The Tang Dynasty started from saving Empress Changsun

Chapter 173 Circle Rules
Each circle has a set of rules that belong to this circle alone, and individuals who want to break this rule have to pay a certain price.

It seems that no matter how talented and unwilling Cheng Huailiang is, he can only make way for his elder brother Cheng Huaimo and take up a decent vacancies to get by.

Until one day when his elder brother Cheng Huaimo completed his accumulation and returned to the capital, he had to make way for his elder brother, either by resigning from office or taking a job elsewhere.

Because of the rules in the circle, two brothers cannot hold positions in Beijing at the same time, and both are in high positions, even if one of them is a false one.

It is not only Cheng Huailiang who has this kind of fate, but also all other children of dignitaries and eunuchs.

Ordinary sons of the rich and powerful, if they don't want to stay in the capital as a mascot, they can take the initiative to apply for a local job.

Although he can't get too much resource support from the family, he can't be promoted very quickly.However, I am relatively comfortable in the local area, and I can do some practical things to display my talents.

But Cheng Huailiang can't do it, he is the captain's son-in-law.

The majestic captain-in-law went to a place to serve as a small official, do you want the face of the royal family?He can only stay in the capital as a mascot.

The officials Li Shimin conferred on him were not small, starting with Zuowei Zhonglang General, a high-ranking official under the fourth rank.

You must know that in the Tang and Yi Dynasties, because Li Shimin was the third rank when he was the minister, the rank of the prime minister was also the third rank.

The grade below the fourth grade was definitely a high-ranking official in the Tang Dynasty.

The actual position seems to be important on the surface. Zuowei Zhonglang will be the assistant officer of Zuowei General, and will perform his duties on his behalf when the general is away.

On the other hand, when the general is around, he has no power at all.

Because his duties and generals overlap, which general would be so generous and give him half of his power?
If he has outstanding ability, he can also attract a group of people to show up for him and gain some real power.

But does he dare?How hard is it for a mascot to seize military power?Even without Li Shimin's action, Cheng Yaojin could crush him to death.

Where do you put your family and your brother in this way?

This is the circle rule, and he has no way to fight against it personally.

Unlike him, Yuchi Xunyu and Qin Huaidao are the beneficiaries of this rule, and all family resources are tilted towards them.

Although the starting point is low, it is a place where you can do practical things and quickly accumulate merit. After three to five years of hard work, you can take off directly, and you can enter the center at the age of four or fifty.

Of course, the premise is that everything goes well and your own ability is sufficient.

Just like in the previous life, Qin Qiong died early, and his family fortune was in the middle of nowhere. Later, the prince Li Chengqian rebelled again.

I don't know if Qin Huaidao was implicated, but it can be seen from the fact that he has been a magistrate in the local area all his life, life is not easy.

Also constrained by the rules of the circle is the Longhushan lineage. As the descendants of Zhang Daoling, the patriarch of Zhengyi, they have been silent for hundreds of years.

After arriving in the capital, Zhang Tongxuan, Zhang Heng and his son visited all the old friends, hoping to gain some support.

Those people received them very warmly and invited them to preach and preach, but when they talked about serious matters, they all started talking about him.

In short, it cannot be said that there is no gain after a few days, at least the mental endurance and physical fitness have been exercised.

Zhang Heng said dejectedly: "These people have no intention of helping us at all, they are just playing tricks on us."

Zhang Tongxuan's mood was quite stable, and said: "Don't be like this, we have already expected this result before it came."

"Longhushan has been in decline for too long, and it is too difficult to recover. As the saying goes, it is normal for others not to lend a hand."

After all, Zhang Heng was young, so he said a little irritably: "Then what should we do, just go and discuss the alliance with Zixiao like this? I know you want to use Ping'er's marriage to get support."

"But it's not like you haven't heard the recent rumors. It seems that Chen Jingke intends to marry a woman from the Wu family, and the marriage may not go smoothly."

Zhang Tongxuan was speechless for a moment, this rumor was the biggest blow to them, and directly discarded his cards.

Although he is very confident in his own daughter, but he has seen the second lady Wu before, and he really has no confidence to compare with her.

But it was obviously not reconciled to let him give up like this, he gritted his teeth and said: "Tomorrow I will go to Sun Zhenren to find out what he said before making a decision."

Zhang Heng was very unwilling, what happened to his younger sister?Don't you want to give it away for nothing?
But facing the reality, he had to bow his head: "That's fine, but you must never tell Ping'er about this, I'm afraid she will be sad."

Zhang Tongxuan said: "I know."

The father and son discussed their demands again. If Sun Simiao agreed to the marriage, what conditions should be raised, and what should they do if they refuse.

What they didn't know was that Zhang Ping was standing outside the door while they were talking.It is not difficult to guess from the tray and the tea and cakes on it that she is here to deliver food.

Just hearing these words, she no longer had the courage to go in.He carefully returned to his room with the plate in his hand, and sat on the chair in a daze without turning on the light.

She accepted being treated as a marriage tool, and she also tolerated being treated as a commodity to measure the price, isn't that the fate of women.

But what she can't accept is that, after finally meeting someone she likes and can accept her hobbies, there is a natural moat between them.

If he's going to marry that woman, what's going on with his attitude towards himself these days?
She really wanted to run over and ask him, why did she marry that woman, what's wrong with her?

But she knew she couldn't, no matter what he thought, she couldn't go.

Thinking carefully about the past few days of getting along, he never said that he wanted to marry him, and he didn't even show any intimacy.

All the hints that I thought before were likely to be self-indulgent.

Thinking of this possibility, she felt even more uncomfortable. Why did things suddenly become like this?

What should I do if Zixiaoguan refuses to marry tomorrow?
Although it didn't affect her if she didn't make it public, she would go back wherever she came from, but... she was so unwilling.

No matter what she thinks, as an insignificant member of this circle, she can only passively wait for the result.

The next morning, Zhang Tongxuan did not go out to visit friends, but asked Sun Simiao to discuss.Everyone knows that the time has come for Tu Qiong to meet.

Chen Jingke naturally also appeared on the scene.

As soon as I met Zhang Tongxuan, I was very polite, saying that there are many disturbances these days.Sun Simiao naturally and politely said that the Taoist sects in the world are one family, and it is necessary to help each other.

Then Zhang Tongxuan withdrew the topic to Chen Jingke, thanked him for taking care of his daughter, and praised him for his talent.

By the way, he pretended to be curious and asked: "Chen Daoyou has also reached the time to talk about marriage. I wonder if there is a girl you like?"

Chen Jingke sighed inwardly, but he still asked this sentence.

It was inconvenient for him to answer this question himself, so Sun Simiao took the initiative to answer, "Hehe, the important matters of marriage are based on the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. There is no reason for them to make their own decisions."

"Pindao has found a suitable family, and he is going to propose a marriage in a few days. Then Daoist Zhang must come to have a wedding wine."

(End of this chapter)