Reincarnation of Soul Cultivation 2

The Duke of Zhen's Mansion accepted the greeting post, and replied to the post, agreeing that Liu Shi'an and Liu Shi would visit the Duke of Zhen's Mansion in three days.

On the right day, Liu Shi'an and Liu Shi visited Duke Zhen.

Lao Zhen Guogong is also a veteran on the battlefield, but after leaving the battlefield to go home for the elderly, and experiencing the pain of losing his son and daughter, he doesn't look like a general.

He is in a peaceful state of mind, otherwise he would not be able to take care of and discipline his grandson in good health after experiencing so many ups and downs in life, and protect the entire town government.

If it weren't for the presence of the old Zhen Guogong, the Zhen Guogong's mansion, which only had a few-year-old boy left in the family, would collapse in the blink of an eye.

Because children can't be officials, can't join the army, and the family is old and weak, women and children, how can other powerful people pay attention to them?Even if there is the emperor's affection, there is no way. The emperor has so many important national affairs to worry about, and the royal family and clan children are not at ease. How can a deceased empress's natal family have no male capable of being able to take care of him? Woolen cloth?Could it be that the widows of Zhen Guogong's mansion went to the palace to complain when they encountered grievances and embarrassments?The high-ranking concubines in the palace used to live under the former empress.But the first queen passed away after all, and now who in the palace can put Zhen Guogong's mansion in their eyes, maybe they still have grudges in their hearts.

That is to say, the old Zhen Guogong is here, and the dignitaries and dignitaries will maintain a respect for the Zhen Guogong's mansion.Whenever there is any banquet reward in the palace, the emperor will not forget the share from the Zhen Guo Gongfu.When the emperor was worried about the princes, because the emperor's Yue family was neutral, the emperor was willing to go to the Zhenguo mansion to talk and relax when he was free.

Presumably the old Zhen Guogong is also well aware of the current situation of the Zhen Guogong's mansion, so he takes care of his health on weekdays, lives in peace, and strives for a long life to live until his grandson becomes an adult and takes power. When his great-grandson is born, the Zhen Guogong The government has finally recovered from the low tide.

Old Zhen Guogong smiled when he saw Liu Shi'an, "Liu Tanhua is here, we should not be too polite, this is your brother Liu Shi." He looked Liu Shi up and down, "Well, That’s right, it’s a talent, Liu Tanhua, I’m assured of the person you introduced, I’ll move to the Duke’s Mansion tomorrow and start teaching.”

Liu Shi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he didn't even take the first or second exams, so after a few glances, he said he was a talent, could he be judged?

But Liu Shi also understood that Lao Zhen Guogong had a very close relationship with Liu Shi'an, and because he believed in Liu Shi'an, he decided so easily to let Liu Shi be his only grandson's first teacher.Regardless of Liu Shi's knowledge, as long as his character is credible, it is more than enough for one person to enlighten an urchin.Right now, the future of the Duke of Zhen is entrusted to the descendants of the Duke of Zhen. Knowledge and martial arts can be learned slowly, but temperament and conduct are the only things.

Therefore, the important thing for the enlightenment teacher is not the knowledge, but to find a trustworthy person.

On the second day, Liu Shi moved into the residence of the Duke of Zhen.Liu Shi was also a man of honorable background. He lived in the room prepared for him by the Duke of Zhenguo. Seeing the exquisite furniture, bedding and decorations, he could see that the Duke of Zhen treated him very kindly to his enlightenment teacher.The Zhen Guogong Mansion also sent him a servant to take care of his daily life. Apart from attending classes, Liu Shi spent the rest of his time studying at ease, which was also very comfortable.

Li Chengsi, the grandson of Duke Zhenguo, is a very serious and sensible child.Before teaching him, Liu Shi was worried that the women and children of the Duke of Zhen would spoil this precious only grandson. If he had the temperament of Jia Baoyu, even if he could read and write poems in the future, he might not be able to support a Duke of Zhen.

It was only later that I found out that since the eldest son of the Duke of Zhen died on the battlefield in the north, the old Duke of Zhen took the only grandson by his side and lived and slept together.Although the women in the family doted on the only man, they didn't spend much time together so they didn't spoil him.

Old Zhen Guogong has been on the battlefield all year round, and he only had a son when he was over [-] years old. He was afraid that he would not be successful, so he raised him himself.I thought that there would be more males in the grandchildren's family. I don't know if the killing was too heavy on the battlefield. The son of Duke Zhen Guo only had an only son when he was over [-] years old.If the son of Lord Zhen Guo is still there, maybe he will have children in the future at his age.But he just disappeared on the battlefield.

Now the government of the town is broken.

Every generation of Lord Zhen has gained military merits on the battlefield. With such merits, there is no problem in sheltering his descendants.The friendship formed with comrades-in-arms on the battlefield can also support each other with the government of the town.

But now that the son of the Duke of Zhen is gone, even if the emperor named Li Chengsi as his grandson out of affection, he can inherit the title of Duke of Zhen when he becomes an adult.But 20 years later, the current emperor may not be alive, and the succeeding emperor will not have the same affection for the Duke of Zhen, the old Duke of Zhen has already retired, and the son of Duke of Zhen has long since died on the battlefield On the other hand, when Li Chengsi takes over as the lord, the Zhen Guo Gongfu will not have much credit for the court.Even if he became the new Duke of Zhen, he would be just a hollow Duke without any power or military authority.

So Laozhen Guogong raised his grandson well on the one hand.On the other hand, he also had to think about the candidate for the next emperor.

