Kuai Chuan's brother is the real boss

Xue Pan had never regarded Wang Xifeng as a person before, and he was two years older than him. He heard his mother say that she was more powerful than a man, but he always thought it was an exaggeration.

But this time, after hearing about him, people tied him up and sent him to the government without saying a word. He had no scruples at all. He even went to find his father after he came out. His father also said that Wang Xifeng did the right thing. , which made Xue Pan even more unconvinced.

It's not like he hasn't done this kind of thing before, so why must he be sent to a prison to suffer this time?That place was simply not a place for people to stay, and there wasn't even any delicious food. After a few days of eating bran and swallowed vegetables, he almost died in it.

Xue Pan didn't get the answer he wanted from Mr. Xue, so he went to Mrs. Xue again, but Mrs. Xue had been told by her husband about the stakes, so all she could do at this time was to persuade Xue Pan.

But Xue Pan has been like a bully since he was a child, and now his temper has grown, so he is not willing to listen to Mrs. Xue's words of earnest teaching at this time.

Not only did she have no remorse at all, but she threatened to take revenge on those scholars. Mrs. Xue hurriedly sent someone to stop him and send him to Mr. Xue. She is powerless to teach, so let her husband do it.

I don't know how Mr. Xue educated Xue Pan. In the next few days, Xue Pan kept his own law and order. Even when he left the house, he didn't cause trouble again, which made Mrs. Xue feel relieved.

Wang Xifeng didn't know how Master Xue reprimanded her son, and she didn't want to know, so she wrote all her thoughts about meeting Xue's family in a letter and sent it to Jiang Yan.

She went to a party among the women of the aristocratic family before, and everyone said that she was a girl from the Wang family with a noble status, but she knew that it was not because of her status, but because the Wang family was related to two of the other three families. His two aunts married into the Jia family and the Xue family respectively.

The four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue are connected with each other, one is prosperous and the other is damaged, forming an extremely strong barrier, but she doesn't think it is a good thing, just like Xue Pan this time, originally Xue The home is just the home of merchants, even the imperial merchants are common people.

What Xue Pan borrowed was the momentum of his uncle and brother. Under such circumstances, the county magistrate dared not do anything to Xue Pan because of the sake of senior officials. It was convenient for Xue Pan himself, but what about his uncle and brother? ?

They are conscientious and conscientious as officials, and they have not enjoyed much of the busy work of getting up early and returning home late. Instead, they let other people related to them take advantage of their power to do evil.

To put it bluntly, it's "dogs relying on others' power", which Wang Xifeng absolutely does not want to see, so she insists on sending Xue Pan to the government.

And Wang Xifeng believes that among these wealthy families, this kind of thing may not be the only one for Xue Pan. She dare not think how many people are relying on the banner of her uncle and brother to do her best.

The more she thinks about it, the more Wang Xifeng's head hurts. Since she was a child, her elder brother taught her to learn to read and write, to be polite and honest, but why are there so many people around who don't know the etiquette and shame?

"Cousin, eat."

Baochai brought a small piece of dim sum to Wang Xifeng's mouth, and Wang Xifeng took a bite with her little hand. The dim sum was sweet and completely in line with her taste.

"Bao girl is really good, much better than your brother." Wang Xifeng said as she wiped the crumbs from Baochai's mouth.

But Baochai was not happy because of the praise she gave. She knew that her brother had done something wrong recently, which made her parents and cousin unhappy. It's good that you can correct your mistakes, don't be unhappy, cousin."

"Cousin also hopes that your brother can correct his mistakes." Wang Xifeng doesn't care whether Xue Pan can correct it, she just wants Xue Pan to stop using the power of his uncle and brother to do his best, if he continues to do so in the future , then don't blame her for correcting him personally.

Wang Xifeng has been a housekeeper for several years, and in addition to managing the shops outside, she has encountered all kinds of things. Some things are not the way of a gentleman. She just doesn't want to do it, but it's not that she can't do it. The trick is to make Xue Pan obedient.

Seeing Wang Xifeng's bright smile, Baochai thought she was not angry with Xue Pan anymore, and said, "Tomorrow I will move back home with my mother, cousin, didn't you say to take me to swim in the lake? How about we go today? "

"Okay, it's just right to pick some lotus and lotus pods back." Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to order someone to go to the lake to prepare a boat, then put on some clothes and went out with Baochai.

Because of those messy things, I have been depressed for several days, just to go out to relax, Wang Xifeng suddenly regretted sending a letter to Jiang Yan, he had enough political affairs, and he was busy every day, and she wrote to bother him too much. It shouldn't be.

