The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 131 Wang Yan
Dongfang Sheng felt uncomfortable sitting in the restaurant, because there were three big men sitting opposite him staring directly at him like this.

One is the county magistrate of Dong'e, and the other is Wang Gen, the head of the Wang family, and his grandson Wang Yan.

An inexplicable party and three inexplicable people, Dongfang Sheng glanced at the pussy-looking Wang Yan with some breakdowns, and then turned his eyes back to the county magistrate Dong'e.

"I don't know why the magistrate of Dong'e asked me for something?" Dongfang Sheng finally couldn't help asking.

The county magistrate of Dong'e glanced at Wang Gen with some trepidation. How dare he speak first before his mentor said anything?
Dongfang Sheng glanced at Wang Gen curiously. He couldn't understand why the magistrate of Dong'e County, who had an official seal in his hand, was so respectful to the patriarch of a big family without an official position.

"Master County Magistrate, step back, I have something to say to Lord Dongfang." Wang Gen said in a low voice, with a hint of condescension in his tone.

"Here."

The county magistrate of Dong'e actually backed away respectfully.

This made Dongfang Sheng a little confused. After all, he hadn't really understood the social system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The power structure of the Eastern Han Dynasty was a pyramid, with the emperor at the top, and three classes below the emperor. , eunuchs and gentry, but it is a pity that the relatives and eunuchs were all wiped out in the turmoil of He Jin, and now the only surviving ones are the gentry.

Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan in the Three Kingdoms era were all nobles without exception, so the Wei, Shu and Wu they created in the end were also returned to Jin without exception.

This is the power of the gentry, a powerful and terrifying force that can truly influence the change of dynasties.

It's just that Dongfang Sheng is not very clear now, he just feels that Wang Yan next to Wang Gen makes him feel uncomfortable.

"Ahem, I wonder if the two of you have anything important to discuss with me?" Dongfang Sheng decided to break the embarrassment and get straight to the point.

Wang Gen stretched out his hand to wipe his gray beard and said, "I don't know what the young general's plan is now?"

Wang Gen's words made Wang Yan beside him look at Dongfang Sheng expectantly.

"Follow the master to fight, and go home to amuse the children when you are free." Dongfang Sheng said sincerely.

puff!
Wang Yan at the side sprayed all the tea in his mouth on Dongfang Sheng's chest.

"Yan'er, don't be rude!" Wang Gen scolded softly.

Immediately Wang Gen apologized to Dongfang Sheng: "I have no way to teach my son, please forgive me, Lord Dongfang."

Although Wang Gen was apologizing, Dongfang Sheng couldn't hear a trace of apology in his tone.Fortunately, Dongfang Sheng didn't care much about these things, and there wasn't much water on his chest.

"Forget it, Young Master Ling made an unintentional mistake." Dongfang Sheng wiped the water stains on his chest with his hands, and inadvertently smelled a scent of flowers.

Dongfang Sheng raised his head and glanced at Wang Yan beside Wang Gen. He didn't have an Adam's apple, his neck was unbelievably fair, and his facial features were extremely delicate.

She is a woman, right?Only then did Dongfang Sheng come to his senses.

Then Wang Gen gave full play to some habits of the gentry in this era. After making a big circle, Wang Gen declared that he would unconditionally support Dongfang Sheng, the reason being that he thought Dongfang Sheng was a man to be made.

Then Dongfang Sheng finished the meal with Wang Gen and Wang Yan in a daze while Monk Zhanger couldn't figure it out, and then went back separately.

As soon as Wang Gen and Wang Yan went out, before getting into the carriage, Wang Yan said coquettishly, "Grandpa, this Dongfang Sheng really doesn't have any big ambitions. If I marry him, what will I do in the future?"

Wang Gen glanced back at Dongfang Sheng who was not far behind and shouted: "There are no rules, he is still behind you, let's talk in the carriage."

Wang Yan looked back at Dongfang Sheng with some dissatisfaction, and said in her heart: My husband must be a heroic man selected from a hundred, not such a mediocre man with no ambitions.

The bewildered Dongfang Sheng immediately called Jia Xu over after returning. This think tank is a pure Eastern Han, and asked him if he knew the way.

After Jia Xu listened to Dongfang Sheng's story about Dong'e county magistrate asking her to go out for dinner and meet Wang Gen and Wang Yan without saying a word, she frowned and meditated.

"Master." Jia Xu looked up at Dongfang Sheng and said, "I think Wang Gen and the others are trying to win you over."

"Oh, it's just a big surname in Dong'e County. It's useless for them to win me over. Wang Gen also said that he would support me with all his strength." Dongfang Sheng immediately lost his interest in probing when he heard that there was no conspiracy.

"My lord, do you know who you are?" Jia Xu asked.

"I don't know." Dongfang Sheng said in a daze, "Does this have anything to do with Wang Gen?"

"Let me explain to the lord first, this is the qualifications and achievements of a gentry, usually written in a document and posted at the door. And the gentry who owns the lord is the family name." Jia Xu is quite emotional He said: "If you want to be an official in the court, you must be recommended by an official or a scholar. If you don't have both, then you can have a recommendation from a powerful family. Wang Gen is the patriarch of the royal family, and their royal family is also It has been a family name that has lasted for several generations, and old students and officials should not be underestimated."

"Officials for generations?" Dongfang Sheng couldn't believe it: "Will their Wang family not decline? Will there not be some mediocrity? How can they guarantee that people from the Wang family will definitely become officials?"

Hearing Dongfang Sheng's words, Jia Xu had a wry smile on his face and said, "Your Majesty, I don't know. The reason why the gentry of the Wang family can be officials for generations is because the gentry have the right to recommend, and they will recommend some poor students from time to time. If you become an official, then these people will feel grateful after becoming an official, and they will naturally want to repay them if they have a recommendation name, so it will be a cycle."

"Furthermore, some gentry can also recommend each other. In this way, all the officials in the whole country come from different gentry, and the Han people will have no chance."

"So if the Wang family supports the lord, I'm afraid the lord will be much smoother in the future." Jia Xu said with some expectation.

"Wen He's words enlightened me. Haha, since the Wang family has such strength, he probably won't plot against me. That's fine." In my eyes, monopoly is always a bad thing.

After hearing Jia Xu's words, Dongfang Sheng finally had a general understanding of the gentry. At the same time, he also remembered that after the return of the Three Kingdoms to Jin, there were many surnames of the gentry, and the surname Wang was one of them, because there was a king horse behind him. In the whole world, Wang Xizhi is a talent born out of Wang's surname, and the allusion of Dong Bed's quick son-in-law is about him.

I don't know who these gentry are stronger than Qiguotang?Dongfang Sheng guessed curiously.

(End of this chapter)