more than one aristocratic family. Looking at it now, you have to add the Langya Wang family.

"It's just that Yingchuan is the land of our family. I heard that Han Su is quite talented. Don't try to seduce the daughter of my Xun family and ruin the reputation of my Xun family girl."

Xun Fan laughed twice, he knew very well the so-called reputation of Xun family women.

I'm afraid it's just the matter of the elder Xun Cai.

Xun Cai is the daughter of Xun Shuang.

Intelligent, agile and talented in learning skills.

At the age of seventeen, Xun Cai married Yin Yu.

When she was nineteen, she gave birth to a daughter, but Yin Yu passed away.

Xun Cai was still young at the time and was often worried about being forced by his family to remarry, so he took great precautions against himself.

Later, the wife of Guo Yi, a native of the same county, died, and Xun Shuang promised to marry Xun Cai to him, so Xun Shuang pretended that he was seriously ill and summoned Xun Cai home.

Xun Cai had no choice but to return home, hid a knife in his body and swore an oath.

Xun Shuang asked the maid next to him to grab Xun Cai's knife and help her get into the car.

Xun Cai was still depressed and angry, so Xun Shuang ordered to take strict precautions against her.

Xun Cai had already arrived at Guo Yi's house, so he pretended to be happy and said to the people around him: "I originally made up my mind to be buried in the same grave as the Yin family, but I did not escape the persecution. As a result, I ended up in this situation, and my original wish could not be realized.

,what to do?"

So he asked people to light four lanterns and dress them up very gorgeously. He invited Guo Yi to come in and meet him, and they talked about it non-stop.

Guo Yi was in awe of her, so he didn't dare to force her and came out at dawn.

Xun Cai then ordered the people around her to prepare things for her to take a bath.

She entered the room and closed the door, and the person she wanted to serve stayed away for the time being.

Then she wrote on the door with powder: "The body returns to the dead." Before she could finish writing the word "Yin", she was afraid that someone would come, so she hanged herself with a belt.

The people around her pondered her writing and didn't mind. When they looked at her, Xun Cai had stopped breathing, and everyone at the time was mourning her.

Zhenlie's reputation is naturally good, which is also a proof of why the noble family is higher than the poor family.

But presumably Xun Fan valued power more than this.

If Marquis Guangyuan really valued the Xun family's daughter, he might as well be a matchmaker.

Unfortunately, it seems that Marquis Guangyuan's marriage has been arranged long ago.

"The Marquis of Guangyuan has been betrothed by His Majesty, how can he have anything to do with my Xun family daughter? I still think too much. If I have this time, I might as well think about how to get in touch with the Marquis of Guangyuan. After hearing about the threshold of Jingu Garden,

It’s also taller than the average person.”

"It's just cold..."

Xun Yu spoke again.

Until now, even Xun Kai couldn't listen to it.

"How's Han Su? Shi Gong is also Han Su, and he is also one of the three nobles. I heard that this man is talented, knowledgeable, and strategic. He will be a figure like Shi Gong in the future. Besides, since Your Majesty has betrothed the princess to him, he will naturally take it with him.

It is somewhat inappropriate for someone with royal status to speak of Marquis Guangyuan like this."

When Xun Kai said this, Xun Yu immediately shut up.

After Xun Yu became quiet, the clan meeting went more smoothly.

"In this case, if Marquis Guangyuan wants to farm in Yingchuan, he must have land. Since we already want to have a good relationship with Marquis Guangyuan, then naturally, each family must free up a day of farmland to do business with Marquis Guangyuan.

Used for farming."

The clan meeting that was still very lively in the front fell into rare silence after Xun Fan said these words.

Land is family wealth.

This is equivalent to asking everyone to scrape a piece of flesh off their body.

How could they agree?

Xun Fan glanced at everyone and knew what they were thinking, so he wanted to speak and express his position first.

"In the nine counties of Yingchuan, our Xun fan has fifty hectares of fertile land. Now it is all for the sake of the people in the clan, and it is used for farming with the Marquis of Guangyuan."

Fifty hectares?

Of course, it is not the land Xun Fan owned in Yingchuan. Even outside Yingchuan, Xun Fan also had many real estates, such as in Luoyang.

But fifty hectares was a huge hemorrhage for Xun Fan.

After all, the money of the aristocratic family does not come from the wind. The aristocratic family has a lot of income, but also a lot of expenses.

Main veins and branches, which clan member is not the one who takes care of the family?

"I am willing to donate ten hectares of land."

Xun Zu naturally supported his brother.

Xunfan and Xunzu took the lead, and the others had no choice but to do it even if they didn't want to.

Of course, their determination is not that great.

Some are only a hectare, and some are not even a hectare at all.

Therefore, in the end, Xun Fan counted less than one hundred hectares.

One hundred hectares, that is, ten thousand acres of land.

Is ten thousand acres of land a lot?

many!

But for a county, it's not much.

For example, Yingchuan County has tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, but now there is almost zero public land, and people are only willing to give out a hundred hectares of land.

How did Marquis Guangyuan farm?

Including the fields owned by other aristocratic families, the number is probably only a few hundred hectares.

How can a few hundred hectares be considered a farm?

Xun Fan opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally spoke.

