From Yuan Shao, who killed his uncle, to Luo Bingwang, who killed the whole family, and then to Yuan Tengfei, a history teacher like me, can take 2oo oceans in the Republic of China, or the Republic of China is good, but he ignores that he was born in a poor peasant in the Republic of China, and his life may only be worth an ocean.

The essence of this problem is actually very simple, in the classical era, under the influence of the ideology of having more sons and more blessings, plus the nobles had many wives, and the diet was more secure, so most of the time, the nobles always had too many sons, and there were not so many seats.

The aristocracy basically relied on these several methods to alleviate the pressure of earning positions internally, such as only being succeeded by their sons-in-law, inheriting the main wealth and titles, and basically taking exams for official positions, so that a relatively fair environment was maintained.

It is the dream of every scholar to go to Tianzi Hall in the morning and ascend to Tianzi Hall at dusk, but there are not enough seats.

For an ordinary scholar, a county order, or the starting point of an ordinary petty official, may be enough to be satisfied, he can work hard slowly, little by little, and begin to be promoted, depending on the end of his struggle.

However, this article, for those children who are too high-born, for example, Hou Fangyu, his father Hou Sui, is the household department of the Ming Dynasty, and is definitely an old scoundrel who plays a scoundrel to the extreme, not to mention anything else, Hou Sui died in the Ming Dynasty, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty occupied Henan, he went back to Henan to purchase the legendary Hou Mansion South Garden in Shangqiu, which is to remove the luxury of the tyrants, and it can be compared with the Humble Administrator's Garden in later generations.

Of course, such a perfect manor, it is a pity to provoke the legendary Marshal Chang Kaishen, the originator of the human logistics industry, Marshal Chang Kaishen for the bathing cause of the people of Henan, digging the Yellow River, creating the Yellow Flood Area, but unfortunately, the people of the Yellow Flood Area do not know each other, do not understand the good intentions of Marshal Chang Kaishen, and actually rebelled to support the evil xx, really, for Han Han and Yuan Tengfei, why don't you countrymen starve to An An, and follow the praying mantis, as a result, these unknown truths in the Yellow Flood Area, Using a small cart to send Marshal Chang Kaishen to the end of his life, he made him implement the great plan of stones to be stabbed, thatch to be overburned, and people to change species throughout China, otherwise, what a "harmonious" society China will be today.

The problem has always been here, for these children of the family, people have really seen it, and even Mao Xiang has to find him to verify the authenticity of this "edict with clothes", how can the son of the dignified household Shangshu care about a little official? It must be going straight to the sky.

Since ancient times, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, the problem of the second generation of officials has always plagued the government of any country, the second generation of officials is well managed, basically a prosperous country, and the worse ones, often means turmoil, they do not say anything else, since childhood contact with the high-level, even the holy decree has been seen, even if the parents do not give secret help, there is a chance to be stronger than the children of the common people.

For example, this Comrade Hou Fangyu, who failed the imperial examination many times in history, helped the Jurchens drown tens of thousands of Henan rebels with floods, but unfortunately people didn't pay attention to him, the reason is very simple, his father's old relationship is over, if the Ming Dynasty is still there, does he still need to go to the exam everywhere.

Hou Fangyu has his father's many years of experience in struggle, although his father can be called shameless, but he sells his reputation and reputation, and the hypocrite's ability is good, he knows that many times, there is no need to do anything else, first to improve his posture, at any time, he must shout enough slogans for the people and for the country and the people, so that he can attack dissidents.

He was a little suspicious, looked at the man in front of him, and said, "When did Brother Tai arrive in Nanjing, and how did you know me as soon as you arrived in Nanjing?" ”

Ahn Jae-wook knew that gaining the trust of the other party was an indispensable thing, so after he arrived in the imperial capital, he actively tried every means to rescue the prince who was under house arrest, but there was no successful process explanation, however, it was noticed later, and then a loyal man next to the prince found his door, and said the prince's desire to reinvigorate and revitalize the prestige of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to gain trust, Ahn Jae-wook really ran a lot of families to communicate, although it was useless, even the number of domestic servants in those big clans was counted by the street office of the Presbyterian Church, and what courage to resist was already a chicken.

