Chapter 54, the newcomer of Lu Mansion
Luoyang Lu Mansion, now but it is the most lively place in Luoyang City, even if the owner of the family Lu Bu is not there at the moment, but every day there is an endless stream of sends, many are the ministers of the Chinese martial arts, of course, now Lu Bu is not there, so those who do those reception matters are the hostess Lu Bu's wife Yan, after all, at this time there is no man and woman who do not kiss, women need to see few outsiders after marriage, the social environment is relatively tolerant of women, especially women with more status, Therefore, it is not a big deal for Yan to replace Lu Bu to receive these visiting guests.
Of course, although the background is not high, Yan is also a woman with insight and scheming, but she is not the simple-minded and well-developed person, so the number of etiquette that should be done, the etiquette that should be said and the etiquette that should be accepted and rejected can be done just right in these aspects, it can be said that it is a good face for Lu Bu, who is not in Luoyang at the moment, and teaches those civil officials who originally looked down on the couple's background can't help but secretly surrender to her temperament of not letting her eyebrows be shaved.
Of course, it is the most commendable, but it is still her attitude towards those literati, you must know that at this time, Lu Bu is ranked as the third duke, and recently there are even people who discuss that the Son of Heaven intends to add Lu Bu as the prince, which is different from Dong Zhuo's original prince, it is just the product of Dong Zhuo's self-proclaimed, but this is the initiative of the young Son of Heaven to mention, although it is still just an intention, but it can be seen that Lu Bu has a position in his heart.
Of course, some controversial voices are inevitable, and the focus of these controversies is also on Lu Bu's age and qualifications, after all, it is rare for such a young Taiwei to be less than thirty. Not to mention the addition of the title of Taishi, although the latter is now regarded as more famous than substantial, but it is such a name, how many Shilin masters have asked for one but cannot get it, but they have been repeatedly asked by vulgar martial artists to go.
In the final analysis, this is still due to some people's deep-rooted prejudices about generals and backgrounds, whether it is Lu Bu or Yan, there is no way or no need to change their views, only to do their best.
And Lu Bu is obviously very aware of his advantage in recruiting the most lacking civilian talents at this time, which is also what Dong Zhuo desperately wanted but did not have. is his reputation for "supporting the Son of Heaven". At least on the surface, this is definitely a weapon in today's Han Dynasty, when the remnants of the Han dynasty still exist, and when many constructive talents still retain great attraction.
And the facts prove it. Many literati or talented people who want to become famous want to take Lu Bu's big ship to ride the wind and waves. For them. At the beginning, Dong Zhuo was disliked by them because of his reputation, but now Lu Bu has no concerns about this, you must know that although those royalists don't look at him so pleasing to the eye, they don't dare to blatantly criticize him.
Today, Lu Bu's status in the court is by no means as simple as a powerful minister. This depends on his concentrating on business and performance in Luoyang in the past few months, of course, it is also related to the fact that the closely linked plans have been implemented and achieved good results, anyway, the current Liu Xie has almost become a puppet in his hands, as long as he carefully looks at and maintains the current situation, even if Lu Bu directly kicks him out at a certain time, no one can say anything, this requires a long time and many preparations, otherwise a bad one will not only fail to achieve his goal, On the contrary, it will have the opposite effect and eventually lead to burning, but fortunately, Lu Bu has time and patience, and he can wait.
And it is under such circumstances that this mansion, which has been stared at by countless pairs of eyes in Luoyang, has ushered in a newcomer and another hostess.
Although Lu Bu's yuan match and main room are the Yan family, which is unshakable and will not change, but because of Lu Bu's relationship with several ladies, they have formed their own priorities, that is, sisters, intentionally or unintentionally, but they are not completely confined to their names, and most of the time in the mansion they are also called "eldest lady" and "second lady", and it is natural that the fifth lady comes at this time, and Zhen Jiang who was finally welcomed into the door by Lu Bu simply.
Zhongshan Wuji Zhen's name seems to be quite loud, in fact, in the eyes of people who are really in a high position, this is just a broken household supported by a woman, so to say that Zhen Jiang, who is from the Shangjia family, may not be strong in the Gan family of scholars, maybe Jian Hua, who was born as a maid, and Diao Chan, who was born in the Song and Dance Academy, are really inferior to her.
Of course, for people with Lu Bu's current status, the Zhen family is even worse, Zhen Jiang is actually reasonable for him to be a concubine, and there is no need for any Ming media to marry, as long as the two parties say yes and Lu Bu has enough bride price, it will be almost the same; But that's the case, Lu Bu still agreed that he would make up for her a banquet on a formal occasion at that time, after all, from his point of view, there is still no way to completely treat a woman as a "goods" that will come and go when she is recruited, and this can be regarded as a little compensation for her, although it is said that the feelings for this Zhen Jiang must not be much, at most, the temperament that is very different from the other four women has a certain attraction to him, and then there is a complete flesh * body relationship, which sounds good, but this is the truth, Unless Zhen Jiang can prove that she doesn't just have such a "role".
