Chapter 388 Volume C’s reputation rises

When Jia She, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen arrived, the first-class Viscount Hou Xiaokang, the head of the Duke Xiuguo family, also arrived, and they happened to catch up with this scene.

Seeing the furious Niu Jizong grabbing Ma Shang's chest and almost punching him with his fist, Chen Ruiwen, who had been silent next to him, had to get up and stop Niu Jizong and persuade the two men to go away.

Jia She, Jia Zheng and Jia Zhen were all frightened, their faces turned pale, and they didn't know what had happened.

At a glance, there were six of the Hachigong family. Except for the Shi family of the repairing country and the Liu family of the Liguo family, the other families were all here. In addition, although they did not belong to the Hagong family, they actually had real power and influence. The more powerful Wang family and Chen Daoxian, who is now somewhat impressive, basically have almost all the leading figures in the Wuxun family, well, including the Feng family.

How could there be a fight in such a big scene, and it was Niu Jizong, the governor of the Jingying camp, who wanted to beat Ma Shang? !

The three Jia family members could hardly believe their eyes, but Hou Xiaokang, who was more well-informed, knew some of the inside story. He only had a look of contempt on his face, but said nothing, and sat on his own chair.

"Brother Xiaokang is here?" Wang Ziteng ignored Niu Jizong's rage. He knew that with Chen Ruiwen here, it would be impossible to start a fight. Now that Hou Xiaokang is here, it is even less possible to start a fight. Moreover, Ma Shang is in this situation. , even if Niu Jizong did give him two blows in anger, he would probably only suffer.

In situations like this, in the Hachigong family, usually the head of the family or the clan leader comes, but Jia Zheng also comes, naturally because he is still holding a position in the Ministry of Industry, and his legitimate daughter is also in the palace. There is also a relationship like Wang Ziteng around him.

However, we can also tell something from the position of the Jia family. Except for Wang Ziteng sitting on the main seat, Niu Jizong sitting on the guest seat, Chen Ruiwen, Chen Daoxian, Hou Xiaokang and Ma Shang lined up, the Jia family can only sit in the main seat. Being the last person to accompany him is enough to illustrate the status of the Jia family of the second Rongning mansion among the four princes and eight princes.

 This is actually a reflection of the strength of the family.

For example, in the Jia family, from the generation of Jia Jing, Jia She and Jia Zheng to the generation of Jia Zhen, Jia Lian, and Jia Baoyu, there was originally a Jia Jing who was somewhat promising, but he was a Jinshi and abandoned his official position to practice Taoism, while Jia Zheng failed. He has only read books, so he is basically hopeless.

As for the other families, the children of the family still hold some actual positions, even if they are military attachés, at least they have some power in their hands, which is better than Jia Zheng who just hangs around and lives his life.

 “Enhou, Cunzhou, Chongguo, sit down.” Wang Ziteng was not so humble and polite to his in-laws.

Jia Zhen's courtesy name is Guo, but naturally no one in the Ningguo Mansion can call him, and most people in the Rong Mansion call him Uncle Zhen.

 All three of them felt that today's matter was of great importance, but they didn't know what it was, so they were all a little uneasy.

Under the persuasion of Chen Ruiwen and Hou Xiaokang, Niu Jizong finally let go, pushed Ma Shang, and then returned to his seat bitterly.

The Ma Shang was also stern in appearance, but his confidence had long since faded, and he returned to his position dejectedly.

Thinking about the current situation, let alone if these people add insult to injury, even if they kick out the Ma family as abandoned children, I am afraid that the Ma family will suffer the same disaster as the Shi family.

"Brother Jizong and Brother Ruiwen came together today, and asked me to inform Brother Xiaokang and Enhou Cunzhou. There must be something big, so I just came back from Shanxi. I have been traveling between Datong and Taiyuan for the past six months. I was wandering back and forth, and I just vaguely heard some things on the road. I’m not sure about the specific situation, so I’d better ask Brother Stephanie to talk about it.”

