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Yangzhou, directly under the south of Zhili, the center of the two Huai salt monopoly and the north-south goods trade, here, the population of one million, the economy is prosperous, the products are abundant, the culture is prosperous, the scenery is picturesque! Here, all the time, there are giants and talents gathered, ancient and modern, and countless celebrities lingered.

After Emperor Deqing ascended the throne, he came here several times to "patrol the fortunate", which made the city famous, and the economy was further prosperous, and now, it has become one of the most famous cities south of the Yangtze River.

Some people once said that as long as the gold is still golden and the silver is still silver, then Yangzhou will always be Yangzhou, and its prosperity will never decline.

A good story of a talented man? A huge amount of money? The legend of a beautiful woman's love? Baume & Mercier comings and goings? These will definitely be sensational news for other cities, which happen every day in Yangzhou, and will not make Yangzhou people feel fresh at all, maybe they will discuss a few words after dinner, but forget about it after a few days.

However, in recent days, another big thing has happened in Yangzhou, which is definitely a sensation and far-reaching even for the well-informed people of Yangzhou, so that to this day, there are still many people talking about it.

This incident is that the Zhao family, a big clan in Yangzhou, suddenly announced to the outside world that Zhao Junchen, who was once the champion of the imperial examination, one of the hottest ministers in today's temples, the most favored minister of Emperor Deqing, and the official worship of the household department and also served as the governor of the Xichang factory and the head of the internal transportation warehouse, turned out to be the descendants of the Zhao family! And not long ago, Zhao Junchen had already confessed to the Zhao family!

Besides. The Zhao family also released the news, because Zhao Junchen's recognition of his ancestors and his return to his ancestors. When Emperor Deqing traveled south to Yangzhou not long after, he would personally visit the Zhao family's mansion as a guest. And rewarded the Zhao family with great grace, not only will select many people from the young children of the Zhao family to enter the national prison, but also select one from the Zhao family's school-age women to enter the palace and be canonized as a noble!

All this news is like an earthquake for Yangzhou!

It can be said that the distribution of forces and interests in the provinces south of the Yangtze River has changed completely as a result. The people of Yangzhou are naturally very concerned.

In fact, not long after the news came out of the Zhao family, officials at all levels of Nanzhili visited the Zhao family one after another, and during the visit, they were all humble and did not dare to put their parents on the shelf, which also confirmed the authenticity of the news from the Zhao family.

The Zhao family was originally a big family in Yangzhou, not only with many people. And it has a good field and dozens of lacquerware and jade workshops, and has a deep friendship with successive local parents and officials, and few people dare to compete with it in Yangzhou. Now that there are big backers like Zhao Junchen, as well as the grace of Emperor Deqing, let alone Yangzhou in the future. I'm afraid that in the entire Jiangnan region, no one dares to provoke it, right?

So. All the clansmen of the Zhao family have been beaming, raising their eyebrows, and their ambitions are high these days.

However, not many people know about it. At this time, the atmosphere inside the Zhao family was full of tension!

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The Zhao family is a huge family, with many internal branches, only there are more than 20 descendants under the age of 30 in the clan, and there are also eleven or 2 unmarried descendants of the appropriate age.

However, the grace given by Emperor Deqing to the Zhao family is limited, and the number of Chinese eunuchs is only six or seven, and the number of people entering the palace is only one. All the divisions have their own little abacus, and under the open and secret fighting, the originally close relationship between each other suddenly turned against each other, stumbling on each other, saying bad things, and even directly beating people, but now it has become a common thing within the Zhao family.

It can be said that these days have been not only the most majestic and glorious period of the Zhao family, but also the most loose and internal friction period within the Zhao family.

Among them, the most troublesome thing is undoubtedly to choose one of the unmarried women of appropriate age in the Zhao family to enter the palace as a nobleman.

Enter the palace as a nobleman! Serve the Emperor! How much glory is that? Once the woman in his family is chosen, won't he become a relative of the emperor? This kind of grace is much more tempting than entering the kingdom.

Unfortunately, there is only one place! And within the Zhao family, there are only unmarried women of appropriate age who are descendants, and there are eleven or two people! What's more, Zhao Junchen once instructed that in order to select the most suitable candidates for entering the palace, all unmarried women of appropriate age who are related to the Zhao family are within the scope of selection, so that the number of people has reached more than 30!

Choosing one person from more than 30 women, is this more than a monk and a little porridge? It's like thousands of troops grabbing a single-plank bridge!

However, although the probability is extremely small, the temptation is too great, and no one will give up lightly.

