Banner people always celebrate the Little New Year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. However, Han people celebrate the Little New Year on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month.
Since Qingtai and Qing Lin were away in Guangzhou, Yuzhu naturally wanted to accompany Longkodo and Li Si'er to spend the holidays together.
The Tong family had a bad habit of arriving late and leaving early, and not working as errands in the government offices. Even the old emperor was not surprised.
When they got up in the morning, Yuzhu led Xiuyun and Xiaoxuanyu to pay their respects to Longkodo and Li Sier.
On weekdays, the etiquette between father and son is always simple.
Today is the New Year's Eve. Yuzhu led Xiaoxuanyu and kowtowed three times.
Longkodo stroked his beard and smiled. He was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Everyone, get up. We are a family, blood and flesh and blood."
Well, the flesh and blood of direct relatives, this is the key point.
Yuzhu knew very well how outsiders scolded Longkodo.
However, even though Long Ke was so bad that he had sores on his head and pus on the soles of his feet, he had true love for Yuzhu and Xiaoxuanyu from the bottom of his heart.
I think back when Yuzhu just started his official career, thanks to Longkoduo, he acted in front of Kangxi many times and secretly helped him a lot.
Besides, brothers fight tigers, and father and son go into battle.
Since Kangxi has made it clear that after deposing the second prince, he will let Yuzhu serve as a feudal official.
Longkodo, who is about to return as the Admiral of the Nine Gates, cannot overemphasize his role.
After Yuzhu became the infantry commander, he really took care of all of Longkodo's old subordinates, instead of pretending to be perfunctory or really relegating them.
My son respects me so much, what else can Longkodo say, I am extremely satisfied!
These days, my mentality is actually very complicated.
I am afraid that my son has no future and will be left to die at home. I am also worried that my son is too promising and will be above me.
Kangxi had this complicated mentality when he looked at Prince Yinreng.
However, Yinreng was spoiled by Kangxi, but Yuzhu always paid attention to Longkodo's personal feelings.
Such a comparison, the difference is huge!
"Second brother, a lot of your subordinates have already come to the door. Make up your mind about who to see and who not to see." When Longkodo said this, he didn't mean anything else. It was purely a son-filial-father-kind interaction.
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But Yuzhu said: "Amma, you go meet your old subordinates. I'll meet my newly promoted subordinates, okay?"
Longkodo took a deep look at Yuzhu, stroked his beard, smiled, and said, "It's up to you."
Li Si'er likes to celebrate the New Year the most.
At this time, there would be an endless stream of officials coming to deliver gifts.
It's very different from Li Si'er's who only has access but no exit.
As long as Xiuyun gets the gift list for Yuzhu, he will definitely reduce it by 30% or 20% depending on the distance of the relationship, exchange it for several kinds of gifts, and then let people take it back.
Sending gifts, receiving gifts and returning gifts is definitely a science.
Yuzhu is not short of money, and Xiuyun is not a money-lover.
However, it is indeed human nature to welcome and send off during the holidays.
When your subordinates come and you don't accept the gift, they will inevitably worry about whether you have offended Yuzhu somewhere?
However, it would be inappropriate for Xiuyun to accept all the gifts given by his subordinates, as it would easily lead to more expectations than expected.
To put it bluntly, the reason why subordinates come to give gifts is not for promotion. It is because everyone is here, but if he doesn't come, he is afraid of being regarded as different by his superiors.
In the officialdom, those who are different in the eyes of their superiors will, in most cases, either sit on the bench or be eliminated.
Promotion in the officialdom has its own gift specifications, which are completely incomparable with daily etiquette.
After Longkodo became the Minister of the Lifan Yuan, his authority was definitely much smaller than before.
Yuzhu's approach just scratched Longkodo's itch. He had long wanted to meet his old subordinates.
Objectively speaking, after Yuzhu took office as the infantry commander, there was no large-scale replacement.
Because the Kangxi Dynasty lasted for sixty-one years, and now is the end of the fifty-year anniversary of Kangxi.
If Yuzhu had just taken office and made a large-scale change of people and positions, Kangxi, who had been silently observing him, would inevitably have to worry too much.
It was still very early that night, and the military power in the capital was particularly sensitive.
No one with a little bit of brains would act rashly, let alone Yuzhu, a veteran official in the officialdom.
When a duck paddles, all the effort is done under the water. This is the sustainable way.
After Yuzhu deliberately gave Long Ke a chance to see more of his old subordinates, he did not immediately meet his promoted subordinates. Instead, he sat back in the inner study, drinking tea and eating melon seeds, while chatting with Qingwen.
Think about it, when Long Ke meets his subordinates more, Yuzhu also wants to meet his subordinates.
Which side of the meeting will the subordinates attend? Isn't this like a sandwich cake?
There is a public fight between father and son, which is what a wise man would not do.
While they were chatting and joking, Wu Jiang came to report that Han Xiu, the old girl beside Yu Zhu, was here and wanted to see the second master.
When Hanxiu got married, Yuzhu went to her house in person and secretly stuffed two hundred taels of silver notes at the bottom of the box.
After all, it was a master-servant relationship. Yuzhu not only gave Hanxiu dignity, but also gave her great benefits, which can be said to be the most benevolent and righteous.
Yuzhu thought for a moment and became more considerate of Hanxiu's difficulties. After all, she was married and had to contribute to her husband's family.
Since Hanshuang and Hanxiu were always at odds with each other, Yuzhu called Hongmei over.
Yuzhu asked Hongmei: "After Hanxiu married, how was your life in your husband's family?"
