Chapter 154 Yuan Wenshao's Letter of Submission: The Differences in the World

Why has the government treasury been in deficit year after year?

Hearing this, Yuan Wenshao couldn't help but frown.

Although he didn't know why Yang Wenyuan mentioned his family's deficit, he had never thought about this issue before.

After all, the public household in the family has always been managed by my mother.

Apart from his brother and sister-in-law who occasionally spied on it, neither he nor his father had ever noticed anything like it.

So regarding my mother’s words:

"Although there are other properties granted by the government, they are not much after all. So in order to maintain the appearance of the Earl's Mansion, it has been in deficit year after year."

No one doubted this.

After all, the housekeeping power is in the hands of the mistress of the family.

And this is how they have been doing it for so many years, so this set of reasonable-sounding words did not arouse suspicion.

And what Yang Wenyuan said, could it be that he had made another discovery?

Yuan Wenshao immediately looked at Yang Wenyuan with hope.

"After you left, I used my family connections to help you check."

In fact, Yang Wenyuan was afraid that Yuan Wenshao would become desperate and do something irrational, so he investigated the Yuan family.

By the way, we also discovered some clues about Mrs. Yuan’s family, the Zhang family.

Yang Wenyuan: Everything should be done with caution!
Yang Wenyuan flicked his sleeves, glanced at Yuan Wenshao, and said softly:
“When I checked, I found something strange.

“Although your family has been in deficit for many years, your mother, Madam Yuan’s family, the Zhang family, which once produced a chief academic officer of the Imperial College, has been in decline for a long time, but they live a happy life and do not look down and out at all.

Not to mention that they have a good life, even after their children suffered losses in business, they would recover after a short period of time and start a new business. "

Yang Wenyuan looked at Yuan Wenshao with a playful look:
"Isn't it a coincidence?"

What a coincidence, how could this not be a coincidence?!

Yuan Wenshao is not a fool. When Yang Wenyuan said this, he had not yet realized that his mother had been secretly using the public funds of the mansion to support her family!

No matter what social status one has, this is a big taboo in the family!
Even my brother and sister-in-law, who had originally stood on the same side as my mother, would definitely be unhappy if they knew about this.

After all, they will be the inheritors of the Earl's Palace in the future.

Isn't this equivalent to the mother giving her own money to others?

I haven't agreed to it yet!
And whether it is a peasant woman in the countryside or an official’s wife in the inner palace.

Once people find out that you secretly use your family's money to support your parents' family, at best you will lose your position as the housekeeper, at worst you will get a letter of divorce!

If you take out some of your dowry to help your family who are in financial difficulty, then naturally there is nothing to say.

But it doesn't make sense that you use the public bank's money to subsidize your mother's family who are still able to make ends meet!

Moreover, according to Yang Wenyuan's description, the Zhang family might be living a more comfortable life than the Yuan family. They were able to reopen their business after suffering losses several times.

My Yuan family lives a dull life, but your Zhang family is thriving?

Yuan Wenshao believed that he now had something on his mother.

Although the matter was clarified, Yuan Wenshao still felt that it was a bit difficult to deal with.

Although he had some resentment towards his mother because of what happened before, his original filial piety still remained.

He wanted his mother to have no time to take care of him and his elder brother, but he also didn't want his mother to be divorced because of this.

Seeing Yuan Wenshao's embarrassed expression, Yang Wenyuan understood his concerns and said bluntly:
"Don't worry, your mother and sister-in-law are both daughters of the Zhang family. No matter what happens, the situation won't be too ugly."

Yuan Wenshao thought about it and nodded.

That's right, my mother and sister-in-law are both daughters of the Zhang family. Unless they are divorced together, they should be confined to the home as Yang Wenyuan said, and things won't get too ugly.

Yuan Wenshao was relieved now.

I turned around and started planning how to use this matter to add luster to my father's happy sex life.

However, just as he was about to turn around, Yuan Wenshao paused.

Is my pledge of allegiance not enough?
Do you need to put in more effort?

That’s right, Yuan Wenshao went to Yang Wenyuan today using Rong Xian’s name instead of going there alone.

Of course it is to surrender!
Otherwise, now is the time to prepare to set off for Lingzhou, and time is tight. Yuan Wenshao is not here for a blind date like Zheng Xiao, so how could he take out time to find out that Yang Wenyuan would come to the polo club today and talk to Yang Wenyuan about his own private affairs?

Yuan Wenshao is not idle.

The reason why I didn't discuss the matter of taking a concubine for my mother with Yang Wenyuan before was because how could I discuss such a matter with outsiders?

But these days are different.

Now was the time for him to submit his "letter of allegiance", and apart from this matter, he had nothing else to talk to Yang Wenyuan about.