"Everyone, with hundreds of hectares, I'm afraid that the Marquis of Guangyuan will have no land to live in. I think it's better for you to release more fields. Since you want to make good friends with the Marquis of Guangyuan, you have to make a show of making good friends."

"Brother, you have a rich family and you don't look down on these real estates. But we still have seniors who need to support us, and we have many younger generations who need to support us. We have slaves, maids, concubines, and clothes and drinks. Which of these things doesn't cost anything? Such a piece of real estate doesn't cost anything.

, it’s not enough to supply, if it were given to Marquis Guangyuan, wouldn’t you be willing to do it if your clansmen couldn’t even wear clothes?”

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to recite.

The Xun family is a powerful family, but this is also the case.

It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

Now if they are asked to eat one less piece of meat every day, I am afraid they are not willing to do so.

"Everyone, please put the overall situation first."

Big picture?

"Marquis Guangyuan wants me to wait for the land, so I have to sell it or borrow it with something. If I give it to him for free, wouldn't it be a free gift?"

"this..."

Xun Fan originally wanted to give Wang Sheng a meeting gift.

But when he saw this, he couldn't help it.

"Since you are so short-sighted, there is nothing more to say today. Please leave."

Everyone was speechless. Xun Yu was the first to leave, followed by Xun Kai and others.

In such a large main hall, only two brothers, Xunfan and Xunzu, were left.

"Brother, our clan is short-sighted. If Marquis Guangyuan sees this, I'm afraid he will think that we and other high-ranking clans are deliberately making things difficult."

"Hey~"

Xun Fan also sighed lightly.

"The tribesmen are short-sighted, but they are not unreasonable. The land in the tribe is also obtained out of thin air. If Marquis Guangyuan wants to farm, he has to pay some price. Otherwise, how can he get these lands?"

"But brother, didn't he say that he wanted to make good friends with Marquis Guangyuan?"

Xun Zu's face showed confusion and confusion.

"Of course it is easy to be friends with Marquis Guangyuan, but the so-called making good friends with Marquis Guangyuan does not mean to please Marquis Guangyuan. Since we come from a high-ranking family, we must maintain our own style. Although Marquis Guangyuan cannot be ordinary and humble,

Treat him, but there is no need to treat him like a god."

"only..."

Xun Zu had an ugly look on his face.

"If this is the case, Marquis Guangyuan will not miss my Xun family."

Xun Fan shook his head gently.

"I will see what happens next, but Marquis Guangyuan is a smart man and he knows what to do."

Xun Zu naturally knew that it was useless to say anything now.

"Then we will prepare some good gifts and go to Jingu Garden to pay a visit to Marquis Guangyuan some other day?"

Xun Fan shook his head.

"Let's talk about it when he comes to Yingchuan."

Of course he wouldn't know that Wang Sheng didn't even want to go to Yingchuan.

.....

Luoyang, Jingu Garden, night.

Since the selection of talents, Wang went to Taiji Hall to review memorials on his birthday, and he usually could not return to Jingu Garden until very late.

Sometimes I couldn't even go back to Jingu Garden, so I had to rest in Tai Chi Hall.

"What happened to those people?"

The people Wang Sheng asked about naturally refer to Fu Qingjiu.

Wang Sheng actually still had high hopes for these nine people who came from humble backgrounds.

After all, their wealth is innocent. If they are really talented people, they will naturally be particularly easy to use.

If he really had no talent, there would be nothing Wang Sheng could do.

"Those scholars are in the master's study all day long. But if the master goes to the study in this way, I'm afraid it will be a little troublesome."

When there are many people, it will naturally become noisy.

It is naturally difficult for Wang Sheng to do things.

"It's okay, give them ten days, and see how they do after ten days?"

If you are really talented, you will probably make some progress within ten days.

If there is no progress at all, it proves that his talent and learning have stopped here.

"Junhou, these are the letters from the photo studio these days."

There were three letters in total, and Wang Sheng opened them one by one.

In the past few days, he didn't even have time to read these messages, which shows how busy Wang Sheng is now.

The first letter was about things in Luoyang.

The first thing is that King Zhao went to Yongzhou to provide disaster relief.

Other things are rather lackluster.

The second letter contains news from Chengdu.

Zhao Yan, the governor of Yizhou, has seen signs of decline in his defense of Yizhou, and may not be able to sustain it for long.

Wang Sheng has always attached great importance to the news in Chengdu.

Unfortunately, the news was still delayed, and Wang Sheng was not very good at judging the situation.

The third letter contains news from Yecheng.

Li Te has already shown his face, so when will Liu Yuan, Liu Cong and the others show their faces?

Yecheng has always been the focus of Wang Sheng's attention.

Of course, in addition to these news, Wang Sheng also wanted to know the whereabouts of Shi Le, but now it seems that finding Shi Le in the world is not an easy task.

But it doesn’t matter if I can’t find it.

Wang Sheng has Wang Mi and Zhang Bin in his hands, both civil and military.

The basic skeleton is already there.

Including Dai Yuan, there are actually quite a few people under Wang Sheng.

What Wang Sheng has to do now is to slowly cultivate his own power.

And use time to exchange for qualifications and status.

Then, wait.

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Chapter completed!