Wen Kun served as the governor of Huai'an Mansion, and this year's events really caused trouble for Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Kaihua personally took Zheng Yuhua and Zheng Xiaoling to Huai'an Mansion City, because Wen Manshan wrote to them, saying that the family still had to live by her husband's side, Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu were in Huai'an Mansion for a long time, although they were not very far away, but because there were too many things, they didn't have time to go back during the Spring Festival.

Of course, what Wen Manshan said is reasonable, Zheng Xunrui is not at home during the Spring Festival, he is fighting with Houjin Tartars in Fuzhou, Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu and others are even more unlikely to go home, to say that the life of the two is also very hard, because of Zheng Xunrui's status, they dare not openly take concubines, and they are even more afraid of offending the wife of the family, then there will definitely be no good life, if Zheng Yuhua and Zheng Xiaoling say something in front of Zheng Xunrui, then they will shed their skin if they don't die.

Of course, the careful Wen Manshan knows all this, after so many years, she is no longer the young girl she was at the beginning, and after the Xu Fo family entered the mansion, many chats also made her understand the man's mind better.

Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu have separate mansions, although they are not very big, but their lives are enough, so Zheng Yuhua and Zheng Xiaoling came to Huai'an Mansion and immediately became hostesses, they and their children do not have to live in the Governor's Mansion, but Zheng Kaihua must live in the Governor's Mansion.

Zheng Kaihua's temperament has undergone a huge change, as if he is a famous doctor with a surname in Nanjing, and his family is extremely wealthy, no one knows how much money the Zheng family has, even Zhou Bingyan is not particularly clear, I am afraid that only Zheng Xunrui really knows the details in this regard, as the saying goes, one person can ascend to heaven.

Zheng Kaihua has great respect for Zheng Xunrui, everything is done according to Zheng Xunrui's requirements, of course, it involves family matters, Zheng Xunrui almost never said anything, Zheng Kaihua is in charge, but there is one thing that Zheng Xunrui has always insisted on, that is, the production and sale of maize and sweet potato seeds. It can't be passed on, at least not at present, it must be the Zheng family alone to master this technology, and the reason for it. Zheng Xunrui did not explain, and Zheng Kaihua would not ask.

Zheng Xunrui's family members all took out from home, and Zheng Kaihua took out 50,000 taels of gold every year, equivalent to nearly 600,000 taels of silver. With so much silver, it must not be used up, Zheng Xunrui once said to take less, but Zheng Kaihua didn't listen, and at the end of each year, he would send gold.

Zheng Xunrui's salary is not low, according to the salary implemented by the government at all levels in Huaibei, Zheng Xunrui can get about 20,000 taels of silver every year, these silver. Zheng Xunrui has never handled it, and all of them were collected with the help of his wife Wen Manshan, so speaking of which, Wen Manshan and the others had a very comfortable life, and they never had to worry about the lack of money and food.

Fortunately, Zheng Xunrui completely delegated power and ignored the family's expenses, which made Zheng Kaihua and Wen Manshan grow up rapidly, Zheng Kaihua's business has been very large, especially relying on Caoyun, for a period of time almost monopolized the silk business in the north. I don't know how much silver taels I earned, Wen Manshan was born in a family of scholars, and she didn't have much concept of money before, but she also learned to manage money. There are a lot of rules set in the house.

The so-called family and everything is prosperous, the Zheng family has become a prominent family of one party, and the entire family has received huge benefits because of the rise of Zheng Xunrui.

Zheng Kaihua personally brought his two sisters and nephews and nieces to Huai'an Mansion this time, and he had something to discuss with Zheng Xunrui.

The conversation between two brothers, Zheng Xunrui and Zheng Kaihua. In the study in the backyard of the Governor's Palace, Wen Manshan and the others would never disturb.

The conversation between the brothers is not so polite, and the words are very direct.

"Brother, the matter of the two brothers-in-law, I shouldn't have asked, but this time the two sisters also have some opinions, they always feel that the elder brother is biased towards the Wen family, Wen Kun has become the same acquaintance of Huai'an Mansion, and he is already an official of the fifth grade, but the two brothers-in-law are still officials of the seventh grade, and it has been many years, which makes the two sisters a little unable to raise their heads, the two sisters have told me about this matter, and they are not good to speak directly."

Zheng Xunrui's expression was a little serious, in fact, he didn't want to be like this, but the abilities of Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu were indeed not as good as Wen Kun, from the perspective of promotion, he promoted and recommended Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu, it was not a big deal, but not in Huaibei, the officials in Huaibei, everyone has a solid task, and they have to do things honestly in their positions, and the corpse vegetarian meal is definitely not good, in the final analysis, Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu have not yet had the ability to take charge alone, If you are really in charge of a place independently, it is difficult to do many things well.

What's even worse is that the identities of the two are too special, no matter where they are in Huaibei, even Xu Wanghua and others will not be easily offended, in this case, if the two of them are really in charge of a certain place, it will be Zheng Xunrui asking for trouble.

