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When Zhou Suhai entered the study of the Zhou Mansion, he saw Zhou Shangjing annotating an article, and his old face was full of kindness and seriousness.

Zhou Suhai glanced at the handwriting of this article for a moment, and a flash of jealousy flashed in his expression.

He could see at a glance that the handwriting of this article was from Zhou Suwen.

Zhou Suhai is only the eldest grandson of Zhou Shangjing, and Zhou Suwen is the grandson of Zhou Shangjing!

Since ancient times, the battle between the elders has always been an unavoidable theme among wealthy families, so the two brothers Zhou Suhai and Zhou Suwen also have a faint sense of competition.

In other words, Zhou Suhai unilaterally wants to compete with Zhou Suwen.

Zhou Shangjing is not a clean official, but the Zhou family is a scholarly family, and he has always been strict in his style and strict in family education, and he attaches great importance to the difference between his concubines and concubines, plus Zhou Shangjing and his wife are quite affectionate, and he only has his grandson Zhou Suwen in the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, so his preference for Zhou Suwen has never been hidden, and everyone sees it.

For example, now, Zhou Shangjing will deliberately take out time and energy to seriously correct Zhou Suwen's articles, which is a treatment that Zhou Suhai has never had.

However, Zhou Suwen himself is indeed competitive, not only personable, excellent image, but also a talent with a good reputation in the capital, during the palace examination last year, he beat Zhao Shancai to become the new champion, and this year during his tenure in the Hanlin Academy, he also won the praise of all Hanlin, thinking that his splendid articles are not inferior to Zhou Shangjing of the year, and can be described as the leader of the younger generation of the Zhou family!

In fact, Zhou Suhai's original situation was not bad, although he was not as talented and generous as Zhou Suwen, but he was quite good at receiving people and things, and he was well versed in the way of advance and retreat.

It's a pity that all of Zhou Suhai's futures have now been ruined!

In the autumn of the previous year, the Eight Kings Boat Company colluded with the Japanese to invade the boundaries of Suzhou just for their own selfish interests, causing great losses to the officials and the people.

It's a pity that Emperor Deqing still received the news, so there was last year's southern tour, and during the southern tour, Zhou Shangjing's crime of bullying the monarch was exposed in public, and he wanted to take the opportunity to bring down Zhou Shangjing in one fell swoop, but Zhou Shangjing then opened up the truth of the collusion between the clan and the Japanese Emperor.

However, in that turmoil, the Zhou family was still greatly affected, not only Zhou Shangjing once lost the position of the first assistant to the cabinet, but Zhou Suhai was also frustrated in his career, and he has been idle since he returned to the capital last year to report on his work, not to mention going further, and even the original official position has not been retained.

In this way, the gap between the family status of Zhou Suhai and Zhou Suwen, as well as Zhou Shangjing's own proximity bias, has become more and more obvious.

In recent months, there have been some rumors about this situation, saying that Zhou Shangjing has completely given up on Zhou Suhai now, and Zhou Suhai is also extremely dissatisfied with Zhou Shangjing's estrangement, and the two grandparents have long been inseparable.

In fact, such rumors are not unfounded, Zhou Shangjing has indeed not summoned Zhou Suhai alone for a long time to talk, obviously with the intention of snubbing, today's meeting is the first time that their grandparents and grandchildren have been alone for nearly a month.

Because of this, Zhou Suhai did have resentment in his heart, so now after seeing Zhou Shangjing personally correcting Zhou Suwen's article, he couldn't help but show jealousy, and almost lost the city government on weekdays.

However, Zhou Suhai didn't dare to offend Zhou Shangjing after all, and soon regained his calm demeanor, and after entering the study, he stood aside with his hands down, not daring to disturb Zhou Shangjing to correct the article for Zhou Suwen.

After about half a pillar of incense, Zhou Shangjing finally corrected Zhou Suwen's article, nodded lightly with satisfaction, and finally looked up at Zhou Suhai.

Zhou Shangjing's eyes were deep, he looked at Zhou Suhai seriously, and after seeing that Zhou Suhai's performance was quite calm, he nodded lightly again.

Then, Zhou Shangjing suddenly asked, "Su Hai, do you know what the old man is asking you to meet alone today?" ”

Zhou Suhai hesitated for a moment and asked rhetorically: "My grandson doesn't know, but I still hope that my grandfather will make it clear, is it a family affair or a state affair?" ”

Zhou Shangjing didn't answer directly, but asked again: "Speaking of which, there have been a lot of rumors between the government and the opposition recently, many of which are about our Zhou family, and even more related to our ancestors and grandchildren...... Have you ever heard of it? ”

Zhou Suhai was shocked, but he still replied honestly: "My grandson heard some, these rumors are quite absurd, saying that you have given up on your grandson, and your grandson is also dissatisfied with ...... grandfather."

Speaking of this, Zhou Suhai explained urgently: "Please also ask grandfather Mingjian, grandson knows that if he does not have grandfather, he will not have his past achievements, he only has filial piety and gratitude in his heart, and he will not dare to be dissatisfied with his grandfather no matter what!" ”

"You don't have to have too many scruples, I did deliberately snub you during this time, and you should be unhappy in your heart, you can show it directly......" After saying this sentence meaningfully, Zhou Shangjing didn't wait for Zhou Suhai to think more, and asked again: "By the way, it's been a while since you returned to the capital, and the ministry hasn't arranged a new errand for you yet?" ”

"There has been no news from the ministry, since the grandson returned to the capital to report on his work, it has been idle until now, and the ministry seems to have completely forgotten his grandson, and there has been no new arrangement."

