Huaiyu and the Qiu sisters were enjoying the snow in the courtyard. The two sisters were not only tall but also generous in character. Qiu Xinggong’s daughter was the twelfth in the family, and her name was Derou. Qiu Xingze’s daughter was the thirtieth in the family.
The name is De Shu.
Derou's mother is a daughter of the Guo family in Taiyuan, and De Shu's mother is a daughter of the Yan family in Henan, both of the Xianbei ethnic group. The Yan Liben brothers and the Yan family are cousins from the same grandfather, while Derou's mother and Du Yan's mother are of the same ethnicity. In terms of generation,
She is his cousin's niece.
Huaiyu was shocked when he heard about this relationship. After all, it was Qiu Xinggong who took the initiative to come to him and said that Du Jingai's sick man wanted to harm him. If we talk about it in detail, Du Yan is the cousin of Qiu Xinggong's wife, and Du Jingai is still Qiu Xinggong's wife.
As for my cousin, Qiu Xinggong didn't hesitate to sell Du Jing'ai.
This relative is so cruel.
The snow is falling.
The two sisters each wore a mink fur and ran in the snow, like snow elves.
Qiu Derou grabbed a handful of snow, shaped it into a snowball, and threw it directly on Huaiyu. She noticed that the laughter was like a silver bell. Such a bold girl was indeed unusual.
There is obviously still a bit of Xianbei people's unrestrained enthusiasm in him.
"Erlang, come and catch me."
Deshu also took advantage of Huaiyu's unpreparedness and attacked from the other side.
Front porch.
Qiu He leaned on his spiritual staff and smiled as he looked at the three people chasing and playing in the snow in the courtyard, stroking his beard and smiling. Qiu Xinggong and his brother were standing nearby, feeling a little bored.
As for the brothers Qiu Yingqi, Qiu Shenyan, and Qiu Shenji, the third generation of the Qiu family, they are full of envy, even a little jealous. They are about the same age, or even younger than them, and they are already so prosperous.
The official title is so prestigious.
Not even Vedu Cui Zheng's dirty tricks could bring him down.
"Wu Erlang will surely become a general or prime minister in the future. You must respect him." Mr. Qiu reminded his children and grandchildren with a smile.
Sun Qiu Yingqi, the eldest son of the Qiu family who has been granted the title of Prince of Linji County and the official title of Commander-in-Chief of the Army, is a little unconvinced, "He is still so young, I'm afraid he may not have a long-term future."
Qiu Xinggong's second son, Qiu Shenji, had some yearning in his eyes, "When my sister enters the Wu family, can I ask Duke Yi Guo to help me arrange a suitable job? I want to work in Yongzhou Yamen. If there is anyone in the world,
If you take care of yourself, it will be easier to get ahead."
Qiu Xinggong snorted, "You should be like your cousins. After a few years, you can join the Three Guards and work hard. After accumulating qualifications, you can strive to join the Hundreds and Thousands of Cavalry and become the Emperor's Guards. In the future, you can plan to join the army.
, don’t be a general, lead the army, and wait until you accumulate military merits on the battlefield. Then the governor and governor will also have the opportunity."
Qiu Xinggong's eldest son, Qiu Shenzhi, also taught his younger brother that they should be down-to-earth. The Qiu family is a general, and it is their duty to kill enemies on the battlefield and perform meritorious service.
Brother Shenfu, Fuding also agrees with his elder brother's words.
Qiu Xingben, Qiu Xing, Zheng Qiu, Xing Yan, Qiu Xiaogong, Qiu Xiaozhong and others were also there to teach the nephew a lesson. Although Qiu Xinggong had fifteen brothers, there were ten brothers in the beginning, but they were all descendants of Qiu He's meritorious service, and were specially awarded the title of County Marquis. Now,
Although these ten brothers were not as good as Xing Gong and their five brothers who still retained their titles, they all served in the army.
At least that's the case for individual generals.
Although today's Qiu family has lost its previous glory, among the original family, there were one Duke, one County Duke, four County Dukes, ten County Marquises, three Viscounts and seven Barons.
But today there are still one Duke, two County Dukes, three County Dukes, four Viscounts and five Barons.
