Mrs. Wang got into a good conversation, mainly because the affairs between her father-in-law and her uncle were too gossipy.
She took her daughter and sat down under the tree. Even though she had calmed down, she still couldn't suppress her excitement and said: "Your aunt and your grandmother have a big age difference, so they have a pretty good relationship. However, the reason why our family has little contact with the Wang family is that
Because of your uncle."
Zhao Hanzhang asked more humbly, "What's wrong with my uncle?"
Mrs. Wang sighed and said, "Your uncle is completely opposite to your grandfather."
Her uncle's name was Wang Ji, and his sister was Zhao Hanzhang's grandmother.
Normally, no matter how bad the relationship between brother-in-law and brother-in-law is, they can't be any different, but that's not the case for these two.
Zhao Changyu was frugal by nature, but Wang Ji was extravagant by nature and went to two extremes.
How extreme is it? Wang Ji could just throw his money away for fun. He liked to ride horses. At that time, Luoyang was prosperous and land was very expensive, but he would spend a lot of money to buy a large piece of land and directly circle it as a racecourse.
For visual enjoyment and show off, he also used money to pave the floor and walked the money path to the stable to fetch the horse.
Zhao Hanzhang felt that if this were the case in modern times, just this one sentence could punish him for insulting money and put him in jail. She asked with some jealousy: "Then what?"
"Your grandfather can't stand his extravagance, but your grandfather has a broad mind. Although he doesn't like it, he won't dictate other people's lives."
Zhao Hanzhang nodded. If it were her, she would look at Fang Zuo with cold eyes. It would be great if she could get some more money from him.
for example……
Zhao Hanzhang kicked the seventh uncle's face out of his mind and quickly asked: "Then how did they become enemies?"
"It's not your uncle. Your grandfather doesn't like him, so he comes to provoke your grandfather."
Zhao Changyu was frugal, ahem, and actually a little bit stingy. He was stingy to himself and stingy to others.
At that time, they planted a plum tree in their home, and the fruit was so delicious that Emperor Wu of Jin even asked Zhao Changyu to ask for it.
Zhao Changyu gave dozens of them to Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, but refused to give them more.
For Emperor Wu of Jin, let alone his brother-in-law who couldn't stand it, Zhao Changyu could only give him a few.
One day, Wang Ji took advantage of Zhao Changyu's absence and sneaked into his brother-in-law's house with a group of teenagers. They climbed up the tree and ate as much as they could. After they were full, he led his men to cut down the plum tree and dragged the plum tree down.
The branches and leaves swagger across the street.
The father-in-law is naturally closer to the uncle in the fifth service, so Wang also said angrily: "Your uncle is so rude."
The smile on Zhao Hanzhang's face disappeared and he frowned: "It's okay to eat, but why did he break the branches and cut down the whole fruit tree? It was a waste of a good plum tree, just for the sake of ambition, and it is too narrow-minded.
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Mrs. Wang nodded repeatedly and whispered: "Your grandmother also said so, so your father is not allowed to approach your uncle. Your grandfather didn't say anything, but since then, the family has become more strict. Without the owner's permission, he is a relative.
You are also not allowed to enter the backyard and garden at will."
The conflicts accumulated little by little, and Zhao Hanzhang's grandmother passed away early, and they were no longer close to the Wang family.
Although the two families are relatives, they rarely interact with each other.
Mrs. Wang whispered: "Wang Yu who comes with Shu Bao this time is your uncle's second son. You will take care of it. If he has no talent, you can find an excuse to send him away. Don't worry about your relatives."
It’s hard to refuse affection.”
Zhao Hanzhang couldn't help but laugh out loud and said, "Okay."
She asked: "Aniang, is Wang Ji dead?"
Wang looked around, nodded, and then whispered: "You can't call him by his first name. Although he doesn't have a good relationship with your grandfather, he is still your elder. He can tell people to listen and say something bad about you."
Zhao Hanzhang nodded and wanted to ask for more details. Wang suddenly frowned and said, "It seems that Wang Yu and Ting Han are also related."
Zhao Hanzhang's head was buzzing. Do aristocratic families gather together to get married?
Can't you just change it to someone else?
Zhao Hanzhang humbly asked: "How are they related?"
"My uncle is married to Princess Changshan, the daughter of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty."
Oh, Fu Tinghan's mother is also a princess, but she is the daughter of Emperor Hui, so Princess Changshan is Fu Tinghan's aunt, which is good. They are not the same generation. Fu Tinghan wants to call Wang Yu his cousin.
Hahaha……
Zhao Hanzhang looked up to the sky and laughed, exhaled and said: "Okay, I'll wait for them to come. When will they arrive?"
"I received a letter yesterday. Counting the days, they will arrive in about two or three days."
Zhao Hanzhang smiled and said: "Then I will stay a few more days and wait for them."
I originally thought about going to Luoyang in two days.
Thanks to Zhao Hanzhang for sending troops to clean up the bandits on the official road, Zhao Ju is now leading the Zhao army to patrol the border line. Sometimes he heard that the caravan coming to Henan was robbed by the bandits on the road. He ignored the border line and took his people to clear it out. By the way,
Collect some loot.
There is no way, Zhao Hanzhang is too short of money now.
She could only ask Zhao Ju to patrol the border, especially the border with Yangzhou and Jingzhou. Those two places were very rich, and major wars could not reach both places, but occasionally they would fight back and forth themselves, and with the large number of refugees,
So there are a lot of thieves on the road.
Cleaning out the thieves in the officialdom will not only make her rich, but also encourage business and train soldiers, killing three birds with one stone.
Even she has been scolded and impeached more times.
In just two months, the impeachment papers that Yuncheng had transferred to her were piled up in one file. Zhao Hanzhang, except for returning a letter of defense at the beginning, stopped replying later.
By now, those people had clearly seen Zhao Hanzhang's shamelessness and knew that impeaching her with the emperor was useless, so local officials from Jingzhou and Yangzhou wrote directly to scold her.
Of course, while they were scolding her, they couldn't help but say: "She is so shameless, maybe she can really take back the lost ground with Gou Xi."
It was simply too much. Not only did she let the Zhao army cross the border to clean up the bandits and robbed everything in the thieves' den, she also encouraged the people in their state to move to Yuzhou. Thinking of the population they had lost recently, the county magistrates in several places were heartbroken.
But they couldn't defeat Zhao Hanzhang.
Wei Jie did not expect that it would be so difficult to escape south, but so easy to return north. After arriving in Lujiang, they encountered fewer robbers on the road.
There were only about ten people in their group, and they were not slow. They were frightened along the way, because when they went south, hundreds of people in the group would be robbed.
Wang Yu lowered the speed of his horse, put his hand on the handle of the knife at his waist, and looked warily at the mountains and forests on both sides. After passing that place and seeing the open fields, he relaxed a little.
He rode up to the carriage and said to Wei Jie in the carriage: "It's strange. Last time we passed here, there was a big bandit den on the mountain. We had to fight hard to get there. Why didn't they show up this time?
"
Wei Jie pondered: "Maybe the bandits on the mountain have been wiped out."