Speaking of which, none of the four ladies before Lu Bu is useless, the eldest lady Yan will not talk about it, she is the backyard of the main room in charge of Lu Bu, and when Lu Bu is not there, she is also responsible for some communication with the court inside and outside, as well as simple decisions, even some things in Lu Bu's army may need her to make decisions, and her decisions are indeed useful, especially in the Bingzhou army, everyone will give her face, this is not only for Lu Bu's face; Next, Diao Chan is in charge of the women's group under Lu Bu who has now become an establishment and is gradually preparing to expand to the south, her task can be said to be not small, in addition to training the "virtue and art" of these women's houses - after all, most of these women still have to be assigned to the singing and dancing courtyards in various places, one is more convenient to hide people's eyes and ears, and by the way, you can also do business to increase an income, and the second is to summarize the news obtained by these women, and after a certain analysis, try to screen out the useful information in it, It was presented to Lu Bu to help him as an important material and basis for decision-making.
In addition to these two "strong women" standing behind Lu Bu, even if they are two more useless, now Jian Hua is already the direct person in charge of the servants and servants in the Lu Mansion, in short, she is now in charge of the Lu Mansion, except for Lu Bu and several other hostesses, everyone must be controlled by her in name, and she is not subject to many restrictions in this regard, as long as it is in this mansion, only Lu Bu and the Yan family can really say no to her as a matter of course, this is also because seeing that the burden on her shoulders is getting heavier and heavier, Yan's conscious decentralization, it just so happens that Jian Hua also seems to have talent in this area, and she also worked hard to earn enough points in Yan's table Xiàn in front of Yan, so it was naturally handed over to her; As for Gan's, it may be the most "useless" of them, but that's it, the three children in the family now, the eldest daughter Lu Qiling, the youngest son Lu Yi, and the righteous son Gongsun Xin who was sent to Luoyang with Zhen Jiang, were all taken care of by her very well, to say that among these women, she is the one with the most virtuous wife and motherly temperament, qin, chess, calligraphy and painting are naturally inferior to Diao Chan, but female celebrities and the like are good at it, not to mention that she showed pregnancy signs not long after Lu Bu set out on the expedition, which should be the fruit of Lu Bu's time before the expedition when he deliberately "comforted" the four ladies, who was not particularly conspicuous among several ladies, is now considered "mother and son are expensive".
And Zhen Jiang, who has only joined now, of course, can't be willing to be ordinary, it is quite difficult to meet Lu Bu again in a short period of time, and he can't start from Gan's path, so naturally he can only discover his own talents in other aspects.
In fact, she didn't know that Lu Bu had already helped her think about this, and had already instructed the Yan family, and after the Yan family confirmed her ability, she naturally began to manage the finances of the Lu Mansion, which was also a strong point that she had proven.
Now Lu Bu's status is different, and the scale of the mansion has naturally expanded a lot, sometimes it is not as simple as he wants, what kind of identity should be said and pomp, it is difficult to say much in this regard, after all, the etiquette system is there, and when the mansion is big, it naturally needs people, not to mention that he now has five wives, and they also need to be taken care of, and the number of people under the maids naturally needs to increase, not including the configured guards.
There are more people, and the cost will naturally be more, and there will be no one, and now that Zhen Jiang is here, this is exactly where she can play.
Whether it is to manage accounts or people, Zhen Jiang has experience before, although there will definitely be differences in some places, but in the end, he is in charge of his subordinates, daily and monthly expenses and other accounts, and he helped his mother Zhang to manage the merchants in the family, and now although the scale of the Lu Mansion has expanded, it cannot be compared with Wuji Zhen's merchants in terms of personnel accounts, which is just a difference for her to adapt to.
Perhaps it is precisely because he quickly found his place to use himself when he came in, and he also corrected his position, plus the family education is good, the four daughters of the Yan family themselves are not mean and strong people, so the integration of the bride did not take much time, although it is difficult to say what is thinking in the heart like Diao Chan, but at least they do not have too many contradictions, plus they should get used to Lu Bu's temper, this state should be maintained.
When Lu Bu comes back, I'm afraid he will find that his backyard is so harmonious and harmonious.
However, it is true that the backyard is harmonious, but in the "big rear" of Luoyang, it may not be, and it is difficult to say that the factors that temporarily calm down internally will not be induced by external factors, as for the outside, Jia Xu has already received the news in his hand...... (To be continued......)