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Chapter 120 The same year
The so-called Tong Jia family, No. 1 family in the Qing Dynasty, is actually a mess inside.How could Yuzhu have the spare time to wipe other people's buttocks every day?
The Tong Jia family in history, since Longkodo was imprisoned, has also been in a slump just like the Hesheli family.

The descendants of the old Tong's family, at best, inherited the duke from generation to generation, and stayed in obscurity until the fall of the Qing Dynasty.

Hanshuang peeled a small orange and fed it into Yu Zhu's mouth petal by petal.

While eating oranges, Yuzhu joked with Hanshuang: "Our little Shuangshuang is not too young."

Frost has served Yu Zhu's side since she was a child, how can she not understand that Yu Zhu is too idle, and she is just having fun with her?

"Second Lord, you're dead, you're just making fun of your servant." Frost stretched out her small hand, pretending to pinch Yu Zhu's arm lightly, pursed her red lips, and said solemnly, "You promised this servant, Let the servants wait on you all the time."

Yuzhu smiled slightly and said, "You always want to marry."

Seeing that Yu Zhu was in a really good mood, Hanshuang plucked up her courage and whispered, "I don't want to get married."

Yuzhu took a deep look at Hanshuang, this clever girl had been by her side all the time, and he really used it very smoothly.

Frost and Lin Yan'er were seriously at odds, how could he not know?

Upright officials can hardly break housework.

Don't be stupid, don't be a master (Ah Weng).

The first rule of the emperor's mind: don't make your subjects join forces to plot against me!
In the house, the same is true!
"Well, it's up to you. When you want to marry someone, I will prepare a generous dowry for you, which will definitely make your marriage very beautiful."

It is actually not easy to cultivate a confidant in charge.

As Yuzhu approached the circle of power step by step, the people who came closer after that basically only had interests involved and lacked emotional foundation.

Frost was overjoyed, and said with red eyes: "Second Master, you treat your servants very well."

Yuzhu smiled slightly and said, "You are a loyal and capable maidservant, if the Lord doesn't love you, who does he love?"

"Ding..." The original sound of pearls and jade falling on a jade plate made a strange buzzing sound due to the sudden snapping of the strings.

Yuzhu didn't care, but Hanshuang knew in her heart that Lin Yan'er's heart was in a mess!

After the general examination, Yuzhu also won the tribute in Zhou Quan's provincial examination in the same year.

Last time, Zhou Quan visited Yuzhu, and Yuzhu also went to their house to return the gift.

As the saying goes, if you come but never go, you are indecent!

Reciprocity is the way to long-term communication.

This time, Yuzhu ordered Hu Biao to go to the Zhou Mansion with his name card, and asked Zhou Quan to make an appointment so that he could take the initiative to visit. .

In any case, Zhou Quan was in the same year as the provincial examination after all, so Yuzhu's superficial skills must be perfunctory.

Hu Biao came back and said that Mr. Zhou had said that he would sweep the couch tomorrow to wait for the same year of jade.

So, Yu Zhu called the Zhike in the mansion to take care of things, and compared with the generous gift Zhou Quan brought last time, he added [-]% as a gift for visiting.

Gift giving is definitely a big question.

The gift of 100 taels was sent in the same year, and you only returned 50 taels, so you will inevitably be looked down upon.

If you send 100 taels in the same year, and you return 200 taels, you will not only appear to be superficial and courteous, but you will also be suspected of having ulterior motives.

The difficulty of giving gifts is the highest among all the affairs of the mansion gate!
If the mistress of the family wants to gain a foothold in her husband's house, the right to preside over the gift comes second. The most important thing is the thickness of the gift list.

To put it bluntly, as long as the gift list of all exchanges is in hand, the closeness and distance between this big mansion and various wealthy families will be clear at a glance!

This is the core secret of the mansion gate!
Since Li Si'er was not very reliable, Longkodo's confidants had always been in charge of the duties of knowing guests and managing affairs in person.

After all, no matter how much Longkodo is willing to mess around, he will also reciprocate courtesy and respect with the princes, ministers and relatives who have made good friends.

If you send the wrong gift list to an important relative's house, you will offend them for no reason, and there is no need for that at all!
There are also university questions for door-to-door visits.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing to go too early and others haven't woken up yet?
I only go there near lunch time, hey, is this just for a drink?