Even if the succeeding emperor has no affection for the Duke of Zhen, he cannot be someone who is prejudiced and dissatisfied with the Duke of Zhen.For example, the imperial concubine and the eldest son of the emperor are loyal to the queen mother and son.

When the first empress was alive, she was always virtuous and virtuous, and she was very kind to the concubines and children in the harem.She didn't have any children herself, so she really didn't have any enemies in the harem.On the contrary, after her death, the imperial concubine wanted to ascend the empress position, but was slapped down by the emperor.The emperor missed the former empress, so when he looked at the women in the harem, he didn't think any of them were worthy of the empress's honor, and he never intended to establish a successor.

The imperial concubine did not dare to hate the emperor, instead she put this matter on the heads of the former empress and the Duke of Zhenguo, deeply hated that the death of the first queen would hinder her, and also hated the emperor's importance to the Duke of Zhenguo.King Zhong was influenced by his mother, so he had no filial piety towards the former queen, nor any kindness towards the Duke of Zhen.

Although the Duke of Laozhen was aware of King Zhong's malice, King Zhong was the emperor's eldest son, so he couldn't do anything about it.If he attacked the loyal king, he would lose the position of the emperor not to participate in the battle for the throne, and the Zhenguo government might lose the emperor's favor early on.But if one day, King Zhong becomes the crown prince, or succeeds the emperor, then the Duke of Zhenguo may have no future to speak of.

This time, it was Liu Shi'an who took the initiative to make friends with Laozhen Guogong, and then provided him with the news that the loyal king's cronies had privately opened an iron mine in Qinghe County.

Duke Laozhen didn't know what Liu Shi'an was trying to do.

Liu Shi'an does not have any powerful background, nor is he from any prince.He watched coldly, the emperor still valued this Liu Shi'an very much, and saw that Liu Shi'an was the next important minister of today's emperor.

If Liu Shi'an wanted power, he could get it from the current Holy Master.A noble family like the Duke of Zhen's Mansion can't provide much help to civil servants.

If King Zhong is Liu Shi'an's enemy, how could King Zhong have an enmity with a scholar in Qinghe County thousands of miles away?

That is for the hometown!

After all, Liu Shi'an is from Qinghe County, King Zhong opened the iron mine privately there, how many people will be involved if King Zhong's incident happens in the future?Now that it has been revealed early, King Zhong hasn't done anything outrageous, and he won't be involved too widely.

Old Zhen Guogong still admired Liu Shi'an.

Liu Shi'an didn't disclose this news to the current emperor because he was not close to each other. If Liu Shi'an informed the emperor, even if the emperor punished the loyal king, he might not have a good impression of Liu Shi'an, the informer.Then Liu Shi'an's future is over.

Liu Shi'an didn't disclose this news to the other princes who were fighting for the crown prince. It was because he didn't want to seek refuge with a prince. The fact that he participated in the fight for the crown prince was too risky, and the gains outweighed the losses.It seems that Liu Shi'an still wants to be a pure minister in front of the emperor.

As for finding the Zhen Guogong's mansion, one can see Liu Shi'an's cleverness.There is no prince in Zhen Guogong's mansion, so it doesn't matter to fight for the heir. No prince succeeding to the throne will do any good or harm to Zhen Guogong's mansion.Unless the succeeding prince has a bad attitude towards the Zhen Guo government.

And King Zhong is the prince who is not kind to the government of Zhen Guo, but King Zhong is in a favorable position in the fight for the heir.

And Liu Shi'an discovered this, and also discovered the plight of the Zhenguo government's generation.Liu Shi'an knew that this news would be very useful to the Zhen Guo government, and providing this news to the Zhen Guo government would not do any harm to Liu Shi'an himself.

The news sent by Liu Shi'an is really a timely rain for Zhen Guogong's mansion!

If King Zhong was really established as the crown prince, it would be much more difficult to pry him down and make the emperor depose the crown prince than dealing with King Zhong now.

Old Zhen Guogong is very treacherous and cunning, he has some methods and channels that new civil servants like Liu Shi'an do not have.He didn't come forward himself, but used his own channel to break the news to several princes who fought fiercely with King Zhong.

But this time, for the first time, these princes who usually fought in melees cooperated sincerely and pulled down the eldest son Zhong Wang, who was the most powerful and had the most favorable position.As long as there is no crown prince, everyone still has a chance.

Duke Zhen was very satisfied with King Zhong's demise. Afterwards, he observed Liu Shi'an for a period of time, and found that he was really an orthodox literati, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and had no second thoughts about the emperor.

And after King Zhong fell from the horse, Liu Shi'an did not do anything small to fall into the stone, which showed that he really had no personal enmity against King Zhong.

He may be for his hometown, or he may be loyal to the emperor.

After breaking the news about the iron mines to Old Zhen Guogong, Liu Shi'an no longer deliberately associates with Lao Zhen Guogong.After all, one of them is an old-fashioned noble warrior, and the other is an orthodox scholar from a poor family. The two are really irrelevant, and ice and charcoal cannot be used in the same weapon.

But Lao Zhen Guogong admired Liu Shian's methods very much, and after a period of observation, he also believed in his character.He believes that Liu Shi'an will be reused by the emperor in the future and become an important court official with great power.Moreover, Liu Shi'an obviously has no malice towards the Zhen Guo government, but he is willing to maintain a friendship with Liu Shi'an.

The Dukes of Zhen Guo in the past dynasties were loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and the Duke of Zhen's mansion had few heirs, so it would not bring any troubles such as high meritorious deeds, and Liu Shi'an did not reject association with the Duke of Zhen's mansion.By the way, he also recommended Liu Shi, his brother who was short of money, to Lao Zhen Guogong's mansion, and became the first teacher for his grandchildren.