Of course, this process also gave Ahn Jae-wook the trust of the prince's neighbors, so he got these jobs, at least, he got the edicts written by these princes in their spare time.

It's a pity that the ministers of the Ming Dynasty are all real traitors, real beasts, when the first emperor Chongzhen rang the Jingyang bell, no one went to the palace to guard, protect the emperor, live and die together, a little hearted, but also disheartened, committed suicide at home.

In other words, in the huge palace, no one can believe that even the prince's grandfather, a relative, directly betrayed him and gave it to Li Zicheng.

Therefore, the prince is outside the palace, there is no trusted person, and the people around the prince have no idea at all, until one day, An Zaixu, who is now trying to sneak into the palace, is naturally overjoyed, so he tried to find a way to bring this out to An Zaixu.

As for before he came out, he got guidance, knowing that those "demons" had mentioned Hou Fangyu's name, and naturally knew that they didn't seem to have a good impression of Hou Fangyu.

Sure enough, the enemy who is an enemy is a friend, and since these people believe that Hou Fangyu is an enemy, then they can naturally be sociable.

Hou Fangyu also trembled in his heart, it turned out that he was on the blacklist of others, sad together, but he was also helpless, he thought of the news that Li Xiangjun was already in the imperial capital at this time, and immediately understood that she didn't know that she had fallen into the hands of an elder and became the confinement of that person, and since then she has been locked in the house and played with night and night, naturally she will not want to return to the south.

A cuckold anger erupted and said, "Okay, I'll do it with you, you, how many more letters of appointment!" ”

For An Zaixu, this letter of appointment is a trick for him to settle down and turn over, how can it be leaked at will, of course, it can still be said somewhat, "In case of accidents, I let a brother take it with me, so as not to have villains who defect to the enemy and betray the country in Nanjing." ”

Hou Fangyu said: "Jiangnan is a place full of literati, and scholars are naturally loyal, how can it be." ”

An Zaixu had a gloomy face and said: "When I came out of the imperial capital, I heard that Ma Shiying, the governor of Fengyang, had already surrendered to the enemy, and he completely betrayed himself, and he went directly to Fengyang to lose his sincerity, and he also dedicated his young daughter to the demons in the imperial capital, and when I passed through Fengyang, I also saw that the local people in Fengyang were indeed so flattering to the imperial capital. ”

Hou Fangyu suddenly said: "It's really impossible, doesn't it mean that Ma Shiying has already fought a big battle with the demons, with heavy casualties, and the four generals of Jiangbei have lost their troops." ”

An Zaixu sighed and said: "In hindsight, it is clear that Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo, the two generals, loyal to the Ming Dynasty, were assassinated by Ma Shiying, and afterwards, Gao Jie and Huang Degong divided the troops of the two General Liu, and now it seems that these two people have completely taken refuge in Ma Shiying." ”

Hou Fangyu slapped the table and said: "I said, Ma Shiying refused to come to Nanjing, so that the dragons in Nanjing now all say that there is no backbone, and he does not say which prince he supports to be the emperor, but now, I have no year name for the whole year, what is this." ”

In Hou Fangyu's opinion, whether Liu Zeqing and Liu Liangzuo are loyal or traitorous is insignificant, whether it will be like in history, I really don't know if they take refuge in the Jurchens, but I don't have an era name this year, which is the most dangerous.

Everyone knows that now the north has been unified, while the south is basically divided and divided, but who dares to be the first to be the emperor? Don't forget, in Fengyang, ruled by our Governor Ma, there is a place called Bengbu next door, and the third battle has a nickname called Xu Beng's Battle!

It can be said that the winner or loser of the contest between the forces of the north and the south is here, and there is also a saying that if there is no stable foothold in the north of the river, the northern army can be fortified everywhere on the thousand-mile river, and it can become a breakthrough everywhere, looking for weak links to break through, then the entire defense line will inevitably be wiped out.

Of course, it is impossible for our Hou Dagongzi to understand such a complex military strategy, he is just because, when he ran from Henan to Nanjing, he passed by Fengyang, and fully understood how close this place is to Nanjing, in history, once the victory of the Huaihai Campaign, Nanjing's officials have begun to pack their bags and prepare to run away, the key is that Fengyang is too close to Nanjing.