But the letter has already been sent, and it's too late for her to regret it, so she should write another letter to her brother when she comes back, and let him not think so much, after all, this kind of thing should be just an accident.

Jiang Yan doesn't think too much, he is now in the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Rites can be said to be the most relaxed among the six, and he doesn't have much real power in his hands. He has never had any contact with Xue Pan and others. They use their power to do evil.

Wang Xifeng was wrong about one thing. The four big families were prosperous and all were prosperous and the other was bad. They were all at their peak in the past. Now some people are in front and others are behind, and they are no longer in the same line. When it hit, it was also those people behind.

However, he did not intend to just let Xue Pan take advantage of the power of the Wang family. He wrote a memorial to the Holy Majesty, explaining the cause and effect clearly. Of course, the Holy Majesty would not pay attention to such trivial matters now, since the matter has been resolved. I just knew that there was such a thing, and then I didn't know where to throw the memorial to dust it.

In addition, Jiang Yan ordered people to spread the news about what Xue Pan of the Xue family did before, not only after returning to Jinling, but also other things. It is said that it is a fat job, and there are many people staring at Xue's family.

I didn't dare to do anything before because it was the Xue family. The ancestor of the Xue family was Ziwei Sheren. Although he had no official position, he belonged to the late emperor. In this generation, there is no official in the court, but the emperor merchant, and he is related to the other three families. Thick, they dare not act rashly.

But now that Jiang Yan has played the memorial of guilt, the Holy Majesty has not punished Jiang Yan, but this has already explained some problems. The Wang family and the Xue family are not what they used to be, and now there are remarks about Xue Pan , Some ambitious people who want to compete for the fat job of the imperial businessman know what to do.

Among them is Chen Shao, whose ancestors were ordinary people, and it was only in his generation that he started to do business, and he never thought that he had some talent for doing business and made a fortune.

After decades of hard work and hard work, he has accumulated a lot of contacts. This time the rumors started in Jinling. When he returned to the capital from Jinling, he found that the rumors were spreading all the way. Do not believe it.

It's just that the matter has come to this point, there is no need to find out who spread the news, as long as you know these things are true, back in the capital, Chen Shao is also adding to those 'rumours'.

But because Xue Pan is Jiang Yan's cousin, and he and Jiang Yan have known each other for many years, he didn't try his best, but he did after all.

When he first met Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan was just a scholar. Now Jiang Yan has reached the fourth rank, but he has never felt that the relationship between the two has changed. He also knows that Jiang Yan will definitely not favor Xue Pan, otherwise he would not Played at the meeting.

But at this time, Jiang Yan invited him because of Xue Pan?Or just chatting as usual?

Chen Shao couldn't figure it out, but he still went with the people sent by Jiang Yan. The meeting place was also a tavern they used to go to. This place didn't seem like a place where some clan dignitaries would go, but it was less crowded and clean.

Jiang Yan saw that Chen Shao was not as happy as when they met before, so he knew that he had something about Xue Pan in his heart, so he took the initiative to say: "Brother Chen must have known that I submitted a memorial to apologize some time ago. It's not a big deal for the court, but it's not a small thing for the clan either."

"I heard about it." Chen Shao is not a person who can hide things. Seeing that Jiang Yan brought up this matter, he also took the initiative to say, "You have been in the capital all the time, so I'm afraid you don't know the news from Jinling. , Recently, the reputation of the Xue family has been greatly affected, and it is all because of this young master of the Xue family, to tell you the truth, I also contributed to it."

"Youyou's mouth can be controlled with or without effort. To be honest, not to mention one Chen family, even ten Chen families are no match for the Xue family. If you contribute your efforts, the Xue family must also contribute. That's it. The little effort Brother Chen exerted is not considered strength."

Chen Shao frowned, and looked at Jiang Yan carefully. He thought that Jiang Yan's upplay just didn't want His Majesty to think that he was partial to relatives. Now it seems that he meant more than that, but Jiang Yan's aunt is Xue Pan's biological mother. How to break it clearly?

"You really want to break up with the Xue family?" Although Chen Shao couldn't hide things, he was not a careless person who didn't think about anything, maybe those things came from Jiang Yan. of.

Jiang Yan smiled and said nothing, Chen Shao further verified the conjecture in his heart, "I always knew that you are a person who dares to think and do, but this kind of thing is after all..."

"I am in the Ministry of Rites, so I naturally know the various etiquettes. Since Big Brother Chen has already guessed it, don't worry about me. I know what I have done."

He is only a fourth-rank official now. It is impossible to reverse the fate of all the people involved by himself, so he simply doesn't care about anything, and even if Wang Ren is his own brother, he doesn't intend to let Wang Ren be his own brother. Wang Ren changed it, not to mention that Xue Pan was just a cousin.

