Man Tanghong

Chapter 874 Feng An's Political Wisdom

With the participation of Li Xiaogong and others, the specification of this banquet was raised several degrees in an instant.

The smile on Feng An's face became brighter, and he was more satisfied with this banquet. After entering the Shuizawa Palace, he kept saying that for a country like him, so many county kings were invited to accompany him, and he really valued him up.

Even though he said that, the smile on his face was as bright as it was, it almost reached the ears.

Li Xiaogong and the other sluts were worried about his pocket, so naturally they kept praising him, and they kept talking about him without money.

Those who listened immediately responded.

Although there was a smile on Xiao Yu's face, the smile was obviously stiff, that is to say, the people who praised Feng An were a group of county kings. It's not easy for him to offend Feng An, the God of Wealth, otherwise he will definitely criticize him.

The Chen family where Chen Shuda works is also involved in shipping, but he is not as greedy as Xiao Yu, and he is not afraid of offending Li Xiaogong and other county kings, so the smile on his face has long since disappeared, and he doesn't know when his brows frowned. Hearing Li Xiaogong and others' words became more and more outrageous, almost blowing Feng An into the sky, he couldn't help but said: "Gong Guogong is not as good as a few His Highnesses said, is he?"

Li Xiaogong and others were touting Feng An's enjoyment, and the people who were praised were also very useful. They were enjoying themselves while being humble, when they were suddenly interrupted by someone's noise, they felt a little unhappy.

Then the smiles on the faces of several people were slightly reduced, and they looked at Chen Shuda together.

Although Chen Shuda is now in charge of the leader in the court, Li Xiaogong and others are really not afraid of him.

Firstly, the Great Tang Dynasty was based on martial arts, emphasizing literature over martial arts, and the status of warriors was higher than that of literati.

Even though Chen Shuda has reached the pinnacle of literati, he is already weak in front of Li Xiaogong, a warrior with great achievements.

Secondly, Li Xiaogong and the others belonged to the clan and the royal family, and their status was higher than that of Chen Shuda. They had the right to disrespect Chen Shuda, but Chen Shuda had no right to disrespect them.

They have had the foundation of county kings since the day when the Tang Dynasty was established. When Li Yuan canonized the clan as kings, they were successively named county kings. It can be said that they reached the pinnacle of being ministers without much effort.

But Chen Shuda is different, even if Chen Shuda has dedicated his whole life to the Tang Dynasty, he may not be able to be crowned king while alive, at most he will be posthumously crowned after death.

So Chen Shuda Yusheng may not be able to catch up with them in terms of status.

So they have the capital not to be afraid of Chen Shuda.

Of course, if you count the first half of Chen Shuda's life, or his childhood, then that's another story.

After all, in the first half of his life, especially when he was a child, Chen Shuda was also from the royal family. He was the No. 17 son of Emperor Chen Xuan of the Chen Kingdom during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and he was named King of Yiyang County.

It's just that Chen Guo was destroyed by the former Sui Dynasty, and the former Sui Dynasty was replaced by the Tang Dynasty, and now the Tang Dynasty is in power.

So he, the prince and county king, is already a thing of the past.

Otherwise, how dare Li Xiaogong and the others look straight at him?
"Jiang Guogong thinks what I said is wrong?"

Li Xiaogong stared at Chen Shuda very bluntly and questioned.

Here Li Xiaogong kept an eye out, didn't mention Chen Shuda's official position, didn't mention Chen Shuda's status as prime minister, but talked about his title.

Because in terms of title, Chen Shuda not only lost a head to him, but also lost a head to the other county kings. He couldn't talk to them on an equal footing, so he could only speak respectfully to them as a subordinate.

In this case, it would be impossible for Chen Shuda to criticize them unscrupulously.

Because if they attack too much, they can bite back a sin of disrespect.

Chen Shuda is a smart man, he can't ask for trouble.

So when facing them, you can only restrain yourself a little.

In this way, they have the upper hand and can calmly deal with all attacks from Chen Shuda.

Hearing this, Chen Shuda frowned even tighter, obviously he heard the deep meaning in Li Xiaogong's words, but he did not admit defeat, instead he resolutely said: "Of course it's not right, you will tell Geng Guogong that the rare thing in the world , where will the sage and His Royal Highness King Yong be placed?"

This is very sharp.

So much so that Li Xiaogong, who was going to dig a hole for Chen Shuda in advance, was speechless for a while.

The other county kings didn't know what to say for a while.

Only Feng An, who had reacted, hurriedly uttered a word to smooth things over, "Chen Shizhong is right, and the officials are indeed not as good as the princes of the counties said."

These words are a bit of a slap in the face of Li Xiaogong and others. Li Xiaogong and others were still flattering him just now, and because of the praise, he and Chen Shuda met. It's over, isn't this demolishing Li Xiaogong and others? !
But who is Feng An, who has been the emperor of Jiaozhou for many years and ruled the southwest for decades, how could he make such a low-level mistake?

