Cultivating the Tao: Beginning with Meditation and Liver Experience

Chapter 73 The sad prince, the Hou family is about to split up! (seeking first order)

"Brother Xu, don't worry, don't you understand who I am, Fatty?"

When Fatty Hong heard Xu Yan let go, he immediately smiled, and patted his chest to promise: "If you really want to make a deal, you will definitely not suffer."

"If you are an official in the capital, except for those in the palace, you can open your mouth as long as you are under the fifth rank of the yamen. Fatty, I will try my best to help you coordinate."

"If it is a foreign transfer, it is not impossible to be a fifth-rank defense, a thousand households, a Tongzhi, etc."

"Of course, Fatty, I also know that Brother Xu is at a disadvantage in this matter, so in addition to the transfer of official positions, I would also like to offer 5 taels of silver as compensation."

Fatty Hong spoke loudly.

However, when Xu Yan heard this, he sneered in his heart.

As the saying goes: The seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister!
As the emperor's bodyguard, Yuqiansi, although he usually does some gatekeeping work, is actually deeply trusted by the emperor. Can martial arts be compared?

Moreover, today's imperial department is basically a gilded place for the children of the powerful and powerful. They often stay for two or three years and are transferred out. Who doesn't mention two or three levels.

Therefore, Fatty Hong seemed to be arrogant, but he was actually bullying Xu Yan's youth, and he didn't understand the twists and turns.

Return 5 taels of silver.

This is sending beggars away.

After all, just a whole soul banquet in front of you would cost at least a few thousand taels, while the Immortal Room on the 36th floor of Wangjiang Tower might not be enough for a meal of 5 taels.

In other words, 5 taels of silver was nothing more than a meal to Fatty Hong in front of him.

The most important thing is that in Xu Yan's situation, if he stays in Yuqiansi, he will still have a chance to perform well in front of the Emperor Dagan.

However, once he leaves Yuqiansi and goes to other yamen, it will be difficult to get promoted again.

This guy wanted to buy out Xu Yan's career with 5 taels of silver.

Isn't bullying Xu Yan young and ignorant?
To put it bluntly, 5 taels of silver is not enough to send a person into the imperial court as a soldier.

"If that's all there is to it, then there's no need to talk about it."

Xu Yan said lightly.

Although he intends to leave Yuqiansi, he doesn't want to sell his position so cheaply.

At the same time, Xu Yan was also very curious.

What was Fatty Hong thinking in front of him?

Not to mention such an undisguised power transaction, but dare to fool him like this, isn't he afraid that Dingyuan Houfu will make trouble for him afterwards?

soon.

Xu Yan knew the reason why Fatty Hong dared to do this.

Facing Xu Yan's cynicism, Fatty Hong was not angry, but smiled and said, "Brother Xu has been busy with his duties in the palace these days, so I'm afraid you don't know about it?"

"Old Marquis Dingyuan has issued an order to resign, and is going to pass on the title of Marquis Dingyuan to your uncle Xu Jin."

"In addition, because of the unfavorable investigation into the disappearance of the Merman patriarch princess, the prince has been ordered to stay at home and contemplate behind closed doors. He didn't even show up at His Majesty's ten-year birthday ceremony. The whole ceremony was presided over by His Royal Highness King Jin."

"I think Brother Xu is smart, so he should know what this means."

The old man is about to abdicate, and the prince is fined to think behind closed doors?

When Xu Yan heard these two news, he was startled, and then he realized why Fatty Hong would treat him like a persimmon.

Because once the old man abdicates and uncle Xu Jin inherits the title of Marquis of Dingyuan, it will be time for the Hou Mansion to separate.Except for Uncle Xu Jin's family, everyone else has to move out of the Dingyuan Houfu and become a collateral branch of the Houfu.

At that time, Xu Yan's identity will no longer be the son of the Dingyuan Houfu, but the son of Xu Jing, the young master of the Prince's residence.

However, the prince was fined at home because of his unfavorable investigation into the disappearance of the merman patriarch princess. He didn't even show up at the emperor Xunshou ceremony.

This is undoubtedly bad news that couldn't be worse.

It means that the crown prince has fallen out of favor, and the crown prince is likely to be deposed. Even the officials of the crown prince, such as Xu Yan's father, Xu Jing, may be demoted and have no future.

The two messages are superimposed together.

That is... Xu Yan's situation is worrisome, and the backstage is no longer useful.

Is it just that he promises that someone is a backstage person?
He depends on whether he is good or not.

"And then?" Xu Yan's complexion remained unchanged, and he asked with a nonchalant smile, without any panic because of these two pieces of news.

