The wheels creaked, and the convoy quickly drove into the city, in front of a suburban estate.

Fifty years ago, the Fu family was only a small household in Fuzhou, with only three houses and no more than five acres of land, until Fu Tianqiu began to rise.

Fu Tianqiu was sixteen years old, twenty-two years old, and twenty-five years old.

After more than 30 years of ups and downs in officialdom, he sat all the way to the position of the secretary of the military department and the second-class member of the imperial court.

is the so-called thousands of miles of being an official just for money, compared with the memory of his three tiled houses and a dilapidated courtyard, the Fu family is really rich today.

Far away, it is the door number of Jinshi and Di, and then inside, the courtyard of the high gate, wearing a stone lion wearing red silk, and under the arch guard of the stone lion, it is a plaque with the word Fu written on it, shining in the sun.

When he came back this time, Fu Tianqiu did not notify the counties along the way, but only sent a letter to his family.

Today is the day of the return of the letter, at a glance, the festive red lantern is hanging high, and there are family members with knives standing at the door, all dressed in new clothes, full of energy, and you can see that there is a happy event at a glance.

"The master has returned home!"

Seeing the convoy parked at the door, the housekeeper in the house shouted and trotted over.

Fu Tianqiu's official is tall and powerful, and he is used to being flattered, and in the face of the housekeeper who stayed in his hometown, he only gave a look of approval, and then waved his hand: "Go home!" ”

The main gate of the Fu Mansion will only be opened during the New Year's holidays, and it will all be opened with the return of Fu Tianqiu.

Fu Tianqiu took his eldest daughter Fu Qingfeng and second daughter Fu Yuechi to go inside accompanied by the housekeeper, but before they could go to the main hall to greet their parents, several brothers of the Fu family greeted them.

"Big brother..."Fu Tianqiu is the eldest and the doorpost of the family, and below him there are four younger brothers, two younger sisters, and a large family.

Seeing a large group of people, please be safe, and kowtow to the ground, the smile on Fu Tianqiu's face was even stronger.

In ancient times, families were particular about families, a big family, and the sum of five generations of clan relatives was dozens or hundreds of households.

Coupled with tenant farmers, subordinates, family members, men, scattered calculations, a qualified big family, when encountering troubled times, can casually pull out thousands of clan soldiers.

For example, Cao Cao, he raised troops in Chenliu, and at the beginning, many generals such as Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong responded, and thousands of soldiers gathered in three days.

Where did the soldiers come from, it wasn't the Cao family, the Xiahou family, and the Chen Liushi family who pieced it together.

It is precisely because of this force that there is a century-old dynasty and a thousand-year-old family.

"Okay, good, my Fu family has gone through a lot of hardships, and today, it finally has the demeanor of a big family."

Looking at the Fu family in a big circle, Fu Tianqiu laughed, the Fu family rose from his generation, he is the founder of the Fu family, in the future, as long as the Fu family is not beheaded by people, even if it is dead, there are descendants who worship day and night, calling the ancestors, how can Fu Tianqiu not be happy.

Look at this, look at that, greet hello, talk about homely things.

After seeing almost everyone else, Fu Tianqiu let the juniors disperse and led the four brothers to the main hall.

"Second child, is my mother okay?" As he walked, Fu Tianqiu asked.

"It's okay, it's just that I'm getting older, and my ears are a little hard to use."

Fu Lao Er replied and asked rhetorically: "Big brother, you have done a good job in the court, why did Your Majesty suddenly demote you?" ”

"You don't need to ask about the root cause of this, you just need to know that when you want to hit someone, you must retract your hand to fight harder!"

Although Fu Tianqiu said vaguely, the Fu family brothers are not big and coarse, everyone looked at each other, and they all had a score in their hearts.

As long as the eldest brother is not no longer possible, the Fu family is still the same Fu family, and the short-term lurking is not to retreat, but to gather greater strength.

Thinking of this, the second child of the Fu family paused slightly, and said in a low voice: "Big brother, is our foreign policy going to change?" ”

Fu Tianqiu, as a second-class member, has been sitting in the position of the secretary of the Ministry of War for more than ten years, and the Fu family is standing on the cusp of the storm, and it is no longer the small family it used to be, and its business and contacts are all over the state and county.

Hearing the second brother's words, Fu Tianqiu pondered for a moment and said, "Take a half step back." ”

No matter what plans he has in secret, on the surface, he is demoted to his hometown and spend his old age in peace, and he can no longer show up at will.

A half-step back in business, although it will lose some benefits, can also make people more reassuring.

