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Manager Feng Da sent Mingzhu to Jia Ji on the order of Fei Guan. Although he did not know the intention of the head of the family to send Mingzhu, he knew that Jia Xu came to repay Mingzhu in person and could not stop it. He must try his best to inform the head of the family to do this.

While treating Jia Xu with good tea and snacks, he urgently sent someone to notify the head of the family that it happened to be a weekend and Fei Guan was not in Weiyang Palace, but in his own mansion. He received news that Jia Xu was in the jewelry store and rushed to the jewelry store.

Since Liu Jing issued the order to adjust the official office, Fei Guan began to worry. Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and Du Ji entered the center of power. Is this accidental adjustment to the prime minister? Moreover, Dong Yun and his nephew Fei Yi were promoted to the left-right secretary of the Secretariat, which is likely to mean that he and Dong Yun are going to be in power.

Fei Guan was anxious. Of course, he didn't want to lose his position as prime minister. The power of the prime minister was like a sweet poison, which made him unable to stop. In order to protect the prime minister, he did not hesitate to leave Jia Xu, hoping that Jia Xu could speak a few good words for him. He knew the weight of Jia Xu in the heart of the King of Han, and the King of Han would accept the suggestions made by Jia Xu.

But Jia Xu actually came to his jewelry store and returned Mingzhu. Fei Guan felt something was wrong in his heart. He got off the carriage from the back door and almost trotted into the inner hall.

I saw Jia Xu sitting alone in the hall drinking tea. Fei Guan hurriedly walked to the inner hall and bowed and smiled, "I have let Jia Gong wait for a long time."

Of course, Jia Xu would not return the jade box to the shopkeeper, but wanted to return it to the Fei family, but he did not expect that Fei Guan would come here in person, which made him really despise him. As a person of a country, Fei Guan actually went in and out of the industrial shops of his family, which was inconsistent with his identity.

In fact, it was not only Jia Xu, but many people in the court did not look down on Fei Guan. He was the weakest in the Five Prime Ministers and had the worst reputation. Because his aunt was Liu Zhang's mother, the Fei family became famous and became the number one family in Shu. Fei Guan naturally became the second only to Zhang Song in Yizhou.

Liu Jing seized Yizhou. In order to balance the official faction in Yizhou, Fei Guan was appointed as the Minister of the Shangshu. It was not because of his ability. Not only did Fei Guan become the Minister of the Shangshu, but his younger brother Fei Shi became the governor of Jianwei County, and his nephew Fei Yi was promoted to the Secretary of the Central Secretariat, becoming the first family in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty.

However, Fei Shi and Fei Yi are very talented, and Fei Guan is a bit reluctant to do so.

Jia Xu didn't show his expression, and stood up and returned with a tribute and smiled, "Shangshu Fei just needs to ask his nephew to come here. Why bother to come by yourself? Jia Xu can't afford it."

"Mr. Jia is here, how dare I not come?"

Fei Guan quickly ordered the maid next to him to change tea. He asked Jia Xu to sit down, his eyes fell on the jade box on the table, and his expression was a little awkward, but he reacted quite quickly and said quickly: "Maybe my shopkeeper didn't explain it clearly to the son. This is the birthday gift specially given to Jia Gong by his juniors when he heard that Jia Gong was about to celebrate his 70th birthday. Why should Jia Gong see him?"

"Hehe I will not live to the age of seventy until October. It is only May now, so Secretary Fei is impatient."

"I'm afraid that there are many people who will give birthday gifts at that time, so the younger generation will not be able to get a seat, so I'll deliver them in advance."

Fei Guan pushed the jade box to Jia Xu again, "This is my little wish. Please accept it by Mr. Jia."

Fei Guan claimed to be a junior, which made Jia Xu feel really uncomfortable, but he tried not to care. Jia Xu smiled and said, "Since it is a birthday ceremony, I'm better obey my orders than respect."

