One hundred and seventieth chapter birthday (sixteen)
Seeing that Zhao Xin did not bring Ran Min back, Li Chong naturally complained. Zhao Xin did not think it was offensive, but still smiled and looked like he didn't care about it. Li Chong had no choice but to do anything to him after he said it, so he stopped talking.
After the dinner, the musical arrangements were arranged by the Li family. Without Ran Min's accompanying each other, although the musical arrangements were exciting, Zhao Xin also looked boring. After a while, he yawned Lian Tian, thinking in his mind how to find an excuse to escape.
Li Ji beside him looked absent-minded and lacked any interest in the plays on the stage. He finally waited until the song ended and the crowd was dispersed, and then he stood up with Zhao Xin and prepared to leave.
It was already dark. Because the family was a little far away from the Li Mansion, it was quite inconvenient to walk. In addition, Li had not returned home for a long time, so Zhao He and his family did not go home, but just stayed in the Li Mansion's guest room.
As for Li Ji, although he is not at home all year round, he is the eldest son of the Li family. His bedroom is still cleaned and everything is as old as before.
However, Li Ji insisted on staying in the guest room only, and the butler had no choice but to let the young master come with his temperament. Li Ji and Zhao He's family went to the guest room together.
Four people were talking and laughing along the way. When they arrived in front of the room, Li Ji looked a little wrong. He hesitated for a while and whispered to Zhao He; "Uncle, can you please speak with me?"
Although her voice was low, she didn't hide it from Li's ears. She couldn't help but say angrily, "Why, can you say anything else in front of your aunt?"
Li Ji waved his hand quickly, "No... it doesn't mean that, aunt, don't get me wrong."
Mrs. Li's eyebrows were raised, and she was trying to curse with her waist, but Zhao Xin stopped her with a smile, "Mom, my cousin naturally has his own affairs, and it is not convenient for us to listen. If you want to listen, I will tell you slowly."
After saying that, he blinked at Li Ji, but he guessed that he was indifferent to him.
Seeing the two of them looking at each other's "eyes and eyes", Li couldn't help but feel a little suspicious. Seeing his son reaching out to pull him, he hesitated for a moment and let him pull him away.
Zhao He looked at Li Ji with a smile, not understanding what would happen to this nephew who didn't usually talk to him.
"Okay, there is no one around. Ji'er, what can you say to me directly and listen to my uncle. I won't tell you aunt."
Li Ji looked embarrassed and murmured with his head down, "Uncle, I mainly want to ask you for help."
Seeing that he looked a little disgusted, Zhao He couldn't help but ask strangely, "What's the matter?"
"I want to transfer back to Handan, and I'll ask my uncle to help me think of a solution."
Zhao He was stunned, and never thought that Li Ji would ask him to help him. In fact, before that, Li Dui helped his son find a way to transfer back to Handan more than once, but Li Ji refused the transfer order without hesitation, but he just felt at ease to be a county magistrate in the small county of the house.
Li Ji's attitude was very obvious. He didn't want to have any contact with this disgusting father.
But for some reason, I suddenly wanted to go back to Handan today. Did I reconcile with Li Dui?
Zhao He quickly denied this idea. Not to mention that the father and son were still tense and competing against each other in the afternoon. Even if they really reconciled, how could Li Ji not ask his father for help, but instead came to his somewhat unfamiliar uncle.
Zhao He thought for a while before saying with a smile, "Ji'er, I'm very curious. Whether it's closeness or distantness or power, your father is far more than me. Why don't you talk to him directly?"
Li Ji turned his head and avoided Zhao He's eyes looking at him, and said in a low voice. "I don't want to ask for him more. I'm my parents. I have owed him enough, and I don't want to owe him any more."
Zhao He smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "You, I really don't know how to say you. You are his only son. Is there any overnight revenge between father and son?"
Li Ji did not reply immediately, but was silent for a while before saying, "Uncle, too many people have said these words to me, and now I am not willing to think about them. Now I just want to ask you to do me such a favor, is it convenient?"
