Dajin royal family

Chapter 177 The Pei Family Brothers
The candle flickered gently, and the dim orange light fell in the study.Pei Ju sat behind the desk with his clothes on and meditated. Not long after, a voice came from outside the study: "Brother, it's me, Pei Yun."

The voice interrupted Pei Ju's train of thought, he cleared his throat, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and Pei Yun walked in and closed the door again. Seeing that the elder brother was wearing clothes, he obviously had just fallen asleep, but he couldn't sleep because of some things, so he sent someone to call him.

"Brother, what happened? We still need to discuss it at such a late hour." Pei Yun walked up to him and knelt down, looking at Pei Ju in puzzlement.

Pei Ju squeezed his hands, and asked with a serious expression: "My dear brother, you answer me first, what do you think of Jiang Chengxiao?"

There is no use of children, nor the title of King Zhao's son.Pei Yun immediately understood that his elder brother's question should be very serious.Since it was a serious question, he couldn't be perfunctory, so Pei Yun lowered his head and began to think about Jiang Chengxiao.

After thinking for a while, Pei Yun realized that he really couldn't answer this question. He didn't know Jiang Chengxiao well. He only met him once in Guangming Palace, and the rest were just rumors.He considered his tone, and said: "This person showed his prominence during the Han Dynasty's rebellion, and became famous in this Turkic war. Courage, strategy, this person should not be underestimated, what is even more valuable is that this person knows how to advance and retreat. From my perspective From this person's point of view, if there is no accident, he will be a Zhao Wang style figure in the future."

Pei Ju nodded, Pei Yun's opinion was very pertinent, and this was also his previous opinion.He said: "Today, the prince came to visit my house and asked me about the corruption of officials in Shandong."

"Oh, how did the elder brother answer?" Pei Yun felt strange, their Pei family seemed to have only a casual acquaintance with Zhao Wang's mansion, why did this prince not ask Zheng Shanyuan, but came to ask them instead.

"I said some one-sided things, but..."

Pei Ju changed his voice, and said: "This person made a request to me, let Yuan Yan go to Shandong with him."

This made Pei Yun a little astonished, "That's not right. If he wants to find help, why doesn't he go to Zheng's mansion? It's the in-laws of Prince Zhao's mansion, or he can go to Yu's mansion. Yu Shinan is his mentor. Why did he come to the eldest brother?" VIP?"

"This is also something that baffles me. I have thought about it for a long time, and there is only one explanation." Pei Ju said: "Maybe he wants to use the power of the Pei family to deal with officials in Shandong."

Pei Yun thought for a moment, and said: "But the Qingzhou generation is out of reach of our family. If he inspects Bingzhou this time, it can be justified. If it is a county in Qingzhou, he should go to Zheng Shanyuan. He is an old student of the Zheng family in the Central Plains. Only then can we help him the most.”

"What if he finds another son of the Zheng family to accompany him?" Pei Ju asked.

Hearing this, Pei Yun's face suddenly changed, "This is impossible, how could this kid have such a serious plan."

Pei Ju stroked his short beard, and a shrewd look flashed in his eyes, "We are all confused by his age. This son's scheming is far beyond my imagination, and he has the meaning of Ganluo back then. I guess, the reason why he It should be for the Zheng family not to ask me to help him. He should ask Zheng Shanyuan to send a direct descendant to help him to show the status of the Zheng family in his heart. The Pei family should be only one side in this plan. banner."

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Pei Yun took a deep breath, "If the children of the Pei family and the Zheng family are really allowed to go to Shandong with him, he can use the power of the two families, and the children of other Shandong gentry families will more or less give him some face. After all, our family The Zheng family is now the leader of the Shandong gentry, and both families send their children to follow him, which will make those people think that we support him."

"Your brother is right!"

Pei Ju said: "In this way, he will save a lot of trouble secretly investigating the Qingzhou generation of officials, and even let some people secretly help him."

"This son is very scheming." Pei Yun was secretly startled.

Among the three families of the Shandong gentry, once the Zheng family and the Pei family have sent their children to help him, it is not necessary to think about what the other dependent families will think. Not to mention helping each other with all their strength, but at least they will not hold back and deliberately cause trouble.

"If this plan was planned by King Zhao, it's not terrible. If this son did it alone, then this son..." At this point, Pei Ju's expression could not help but change subtly.Jiang Chengxiao is too young. A 16-year-old can have such a strategy. Once he grows up, he may be like King Zhao, as Pei Yun said.