Hanxiu is slightly older than Hongmei by two years.
After Li Si'er followed Longkodo, Hanxiu became the third-class girl in front of Li Si'er.
At this time, Hongmei was bought into the Long Mansion and served closely to Grandma Liu.
After Yuzhu was born, Li Si'er was particularly concerned about his son, so he promoted Hanxiu to the eldest girl and sent him to Yuzhu's side.
Later, after Yuzhu got married, Li Si'er was worried that he would sell her daughter-in-law, so he gave Yuzhu a red plum as his concubine.
Unlike Hanxiu who wanted to marry outside, Hongmei was happy to be Yuzhu's concubine.
Hongmei is Li Si'er's concubine. Even Xiuyun has to give her three points of noodles, not to mention the rest of the people.
Objectively speaking, Hongmei's status among the concubines must be more than one head above Lin Yan'er and Qingwen.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Hui Ye, Han Xiu is living a normal life in her husband's family. It's just because she gave birth to three daughters in a row, but she still has no children." Hong.
Mei didn't say much, but she just pointed out Han Xiu's embarrassing situation.
These days, according to the rules of feudal etiquette, the first of the seven things a married woman should do is to have no children.
Yuzhu understood it as soon as he heard it.
Over the years, Han Xiu had come to visit him at his house during festivals. However, he had never seen Han Xiu in person.
Probably because of Yuzhu's relative alienation, Hanxiu's life at her husband's house was not easy.
"Well, Han Xiu is also an old man by my side. Go and bring her in to see me." Yuzhu knew in his heart that the heat had come, and there was no need to continue to ignore Han Xiu.
At the beginning, Yuzhu actually ignored Han Xiu on purpose. The reason was actually very simple: he was worried that Han Xiu would take advantage of the power of the Long Mansion to dominate his husband's family.
Nowadays, Hanxiu's life in her husband's family is not easy, and Yuzhu gives her a hand, which not only shocks her husband's family, but also prevents her from being too arrogant.
The way to control your subordinates is to use kindness and power at the same time, and to be lenient and strict at the same time.
After this person has gone through hardships, he will only cherish it more when he regains it!
Hongmei is a very smart woman. If she leads Hanxiu in personally, she will definitely give some advice on the way.
Sure enough, after Hanxiu entered the door, she knelt at Yuzhu's feet and said with a tearful voice: "Second Master, I already know that I was wrong. Please punish me severely."
After Han Xiu released his contract and left the house, he was already a free citizen and no longer a slave of the Long House.
Yuzhu was just the old owner, so naturally it was not convenient for him to help the married Hanxiu with his own hands, so he winked at Hongmei.
Hongmei walked over, helped Hanxiu up, and persuaded her with a smile: "I'm not telling you, our second master already has his eldest son, he is already the second master, hehe."
The scene that was originally a bit sad was immediately relaxed with the addition of Hongmei.
Yuzhu nodded secretly, Hongmei was indeed very discerning and good at talking.
Because of this, Yuzhu deliberately ignored Hongmei, because he didn't want her to take advantage of Li Si'er's influence, become arrogant and dare to go against Xiuyun.
As the head of the family, Yuzhu's attitude towards the women around him directly affects their voice and status in the house.
Yuzhu also saw clearly that expecting the wives and concubines around him to be as close as one family was simply a fool's errand.
However, as long as Yuzhu can control it well, at least his women will not dare to make the house restless and fight with each other all day long.
If the women in the back house dare to cause internal strife, it's not their fault. It's mainly because the men don't have a good sense of proportion.
Most of the feudal etiquette is dross, but it also has its rationality.
After getting married, Yuzhu usually stayed in Long Mansion for one month and then went to Qing Mansion for another month.
During the month in Long Mansion, Yuzhu rested in Xiuyun's room for at least half of the month.
Only by highlighting Xiuyun's status as the principal wife, the concubines would not dare to rely on men's favor to challenge the mistress's authority.
Perhaps it was because Hongmei had taught her on the road, but Hanxiu only cried once in front of Yuzhu, and then stopped crying.
The grievance Han Xiu suffered was not worth mentioning to Yu Zhu at all.
After Yuzhu briefly asked about Han Xiu's current situation, he ordered Hongmei, "Today is a small year, and I still need to see guests. Please spend more time with Han Xiu. In addition, let her have lunch at your place."
.Look back, give Han Xiu some jewelry, and arrange for my carriage to take her back."
How clever is Hongmei?
As soon as she heard it, she understood Yuzhu's true intention.
Send Han Xiu back in Yuzhu's carriage. As long as the men of Han Xiu's husband's family are not blind, how can they not understand that this is the intention of the Hou Mansion to support Han Xiu?
Don’t look at the monk’s face, look at the Buddha’s face!
When beating a dog, it depends on the owner!
The ex-girlfriend beside Yuzhu was by no means a mere merchant, so she could be bullied casually.
After Hanxiu thanked her profusely, she followed Hongmei and left.
Qingwen was originally a servant. When she saw this situation, she couldn't help but sigh softly and said quietly: "I was right about Erlang. He is indeed a very humane master."
Yuzhu was about to take Qingwen's little hand and have a few intimate words when the concierge came to report.
"Second Master, a couple came outside the house. They claim to be the cousin and cousin-in-law of our Aunt Qing."
What is the identity of Yuzhu? It is impossible for cats and dogs to see him.
However, the porter also knew that Qingwen was Yuzhu's favorite concubine, and had received money from her secretly filial piety, so he boldly came in.