Chapter 507 Transaction The afternoon of the next day.
Wu Huaiyu once again visited the Lu family in Lulongfang, this time to propose marriage to his son Wu Silang Chengping.
"The Fan Yanglu family's excellent academic accomplishment and rigorous family tradition are praised by the world, and they are a model for scholars. I, the Taiyuan Wu family, also admire them very much. Now that I have the opportunity to win the favor of the Fan Yanglu family, I am willing to marry my Taiyuan Wu family. I am willing to give her daughter
Wu is honored to marry my son!"
After arriving at the door, Wu Huaiyu also said a lot of flattering words. Anyway, flattery can never be worn, especially when this kind of flattery came from Wu Huaiyu's mouth, which made Lu Chengye feel happy. Looking back, the Lu family can talk about Wu Huaiyu's words.
If the news spreads, it will also add glory to the Lu family's face.
Lu Sanwu was still sitting behind his brother like a handsome man.
In fact, this marriage is not sudden, because Lu Chengqing had already expected the possibility in Chang'an, so he had already stated in the letter that if Wu Huaiyu proposed marriage to the Lu family, he would agree to it.
Lu Chengqing in Chang'an is the most aware of Wu Huaiyu's holy family.
Of course, he was also confident that the name "Fanyang Lu" was enough for Emperor Xinwu Shaobao to proactively seek marriage after arriving in Youzhou.
as expected.
Ask for concubines first, then ask for wives for your children.
Lu agreed one by one.
Wu Huaiyu proposed to his fourth son Wu Chengping. Wu Chengping was born to his concubine Duan Wan. Duan Wan was Duan Decao's grand-niece. The Duan family was also from a famous family. Duan Wan's great-grandfather Duan Shao was a famous general who held the throne in the Northern Qi Dynasty and was a very popular general.
The Duan family attached great importance to marriage in those days, not only marrying into the royal family, but also marrying into the Guandong gentry. At that time, the Lu family had to give some face to the Duan family and got married to the Duan family twice.
The Lu family is quite satisfied with Wu Huaiyu, a concubine. After all, although his mother Duan is a concubine, the Duan family has had a glorious life and is doing pretty well now.
The woman arranged by the Lu family of Fanyang was Lu Chengqing's daughter, who was also born to a concubine. Lu Chengqing's first wife was the Fan family of Nanyang, and the concubine she arranged was the daughter of a concubine.
The Zu family is also one of the famous families in Youzhou, known as the Fan Yang Zu family. When Yongjia crossed south, it was divided into the north and south branches. The famous people in the south branch include Zu Di who heard the chicken dance and the mathematician Zu Chongzhi, while the north branch had a more famous figure in the Sui Dynasty.
It was the ancestor Junyan who wrote the imperial edict against Yang Guang for Li Mi.
Zu Junyan's father, Zu Jue, was once the prime minister of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He had great power in both the government and the public. He was granted the title of Duke of Yan County. Zu Junyan's nephew, Zu Xiaosun, was the father of Lu Chengqing's concubine. Now he is appointed Taichang Shaoqing and is granted the title of Male of Fanyang County.
The Zu family is also a famous family passed down from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Zu family's family studies are the theory of music and temperament, and they are best at music.
The studies of Fan Yang's ancestors were studied by Zu Ying, Zu Jue, Zu Xiaosun, etc., and the complex was simplified, establishing the principle of twelve melodies to form a palace, which has become the standard of today's court elegance and vulgar music.
The most prominent ancestor of the ancestral family was Zu Miao, Taichang Qing in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
In addition to music, the Zu family was also good at mathematics. Zu Chongzhi, a famous mathematician in the Southern Dynasties, was a descendant of Fan Yang's family who moved south.
As of today in the Tang Dynasty, there are two branches of the Zu family: the northern branch is good at music and rhythm, yin and yang divination, and the southern branch is good at mathematics and medicine.
Lu Chengye took out Geng Tie and exchanged it with Wu Huaiyu.
Wu Shilang and Wu Chengping were only a hundred days old. Lu Chengqing's daughter was born this year and was three months older than Chengping.
