Dedicate One’s Mind

Chapter 1167 Personal Matters (Part 1)

To the east of the Daji Dynasty, in Liuchen County, this was the place where Prince Yong was elected.

Yes, you read that right, it’s Liuchen County, a simple name without any ambiguity.

The two major surnames Liu and Chen account for almost 70% of the county's population, and they almost monopolize the county's lower-level officials, imperial examinations, and all the benefits. The other minor surnames want to survive. The difficulty is not small.

When Liuchen County was not established as a county and was still a foreign land, it was originally a place under the control of the Dongyi tribe and had its own set of customs and habits.

Later, Taizu of the Daji Dynasty, Emperor Wu, the head of the Nine Emperors, conquered this area and ordered all tribes to change their customs. The two remaining tribes nearby changed their surnames to Han surnames, which are today's Liu and Chen surnames. .

The two tribes were able to maintain peace while resisting outsiders, but once the foreign enemies retreated, they would inevitably fight among themselves.

And this is also Taizu's ingenious arrangement. Two surnames with similar strength are fighting. In order to gain a relative advantage, they must have a good relationship with the government to avoid being suppressed. Then, in the constant exchanges, the degree of Chineseization becomes more and more. It is too deep to be effective in fighting.

This is the way to stabilize the people and stabilize the border. Facts have proved that this method has both good and bad consequences.

The two tribes have indeed become Chinese. Whether they participate in the imperial examinations or pay tribute, they behave like ordinary families. They also compete with each other and produce certain benefits.

However, no matter how they compete, they are not willing to share their status and power with outsiders. If the foreign surnames in Liuchen County want to gain a certain status in this county, the male will naturally become the daughter-in-law, and the female will naturally become the daughter-in-law. Otherwise, she will become the daughter-in-law. The life of a slave.

Not only in Liuchen County, but also in all parts of the Daji Dynasty, there was a situation where a large family controlled one party's power and competed with the court officials. However, Liuchen County was a typical example.

As a model, he also entered the eyes and ears of the imperial court. When choosing the place to be recommended by the princes, he became one of the candidates, specifically to examine whether the prince could coordinate the interests of the big and small families.

It is not difficult to join forces with these big names, but in this case, the vision is too narrow, which goes against the original intention of the court. If you lose the support of the court, your prince, no matter how powerful the dragon crossing the river, will become a shallow water snake.

Therefore, it is necessary to handle the balance between large and small families. In fact, every choice made by the prince has considerations and thoughts behind it.

After King Yong took over Liuchen County, the first thing he did was to take the daughters of the Liu and Chen families as concubines. No, he couldn't use concubines, he should use quasi-concubines. If King Yong succeeded to the throne, she would be the real concubine.

Don't think about the secondary position. These two small families are princes in Liuchen County, but looking at the world, they are really as big as shrimps. They are not blessed to expect the secondary position.

King Yong accepted the daughters of two families as his quasi-consort. It was unknown how many generations of blessings the two families had cultivated. Their status in the country was instantly improved by several levels. In the future, the chances of promotion for the clan members were also much higher.

Nothing is absolute. If one of the two women has superb means and the ability to turn things around, it is not impossible to climb to the lower rank. However, it is extremely difficult. If you really want to achieve the lower rank, you cannot rely solely on your mother's family. You need to find a new one. power.

King Yong accepted the girls from the two families as his quasi-concubine. With just this move, the two families were successfully surrendered, saving a lot of trouble, and he could easily control and take over the affairs of Liuchen County.

In addition, the people under King Yong also married two families one after another. However, King Yong was the only one who married two families at once. The people under King Yong would speak for which family they married, forming a A balance.

Among them, Wu Yi is also an ordinary person. He is also married to a girl from the Chen family. He is called Chen Jiaying. She is the daughter of the head of the Chen family and has a well-known name in the Chen family.

Wu Yi had not married a wife before. If he married a wife, he would be the official wife. In addition, Wu Yi was a confidant of King Yong and had a very high status. In order to win Wu Yi's support, the Liu and Chen families went to war and even made trouble. In front of King Yong, King Yong finally made the decision to accept the daughter of the Chen family.

In fact, King Yong initially had a private conversation, hinting in his words that it was not impossible for Wu Yi to marry two families at once. How else could Wu Yi answer? Naturally, he refused. He couldn't possibly imitate what King Yong did. Is there any sense of being a courtier?

Therefore, it is not surprising that the marriage partner of the Chen family is the daughter of the head of the Chen family and the biological sister of the quasi-concubine of King Yong. It would be strange if she was not the daughter of the clan leader, but just a daughter of a collateral clan.

Even so, the Chen family still felt that they were in debt. In order for Chen Jiaying to secure the position of the head wife, the Chen family spent almost half of the family's savings as a dowry. Among the Chen family, the weight of Wu Yi's words was second only to the clan leader, and even equal to that of the family leader. .

To this extent, this is Wu Yi's status as a person. Now, he is the veritable number one person under King Yong.

The Chen family attaches great importance to this marriage, second only to the daughter who married King Yong. They have always hoped that Chen Jiaying would give birth to an heir as the fruit of the marriage.

Although all of Wu Yi's body energy and spirit are contained in the talisman, the offspring he gave birth to after intercourse with Chen Jiaying are also the blood of the original owner of the body. They have no blood connection with Wu Yi and should not have any worries.

It’s just that things like cause and effect have little to do with reality. The question is whether you think there is cause and effect. If you think there is, then there is. If you think there is not, then there is not. Everything depends on you.

Therefore, some people who look down on everything, or are all in vain, or are too forgetful of love, all causes and effects have nothing to do with them, and external disasters will not find them on their own.

If she really marries Chen Jiaying, the final heir will indeed have nothing to do with Wu Yi from a blood perspective.

But from a sentimental point of view, Wu Yi couldn't be too ungrateful. The cause and effect was inevitable. If the son encountered a disaster in the future, he would have to help. And in this way, he would become a member of the authority and could not be as calm as before.

Therefore, in the past four or five years, Wu Yi and Chen Jiaying have not given birth to any children.

The man is handsome and handsome, the woman is gentle and lovely, and there is no news about hidden diseases. In the good years, no heirs were born. There was a lot of discussion outside, and even King Yong laughed at Wu during the banquet. Yi.

Because he was worried about cause and effect, Wu Yi had not thought about heirs for a long time. However, the Chen family's views changed. Is it necessary to support an uncle who cannot bring inheritance to the Chen family?