Jia Xu is a slick person. He doesn't want to offend the Fei family because of this. No matter what the Fei family relies on to gain power, the Fei family is indeed very powerful now. For the sake of his grandson, he is unwilling to set up a strong enemy for the family.

Fei Guan saw Jia Xu accepting it and was secretly happy. He seized the opportunity and tentatively said: "Have you seen Your Highness recently?"

"I haven't been asking about political affairs for a long time. I just met His Highness once during the last battle in Hefei, and I never saw him again. Is there anything wrong with Shangshu Fei?"

Fei Guan said worriedly: "Your Highness has been reforming the power structure recently, involving many people. The Chang'an officialdom is not calm."

"I also heard from the dog yesterday that I was promoted to the Secretary of the Secretariat. Congratulations to Shangshu Fei."

Fei Guan smiled bitterly and said, "If you gain something, you will lose something. How can Your Highness let the two Fei family members be in a high position? I'm afraid I will be dismissed from obscene."

"Shu Fei is so serious, and he is dismissed because of the matter. Did Secretary Fei do anything wrong?"

Fei Guan was silent, and after a long time, he said: "Forgive me, how much land does Jia Gong's family still have now?"

Seeing that he was not stupid, Jia Xu knew where the problem was, he wanted to remind him. Jia Xu smiled and said, "I originally had a thousand hectares of land, part of which was given by Dong Zhuo and Li Kuo. Later, I got several hectares in Nanyang. I handed over the land in Nanyang to Prime Minister Cao, but he gave it back to me. However, I handed over all the land to Your Highness. Now I have less than ten hectares of fertile land in my hand, which is my ancestral property."

"I heard that Kuai Yue handed over thousands of hectares of land from his family to His Highness the King of Han, but His Highness refused to accept it. Why is this?"

Jia Xu smiled, "I know very well about the affairs of the Kuai family. In fact, it was my advice to Your Highness, because Kuai Yue wanted to regain his reuse by returning the land, but Your Highness really no longer wants to use him.

However, Your Highness was preparing to use Kuai Qi, so Your Highness followed my advice and did not accept Kuai Yue's land handed over. But a year later, he accepted thousands of hectares of fertile land returned by Kuai Qi. As a result, Kuai Qi became the governor of Nanjun. Later, Kuai Yue passed away from illness. Your Highness also regretted it and cried. He often told me that he owed Kuai Yue a great kindness. I guess the Kuai family would have a great future in the future."

"What about the Cai family? I heard that their family still has two thousand hectares of land in Xiangyang."

Before Fei Guan finished speaking, Jia Xu waved his hand, "If Shangshu Fei was willing to listen to the four major families in Jingzhou, I can do it. I have participated in this matter before and after, and I am very clear."

Fei Guan hurriedly bowed and said, "I'm willing to listen carefully."

"Cai, Kuai, Pang, Huang, the four major families in Jingzhou were destroyed by Huang Zu, and thousands of hectares of land in Jiangxia were given to the meritorious soldiers by the King of Han. I have said just now, so I won't say more. Anyway, the Kuai family now has less than fifty hectares of land, all of which are ancestral property. The Pang family originally had thousands of hectares of land, but Pang Tong and Pang Shanmin all handed over the year before, and all of these lands were distributed to tenant farmers. There were thousands of self-cultivated farmers in Xiangyang. Now let's talk about the Cai family."

Jia Xu took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The Cai family is more complicated and typical. They originally owned tens of thousands of hectares of land, known as the first family in Jingzhou. Although Cai Mao surrendered to Cao Cao, it had little impact on the Cai family. Cai Yan even served as the governor of Xiangyang. However, the premise for him to serve as the governor of Xiangyang was that the Cai family handed over half of the land. Later, in order to increase self-cultivation farmers, His Highness visited the Cai family several times. The Cai family was only willing to hand over a thousand hectares of land, which made His Highness the King of Han furious. Later, when the Five Secretaries were first confirmed, it was not Jiang Wan, but Cai Yan, which was also a collective recommendation of Jingzhou officials. After all, Jiang Wan was not qualified enough and could not fight for the benefits of Jingzhou, but you know why it was not Cai Yan in the end."

