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135. The Prince's Party (Part 1)

When Jing Wen and Du Goufang Yizhi made perfume, they were also chatting. Jing Wen seemed a little unhappy when he saw Du Gou and Fang Yizhi, so he hurriedly asked them the reason.

"Brother Du Gou, Brother Fang, you are also the prime minister's son. What are you unhappy about?" Jing Wen asked.

Fang Yizhi complained: "We are a little bored now and have nothing to do all day long. Do you think we can avoid being irritated?"

After understanding, Jing Wen finally understood why these two guys were irritable. Because they were already around twenty years old, it was indeed a bit difficult for those descendants of high-ranking officials. If those descendants of high-ranking officials had to study when they were young, such as the Imperial College or the Hongwenguan established by Li Shimin. Now they have basically graduated. With their family's academic background, it will not take many years to graduate. But the problem is that they have graduated, but it is not yet time to become officials.

I don’t know if it was intentional. The descendants of high-ranking officials generally do not grant official positions at very young age. They are usually when their fathers are older or die before they can truly enter a rapid promotion. Therefore, when Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are still at their peak, it is difficult for their sons to become officials, even more difficult than Jing Wen. Even if they become officials, it is difficult for them to obtain real power. If nothing unexpected happens, they may have to have their fathers die before they can rise rapidly in the officialdom. This may be an important means for the royal family to control their ministers to avoid the premature formation of party members.

However, in this case, he has graduated from school and has not yet become an official. Because his father has no time to teach his children, this has caused these guys to be idle and do nothing. During this period, it is the time when the playboys are most likely to be the playboys. However, Du Gou and Fang Yizhi are descendants of famous ministers after all, and they are unwilling to be a playboy, but the reality makes them have nothing to do, which causes them to be idle and pain.

"You are free, come here to help me!" Jing Wen complained in his heart.

However, Jing Wen was just able to complain in his heart. He could not really let these two guys work for him. No matter how they are, they are the prime minister's son, and they cannot work for him as a businessman! However, the idle pain of these two guys is indeed an important issue. If you don't make good use of these two "surplus labor", then Jing Wen, a businessman, is unqualified.

"Brother Du, Brother Fang, do you still have many situations like this?" Jing Wen asked.

"Yes! There are many, and they are very leisurely now. I don't know what to do!" Du Gou said.

"Bang!" Jing Wen suddenly slapped the table and immediately had an idea.

"Brother Du, Brother Fang, since you are all so leisurely, why not organize and do something meaningful?" Jing Wen said.

"Organize? Do we not organize it often, go hunting?" Fang Yizhi said.

These second-generation young men of officials had nothing to do. Didn’t they just organize their hunting? There was not many ways to play in ancient times. Apart from the nightly human creation movement, for the young men, it was just hunting during the day. So, aren’t these idle young men just hunting?

Jing Wen immediately said: "Brother Du, Brother Fang, how do you hunt? Is hunting meaningful? You hunting is to find fun for yourself. What benefits can it do to our country and the people? Therefore, hunting is not meaningful. We should find something else to do, so that it can be meaningful!"

"What's the matter?" Du Gou asked.

Jing Wen immediately said: "Brother Du, if there is no accident in the future, you descendants of senior officials should be all officials, right?"

"That's right, most of us may have to follow the path of our fathers in the future and then enter the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty to become officials." Du Gou said.

The custom of becoming an official in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be truly on the table. Many descendants of high-ranking officials can use a policy called Menyin to allow their descendants to enter the officialdom directly. Although this situation can be said to be illegal and disorderly in later generations, it can be said to be legal in the Tang Dynasty, and no one will question this policy. This is the practice of family politics in ancient times, which is obviously much more obvious than that in later generations. Most of these guys will become officials in the future, so Du Gou also admitted it very directly.

"Brother Du, Brother Fang, since you have not been an official, you have been relatively leisurely during this period. Why would you use this period to teach those young men who have not grown up yet? I think, the adults in Chang'an should have many young men who are not mature yet. They may be over ten years old, but they are not yet fully mature. You can organize them and teach them. And you can organize activities and teach them the key points of becoming officials in the future. You can even organize them to travel around and take a field trip."

"In short, we can set up an organization, and the members are descendants of those officials, so that they can prepare for succession in the future. This organization can organize everyone to study, entertainment, and mutual assistance. Isn't this a good place for communication and learning for entering the officialdom in the future? If those young men who enter the officialdom in the future can come back to teach the younger generations the way to become officials, so that they can adapt to the officialdom as soon as possible."

Du Gou and Fang Yi looked at each other speechlessly. Jing Wen actually wanted to organize all the officials' sons and then form an organization? And what exactly did Jing Wen want to do?

In fact, Jing Wen’s meaning is very obvious, that is, he believes that the descendants of these officials are also a great political force. Since ancient times, the descendants of those high-ranking officials have also had very political influence, so Jing Wen certainly wants to borrow them! Jing Wen organized the descendants of these high-ranking officials to study together, and travel around together. Isn’t this a process of winning over and getting along? As for the future, as long as he becomes a friend of these high-ranking officials and young masters, he will not be able to make any effort to help when he encounters difficulties?

To a certain extent, these second-generation officials still have a great influence on their fathers. Moreover, Jing Wen is also preparing for his future. In the future, these guys will also enter the officialdom. Isn’t he just accumulating connections? Whether it is doing business or being an official, does any profession need connections? Connections can be said to be the most important resource in these two professions, and they must not be missing!
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