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Chapter 602 The Other in the Family
The entire Old Tong's family is unusually large, with a total of more than thirty bloodlines.

Tong Tulai belongs to Manchuria in the Yellow Banner, Tong Yangxing, Tong Yangcai, Tong Shan, and Tong Yangze belong to the Zhenglan Banner Han Army, Tong Zhenguo, Tong Biao, Tong Zhao, Tong Yangqian, etc. belong to the Red Banner Han Army, Tong Jia's The rest are all under the banners of Manchuria.

Among them, the mainstream of Lao Tong's family is subordinate to the Zhenglan Banner Han Army.

According to the usual practice, the previous Patriarchs of Old Tong's family must be the generals of the Zhenglan Banner Han Army to be widely recognized by the entire family.

Unfortunately, Yuzhu happens to be in charge of the affairs of Manchuria, Mongolia, and the Han Army in the Zhenglan Banner, and his power is far greater than that of the previous patriarchs of the old Tong family.

In other words, the big and small housework of the mainstream branch of Old Tong's family cannot be separated from Yuzhu's decision.

Even if the old Tong family in history took measures to hedge their bets, Long Kedo secretly supported the fourth child, while Tong Guowei and Elundai supported the eighth child and the fourteenth child.

However, after the fourth brother came to power, due to the downfall of Long Kedo, the once prominent Tong Banchao completely left the core circle of power.

However, the luck of Old Tong's family was not too bad, the two first-class princes were inherited by Qingfu and Kuadai respectively.

However, in the Qianlong Dynasty, Qingfu, who had picked up the first-class duke position for nothing, offended Qianlong because of a trivial matter, and committed suicide for the serious crime of delaying the military aircraft.

Yuzhu entered the room and saw, good guy, there are people present from the thirty or so side branches of the old Tong family.

If it was before, Yu Zhu would definitely not be able to recognize so many relatives.

Now, Yuzhu has been in power for many years, and the three banners of the Zhenglan Banner are in charge, so he can barely recognize everyone.

Tong Guowei is also a sensible person, and the relatives who arranged to meet Yuzhu are all of the same generation.

Among the same generation in Manchuria, it is natural to touch shoulders and arms to salute.

After a lot of etiquette, surrounded by relatives of the younger generation, Tong Guowei sat in the chief position on the left.

Among the people present, Yuzhu has the highest power and status.

In terms of title, Yuzhu is the Fuguogong in the clan's Jueli, far higher than Tong Guowei's first-class Cheng'enggong.

In terms of official position, Yuzhu was once a general of Fuyuan, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and a secretary of the household department.

The relatives were full of smiling faces, and asked Yuzhu to sit in the second seat.

But Yuzhu waved his hand and said, "Filial piety is the first thing to do, so why should we sit side by side with our ancestors?"

This statement is very tenable!

Tong Guowei couldn't help but smiled slightly, and said: "The old man is already old, and the future of the whole family depends on you and your ama. Since everyone unanimously recommends you to take the second seat, sit down, and continue to pester you, it will be hypocritical .”

Now that Tong Guowei had spoken, Yuzhu saluted and sat in the second seat in a peaceful manner.

The two great lords took their seats in the corner, and the rest of the family children took their seats in order according to their seniority and status.

Yuzhu knew in his heart that the east wing of the main courtyard of the old house had always been a special place for family meetings.

The patriarch of the Tong family used to be Tong Guogang, but now he is Tong Guowei.

Today, Tong Guowei deliberately led Yuzhu to show his face in the East Wing, with only one purpose, to officially announce to the whole family that Longkodo and Yuzhu are the next and next Patriarchs.

According to the family rules set by Tong Tulai, it is impossible for the patriarch's inheritance to pass directly to Yuzhu beyond Longkodo.

In fact, Tong Guowei also knew that with Yu Zhu's current power and status, he probably didn't think much of the Patriarch of Old Tong's family at all, right?

Well, it's mainly because during the rise of Yuzhu, apart from Longkodo's secret efforts, others, including Tong Guowei, did things that were icing on the cake.

"You guys have always said that there are many difficult things at home. Now, the people who can help are by my side. If you have any requests, just ask them directly?" Yuzhu pulled back into the big family.

Because, Yuzhu has always been with relatives in the family, walking around is not considered close.

In addition to complete rituals for the four seasons, Yuzhu rarely interacts with relatives in private.

Yuzhu's current state of mind, looking at these relatives, can only think of two words: Trouble!
Although it is normal for one person to attain the Tao, it is normal for chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven.

However, based on Yu Zhu's experience, he would rather promote his confidantes who he personally cultivated than relatives.

The main reason is that when the forest grows, there are all kinds of birds.

In the past, Yuzhu had suffered from all kinds of open and secret losses from his relatives.But the problem is that after suffering a loss, there is unspeakable suffering, which cannot be explained clearly at all.

Hi, everyone is eagerly waiting for Tong Guowei to speak.

Now that Tong Guowei took the initiative to open his mouth and set up a ladder, it was like a dam bursting. Everyone followed suit with various demands.

Yuzhu didn't look at Tong Guowei, he knew in his heart that the old guy deliberately set up such a game, although it caused him a lot of trouble.

However, as the saying goes, cannibals are soft-spoken and short-handed, Yuzhu helped relatives, and a good reputation can still be earned.

In this kind of society that pays attention to ties, the meaning of family is unusually important.

Generally speaking, as long as people are expelled from their homes, they have no future at all.

In the Qing Dynasty, the essence of imperial power not descending to the county was that the power vacuum of the township was actually handed over to the clan power represented by the gentry.

After Yuzhu gradually came to power, he did not vigorously pull out the Tong family, but actually did it for the old emperor to see.

Why?

At the beginning, the so-called Tong Banchao was just an expedient measure adopted by the old emperor not long after he came to power.

Now, the old emperor has been emperor for more than fifty years, and it is impossible to allow a second Tong Banchao to appear in the court.

In the whole old Tong's family, when it comes to understanding the old emperor, including Tong Guowei, they are far inferior to Yuzhu and Longkoduo.

The old emperor is actually a reasonable emperor, as long as Yu Zhu does not take the path of a powerful minister, the old emperor is quite tolerant of him.

Yuzhu knew it well, and used his power and influence to support the family's cousins. Even if the old emperor knew about it, he couldn't have a different opinion.

The main reason for this is that Yuzhu always has a sense of propriety when dealing with affairs, and never crosses the threshold.

In order to show that he valued it, Yu Zhu ordered someone to fetch a pen and paper, and in front of Tong Guowei, recorded the requests of his cousins ​​one by one.

However, when it was the turn of Yang Leji, the grandson of Tong Guozheng, the former governor of Jiangxi Province, Yu Zhu was still quite surprised.

Yang Leji said indifferently: "You can get the fame right away, why should you grant it privately? Uncle, nephew and grandson have bid farewell."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yang Leji left without a cloud.

Yuzhu nodded secretly, people can be poor, but they can't be discouraged.

It doesn't matter whether Yang Leji has real backbone or fake one, his arrogance is commendable.

(End of this chapter)