I have told you such an important thing. It is obvious that I am telling Yang Wenyuan that I want to get closer to your family, so I said "Young Marquis" at the beginning!
Once you’re called Little Marquis, you’ll always be Little Marquis!

It's a matter of saving lives, it's not shameful!
Yuan Wenshao has also thought things through during this period.

Since they can't rely on their own family, the Yuan family can't get up on their own now. They can only move closer to the big mountains of military merit.

Why don't I place the bet in advance, get ahead of my father and get the benefits first?

The "favors" that control you as a human being are meant to be used by others.

Why can't I use it myself?

So Yuan Wenshao thought about it and decided to choose the Yang family.

First, Yang Wenyan, the only two direct descendants of the Yang family's younger generation, is now in Lingzhou.

As the saying goes, it is easier to get things done if you have someone in the court, and the same is true in the army.

If I go to Lingzhou and hang out with Yang Wenyan, it will definitely be better than fighting alone.

Moreover, the Yang family, which has been powerful since the founding of the country, is not comparable to the Yuan family, whose title was just restored not long ago.

Although most of the family were killed in the previous battle at the border, this just shows that the Yang family must do their utmost to protect the remaining strength of their few young talents.

No matter what, Yang Wenyan would not be allowed to die in Lingzhou.

Military leaders like the Duke of England would definitely take this into consideration and would not throw Yang Wenyan into danger.

Otherwise, if Yang Wenyan died...

There were only a few of them to begin with, and he was the only child of the second branch, and yet he died at your hands. He might not say it, but he would definitely be dissatisfied in his heart.

The second reason is because of factional relations.

The Yuan family was revived with the help of the current official.

The Yang family was also taken care of by the government after the death of the old Marquis Pingyang, which enabled Yang Yuqing to be promoted repeatedly.

Therefore, the Yang family and the Yuan family are naturally in the same faction.

That's why Yuan Wenshao brought up this matter before he set off for Lingzhou.

Brother Wenyuan, there were a lot of people outside before, but now I have to talk to you from the bottom of my heart!

But Yang Wenyuan is used to going with the flow.

Yuan Wenshao was just a casual move. If he achieved military merit in the future, even if Yuan Wenchun was unhappy, Zhongqinbo was not a fool and would definitely support him with all his strength.

What the Yuan family is now in charge of is the war horses.

Although he had no military power and his power was divided up by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War, which was quite restrictive, he was still very useful to the army.

Yuan Wenshao paused, and Yang Wenyuan understood what he meant and asked:

"But you think it's inconvenient to act?"

"Young Marquis still understands me!"

Yuan Wenshao could naturally think of a way to deal with this since he already had evidence. However, he was beating his chest and stamping his feet, pretending to be in a dilemma:
"After all, I am my mother's son. It would be inappropriate to tell my father or mother about this matter, so I couldn't think of any ideas for a while!"

Yuan Wenshao: Life has smoothed out my edges after all!
Yang Wenyuan also pretended not to know:
"It's really hard for you to handle this."

But then he changed the subject:
"I heard that your family has many children. Even if life is not going well, the many aunts who are married out do not risk the world's disapproval to support their families?"

Yang Wenyuan nodded affirmatively:

"It seems that they are all polite elders. We should pay them more respects."

After listening to this, Yuan Wenshao thought about it for a while and couldn't help but admire Yang Wenyuan's brilliant plan.

Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality.

We haven't even given any money to our parents, so why should you, a daughter of the defeated Zhang family, be so presumptuous and bold?

But this candidate needs careful consideration.

We must find a biological aunt to protect the Yuan family, otherwise it would be bad.

See Yuan Wenshao nod.

Yang Wenyuan personally poured him a cup of tea, motioned him to drink it, and then smiled and said:

"I suddenly remembered something. Yuan Erlang, you are about to follow the Duke of Ying to Lingzhou to join the army. Have you chosen a position?"

This is exactly what Yuan Wenshao was waiting for!
Without paying attention to the tea that was so close, he said hurriedly:
"No, although I am going with the Duke of England, I will still have to wait for the Ministry of War to decide on my official position."

Only then did Yang Wenyuan realize that what Yuan Wenshao said was true.

No wonder Yuan Wenshao came to find me, it turns out that the Yuan family really didn’t do anything!

Although the Yuan family had no roots in the military, there were still some residual relationships, so they were not unable to arrange Yuan Wenshao's current official position. They definitely just didn't want to waste favors on Yuan Wenshao!
I'm here to earn favors, not to lose money!

In sharp contrast to this was Zheng Xiao, who was about to go with Yuan Wenshao.