Even if no one is actually sealed, even looking at Chang'an, it is still very explosive, not to mention the Qiu family's in-laws are all over the government and the public.
The eldest son, Qiu Shiqiu Xingze, had just been promoted to the title of Duke of Xicheng County and was promoted to the Governor again.
The Qiu family, a family of six princes, is very influential in the military. If Qiu Xinggong and Qiu Xingze brothers were not too domineering and arrogant, they would actually have a chance to become the Duke of the country. After all, they are all direct relatives of the Qin Palace. Qiu Xingze
Xing Gong even saved the emperor's life many times and participated in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
However, when Qiu Xingze was actually conferring meritorious officials, he and Li Shentong made a big fuss in the Golden Palace to fight for the title, and asked the emperor to demote the county prince proposed for him to a county prince. Not to mention Qiu Xinggong, it would also be unfair to make him a county prince.
Drop it a few times.
But the foundation of the Qiu family is in the military, so the Qiu family has never thought of taking any other path. Their 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 Yongzhou Yamen, even if he wanted to join the military as an errand boy.
After being taught a lesson by all the brothers and uncles, I became increasingly unconvinced.
When Wu Huaiyu and the Qiu sisters came back from playing in the courtyard and wanted to say goodbye, Qiu Shenji took the initiative to see Huaiyu out. When they arrived at the door, the guy mentioned that he wanted to work as an errand at the Yongzhou Yamen.
After Huaiyu heard that his name was Qiu Shenji and that he was the second son of Qiu Shengong, he looked at him carefully. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes. He was quite handsome, tall, and had long arms. He was a good bow-drawer.
It seems that he must have been practicing riding and shooting since he was a child.
"How old are you?"
"Fourteen."
"You haven't entered the third guard yet, have you?"
"No, I'm studying in the Imperial College now."
"How was your reading?"
Qiu Shenji did not hide it from his second brother-in-law, "I was not born to study, and my eyelids would fight whenever I saw a book." Although he could not read since he was a child, he still entered the Imperial College with his qualifications as the sixth master of the Qiu family.
It’s just messing around anyway.
At a young age, he didn't read well, but he learned how to race horses, play games, hunt, gamble and drink from the aristocratic officials in the Imperial College. He even often went to West Market's barracks and Pingkangfang brothels to play.
Although this guy is young, he has a very smart mind. The key is that he has a bit of Qiu Xinggong's inheritance and is very ruthless. He once fought seven opponents one on one in the Imperial College and became famous in one battle. Although he was beaten with a bruised nose and face.
, but in the end it was the seven people who were defeated by him.
It relies on ruthlessness, especially that kind of ruthlessness.
It doesn’t matter who you are, just stare at one and get down first, then do the second one, and so on, all seven of them will be convinced.
Of course, you have to be in good health and be able to withstand the beatings, otherwise most people won't survive until the end.
"You're only fourteen, what can you do in the Yamen?"
"It's not okay to join the military. For marriage matters, let's go to the headquarters within the war."
Marriage affairs and military affairs are both a kind of sex servants, that is, named miscellaneous servants. These two sex servants are generally served by the children of high-ranking officials, serving for princes and below, and for civil and military officials with honors of third rank or above.
Qiu Shenji is the general of the Twelve Guards, a prince, and the legitimate son of the Shangzhu Kingdom. He actually does not have to do this kind of sexual service. He is now young and studying in the Imperial College. When he is older, he will directly join the Third Guards as a reserve military attaché.
The official position is essentially a kind of sexual service undertaken by the children of high-ranking officials.
To be a three-guard officer, you don't need to take on other duties. Even those outside Guanzhong and Henan don't need to serve in person. They can just pay the money to teach. You can still accumulate seniority and participate in the assessment and selection when the time comes.
"Let's talk about it after you are eighteen,"
Huaiyu smiled and patted this guy's arm.
Qiu Shenji, he remembered that the history books recorded that this guy was Wu Zetian's horse boy, a very cruel official, who did a lot of dirty work for Wu Zetian, such as killing Prince Zhanghuai. He, Zhou Xing, and Lai Junchen were loyal to Wu Zetian, and they reached the Jinwu Guard.