Lu Chengye specially invited an elder of Fan Yang's ancestors to come here today and ask him to read the horoscopes.
The old man Zu Chongxin was the uncle of his filial son. He once served as a regular servant of Tongzhi Sanqi in the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was sent to the Northern Zhou Dynasty as an envoy. After the fall of the Northern Qi Dynasty, he became an official in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and served as a prefect. In the Sui Dynasty, Lei moved to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
He was granted the title of Baron of Huichang County and returned to his hometown in old age.
Now in his eighties, he is still in good health.
This old man is very good at yin and yang divination, and he can be regarded as the contemporary successor of the yin and yang divination in the ancestor's family. He made some calculations and told everyone,
"Good luck, God-given marriage, a pair made in heaven and earth, a perfect match."
Everyone laughed.
Therefore, they exchanged birth dates and wrote an engagement letter under the witness of Zu Chongxin. Wu Shilang and Lu Shisanniang were considered engaged.
Both of them are children under one month old, and they are still in Chang'an.
But this doesn't affect anything.
"Please grandpa help us choose a good and auspicious day, and my Lu family will hold an engagement banquet to tell our relatives and friends!"
Zu Chongxin then helped to choose another day, which was just three days later.
The eighty-year-old old man Zu is not only good at yin and yang divination, but also has extensive research in music, mathematics, and medicine inherited from his family. After discussing with Wu Huaiyu, they both admired each other very much.
Huaiyu could tell that the old man was interested in getting close to him. After they got to know each other, the old man asked his son to bring him a box and opened it. Inside was the account book of Fan Yang's ancestors, as well as the tenant records and other volumes.
The old man is offering a certificate of surrender.
The Zu family is also a famous family in Youzhou. Although it is not as good as the Lu family, on the one hand it has an excellent family tradition and on the other hand it occupies a large amount of land.
Although most of the northern branches left by the Lu family of Fan Yang are in Youzhou City now, their hometown is Laishui County. Laishui is now under the jurisdiction of Yizhou. It is on the border of Yizhou and Youzhou, and lives on the right bank of the Laishui River.
of the Nanjuma River.
The Shanggu Hou family's hometown is in Yi County, Yizhou, not far to the west of them. It used to be called Shanggu County, but now it is called Yizhou.
As for Fan Yang of the Lu family in Fan Yang, it is located east of Laishui, in the former Zhuo County.
The three major families are only tens of miles apart and live next to each other.
Of course, there are several famous families in Youzhou, such as the Kou family, the Yang family, and the Liu family. The Kou family is also called the Shanggu Kou family, the Liu family is called the Yanguo Liu family, and the Yang family is called the Wu Zhongyang family or the Beiping Yang family.
These families are all famous for their family traditions and etiquette.
At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Youzhou gentry represented by the Lu family supported Gao Huan and his Northern Qi regime. However, after the Northern Zhou unified the north, Lu Changqi still launched a rebellion, occupied Fan Yang, and welcomed Gao Shaoyi of the Northern Qi Dynasty, who fled to the Turks, as emperor. After the rebellion was suppressed,
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Sui Dynasty, both the Youzhou nobles adopted a policy of attack. The Lu family, Zu family and other Youzhou clans began to weaken. After experiencing the turmoil in the late Sui Dynasty, the Youzhou nobles became even weaker.
After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it continued to adopt the Guanzhong-centered policy, favored the military aristocrats of Guanzhong, even supported emerging military aristocrats, and continued to suppress the old gentry of Guandong.
Those families that had been famous for hundreds of years had indeed fallen into decline. An old man like Zu Chongxin, who had been an official in the Qi, Zhou, and Sui dynasties, and reached the official position of minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, could be considered to have a clearer view of the current situation.
If you don't work hard, you will fall into the dust.
Whether it was Li Yuan who came to Youzhou, or later Wang Junkuo, Li Xuandao, and Wu Huaiyu, they all started to be very cooperative and even a little fawning.
Even in the eyes of ordinary people, these powerful families are still high and out of reach.