He looked at Fatty Hong in front of him, and said calmly: "Or, Fatty, do you think I can get to where I am today because of Dingyuan Houfu and the Crown Prince?"

The resources that can be obtained in the Dingyuan Houfu in the previous life are only a ninth-rank Habayashi guard hundred households.

If you want more, you don't have it.

After all, even his eldest brother Xu Cheng, who was valued by his father, is now only a captain of the Jinwu Guard, a general of the seventh rank.

Even Xu Cheng's seventh-rank Jinwuwei captain is the result of his father Xu Jing's strong support and training.

The resources of the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion were all concentrated in the lineage of uncle Xu Jin, his father Xu Jing and other second-generation children of the Marquis Mansion, and Xu Yan and the others were simply out of reach.

As for the resources of Xu Yan's department, most of them fell on his elder brother Xu Cheng.

Almost nothing really fell on him.

Therefore, Xu Yan said that he was able to get to where he is today thanks to himself. Although there is a little problem, it can't be wrong.

Because of the resources of the Hou Mansion and his father Xu Jing's network resources, etc., not many fell on him.

"Haha, how could it be? Who doesn't know that brother Xu can get to where he is today thanks to himself." Fatty Hong laughed, and cursed secretly in his heart, he's just got lucky.

At this point he has reacted.

As the concubine of Xu Yan's Dingyuan Houfu's concubine, regardless of the resources of the Dingyuanhoufu's resources or the personal connections of Zhan Shi Xu Jing, the young man of the Prince's Mansion, it really is not his turn.

So Ding Yuanhou's abdication and the prince's loss of power certainly had an impact on Xu Yan, but the impact was not as great as imagined.

This made Hong Hao a little embarrassed, not knowing what kind of attitude he should take towards him.

"Since you haven't thought about it yet, let's continue to think about it. It just so happens that I need to think about it."

"Whenever, after you really think about it, it's not too late for us to talk."

Seeing Fatty Hong frown, Xu Yan said calmly.

After finishing speaking, he ignored Fatty Hong's persuasion, and left Wangjiang Tower directly.

Just like he said.

This is not a trivial matter, and he also needs to think about it carefully to see which court positions are more suitable for him.

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Dingyuan Houfu, Xiyuan!
When Xu Yan returned to the West Garden of the Marquis Mansion, he happened to meet the servant next to Xu Jing, and asked, "Guan Xu, is my father back yet?"

"Back to the third son, the master is discussing matters with the eldest son and the second son in the study."

Manager Xu didn't dare to hide anything, and replied truthfully.

"okay, I get it."

After Xu Yan got the answer, he went straight to Xu Jing's study without saying a word.

He came outside the study in Xiyuan, and after being notified by the steward guarding outside the study, he entered the study.

"Meet father, eldest brother, second brother!"

Xu Yan entered the study and cupped his hands at the three people in the study.

"It's so late, why did you come back from the palace at this time?" Xu Jing asked with a frown.

At this time, it was almost Haishi, that is, nine o'clock in the evening.

It was dark and the gate of the palace was locked. Xu Jing really didn't expect that Xu Yan would come back at this time.

"Father, Honghao, the grandson of Cheng Guogong, invited the child to drink tonight, so he took half a day off."

"During the banquet, I heard Hong Hao say that my grandfather had resigned from His Majesty, and was going to pass on the title to my uncle. He also said that the crown prince had disliked the emperor because of his failure to investigate the case, and his father and other officials of the prince's mansion were all removed from their posts at home. .”

"Hearing the news, the boy didn't dare to be careless, so he hurried back to the mansion."

Xu Yan explained briefly, and finally asked, "Father, are these two things true?"

Although it was a question, Xu Yan already had the answer in his heart when he saw the facial expressions and reactions of the three of them.

"Yes, it is true."

Xu Jing said lightly, feeling a little lonely, and said: "It's just in time for you to come back. I was discussing this matter with your two elder brothers just now. Since you have come back, let's sit down and discuss it together."

"Boy, I just can't figure it out. Even if the crown prince fails to investigate the case, it stands to reason that at most he can just scold him. How could he be punished by shutting himself up and not even participating in the emperor's ten-day birthday ceremony?"

Xu Yan asked curiously, feeling deeply puzzled.

The kidnapping of the head of the Mermaid clan, the princess, involved the Immortal God and Guixu. It is completely normal for the prince to fail in the investigation. It would be a strange thing if something were to be found out.

As a result, through such an incident, the Emperor Dagan assumed the posture of a deposed prince.

This is probably too much of a fuss.

How could everyone in the court allow it?

Hearing this question, Xu Jing couldn't help shaking his head, and sighed: "The things here are more complicated, and there aren't many things that even if you are a father, you don't know much. I only know that this time the prince was tricked by someone. In the end, I found myself."