So from this point of view, Zheng Xunrui would rather have Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu by his side.

But Zheng Xunrui would not have said these words easily.

"Kaihua, if you have any other thoughts, please say them together."

Zheng Kaihua hesitated, but still spoke.

"A few days ago, I took Bingyan back for a ......"

Zheng Xunrui frowned, and Zheng Kaihua immediately stopped talking.

Zheng Xunrui already knows what Zheng Kaihua is thinking about, it is Zhou Yanru's matter, this matter has long been said, that is, the former cabinet first assistant Wen Tiren, Wen Tiren has died a month ago, although Wen Tiren served as the first assistant of the cabinet, he did not do many big things, but no matter what, it is to stabilize the situation, and the cabinet can discuss any matter, unify opinions, and now the cabinet first assistant Zhang Zhifa has shown cowardice and lack of ability, such a person as the first assistant of the cabinet, It is rare for the situation to be stable, and after a long time, it will definitely cause too many contradictions.

Recommending Zhou Yanru as the first assistant to the cabinet is not something to talk about, Li Yan and the red lady's affairs, including Wu Weiye's affairs, Zheng Xunrui dares to make bold decisions, that is because the impact is not very big, at least it is impossible to have any impact on the court situation, or even no impact, but Zhou Yanru is different when he is the first assistant to the cabinet, it is a matter that completely affects the court situation, not to mention what the people in the court think, just say that the emperor's heart is not necessarily satisfied.

Zheng Xunrui had to explain this matter, and he had to make it clear in both public and private.

"Kaihua, the matter of the second brother-in-law and the third brother-in-law, I won't talk about it for the time being, but I have to talk about the matter of Lord Zhou."

Zheng Kaihua's body trembled slightly, Zheng Xunrui saw it in his eyes and understood everything, Zheng Kaihua must be thinking that the harder the backstage, the better, so that he would be able to have no scruples in the future.

"I am now the governor of Caoyun, and I was enshrined as the crown prince Shaobao, the head of the household, and the imperial history of the right capital, according to my age, to be able to reach this high position, it can be said that there is no one before, but do you think that I am in this position, no one is jealous, that is impossible, I must always pay attention to the dark arrows from all around."

"It's impossible to say that the emperor is not taboo, but I am doing it right, whether it is the emperor or the adults in the court, there is nothing to be done, but if I recommend Lord Zhou to be the first assistant of the cabinet, think about what kind of situation will happen."

"The first assistant of the cabinet is Lord Zhou, I control the situation in Huaibei and other places, and I directly control Cao Yun, what will the emperor think, what will the adults in the court think, I am afraid that when the time comes, there is no need for them to plot behind them, and one of Lord Zhou and me will be calculated and punished."

When Zheng Xunrui said this, Zheng Kaihua's face was already pale.

Before Zheng Xunrui finished speaking, he couldn't help but speak.

"Brother, in fact, I heard some discussions in Jiangning County, saying that my brother is following the example of the Tang Dynasty's feudal towns......"

"No matter what others say, what we need to do is to strengthen ourselves."

Zheng Kaihua's face turned a little pale, of course he understood the meaning of this sentence, he had enough strength, even if the emperor thought about it, it would not work.

Soon, Zheng Kaihua's expression became solemn, he has been in business for many years, he has experienced too many things, and in his spare time, he has also read a lot of books, especially when the Zheng family began to prosper.

"What my brother means, I understand, I won't talk about my father-in-law's affairs."

"It's good if you understand, after you go back, take care of the business of the Jingying family, the bigger the better, and while doing business, pay more attention to making some relationships, especially those powerful businessmen and scholars, and don't pay attention to the Donglin Party members, the Fushe and the scholars of the Ying Society."

A day later, Zheng Xunrui held a banquet in the backyard of the Governor's Mansion again, this time it was a completely family banquet, Zheng Kaihua, Liang Xingli, Zheng Yuhua, Zhao Danyu and Zheng Xiaoling all participated, including many nephews, Zheng Jinhong and Yuhuan also participated, including Zheng Kaitao, the youngest son of the third uncle Zheng Fuhai.

Of course, Wen Kun is also indispensable.

At this banquet, Zheng Xunrui expressed his views, including why Wen Kun was promoted, including the evaluation of Liang Xingli and Zhao Danyu, etc., Zheng Xunrui said very directly, without concealment, his status in the family is already supreme, there is no need to speak so politely, many times telling the truth is beneficial to anyone in the family.

Zheng Xunrui's words shocked everyone, including Wen Manshan and others, Wen Manshan and others know that Zheng Xunrui attaches great importance to family affection, thinks about his family all the time, and what he has done over the years has also shown this, but while taking care of his family, Zheng Xunrui still pays attention to principles, will not blindly indulge his family, and also values everyone's ability, and does what he has the ability to do.

This banquet had a great shock to both the Zheng family and the Wen family, and it was also after this banquet that the people of the two big families understood Zheng Xunrui's good intentions. (To be continued.) )