The moment he decided to go, his official position was determined. He was affiliated with the direct army under the British public account, and was the lieutenant general of the cavalry camp, with a full complement of 200 armored knights under his command.

Among them, dozens of positions are for personal guards trained by the Zheng family for generations.

The Duke of England took very good care of Zheng Xiao, his "future son-in-law".

Yuan Wenshao certainly did not receive such treatment.

Although the Yuan family had their title restored, they didn't have much of the previously confiscated property left, and the government also confiscated more than ten years' salary of the Earl's Mansion.

Moreover, Madam Yuan has been embezzling money from the mansion to her parents' home like rats moving house, so there probably isn't much money left to train her own guards.

If we count down the ranks from Bo Zhongqin and Yuan Wenchun to Yuan Wenshao, there will probably be even fewer.

After analyzing all this, Yang Wenyuan completely understood everything!

Brother, aren't you a little too miserable?
I can't bear to watch it!
"In that case, why don't I write a letter to my cousin Wen Yan later and ask him to talk to Marquis Gu to let you go with my cousin?" Yang Wenyuan asked.

Yes, I really need it!

Yuan Wenshao just wanted to go to Yang Wenyan to ask for protection, otherwise why would he come to Yang Wenyuan, so he hurriedly said:
"Thank you very much, young marquis!"

Yuan Wenshao could now call him "Young Marquis" very smoothly.

After finishing his story, Yuan Wenshao felt relaxed both physically and mentally.

Seeing that Yang Wenyuan didn't seem to be in the mood to talk and didn't want to drink the tea that had just been poured for him, he immediately left with a tactful look.

At the top, Yang Wenyuan, who was sitting on a solid wood red chair, looked at Yuan Wenshao's departing back, and then saw Rong Xian reappearing and talking to Yuan Wenshao, and couldn't help but sighed:
“I guess this is the disparity in the world!

A diligent young man who has been motivated from the beginning now has to risk his life, but in the end, I am afraid he will not be able to compare with Rong Xian. "

While Yang Wenyuan was secretly shaking his head, Rong Xian entered the tent and said with a smile:

"How is it, is the matter settled?"

Rong Xiangang had already received the news from Yuan Wenshao, so he was just being polite at the moment.

Yang Wenyuan nodded:
"It's settled!"

"That's OK!"

Rong Xian saw the untouched tea on Yang Wenyuan's table and took a sip very naturally. Then he sat down and leaned back in his chair and complained to Yang Wenyuan:

"Why did you guys talk for so long just now? I was hanging out outside for a while, but I'm tired."

Yang Wenyuan immediately said with a smile:

"Aren't you going to Guangyuntai? You're on duty with the Imperial Guards every day. How come you're tired after just a short stroll?"

Speaking of this, Rong Xian seemed to be full of complaints.

"What do you mean by imperial guards on duty? It's just a nice way of saying it!"

Rong Xian drank the tea in the cup and slammed it heavily on the table.

Looking at the cup, Yang Wenyuan didn't know if it was because he was affected by Hua Lan's nature of thriftiness, but at this moment he actually felt a little distressed.

Fortunately, Rong Xian's next words attracted Yang Wenyuan's attention.

"Although the fifty men under my command are the full complement, every time they report for duty, the names on the roster are often incomplete. Either someone is busy today, or someone is sick tomorrow. I can always find a way to fix it."

"No one came for re-examination?" Yang Wenyuan couldn't help but ask.

Rong Xian sneered:
"Of course there are, but during the re-examination, as long as the number of missing vacancies does not exceed three, it will be passed, so everyone takes turns to come. You have a day off today, and you can come to my house tomorrow. I have also made another schedule."

Yang Wenyuan remained silent.

I have heard from my uncle Yang Yuqing a long time ago that although the Central Imperial Guards appear to be powerful on the surface, in reality their "military equipment is completely useless."

Now that I hear Rong Xian say this in person, I finally have the most intuitive feeling.

The roll call is just for show, and I'm afraid the daily drills are just empty talk and a formality.

Rong Xian lay back and said with a relaxed look on his face:

"I finally understand. For someone like me who is forced by my family to report to duty on time every day, I am already considered good in the Imperial Guard. As long as I stay calm and steady, I can move up in the future."

The intention to give up is obvious!
If these words fell into the ears of Yuan Wenshao who just left, he would probably not be able to retract his ten-meter-long sword.

Listen, are you speaking human language?
"Stop talking about this!"

Yang Wenyuan didn't want to listen to these "debauched music" anymore. How could a real man born in this world...

How can we follow the routine?

Fuck, the more I think about it, the more I envy you. What should I do?!

"Come on, come on. You can't play polo, but I can still play pot-tossing and chuiwan with you!"

(End of this chapter)