Jiapingguan Chronicle

"Are you suspecting that the three families implicated at the beginning are actually the Ning family of Zhongzhou?"

"I have this idea, but I'm not really sure, and I don't understand what's going on in their circle."

"This is for sure. You have always lived in the border, and you rarely have anything to do with the famous families in the south of the Yangtze River. It is normal not to know them." Second Master Jiang looked at Shen Cha and said in an encouraging tone, "Yes. If you have any questions, you can ask them directly, it’s okay.”

"Although I don't know much about those famous families with inscriptions in Jiangnan, and I don't know how many clans there are, but the only thing I know is that if such a big clan is destroyed, is it impossible to hide it? It will be revealed more or less Out of the wind, right?"

"Not necessarily." It was Qin Zheng who spoke. He shook his head towards Shen Cha and said, "The foundation of the big clan is very deep. Even an emperor would not dare to shake it easily. Look at the Langya Wang clan. For a hundred years, although the reputation in the outside world is not very good, he is still the leader of scholars and the object of admiration for literati. Some of those big clans have ways to clean themselves up, so that the family will not be implicated in any way."

"But how are they going to do that? Cross off the family tree, the family tree?"

"Almost!" Qin Zheng nodded, and saw that several children, including Uncle Wang and Uncle Yan, looked at him in shock and raised their eyebrows slightly, "Why do you have such an expression? It has been like this since ancient times Operation, otherwise, where did so many branches come from? Also, how could those big clans last for so long? They are not the Confucian family, and they can be shrouded in the halo of saints, as long as they don’t worry about rebellion and study with peace of mind No matter how the world changes and how the dynasties change, they can still enjoy eternal glory. The Kong family can, but other famous families can't. What they can do is to protect the family and the overall situation. As for those The clansmen and children who were abandoned can only blame themselves for being unlucky and have a good pregnancy in the next life."

"Sure enough, it's just like the rumors that you are cruel to your enemies and even more cruel to your own people!" Uncle Wang sighed, "Now I am even more fortunate that I was not born in such a family, otherwise I would not even be able to decide my own life and death."

"That's right, it's scary to think about it." Xue Ruitian echoed, "Isn't it good to be a human being? Isn't it good to be a humane, righteous, flesh and blood person? You have to be a cold, emotionless animal, tsk tsk tsk! "

"Don't say that, people will be upset."

"I don't care if they are happy or not, as long as I am happy." Xue Ruitian raised an eyebrow at Shen Cha, "Really?"

"Well, but as Master said, after the defeat of the Ningchang Kingdom in Chaozhou, the Ning family still retreated completely, right?"

"For sure, since he started to rise up in the officialdom and rose all the way, the family has been ready to cut and abandon him. If he can die, maybe the family can help him, but he has caused such a big disaster. , almost pierced the sky, and charged myself with treason, so my family will naturally get out in time."

"In other words, from the moment he entered the cabinet, the Ning family in Xijing and the Ning family in Chaozhou should have been completely separated." Second Master Jiang added, looking at the children still looking blank, " Is it incomprehensible?"

"It's really incomprehensible, but when you think about it, the Ning family in Chaozhou at that time was no longer the father and grandfather of Ningchang Kingdom. If these two were still there, it would be possible to cherish it, but the patriarch at that time should be Ning. The peers or juniors of Changguo may know that the Ning family in Xijing is related to his family, but in order to protect themselves, they can still break it off."

"That's right." Second Master Jiang nodded, "But you're still confused, aren't you?"

"Yes, people say that there are people in the court who are good at handling things. Ningchang Kingdom was an extremely personable official back then. How can the Ning family of Chaozhou separate themselves from him so easily?"

"Why does the big clan care about a Ningchang country? How could the Ning family be an official in the court? Ningchang country was over 80 years old, but still refused to return to his hometown and dominated the position of chief assistant. Do you think he My family is willing? The young children are suppressed by the old people, and there is no way for them to succeed, so how can the family agree?" Second Master Jiang sneered, "There are more twists and turns in these big clans than we imagined. Fighting is much more serious!"

"So it's like this!" Shen Cha felt a little emotional, "It's because we are ignorant."

"I don't blame you, after all, you haven't had much contact with them, so you don't know how dirty they are." Second Master Jiang raised his eyebrows, "Since the words have been said here, why don't you guess and demand that Ningchang Kingdom be dealt with strictly? Who is it?"

"You've already said that, what else is there to guess, there is no suspense at all, it must be the Chaozhou Ning family."

