The house of the three entrances.

The front hall is different from other houses, several side rooms are opened, with red pillars as partitions, and there is a stage in the middle, with round tables around it, and long benches at the back.

At this time, it is the time when the red candle is brilliant, the hall is lit up, and there are guests coming to the door one after another, and the laughter and shouting are continuous, which is very lively.

There is a partition behind the platform, and Erniang is behind the partition and can see the excitement in front.

With so many people, she turned around and said, "Lord Zhang really said that he agreed to marry a good girl?" ”

Behind her, there was a man of five big and three thick, a big teapot in the yard.

The big teapot said in a low voice: "My lord said, the emperor will come tonight, will the good girl let the emperor not marry and choose someone else?" She's not a fool either. ”

"The emperor will come? Where is it? ”

Erniang looked out and saw a young man in a green robe, with a group of servants behind him, walking with a sway, very magnificent.

"Is that one?"

The big teapot said: "I don't know about this, anyway, the adults said they would come, let's entertain them." ”

Zhang Xuan has been planning for so many years, and he finally has a little connection in the palace, so he knows about the emperor's departure from the palace.

In his opinion, this is to be interested in Liu Liangnu, so he fell into the set.

Erniang didn't understand, so she only asked: "Then what if the good girl didn't choose the emperor in the end?" In the past few days, she secretly ran out, as if she had gone to see that Han Che. ”

The big teapot said: "Don't choose, you can't make her cheap, this person was raised by you, if you don't obey, what will happen, you should know." ”

Erniang said: "Then I understand." ”

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Zhang Yong helped Yang Houzhao arrange a position at the front, Jinyiwei had eighteen people to follow nearby to protect, and the rest of the people's troops were waiting for an opportunity outside.

Yang Houzhao sat down and looked around, and saw the man in a green robe opposite.

He looks like he is about twenty-four or five years old, with a thin body, prominent cheekbones, and big eyes.

It doesn't look like a northerner.

The man wore gold and silver, and the jade pendant on his body gave birth to this halo in the candlelight, and he knew that it was worth a lot of money when he looked at it from a distance.

Yang Houzhao turned around and asked, "See?" Who is it? ”

Zhang Yong quickly sent someone over, and after a while, his subordinates came back with news.

Zhang Yong said in Yang Houzhao's ear: "Long live the lord, this person belongs to the Xu family in Jiangnan." ”

Yang Houzhao was slightly stunned, Zhang Yong said so formally, it was definitely not an ordinary Xu, he said in a low voice: "Is that one?" ”

Zhang Yong nodded: "That's it." ”

The other party is the eldest grandson of the Xu family in Jiangnan, named Xu Ye, who came to Beijing to buy a property and prepare for the imperial examination three years later.

This Xu Ye is still young and not an important person.

The Xu family is amazing.

The land annexation in the south of the Yangtze River is very strong, and the large families are headed by the Xu family, after four or five generations, now there are tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, countless people in the family, and the degree of wealth may be richer than the treasury.

In the previous dynasty, there were many wealthy people in Jiangnan, and they even had to be castrated when buying and selling male servants to prevent the back house from being unstable, which was no different from the palace.

It was only after Taizu ascended the throne that a ban was issued, and it improved.

Now they don't castrate the male servants, and these big families are also the existence of the local emperor.

But how did they accumulate wealth, firstly, the imperial examination was rent-free, and secondly, they put money to exploit the people's fat and ointment.

Li Zhao told Yang Houzhao that whether it was the tax reform of Jinshi or the weakening of the power of the vassal king, in fact, it was a drop in the bucket for the exploitation of the people, and the real rich people were these big families.

They enjoy the wealth brought about by the unfairness of the social system, and thus become powerful.

Yang Houzhao thought to himself that before I had time to clean up these big households, someone sent them to the door.

He looked back at Zhang Yong: "Among his younger brothers, is there one named Xu Jie?" ”

Zhang Yongdao: "This slave wants to inquire again, this person is very important?" ”

Xu Jie was the first assistant in the later period of Yang Houxi's reign, and the representative of Qingliu was the one who overthrew the corrupt official Yan Song.

Yang Houzhao heard Li Zhao say.

This Xu Jie, who is very tolerant and very tactful, in order to gain Yan Song's trust, he married his own granddaughter to Yan Song's son Yan Shifan as a concubine.

He himself is also very talented, because Yang Houyu cultivates, so he likes to write green words by the gods, Yan Song can get Yang Houxi's love, that is, he writes good green words, and later Xu Jie's favor is also practiced hard and writes very well.

Because Yan Song was a corrupt official, Xu Jie finally defeated Yan Song and became a well-known figure in the political arena.

But in Li Zhao's opinion, Qingliu wants fame, and Turbidity wants money, they compete with each other, even if Xu Jiejie wins, he really shouldn't be raised so high.

Politically, if you are a king or a loser, you can distinguish between good and bad people?

In Xu Jie's hometown, their family is the largest landlord in the local area.

The social ills are in the people of their class, and there is really nothing to praise.

Yang Houzhao had heard Li Zhao talk about Xu Jie, so he had a special impression of this person.

Sleek, able to bend and stretch, and good at learning, he plans to meet what kind of legendary figure he is.

Yang Houzhao shook his head at Zhang Yong; "It's not very important, just ask."

Zhang Yong sent someone to get busy.

By this time, several round tables were already full.

Suddenly there was a sound of silk bamboo, and then the light was half dimmed, and when everyone came back to their senses, there was an extra silk embroidered single screen on the table.

The screen is red, plain and elegant, there is no pattern at all, under the cover of the candlelight, you can see a slender shadow walking behind the screen.

Someone behind the stage shouted, "Miss Liu has arrived." ”

The people below were quiet for a while, then boiling, and after waiting for half the night, she was the one who wanted to see.

"Then why are you still hiding behind the screen and coming out for us to meet?"

"That's right, isn't it a kiss? How can you recruit relatives if you don't see anyone? ”

"Come out and see, what does it look like......

Yang Houzhao thought to himself, I also want to see, does it look like Ah Zhao?

But no one made a sound, and the sound of the piano flowed, and when the voices had passed, the people behind the screen stopped the piano.

Then he said: "Little girl Liu Liangnu, today is a banquet to entertain everyone, but also to find a good home for yourself. ”

"Today's recruitment, not everyone will follow the good girl, those who are interested, they have to pass the test, and in the end, the good girl looks happy, and then it will be decided who is the good girl's beloved."

"Qinglou women are more hypocritical", everyone knows that they have to set up checkpoints for everything.

Someone shouted: "It's a trivial matter to pass the test, the key is what do you look like?" ”

"You have grown up to be saltless, everyone's money has been spent in vain, and they still want to marry you, where is this fair?"

"Youben came out to meet in advance, and after meeting a good face, I will talk about the rules."