When Gong Ziyi heard his grandfather's question, he thought about it and said, "Did grandfather talk about moving the capital?"
Gong Fang nodded: "Exactly."
Gong Ziyi breathed a sigh of relief: "My grandson knows about this. I heard people discussing it in the capital and in the city last year. But, what does this matter in the court have to do with my grandson's marriage?"
Gong Fang took a deep look at him and sighed inwardly. It seemed that his grandson still had a lot to learn.
He spoke with sincerity and sincerity: "Yi'er, state affairs are connected with family affairs and have been inseparable since the beginning. The court is not irrelevant to us, but is also closely related. Every change in the court is related to the fate of our businesses."
Gong Ziyi listened carefully, looking like he was being taught.
"Now that the court is in Jinling, our family has taken advantage of the geographical advantage and the connections we have had for many years to stand above the salt merchants and build such a huge business. If we move the capital to the north, all our connections will have to be moved.
, with this move, the future pattern will change."
Whether the Gong family can maintain the status quo is still unknown.
Gong Ziyi frowned, he didn't understand the complicated personnel matters very well.
Gongfang Zunzun taught: "Moving the capital is related to the fate of the country, and naturally it also affects the fortunes of our merchants. Nowadays, countless money, grain, and materials are shipped to the north, and the national treasury may not be able to support it for long. Once the national treasury runs out of money, we salt merchants will
Bear the brunt..."
"For the dredging of the canal, the imperial court raised millions of taels of silver from our salt merchants. Now the three major political affairs of the DPRK and China: river administration, water administration, and salt administration are all closely related to us. No salt merchant's home is clean.
Yi'er, do you know the connection between this?"
If you are not careful in the future, your family may be confiscated and your entire family may be exterminated.
They have to make arrangements now. If possible, the marriages of the children and grandchildren are all bargaining chips. If his family is not moved, other salt merchants' families will also be moved. The Gong family cannot be left behind.
"Yier, if the government wants to attack our family, can the family you like have the ability to help our family turn the tide? Can they help our family and can they protect our family?"
Gong Ziyi was stunned by his grandfather's continuous questions.
Is his marriage so important? He just wants to find someone he likes.
Seeing him in a daze, Gong Fang couldn't bear it.
Sighing: "In a family like ours, the most important thing is to avoid the love between children. It would be best if you can find a powerful official family to marry and have an official family to protect you. If you can't, find a family with a good background and ability."
Merchants are also good people. They are small and small... It's not that my grandfather said they are bad, but they are not suitable for us and cannot help our family."
Gong Fang felt a sense of crisis in his heart. Ever since he fell seriously ill the year before last, when he was lying in bed, he was always worried that he would not be able to get up. Everything at home was not arranged properly, and he was worried.
Now that God has allowed him to live again, he naturally wants to take advantage of the limited time to arrange everything in the house. The grandson in front of him is his favorite candidate for the future head of the family, and he is even better than his father.
He didn't want him to go astray.
The burden on the grandson's shoulders is too heavy, and the future of this whole family will be placed in his hands.
For the unmarried younger members of the family, he would find suitable candidates for them. They enjoyed the glory and wealth of the Gong family and were protected by the family, so they naturally wanted to give back to the family.
When a nest is overturned, no eggs are left intact. This is a family motto that everyone in the Gong family should remember.
Gong Ziyi tossed and turned at night, his grandfather's words buzzing in his ears, deafening and unable to dissipate.
He understood the truth, but he couldn't accept it.
Is the glory of the family based on sacrificing the happiness of the clan members?
Is your grandfather too sensational? The Gong family is engaged in business, so how could they be suppressed or overthrown?
The Gong family is not just starting out. The ancestors started as a salt worker when they were young. After decades of hard work, several generations of people have worked hard to accumulate the current family business. Now the family has a salt farm, a salt worker, and its own fleet.
Business spread all over the country in the Wei Dynasty.
Will it be suppressed and turned into waste?
Is it so difficult for him to marry the person he likes?
Gong Ziyi locked himself in his room and could not leave the house for several days.
When Mrs. He saw that her son had not moved for several days, she thought that the head of the family had talked him through. She was very happy and went out frequently. Since her son didn't like the He family's cousin, she would find a suitable one for him.
There are so many ladies from famous families in Huai'an, and many dignitaries want to marry one of them. Which one of them is not better than the small Huo family?
It was up to her to choose the concubines and young daughters of the Yipin Marquis family. If one was not enough, she would pick a few more, and marry them first before accepting them. Yi'er would always have one he liked.
He also very considerately asked for a list of girls to be married from Bingren, sorted it out, and planned to give it to his son for him to choose from.
I thought my son had calmed down, but I didn't expect that Gong Ziyi locked himself up for a few days and became even more determined to marry Huo Xizhi.
When he found Gong Fang, he knelt down in front of him.
Gong Fang's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.
Gong Ziyi kowtowed to him three times: "Grandpa, my grandson still wants to marry her. Now that you are still in good health and your father is in his prime, it is not the turn of the grandson to take over the family. The grandson wants to marry the person of his choice."
With so many people in the clan, perhaps there is no shortage of help from the grandchildren..."
Gong Fang's chest heaved and he was filled with anger. Without even looking, he grabbed an inkstone on the table and threw it at him.
Gong Ziyi didn't expect that his grandfather would suddenly take action, so he didn't hide and was hit hard by the inkstone. Although the angle was slightly off, it still hit him hard on the forehead, and blood immediately poured out.
"Grandfather..." Gong Ziyi was so frightened when he saw his grandfather's angry and excited face. For fear of making him sick, he knelt still and did not dare to wipe the blood from his forehead. He just closed his eyes and felt that his head was
Dizzy.
Gong Fang didn't expect that he didn't hide. Seeing that his grandson was bleeding, he felt a little distressed. He was about to get up from the chair to take a look, but after thinking of what he just said, he sat back down.
He nodded with his hand: "Grandpa has always thought that you are a good and sensible child. Since you were born, your late grandmother and I have loved you extremely much. We have given you all the resources and connections in the family. You can be as successful as you want.
Deyu, your grandmother’s private property and her dowry money were also left to you. Is this how you repay us?”
There was some disappointment on his face: "There are many children in the clan. Could it be that they can sacrifice, but you, as the eldest grandson of the direct branch eldest brother, can't? You have gained the most, but you are the least willing to give back even a little bit to the family?"
"Grandpa. Grandson didn't mean that."
Gong Ziyi knelt on the ground and knocked his head on the bluestone ground. What his grandfather said was too serious and he couldn't bear it.
"Isn't that what you just said? Let me agree that you marry the person you like. You don't care about the relationships in the family. Just marry the person you like and let your other brothers and sisters sacrifice their happiness to fulfill you. You