Cultivating the Tao: Beginning with Meditation and Liver Experience

Chapter 22 Reward from the prince, the way to be an official!
"The child has seen the father!"

In the study in the back hall of Xiyuan, Xu Yan once again saw his cheap old man Xu Jing, and saluted respectfully.

Different from the old man Xu Chong, although he is a great lord, he only took the casual post of a first-rank general of the Fuguo. He usually spends his time at home. Unless something important happens in the court, he seldom goes to court, and he is very leisurely. .

Xu Yan's cheap father, Xu Jing, is the young master of the Prince's Mansion, but he is very busy on weekdays, leaving early and returning late every day, so he has no time to personally teach his children.

In addition, the biological mother died early in the previous life, and he was not a direct son. There was an older brother and an older sister on top, and two younger brothers and a younger sister on the bottom.

So Xu Jing didn't like to see his predecessor very much, and his predecessor was also very repulsive to Xu Jing, and the relationship between father and son was average.

wrong.

It should be said that the relationship between the predecessor and everyone in the family is very ordinary, completely belonging to the kind of little transparency, the so-called dandy rebellion, to put it bluntly, is knowing that there is no hope of inheriting the family business, and has given up on himself, and wants to use this method to get Xu Jing's attention That's all.

Mostly, you can refer to the TV series, the rich dude who has no inheritance rights, and has no idea what to do except eat, drink and have fun.

"Get up!"

Xu Jing put down the scroll in his hand, looked up at Xu Yan, and said indifferently: "Tomorrow, you will report to the Yuqian Division, are you ready?"

"Go back to Father, the baby is ready!" Xu Yan replied obediently.

He is now playing the role of a prodigal son, in order to gain the support of the cheap old man Xu Jing and the old man Xu Chong, and to be able to have the backing of the Dingyuan Houfu.

It's not that he's spineless.

But as a middle-aged man who has been beaten by the society for more than 30 years, he is too aware of the importance of origin and family background.

Especially in this ancient feudal society, it doesn't matter if the family has a relationship background, you have to fight alone, and you have to rely on yourself.

Isn't this a fool?
In fact it is.

If it weren't for the relationship between the Dingyuanhoufu and his old man Xu Jing, let alone becoming a hundred households of the Habayashi Guard of the Dagan Palace, even an ordinary low-level yamen servant would be impossible. What about shit.

Do you really think that it is easier to eat imperial food as an errand in ancient times than in later generations?
Just think about it and know it's impossible.

Therefore, after Xu Yan traveled through time, he immediately changed the image of his predecessor as a dandy and abandoned himself. He showed a lot of respect to his predecessor's father, Xu Jing, and others, and he no longer looked at each other and hated each other.

Xu Jing nodded when he heard this, and handed over a volume of books placed on the table, saying: "This is the current information about the situation of the captains, captains, and generals of the Imperial Division, as well as the commander of the Imperial Division, Pingyang Marquis Cao Qing. Take it back and take a good look at it, and burn it directly after reading it, and don't spread it outside."

"In addition, Hu Kai, the left governor of Yuqiansi, is the son of Hu Xu, the current prime minister of the left, and has a suspicion with our Dingyuan Houfu. If you are assigned to this person, you must be careful."

"The right governor, Zhao Yuan, is the current son of Xuan Guogong, and he has a close relationship with my Dingyuanhoufu. If you really encounter any problems, you can ask him for help."

"As for Cao Qing, Marquis of Pingyang, although he belongs to the honorable lineage, he is deeply trusted by the emperor. To add insult to injury, you just need to treat it with a normal mind."

Xu Jing earnestly taught, and told Xu Yan about the situation of the Imperial Secretary.

The emperor's mind technique aims at balance.

Even the imperial guards were divided into two groups, civil and military, and most of them were the children of the powerful and powerful, checking and balancing each other.

However, judging from the fact that Xu Jing was able to produce the roster and information materials of all the officials and generals of the Imperial Division.