So the only thing he can do is to completely break off the relationship with those people. He knows that he will make the Xue family dissatisfied with this matter, and even Wang Ziteng will think that what he did is inappropriate, thinking that since Xue Pan has been punished for this matter That's how it should be, after all, it's not a big deal.

It is extremely inappropriate for Jiang Yan to turn such a small matter into a big one, and what Jiang Yan wants is to make a small matter big, and if he doesn't make it bigger, how can he break his relationship with the Xue family? Is it possible that Xue Pan will use him to run amok in the future? ?

Besides, the things he spread were indeed done by Xue Pan, and everything was true and traceable, as long as you do a little investigation, you can find out the truth, and he is not spreading rumors for no reason.

If the Xue family really couldn't keep their jobs in the Imperial Merchant because of this, it's just their own fault, no one else.

Wang Xifeng noticed something wrong when the wind direction was wrong in Jinling. He thought that the Xue family would solve the mess quickly, but he didn't expect it to become worse. Even the business of the Xue family's shop in Jinling was bleak. You must know that the Xue family is an imperial merchant. But the shop is always full of people, and any new things in the shop will be quickly snatched up.

In stark contrast to the Xue family is the Chen family. Recently, the Chen family has opened two more shops, specializing in selling the same items as the Xue family's shop. The prices are [-]% cheaper, and the business is surprisingly good.

"Girl, is it profitable for the Chen family to sell so cheaply?" Ping'er looked carefully at the small clock in her hand. The clock is not big but very delicate. She has seen many good ones with Wang Xifeng in the past few years. Clocks, now the injured one can be ranked in the top three, but it is the cheapest among all the clocks.

"Do you really think that guy Chen Ling is just angry? How could he wake up so early when there is no profit to be made?" Wang Xifeng glanced at the clock in Ping'er's hand. understood.

The clock itself is not worth much, but the transportation cost from overseas is quite high, and the Chen family has been in business for so many years, at least one merchant ship goes by sea every year, so it is normal to get some clocks and sell them back.

And because the sea route is very slow, Chen Ling definitely didn't start selling it because he thought of going against the Xue family. Wang Xifeng believed that it just happened that the Chen family also wanted to start a watch business. Opened in Jinling City.

"You send this clock to the third brother, and say it is my birthday present to him in advance."

"I'm going to pack it and send it over."

Wang Xifeng nodded, and said: "The bag should look better, no matter what, it must be worthy of such a beautiful clock."

Ping'er responded with a smile, wrapped it up and sent it over in person.

Wang Xifeng knew that ordinary people couldn't afford imported goods like clocks and watches, and the reason why Xue's shop was in poor business was not because of Xue Pan's bad reputation among the common people, but more because of the memorial that his brother played.

There is never a shortage of people who love to think too much in this world. My brother took advantage of this, and his actions told his family that he didn't want to affect his official career. This statement was a bit selfish, but no one could fault it.

Although the father didn't care about his children's affairs, he wanted to see his elder brother's official career go smoothly. If his elder brother's official career was really damaged because of such a small incident, his father would definitely resent Xue Pan.

The father didn't say anything, no matter how dissatisfied the little aunt could go to the uncle who was thousands of miles away to file a complaint?Besides, no one would know that the rumors were spread by my brother.

When Xue Pan dared to do it back then, don't be afraid of being known by others. What kind of man is he if he dares to do it?

Seeing her brother's handling of this matter, Wang Xifeng felt that she was still too immature. Back then, she only wanted to use various means to educate Xue Pan so that he would stop swaggering in the name of her brother and uncle.

Now that my brother does this, there will naturally be a gap between my little aunt and the Wang family, and the poor business of the Xue family will also be blamed on my brother. If the job of the emperor is lost in the end, I will resent my brother even more.

But the elder brother is the fourth rank of the dynasty, and they can't do anything to the elder brother. In this way, the Wang and Xue families will not only be separated but hate. After all, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. Xue Pan will definitely never rely on the Wang family again. The power of the people has gone to domineering.

Originally, Wang Xifeng was still hesitating. If she really used strong means to teach Xue Pan a lesson, no matter how covertly she did it and no one would notice, on the surface she would still continue to make good friends with the Xue family.

In this way, although the human feelings are a little weaker, it can be regarded as never having future troubles.

Wang Xifeng was in a good mood, and was very happy for several days. After half a month, the royal family dismissed the position of imperial merchant because of the Xue family's inappropriate handling of affairs, and went to find other merchants.

