"No money? How can we talk about relationships without money?"
In the dining room, Xu Qing earnestly persuaded his father-in-law: "Father-in-law, the world is bustling with people, and everyone is doing courtesy. Who would do anything that is not beneficial? There are no permanent friends in the world, nor are there any.
Eternal enemies have only eternal interests."
"A win-win situation with mutual benefit is called a true friend; anyone who doesn't talk about interests and only talks about feelings is a hooligan. Those who have value for both parties are called friends. There are only two types of people who can unilaterally pay only by relying on feelings -
-Family members and fools. Anyone who can become a Beijing official and hold a high position of power is not a fool."
After hearing this, Magistrate Su nodded and said, "Does that mean you don't have to pay attention to Magistrate Ping'an's request?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Of course I ignore him. I can't even bear to take the money and just want to ask my son-in-law to help him. No matter his position or the power behind him, he has no use value to us at all. We don't need to pay attention to this kind of person."
Today, Magistrate Su encountered something. The Magistrate of Pingan County, which is next door to Anding County, wanted to ask Xu Qing for help from Magistrate Su. He hoped that Xu Qing could help place his incompetent son in the Guoshang Academy.
Then he took Magistrate Su and started talking about feelings and friendship for a full hour.
As a result, he bribed Magistrate Su with some things that could be bought for a dozen or twenty taels as gifts.
Is that it? Use this to test the county magistrate?
Which county magistrate cannot withstand such a test?!
Of course, Magistrate Su also withstood this test, but since he had just arrived in the capital and had no foundation, it was definitely not good to offend others for no reason. He had to ask his son-in-law for his opinion.
If my son-in-law says not to pay attention to him, it means that the Ping An County Magistrate has no backing behind him and can be offended at will.
Xu Qing was very pleased to see his relieved father-in-law. Although his father-in-law now has a son-in-law who is the uncle of Anding County, his mentality has not completely changed and he still thinks that he is a helpless person.
What about the helpless magistrate?
In the suburbs of the capital, there is no other county magistrate with a greater background than my father-in-law.
It is necessary for my father-in-law to understand that our family can actually offend a lot of people in this capital city.
Of course, we won't cause trouble for no reason, but we will never do things stupidly that are not good for ourselves.
Now that his father-in-law's mentality has been successfully changed by him, Xu Qing can happily run to the kitchen to discuss cooking skills with his wife.
…
After dinner, Xu Qing and Su Qian came back from a walk in the back garden and were about to go back to their room to take a nap together. Su County Magistrate came over and looked at Xu Qing and said, "Just now, Xuan'er ran over and handed her father an invitation, saying...
It’s given to you, take it and take a look.”
"Invitation?" Xu Qing opened the invitation in his hand doubtfully and browsed the content: "Is King Qi inviting you to a banquet tomorrow afternoon?"
After hearing this, Magistrate Su County was surprised and said: "King Qi? Your Majesty's eldest son, King Qi?"
Su Qian on the side was also quite surprised. Why did King Qi invite his husband to the banquet inexplicably?
Su Qian looked at Xu Qing and said, "Does your husband want to go?"
Xu Qing shook his head: "I won't go."
After hearing this, County Magistrate Su trembled in his heart. Although Xu Qing had just told him that in the capital, who could afford to provoke and who could not afford to provoke this matter, but... Prince Qi's Mansion was also within the scope of what he could afford to provoke.
?
That is His Majesty’s eldest son!
Magistrate Su looked at Xu Qing's beard and asked, "Can we afford to offend King Qi?"
Xu Qing coughed and said, "Of course we can't afford this."
Magistrate Su became even more confused: "Why push it away if you can't afford it?"
Xu Qing said with a smile: "We can't afford to offend him, but there are people who can. My son-in-law is cooperating with Prince Xian's Mansion on business, so it's naturally not suitable for someone to have two hands. Moreover, Prince Qi is not a wise master."
Having said this, Xu Qing reminded again: "By the way, father-in-law, if there is another official or prince who wants to send you an invitation, you must remember to shirk it and don't side with any prince."
Magistrate Su nodded and said, "Yes, I will remember it for my father."
If Magistrate Su was just a magistrate, of course no one would win over him, but if Magistrate Su has an uncle from Anding County as his son-in-law, what if someone wants to indirectly force Xu Qing to side by wooing Magistrate Su?
Oh no.
If Dachu is compared to a company, military power is equivalent to the shares of the company. Whoever holds the most shares is the chairman of the company and the actual controller.
And now the person who holds the most shares of Dachu Co., Ltd. is undoubtedly King Xian.
As for the current Emperor Chu?
That's at best a CEO.
Although the title of CEO sounds loud and nice, in fact, he is still a part-time worker who works for the board of directors. At best... he is a high-level part-time worker.
Comparing the three sons of a working man with the son of the chairman, it is obvious who to be friends with!
As long as the military power is in the hands of the wise king and his family, the power of Da Chu will be in the hands of the wise king and his family.
In comparison, the power structure of Chu State is actually very similar to that of Britain under the constitutional monarchy of Xu Qing's time.
As the titular head of state, the Queen is only the nominal supreme ruler, but the power is no longer in the hands of the Queen, the titular head of state. She is just a signing machine, and the actual power lies in the hands of the prime minister and his cabinet.
The only difference is that the Prime Minister needs to go to work diligently every day to handle various matters, but the Xian King does not. He is only responsible for reminding his younger brother to go to work on time.
…
Prince Feng's Mansion
Prince Feng was sitting in the lobby, looking at several pieces of paper handed over by the guards in black.
These pieces of paper recorded in detail various things ordered by King Qi, and even some of the conversations between King Qi and his counselors.
After reading it, King Feng threw the pieces of paper into the stove nearby for heating.
The guard in black on the side said: "Your Highness, King Qi has now begun to contact the Anding County uncle, and has sent an invitation to the Anding County uncle today. Should we also try to win over the Anding County uncle?"
Prince Feng shook his head and said: "There is no need to do anything, just wait and see what happens."
The black-clothed guard pursed his lips and said, "But Your Highness, if King Qi really gets the support of County Count Anding, then he will be one step closer to the position of the East Palace..."
Prince Feng shook his head and said: "If this Anding County uncle is a smart man, he will definitely not show up at King Qi's banquet tomorrow. If he really shows up at King Qi's banquet, it will prove that this person is mentally ill.
If this person really only cares about the city, then there is no need to win over him."