"Xiao Tian'er is pretty smart, but it's not accurate." Second Master Jiang shook his head lightly, "In other words, the Chaozhou Ning family did not get involved in the old man's case from the beginning to the end, and even ordered him to Don’t do anything to the Ningchang country. The ones who really demand strict treatment of the Ningchang country are actually the Ning family of Zhongzhou, who is his younger brother with the same father and mother in name.”

"He actually has a younger brother?"

The children felt that what they heard tonight was really exciting, but they didn't expect that the life at old man Ning's house would be so wonderful.

"The parents he recognized were born later?"

"Yes, I am old enough to have a son." Second Master Jiang sneered, "Although Mrs. Ning is the most ruthless person in my life, I want to say a word for this younger brother. I have raised him for more than ten years. I killed a white-eyed wolf, maybe this is the retribution for the old man who has done bad things all his life."

"So, he has a good relationship with the Zhongzhou Ning family?"

"Try to maintain the illusion of harmony on the surface. After all, he has already been cheated once, and he has been ashesed in the Imperial Academy for a long time. Knowing that he has a handle on others, he is a bit honest. But, to be honest, I don't really believe it. He should have done something in private, but it didn't work, and he was caught in the pigtails again, so he had no choice but to be controlled by others, obediently let this family suck blood."

"Well, it should be like this." Xue Ruitian thought for a while, "When he came out of the Imperial Academy, he voluntarily applied for release to the south of the Yangtze River. It was the way that the Chaozhou Ning family gave him, right?" Second Master Jiang nodded , He continued, "The reason why he wants to invite Jiangnan to be transferred is not only because Jiangnan is rich, he can easily achieve political achievements, and after three to five years, he can be transferred back to Beijing, and then he can operate it. Entering the cabinet. I want to get rid of the control of the Zhongzhou Ning family and get rid of this dog skin plaster. After all, Jiangnan is his base camp and his territory. It will not be easy for the Zhongzhou Ning family to threaten him again."

"Yes, it turns out that he was right. The Ning family in Zhongzhou was frightened when they learned that he was transferred to Jiangnan. Our children can't go to such a good place, it will destroy our children's mind, our children have to go to a bitter place or something." Second Master Jiang chuckled, "Old man Cen was in charge of the bureaucracy back then. Taught me, when he talked about this in private, he was still shocked, never seen, there will be such a father and mother, fearing that their son will enjoy the blessing, they must send their son to a poor place."

"They didn't succeed either!"

"Of course, the transfer order was signed by my father himself, how could it be changed for an ignorant couple?"

"That's right, it shouldn't be for rubbish like them."

"That's right, but they are indeed very ignorant. They only know that the south of the Yangtze River is rich, but they don't know that the south of the Yangtze River is not all rich places. There are also states where life is not so good, and there are also states that cannot afford food and support. No place for children. At that time, old man Cen heard that the couple was very determined, and he really thought that they were doing it for the best of their own children, and did not want their children to be corrupted by the extravagant life in Jiangnan! He thought, since His parents have asked him not to let him enjoy the blessings, and old man Cen also went along with the flow, taking Ningchang Kingdom to Jiazhou and letting him be an acquaintance in that place."

"This is up to him, but Ning Changguo is all about going back to the south of the Yangtze River, and returning to his place to earn his qualifications, but he really never thought about going through hardships!"

"It doesn't matter, old man Cen thinks it's not good for his parents to come to him behind his back, so he deliberately found out with Ning Changguo."

"Is that the bottom line? Didn't that sell the couple?" Yan Bo shook his head helplessly, "Old man Cen, he just wanted to tell Ning Changguo that he would transfer him Going to Jiazhou is his parents' idea, and has nothing to do with the officials, right?"

"Yes!" Mr. Jiang was a little tired from sitting, stood up, threw the pear core in his hand into the basket, and then started to walk around the room while eating a plate of grapes, "Not only that, even put those I told the old man what the couple had said, and the old man listened and thanked old man Cen, this is a conflict between their father and son, mother and son, and has nothing to do with the old man."

"This guy is also reasonable!"

"After all, it's not old man Cen who caused this situation. If you hold on to old man Cen, you can't solve anything. Of course, you have to solve the source." Second Master Jiang ate two grapes, "These grapes are good, very sweet. , try it too."

"Then what happened later?" Xue Ruitian didn't eat the grapes, but reached out for an apple and began to gnaw, "Second Grandpa, did the couple from Zhongzhou go to Jiangnan with them? They shouldn't dare, right? Even if it's Jiazhou, it's not Chaozhou Ning They should not have dared to do something wrong in their base camp."