When answering, Zhou Suhai only felt aggrieved in his heart, anyone knew that the Ministry of Officials was like Zhou Shangjing's back garden, if Zhou Shangjing wanted to arrange a new official position for Zhou Suhai, it was just a matter of one sentence, but the Ministry of Officials has not responded for a long time, obviously because of Zhou Shangjing's attitude, so Zhou Suhai has been idle so far.

Zhou Shangjing's inquiry was knowingly asked.

Zhou Shangjing didn't seem to be aware of Zhou Suhai's complaints and grievances at all, but sighed: "Don't blame the officials, as courtiers, we must maintain Your Majesty's face, Your Majesty's southern tour last year was to uncover the matter of the troubles in Suzhou, although in the end the old man blocked back, but you and I are at fault after all, we must be punished, so that Your Majesty is more comfortable, if the officials are too eager to arrange a new official position for you, Your Majesty's face is not good-looking, I am afraid that you will have to find trouble again." ”

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's explanation, Zhou Suhai felt even more aggrieved in his heart, he had already heard the news that Zhou Shangjing had repeatedly opposed Emperor Deqing at today's court meeting, almost making Emperor Deqing angry in public, but where did he take care of Emperor Deqing's face and mood.

As if he had guessed Zhou Suhai's thoughts, Zhou Shangjing asked again: "Speaking of which, do you know what happened to the court this morning?" ”

Zhou Suhai nodded and replied: "Grandson also heard some news, I heard that it was your grandfather who repeatedly expressed his stance in the early dynasty, and almost made it difficult for the Seventh Emperor to ride a tiger, and His Majesty was also very unhappy at that time......

Speaking of this, Zhou Suhai hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say again: "Grandfather, you haven't directly disobeyed Your Majesty's holy will for a long time, and now the situation of our Zhou family is not bad, and it is not easy to resolve Your Majesty's jealousy and hostility. ”

Zhou Shangjing's wrinkled old face suddenly smiled, and he was a little relieved: "You can't understand the old man's deep meaning, but this is a good thing...... There are some things, the more you don't know, the more helpful it will be to our Zhou family in the future; If you know what's going on, you're going to do something bad! ”

Zhou Shangjing's attitude made Zhou Suhai more and more puzzled, but after he was silent for a while, he still said: "Since grandfather said this, then my grandson will not dare to inquire anymore, and he will not think about it again in the future." ”

Zhou Shangjing smiled again and said: "You are indeed sensible, if Suwen is here, he must get to the bottom of it, his heart is too arrogant, he always wants to understand everything and control everything, unlike you who know how to advance and retreat and control, this is not necessarily a good thing...... So, there are some things I can only leave to you! ”

Hearing Zhou Shangjing's words, Zhou Suhai couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, and thought that Zhou Shangjing was going to hand over a heavy task to himself.

Who would have thought that Zhou Shangjing's next sentence would make him fall into an ice cave.

"Next, you go back to your residence to clean up, and then leave the Zhou Mansion with your wife and children...... Try not to contact in the future, and try not to come back...... The old man will find a reason to remove your lineage from the Zhou family tree! From today on, the Zhou family is no longer your dependence, you have to rely on yourself! “

Zhou Shangjing's expression was calm when he spoke, but Zhou Suwen couldn't believe his ears, and after being stunned for a long time, he said loudly: "Grandfather, why do you treat your grandson like this!" Is it because of those rumors? Your grandson has always had no second heart for you and your family! Even if you are partial to Suwen, even if you are treated coldly during this time, your grandson never dares to complain about anything, you can't treat your grandson like this! I'm not a grandson, but I'm still in your blood......"

Speaking of the back, Zhou Suwen's expression was out of control, and he no longer saw the city government on weekdays.

Zhou Shangjing glanced at Zhou Suwen deeply again, and a trace of unbearability flashed on his old face, and he rarely hesitated.

In the end, Zhou Shangjing sighed and explained: "The old man asked you to leave the Zhou family not because of those rumors...... In fact, those rumors were originally deliberately spread by the old man! The old man said that, do you understand? ”

Zhou Suhai couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, his expression gradually turned from grief to shock, and then from shock to worry, and asked urgently: "Grandfather, are you doing this...... But what trouble did our Zhou family encounter? ”

Zhou Suhai is a smart person, Zhou Shangjing only explained a little, he had already guessed many things, and understood that Zhou Shangjing drove him out of the Zhou family as a means of protection just in case, not only to protect himself, but also to protect the continuation of the Zhou family's bloodline.

The old man can't say for sure now, but he has a vague bad premonition in his heart, but it may not come true...... It's just that people are old, and their courage is not as good as back then, and they always look forward and backward, and want to leave more back roads! The current situation is not bad, the old man is still in control of the situation, just in case.

It's still the sentence just now, don't inquire about anything in the future, and don't think about anything, but there is only one thing to keep in mind, if the Zhou family loses power in the next two years, you must be the first to stand up and take the lead in impeaching the old man to the imperial court! …… If it gets to the worst, the old man probably won't care about the severity of the crime......"

Seeing that Zhou Suhai wanted to say more, Zhou Shangjing's expression had regained his calmness, and he waved his hand and said, "The old man has made up his mind!" ”

In the end, after Zhou Suhai was silent for a long time, he knelt down and kowtowed, and then quietly left the room.

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