Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

While Wu Maocai was still in a daze, Eunuch Shun continued to say: "Master Wu, you are a smart man and a man of vision, otherwise you wouldn't have accepted Mr. Guo as your son-in-law before he made a fortune, wouldn't you? Think about it Look, with Mr. Guo's current momentum and His Highness the Crown Prince's attention, do you think his future achievements will be mediocre?"

First, he praised Wu Maocai for his insight into people, and then boasted and predicted the future of Fan Guoye. Eunuch Shun then said: "Think about it, when you come to Chang'an, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will be the master. How could he be like ordinary people?" Same, guarding one wife for a lifetime? It must be three wives and four concubines. The official fortune is prosperous. When the time comes..."

Wu Maocai suddenly felt a sense of crisis, and asked anxiously, "What will happen then?"

Shun Gong said: "At that time, he will be annoyed because of your stubbornness and stubbornness. He will set up a home in Changxi and have no contact with the Wu Mansion in Longxi. Hehe, it is your daughter who is wronged. It’s still the Wu family, isn’t it?”

"Chang'an, the imperial capital, is a world of flowers and flowers, and it's also a place where you can smell the smell of copper everywhere. You don't want to take advantage of your son-in-law's momentum to open several shops in Chang'an in the future, and become a wealthy gentry in Chang'an?"

"Our family knows how much property you have and how many shops you have in Longxi, but how big is Longxi? Can it be compared with Chang'an City, where every inch of land is expensive? You really put your business in Chang'an City, hey, my in-laws My lord, this is what you should do to honor your ancestors, isn't it?"

"Ahem, our family said so, which is more important, you have a steelyard in your heart, and you can handle it with one of your own?"

"Finally, our family would like to send you another piece of good advice. Mr. Guo's matter of taking concubines is just like Dayu's water control. It is better to prevent it than to prevent it!"

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Wu Maocai's mind became active when he heard Eunuch Shun's words of reminder and threat.

Especially the last four words, it's better to block than sparse, more like a huge boulder smashed on a gate that has been closed for thousands of years, and gradually, it loosened a little.

Blocking is worse than sparse, and the benefits of blocking are definitely not as good as sparse...

Wu Maocai was silent for a long time, and suddenly said softly to Eunuch Shun: "Eunuch Shun, please sit down, I will send someone to recall my daughter from the Guo Mansion first, I have to discuss with her before making a decision."

After finishing speaking, he hurried back to the back hall, disappearing in a flash.

Eunuch Shun looked at Wu Maocai's disappearing figure, a smile gradually appeared on his face, and he murmured happily: "Hey, it seems that our family has lived up to the trust, and this trip to Longxi will probably be full of money. Let’s go back to Chang’an!”

"Come here, bring another bowl of tea soup to our family. After talking for so long, our throats are going to smoke."

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Guo Mansion, Guo Ye is sitting in the study, waiting for a person to arrive.

Tuk, tuk...

A compact knock on the door sounded from outside, Guo Ye squeaked, and Guan Jiujiu's voice sounded from outside.

Guan Jiujiu shouted respectfully from outside: "My lord, the students are back!"

Guo Ye didn't get up to open the door, but continued to sit upright, and asked through the door, "Hey, are you here?"

Guan Jiujiu replied: "My lord, the students have fulfilled their mission and invited Leng Tianlin, Leng county magistrate. Mr. Leng and the students are waiting outside the door!"

"Oh?"

Guo Ye couldn't sit still anymore, he hurriedly stood up and shouted outside the door: "Then why are you still cold? You even let Leng County Magistrate wait outside, hurry up, invite Leng County Magistrate into the room quickly, don't miss out It's a gift!"

The sound fell, and the door came loose.

crunch~~

Guan Jiujiu pushed the door open, bowed his head, and respectfully invited the person behind him into the study, then retreated and walked out, automatically leading the door out.

The person who came was Leng Tianlin, the new county magistrate of Longxi who didn't have much friendship with Guo Ye!

