For Zhang Jingzhi, his life can be divided into two clear parts, with the decline of Zhangjia as the boundary.
Zhang Jingzhi in the first 30 years was the son of an aristocratic family born in a famous official family. As an official for generations, Zhang has always been at the center of power and is a real powerful family. And childe Zhang is intelligent and judgmental from childhood. He is beautiful and elegant. He is the most famous childe in the whole capital.
The first 30 years of Zhang Jingzhi's life were incredibly smooth. His grandfather and father became Prime Minister of Anxia before and after. It is impolite to say that in the capital, childe Zhang is more dignified than Xiao Yiran, who is the prince.
However, Zhang Jingzhi himself is not very satisfied with such a life. He always feels some shortcomings, but there seems to be no better choice except to follow the established path of life.
Of course, Zhang Jingzhi will not do things that put his good family background and don't run out to ask for trouble. Smart people are always better at taking advantage of their own advantages.
Not only did Zhang Jingzhi feel inadequate, but his father, Anxia Prime Minister Zhang Bi, also had many concerns about his son.
Occasionally, Zhang Bi would look at his son with pride and a touch of sadness in his eyes.
If it is a peaceful and prosperous age, Zhang Bi has no doubt that his son will one day reach the peak of power and go down in history. But born in such a world, Zhang Jingzhi's character does not have much advantage. In troubled times, neither a modest gentleman nor a resourceful young master can make Zhang Jingzhi stand in the forefront of this era.
What this era really needs is heroes who can change the world.
People like Fu Fengcheng, Long Yue and song Lang.
People in this era will only follow heroes and are more willing to make heroes.
When Fu Fengcheng and Long Yue meet each other, they can run against each other, laugh and scold each other, fight each other, and even fight each other. However, in the face of Zhang Jingzhi, they only receive guests and politely call childe Zhang.
This is the difference. Politeness itself is a alienation.
In fact, it is difficult for such a noble childe as Zhang Jingzhi to enter the communication circle of these heroes who fight hard on the battlefield and hold military power.
However, Zhang Bi didn't wait until this hidden worry became a stumbling block on his son's way forward, because before that, Zhangjia collapsed.
Because of Zhang Zuo's relationship, even if Zhang Jingzhi and Zhang Bi try their best to turn the tide, Zhangjia is inevitably excluded from the center of power. The best result is just to preserve the safety of the family. Zhang Zuo is missing, Zhang Bi resigns, Zhang Huizhi goes south to study, and Zhang Jingzhi sits on the bench in the capital.
Zhang Jingzhi didn't fall behind. In fact, Zhang Jingzhi's time in Beijing was not as sad as outsiders thought. In addition to going to work step by step every day, he is reading in his study and thinking about his future.
The change of outsiders' attitude is also a new experience and growth for young childe Zhang.
Until one day, he finally knocked on the door of his father's study.
"Father, I want to go to Yongcheng." Zhang Jingzhi stood in his study and said to Zhang Bi sitting behind his desk.
Zhang Bi slightly raised his eyebrows and didn't veto Zhang Jingzhi's idea. "Are you sure?"
Zhang Jingzhi nodded and said, "yes."
Zhang Bi asked, "tell me your opinion. Why did you choose the Fu family?"
Zhang Jingzhi said, "in my opinion, the Fu family has the best chance of winning. In addition, only the Fu family can accommodate me now."
Zhang bi was silent for a moment and said, "the four northern provinces and the northwest are not necessarily bad. Long Xiao and song ye will still give me this face."
Zhang Jingzhi shook his head and said, "father, this time I want to go by myself. Long dujun and song dujun will indeed give me a position in your face, but you also understand that I have limited choices."
Zhang Bi raised his head and stared at him, "Well, you should also understand that with the current situation in Zhangjia, you won't have any good positions when you go to Yongcheng. Fu Zheng and his son do have the capacity to accommodate people, but the six southern provinces themselves have a large number of talents, and they can't let you replace any important positions as soon as you go. Maybe you'll be no different from sitting on the bench in Beijing at that time. In addition... You really work under Fu Dashao's hands Are you ready? "
Zhang Jingzhi certainly understood what his father meant. Not long ago, Mr. Zhang was still on an equal footing with the Fu family. Now he has to go all the way to other people's territory to make a living. One can imagine the psychological gap.
Zhang Jingzhi smiled. "Father, I want to be clear. In addition... I don't want to go to Fu dujun and Fu Shao."
Zhang Bi frowned slightly, "what do you mean?"
"Madam Fu Shao."
This time Zhang Bi really changed his face, "what did you say?"
Zhang Jingzhi sighed, "father, no matter where I am in the last ten years, I will not be reused. No one wants to see Zhangjia rise again, let alone another one..."
Zhang Jingzhi swallowed the name at the mouth and continued: "Mrs. Fu is different. She is not so sensitive around her, and I think... She shouldn't mind these."
Zhang Bi took a deep breath. "What can you do with her? I know Mrs. Fu has a lot of property. Are you going to be her cashier?"
Zhang Jingzhi didn't feel as heavy as her father. She said with a light smile, "anyway, I can't do anything in recent years. I've been in the capital since I was born. I don't eat fireworks. Taking this opportunity, it's nothing to go to the bottom. Father, we're not born noble, so let's... Start over."
This time Zhang bi was silent for a longer time, and finally sighed, "well, in the final analysis, it's Zhangjia who delayed you. Now that you've decided, let's do it by yourself."
"Thank you, father. My father was wrong. Zhangjia didn't delay. Where would there be Zhang Jingzhi without Zhangjia?" Zhang Jingzhi was relieved to know that his father agreed.
"Really don't need me to tell Fu Zheng?" Zhang Bi asked again.
Zhang Jingzhi shook his head. "Don't bother Fu dujun for such a small matter."