Wang Ziteng is the first Wu Xun to serve as the right minister of the Ministry of War. He is also the only Wu Xun to hold a civil service position so far. It is also unprecedented. Even if it is only for a short time and it is a part-time job, the meaning is different. , which shows its status in the hearts of the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor.

Moreover, he has now been transferred to the post of Governor of Xuanda, and his status is even higher than that of Niu Jizong's Jingying Jiedushi. As the leader of Wuxun, although the Wang family is not the Eight Gong family, he has become a vague member of the Wuxun family. representative figures.

Even people like Niu Jizong, who is known as the first family of Hachigong, must admit that Wang Ziteng can best represent the interests of the Wuxun family at the moment, not to mention that Wang Ziteng is also on good terms with the Chen family of Duke Yi and Rong Ning Er. The father-in-law is considered an in-law.

Niu Jizong sighed and glanced at Chen Ruiwen and Hou Xiaokang, but ignored the Jia family members.

In his opinion, although several members of the Jia family claimed to be Dukes of the Kingdom and martial arts heroes, they were actually in a state of decline. Even compared to dark horses like Chen Daoxian and second-rate martial artists like Shoushan Bo and the He family who were slowly coming to the fore. The Xun family is in great disgrace.

"What else is there to say? Brother Ruiwen and Brother Xiaokang both know that, Zi Teng, you are the governor of Xuanda, how can these news escape your eyes and ears?" Niu Jizong shook his head: "The Shi family has revealed a huge disaster. , Shi Guangjue was greedy and lawless, colluded with the Tatars in the steppe, provided them with military supplies, profited from them, withheld military pay, and sold a large amount of military rations to Su Nang Taiji. These were the main causes of the Ningxia rebellion..."

 “How many people are involved?” Wang Ziteng asked bluntly.

“I’m afraid Shi Guangzhu won’t be able to escape, and their Shi family’s in-law Yun Guang won’t be able to escape either.” Niu Jizong couldn’t help but sigh again.

 “Yun Guang is also involved?” Wang Ziteng was surprised, and his heart was also frightened.

Yun Guang is not a simple person. He is a famous minister in Beizhi Shilin. He is also the right minister of the Ministry of War in Nanjing (Jinling) and the governor of Shaanxi. He is also commonly known as the Jiedushi of Chang'an.

The system of the Great Zhou Dynasty is somewhat similar to that of the former Ming Dynasty, but there are some changes. Like Nanjing (Jinling), there are six ministries and the Metropolitan Inspectorate. However, the six ministries and the Metropolitan Inspectorate in Nanjing in the pre-Ming Dynasty are basically officials with higher tastes. However, the officials in the Gao Dynasty were assigned to be idle officials, while the slightly different thing in the Zhou Dynasty was that the ministers, ministers and censors of the Six Ministries of Nanjing and the Metropolitan Inspectorate were used more as a reserve of materials for later use and as a part-time official.

According to the regulations of the Great Zhou Dynasty, both governors and governors were temporarily dispatched. However, as local affairs became increasingly complex and the decentralization situation became increasingly prominent, the governor system began to transform from temporary dispatch to permanent one. In order to ensure the central government's control over local areas, Strength, so Da Zhou also determined that all governors would be sent by the central government.

For example, the current Minister of War, Zhang Jingqiu, was transferred from Nanjing, and Yun Guang concurrently served as the governor of Shaanxi as the right minister of the Nanjing Ministry of War.

The legitimate daughter of Shi Guangzhu of the Shi family married Yun Guang's second son, which caused a sensation at the time. It would be unworthy of her status for the legitimate daughter of a dignified official to marry a civil servant, but Shi Guangjue became the commander-in-chief of Ningxia. , and made many martial arts jealous with envy.

Without Yun Guang as a promoter, no matter how much money the Shi family spent, it would be difficult for a idiot like Shi Guangjue to serve as the chief soldier of a town.

Yun Guang also has a good relationship with Wang Ziteng, but he never thought that even Yun Guang would be involved in the chaos in Ningxia and Gansu after he left for half a year, which would be a big problem.

“Brother Stepzong, Yun Guang is a civil servant!” Wang Ziteng couldn’t help but remind him.

