The historical experience of Lao Si winning the world taught Yuzhu a truth: key positions must be held by his own people.
To be honest, Lao Si's success was definitely not due to the strength of numbers, but to seize the bull's nose with the strength of four or two.
Regardless of the number of people, the real power they hold, or their influence, the Jade Party clique is far smaller than the members of the Mingzhu Party or Suo Etu.
Moreover, there are only four important ministers of second rank or above in the Jade Party small group.
They are respectively Tang Bing, the Han minister of the Ministry of Rites, Sai Leng'e, the left minister of the Ministry of War, Akdun, the left minister of the Lifan Academy, and Yang Sen, the governor of Shanxi.
The Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Lifan Yuan are all third-rate yamen in essence.
In the Qing Dynasty, the really powerful first-class yamen, the Nanshufang and the Cabinet were temporarily juxtaposed, followed by the Ministry of Husbandry and the Ministry of Personnel, then the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Punishment, which were only responsible for the green battalions, and finally the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Rites.
Because a large part of the functions and powers of the Ministry of Personnel were taken away by the old emperor. Therefore, the real power of the Ministry of Personnel was not as great as that of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
This has been the 60th year of Kangxi. As the talents of the older generation of Tong's family continue to wither, most of the new generation of Tong family members only know how to eat, drink, gamble, and cheat.
Tong Banchao, who was once so prominent, has actually become a thing of the past.
At present, apart from Yuzhu, Longkoduo and Qingtai, the Tong family members who are still active in the temple are also Elundai.
Orundai is a super bastard who often does unbelievable bastard things.
As long as he doesn't cause trouble, Yuzhu will be satisfied.
Qingtai joined Lao Wu's disciples a long time ago and learned the essence of Lao Wu's dawdling life. Yuzhu could not expect anything from him.
The old emperor trusted Longkodo, who had been driving for more than thirty years. He thought he had complete control over Longkodo.
Relatively speaking, the old emperor's trust in Yuzhu was actually not as much as Longkodo's.
However, the old emperor, who was increasingly unable to handle government affairs, had to rely on Yuzhu's assistance to suppress the increasingly powerful Fourteenth Ye Party.
Longkodo's ability is not enough, whether it is prestige or skill, he cannot suppress Lao San, Lao Ba, Lao Ninth, Lao Ten and Lao Fourteen.
There was no way, the old emperor always thought that the fourth child was a loner and a very mean person, so he didn't pay any attention to him.
Objectively speaking, Yuzhu plays the dual role of the old emperor's crutch and dagger. He is indispensable, but cannot be completely trusted, so he can only pinch his nose and take what he needs.
I remember when Yuzhu was still young, his father could beat whoever he wanted, and his father's authority was absolute.
After Yuzhu's brothers got married and started their own businesses, his father's authority also diminished again and again, sliding down the line where only blood and family ties were left.
After Yuzhu stood out in the officialdom, his father wanted to favor the eldest and second eldest son in the family, but he was unable to do so, so he could only be shameless and ask the most promising son to take action.
The way of heaven is human nature, and the nature of human nature.
As long as something goes against human nature, even if it succeeds for a while, it will definitely not last long.
The day before New Year's Eve, Li Si'er took Eighty-Nine back to Lao Tong's house.
There is no other way, the old emperor has already sent word that he will spend New Year's Eve at Lao Tong's house.
As an old lady, Li Si'er, how dare you not come back to greet him?
Looking at Jiushi sitting on Yuzhu's lap, Bajiu felt a little bit amused.
Once upon a time, Yuzhu's legs were completely exclusive to Eighty-Nine.
The three Yuzhu brothers have a big age gap.
Yuzhu, who is 32 years old this year, is 17 years older than 89, and two years older than 90.
To be honest, according to the custom of getting married very early in this era, if Yuzhu took Eighty-Nine and Ninety-Nine out together, it would be easy for outsiders to regard them as father and son.
Yuzhu saw that Bajiu was in a mood, so he smiled and said: "You are an adult, and you still want to sit on my lap. Is it appropriate?"
Eighty-nine curled his lips and said angrily: "Who cares?"
Seeing Eighty-Nine's envious look, Ninety-Ninety giggled happily, "Humph, you don't care about it, I do, and I'll make you mad."
The brothers had been playing around for a while, and Lao Shiba came with Yu Yan and Yu Zhu's nephews.
In previous years, except for the banquet on New Year's Eve and the congratulations to the palace on the first day of the first lunar month, Lao Shiba and Yu Yan basically spent the New Year at Yuzhu.
To be honest, what Yu Yan did was actually beyond the rules in the Qing Dynasty where ethics were strict.
However, Lao Ba was happy to pamper Yu Yan, and Yu Zhu was not allowed to interfere in his sister's housework.
Of course, the main reason why Lao Shiba became a maniac about doting on his wife was because of Yuzhu's high position and authority.
As the saying goes, poor and humble couples suffer from everything and quarrel over money almost every day.
Marriage relationships between wealthy families are the last word if they are well-matched!
Between husband and wife, one party occupies a dominant position and suppresses the other. This kind of marriage relationship is often the most durable.
For example, the gentleman who once played the role of Tang Monk has always respected his wife very much after they got married.
The biggest fear is that neither husband nor wife will accept the other, which will be very troublesome.
A small quarrel every three days and a big quarrel every five days has become a common occurrence.
Yuzhu knew better than anyone else that as a prince, Lao Shiba had pampered Yuyan too much.
Excessively doting on your wife is just superficial.
The real underlying logic is that as long as the old emperor has not yet died and the new emperor has not ascended the throne, Lao Shiba still has a chance to win Yuzhu's support.
Only when a man is able to bend and stretch can he accomplish great things.
Compared with the throne that dominates the world, what's the harm in the eighteenth being able to tolerate a little bit of jade smoke for the time being?
Yuzhu once saw that many excellent women, once they become full-time wives, almost have to face the dilemma of men having new loves.
Besides, many couples who have gone through adversity together will 99% dislike the yellow-faced woman once the man becomes rich and powerful.
Even if they don't get divorced, it's not because of deep feelings, either for the sake of their children, or because they don't want to share money with each other, and then it becomes normal for each of them to do their own thing.
Therefore, many beautiful women have also figured it out.
Rather than being ruthlessly dumped after sharing the hardships with the so-called true love, it would be better to simply find a rich and powerful uncle and just stop working hard for fifty years.
The more society as a whole scolds mistresses, the more evidence it proves that ordinary men's dream is to have a low-cost white and beautiful woman.
The problem is, beautiful women are getting smarter and smarter.
When you have money, wouldn't it be nice to have a pretty boy you like?
Who dares to disobey the handsome man Princess Taiping falls in love with?
A man as powerful as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty still wanted to flatter Princess Guantao and build a golden house to support his cousin Chen Ajiao before he gained real power.
When there are more children in the family, it is inevitable that there will be more disputes.
Yuzhu was sitting with Lao Shiba drinking tea and chatting when suddenly he got revenge. Lao Shiba's eldest son Honglin beat Jiu Shi to tears.