"Because of this, I feel like my luck has been bad lately, and I have been having bad luck!"

At this time, Li Qian was leaning on his horse, turning over his military memorandum casually, with an ugly expression on his face.

How did he know that the person he shot at random was an official sent by the county.

How did he know that this county official still carried his orders?

This time, he was shot to death with an arrow.

Although he was very heroic and his shots were justified, he was still in trouble.

Because things are not about right and wrong, but about strength and weakness.

That's right, in Li Qian's opinion, he is weak and Zhang Chong is strong.

Even though he has thousands of families, he is really nothing compared to the governor of a county.

He is just a local tycoon, and he just shows off his power here in Jiyin, and then moves it to other states and counties, and that's it.

And what about Zhang Chong?

They represent the laws of the Han family. If you are really ruthless with two thousand stones, it is easy to destroy the family and destroy the whole family.

And just speaking of personal aspects, Zhang Chong was born in Xiaolian and was promoted to a high-ranking official. He had a group of people from the same year who helped him.

He is not like other rich people who are ignorant and think that they can solve everything through bravery.

He knows how terrifying this political network of filial piety, integrity and purity is.

The counties and counties in the world promote filial piety and integrity every year, and every year they call each other the same year.

They will record the names, birthplaces and official appointments of the same year in the first period on a piece of silk.

This is not enough. We also need to include all the direct family members of the same age in the register, which is to tell the children and grandchildren that their parents have this relationship.

This plain silk is their "Book of the Same Age", which can be said to be the official network book of the filial and honest people.

This "Book of the Same Age" is updated frequently.

Because the appointments of people of the same age change every year, everyone must keep in touch and communicate with each other.

Inform other people of the same age about your current situation so that others can make necessary updates to the "Book of the Same Age".

And because of the conscious friendship between people of the same age, they help each other.

The children of both their families will have close contact with each other, even to the point of entrusting their wives with their children.

They even sometimes harm their family ties with their clansmen for the sake of friendship with the same age.

Why?

Because villagers and tribesmen can only live in the local area, they are of little help to those who are interested in becoming an official.

On the contrary, this kind of relationship of the same age across states and counties can be more helpful in the officialdom.

How helpful is this?

Just to list one point, there is a rule in the same year, that is, if you are a prefect in a county, your children in the same year will be evaluated as filial and honest.

Take an example that Li Qian knew. He was really envious after hearing it before.

There was a wealthy family named Cai in Nanyang.

Because my father was the same age as the Fifth Grand Duke of Nanyang at that time.

The Duke promoted two sons of the Cai family to be Xiaolian for two consecutive years, and later they both became herdsmen officials.

One of them, Cai Zan, became Xiaolian when he was only fourteen years old.

And this guy is not doing anything.

First he was sent to work as a local governor, but he begged to stay as a guard because of his youth.

To put it bluntly, I just feel that the place is bitter and I don’t have the freedom and comfort of being a central government official.

Then this kid was impeached.

But it was related after all, and he was soon recruited into the palace by the then cavalry general Feng Cui.

At that time, the Wuling barbarians were in rebellion. This boy followed the chariot and cavalry generals to quell the rebellion, and he was promoted to Prime Minister Pi.

But damn, this kid didn't join the army at all. He was lying down at home, and his military achievements ended like this.

Damn, I'm jealous.

However, the Huang family can be considered a wealthy and powerful family.

For example, the man who was the same age as the Fifth Duke was named Cai Boqi. He had a sister who married Zhang Wen, a handsome man from the same county.

Now this person has been ranked as the Ninth Minister, and he may become the Third Lord at any time.

With the support of such powerful relatives, it was not impossible for the Fifth Duke to appoint two people from the Cai family to be filial and honest.

But more importantly, he also heard that the Cai family had some relationship with the eunuch-dominated Cao family.

It is said that the eunuch Cao Teng was the one who recommended Zhang Wen, so the Zhang family has always been close to the Cao family.

Later, the Cai family became Zhang Wen's maternal family, so it was natural for the Cai family and the Cao family to get together easily.

With these two levels of relationships, isn’t it normal to cite two filial piety and integrity?

Later, the boy Cai Zan was promoted to be filial and honest, and he became the same age as the Cao family member named Cao Cao.

The Cai and Cao families are probably even closer.

Damn it, one is shameless and greedy for military glory; the other is an eunuch and an ugly person, causing harm to the country and the people.

They are all of the same kind, and the country will be ruined by them.

Thinking of this, Li Qian started to blame Liu He, the former prefect of Jiyin.

Thinking that Li Shi worked hard for him, he didn't even get a place for filial piety and honesty.

On the contrary, it was because of Liu He that he became an enemy of the current prefect Zhang Chong.

Sure enough, if a wealthy country man like them has a surname, he will not be able to get into the circle of such wealthy officials even if he sells his blood.

Thinking of this, Li Qian's expression became even darker.

Seeing his uncle's decline, Li Dian could only comfort him with gentle words:

"Uncle, I don't blame you for this. Whoever asked the county officials to rush into the army is asking for death. It's just that the order from the governor is a bit difficult to handle."

Li Qian glanced at him and said angrily:

"It's not you, don't stop me. Now that everyone has been killed, what else can I do? It really gives me a headache.

That old man Zhang Chong is clearly trying to get me. In order to suppress the bandits, even your uncle Jin died, and that old man still wants to whip me.

I really didn’t expect that this man looks fat and fair, but his heart is dark.

Moreover, it is just whipping now, if it is known that I killed the county official who sent the order, then I will definitely die."

Speaking of this, Li Qian felt really sad.

Everyone knows that Li Jin's death was not to suppress bandits at all, but to vent his personal anger.

But this time, no one would point this out and get into trouble.

Li Dian said angrily:

"Uncle, that old man has gone too far to bully others. We might as well do our best to attack Dingtao and dig out that old man's evil heart."

"You want to rebel?" Li Jin was stunned.

"So what if you rebel? I think the future of the world will depend on those of us with swords and guns.

As long as we still have a piece of music, what can they do to us?

If we really send a large army to conquer, we will take refuge in Juye Ze, and then raid the surrounding counties and counties to raise our army. In the long run, we will be able to recruit troops."

"What nonsense are you talking about? You want to break into my family? Do you know how many generations it has taken our Li family to build this business? You are a kid, you dare to throw something lightly, I really want to slap you."

As he said this, he was about to whip Li Dian, but looking at Li Dian's stubborn expression, he did not whip him after all.

He lowered his whip in frustration and told the story of his funeral:

"Later, I will ask you to surrender to the temple. No matter what the final result is, you must stay in the Cheng clan with your clan's internal affairs.

If I die, I won't be allowed to take revenge, just think it's for the sake of continuing the family legacy.

I can die, but the family legacy cannot be defeated.

do you understand?

From now on, you will be able to assist your clan brothers and be respectful to each other."

Having said that, this Dragon of the Cheng family does not have any of the heroic spirit of the past. He is just an ordinary old man.

Li Dian knew that his uncle valued his family more than his own life. If he said anything more, nothing would change except for scolding.

Therefore, I can only nod my head with tears in my eyes.

In this way, Li Qian only led a few guards and loaded the car with the county officials who were ready to bury him.
To be continued...