But just as these clans treated Tuoba of the Northern Wei Dynasty and surrendered to the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty, not only serving as official officials, but also actively forming marriage alliances, these clans are now actually willing to marry the new nobles in the court.
Historically, it was only later when these nobles once again gained a foothold in the Li Tang Dynasty, and even became prime ministers for generations, that they once again gained the arrogance and dared to look down on the royal princess.
Wu Huaiyu chatted with Zu Chongxin and Lu Chengye, and the chat was actually quite pleasant. Regardless of their respective positions, to put it simply, they were indeed very talented, polite, and gentle in speaking. It was easy and comfortable to chat with them.
"I first came to Youzhou, and in the future I will have to rely on the help of famous local noble families. Your Majesty has granted me the privilege of inheriting the system and worshiping the emperor, and I can be directly appointed as an official."
Huaiyu proposed to them and asked them to help recommend the famous sons of Youzhou gentry. He would grant official positions according to their talents and add them to serve in the governor's mansion and the yamen of the eight states and counties of Youzhou.
Recommend and appoint officials.
This is a rare opportunity, and it is exactly what Fan Yang and the Lu family want. Although Lu Chengye has repeatedly refused the imperial call, this is only a special case. Regardless of the Lu family or the Zu family, after the world is unified, they naturally hope that their descendants can
Become an official.
It's just that they don't have many opportunities now.
Chengyin's career as an official was completely inferior to that of the Guanlong aristocrats or even the nouveau riche who came from local tycoons. He relied on the recommendation of local officials, but the governors and governors were basically Guanlong aristocrats or nouveau riche.
It relied on the imperial examination, but the imperial examination also relied on connections with powerful people.
What's more, there are only a few people admitted. Only seventeen people have been admitted to the Jinshi subject this year, and none have been admitted to the Xiucai subject.
There are only about twenty people registered in the Ming Dynasty. There are so many talented people from five surnames and seven families that even if you break your head, you won't be able to get a few places.
Wu Huaiyu was so gracious, and Zu Chongxin was immediately excited.
Immediately, he recommended a dozen ‘talented people’ to Wu Huaiyu and asked him to “borrow some paper and pen.”
Lu Sanwu has been staring at Wu Huaiyu. She is fascinated now. The more she looks, the more she likes him. Every word, every move, every move is so charming.
"I'll get it." Lu Sanwu immediately went to get paper and pen, and even helped Wu Huaiyu grind the ink himself.
"Grandpa, please read it and I will take note of it."
"Grandpa, you promote talents for the country. You don't have to avoid relatives when you promote talents. You should recommend more talents from the ancestors. Now is the time to employ people." Wu Huaiyu said with a smile.
Zu Chongxin then recommended many of his descendants unceremoniously, and even specially recommended a few people from the southern branch of the Jiankang Zu clan.
After Zu Chongxin recommended him, Huaiyu asked Lu Chengye to recommend him.
Lu Chengye has been recruited by him to join the military in the governor's office, and will soon take office officially and become his subordinate.
Write each name on the paper.
A very long list.
Finished writing.
"Tomorrow I will summon these young talents at the Governor's Mansion. Please inform them to come. I will personally take the exam and then appoint them according to their talents. I also ask two of you to help me inform the Hou family, the Kou family, the Liu family, the Yang family, etc.
Several famous families, let them also recommend talents from various families."
Leave the Lu family with a long list.
On the carriage, Li Jinyan took the list handed over by Huaiyu, looked at it carefully, and commented on each name, "Most of these disciples from famous families have some real talents. Of course, even if they don't have great talents, they can be recruited by Zhengpi."
It’s useful too.”
"With so many famous disciples in Youzhou, do the governors really want to grant them official positions?"
"Just a humble official of the eighth or ninth grade,"
"Is the governor being too kind to them?"
"If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it. What's more, if you want to take something from their hands, you have to give them something. The exchange of benefits will be more acceptable. It's easy to just take something but not give it.
Provoking public outrage."
The reason why Wu Huaiyu is so happy now is naturally because he wants more.
