"Mr. Liu is a capable man. He managed Nanyang well during his tenure. The officials and the heads of the office of the yamen were convinced by him and had prestige in Nanyang. But he was about to retire. His two sons, one Juren and the other were scholars, failed the exam many times. Seeing that he was about to retire, he asked his Juren's eldest son to be the teacher of Nanyang three years ago."

"If Lord Cai takes over his position in the future, his son will have to make a living under Lord Cai. So he is more concessionate to Lord Cai now. As long as he does not touch his interests, he will turn a blind eye."

"Relying on the power of the prince, Lord Cai felt that the Nanyang Prefecture was his belonging, and even Lord Wu could not stop him, so he is becoming stronger and stronger now, and the fatty miser of salt and grain have been in his hands. It is probably not easy for the girl to get one of these two items from him."

Zhao Ruxi asked again: "What is the official voice of Lord Cai? What is the actual situation?"

"With Lord Liu in front, Lord Cai's official voice is not obvious. But now Lord Liu is interested in giving in. It is estimated that Lord Cai will have to have a good reputation in the past two years. In private, he has a strong desire for selfishness. The reason why he has been focusing on salt and grain is that he has gained a lot of benefits from it. The villain privately speculated that most of the money he received was to provide to the prince. The reason why he wanted to become the head of a state was to seize the power and resources for the prince."

Zhou Chun has been with Zhao Ruxi for two years, and his vision is the same as the old lady, Zhu and others, and is very different from before. When considering the problem, he will also think about it deeper rather than looking at the superficial phenomenon.

Zhao Ruxi couldn't help but frown.

Her desire for power was not heavy, and she came to the local government to become an official, just to have a deeper understanding of the local economic situation and make some effort to improve the lives of local people.

So if Cai Yaozong was a good official and did not think about bullying her, she would not intend to engage in political struggles with him.

But now, she has stood in the team of the second and fifth princes. Facing the prince's followers, she always feels that she cannot live in peace. Under her nose, Cai Yaozong is allowed to greed for salt and grain money to support the prince and let them use it to deal with Xiao Lingyan's faction. She always feels that she is too incompetent.

So even if she wants a Buddha, she can only be a fighting Buddha and has no choice.

She asked, "What are the weaknesses of Cai Yaozong? I asked you to ask about the official Fang Jingcheng Chen Kang, what is the situation at home?"

Zhou Chun said in embarrassment: "What weakness does Cai Yaozong have? The villain didn't find it. As for Chen Kang, he was just fifty years old this year, and he gave birth to three children. His daughter got married, and his son only stood by. Now he works as a clerk in a household house. His nephew has opened a restaurant. Chen Kang's family should have more than half of the shares. Although the family is not rich, he is also well-off. However, the girl reminded that Chen Kang is a black and white person. The villain only found these things on the surface, but did not find out secretly. The villain was worried that he would alert the enemy, so he did not dare to inquire about it."

"You did a good job." Zhao Ruxi praised.

This was also what Zhou Chunlai told me when she first came.

People like Chen Kang are very sensitive to the ears and ears. As long as someone asks for a moment, they can be heard. No matter whether you are kind or malicious, and if you investigate others for no reason, your behavior will offend people.

She was just a new arrival and was not very good yet, and offended the local snake. This was definitely a very unwise approach.

Zhou Chun is an ordinary person and has a naive face. When he comes here, he can only hear some rumors. It is difficult to find someone to blatantly ask for information. Who knows whether the waiter in the restaurant or the beggar at the gate of the city is Chen Kang's person?

She didn't want to do anything to Chen Kang, so there was no need to cause trouble. Besides, Xiao Lingyan gave her information in detail, so Zhou Chun naturally asked as much as he could.

"Chen Kang is fifty years old this year, he should have a grandson, right? How old is his grandson?" Zhao Ruxi asked.

"He has three grandsons, the oldest is sixteen and the youngest is seven. Chen Kang was worried about his grandson's future." Zhou Chun said.

The rules of the officialdom in the Great Jin Dynasty were very similar to those in the Ming and Qing dynasties. Officials and officials were clearly distinguished, and the status of officials was the same as that of servants, so officials and descendants of officials were not allowed to take the imperial examination.

In other words, even if Chen Kang is a powerful figure, and is a local snake in Nanyang, he is not afraid to ignore him. He needs his support to gain a foothold in Nanyang, but no matter how hard his descendants make trouble, they cannot escape the shackles of their identity.

Chen Kang is an official, his son is an official, and his grandson has no other way out except to be an official.

But everything has a process of prosperity and decline. If the Chen family wants to occupy the territory of the yamen for generations, then generations will be powerful figures. But this situation is rare.

I am very powerful and can't help but be strong when raising my son, which leads to the son he raised being timid and unable to stand up. And the grandson may be a playboy who only knows how to eat, drink and have fun. People say that "wealth is not rich for three generations", that's the reason.

Chen Kang's son is protected by him and can still stay in the yamen. When Chen Kang gets old or dies, his son cannot stand up, and his grandson is even more incompetent. The people Chen Kang offended in the past will take advantage of the Chen family, and it will be difficult for the Chen family to fail.

Zhao Ruxi asked Zhou Chun to inquire about Chen Kang's situation, and wanted to start from here.

She said: "It is difficult to cultivate a person who is as capable as Chen Kang. It not only requires talent, but also a growing environment. However, it is not difficult to cultivate a master of mathematics or painter. Although this also involves talent, even if you don't have talent, as long as you are willing to work hard, you will still be better than the level of ordinary people in this regard."

Zhou Chun's eyes lit up.

Although Cai Yaozong was assigned to take charge of salt, grain and other matters, he was an official sent from other places after all, and all these matters had to be implemented on clerks and next-level personnel. If the subordinates did not cooperate, Cai Yaozong could only be a cursor commander who was undermined and had no effect.

So if Cai Yaozong wants to take charge of these, he has to win over Chen Kang. Because Chen Kang is the leader of all clerks, he is basically in secret control of the clerks and yamen runners in the yamen.

If Zhao Ruxi wants to seize power from Cai Yaozong, she doesn't need to compete with Cai Yaozong and directly remove the firewood from the underworld, and can take over a certain piece of power she likes.

Cai Yaozong has been in Nanyang for many years and is naturally in the same group as Chen Kang. The two of them will inevitably have interests and collude with each other. It is naturally not easy to get Chen Kang to abandon Cai Yaozong, who is about to become the prefect of Nanyang, to cooperate with Zhao Ruxi.

But what if it’s for the sake of the descendants?
Chapter completed!