"Then go."
"Yes, father." Zhang Jingzhi turned to quit his study. When he came to the door, he heard Zhang Bi's voice behind him, "Jingzhi, do you really don't know where your second uncle has gone?"
Zhang Jingzhi looked back at her father, with a faint smile on her lips, as if with some apology, "sorry, father, I really don't know."
Zhang Bi sighed, "go and be careful when you go out."
"I know. Thank you, father."
Zhang Jingzhi went out of his study, stood under the eaves and looked up at the sky. A weak, beautiful but strong figure suddenly flashed in his mind.
Yu Xinyou.
She seems to have gone to Yong City, too.
Zhang Jingzhi doesn't really want to see Yu Xinyou. He believes Yu Xinyou has the same idea as him.
Although they have known each other since childhood, Zhang Jingzhi has always regarded Yu Xinyou as the sister of a family of friends who needs to be taken care of.
But now
Two people who know each other's true faces and secrets are always a little embarrassed when they meet.
Childe Zhang also needs to walk around the world in the image of his elegant and noble childe.
Yu Xinyou also needs to maintain her weak, strong but harmless daughter in front of her father.
Except for a few people, no one knows that they all have murderous intentions, and finally really stabbed their relatives and teachers with the sharp blade of murder.
Zhang Jingzhi went south to Yongcheng very smoothly. It was a great pleasure to cooperate with lengsa.
He became an important person around lengsa in a very short time. Of course, this reuse is probably a joke in the eyes of those former friends in the capital. Mr. Zhang is reduced to running to the Fu family to manage the industry for Mrs. Fu Shao. How can we not let people sigh?
During his stay in Yongcheng, Zhang Jingzhi hardly met Yu Xinyou. When they met and talked again, it was the summer of the second year of the summer.
In the summer of the second year of the summer, Zhang Jingzhi attended the wedding of Long Yue and was ready to return to Jiazhou.
Because of the war in the northwest and southwest in the previous two years, Jiazhou was used as a transit place for various materials, and Zhang Jingzhi, as the main person in charge of the central operation, once again entered the eyes of many people.
Although Zhang Bi's help and guidance are indispensable, childe Zhang's ability is also obvious to all. Sometimes it is even more difficult to make the logistics of the whole battlefield work than to win a war.
After the war, Zhang Jingzhi did not take the opportunity to return to officialdom, but still returned to be the general manager of his own Fourier group.
At the end of last year, the war in the northwest was basically settled, but Jiazhou's status did not decline, but became more serious.
The original Jiazhou region and the whole southwest region were not divided up by each family, but formed a new area, at least nominally belonging to the official of Daxia in the capital. As a commercial and logistics center in this region, Jiazhou naturally becomes more important.
Therefore, lengsa set up a branch in Jiazhou. Zhang Jingzhi has several positions and must frequently travel between Jiazhou and Yongcheng.
After attending the wedding of Long Yue this time, Zhang Jingzhi did not return to Yongcheng. After sending his sister to the train back to Yongcheng, he boarded the direct train to Jiazhou.
"Zhang Shao?"
"Miss Yu?"
Zhang Jingzhi stepped into the first-class carriage and saw Yu Xinyou sitting at the table drinking tea leisurely. Yu Xinyou was obviously surprised. He was stunned for a while before slowly putting down the tea cup and smiled at Zhang Jingzhi.
Zhang Jingzhi said, "is Miss Yu going to Jiazhou or northwest?"
Yu Xinyou said with a smile, "when I went to Jiazhou, my studies have been completed ahead of schedule and I just got a new job“
"I thought Miss Yu would go back to the capital." Zhang Jingzhi went to the opposite of Yu Xinyou and sat down. After all, Yu Chengyi is now the president, and it is much more convenient for Yu Xinyou to go back to the capital than outside.
Yu Xinyou said, "I also thought major Zhang would go back to the capital."
They looked at each other and were speechless for a moment. They were silent for a moment in such a slightly embarrassing atmosphere, and they both smiled.
Yu Xinyou sighed and said, "in fact, we don't have to be so strange?"
Zhang Jingzhi thought it was funny. They had known each other for at least more than ten years, but they called each other the most unfamiliar.
"You're right, so... Can I call you by name?"
Yu Xinyou generously stretched out his hand and said with a smile, "of course, quiet. Please take more care in Jiazhou in the future."
Zhang Jingzhi reached out and shook her hand. She looked at Yu Xinyou unexpectedly. "Xinyou, you seem very different from before."
Yu Xinyou asked, "what's different?"
Zhang Jingzhi said, "it looks... More energetic." in the past, Yu Xinyou looked too weak and always worried about whether she would break up at the touch.
Yu Xinyou said, "Mr. Hua prescribed me some medicine again before. Although I still have to take medicine often, my health has really improved a lot in the past two years, otherwise my father doesn't trust me to be outside alone. Maybe I've run outside more, but it's not so easy to get sick. Speaking of it, I've changed a lot“
Zhang Jingzhi was curious, "Oh? Where have I changed?"
Yu Xinyou thought for a moment and said with a smile, "maybe he has become more... Approachable? He doesn't have the sense of distance before, but more like a living person."
Chatting and waiting for the train to start, the embarrassment originally thought didn't seem to appear.
The atmosphere gradually became more relaxed. The train slowly drove out of the station. The topic of Zhang Jingzhi and Yu Xinyou has changed from each other's life and work in the past two years to the gossip of Long Yue and Jun Xi.
Both of them were amazed at the speed at which long Shao held the beauty back, and "worried" about the seemingly simple future of Jun Xi.
If you marry a man like long Yue, I'm afraid teacher Jun Xi's future will be different from what she imagined.
In the rhythmic clatter, the long train headed for Jiazhou in the bright sun.