"Of course, they didn't go, and Ningchang Kingdom invited them, but they shirked that because they went to Beijing to celebrate the New Year with Ningchang Kingdom, they delayed their family affairs. Now that Ningchang Kingdom is leaving Xijing City, they can't continue to live, just fine. They went home. They ran very anxiously, fearing the revenge of Ningchang Kingdom, they didn't even send Ningchang Kingdom to take office, and left the capital before him."

"Isn't this just a guilty conscience? I've done something bad and I'm afraid that the sufferer will complain, so I ran away quickly." Xue Ruitian pouted, "Who is this family? There is no good person from top to bottom!"

"What happened later?" Shen Cha was fascinated by what he heard, and leaned on Shen Haolin's body, looking at Second Master Jiang eagerly, "Did Ningchang Kingdom let them go? They don't want to repair their relationship?"

"Why don't you think so? Of course I do, but the distance between Zhongzhou and Jiangnan is too far. The old man stayed in Jiangnan for ten years. He was promoted from Tongzhi to Chief Secretary Zuo Shilang. Then, after my nephew ascended the throne, he decreed that He was transferred back to Beijing. However, during the first two years when he was transferred back to Beijing, he was not given real power, and he was directly sent to the household department as the left servant, and by the way, he was also given the job of giving lectures in the East Palace. Knowing that Ning Changguo returned to Beijing Now, the Zhongzhou Ning family felt that they could do it again, so they ran to Beijing in advance, arranged a place to stay, and welcomed Ningchang Kingdom back to Beijing."

"This is really..." Shen Cha shook his head lightly, "Where's his younger brother? Born in Beijing?"

"Yes!" Second Master Jiang nodded, "It's also a coincidence that this child was born the second day old Mrs. Ning returned to Beijing. Although Ning Changguo doesn't like the couple from the Ning family in Zhongzhou, they are very fond of this younger brother. I still love her a little bit, thinking that my younger brother is a clean person and cannot be placed next to the Ning family couple. If he was taught badly by them, he will take him directly by his side. The couple in Zhongzhou think this is very good, let their relatives The closer the son is to the fake son, the fake son's property will be part of their real son's."

"It's really scheming all the time! I was still thinking that in the whole case, the Ning family in Zhongzhou was the worst. Their son died of illness early on. Finally, the master's family came with a young son who could take the place of his son. Standing up, the young master of the master's family can be regarded as upright. He went to high school at a young age. Although his official career was not very smooth at the beginning, there were no ups and downs in the future. They can more or less follow suit, eat popular food and drink spicy food with Ningchang Kingdom. They thought that this day would go on smoothly, but they didn't expect that Ningchang Kingdom's evening festival would not be guaranteed, and the whole family would be unlucky with him." Jin Jing sneered, "Now it seems that they have fallen into the position of being implicated by Ningchang State, and the whole family is in danger. It is because they are too greedy."

"That's right!" Second Grandpa Jiang sighed, "They all asked for it themselves, the thunder, rain and dew are all the favor of the king, since they have enjoyed the glory and wealth brought by the old man, they will be destroyed together with the old man. "

"Understood!" Shen Cha nodded, "Although the person we captured today is from the Ning family, it is not the Xijing Ning family whose home was confiscated back then, nor the Ning family from Zhongzhou, but the own family of Ningchang Kingdom , the Ning family of Chaozhou."

"But, Chaozhou Ning also agrees with Ning Changguo?"

"Xiaojing, I'm tired of talking. It's not that the Chaozhou Ning clan agreed with Ningchang Kingdom's statement, but that Ningchang Kingdom has been deeply influenced by the Chaozhou Ning clan and the entire Jiangnan literati circle since childhood, and has always insisted on being equal to the emperor. I have always believed that Jiangnan is the world of their famous families. The emperor stretched out his hand in the affairs of Jiangnan to decentralize power from these big clans. They must not recognize such an emperor and find someone who can listen to them to replace Da. Emperor of Xia."

"Understood, but after the incident of Ningchang Kingdom, the Ning family in Chaozhou has been keeping a low profile and trying not to attract people's attention. They want to wait for more than ten years after this incident, and the people who knew it back then are no longer there. Yes, they are reemerging."

"Yeah, it's a pity that the calculation was wrong. They didn't expect that they would still be sold by the children of their own clan." Second Master Jiang sneered, "This is cleverness but being misunderstood by cleverness. They deserve to suffer." He touched his chin , "Tomorrow, the first trial, throw the confession to Xiao Jue, and by the way, hand over the evidence I have collected over the years to Xiao Jue, and give him a chance to go mad at the big clan."

"Okay!" Shen Cha responded, and smiled at Second Master Jiang, "He has been waiting for this opportunity for too long."