Xu Yan knew what was going on with the Imperial Secretary.

It is definitely not the real confidant of the emperor, but more of a gilded department, which surrounds the emperor on weekdays, decorates the facade, and paves the way for subsequent promotions and titles.

Therefore, there is no need to count on the responsibilities and confidentiality of the Imperial Secretary.

"The boy knows!"

Xu Yan took the roster information in Xu's father's hand, shook his head in his heart, and replied respectfully.

If he guessed correctly, the roster information in his hand was not summed up by Father Xu himself, but obtained from the Prince's Mansion.

Even in a small Imperial Division, there are not only civil and military groups, but also several small groups, such as the princeling party, the Jin royal party, the Thai royal party, the royalist party, the neutral party, and other princeling parties. etc.

As Xu Jing's son, even if he does nothing, he will be automatically classified as a princeling in the honorable group.

Xu's father nodded and continued: "Besides, the crown prince was overjoyed when he learned that you had been promoted to the post of Colonel of the Yuqian Division. He specially asked someone to send a thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng as a reward."

"Just write it down, don't publicize it to the outside world."

A thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng is definitely a rare treasure and a life-saving panacea.

The crown prince was able to bestow this kind of treasure, and his generosity was not ordinary.

However, Xu Yan didn't feel any joy when he heard this. Instead, he felt that the prince was too realistic and not a master.

the reason is simple.

The fact that Xu Yan received the canonization and reward from the Son of Heaven had already spread throughout the noble class of the Divine Capital ten days ago. Even Xu Yan's father, Xu Jing, was still a young scholar in the Prince's Mansion, an absolute confidant of the Prince.

If the crown prince really valued Xu Yan, or valued Xu Jing, he would have given the same reward as early as the day when the crown prince's decree was issued to show how much he valued the father and son.

However, the crown prince insisted on waiting for Xu Yan to pass the life-and-death crisis, and gave treasures as a reward the day before he was about to go to serve in the imperial department.

Whoever does this matter will not be too comfortable, and will not be too grateful to the prince.

Typically, acting with a mortar on top of it is thankless!

It's a bit chilling.

However, in this society where imperial power is supreme, what is emphasized is that "thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king".

Even if Xu Yan didn't think much of the prince in his heart, he wouldn't say it out, so he could only nod his head and say, "Yes, I see!"

"After you join the imperial court, listen more, talk less, and do less. Don't trust anyone, and don't open the door to everyone in the Prince's House just because your father works in the Prince's House. Just do what you should do on weekdays." , you must know the five words 'Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger'."

"As the captain of Zhaowu, the Imperial Commander, if the prince does not ascend the throne for a day, you must obey the public and restrain yourself. Only obey the order of the emperor, and you must not show any bias."

"Otherwise, the first person to be unlucky afterwards will definitely be yourself."

Father Xu taught him earnestly, taught Xu Yan how to be an official, and warned Xu Yan not to behave in favor of the prince just because he was working in the prince's mansion, which would displease the emperor.

The emperor will not deal with the prince because of trivial matters, but he can definitely deal with him because of some trivial matters.

Companion to a king is like companion to a tiger, with a heartfelt sympathy!
In the ancient way of being an official, especially in the era of the peak of imperial power, what really matters is not whether you have broken the law or not, but the attitude and thoughts of the emperor.

If you offend the prince, at best you will be hated by the prince, and you will find an opportunity to take revenge afterwards.

But if you offend the emperor, I am afraid that you will be dragged out and beheaded in the next second, and no one can save you.

no way.

The emperor in this world is so domineering, even the power of ghosts and gods cannot make them bow their heads, let alone a dispensable courtier.

It could be seen that Xu Jing cared more about Xu Yan, the prodigal son, otherwise he would not have taught him his way of being an official.

Xu Yan also acted as if he was listening carefully, and he acted very well-behaved, which greatly benefited Xu's father, and his gaze towards Xu Yan also became more satisfied.

(End of this chapter)