A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 390 Brave and Ruthless Brother-in-law

Hill House.

Huaiyu and the sisters from the Qiu family were enjoying the snow in the courtyard. The two sisters were not only tall but also quite generous.Qiu Xinggong's daughter ranks twelfth in the family, named Derou, and Qiu Xingze's daughter ranks thirty in the family, named Deshu.

Derou's mother is a daughter of the Guo family in Taiyuan, and Deshu's mother is a daughter of the Xianbei Yan family in Henan. Yan Liben's brother and Yan family are cousins ​​of the same grandfather, and Derou's mother is of the same family as Du Yan's mother. The copy is his cousin's niece.

Huaiyu was shocked to hear about this relationship, after all, it was Qiu Xinggong who took the initiative to come to him, saying that Du Jingai wanted to harm him.In detail, Du Yan is Qiu Xinggong's wife's aunt and cousin, and Du Jingai is Qiu Xinggong's wife's cousin, but Qiu Xinggong did not hesitate to sell Du Jingai.

This relative is ruthless.

The snow fluttered.

The two sisters each wore a mink fur and ran in the snow like elves in the snow.

Qiu Derou grabbed a handful of snow, squeezed it into a ball, and threw it directly on Huaiyu's body, and found that the laughter was like a silver bell. Such a bold girl is really extraordinary.

Obviously, there is still a bit of the unrestrained enthusiasm of the Xianbei people.

"Erlang, come and catch me."

Deshu also took advantage of Huaiyu's unpreparedness and attacked from the other side of the snowball.

Down the porch.

Qiu He looked at the three of them running and chasing and playing in the snow in the courtyard with a smile on his back, stroked his beard and smiled.The brothers Qiu Xinggong and others stood by, feeling a little bored.

But the brothers Qiu Yingqi, Qiu Shenyan, and Qiu Shenji, the third generation of the Qiu family, were full of envy, even a bit of jealousy. They were about the same age, even younger than them, and they were already so prosperous. The official title is so respectful.

Even Wei Du and Cui Zheng's tricks didn't bring him down.

"Wu Erlang will be able to be a general and a prime minister in the future, you must respect him." Old Man Qiu reminded his children and grandchildren with a smile.

The eldest son of the Qiu family, Qiu Yingqi, who has already been ennobled as the son of Linji County, and who is officially in charge of the army, is somewhat unconvinced, "He is still so young, I'm afraid it may not be long-term."

However, Qiu Shenji, the second son of Qiu Xinggong, had a bit of yearning in his eyes, "When my sister enters the Wu family, can I ask Yi Guogong to help me arrange a suitable errand, I want to work in the Yamen of Yongzhou. Take care, and it’s easy to get ahead.”

Qiu Xinggong snorted, "You should be like your cousins, wait a few years to enter the Three Guards and work hard, and after accumulating qualifications, strive to become one of the emperor's guards, and then plan to be released to join the army in the future , Don’t be a general, lead the army, wait for the accumulation of military achievements on the battlefield, then the governor and the governor will also have a chance.”

Qiu Xinggong's eldest son, Qiu Shenzhi, also taught his younger brother to keep his feet on the ground. Their Qiu family is a general, and it is their duty to kill the enemy and make meritorious service on the battlefield.

The brothers Shenfu and Fuding also agreed with the elder brother's words.

Qiu Xingben, Qiu Xingzheng, Qiu Xingyan, Qiu Xiaogong, Qiu Xiaozhong and others also taught this nephew a lesson. Although Qiu Xinggong had fifteen brothers, there were ten brothers at the beginning. Although these ten brothers were not as good as Xing Gong's five elder brothers who still retained their titles, they all served in the army.

At least it is individual.

Although the current Qiu family is no longer as glorious as it used to be, in the original family, there were one prince, one county prince, four county princes, ten county marquises, three viscounts and seven barons,

But now there are still one country, two counties, three counties, four viscounts and five barons.

Even if there is not a single one sealed, but even if you look at Chang'an, it is a very explosive existence, not to mention the Qiu family's in-laws are all over the government and the public.

