Three hundred and seventieth chapters each with their own minds
The great master who has been away from Daqi for five years is back!
The entire Rongguo Mansion was filled with joy, and the faces of both the master and the servants were full of joy and excitement.
Even the old lady who was over ninety years old had a cheerful smile on her face.
Compared with the elder, Lian Er is far behind.
His personality is more tactful than domineering, which has also caused Rongfu's status among the top dignitaries in the capital to drop a lot, and it is far behind when compared to the eldest master.
Is it understandable? If the eldest man is powerful and tyrannical, he can still live a prosperous life even if he doesn't have to be an official at the worst.
Lian Er can't be so free and easy, and he doesn't have the tyranny of the big master. There are too many things to worry about. If you have worries, you can't ignore everything. This is a necessary thing.
But the servants of Rongguo Mansion are not so aware. Although they have gone through several rectifications and are much better than when the eldest master first came, the fundamentals have not changed and they still have the same shameful style.
Their appearance outside is closely related to their power and status in the mansion, and they can clearly feel the changes in the power of Rongguo Mansion in the capital.
The servants had clear feelings, and the masters behind them naturally received feedback.
In short, in the five years since the eldest master left, although Rongguo Mansion is still prosperous and prosperous, its momentum is not as good as before.
If one day Lian Er retires from the cabinet and the clan members behind him fail to follow suit in time, Rong Guofu may have to fall from the top circle of powerful people and become a member of the first-class circle of powerful people.
Looking at the Jia clan in the capital, there are a lot of talents produced by the clan scholars, but there is no one who is particularly outstanding, and there is no direct descendant who can succeed Lian Er.
No matter who has selfish motives, most of the resources in the hands of the Rongguo Mansion are naturally tilted towards the direct descendants, which is what it should be.
It is difficult for the descendants of the collateral line to gain the full support of the Rongguo Mansion. No matter the old lady, the second master Zheng, or Lian Er himself does not want the descendants of the collateral line, he really suppresses the direct descendants completely.
Of course, there is no one with such amazing talents among the descendants of the collateral line. The best ones at the moment can only barely make it into the ranks of third-rank officials, and they are still far away from those who want to succeed Lian Er.
Jia Huan is doing well, and is now a third-grade military attache. Unfortunately, the road to becoming a military attache is relatively narrow, and he does not have the ambition of Wang Ziteng. In the future, he will be at the level of a provincial general or a border general. The higher the level, the higher it depends on chance.
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Young men of the grass-roots generation are either just adults or have just entered the officialdom and have no hope of success. Jia Rong, who has done the best, is still serving as the magistrate of Tongzhou. Without the help of an elder, his road to promotion is quite difficult.
Baoyu, on the other hand, became a celebrity with the help of the Jia family, but unfortunately it did not have much effect on the family's strength.
Ancient celebrities, in addition to being truly talented, also had to be praised by their family or the scholarly class. Otherwise, how could they become celebrities?
Jia Baoyu has some talents, but they are not amazing.
When the eldest master had just passed through the soul, no matter how good he was, with the reputation and strength of the Jia family, he would not be able to lift Baoyu's name.
It can only be said that Baoyu has met a good time. After he comes of age and gets married, the power of Rongguo Mansion is at its peak, and he has a great say in both the civil servants group and the generals and nobles group.
After he showed a certain talent in poetry, more and more scholars were willing to make friends with Rong Guofu and praise him. In addition, with the strong support of the Jia clan, wouldn't he be able to get a mere celebrity title?
The old lady was delighted with Baoyu's 'achievement', but it was a pity that others, such as Lian Er and Zheng Er, looked down upon her at all.
If it cannot improve the family's strength, what use will Baoyu's reputation be, no matter how great it is?
The current Rongguo Mansion, despite its great appearance from the outside, is actually quite embarrassing inside.
Lian Er does not have the domineering power of the elder, nor does he come from the imperial examination system, nor is he a representative promoted by the Xungui Group. He has been in the cabinet for more than five years, but he is still the cabinet elder at the bottom of the cabinet.
As time went by, most of the resources left by the great master were slowly consumed, and Lian's second-hand power also gradually shrank.
Although the chief minister of the cabinet at this time is not as powerful as the elder, and can completely let the other cabinet ministers become decorations, or specific executors, it still makes Lian Er feel a lot of pressure.
If there was no special opportunity, Lian Er's cabinet journey would probably be like this, existing as the bottom cabinet minister until he resigned when he got older.
Lian Er's situation in the cabinet was awkward, and the situation of Rongguo Mansion in the powerful circles of the capital naturally became more delicate.
Those who know the inside story will not take the Rongguo Mansion seriously, and those who do not know the details of the cabinet will naturally treat Lian Er as a grandfather. In short, the situation is very delicate.