When the news was released, whether it was the descendants of the Zhao family or the distant relatives who couldn't be beaten, they all sent the unmarried women of the right age in the family to the Zhao family compound, waiting for Zhao Junchen's selection - among them, those who already had a marriage contract were all busy withdrawing from their relatives, and those who already had sweethearts were beaten by the stick - for this opportunity to ascend to the sky, everyone gave up.

is the so-called "three women in one play", not to mention that there are more than 30 women in a competitive relationship living in the same place? How is this more than a play? What a disaster!

In this regard, Zhao Deqing, the patriarch of the Zhao family, has a deep understanding!

On this day, Zhao Deqing was discussing with the clan elders about the allocation of the quota of the Guozi Prison, and suddenly a servant of the Zhao family came running and shouted: "Master, it's not good, there is another fight in the West Courtyard!" ”

According to Zhao Junchen's instructions, all the unmarried women of the right age who were related to the Zhao family are now concentrated in one place, that is, the west courtyard of the Zhao family's mansion.

It's just that after these women get together, in order to win the only place to enter the palace, they are hostile to each other and compete with each other, and there will be conflicts from time to time.

Hearing the servant's shout, Zhao Deqing showed a headache expression, and secretly thought, "Why is there another fight!" How many times has this been? ”

Between thoughts, Zhao Deqing's brows furrowed even tighter, and he hurriedly got up and asked, "Don't worry, speak slowly, what's going on?" Who fought with whom? Why did they fight again? ”

After a moment of breath, the servant explained: "It was Miss Zhao Yinger and Miss Wang Feiyan who were beating Miss Zhang Zhaodi Zhang, because the two of them bumped into Miss Zhang Zhaodi while walking, and as a result, their clothes were soaked with the tea held by Miss Zhang Zhaodi, and now they are fanning Miss Zhang Zhaodi's mouth, and when I came, Miss Zhang Zhaodi's face was already red and swollen by the two of them. ”

Hearing the servant say this, Zhao Deqing had an even more headache.

Zhao Ying'er in the servant's mouth is the granddaughter of the patriarch Zhao Xingzu, her appearance is beautiful, and she can be ranked in the top three among the more than 30 women in the West Courtyard, but her temperament is a little spicy.

And the other Wang Feiyan is the daughter of Zhao Deqing's brother-in-law Wang Lan, her uncle is still a six-grade general judge, and he is also pampered, and he doesn't deal with Zhao Yinger on weekdays, but he never thought that now the two of them would join forces to bully another person.

However, Zhao Deqing thought about the Zhang Zhaodi mentioned in the servant's mouth, but found that he was not impressed, so he asked: "Who is that Zhang Zhaodi?" Also a relative of my Zhao family? ”

The servant nodded and explained: "She was originally your cousin Master Ma's niece, but her parents died early and did not leave her any family wealth, so she defected to Master Ma a few years ago and became Master Ma's adopted daughter, and although Master Ma adopted her, I heard that he has not treated her very much, but this time the emperor wants to choose a nobleman, and there are no other unmarried women of appropriate age in Master Ma's family except her, and she is unwilling to miss the opportunity, so she still sent her." ”

Hearing the servant's explanation, Zhao Deqing secretly shook his head, thinking to himself what kind of messy relationship this was? It's really a relative who can't even hit the eight poles here.

However, thinking that this Zhang Zhaodi is not a relative of the Zhao family, and there is no strong backer behind him, Zhao Deqing is not willing to interfere, but just waved his hand and ordered: "You go and sue Zhao Yinger and Wang Feiyan, let the two of them be more restrained!" Once such a pungent style spreads out and is known to Lord Zhao in the future, the hope of the two of them entering the palace will be cut off! Also, let's talk to all the girls in the West Courtyard again, who was selected to enter the palace this time, it is Lord Zhao who has the final say! They are competing here now, and it's useless! Don't fight openly and secretly all day long, be more restrained! ”

The servant nodded, and then turned away.

However, as soon as this servant left, Zhao Deqing was about to continue to discuss things with all the clan elders, when he saw another servant hurrying over and reported to Zhao Deqingyu: "Master, there are two guests outside the door who ask to see them, one of them is called Su Xiqing, and the other is called Xiao Wenxuan, from the capital, claiming to be Zhao Junchen Zhao's palace staff!" ”

"What?! People from the capital? Zhao Deqing couldn't help but be surprised, but this time he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said to the clan elders around him: "Come with me to the outside of the mansion to greet you!" ”

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PS: Tomorrow is the insect's birthday, but because it's the Qingming Festival to go back to my hometown to sweep the tomb, so I celebrated it in advance this evening, but I went home late, and the update was late, please forgive me!

Also, there will be an update tomorrow, but it may be late, for the reasons above.

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