Shi Min originally thought that after eating the soup, he would start to deal with government affairs again, but Dong Qiaoqiao's massage techniques were really good, making Shi Min feel like he was in the clouds.

Later, Shi Min simply tilted his head, pillowed on the chair, and enjoyed Dong Qiaoqiao's foot massage there with half-squinted eyes.

"Brother Min, the concubine has something I want to tell you." From the beginning, Dong Qiaoqiao looked preoccupied, and after hesitation, she finally spoke.

"If you have something to say, you can say it directly."

"Sister Yuechan wants to go home to save her family."

"Go home and save your family? Do you need to ask me for advice? ”

Dong Qiaoqiao hesitated: "Brother Min, no." This time, the concubine wants you to accompany Sister Yuechan home to save her relatives. ”

"Why?"

"In the past two years, Sister Yuechan's maiden family, the Huang family of Xiangguo, with the convenience given by Brother Min, its silk, wine, tea and other businesses have become bigger, all over the north and south of the river, and we have Huang's business in the Jin, Yan and Chengguo near Zhao. Recently, the concubine talked to Sister Yuechan, she talked to the concubine about these things, and there are many young talents in the Huang family of Xiangguo, Sister Yuechan is inconvenient to recommend, it seems to be a little embarrassed, I think this is Huang Shao's instructions. ”

Hearing this, Shi Min pondered for a while and said, "Qiaoqiao, what do you mean?" ”

"Accept Huang's kindness. Although the current treasury is abundant, for the sake of long-term planning, there is still more money and food. Moreover, Brother Min, you are now wooing the Yingchuan family, which is indeed like a tiger, but it is inevitable to raise a tiger, Brother Min, you should also vigorously win over the hearts of other northern warriors. The Huang family of Xiangguo is only a strong place, not as strong as a family, but once someone in their family enters the official career and is still in the upper position in the court, they will definitely become a real family! ”

"This is the expectation of the Huang clan in these places, and in the same way, Brother Min, you can also get what you want."

Hearing this, Shi Min couldn't help but bow his head slightly, and said, "Qiaoqiao, you're right. The emperor's mind is important in checks and balances. ”

There is an essential difference between the gate valve of the scholar clan and the local haoqiang.

Gate valve is the joint name of the door and the valve reading, which refers to the famous family that has been an official for generations, also known as the door, the crown, the family, the giant room, etc. The gate valve system was the most significant system of selecting officials in Chinese history from the Han Dynasty to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and its actual impact caused the important official positions of the imperial court and state to be often monopolized by a few clans, and the influence of one's background on one's career was far greater than one's own talent and expertise.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the gate valve system was gradually replaced by the imperial examination system, which was based on the examination of personal literacy level.

Due to the different perspectives held by the commentators, the historical books are quite inconsistent in the designation of this special class. For example, it refers to the noble family, which is called "high door" and "door"; Emphasizing the generations of officials, called "scholars" and "families".

As for the term "clan", which also refers to political, social and cultural status, it has a broad meaning.

Until modern times, words such as gate valve are still used as another name for famous, wealthy, and powerful families.

"Di" refers to the courtyard gate that opens directly to the street, which is a sign of noble status in ancient times. Mendi refers to family background and status.

The word valve reading was first seen in the "Historical Records: Chronology of Gaozu Meritorious Heroes and Marquis": "The ancients had five qualities of meritorious service, and they were called honorable by virtue and the temple of the Emperor of the Sect, and they were said to be meritorious with words, and they were said to be meritorious with their words, and they were said to be cut down and read for a long time."

In order to show their achievements, these meritorious ministers and their descendants erected two pillars on both sides of the gate, the one on the left is called "valve" and the right one is called "reading". Valve reading refers to family merits, official history, etc.

These high-ranking heroes are often more than one generation in power, and their descendants are also under the shadow of this, through various ways, to hold important positions in the imperial court, forming family and surname power.

As a result, people call such families gate valves.

Some dynasties even explicitly stipulated the privileges enjoyed by the gate valve in the form of law, which became the gate valve system.

There are differences in the definitions and standards of lineage and nobility, and although there are overlaps, nobility is fixed by official titles such as titles, canonized by state power, and can be deprived because of the change of power or the crime or indignity of the person who is the recipient

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