He suddenly became excited, and said: "By the way, when did you hear about it, if at this time, Ma Shiying is still in the imperial capital, then isn't Fengyang empty now, then we." ”

Hou Fangyu's eyes suddenly highlighted a very greedy gaze, if you can......

An Zaixu frowned and thought: "I passed the Lantern Festival, and after seeing that the imperial capital was already a world of flattering villains, I didn't plan to stay any longer, and when I went out, I heard that Ma Shiying went to the imperial capital, but I am afraid that this matter will not be fake, the world brother may not have been in contact with the outside for many days, Ma Shiying went to the imperial capital, and even attended the palace examination of the pseudo-imperial examination, it is no longer a legend alone, after all, so many sons participated, it is impossible not to pass it on." ”

Hou Fangyu felt a burst of hatred and said, "Is the imperial capital really Kaienke, or is Xiucai allowed to take the exam too?" ”

An Zaixu nodded and said, "Of course, there are a lot of them, and the most are Hebei, Shanxi, and ...... Shandong's Xiucai. ”

Hou Fangyu pursed his lips and said, "Sure enough, it is a monkey and crown, and Xiucai can also ......."

He immediately thought that he was also a talent who had repeatedly failed to succeed, so he was not qualified to ridicule people, but immediately thought, why can't he wait a year for the exam, if he can wait a year, with his own talent, how can he fail the exam.

Hou Fangyu automatically filtered the fact that he couldn't be lifted in his life at this time, and suddenly said: "Yes, yes, with this thing, what are we afraid of Ma Shiying!" ”

He immediately said: "This brother, how many letters of appointment do you have, this is a 100,000 urgent matter, if it is done well, we can monopolize Fengyang without bloodshed, Fengyang has 20,000 soldiers to drive, which is not a small number." ”

Ahn Jae-wook said, "You mean ......"

He is an ordinary citizen, although he was lucky to be admitted to Xiucai, but too high a political game cannot be done.

It's not like Hou Fangyu, his father has been an official of the Ming Dynasty all his life, and in the end, he can still fall into the reputation of a Qing official, and even found a handsome young man Zuo Liangyu to play with the backyard flower, and directly supported him to become a generation of famous generals.

"This is not simple, since Fengyang has no dragons, we will carry the holy decree, take the sword of Shang Fang, and follow the story of Xinling Jun seizing the talisman, as long as this big city is in hand, we will naturally be high-ranking officials and horses to ride."

An Zaixu looked at him, I don't know why he felt that this Hou Fangyu's words were with a hint of madness, although he began to approach several Donglin Party sons on the list as soon as possible, it didn't mean that he was a fool, in fact, after experiencing the hot and cold world, people were more shrewd and shameless, and suddenly felt that this person was unreliable, but everything was said, what could he do?

"Then what is Hou Gongzi going to do?"

Hou Fangyu suddenly shouted arrogantly, "Bring a pen!" After a while, a small servant sent pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and it only took a brief look to know that it was a good pen and ink, and soon when he was ready, he settled down and began to write on the edict......

He turned his head and said, "Brother Mao Xiang, what do you think, this Brother An seems to have brought a lot of letters of appointment, so I will be honest and polite, and use it directly, what are you going to do?" ”

Between the words, there is already a little bit of official hypocrisy and pretense.

What kind of spirit is this, this is the spirit of bureaucracy.

Mao Xiang looked at the letter of appointment and knew what the other party meant, which was to let himself also find an official position, especially the name written on it, which was equivalent to a letter of nomination, not to mention anything else, if he didn't agree now, Hou Fangyu would probably order that family to cut himself directly.

Not to mention anything else, Emperor Chongzhen named Zuo Liangyu as Ning Nanbo, promising to guard Nanchang for generations, hundreds of thousands of troops are in Nanchang, but unfortunately after people arrive in Nanchang, basically Chongzhen can no longer mobilize this lackey raised by the Donglin Party, and Zuo Liangyu's master, or the one who raised him, is Hou Fangyu's father......

Hou Fangyu has always regarded Zuo Liangyu as a house slave, originally, Zuo Liangyu has been messing around at the bottom, making trouble until the end, robbing official transportation materials, and being able to keep nothing wrong afterwards.

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