As for why you don't take a step back, Fu Tianqiu is not dead now, the protégé is still there, and taking a half step back is to reassure the above, and taking a step back is to admit defeat in chess.

"Our Fu family, it is not easy to have today, what will it be like in a hundred years, it depends on the efforts of the next generation. The family's ethnology is now in charge of three people, which is enough for the children in the clan to enlighten and show talents. You go back and count it, and give me a list of talented people and famous people, and I'll take the test myself tomorrow.

Xiucai is only the first step in the imperial examination, and lifting people can only be kept, if you want to maintain the current dignity, the next generation of our Fu family must have someone to be a jinshi. I'm back now, just to put this matter into operation, even if I can't launch a jinshi, at least there must be three or five lifters to keep the name of our Bo family. ”

Fu Tianqiu walked inside and admonished his brothers beside him.

The four brothers nodded again and again, Fu Tianqiu is the pillar of the Fu family, without this second-grade master, the Fu family can only be regarded as the second gear in Fuzhou.

With Fu Tianqiu, the Fu family is the first family in Fuzhou, although this kind of first is relatively empty, but Fu Tianqiu is not dead, who can oppose this ranking.

Moreover, once the next generation of the Fu family rises again, there are more people who take advantage of the wind, and they dare not say that as long as there is another third-grade master, the position of the Fu family will be stable.

Several generations of business, the Fu family can become the county family, at that time, the family has thousands of acres of fertile land, even if the dynasty changes have the foundation of life, in the history books, there are many local counties to look at the empty mansion said, the county here refers to this kind of family.

"When I come back, I will close the door and thank the guests, and everyone will get together for a meal at noon, and if there is nothing to do in the future, you will do as usual. In addition, although the Fu Mansion is good, it is in the state city, I will return to the countryside tomorrow to farm, retreat in the mountains and forests, and if nothing else, I will not enter the state city again half a step. ”

When Fu Tianqiu said this, he was already standing at the door of the main hall.

Fu Lao Er glanced at the beautiful main hall, touched the beard on his chin, and whispered: "Big brother, what is my Fu family like now, everyone has heard of it, is it necessary for you to go to the countryside to retreat?" ”

"Why not, after Fu Tianqiu was relegated to his hometown, he retired to the countryside, made it at sunrise and returned at sunset, this is the excerpt that can be sent to the emperor. If I live in the state city and have a lot of fish and meat all day long, how can I write this twist and turn, is it difficult to write that I have married a few more concubines? ”

Fu Tianqiu stood at the door, looked at his second brother, and admonished: "Son of Heaven, what is the Son of Heaven, it is the Son of Heaven who sits in the imperial city and looks at the world with twists and turns." What I am like in the compromise, I am what I am in the eyes of the prince, if I am hidden in the countryside, others will never mention the Fu Mansion in the state city, because this is the rule of the game. ”

"Big brother is a lesson." Fu Lao Er hurriedly lowered his head, but his heart moved slightly, could it be that the emperor was so easy to fool.

In fact, it's not that the emperor is easy to fool, but the emperor who grew up in the deep palace and was raised by a woman is actually derailed from the outside world.

His perception of the outside world is like a snowflake, and the annual evaluation of officials.

The emperor may not believe what one person says on the fold, but if three or five people say so, they have to believe it if they don't believe it.

Even if the magistrate, government, state, Jinyiwei, and the inspector of the Ministry of Officials in a fish and meat township identify him as a Qing official, then he is also a Qing official.

The emperor picked up the fold and looked at it, well, okay, everyone said so, this person must be incorruptible.

As for whether it is or not, can the emperor still go to see in person, so he said that the world in the emperor's eyes is a fold, and what is written on the fold is what it is.

As long as no one lifts the table halfway, just like the leader comes up to inspect, the protagonist and supporting roles are arranged, everyone is hello and me, and the partnership is fooling the top.

"Sir, a young man came to the door, indicating that he wanted to see you."

Just when everyone was thinking, the man in charge of the doorkeeper ran in.

Fu Tianqiu frowned slightly and asked, "Who is here?" ”

"The other party called himself Wang Xu, said that it was Fuzhou Jinyi Wei Qianhu, and gave the villain this waist card."

The servant respectfully walked up and handed over a token.

Fu Tianqiu took the token and saw that it was really the brand of Jinyiwei, and sneered: "Tiger falls in Pingyang, in the capital, Beijing officials below the third grade can't even enter my mansion." I didn't expect this, a small five-grade thousand households, and they actually dared to hand me a sign! ”