"In fact, if King Jin's people hadn't found the princess of the Yuren patriarch in time and rescued her, I'm afraid the crown prince would have been deposed instead of shutting himself up."

Xu Jing sighed quietly, his words were full of decadence and unwillingness.

As the young master of the prince's mansion, the confidant and close minister of the prince, but was played around by others. In the end, he could only watch helplessly as the prince lost power, and King Jin stepped on the prince to gain the favor of the sage.

This is a great shame to every prince's confidant and close minister.

Xu Yan was also surprised when he heard this answer.

The investigation found himself.

Or a big case involving aliens.

The prince is really not an ordinary sad reminder this time.

No wonder he was ordered by the Emperor Dagan to contemplate his mistakes behind closed doors at home, and he didn't even participate in the emperor's Xunshou ceremony.

Even Xu Yan could already imagine that when the Son of Heaven's Xunshou Ceremony really ended, there would be loud voices in the court that the crown prince would be abolished, and it was impossible to say that the crown prince would really fall this time.

"Then what about the grandfather giving the title to the uncle?"

"As far as I know, the merits of our Dingyuan Houfu do not seem to be enough to ensure the smooth inheritance of the title. The old man can't lower the title to the uncle, right?"

Xu Yan listened to his father Xu Jing's answer, thought for a while and finally skipped the prince's question, and asked the second question.

compared to the first question.

This question puzzled him even more.

Because the old man attached great importance to the title of Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, if the title could not be passed on smoothly, it would be impossible to abdicate.

It is really necessary to Dingyuan Hou's Mansion and become Dingyuan Earl's Mansion.

The loss of the Marquis Mansion is not ordinary, and it may be directly squeezed out of the power center of the Daqian Dynasty. At that time, it will undoubtedly be extremely difficult to restore the title of the Marquis Mansion.

Xu Cheng and Xu Xin, who were on the side, also looked at Xu Jing when they heard Xu Yan's question, waiting for Xu Jing's answer.

Obviously, they are also very puzzled by this question.

Faced with such a problem.

Xu Jing couldn't help being silent.

It wasn't until a long time later that he said bitterly: "I also asked the old man this question, but the old man didn't elaborate, he just said that it is normal to give the title to your uncle, and the title of the Marquis will not be demoted. Lord."

"The court's statement to the outside world is because your uncle made great contributions in the Northland and wiped out a big monster."

"As for the authenticity, I'm afraid only the person concerned can know."

"However, I speculate from the old man's recent arrangements and performance that the matter may not be that simple. There may be secrets that other people don't know."

Xu Jing sighed, and then changed the subject: "Since it has already happened at this time, it cannot be changed. What we need to consider now is what should our family do after your uncle inherits the title of Marquis."

"When the time comes, it will be inevitable to move out of the Hou's Mansion. Maybe we will move to live in the outer city."

"Do you three have any ideas about this? If you have any, please bring it up quickly. As a father, you can go and ask the old man for some benefits for you before the family is separated."

The big tree forks, and the National People's Congress splits up.

This is the inevitable inheritance of the big family.

If it was an ordinary family, they would have separated and established their own family as early as when the brothers got married and started a business.

But in the family of aristocratic families, the family of powerful lords, it is necessary to wait for the death of the father or the inheritance of the title before dividing the family.

to be frank.

At this time, the Dingyuan Hou Mansion should have been separated long ago.

After all, in the entire Hou Mansion, there are dozens of people including the wives, concubines and children of Brother Xu Jing's fifth house, plus the servants and maids of the Hou Mansion, all together, there are at least two to three hundred people.

There are so many people crowded in a small Hou's mansion, it's really crowded.

Therefore, it is also a good thing for Xu Yan and others to separate the family early.

The only bad thing is.

Once they are separated from the Hou's Mansion, they must move out of the Hou's Mansion. Considering the high housing prices in the inner city of Tianjing, it can be said that every inch of land is very expensive.

It was still the time when their fifth room was losing power.

Therefore, after the separation, they might have to move out of the inner city of Tianjing City and live in the outer city.

Even the houses that can be bought in the outer city must be larger than the Hou's Mansion. A family of more than a dozen people live together, plus some maidservants and servants, living will not be much more comfortable than in the Hou's Mansion, but will be more difficult.

This inevitably makes people a little unhappy.

Xu Jing naturally knew this, that's why he asked Xu Yan's three brothers what they thought, and made it clear that he would strive for some benefits for them before separating.

The three Xu Yan brothers looked at each other when they heard this, but each had their own thoughts.

(End of this chapter)