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Shopkeeper Feng sent the pearl to Jia Ji under the order of the master Fei Guan. Although he didn't know the intention of the master to give him the pearl, he knew that Jia Xu came to return the pearl in person, so he must not accept it. This matter must be reported to the Patriarch as much as possible.

While entertaining Jia Xu with good tea and snacks, he urgently sent someone to inform the head of the family that it happened that today was a holiday, and Fei Guan was not in Weiyang Palace, but in his own mansion. He heard that Jia Xu was in the jewelry store, so he hurried over Jewelry Shop.

Ever since Liu Jing issued the order to adjust the government office, Fei Guan began to worry. Pang Tong, Fazheng, and Du Ji have joined the power center. Is this an accidental adjustment of the prime minister? Moreover, Dong Yun and his nephew Fei Yi have been promoted to the central government. Shu Zuocheng, this probably means that he and Dong Yun are about to step down.

Fei Guan became anxious, of course he didn't want to lose the position of Xiangguo, the power of Xiangguo was like sweet poison, which made him want to stop, in order to keep Xiangguo, he did not hesitate to follow Jia Xu's path, hoping that Jia Xu could say something nice for him, He knew Jia Xu's weight in Han Wang's heart, and generally, Han Wang would accept Jia Xu's suggestions.

But Jia Xu actually came to his jewelry store and returned the pearl, Fei Guan felt something was wrong, he got out of the carriage through the back door, and almost ran all the way into the inner hall.

Seeing that Jia Xu was drinking tea alone in the hall, Fei Guan hurriedly walked up to the inner hall, cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Mr. Jia has been waiting for a long time."

Of course, Jia Xu would not return the jade box to the shopkeeper, but wanted to return it to the members of Fei's family, but he did not expect that Fei Guan would come over in person, which made him feel a little contemptuous. Fei Guan, as the Prime Minister of a country, actually came in and out of his family This is inconsistent with his identity.

In fact, not only Jia Xu, but many people in the court do not think highly of Fei Guan. He is the weakest in the Wuxiang Kingdom, and his reputation is also the worst. The No. 1 wealthy family in China, Feiguan naturally became Yizhou Zhizhong second only to Zhang Song.

When Liu Jing captured Yizhou, in order to balance the factions in Yizhou's official circles, he made Fei Guan the minister. It was not because of his ability at all. He was promoted to Zhongshucheng and became the first family in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty.

But Fei Shi and Fei Yi are very talented, but this Fei Guan is a bit reluctant.

Jia Xu didn't show any signs of expression, got up and bowed back with a smile and said, "Fei Shangshu just asks his nephew to come, why bother to come by himself, Jia Xu can't afford it."

"Jia Gong is here, how dare I not come!"

Fei Guan hurriedly asked the maid next to him to change tea, he asked Jia Xu to sit down, his eyes fell on the jade box on the table, his expression was a little embarrassed, but he reacted quickly, and quickly said: "Maybe my shopkeeper didn't make it clear to your son. , this is a birthday present specially given to Mr. Jia by the younger generation when they heard that Mr. Jia is about to celebrate his [-]th birthday, why should Mr. Jia see outsiders?"

"Hehe! This old man won't live until October, and now it's only May. Fei Shangshu is too impatient."

"Where! Where! I'm afraid that there will be too many people giving birthday presents, and the juniors will not be able to get in line, so I send them in advance."

Fei Guan pushed the jade box to Jia Xu again, "This is a wish from this junior, please accept it, Mr. Jia."

Fei Guan kept claiming that he was a junior, which made Jia Xu really uncomfortable, but he tried not to care about it, and Jia Xu laughed again: "Since it's a birthday gift, I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

Jia Xu is an extremely tactful person, he doesn't want to offend the Fei family because of this matter, no matter what the Fei family relies on, but the Fei family is indeed very powerful now, he is thinking of his children and grandchildren, and he doesn't want to make a strong enemy for the family.

Seeing that Jia Xu accepted it, Fei Guan was secretly happy, so he seized this opportunity to test: "Did Mr. Jia see His Highness recently?"

"I haven't asked about political affairs for a long time. I just met His Highness once during the last battle of Hefei, and I haven't seen him since. What's the matter with Fei Shangshu?"

Fei Guan said worriedly: "His Royal Highness is currently reforming the power structure, which involves many people. The officialdom in Chang'an is not peaceful!"

"I also heard from Gouzi yesterday that my nephew was promoted to Zhongshucheng. Congratulations to Fei Shangshu."

Fei Guan smiled wryly and said: "If you gain something, you will lose something. How could Your Highness allow two Fei family members to be in high positions? I'm afraid I will be dismissed."

"Fei Shangshu's words are serious, dismissing the chancellor means demotion because of something, did Fei Shangshu do something inappropriate?"

Fei Guan was silent, and after a long time he said: "Excuse me, how much land does Jia Gong's family still have?"

Seeing that he was not stupid, Jia Xu knew what the problem was, so he reminded him intentionally. Jia Xu said with a smile: "I originally had a thousand hectares of land, part of which was given by Dong Zhuo and Li Cui, and then I got hundreds of hectares in Nanyang. , I handed over the Nanyang land to Prime Minister Cao, and he gave it back to me, but I handed over all the land to His Highness, and now I have less than ten hectares of fertile land in my hands, which is my ancestral property."

"I heard that when Kuai Yue handed over thousands of hectares of land to His Highness the King of Han, His Highness refused to accept it. Why?"

Jia Xu chuckled, "I am very aware of the Kuai family's affairs, and it was actually my suggestion to Your Highness, because Kuai Yue wanted to regain His Highness's reuse by returning the land, but His Highness really didn't want to use him anymore.

