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The next day, Prince Su's Mansion received an invitation letter from the Zong Mansion. However, the person invited was not Zhao Hongrun, but his third uncle Zhao Laiyu.?
Later, when Zhao Hongrun was having breakfast at home, he saw his third uncle Zhao Laiyu coming to the side hall with the letter and looking at Zhao Hongrun who was eating with a half-smile.
"Hongrun, are you interested in stirring up trouble?"
Zhao Hongrun glanced at the letter in the third uncle's hand, curled his lips angrily and said, "Do you think I'm stupid? It's not enough to be used as a gun once, but you have to do it again?"
The third uncle laughed when he heard this, sat down at the table, and asked in a low voice: "Hongrun, what do you think the sect's reason for inviting me to be today?... I'll give you a hint. In my opinion, this time the sect is
The mansion not only invited me, but also your younger uncle, cousin and great uncle."
"..." Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes when he heard this and continued to scoop out the rice porridge with a spoon.
In fact, Zhao Hongrun didn't even need the third uncle's prompting to guess why the clan government sent someone to invite the third uncle beside him today.
What major events can happen in the clan recently?
All I have to do is settle the Wei family in Longxi.
Of course, the settlement mentioned here does not refer to finding a piece of land for the twelve tribes of the Wei clan in Longxi to settle in the territory of Wei State. That is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites; the settlement mentioned here refers to the settlement in the Zhao clan.
The Wei family was given some position and some voice in the clan government, so as not to seem like the Zhao family had annexed the Wei family.
This was the condition for the Wei clan in Longxi to dissolve the elders' meeting and be willing to comply with the arrangements of the Zhao clan.
Speaking of which, the clan elders meeting of the Wei clan in Longxi is actually very similar to the clan house of the Zhao clan in the Wei state. There are twelve branches of the Wei clan and twelve seats. Whenever there is any major event that can affect the entire Wei clan in Longxi, they will
Based on the voting decision of the twelve clan heads of the Wei clan's branch families, it can be said that the clan elders' meeting is equivalent to the Wei clan's clan in Longxi, except that it does not have a specific executive office.
But now that the Wei clan in Longxi has been merged into the Wei state, the clan elders' meeting, which is equivalent to a clan, can no longer continue. Otherwise, between the two clans, who listens to whom?
Therefore, when Zhao Hongrun first negotiated with the Longxi Wei family, he made a request for the Longxi Wei family to dissolve the clan elders' meeting.
At that time, more than half of Wei Li, the father of the Wei family, Wei Feng of the Wei family of Tianshui, and Wei Ji, the king of Lintao, agreed to this matter.
However, they also put forward a compensation condition: they hoped that the Zhao family would allow the Wei family to join the clan and gain some say.
This condition was very reasonable, so neither Zhao Hongrun nor Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan refused. After all, they knew that the Wei family would not give in in vain, and mutual compromise was the foundation of politics.
As for the follow-up negotiations, Zhao Hongrun originally did not intend to participate. After all, he hated the kind of political negotiations where hands were tied.
Politics is a very magical existence. Sometimes, even if you do not have enough strength, as long as you know how to use the chips in your hands reasonably, you can still achieve good results; conversely, even if you hold huge power
, but once you relax, you may lose in the political confrontation.
Yesterday's scene in the Zichen Palace is the best example: Emperor Wei, who was in charge of the supreme power of the Wei Kingdom, was unexpectedly set up by the Longxi Wei family, Nanliang King Zhao Yuanzuo and Qing Wang Hongxin, and had to endure it.
I suffered a dark loss out of anger.
But Zhao Hongrun didn't like this kind of intrigue.
Therefore, when the third uncle asked him to accompany him today, Zhao Hongrun was reluctant.
It was not until the third uncle proposed that Zhao Hongrun accompany him as a bystander and repeatedly promised not to use him as a gunman that Zhao Hongrun reluctantly agreed to the matter.
Having said that, Zhao Hongrun is actually a little concerned about how many rights the clan will cede to the Wei family. After all, he is also a member of the Zhao family, and the overall interests of the Zhao family are closely related to him.
After the two had finished breakfast, Zhao Hongrun, his third uncle Zhao Laiyu, and Zongwei Weijiao, Chu Heng, Zhou Pu, Mu Qing, and Lu Mu rode the carriage of Prince Su's Palace and headed for the Zongfu leisurely.
When Zhao Hongrun and his party arrived at the gate of the Zong Mansion and got off the carriage, Zhao Hongrun discovered that there were many carriages parked in the open space in front of the Zong Mansion.
"Huh?" Zhao Hongrun had a surprised expression on his face.
Because he saw his Uncle Liu Wang's carriage, a sunken wood carriage with the words "Prince Yi's Mansion" painted on the body.
Uncle Six? What did Uncle Six come to the clan house for?
Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but be a little surprised. After all, his uncle Zhao Yuanli, the sixth prince, never asked about court affairs or participated in the affairs of the clan. Apart from Zhao Hongrun's admiration and beautification of his views, in fact, Zhao Yuanli, his uncle the sixth prince, was just an idle playboy.
, apart from just playing, I have done almost nothing that is beneficial to the country and the country.
Therefore, it is hard to imagine that this incident in the clan today could disturb such a prince who pursues play as his lifelong pursuit.
But for Zhao Hongrun, this was good news. After all, he had a premonition that the Zhao family and the Wei family would definitely be arguing with each other for a long time today. When he was bored during this period, he chatted with Uncle Liu Wang for a few words.
It's not a bad way to spend time.
Sure enough, when Zhao Hongrun and his third uncle Zhao Laiyu arrived at the main hall of the north room of the clan mansion, two rows of people were already sitting in the hall.