Wang Xifeng didn't pay attention to the following things. The Wang family is not a big merchant and does not plan to be an imperial merchant, but it seems that the court has made major changes to the imperial merchant. Unlike before, only the Xue family is the emperor. Merchants, different things are handed over to different merchants, and the one who provides high-quality and cheap goods gets the position of emperor merchant.

In the past, the Xue family ate a lot of meat, and other merchants didn’t even have any broth. Now there is a good share among everyone. Although it is not necessary to think about it, there will inevitably be some nasty things in it, but compared to before, it can be said that Much better.

There will not be a situation where one company dominates, and there will be better choices only when there is competition.

At this point, Wang Xifeng thought it was over, but at this time Wang Ziteng came back, passing by Jinling during the border patrol, and went home to visit his family.

Wang Xifeng didn't believe this reason. There was no Jinling on the border patrol route at all, and Wang Ziteng was really just visiting his family when he returned to Jinling at this time?Which family are you visiting again?

Wang Xifeng waited curiously to see the situation. First of all, Wang Ziteng taught Wang Zisheng to the study on the first night when Wang Ziteng came back, and they didn't come out of the study until midnight.

Early the next morning, Wang Ziteng called Wang Xiu, Wang Ren and Wang Xifeng to him again.

"You must already know about the Xue family. I came back this time because of this matter." Wang Ziteng looked at the three people in front of him and said. His eldest son and Jiang Yan were not worried. , especially Wang Ren.

"Xue Pan is your cousin. I think you can guess that the reason why the Xue family lost their position as the imperial merchant this time is because of him. Although the Holy Majesty didn't say it clearly, if you can't even see this, you don't have to stay in the Wang family. .”

"Father, don't worry, we will be obedient and never cause trouble." Seeing Wang Ziteng's serious expression, Wang Xiu immediately assured him.

Wang Ziteng glanced at the silent Wang Ren and continued: "I don't care about the Xue family, but I can still manage you guys and change your inappropriate behavior. If you find out, don’t blame me for killing relatives righteously.”

Wang Ren could tell that Wang Ziteng was referring to him. Among the three of them, needless to say, Wang Xifeng, a daughter's family who seldom went out except to take care of the shop, could there be any inappropriate behavior?Wang Xiu only knows how to study hard, and Jinling doesn't have many friends.

"Girl Feng, I brought back a few nuns this time, all from the capital, let them take care of things with you, and ask them if you don't understand anything." Wang Ziteng looked at Wang Xifeng and said.

"Uncle I know."

Wang Xifeng wondered why Wang Ziteng sent her someone at this time?It stands to reason that she has been a housekeeper for several years, if she wants to send it, she will send it from the beginning.

Wang Ziteng asked Wang Xiu and Wang Ren to go out first, and explained to Wang Xifeng carefully.

It was only then that Wang Xifeng realized that those nuns were trained by her brother, not only managed things well, but also possessed martial arts, it was no problem for one person to defeat two servants.

And Wang Ziteng just wanted her to use these women to discipline Wang Ren, and Wang Zisheng could also take care of him when necessary.

"My father? Uncle..."

Wang Xifeng was a little hesitant. It wasn't that she didn't dare to take care of it, but that she didn't want to take care of it. If she didn't grasp the scale of this kind of thing, not only would she not be credited, but she would cause trouble herself.

"You don't have to worry. I agreed with your father last night. He is still the same as usual, as long as it is not a matter of endangering the Wang family, and you have to be careful not to let him have too much contact with your little aunt's family. They Even if you want to be alone, you have to know exactly what they said and did."

Wang Xifeng was surprised, is it necessary to do this?

Wang Ziteng knows that this is still too far for Wang Xifeng, but he only learned more after visiting the border for the past two years. These four families seem to be extremely glorious, but in fact, there are many other families that are better than the four of them. He has become more powerful and talented, but he was blinded by the glory of his ancestors in the past.

It's not too late to make up for it now, he can't control other things, at least the Wang family can't just fall like that, and it's fine if the Xue family can be a law-abiding rich man in Jinling and stay silent. Pan was implicated.

But that is his nephew after all, he can cut off his tail to survive if necessary, but when it is not necessary, he just needs to be on guard, and he doesn't want his relatives to be so unfamiliar.

Originally, Wang Ziteng hadn't thought of this when he saw the strength of other families, but he was a little emotional. It was Jiang Yan's incident that reminded him that being with the king is like being with a tiger. In general, you need to be careful all the time.

The glory of the ancestors was given by the royal family, but it was given to the ancestors instead of them. If you are not vigilant, if you don't dodge in time when the building collapses, you will be bleeding and even die in an instant.