The wine table culture is actually an extension of the official tradition.
The essence of officialdom is that whoever has the most power has the final say.
The three princes in the West Flower Hall, even if they were added together, were far inferior to the status of Yuzhu in the old emperor's mind.
In the era of imperial power, staying in power until the end of time and who to hand over the country and the country have always been the two major challenges faced by the old emperor.
Yuzhu, who was sitting next to the door, was mainly a guest, so he naturally became the target of everyone's pursuit.
Lao Shiliu held up the wine cup, came up to Yuzhu, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, let me toast you."
Yuzhu quickly stood up, picked up the wine cup, and gently clinked glasses with Lao Liu.
"Brother Sixteen, you have to keep a closer eye on the manufacturing office. There have been a lot of things going wrong recently." Yuzhu reminded Lao Sixteen casually.
Lao Shiliu was good at mathematics and Tongyue, and often studied mathematical problems with the old emperor.
As the saying goes, those who are near the water and the towers get the moon first. The old emperor was happy to be served, so he ordered Lao Shiliu to act as the Minister of Management of the Construction Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Old Sixteen sighed heavily and explained: "Several old housekeepers from the Construction Office have teamed up to make big money. I really can't stand it any longer, so I just gave you a few gentle reminders. Who?
I once thought that those bitches of theirs really dared to stumble on me secretly."
The water in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is, in a word, unfathomable.
Even Yuzhu, who is so powerful, doesn't dare to meddle in it.
To be honest, in terms of difficulty, the errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are far worse than those of the Ministry of Revenue.
However, the entanglement of personal connections in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is intricate and deeply rooted.
Not to mention the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, even the handymen who wash vegetables entered the palace through hard connections.
Yuzhu, who holds several important positions, is indeed extremely powerful.
However, even if he had to drive a small worshiper to go home, Yuzhu would have to find out the details and backers before looking for a suitable opportunity to take action.
As the saying goes, if you pull out the radish and bring out the mud, it will affect the whole body.
The objective fact in the Ministry of Internal Affairs is that even the most unscrupulous official can always find a way to involve a certain palace empress through a complicated network of connections.
Yuzhu has the same attitude towards the corrupt people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs: No matter how greedy you are, I don't even bother to take care of it. However, if you fail to carry out the serious errands ordered by me, even if you are a relative of Concubine De, you should be expelled.
Drive them out, hit them when they need to be beaten, and kill them when they need to be killed.
Facts have proven that the strategy of focusing on the problem rather than the person is very effective.
Because Yuzhu had a very upright character, he never placed any private persons in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
In this way, even if everyone has opinions, they can only hold their noses and admit it.
"They are so arrogant!" Yuzhu cursed and then suggested, "What are you afraid of? Just report it to Khan Ama, peel off their skin, beat their tendons, and tell them to have a memory, so that they will not be seen by dogs."
People are inferior."
"Oh, let's talk about it later." Old Sixteen felt very miserable. If he dared to tell the old emperor, he would offend Concubine Yi.
Yuzhu smiled and said nothing.
In fact, Yuzhu had known for a long time that Lao Shiliu was actually Lao Sibu's spy in the House of Internal Affairs.
On the night of Changchun Garden in history, after Lao Si proclaimed himself emperor in front of the coffin, there were rumors in the capital that it was Lao Si who poisoned the old emperor with ginseng soup.
Regardless of whether the rumors are true or false, Yuzhu has reason to believe that in addition to Longkoduoti's troops surrounding the garden, Lao Shiliu, who was lurking in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, must have played a significant role.
With the mean and ungrateful temper of the fourth child, how could Prince Heshuozhuang's big pie hit him on the head if the sixteenth child hadn't been so powerful?
Many times, without any emotion and directly reasoning back from the perspective of the biggest beneficiary, you will not be far from the truth.
At the men's table, everyone was noisily trying to overwhelm Yuzhu, and the atmosphere became extremely lively.
The women's table was much quieter.
Under the strict etiquette, even the women who are the princes and princes of Fujin have many taboos in their words and deeds.
Guo Luoluo of the Sixteenth Fortune Jin Dynasty raised his wine glass high and said to Yuyan with a smile: "Brother-in-law, come here, let's drink this cup to the full."
Yuzhu and Lao Shiliu have nothing to do with each other, but Yuyan and Shiliu Fujin are serious sisters-in-law.
Yuyan's ability to drink is not good, and if she drinks even a little bit of wine, her cheeks will become rosy and her face will turn red.
"Good second sister-in-law, please spare me." Yu Yan was so frightened that she waved her hands repeatedly, not daring to take Shiliu Fujin's move.
Today's Xihua Hall is a typical family banquet. No matter who it is, they are all serious relatives of Yu Yan.
When discussing family etiquette in private, there was no need to be serious. Yuyan simply called Shiliu Fujin her second sister-in-law, and the relationship suddenly became much closer.
Among the three sons of the secret concubine, Lao Shiliu ranks second. Isn't Shiliu Fujin the second sister-in-law of Yu Yan?
"Hmph, I'll forgive you. You have to agree to my conditions. Just agree. If you don't agree, it's useless to call you second sister-in-law." Liu Fujin knew that Yu Yan's drinking capacity was not good, but he deliberately squeezed the toast. Obviously
There is another purpose.
"What conditions?" Before Yu Yan could open her mouth, Fifteen Fujin beat her to it.
"Fifteenth sister-in-law, why are you in such a hurry? I haven't figured out the terms yet, so I owe you for the time being until I think about it." Sixteenth Fujin didn't look down on Fifteenth Fujin, so he spoke a little too harshly.
At first glance, it sounds like Sixteenth Fujin calls fifteenth sister-in-law, which is completely in line with the rules of the palace, and there is nothing wrong with it at all.
However, we are always afraid of comparisons. After Yuyan called her second sister-in-law, Shiliu Fujin still called her fifteenth sister-in-law.
I think back then, when Fifteen Fujin married Old Fifteen, her biological sister was still the crown princess.
At that time, the Fifteenth Fujin Province was very prosperous and prosperous.
I don’t know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but the fact is that when Sixteenth Fujin participated in the draft, he heard with his own ears that fifteenth Fujin deliberately asked the Crown Princess loudly: "What is the third-grade official grade?"
The great thing about the breadth and depth of the Chinese language is that the Fifteenth Fujin without a single dirty word would completely ruin the Sixteenth Fujin.
Because, according to the official system of the Qing Dynasty, there were nine grades and eighteen levels, and each level was very clear.
However, the official rank of the third rank, to put it bluntly, is another way of saying that low-level officials below the fifth rank are rewarded with the top rank of the third rank for some reason.
Fifteenth Fujin is obviously using the topic to refer to Sang Shuhuai's deliberate belittling of Sixteenth Fujin's humble background.
why?
Because Ama, Guoluoluo Nengte of the Sixteenth Fortune Jin Dynasty, was related to Concubine Yi.
Concubine Yi's son Lao Jiu, together with Lao Ba, always wanted to dethrone Yin Reng from the position of crown prince.
The power struggle outside the palace will inevitably be transmitted into the palace.
According to the general logic of turning your elbows inward and helping your sister but not helping her, Fifteen Fujin naturally wanted to vent her anger on her sister.
However, the world is really unpredictable.
After the Crown Princess was deposed twice, the Fifteenth Fujin changed from a phoenix to a grass chicken almost overnight.
Now, the Sixteenth Fujin, who had the upper hand, naturally wanted to take revenge.