However, His Highness was going to use Kuai Qi, so His Highness followed my suggestion and refused to accept Kuai Yue's handing over the land, but a year later, he accepted the thousands of hectares of fertile land returned by Kuai Qi. As a result, Kuai Qi became the prefect of Nanjun. When Kuai Yue died of illness, His Highness regretted it a bit and even cried a lot. He often told me that he owed Kuai Yue a great debt of gratitude, and I guess the Kuai family would have a bright future. "

"What about the Cai family? I heard that their family still has [-] hectares of land in Xiangyang."

Before Fei Guan finished speaking, Jia Xu waved his hand, "As for the four major families in Jingzhou, if Fei Shangshu is willing to listen, I can take care of it. I have participated in this matter before and after, and I am very clear about it."

Fei Guan hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "This junior is willing to listen to you!"

"Cai, Kuai, Pang, and Huang, the four great families in Jingzhou back then. Huang Zu died early, and thousands of hectares of land in Jiangxia were rewarded by the King of Han to meritorious soldiers. I have already mentioned the Kuai family, so I won't say more, anyway. The Kuai family now owns less than fifty hectares of land, all of which are ancestral properties. The Pang family originally had thousands of hectares of land, but Pang Tong and Pang Shanmin handed over all the land the year before last, and all the land was distributed to tenant farmers. household farmers, now let’s talk about the Cai family.”

Jia Xu took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The Cai family is more complicated and typical. They originally owned tens of thousands of hectares of land and were known as the No. [-] family in Jingzhou. Although Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, it did not have much influence on the Cai family. , Cai Yan even served as the prefect of Xiangyang, but the premise for him to be the prefect of Xiangyang was that the Cai family handed over half of the land. Later, in order to increase the number of self-cultivated farmers, His Highness visited the Cai family several times, but the Cai family was only willing to hand over one thousand His Royal Highness the King of Han was furious. Later, when the Wushangshu was confirmed for the first time, it was not Jiang Wan, but Cai Yan. This was also the collective recommendation of Jingzhou officials. Fighting for interests, but do you know why Cai Yan was not in the end?"

"Because of the land!" Fei Guan blurted out.

Jia Xu nodded slowly, "Exactly! His Royal Highness the King of Han was angered by the Cai family's refusal to hand over the land back then, but because of the needs of the current situation, the King of Han did not touch the Cai family, but it does not mean that he will forget about it. Cai Yan was out, and last year he resigned sadly, and he never took a step into the power center. There is also Cai Jin, who is now only a school captain, and it is difficult to get promoted, including Cai Shaoyu. I heard that he also got married last year. Tell Fei Shangshu! The Cai family is finished because they refused to give up their land and were not tolerated by His Highness the King of Han. If Cai Jin was smarter and handed over the last bit of land, His Highness the King of Han would consider it for Wenpin’s sake. Can be promoted to general again."

Fei Guan's face turned white and red, although Jia Xu said it was the Cai family, but the Fei family was not the same, he said in a low voice after a while, "But after all, they still have thousands of hectares of land in their hands."

Jia Xu chuckled, "Without power, how can they keep their land? Has Fei Shangshu forgotten what happened to the Yun family in Yizhou?"

Fei Guan suddenly thought of Yun Shao, the father of Liu Zhang's favorite concubine, who was originally a businessman, and later became rich because of his daughter, Liu Zhang rewarded him with five hundred hectares of the best land, but in the end the family disappeared and the land was taken away by the government .

This is the reality. Without power, there is no wealth. If the Fei family does not give up the land, sooner or later the Fei family will follow the old path of the Cai family. Can the position of Xiangguo be kept?"

Jia Xu talked for a long time, but in fact he was persuading him to give up the land in central Sichuan. Seeing that Fei Guan had been persuaded, he smiled and said, "Whether Fei Shangshu can continue to be chancellor, I don't know, but if Fei Shangshu decides not to leave the Cai family It's the old way, but I can say for sure that the Fei family will have another Prime Minister within five years."

"Mr. Jia is referring to my nephew Fei Yi?"

Jia Xu narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Doesn't Fei Shangshu understand the heart of a superior? Hanwang has already made this move, and it depends on whether Fei Shangshu will continue to make another move."

Fei Guan nodded silently. He finally understood why the King of Han promoted his nephew Fei Yi to be the Prime Minister of Zhongshu. He was actually implying to himself that if the Fei family was willing to give up the land, then Fei Yi could be promoted one step further. Not only will he lose his fortune, but the Fei family will gradually decline, and within five years, they will repeat the same mistakes as the Cai family.

Although Fei Guan already understood that he had no hope of continuing to be a chancellor, he really should make a decision so that the Fei family would not follow the same path as the Cai family. Fei Guan is also a smart person. When he saw the situation clearly, he knew what he should do. What to do, Fei Guan finally made up his mind, he stood up and bowed deeply to Jia Xu, "If the Fei family has a future, it will all be given by Mr. Jia. The kindness of Mr. Jia will be remembered by the Fei family."

The next day, Fei Guan formally wrote to Liu Jing that the Fei family was willing to give up [-] hectares of land in Bashu, and the [-] tenant households attached to the land would also return to the people. He expressed his willingness to give up the land rewarded by Liu Zhang in the past.

Liu Jing was overjoyed, and praised Fei Guan as a pillar of the Han Dynasty, all officials of the Han Dynasty should follow suit and give the Fei family iron scrolls on the spot.

Three days later, Liu Jing promulgated the decree of the King of Han, promoting Dong He to Han Situ and Fei Guan to Sikong. Zhang Shi, Fei Guan's younger brother Fei Shizuo moved to the prefect of Shu County.

So far, Liu Jing has completed the first exchange of phases and perfected the system of multi-phase checks and balances.

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