After rebirth, I tortured the scum and strived to become the empress

'Although the Duke of Wuwei is a woman, she is perhaps the most noble person that I can come into contact with at this stage or later in my life - not only is she the daughter of the Duke, but she is also a powerful Duke with a fiefdom and an army!Such an opportunity is so rare that he cannot allow himself to miss it! ' Zhao Jie thought as he knelt on the ground.

In fact, after Zhao Jie knew that Shen Qingjun could be made a Duke by Emperor Shaowu, he regretted it very much, because if he could have made up his mind to worship Lord Shen Qingjun when they met for the second time, when Shen Qingjun entered the city...

Then my sudden behavior of worshiping the Lord today would not appear so snobbish, and it would be easier to gain Shen Qingjun's trust by worshiping the Lord at that time!
But if you knew it, Zhao Jie was burdened with the expectations of his family. In order to revitalize his family, he had to choose a lord to assist him. At least he had to be a noble with a title and a fief above the duke.

But Shen Qingjun, who had just put down the civil unrest, did not have a title, so he naturally did not meet his criteria for choosing a master!

He had no connections or information, and he didn't know Emperor Shao Wu's arrangements for Shen Qingjun...

But at this time, Shen Qingjun was already a noble, a noble in name only, and he already knew the content of Emperor Shao Wu's imperial edict...

Therefore, he, who was already feeling remorseful, did not want to ask for an audience today. Shen Qingjun actually "valued" him so much. He was deeply moved and after weighing the pros and cons, he immediately worshiped Shen Qingjun as his lord.

Of course Shen Qingjun, "Corporal Lixian", values ​​Zhao Jie. This is really a wonderful misunderstanding!

Seeing that Zhao Jie wanted to worship her as his lord, Shen Qingjun did not agree immediately, but asked: "Have you discussed with the clan about Master Zhao's behavior?"

Shen Qingjun asked this not intentionally to poke Zhao Jie's heart, but because in today's society, the choice of a family member to become an official may be decided by one person.
But if you want to become someone's retainer, this kind of thing definitely requires the whole family to meet and decide, and even the head of the family cannot do it by himself.

Although Shen Qingjun knew that Zhao Jie's grandfather, father, and brothers were all gone, she also knew that the Zhao family was killed by Zhang Yuancheng.
But a big family never puts all its eggs in one basket. In her opinion, the only one of the Zhao family that Zhang Yuancheng killed was Zhao Jie. She didn't even know whether Zhao Jie was his direct descendant, and she didn't care. I haven't checked it carefully.

After all, for people nowadays, a family is divided into several branches, separated from the north and south but very closely connected with each other. With this kind of survival model, let alone Zhang Yuancheng, a thief, even if the emperor ordered the Yi tribe to be killed, they might not be able to kill them. Cleanliness is generally normal.

And the Zhao family was once a noble, so they must be familiar with this method of dividing families and dividing eggs... So even if Zhao Jie is the only one left in Zhao Jie's family, it doesn't mean that there is only one Zhao Jie left in the Zhao family...

Moreover, Shen Qingjun saw that Zhao Jie was not crowned and felt that he could not be the master, so he asked this question.

Hearing Shen Qingjun mention his clan members, Zhao Jie couldn't help but feel a little sad. "Why does the Governor need to ask a certain family member again? All 39 members of my family, including women, children, old and weak, have died!" Zhao Jie said sadly,
"Only because I am the youngest son in the family, and before my grandfather and father rose up, they threatened to die in order to pass on the family legacy, I went to the secret passage alone to avoid disasters and survived until now!

Moreover, ours is only the direct branch of the Zhao family. Although there are elders in the other side branches, I am already the head of the Zhao family, so I can make a decision! "

Zhao Jie explained his family's situation in sadness, not only to answer Shen Qingjun's doubts, but also to express that he could decide on the matter of worshiping his lord alone, and also wanted to gain Shen Qingjun's sympathy, but his goal was successfully accomplished.

Shen Qingjun was indeed surprised to hear that Zhao Jie was not a direct descendant of the Zhao family. In fact, she had also discussed the Zhao family's affairs with her staff in private. From various signs, Fang Jiwei guessed that the murder of the Zhao family by Zhang Yuancheng might have been The Zhao family deliberately exposed their defeat and killed them for the sake of family prestige!
Some people may think it is silly to exchange the lives of their whole family for the reputation of a loyal hero, but in the eyes of many people, it is completely worth it!After all, there are too many things in this world that are worthy of people fighting for with their lives.

What's more, the Zhao family is still such a down-and-out aristocrat because they have been honored before. They know the benefits of being noble and are willing to pay a high price for it.

Shen Qingjun listened to Gao Lingying's analysis and agreed with their speculation. However, Gao Lingying and others believed that it was the side branch who did this. After all, the side branch charged into the battle, and it is realistic for the direct branch to sit back and enjoy the success.

Unexpectedly, the Zhao family sacrificed their direct descendants. From this point of view, the Zhao family was indeed willing to sacrifice!Of course, the Zhao family's family background has indeed declined to the extreme...otherwise it would be impossible to make such a move!

Thinking of these things that only took a moment, Zhao Jie was still kneeling on the ground, and Shen Qingjun couldn't let him stand for too long.

"The dead are gone, and those who come can be pursued! I am overjoyed that you sincerely serve me...but..." As she said this, she walked down the steps to help Zhao Jie...

Shen Qingjun, who is well aware of human nature, knows that a child from a down-and-out family like Zhao Jie must be given enough respect to prevent him from feeling embarrassed.

Yes, she decided to reject Zhao Jie. Yes, she was crazy because of the lack of retainers, but Mr. Jia's greed that day left a deep impact on her.

Thinking that the Zhao family had also worked under Zhang Yuancheng, they might have developed the habit of being arrogant, arrogant and greedy!
Moreover, this family is too power-minded, and most of Zhao Jie is too. Otherwise, why would he worship his lord now, instead of when she captured Shuntian City?
When she first set her sights on the families under Zhang Yuancheng, she thought it was wrong and got too busy. She just wanted to recruit a few retainers to reduce the burden on Fang Jiwei and others.

He neglected that his retainers were a community of interests that shared his honor and disgrace, as well as his misfortunes and blessings. He actually took a fancy to those crooked men and women of the Jia family!

Although the affairs are heavy now, she can still bear it. At most, she will be a little tired, and the retainers her father gave her are already on the way. Therefore, even if there is a shortage of people at this moment, it is better to have a shortage than to have too much!

Yes, Zhao Jie's miserable behavior did not impress Shen Qingjun...

Zhao Jie heard the rejection in Shen Qingjun's words, and without waiting for Shen Qingjun to come to help him, he suddenly stood up and said to Shen Qingjun, "Master Governor, I have something I want to give to the Governor!"

Although Zhao Jie didn't understand why Shen Qingjun valued him so much but didn't want to accept him, he absolutely couldn't let Shen Qingjun reject him!Shen Qingjun couldn't let Shen Qingjun say his rejection, so he felt that he was putting more pressure on himself!
He quickly walked up to Shen Qingjun, put it in Shen Qingjun's ear, whispered a few words, took out a cloth bag from his chest, and handed it to Shen Qingjun respectfully.

Shen Qingjun's expression remained unchanged, but he glanced at Zhao Jie and saw the confidence, arrogance, and arrogance in his eyes... Of course, the most important thing was the desire for power and ambition...

At this moment, Zhao Jie was looking at Shen Qingjun with burning eyes, not knowing that Shen Qingjun had seen through him, as if Shen Qingjun would not refuse his request as long as she accepted his cloth bag!I will definitely accept him as a retainer!