"How did the elder brother reply to him?" Pei Yun was a little nervous. In fact, he didn't want to help Jiang Chengxiao. Although there were no former disciples of the Pei family in Qingzhou, he felt awkward being teased like this.

"I agree." Pei Ju replied bluntly.

Pei Yun frowned, "Brother, is it not safe to do this? If this son really finds out something in Qingzhou, our family will become an accomplice. The elder brother himself said that the Wang family is very dissatisfied with us now. Family, if we offend other Shandong families again, will the Wang family unite to deal with our family?"

"Against us?" Pei Ju sneered, "What is there to fear from a group of drunks and rice bags? Who can the Wang family unite with? The Lu family? The Cui family? Or the Li family in Zhaojun? I dare not say anything else, but the Lu family is definitely fighting against the Wang family Instead, I think Lu Huaishen, Minister of the Household Department, and the crown prince are getting closer."

Among the Shandong gentry, the Zheng family in Xingyang, the Pei family in Wenxi, and the Wang family in Taiyuan are naturally the most prominent.The next four are Fanyang Lu's, Zhaojun Li's, Qinghe Cui's, and Boling Cui's.These seven families are collectively called Shandong Qiwang, which means the seven famous families east of Taihang Mountain.

Of course, in addition to these seven families, there are other families that should not be underestimated, such as Jingzhao Webster, Hongnong Yang, Bohai Gao and so on.All in all, these aristocratic families are like chess pieces falling in various places in the Jin Dynasty, some are county prefects, and some are county prefects.

At present, the leaders of the Shandong family are naturally the Zheng family, the Pei family, and the Wang family.Although some other families held high positions in the dynasty, their inheritance was far less profound than these seven families.

"You don't need to worry, brother, the Zheng family must take the lead this time." Pei Ju said shrewdly.

Pei Yun nodded, "Since the eldest brother has decided, I naturally support it. I am just worried that this matter will be used by Jinshang. The palace in Luoyang has already been built, and the capital will definitely be moved next year at the latest. It is difficult to guarantee that I will leave Guanzhong by then. Today, we will not change our target and deal with us."

Pei Ju nodded and said, "It just happened that you mentioned this, and it reminded me of a story. It is said that a woodcutter once cut down a large forest, leaving a flock of birds nowhere to live. They had to fall into another forest with those The birds scrambled for the territory, but it didn't take long for the woodcutter to set his sights on the woods again."

"What do you think of this story, brother?"

Pei Yun swallowed, "Brother, it's not that far yet."

"I also hope that I will never get to that point." Pei Ju sneered and said, "I am doing things vigorously and vigorously today. I wish I could see the results tomorrow after finishing today, but it is not so easy. Let's not talk about it here. The bandits hum, they can't do anything."

That's right, those bandits in Guanzhong really dare to do anything, isn't that how they made their fortunes.

Thinking of this, Pei Yun suddenly thought of something, and said in astonishment: "Brother, you can't be fancy."

"Forbidden speech!" Pei Ju interrupted immediately, and said mysteriously: "My dear brother, you don't need to say too much, I haven't seen it through yet, don't worry now, if there is such a day, what we are doing now is not wrong, is it?" He smiled Some hints of a successful plot.

Pei Yun secretly speculated that the eldest brother definitely made that plan.

Jiang Chengxiao is far from having such a strong brain as the Pei brothers. To be honest, he didn't think so deeply about going to the Pei family to borrow someone this time.Because his father had already told him the truth, the main purpose of his trip was to suppress the mob in Donglai County, and the investigation of official corruption was just a cover-up.Maybe he was also a bait, because Zhao Wang also guessed that the emperor would send another team to Qingzhou to investigate.

The real purpose of his visit to the Pei family was to test the Zheng family.

In the study, Jiang Chengxiao held the invitation sent by the Zheng family through Princess Zhao, and couldn't help sneering. The Zheng family really regarded him as "one of their own", and revealed the news of visiting the Pei family to the Zheng family through Leping, but it took only two days. They sent someone to invite them to the door.

From this point, it can be seen that the Zheng family definitely wants to get something from him, or has a conspiracy against him.It's just that he still can't figure out the key to it now, but one day he will be able to figure it out.

(End of this chapter)