Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 789
The ancients said: If you are poor, no one cares about you in the busy city, but if you are rich, you have distant relatives in the mountains!
These words are applicable no matter what era.

Of course, for officials and powerful families, the so-called "rich" refers to real power and official influence, not as simple as money.

Thanks to the promotion, on the second day of the New Year's Day, Jia Rong took his wife, Qin Keqing, and his grandmother, Mrs. Zhao, to the Zhao family for a rare visit.

The Zhao family is similar to the Lin family where Lin Ruhai lives. They are both Wenxun families with titles.

Although he was only the founding earl, the atmosphere of the Zhao family was much stronger than that of the Lin family who was the founding marquis.

Not to mention anything else, the Zhao family would win over the Lin family just by being more prosperous.

Not only that, the life expectancy of the Zhao family is generally relatively long. From the ancestor who founded the country to the current head of the Zhao family, it is only the second generation.

A Wenxun family like the Zhao family usually has a strong heritage.

Among other things, the ability and means of educating future generations are very good.

At this time, in the third generation of the Zhao family, the two sons of the direct line were both Jinshi, and Mrs. Zhao was their direct sister, otherwise it would be impossible to marry Jia Jing, the third generation head of the Ning family.

The other three men born from concubine also all made great achievements, which is quite exaggerated.

It can be seen that the three concubine children are not incapable of attacking the fame of Jinshi, but are specially arranged by the family.

Otherwise, it would be too conspicuous and exaggerated to have three or four Jinshi from one family.

It can be said that the Zhao family is a big hilltop of the civil official group in the court, both in terms of influence and strength, they are very impressive.

Of course, just because of the Zhao family's disregard for the Ning Mansion in the past, it can be seen that there is also such a snobbish problem.

In other words, the Ningrong Second Mansion in the story of the Red Chamber gives readers a very weird feeling.

It was as if, apart from the four major Jinling families hugging each other to keep warm, there were no other relatives and friends, which was quite weird.

The family of the wife of Jia Jing, an immortal cultivator from Ningfu, that is, the Zhao family, has never shown up at all, and has not given Xichun the slightest care.

There is no trace of Jia Zhen's original wife's family, and Jia Rong's original body doesn't seem to care, as if there is no uncle's family at all.

The Rong Mansion is also in a similar situation, at least the natal family of Mrs. Xi's original wife has never appeared.

It is impossible to say that the family heads of Ningrong Second Mansion or the wives of the eldest sons are all snobbish.

But there is no trace at all, which is quite weird.

The only possibility is that Ningrong and Rongfu are caught in a very dangerous power struggle, and their usual performance is too bad. In order to avoid being dragged into trouble, the wives' natal families do not communicate with each other forever.

Officials and powerful families value profit, and once cold-blooded, it can be chilling to the bone, but this is the stark reality.

The same is true, seeing that the Ning Mansion is showing signs of resurgence, the Zhao family naturally wants to connect with each other.

Through his wife's relationship, Mrs. Zhao was invited to come back at the beginning of the year.

It has been more than four years since Jia Rong traveled here, and this is the first time he has visited Zhao's house.

There is no special feeling, and the perception is just so-so.

So what if the book-scented atmosphere is strong?
So what if the power of the Zhao family completely surpassed that of the Ning Mansion at this time?

Different road non-phase plan!
At this time, the Zhao family has completely transformed from the Wenxun family into a civil servant force.

As for the Ning Mansion, at this time they had returned to the core circle of the Founding Group, and the two families naturally couldn't urinate in the same pot.

More importantly, as far as Jia Rong knew, the Zhao family had a very good relationship with several famous academies outside the city.

In other words, the Zhao family controlled the scientific research resources and even the right to speak in the north, especially the capital and Zhili regions, through the relationship with the academy.

With such a family, it would take a considerable degree of risk to make friends with it.

It seems that the Zhao family just wants to repair the cold relationship between the two, and they don't mean to be too enthusiastic, which is the best.

This time I followed my grandmother Mrs. Zhao back home, I guess it was just a recognition.

When I left in the evening, I basically didn't have any images worth remembering in my mind, and the relative left speechless.

On the day of the third day of junior high school, several people from Ning Mansion were invited to Rong Mansion for a banquet.

In other words, Rong Mansion's side is not much better.

The relatives who can walk are the Wang family and the Shi family.

Wang Ziteng, the head of the Wang family, did not return to the capital, and the housekeeper who stayed behind in the mansion in the capital was not qualified to invite the Rong family as guests.

On the contrary, the two masters of the historian family rushed over to pay New Year's greetings on the third day of junior high school.

With Jia Rong and Jia Qiang as companions, Jia's mother's intention is self-evident.

It's nothing more than hope that the Ning Mansion and the historian can get closer.

The life of the two historians can only be described as ordinary.

One was in the Ministry of War, and the other was in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion. Neither of them had real power, let alone military power.

Efang Palace is [-] miles away, and it cannot accommodate a history of Jinling!

Look at the descriptions of historians among the four major families in Jinling. Compared with the other three families, it is almost a joke.

Not to mention the richness of Jia and Wang's family, even Xue's family is like pearls like earth and gold like iron. Unlike historians, the characteristic is that there are many people.

During the war, and in the early days of the founding of the country, the large number of people is not just for fun, it is a particularly huge advantage.

But when the situation is completely stabilized, even in the prosperous dynasty, there will be no advantage in having more people.

The key point is that the historians of Jinling and the Jia family are of the same nature, and have not evolved from landlords to local tyrants, so the problem is quite serious.

Think about it, many clansmen all count on the two historians, Master Hou, to fight the autumn wind, even if there are gold mountains and silver seas in the family, they can't stand it.

In the story of the Red Chamber, historians have already encountered serious financial problems.

Otherwise, even if the majestic Hou's mansion is in ruins, it will not be reduced to the situation where Mrs. Hou Ye took the lead in doing needlework to subsidize the family. It would be embarrassing to say it.

It's a pity that the two historians did not appreciate Jia's mother's kindness.

In other words, they didn't know how much Jia Rong's right to speak in the founding group of nobles was at this time.

His attitude towards Jia Rong and Jia Qiang was mediocre, neither enthusiastic nor indifferent, on the contrary, he and Lian Er and Mr. Xi had a very hard time drinking.

In the words, the meaning of closeness is very obvious.

Obviously, with the prosperity of the Second Master Zheng and the Second Official Lian, the Rong Mansion is also on the rise again, and the two historians, Lord Hou, naturally have the intention of getting close.

It's just that the second master of Zheng is too pretentious, and his personality is really not very pleasing, and the two historians don't want to get too close.

Jia Rong didn't care much about these.

The Ning Mansion and the historians don't have much friendship at all, so naturally they don't need to care about their attitudes.

But at a later time, I saw Jia Min and his son and daughter who came to pay New Year's greetings at Rongqing Hall...

(End of this chapter)