At present, the mainstay of the Rongguo Mansion is Lian Er, and the official position of the second master Zheng is stuck at the fourth rank, and it is difficult to move. Unless the prince born to Yuanchun becomes a prince, and he must be the kind with real power, it is possible to help him go further. Otherwise,
His official career stopped here.
Jia Zhu's situation was even worse. With a large supply of resources from the Rongguo Mansion, he managed to reach the fifth rank in the Imperial Academy, but his future ended there.
It's not that he can't go further, but his body doesn't allow it. What can he do?
In short, since the eldest master left, Rongguo Mansion has lost a lot of power compared to its heyday, which Lian Er and others can clearly feel.
Now that I suddenly heard that the eldest master was back, the whole Rong Mansion couldn't help but feel refreshed.
Especially when Lian Er found out that the eldest master had returned as the overlord of a place outside the sea, he felt inexplicably sour in his heart.
This kid Jia Cong is really lucky!
Needless to say, the great master’s overseas legacy will be inherited by Jia Cong from now on.
It's no use even if Lian Er is envious. Who told him that he didn't go to sea with the eldest master before? Now that the eldest master has established a solid foundation in the sea, naturally there is no benefit to him.
If he had known that the eldest master had returned to Daqi and wanted to confer a royal title now, he might not be able to be so calm.
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"Zhongshun, Yi Zhong and Jia Enhou, these three bastards are really hateful!"
In the Qianqing Palace, Jin Jin, who was already showing his old age, looked angry. He was caught off guard by three people from overseas, and he felt quite depressed and passive.
I had previously speculated that Zhongshun and Yizhong had escaped from the border of Daqi, and thought that they were just like tortoises nesting in a corner to survive. Who would have thought that they actually went out to the sea to reestablish their foundations.
Based on the current strength shown by the three families, the combat power of thirty ocean-going warships is stronger than that of all the naval forces in Daqi combined in battle. I can't help but feel a little bit afraid of it now.
Obviously, both Zhongshun and Yi Zhong, the two political rivals of the royal family who coveted the throne at the beginning, and the bastard Marquis Jia En, have been doing well overseas in recent years, otherwise they would not have the guts to go back to Daqi to ask for a title.
Huh, that's a pretty idea!
Once the three overseas powers have official titles from the imperial court, they will be recognized as feudal states by the Qi court. The benefits will be huge for the three powers, so they will not easily agree to it today.
Of course, it would be different if the three powers were willing to hand over the overseas powers to the imperial court, or to control them today, but obviously such an idea is very unrealistic.
Right now, the most troublesome thing facing him is that he doesn't know the situation of the three forces in the outer sea, and he doesn't even know where their foundation is. Even if he wants to threaten them, he has no confidence.
This is very embarrassing. No one knows that these three companies have become famous overseas!
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Nowadays, absolute loyalty and righteousness are more difficult, but for Jia Enhou, there is not much scruple.
The Jia family of Rongguo Mansion are now working for the imperial court!
If Marquis Jia En is sensible, he will obediently hand over his overseas foundation, otherwise he will suffer a lot.
There was currently no way to deal with the two former royal rivals, but Jia Enhou's family and clan were all in Daqi, so he felt that Jia Enhou might still be able to control him.
This time, Jia Enhou actually followed the fleet back to Daqi. This was the most unwise thing about him.
But when I actually saw the elder today, the original confidence in my heart had dissipated a lot.
The big old man is still the same big old man, full of energy and impressive momentum. He doesn't feel weak at all against today's people. On the contrary, he still feels faintly suppressed.
This feeling makes today very unhappy and unhappy.
However, now that I saw the great gift from the great master, my mood became a little complicated.
The items on the gift list are all specialties produced under the great master's rule over the years. The quantity is small but the portion is absolutely sufficient, which not only makes today feel respected, but also shows a little bit of his strength.
These things are worth a lot of money in Daqi, and the attitude of the great master is very obvious. How could one not know that the items on the gift list are all products produced under the rule of the great master?
If this is really the case, this would be extraordinary.
This indicates that the overseas territory under the rule of the great master has been able to be self-sufficient in food and basic daily necessities, and can survive well without relying on external support at all.
With today's understanding of Big Master, the basic survival problems have been solved, and then the transportation and military industry systems will obviously not be difficult.
Sure enough, when asking about this matter, the elder not only did not hide his secrets, but instead took out a detailed map of the area under his rule and explained the construction and changes of the area under his jurisdiction with great interest.
I feel that I am not in a very good mood today. The number of people under the rule of the great master is not large, only about two million, and the territory he can control is not large.
But the grand master planned and constructed it too well, and he is not a rookie who has just ascended the throne. How can he not see the development potential under the grand master's rule?
Not to mention anything else, the system that is completely different from Daqi, where the government's tentacles directly extend into the countryside, makes people today look at it with both envy and helplessness.
At present, the economic development of Daqi has reached a limit. It is not impossible to break through. It just needs to break the shackles of local clans on the people. On this point alone, there is nothing we can do!