"Because of land" Fei Guan blurted out.

Jia Xu nodded slowly, "It was because the Cai family refused to hand over the land that had angered His Highness the King of Han. However, because the current situation requires it, the King of Han did not touch the Cai family, but it does not mean that he would forget this matter. As a result, Cai Yan was eliminated and retired from the official position last year and never entered the center of power. Cai Jin is still only a lieutenant, so it is difficult to get promoted again, including Cai Shaoyu. I heard that she got married last year. I will tell Shangshu Fei that the Cai family is over, because they refuse to give up the land and are not tolerated by His Highness the King of Han. If Cai Jin is smarter and handed over the last bit of land, His Highness the King of Han may be promoted to a general again for the sake of the recruitment."

Fei Guan's face turned pale and red. Although Jia Xu said it was the Cai family, the Fei family was the same. After a while, he whispered: "But after all, they still have thousands of hectares of land on their hands."

Jia Xu smiled, "Without power, can the land in their hands still be preserved? Did Shangshu forget the fate of the Yun family in Yizhou?"

Fei Guan suddenly remembered Yun Shao, the father of Liu Zhang's favorite concubine, was originally a businessman, but later became rich because of his daughter. Liu Zhang gave him five hectares of the best land, but in the end the family disappeared and the land was taken away by the government.

This is the reality. Without power and no wealth, if you don’t give up your land, the Fei family will sooner or later join the Cai family. Fei Guan gritted his teeth and asked: “If the Fei family gave up the land in Shu, will Jia Gong think my position as prime minister can still be preserved?”

Jia Xu talked for a long time, but in fact he was trying to persuade him to give up the land in Shu. Seeing that Fei Guan had been moved, he smiled and said, "I don't know if Shangshu Fei can continue to be the prime minister, but if Shangshu Fei decides not to leave the Cai family, I can assert that the Fei family will have another prime minister within five years."

"Mr. Jia said that my nephew Fei Yi"

Jia Xu narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Don't Fei Shangshu understand the heart of the superiors? The King of Han has already made this move. It depends on whether Fei Shangshu will continue to take the next move."

Fei Guan nodded silently. He finally understood why the King of Han promoted his nephew Fei Yi to the Secretary of the Secretariat. In fact, he was hinting that if the Fei family was willing to give up the land, then Fei Yi could take another step forward. If he was not tactful, not only would he lose his position, but the Fei family would gradually decline. Within five years, he would repeat the Cai family's mistakes.

Although Fei Guan already understood that he had no hope to continue to be the prime minister, he should make a decision in order for the Fei family not to retrace the Cai family. Fei Guan is also a smart person. When he saw the situation clearly, he knew what to do. Fei Guan finally made up his mind and stood up to salute Jia Xu, "If the Fei family has a future, it will rely on the gift of Jia Gong, and Jia Gong's great kindness, the Fei family will remember it in mind."

The next day, Fei Guan officially wrote a letter to Liu Jing that the Fei family was willing to give up 10,000 hectares of land in Bashu, and the eight thousand tenant slaves who were attached to the land also returned to their hometowns for the people. Under the leadership of Fei Guan, officials in Shu expressed their willingness to give up the land rewarded by Liu Zhang in the past.

Liu Jing was overjoyed and praised Fei Guan as a pillar of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty officials should follow his example and gave Fei's iron scrolls on the spot.

The queen of heaven, Liu Jing issued the order of King of Han, promoted Dong He to Situ of Han, and promoted Fei Guan to Sikong. Both of them were granted the title of the marquis of the town, Du Ji and Pang Tong became prime minister, and Dong Yun and Fei Yi were also granted the title of Pingzhangshi of the Secretariat of the Secretariat of the Secretariat. Fei Guan's brother Fei Shi was transferred to the left to the magistrate of Shu County.
Chapter completed!