He only heard that after echoing Chen Shuda's words, he went on to say: "However, the princes of the counties also think highly of the subordinate officials and give them a little face, so they say so well about the subordinate officials. They are all jokes. Why should Chen Shizhong Really?"

These words are equivalent to lifting up Li Xiaogong and others, and at the same time put himself in a very low posture. While hinting to Li Xiaogong and others that he has accepted their intentions, he also insinuated that Chen Shuda was a little overkill. The joke is taken seriously, and it loses its identity.

When Li Xiaogong and others heard the first half of his words, they felt a bit of unhappiness in their hearts. They felt that he was weak, but when they heard the second half of his words, the unhappiness in their hearts disappeared. Chen Shuda took a look, and didn't care about Chen Shuda any more.

Chen Shuda was pointed at his nose and said he made a big fuss, so he couldn't care about it anymore, he could only glance at Li Xiaogong and Feng An, and shut his mouth expressionlessly.

A 'struggle' between civil and military was resolved by Feng An in this way.

It's just that Feng An also offended people because of this.

The person he offended, Li Xiaogong, and others didn't care, and they wouldn't take it to heart, but he couldn't help but care, and don't take it to heart.

So after he returned to his seat and sat down, he whispered to his second son, Feng Zhidai, "The banquet will be over in a while, and you can go to Jiang Guogong's mansion with a generous gift, don't say anything, don't do anything, see See if he accepts it.

If he accepts it, my father will come to the door to make amends in person tomorrow. If he does not accept it, my father will find a way to ask someone to make peace with him, and then come to make amends. "

He is a foreign minister, and he is still a foreign minister in charge of a place. He is already feared by those in power, so he is not easy to offend anyone, especially the ministers in the court and the close ministers of the power. Little shoes, he deserves them all.

Feng Zhidai hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Father, Chen Shizhong is not a stingy person, and he won't hold grudges against you just because of some verbal conflicts. You don't have to be so cautious."

After staying in Chang'an City for a long time, there are people in power as backers, and a large amount of gold and silver as stepping stones. Feng Zhidai has also met many dignitaries, and is even a guest at some dignitaries' houses, so he is very concerned about most of the officials in Chang'an City. He still understands his temperament, knowing that Chen Shuda is not a narrow-minded person.

The reason why he made a noise today to stop Li Xiaogong and others from praising his father is purely because he can't understand Li Xiaogong and others' money-greedy faces, and they don't really have any objections to his father, so he thinks his father is unnecessary He went to Chen Shuda's mansion to apologize for this matter.

Feng An glanced at his second son and said, "You, you have stayed in Chang'an City for too long, and you are protected by His Highness King Yong, so you have forgotten the truth about the sinister human heart.

There are too many people in Chang'an City that we can't afford to offend, and there are also many people we can't offend.

Once offended, it is very likely that our Feng family will be doomed.

So as long as we offend others, no matter whether they hold us in their hearts or not, we have to come to our door to apologize.

In this way, we can ensure that others do not target us.

Do you understand it? "

Hearing this, Feng Zhidai disagreed, and couldn't help but said: "Father, although your words are reasonable, we really don't need to be so cautious, let alone go up and apologize if we offend someone.

If we offend someone and all come to the door to apologize, then we will become a soft persimmon in the eyes of others.

At that time, individuals will pinch us, and even use us as money bags, and continue to collect money from us through this method.

If things go on like this, no matter how big our family fortune is, we won't be able to make an apology to others! "

Feng An glared at the second son, and said angrily: "In your eyes, am I such a spineless person? Do you think I don't understand the truth you said? Do you think everyone deserves my visit to apologize personally? ?
I know how to divide people, and I know those people deserve our apology, and those people don't. "

Feng Zhidai smiled dryly when he heard his father's sense of proportion, and didn't say anything more.

Feng Ang snorted, glanced at Li Xiaogong and others who were sitting not far away and continued to say to his son: "Do you really think that I have become smug under the flattery of King Hejian and others?
I know why people flatter me, and I know where I stand in front of them.

In the situation just now, it is impossible for Hejian Wang and others to bow their heads to Chen Shizhong, and it is impossible for Chen Shizhong to bow their heads to Hejian Wang and others, and I am caught in the middle. Well, sit and watch them fight together, if they even get really angry, then both of them will have opinions on me in their hearts.

Why is His Royal Highness Prince Yong, who has been watching from the sidelines, silent?

He just wanted to see how I would handle this.

If I do nothing and let His Royal Highness King Hejian and others fight with Chen Shizhong because of me, I will be irresponsible and useless, and I will never get His Royal Highness Yong's attention again in the future. "

Feng An, as a local emperor who has dominated the Southwest for many years, knows very well how a superior observes people.

Those who like to sit on the wall, are not responsible for their own affairs, and those who see others pinching each other for themselves will not be valued by the superiors.

No high-ranking person likes speculators, and no high-ranking person likes people who don't take responsibility.

(End of this chapter)