Chapter 334 First Talk about Leng Tianlin

Guo Ye got up to greet him, invited Leng Tianlin into the room, moved a wooden chair himself and said warmly: "Leng county magistrate, sit down, hehe, please sit down!"

Leng Tianlin is dressed in casual clothes tonight, a scholar's robe highlights his tall figure, and his young face can't hide the smell of a scholar.

After he sat down, he was very puzzled, what is the intention of this Master Guo who sent someone to invite him in the middle of the night?

Because Guo Ye was neither a literary official nor a military official, but a sixth-rank military honorary cavalry captain, civil and military were not in the same class, let alone an honorary officer who jumped out of the sequence of civil and military officials.The two have no subordinate relationship at all, let alone the intersection of official duties.

Could it be that Mr. Guo wanted to thank himself because he had gone to the Guo Mansion to pay homage to the old Mrs. Guo, and personally delivered the funeral of the old Mrs. Guo to the earth for safety?

This is obviously a little unreliable, and it’s not too late to say thank you. It’s already the second watch outside. How can someone rush to invite someone to his home in the middle of the night to thank him?

What's more, I came here to pay homage to the old Mrs. Guo's mourning hall, including sending the funeral up the mountain, because the Guo family is a family in Longxi, and I am a newcomer to Longxi County. Just show your face.

How can Mr. Guo fail to see through my own careful thinking?

It's really puzzling what Mr. Guo wants to do tonight...

After sitting down, he couldn't figure out what to do, and asked, "I don't know if Mr. Guo sent someone to invite Leng over the house in the middle of the night. What's the point?"

He is a Wensan official, and Guo Ye is a military officer, not a sequence of officials. In his words, he neither calls himself a subordinate official nor his own official. He only uses the word Leng instead, which shows that he has a Wensan official in his heart. The pride and restraint of a scholar, and his courtesy to the head snake of the Guo family in Longxi, can be regarded as polite and proper, just right.

This kind of self-proclaiming is exactly in line with the relationship between him and Guo Ye at this time.

In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the troubled times gradually subsided, and everything was inferior, but the consciousness of high reading became more and more obvious.

In troubled times, martial arts are emphasized, and in prosperous times, literature is emphasized.

As scholars, students, and scholars were valued by those in power, these civil servants gradually became popular.

Unless you are a second-rank or third-rank general, you don't want a Jinshi and a seventh-rank county magistrate Wen San officer to bow your waist and call you "lower official".

Otherwise, why did the poor students study hard for ten years, squeeze their heads and rush to the examination room, hoping that they will succeed one day, and the carp will jump the dragon's gate and be ranked third in the list?

Guo Ye's voice sounded like Leng, but he really wanted to ask Leng Tianlin for something tonight, so he just ignored Leng Tianlin's little arrogance and continued to put on a smiling face. He slightly cupped his hands at Leng Tianlin, and said:

"Magistrate Leng, you are almost ten years older than Guo, can I call you Brother Tianlin?"

Guo Ye hit the snake with the stick, and immediately made friends with Leng Tianlin again.

Brother Tianlin's voice made Leng Tianlin even more uncomfortable.

I became more and more curious in my heart. As the saying goes, if you are polite to others, you must ask for something. Guo Ye first greeted him with a low profile, and then he wanted to be commensurate with his elder brother.

It seems that Guo Ye must have a plan for the invitation tonight!

However, Leng Tianlin has been sitting on the bench for four years after being a Jinshi in Chang'an High School.

Although he couldn't figure out what Guo Ye wanted to do, he still kept this common sense in his heart not to hit the smiling face.

In the officialdom, Leng Tianlin thinks that one more friend is better than one more enemy.

Immediately, he cupped his hands and slightly returned the salute, saying: "Master Guo is very polite. Although Leng is too old, Mr. Guo, he is indeed worthy of Mr. Guo's elder brother. However, this is about your rank, Mr. Guo My lord is at the sixth rank, and Leng is only at the seventh rank, hey, I am ashamed, really ashamed!"

Although these words were polite, they also acquiesced to Guo Ye's call, brother Tianlin.