General.
Unfortunately, he was falsely accused of treason in the end and was executed by Wu Zetian. After his death, his descendants were also imprisoned by Wu Zetian. The sorrow of licking a dog until there was nothing left.
Compared to his father Qiu Xinggong, he was far behind. Although Qiu Xinggong was domineering, he was actually quite smart. In the 16th year when Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty and Li Zhi became emperor, Qiu Xinggong died at home at the age of eighty.
However, Qiu Xinggong was not as good as his father Qiu He, who lived to be eighty-six years old.
The Qiu family all live long lives, Qiu Shenji is an exception.
People who can become cruel officials are actually very capable and willing to go out of their way. Essentially speaking, cruel officials and lonely ministers are the same type of people, but they take different routes.
The cool officials are the ones who completely act as the emperor's tools. They do no dirty work without hesitation and dare to do all the work for the emperor. The lonely ministers, usually like Wei Zheng, dare to hold certain ideas and follow the emperor.
Dare to fight to the end.
They are all fucking cruel people.
Huaiyu neither wanted to be a lonely minister nor a cruel official, he just wanted to be a stable nobleman.
"Brother-in-law, what I, Aye, told you about Du Jing'ai last time was actually told to him by my eldest brother-in-law, Changsun Gong,"
Qiu Shenji told Huaiyu a piece of news.
Huaiyu had previously been curious about how Qiu Xinggong knew that Du Jingai had actually hired a charlatan to concoct the idea that Wu Huaiyu's eldest daughter, with the face of a dragon and the eyes of a phoenix, would be the ruler of the world. How could Qiu Xinggong know about this conspiracy that had not yet been revealed?
He could only guess that the Qiu family had extensive connections 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 then let Qiu Xinggong tell him?
Maybe he was deliberately helping his father-in-law to sell Huaiyu a favor?
"Brother-in-law, can I go to your place to play when there are no classes in the Imperial College? I can run errands for you, or learn something from my brother-in-law." Qiu Shenji still didn't give up.
Wu Huaiyu smiled slightly.
Seeing that he had just revealed such important news to him, he nodded in agreement.
"You can come over at any time as long as you want. However, you can't delay your homework at the Imperial College."
"Don't worry, brother-in-law."
Turning around to get on his horse and leave, Wu Huaiyu stopped again, dug around, and finally took out a book and handed it to him.
Qiu Shenji was a little puzzled. He hated reading. Although he knew that his brother-in-law was a famous frontier poet and his calligraphy was also very famous, why would he give him a book?
"The book has its own beauty like jade, and the book has its own golden house. Open it."
Qiu Shenji opened the book and found that it was shining with gold. It turned out to be gold pages. Each page cost one gold. If you folded ten pages, you would get one tael of gold.
The folded book Huaiyu gave him was very thick, with ten gold pages in it. This thing was also called gold leaf, 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 fake. Unlike gold collars, which can be made of gold-coated silver, etc., this thin gold page is not easy to fake.
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Furthermore, this page weighs a penny, and each page is divided into ten creases, so it can be easily torn into ten parts. One penny is equivalent to about 800 qian, so each tear-out page is equivalent to 80 qian.
The gold leaf is very thin and can be easily torn off completely according to the traces. There is no need to use a scale or anything, so it can be convenient for pocket use.
This folded album contains ten golden albums, with ten sheets in each album.
A full ten taels of gold, according to the current market price, can be exchanged for Kaiyuan Tongbao money, which is 80,000 yuan.
"Thank you, brother-in-law," Qiu Shenji quickly thanked him. As the second son of a county prince, his pocket money was usually limited. Eighty thousand dollars was a lot of money for him.
"Be more generous in the Imperial College and invite your classmates to play more often."
The gold leaves Huaiyu carries are meant for rewards. If you reward a book directly, it will be 80,000 yuan. If you reward a small book, it will be 8,000 yuan. If you tear out a page, it will be 800 yuan.
, if you tear off one piece, it’s eighty dollars.
Much more convenient than Golden Beans.
Qiu Shenji stuffed the gold book into his arms and said to his second brother-in-law, "Brother-in-law, remember to pick up my sister early tomorrow."