The eldest son, Qiu Shiqiu Xingze, has just been promoted to the Duke of Meicheng, and then to the governor again.

The Qiu family, a family of six princes, is very influential in the military. If it weren't for Qiu Xinggong and Qiu Xing, the two brothers would be too domineering and arrogant. In fact, they would also have a chance to become the Duke of the state. After all, they are all confidantes of the Qin Palace. Xing Gong even saved the emperor's life many times, and also participated in the Xuanwu Gate Change.

However, when Qiu Xing was actually conferring a meritorious official, he and Li Shentong made a big fuss in the Golden Palace to fight for the title, and asked the emperor to demote the prefect who had been prepared for him to be a prefect. Drop a few times.

But the foundation of the Qiu family is in the army, so the Qiu family didn't think about going any other way. The children and grandchildren all practiced martial arts and then joined the army.

Qiu Shenji was young, but he wanted to follow his brother-in-law to the Yamen of Yongzhou, even if he was an errand runner and joined the military.

After being taught a lesson by a group of brothers and uncles, I became more and more unconvinced.

When Wu Huaiyu came back from fighting with the Qiu family sisters and wanted to say goodbye, Qiu Shenji took the initiative to send Huaiyu out, and when he arrived at the door, this guy proposed to work in the Yongzhou Yamen.

After Huaiyu heard that his name was Qiu Shenji, and that he was the second son of Qiu Shengong, he took a closer look at him. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he was quite heroic. He was also quite tall with long arms. It seems that he should have practiced riding and archery since he was a child.

"How old are you?"

"Fourteen."

"Have you entered the third guard yet?"

"No, I'm studying in the Imperial College now."

"How did you read?"

Qiu Shenji didn't hide it from his second brother-in-law, "I'm not born to read, and I fight whenever I see a book." Although he couldn't read since he was a child, he still entered the Imperial College because of his qualifications as a member of the Qiu family. Anyway, it's just dawdling.

At a young age, I don't read books well, but I learned horse racing, ball hunting, hunting, gambling and drinking from the children of noble officials in the Imperial College, and I even often went to Xishi Husi and Pingkangfang brothel to play.

This guy doesn't look young, but he has a very flexible mind. The key is that he has a bit of Qiu Xinggong's inheritance, and he is very ruthless. He once fought seven opponents in one-on-one in the Imperial College, and became famous in one battle. Although his nose was bruised and his face was swollen , but in the end it was the seven who were defeated by him.

Relying on cruelty, especially that kind of cruelty.

No matter how many you are, first stare at one and get down, then do the second, and so on, the seven on the opposite side will also have to obey.

Of course, you have to be in good health and bear the beating, otherwise most people won't be able to make it to the end.

"You're only fourteen, what can you do in the Yamen?"

"It's not good to join the military, but it's better to go to the head office in marriage or in battle."

Marriage and battle are both a kind of prostitutes, that is, well-known miscellaneous servants. These two prostitutes are generally performed by the children of high-ranking officials, serving for officials below the princes and above the third rank of civil and military services.

Qiu Shenji is the general of the Twelve Guards, the prince of the county, and the son of Shangzhu Kingdom. He doesn't really need to serve this kind of perverted service. Now that he is young, he is studying in the Imperial College. Officials are essentially sex slavery undertaken by the children of senior officials.

To be a Sanwei officer, you don’t need to undertake other services, and even those who are not in Guanzhong and Henan do not need to apply for the service in person. You can just pay a sum of money to substitute for the class. You can still accumulate seniority and participate in the assessment and selection at that time.

"Let's talk about it later,"

Huaiyu smiled and patted the guy's arm.

Qiu Shenji, he remembered that according to historical records, this guy was Wu Zetian's horse boy, a full-fledged cruel official, who did a lot of dirty work for Wu Zetian, such as killing Prince Zhanghuai. General.

It's a pity that he was falsely accused of treason in the end, and was executed by Wu Zetian instead. After his death, his descendants were still imprisoned by Wu Zetian.