At the first moment of Sishi (9:15), Yuzhu boarded the car and went out with a generous gift.

As Yuzhu progressed triumphantly on the road to the imperial examination, Li Si'er's restraint on him became more and more loose.

In the past, whenever Yuzhu went out, he had to bring dozens of troops with him to protect his safety.

Now, Yu Zhu went out with a carriage, a steward, two servants, two guards with knives and Niu Tai.

Niu Tai was brought by Yuzhu by name.At a critical moment, a carving shooter like him who counts stars can save lives.

Zhou Quan is the son of Hanchen. He does not live in the inner city, but in Ximi Lane outside Chongwen Gate in the outer city.

From Yuzhu's home, Jialanyan Hutong, to Ximi Lane, the road is not close.

A group of people passed the Dongsi archway, Dongdan archway, exited Chongwenmen, turned right again, and arrived at the gate of Zhou Mansion, it was already seven o'clock.

"Brother Yunqing is here, the Pengbi is really shining." Zhou Quan, who was waiting outside the gate, saw the jade pillar, and immediately bowed with a smile.

Yuzhu hurriedly returned the salute with a long bow, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhusheng, you are too polite!"

The last time we met, Zhou Quan was already 27 years old, more than ten years older than Yuzhu, so he was naturally the elder brother.

Zhou Quan led Yuzhu all the way into the inner study where he specially received guests.

There are generally three places for receiving guests in the official family of this era, the West Flower Hall, the inner study room and the outer study room.

Under normal circumstances, the importance of the guests received in the outer study room, west flower hall and inner study room is in ascending order.

After the guests and hosts were seated, the servants of the Zhou family served tea, and Zhou Quan picked up the teacup, raised it slightly towards the jade pillar, and then bowed his head and took a sip.

Yuzhu took a sip of tea, um, it turned out to be the Biluochun that he was used to drinking in the palace.

Zhou Quan's father, Zhou Kuang, is currently the doctor of the Department of Wenxuan of the Ministry of Officials.Although the official position is only a fifth rank, the real power is not small, and there are as many people who ask him to do things.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Zhou family has Biluochun, which is drunk in the palace.

"Brother Xiqing, I heard that Master Wu hesitated for a long time when he appointed you as Huiyuan."

Yuzhu took the initiative to worship back and forth today, and Zhou Quan was somewhat moved.Therefore, in order to make Yuzhu's trip worthwhile, he revealed the truth about Wu Yan's Huiyuan in the Gongyuan.

In fact, Yu Zhu had known about Wu Pu's entanglement for a long time.However, since Zhou Quan took the initiative to reveal the inside information, besides expressing his gratitude, he also needs to reciprocate.

"Oh, if Brother Zhusheng hadn't mentioned it, I'd still be in the dark." Yu Zhu lifted his butt slightly and cupped his hands in thanks.

Zhou Quan couldn't help smiling when he saw Yu Zhu being so courteous, this son can be handed over!
To tell the truth, if his father, Zhou Kuang, hadn't forced Zhou Quan to visit Yuzhu after passing the provincial examination, he really didn't want to cling to Longkodo and Qingtai.

How should I put it, Manchen has the way of promotion of Manchen, and Hanchen also has its own way of transfer of Hanlin Cichen, which basically belong to the state of non-interference with each other.

However, Yuzhu always gives people a feeling of spring breeze, which provides the basis for continuing to communicate.

"My little brother heard that there may be a major adjustment of the officials of the Ministry of Officials."

What Zhou Quan gave was old news, but what Yuzhu said was inside information that Zhou Quan had never grasped before, and he was suddenly shocked.

The doctor of Wenxuan Department of the Ministry of Officials mainly has great influence on officials outside the Ministry of Officials.

However, with the adjustment of officials within the Ministry of Officials, Zhou Kuang, the doctor of Wenxuan, was helpless.

To put it bluntly, the adjustment of the officials in the yamen of the Ministry of Officials, the Man and Han Shangshu and the left and right servants of the Man and Han, these six people sit together for a meeting, and they can directly submit the book.

Zhou Kuang didn't even have a chance to open his mouth, let alone intervene.