Zhao He frowned, thought for a moment, and then spoke slowly, "You are the magistrate of Zhongxian County, an official of 600 stone. According to the law of Zhao, the transfer of more than 500 stone officials must be approved by the court. Now the power of appointment and removal of officials is controlled by Xiangbang Feiyi, and the king does not interfere much. However, Feiyi and I have an ordinary relationship, so your father has a good relationship with him. Even if I want to seek Feiyi, I must discuss with Feiyi through your father."
Speaking of this, Zhao He stared at Li Ji, but he didn't see anything abnormal in his expression. He just lowered his head and said "Hmm". Zhao He immediately knew that Li Ji had known that this matter would be operated by his father, but because of his face, he refused to bow to Li Dui, so he took a turn and wanted to make a telegraph microphone.
After understanding this, Zhao He found it a little funny, but he was really curious. Something that made Li Ji put down his figure and bowed to his father in disguise.
You should know that although these two fathers and sons have different personalities, their stubborn tempers are like a story, and they are all people who want to save face. It is probably more difficult to make them bow to others than to reach the sky, but I don’t know why Li Ji is.
Since he couldn't figure it out, Zhao He simply stopped thinking about it and just said with a smile, "Okay, but the transfer is not a trivial matter. You should go back to the house first. I think if nothing unexpected happens, the transfer order will be sent to the house in about a month."
Li Ji looked happy and hurriedly bowed and said, "Thank you uncle."
Zhao He smiled slightly and said, "We are a family, what's the point of thanking you? I just hope that you younger generations will be more sympathetic to the difficulties of being parents."
"Although your father sometimes uses any means to achieve his goal, I'm quite criticized, but you must also understand his difficulties as the pillar of the Li family. The children of aristocratic families are different from those of us poor families. They focus on family interests in everything, and your Li family is even more so."
Li Ji turned his head and said with some dissatisfaction: "Can you just betray each other? You can even betray your conscience in order to fight for power and profit."
Zhao He glanced at him and said lightly: "You are still too young after all. For the sake of your family, you can exchange them as bargaining chips."
"Do you know how many nobles were there in Jin State when Duke Wen of Jin dominated the Central Plains? The nine were the same. In the following hundreds of years, the nine surnames were also jointly in charge of the government affairs of Jin State. These nine surnames were constantly changing, some people came in and some were out, and the major families also changed and enjoyed the power of Jin State. But the only ones who were once powerful families were the Han, Wei and Zhao families who laughed to the end were the three families of Han, Wei and Zhao. Others were declining and hiding, and even killed because of power struggles. Not to mention the distant ones, you should be familiar with Zhi. He was once the master of your Li family and the master of the entire Jin State, but because of the flood in Jinyang City, more than 2,000 people in the huge family were killed, and none of them survived. His own head was also made into a chamber pot by his opponent."
"Your father seems glorious now, but in fact he is walking on thin ice. If you are not careful, you will lose everything. If your Li family becomes the loser of political struggle, don't talk about your Li family, even our relatives will not escape the blame. If you really grow up and become sensible, you should understand your father's difficulties. Some things cannot be solved by doing things with will. You must believe that your father was young and once full of passion like you, but he finally compromised. Because he is the eldest son of your Li family, and he has an unruly burden on his shoulders since he was born."
Zhao He looked at Li Ji who was silent and saw that he kept his head down and did not refute. He thought he had heard it a little, and he felt relieved in his heart and sighed again. "Actually, I am not suitable to say these words. I am an uncle. I am just an old friend of your father for many years. I can't bear to see that your Li family has declined because of the deficit between you father and son. Do you understand what I mean?"
Li Ji was silent for a long time, but he nodded and said softly, "Uncle, I know your kindness, but it still takes some time between me and my father."
Seeing that he was willing to call Li Du’s father, Zhao He felt relieved and said with a smile, "Okay, it's getting late. You have to go back to the house tomorrow, so let's take a break soon."
Chapter completed!