"Humph, so what about the civil servants?" Niu Jizong curled his lips, "Those censors would not let him go. Shi Guangjue gave him 30,000 taels of his money from greed, and he also wanted the iron from Chang'an to enter Ningxia. The takeaway grassland is convenient,…”

Wang Ziteng felt a chill in his heart. It would have been fine if he had simply given away 30,000 taels of silver. Firstly, they were related, and secondly, the Ningxia General Army belonged to the Shaanxi Xingdu Division. As the governor of Shaanxi, he naturally had the right to intervene. This was a matter of management between superiors and subordinates. Filial piety is also well understood by everyone in Dazhou.

In the style of the Zhou Dynasty, how can the annual celebration of ice and charcoal between yamen at all levels be so rare? Could it be said that those censors will not accept them? It's possible that you won't receive it, but anyone who has had some friendship with you during the tour will never forget you.

 It's just that the thirty thousand taels of silver are obviously too much and it's true. This is giving someone a hand.

“Then the Shi family is hopeless.” Chen Ruiwen said calmly.

Others have not yet understood, but Wang Ziteng suddenly woke up.

Yun Guang was from Yongding Prefecture in the north, and was also a Jinshi. He was considered a well-known scholar in the north. But now he was involved in such a major case because of the Shi family. Naturally, the southern scholars would take this opportunity to ridicule and criticize the northern scholars. , and the northern scholars probably hate the Shi family even more. Are the censors in the Imperial Procuratorate going to eat your Shi family alive?

Even the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor could not resist the crazy bites of these censors. Of course, I am afraid that the Emperor would be happy to see what happened, and the Supreme Emperor may not have much thought to protect the Shi family now.

Ma Shang did not react. He just thought that the Shi family was hopeless. What about the Ma family?

“Brother Ruiwen, what about our Ma family?” Ma Shang asked tremblingly.

Chen Ruiwen and Hou Xiaokang both sighed and glanced at Wang Ziteng.

Ma Shang walked tremblingly to Wang Ziteng, almost unable to stand, and said with cupped hands: "Brother Zi Teng, we are all in the same family, please be sure to help our Ma family out of the old friendship. , a great kindness, the Ma family will never forget it,..."

"Oh, my lord,..." Wang Ziteng quickly stood up and helped him up. "How can warriors like us get involved in such matters? These are matters that only the imperial censors can decide."

“Then what should we do?” Ma Shang held his forehead in despair and sighed, tears streaming down his face, “Is the Ma family really going to perish on its own?”

Niu Jizong, who was sitting aside, couldn't help but snorted, but Chen Ruiwen and Hou Xiaokang, who had sharp ears, heard it. Hou Xiaokang quickly said: "Brother Jizong, don't worry about it at this time. If you have an idea, just say it." Bar."

When Ma Shang heard what he said, he gritted his teeth and walked in front of Niu Jizong, bowed deeply and saluted: "Brother Jizong, it was Ma Shang who offended me earlier. Ma Shang apologizes to you here. Brother Jizong, please take care of you and me for so many years." Friendship-wise…”

"Okay, okay, don't talk about this here." Niu Jizong still couldn't lose face, raised his hand to signal, and then looked at Zi Teng, "Zi Teng, didn't you cheer for Feng Zitang's son to celebrate his high school success the year before last? ? He is now in great glory. He has made great achievements in suppressing the rebellion in this Western Expedition. It is said that the cabinet and the emperor are full of praise, and isn't his leader and mentor Qiao Yingjia? It is said that Qiao Yingjia will soon be promoted to the position of Zuo Fudu Censor. , and the Ma Xia matter was investigated and handled by Yang He, and Yang He was promoted by Qiao Yingjia..."

ah? Jia She, Jia Zheng, and Jia Zhen, who had been acting as transparent persons on the sidelines, couldn't help but sigh.

Their news is much more blocked, and during the time when Feng Ziying came back, she only dealt with the Ministry of War, the Cabinet and other court officials. The specific matters were not leaked. They only knew that Feng Ziying had made meritorious service, but they did not know the specific details. , I just heard today that even the emperor and the elders praised me.

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