"Thank you for your reminder, brother Yuqing. If you don't tell me, I'm still in the dark, Brother Yu." Zhou Quan hurriedly got up, and bowed respectfully.

Yuzhu reminded him in advance, so Zhou Kuang could seize the time to go to the backer's door, and try to keep the vacancy of Wen Xuansi's doctor.

If Yuzhu doesn't tell the inside story, wait until the officials of the Ministry of Officials have discussed the matter and signed up.Zhou Kuang wanted to make a move again, but it was too late.

This is the same as speculating in stocks.You know that the European stock market has crashed half a minute earlier than others, and you can immediately polish all the chips in your hand to minimize losses.

To put it bluntly, the higher the level, the more valuable the important sources of news are, and they can't even be bought with money.

What is the identity of Yuzhu?What he said, Zhou Quan didn't dare to take it lightly at all, immediately found his confidant in charge, and rode a fast horse to find Zhou Kuang.

Between friends, feelings need to be cultivated slowly.Complementary needs in terms of interests are not deceiving.

With this little episode, Zhou Quan became much more affectionate to Yu Zhu than before.

When a distinguished guest like Yu Zhu came to visit, Zhou Quan naturally wanted to entertain him for lunch.

After going to the Nuan Pavilion and sitting down, before the food and wine were served, Zhou Quan called out his wife and only daughter, and asked them to meet Yuzhu.

Zhou Quan's wife, Mrs. Xie, is the concubine of the famous Xie family in Jiangyin, Changzhou.

When Yuzhu was studying at Jiuhua Academy, he had heard many times about the legendary story of the Xie family in Jiangyin, Changzhou, a family of seven Jinshi.

Originally, with Zhou Quan's family background, he could not marry Xie's daughter.However, Zhou Quan's grandfather used to be the magistrate of Changzhou, and Xie's family was almost wiped out by bandits. Fortunately, he rescued him in time.

In order to thank Zhou Zhifu for his rescue, Xie's family made a baby marriage with Zhou's family.

So Zhou Quan picked up a big leak and married Xie's daughter to come in.Although it is said that Mrs. Xie is a concubine, she is worthy of the boast of the old Zhou family for a long time.

Adhering to the principle of seeing no evil, Yuzhu only raised his head and glanced at Xie's appearance, then turned his head to Zhou Quan's side.

Seeing this, Zhou Quan couldn't help nodding secretly, he is really a man of etiquette and observance, without the arrogance of a bannerman at all.

Perhaps because he knew that Yuzhu had eaten all kinds of delicacies from all over the world, Zhou Quan deliberately arranged a table of vegetarian banquets from Jiangnan.

Yuzhu was really satisfied with the meal and was full of praise.

Zhou Quan greeted Yuzhu, and when the two were drinking comfortably, a servant suddenly came to report that the master had returned.

When Zhou Kuang came back suddenly, Zhou Quan hadn't understood Wei'er yet, but Yuzhu already understood it.

Zhou Kuang, who got the inside information, didn't go to the big backer to find a solution at the first time, but returned home.

When Yuzhu was leaving, according to the etiquette, he must meet the elders of the Zhou family, so he happened to meet Zhou Kuang face to face.

"My nephew Yuzhu, pay my respects to Zhou Shishu." Yuzhu bowed to the ground, showing great respect and courtesy to Zhou Kuang.

Yuzhu and Zhou Quan are both the same year of the provincial examination and the general examination, and, it is foreseeable that they will definitely become the same year of Jinshi in the same subject.

The three-year relationship was added together, so he naturally had to respect Zhou Kuang on the surface.

"Nephew is too polite, please hurry up." Zhou Kuang's attitude was extraordinarily gentle, and he used the word please.

After Yuzhu stood up straight, Zhou Quan originally thought that he could send Yuzhu out immediately.

Who would have thought that Zhou Kuang would actually smile and say, "Sit down, come and have some tea."

Yuzhu's heart is like a mirror, Zhou Kuang must have something important to say, and he is not in a hurry.

At this time, Zhou Quan also saw something strange from his father's abnormal behavior.

"My lord, how is your health?" Zhou Kuang greeted Longkodo politely.

(End of this chapter)