Compared with his father, Qiu Xinggong, he is far behind. Although Qiu Xinggong is domineering, he is actually quite smart. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi was the emperor for No. 16 years, and Qiu Xinggong died at home at the age of 80.

But Qiu Xinggong couldn't compare to his father Qiu He, who didn't die until he was 86 years old.

The Qiu family lived a long life, Qiu Shenji was an exception.

People who can become cruel officials are actually very capable people who are willing to fight. In essence, cruel officials and lonely officials are the same kind of people, but they take different routes.

A cruel official is a man who completely acts as the emperor's tool, who does not hesitate to do any dirty work, dares to overthrow the whole world for the emperor, and a lonely official, usually Wei Zheng, who dares to hold certain ideas and follow the emperor Dare to fight to the end.

They are all ruthless people.

Huaiyu didn't want to be a lonely official, nor a cruel official, he just wanted to be a nobleman in peace.

"Brother-in-law, what I, Aye, told you about Du Jing'ai last time was actually told by my eldest brother-in-law, grandson,"

Qiu Shenji told Huaiyu a news.

Huaiyu was also curious about how Qiu Xinggong knew that Du Jingai had actually hired a quack warlock to concoct Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter with dragon eyes and a phoenix neck to be the lord of the world. How could Qiu Xinggong know about this conspiracy that has not been dissipated.

He can only guess that the Qiu family has a wide network of contacts and many information channels.

But I really didn't expect that it was Changsun Wuji who told Qiu Xinggong, but if Changsun Wuji knew this, why didn't he tell him directly, but instead told Qiu Xinggong, and let Qiu Xinggong tell himself?

Maybe it was deliberately helping the cheap father-in-law to sell Huaiyu as a favor?
"Brother-in-law, can I go to your house to play when there are no classes in our country's Zijian? I can run errands for you or something, so I can learn something from brother-in-law." Qiu Shenji still didn't give up.

Wu Huaiyu smiled slightly.

Seeing that he had revealed such an important news to him just now, he nodded in agreement.

"As long as you want, you can come here at any time. However, you can't delay the homework of the Imperial College."

"Don't worry, brother-in-law."

Turning around to get on the horse and leave, Wu Huaiyu stopped again, fumbled around, and finally took out a book and handed it to him.

Qiu Shenji was a little puzzled, he hated reading books the most, although he knew that his brother-in-law was a famous frontier poet and his calligraphy was also very famous, so why give him a book?
"The book has its own Yan Ruyu, and the book has its own golden house, open it."

Qiu Shenji opened it and found that it was shining golden. It turned out that there were gold pages in the folder, and each page was worth one coin, and ten sheets were folded into one piece, which was one tael of gold.

And the folder Huaiyu gave him was very thick, with ten gold pages in it, this thing is also called leaf gold, or gold leaf.

Compared with gold collars, gold ingots, gold bars, etc., it has many advantages. First of all, it is as thin as paper, so it is difficult to counterfeit. .

Furthermore, this page weighs one coin, and each page is divided into ten strips with creases, which can be easily torn into ten parts. One coin is equivalent to about [-] coins, and each part is equivalent to [-] coins when torn off. The gold leaf is very thin, and it can be torn off completely according to the traces. There is no need to use a scale or anything, and it is convenient for minor use.

In this folder, there are ten gold volumes, ten in each volume.

Twelve taels of gold, according to the current market price, can be exchanged for Kaiyuan Tongbao coins, [-] yuan.

"Thank you brother-in-law," Qiu Shenji hurriedly thanked him. As the second son of the county prince, his pocket money is usually limited, and [-] yuan is not a small sum for him.

"Be generous in the Imperial College, and invite your classmates to play more."

The gold leaf on Huaiyu's body was originally used as a reward. If you tip a book directly, it will be [-] renminbi. If you tip a small book, it will be [-] renminbi. , if you tear one piece, it will be [-] yuan.

Much more convenient than golden beans.

Qiu Shenji stuffed the gold book into his bosom, and still did not forget to say to his second brother-in-law Huai Yu, "Brother-in-law remember to pick up my sister early tomorrow."

This disaster brother-in-law is really enthusiastic.

(End of this chapter)