ushernet Chapter 189 Conflict
Chapter 189 Conflict
"Also, you should take care of your personal life as soon as possible during this vacation. I already told Xiaoxiao before I left that I would arrange a blind date for you when you get back."
Chen Er said with a smile that this was actually what Chen Er wanted to do most. Zhao Yun was already quite old, and among the generals and officers in the district he was in charge of, Zhao Yun was one of the few who was still single.
How could such a eligible bachelor be single? Chen Er said to Su Xiao before leaving. Moreover, not only could he not be single, but he also had to find Zhao Yun an excellent match. This was the task Chen Er gave Su Xiao before leaving.
Yes, this matter has escalated to the mission stage, rather than simply asking Su Xiao and the other two to keep an eye out for it.
"My lord, isn't this really unnecessary?" Zhao Yun quickly refused. He was willing to do anything, but he couldn't accept the idea of a blind date.
He had never considered this issue before. Chen Er had mentioned the matter of settling down before, but he hadn't paid much attention to it. Now that Chen Er had brought it up again, Zhao Yun was at a loss for what to do.
Chen Er pressed his hand down to steady Zhao Yun and said, "It's not like I'm sending you to the battlefield. I'm just helping you find someone. If you see someone you like, try getting to know them. If it doesn't work out, then forget it."
"Besides, you are a dignified cavalry lieutenant general in a district that I personally organized. If word gets out that you are not married, people will think that I, as your lord, am making things difficult for my generals. That would damage my reputation."
Hearing Chen Er say this, Zhao Yun could no longer refute Chen Er's words and could only nod to indicate that he agreed with Chen Er's words. It seemed that this was indeed the case, and Zhao Yun was not young anymore.
In an ordinary family, they would already have several children. But in the Zhao family, there are only him and his elder brother. His brother's current situation is just average, and he only has one child. It's time for them to leave a descendant for the Zhao family. The family line must be continued.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yun no longer felt too resistant. However, the most important thing at the moment was the matter of the Pengcheng nobles, and Chen Er's next sentence made Zhao Yun smile bitterly.
"Zilong, since you had a good chat with Chen Deng and the others, you should spend the next few days exchanging ideas with the nobles of Xuzhou and hosting a few banquets. However, I won't participate; you and Gongyi will handle all of these matters," Chen Er said to Zhao Yun.
"Oh, poor people."
Zhao Yun sighed as he walked out of Chen Er's room, making everyone wonder what had happened to him. Zhao Yun thought to himself, "Once this matter is settled, I must give myself a proper vacation."
Stop doing these things with your unscrupulous lord. You've really been sold out and are still helping Chen Er count the money.
"Zilong, in my opinion, you did a very good job this time. I think we should leave all these kinds of things to you from now on," Chen Er said with a smile.
"No, my lord, you mustn't."
After Chen Er and his group left, Pengcheng underwent a tremendous change. After learning from Zhao Yun about the limitations on noble power and the prospects for commercial development in the district they were governing, Chen Deng and other noble families from Xuzhou finally understood the district they were governing and Chen Er's determination to reform.
They have joined the district they govern, and the organization they govern now possesses the most powerful force in the entire empire, bar none.
Under the rule of the King of Wei, there were six major provinces: You, Ji, Qing, Bing, Xu, Yang, and Yu, as well as a large area of grassland controlled by the Anbei Protectorate. Chen Er's own territory was already the largest power in the world.
If it weren't for the so-called Han Empire above, Chen Er probably wouldn't have been called the King of Wei long ago.
It should be the Emperor of Wei.
This was also where Chen Deng hesitated earlier. Although the reforms in the district he was in charge of severely restricted privileges, it was practically a foregone conclusion that the district he was in charge of would become the ruler of the empire in the future.
Chen Deng understood very well that he had to follow King Wei, Chen Er, in order to have any chance of gaining more in the future.
After Zhao Yun's words of advice, Chen Deng no longer had much resistance to the reform of privileges. After all, as long as they were rich, their Chen family could still be considered superior to others.
When Chen Deng realized this, it wasn't too late. Before Chen Er left, Chen Deng took the time to visit him and express his determination and loyalty to the district he was in charge of.
Seeing that Chen Deng's visit was sincere, Chen Er nodded in acknowledgment and told Chen Deng that as long as they abided by the laws of the district he governed, the district would not impose any restrictions on them.
"My lord, do you think Chen Deng is sincere this time?" Zhao Yun asked Chen Er on the way. Chen Er thought for a moment and said to Zhao Yun, "What do you think? Tell me your thoughts."
"I believe Chen Deng's choice was half sincere and half forced upon him," Zhao Yun replied.
Hearing Zhao Yun's words, Chen Er smiled and said, "The fact that you say this shows that you have gradually matured politically. Chen Deng's joining the district he was in charge of was largely a forced choice."
"Although he now knows that he and his family can achieve good development in the district he governs, Chen Deng is, after all, a local aristocratic family in Xuzhou, in an era dominated by aristocratic families."
"The Chen family and other aristocratic families in Xuzhou are still unwilling to give up their power. This situation will last for at least ten or twenty years before it changes. Some families with more stubborn ideas may not truly integrate into a group until forty or fifty years later, after one or two generations."
"My lord, what do you mean?"
"What I mean is actually very simple: as long as they are willing to support the district I am managing and don't cause trouble behind my back, that's fine. If they are willing, we can certainly give them more convenience, even if they have fewer privileges."
"But material conditions will only get better and better, and this also applies to the common people at the bottom of society. The localism of the empire was very serious before the Yellow Turban Rebellion."
"What I often see is the people's recognition of their own prefecture or county, and this recognition is largely due to the local officials doing things that benefit them, and these local officials are mostly from local aristocratic families."
"Therefore, local problems have always been difficult to solve. Just like the Chen family in Meishan Town, can that small Chen family be compared with Chen Deng and his family? Obviously not."