On one side are people representing the Wei family, namely Wei Feng, the head of the Wei family in Tianshui, and Zhao Sheng, the king of Yao; on the other side are Zong Zheng Zhao Yuanyan, the sixth prince Zhao Yuanli, and several familiar faces of Zhao Hongrun, the original Zong elders.
Zhao Tairu, Zhao Laituo, Zhao Laipu.
It has to be said that when Zhao Hongrun and his third uncle Zhao Laiyu walked into the hall, they were met with two unkind looks. It is not difficult to guess that those two unkind looks came from Zhao Hongrun's great-uncle Zhao Tairu and his uncle respectively.
Zhao Laipu.
After all, it was Zhao Hongrun who made a big fuss in the clan more than a year ago. He teamed up with his father, Emperor Wei, and his second uncle, Zongzheng Zhao Yuanyan, to remove Zhao Tairu, Zhao Laipu and other original clan elders from the clan, and kicked them out of the clan.
They can only seek refuge with their respective uncles, nephews and grandchildren.
Although Zhao Hongrun and his third uncle Zhao Laiyu resolved the conflict, they still had unresolved grievances with Zhao Tairu and Zhao Laipu.
However, today's meeting was crucial, so Zhao Tairu and Zhao Laipu did not show too much hostility.
Oh.
Zhao Hongrun hummed softly in his heart, stepped forward, and saluted his uncle Zhao Laituo, his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan, and his sixth uncle Zhao Yuanli, with whom he had a good relationship, and then saluted Wei Feng and the kings of Yao, Zhao Shenggong.
call.
As for Zhao Tairu and Zhao Laipu, he simply pretended not to see them.
"Hongrun, why are you here?" Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli asked with a smile.
Zhao Hongrun shrugged and said casually: "I just came over to take a look. Second uncle, sixth uncle, you guys talk about yourselves."
While talking, he accidentally glanced at his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan, and he felt that this second uncle seemed to be in a mood today.
But he didn't think much about it, he just found a vacant table and sat down.
However, the third uncle glanced at Zhao Yuanli with some surprise. After all, Zhao Yuanli sat on the chairman's seat in the front row like Zhao Yuanyan, instead of sitting in the companion seats like Zhao Tairu, Zhao Laipu and Zhao Laituo.
You know, the seats are very particular. The position where Zhao Yuanli is sitting now shows that he is not an outsider watching, but like Zhao Yuanyan, he is the person in charge of negotiating with the Wei family.
Yuan Li, why...wait, is it your Majesty's order?
Zhao Laiyu took a few glances at Zhao Yuanyan, who seemed to be looking a little unattractive today, and seemed to realize something in his heart: Yes, two years ago, after Yuanli brought back the news about the danger of the Wei family in Longxi, it was Yuanyan who recommended it in front of His Majesty.
He summoned Yuan Zuo, who had been exiled in Nanliang for seventeen years, and recalled him to Daliang. But yesterday at the Zichen Palace, Yuan Zuo instead led his Majesty's army... It seems that Yuan Yan was implicated.
Frowning slightly, Zhao Laiyu sat down next to Zhao Hongrun calmly and watched quietly.
Don't think that Zhao Laiyu, the previous Zongzheng of the clan, has no selfish motives. It is undeniable that he does favor the latter between the imperial power and the clan, but that is only for the Zhao clan. Therefore, it seems that Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Nanliang, was in the Zichen Palace yesterday.
In fact, Zhao Laiyu was also dissatisfied with supporting the Wei family.
It's all nonsense to say that the Wei family and the Zhao family are as close as one family. What kind of friendship can there be between people of the same clan who have not been in contact with each other for hundreds of years?
If it weren't for the name, I don't know how many members of the Zhao clan with the surname Ji would like to let the Wei family go.
The subsequent discussion was just as Zhao Hongrun expected. Wei Feng, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Yuanyan, and Zhao Yuanli were arguing with each other. Zhao Tairu, Zhao Laipu, Zhao Laituo and others interjected from time to time, although the atmosphere seemed fierce.
, but Wei Feng and Zhao Sheng were both measured people, so they did not argue.
In the end, the two sides reached an agreement to set up a total of thirty-one clan elder positions in the manner of the clan elders meeting, of which twelve were given to the Wei clan, three to the Longxi Zhao clan, and fifteen to the Wei Zhao clan.
The proportion of occupied positions is equal, and there is no one who dominates the other.
But the last one was given to the Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli. To be precise, it was given to Zhao Yuanli who represented the Emperor of Wei.
Moreover, Zhao Yuanli also received a newly created position, Zong Ling.
Zhao Hongrun was not surprised by this result, because in his opinion, the so-called elder position was purely for decoration, used to support the elderly.
Isn't that right? The Longxi Wei family and the Longxi Zhao family together have fifteen positions, while the Zhao family has fifteen plus one, which is sixteen positions. In the future, the vote will be based on more than half of the votes. The Longxi Wei family
The Zhao family and the Longxi family are purely decorations.
What's more, it is not certain that Yao Lord Zhao Sheng and other Longxi Zhao family will side with the Wei family in Longxi.
But having said that, this method also gave the Wei family enough face, allowing the latter to participate in some affairs of the clan, at least to have a good time.
However, when he thought about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun felt that something was wrong.
Why was the last position given to the sixth uncle instead of the second uncle as Zongzheng of the clan?
Zhao Hongrun looked at his second uncle Zhao Yuanyan in surprise, and suddenly realized in his heart.
He knew that his second uncle, Zhao Yuanyan, had been suppressed by his father. After all, if the clan in the future dealt with matters in the clan through the vote of thirty-one elders, then his second uncle, Zongzheng, would be completely destroyed.
Empty.
If nothing else goes wrong, the future operations of the clan will revolve around the clan command of the Sixth Prince Zhao Yuanli. (To be continued.) 8