If you don't be a lowly person at this time, give up your military power and be your own nobles honestly. When the emperor frees up his hands, the first ones to die will be these four arrogant and domineering people who don't know how to restrain themselves!
One emperor and one courtier. Even Wang Ziteng didn't understand such a simple truth. Is this the leader and representative promoted by the four great families?
Then it’s fine that Xue Jue can’t board such a broken ship.
Thinking of this, Xue Jue's answer was quite tough: "What is the plan of the Four Families! Why didn't I know it was the Four Families?"
"You have now remembered that I am one of the four great families."
"But you, the princes and princes, have never put a small imperial merchant like me in your eyes."
"Your Wang family gave up one of your daughters to marry me, a businessman, but why didn't you tell me that the nearly one million betrothal gifts that I and the Wang family paid to each other, who would be so generous? And I, Xue Jue, and you
The daughter of the Wang family has been married for many years, and even if the young lady of the Wang family only has a son and a daughter with me, I don't think I have to create some concubines and intercourse because I am so weak."
"How do I treat you? How much benefit have you, the so-called Four Families, taken from me over the years in order to maintain the dignity you deserve?"
"Who is going to take care of the unfinished business and the shabby shops you run?"
"Second uncle, you don't think that I, Xue Jue, am really willing to be your scapegoat and your moneybag just for the sake of gaining a good background, do you?"
"I'm telling you, I hope you will reward me with a background after you succeed. It's really not as good as relying on our Xue family members to gain a background with our true abilities."
Speaking of this, Xue Jue sounded proud: "My son, Xue Jue, has now caught the attention of many famous teachers and scholars."
"Next year's Jinshi Department will have to go out and give it a try."
"If it succeeds, even if it is just a second-ranked Jinshi, our Xue family will have a different lintel."
"And what you are discussing seems to me like a flower in the mirror, something that is far away."
"Second uncle, I am a businessman. Do you think that I have managed the business in the palace by myself, and that I can still win the title of royal merchant in Jinling... Will I do that hard work?
A flattering deal?"
"Also, the current situation is that my Xue family is going to the capital to develop, and we want to leave the business and join a scholarly family."
"What's going on? Can we lose the communication between our relatives?"
"I will take care of the Wang family's business as I should. After all, the Xue family's wife is the daughter of the Wang family."
"So, my second uncle, it's totally unreasonable for you to take responsibility right now."
"Also, as an in-law, I still want to advise my second uncle not to hang out with the Zhen family too much. They have done a lot of daring things in the Jiangnan area."
"This was all done without telling them, who was also our old master."
"What do you think will happen to the people who have close contact with them if they wait until the day they overturn?"
"Second uncle, you are a member of the officialdom. You should see things more clearly than me."
After finishing these words, Prince Teng remained silent.
It is not without reason that these four major families would elect Prince Teng as their spokesperson.
Because among their generation, Wang Ziteng is the most capable.
In the beginning, he was just the second son of the Wang family and was not even qualified to inherit the title.
But the second son of the Wang family started from scratch in the army and reached a high position step by step.
In addition, the Jia family, which was originally the most powerful, had a close relationship with the old prince. After the death of the Duke, the entire Jia family fell into silence.
Only then did the forces of these old nobles, the tallest among the tall, find themselves in Wang Ziteng.
But no matter what, this Wang Ziteng is much better than the trash among the four great families who still cling to the glory of their ancestors.
Therefore, what Xue Jue said was clear to him.
What he said before was just to frighten one of the Xue family members, so that the necessary money bag could continue to serve him.
But now Xue Jue is really not something he can fool with just a few words.
Moreover, he also has an extremely good son. This son is so good that even if all the juniors in the four families are tied together, no one will be more outstanding.
Although Wang Ziteng was a military commander, he also knew that the trend in the court was to emphasize civility over military affairs.
Things are changing, and with the Lin family's support behind the Xue family... the rankings of these four families will change sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Wang Ziteng stopped forcing Xue Jue.
As for his thoughts, it was not convenient for him to let his brother-in-law know.
But Xue Jue passed the last level smoothly. The Wang family politely kept him to eat, and then politely sent him out.
As for Aunt Xue, who returned to the Wang family with Xue Jue, no matter how enthusiastic her two sisters-in-law were, she no longer showed her heart to them in the first place.
She didn't feel it when she was far away in Jinling before, but now she has spent so many years in the capital.
She could feel how the Wang family treated her sister and how they treated her.
Even the gifts she gave out during the Chinese New Year and holidays were several times richer than those of her sister.
But the Wang family didn't take the two sisters seriously.
But it doesn't matter, now that the head of their family is here, her husband-in-law will naturally be the one to resist if anything happens.
Seeing that her most powerful second brother didn't seem to be getting any benefits from the boss, Aunt Xue felt extremely happy.
The current situation is that direct in-laws like the Wang family can't do anything to Xue Jue, but Xue Jue doesn't even bother to deal with indirect relatives like the Jia family.
After he heard what his son said about the situation in Jia's house, Xue Jue was very alert and did not even let his daughter come to the door.
The Xue family's visit to Beijing was spent in this atmosphere without embarrassment.
In the blink of an eye, Xue Pan was eighteen years old. Over the years, many people from the capital came to the Xue family and wanted to marry Xue Pan, but they were blocked by Xue Jue and Aunt Xue.
What they asked for was the most famous hexagram from the Baiyun Temple in the capital, which said that no children of the Xue family should get married early.
Everyone knows that this is just a theory, because they, like the Xue family, are waiting for Xue Pan's performance in this year's Jinshi class.
Not long after autumn begins, what is supposed to come comes.
Eighteen-year-old Mai Fan entered and came out of the examination room. This examination, which was like a torture to others, did not have much impact on him.
He only knew that Lin Ruhai, who was supposed to have passed away in Yangzhou at this time, was not in any condition and would soon bring his family to Beijing.
