Chapter 64: The Yu Clan
"The Suzhou Yu clan originally lived in Muyang, because it was rumored that Yu Ji died here, so there was a branch here to guard the tomb, and the Huainan Susong Yu clan belonged to the same branch."
Su Songyu is the Tang Dynasty Yu Shinan lineage, compared to this family, Suzhou is obviously the downside...... After all, Yu Ji is a woman, in addition to her beauty, at most she has a reputation for martyrdom, not to mention the Min family after the saint, even if it is compared to the Xiang family who claim to be the descendants of King Xiang, it is much worse.
So in this place of Suzhou, the Yu clan is a little unrenowned, and the people who come here, whether it is Su Shi or Li Qingzhao, do not take this family seriously.
The head of the Yu family was a middle-aged man, and he was originally at the back of the line, but at this time, he was the first to be summoned by the emperor, and he openly inserted the Min family and the Xiang family...... Although there was nothing on his face, he was indeed very happy in his heart.
Even if it was just a slight difference, it had already made the head of the Yu family secretly refreshed, after all, in his memory, this was the first time he was in front of the Min family.
Therefore, in the face of His Majesty the Emperor, the head of the Yu family was very enthusiastic, first introduced the origin of his family, and then talked about the Yu family's longing for the Great Song Kingdom for a while, and finally put out his family's hole cards.
"Don't dare to hide it, Suzhou and Bozhou don't have such a deep relationship, all because of the traitor Li Qiong...... He coerced 100,000 people to defect back then, and most of those people lived in Bozhou. ”
"And Su and Bozhou because of the close separation, has always been each other's horns, the Jin people to defend our Great Song Dynasty Yingzhou, Sizhou, Haozhou, Yangzhou four soldiers of the four places, relying on Su and Bozhou, the thieves to rule Bozhou, so that many people in Bozhou moved to Suzhou, so that there is a relationship between the two places."
Not to mention that the literary style of Suzhou is prosperous, the head of the Yu family, a person who does not even have fame, can see the doorway of Lianghuai very clearly.
Liu Bang already knew these things, and he just wanted to ask something important, but he was preempted by Pharmacist Guo:
"But I don't know what the Yu family has to do with Bozhou?"
Bringing this old boy with him is mainly to be a person to relieve boredom, but he obviously does not have this consciousness, and he has to ask everything clearly, especially in the war, almost more responsible than Liu Bang himself.
But it's still the same sentence, ask and ask, it is impossible for Liu Bang to give soldiers to this person, mainly because this kid is clearly a slave with three surnames, and Song Guo is not without generals, so he will not gamble on him.
At this time, he asked, although he was a little unhappy, but what he asked was what he was going to ask in a while, so Liu Bang still pressed it down and listened to what the head of the Yu family said.
Although he didn't know Guo Yaoshi, seeing that he was a person beside the emperor, he still replied respectfully:
"I can't say what it does, but I do have contacts with many people in the city."
When he said it, it turned out to be ......
Indeed, in terms of reputation and status, the Yu family is not as good as the Min family and the Xiang family, but the bad people have also established their clan here, and they have their own ability after all.
And this ability, like the other two families, also relies on their own ancestors.
Someone is about to ask, that Yu Ji is a girl, and she has no ability, what reliable place can she have?
Reliable is her identity as a woman.
It is said that before King Xiang died, the stunning beauty left a sentence: 'The king is exhausted, how can the concubine talk about life', and then killed herself.
Such a chaste woman is naturally a model for contemporary girls to learn.
It is said that if you want to learn, you have to learn from that Yu Ji, but don't learn from the women who stole in Kaifeng City back then, the Yu family is even more proud of this, and takes women's chastity as the family purpose and the criterion for establishing the world.
The girls of the Yu family have learned the three virtues since they were young, and take the talented Liu Bang as the light Ah Yu, as a girl in the family, she didn't even take a name, and she couldn't even compare to Wang Chan, who is now a concubine in the palace and a palace maid in the past.
In this way, the surrounding big families took a fancy to the noble sentiments of the women of the Yu family, and from the time when the surname Li was called Tang, the women of the Yu family were the most popular daughters-in-law in a radius of hundreds of miles.
Not to mention Suzhou and Bozhou, even Xuzhou Chenzhou and even as far as Jinan Mansion, if you can choose, the Yu family is the first...... Over the years, everyone has become more and more important to women's chastity, and the women of the Yu family have become more and more popular.
Many of the little ladies of the Yu family were even more in infancy, and they were ordered, and when they reached adulthood, they immediately married them.
There is a Song Dynasty, it has always been the bride price and the dowry in half, only in this Yu family, is the bride price to be multiplied or even several times the dowry, in order to be able to ask for a daughter, its popularity, can be seen.
Naturally, the confidence of the Yu family is that there are more than 30 families in Suzhou City who have in-laws, and these families are either officials in the Jin Kingdom, or rich families who do business, or the most inferior, they must also be the families of famous people on their ancestors.
That is to say, the purpose of the Yu family is very strict, and the daughter who marries out is equal to the water that is spilled, and the family no longer cares whether she is dead or alive, so although it seems mean, it makes the women of the Yu family more liked by the man's family.
"More than 30 households ......"
This amount is not surprising, but it is not a small number, seeing that the head of the Yu family respectfully handed over a piece of paper, what was written on it was the origin of those people's surnames.
I didn't expect that only this one could bring such a surprise, Liu Bang thought about it, and asked one more question:
"Since the Yu family doesn't contact the girls, what is the use of this list?"
The head of the Yu family said: "What the official family said is that if it is usual, this list will definitely be useless. ”
"But now is the time when my Great Song Dynasty drove me into captivity, and Bozhou was originally the territory of our Han people, and it was occupied by the Jin people for so many years, and it will come back after all."
"At this time, Your Majesty has the might of ten thousand armies, and the destruction of Bozhou City is just around the corner, and the villain is the head of the Yu family, so he can't watch the people who are related by marriage to the Yu family help him to abuse and go on the wrong path, so he should admonish them to recognize the situation as soon as possible and prepare to meet the king."
"Such a connection, not for my Yu family, but for them, is not a violation of the rules."
Liu Bang suddenly liked this person a little...... Dog's speech did not show any flaws, and he was really a person who had to set up an archway when he was there.
"Then if it is connected, how sure can you make it abandon the darkness and turn to the light?"
The head of the Yu family is still very respectful: "Ten percent." ”
"Huh?"
Liu Bang was a little suspicious that he had misheard, but seeing that Pharmacist Guo was also shocked, he knew that he hadn't heard it.
Seeing the doubts on everyone's faces, the head of the Yu family explained unhurriedly:
"Don't dare to deceive the official family, these thirty-three families are now all old people of the Yu family, and the housewives of each of their families are all women of the Yu family."
"So when they speak, they can do a good job...... The new daughters-in-law of the other Yu families, or the younger ones, the villains are not recorded. ”
This is undoubtedly good news, since Zhao Mi and Yang Yizhong arrived in Suzhou, they have suffered a lot of losses under the hands of the Bozhou generals, and they don't know how much they have suffered.
Naturally, it is not the price that Liu Bang wants to bear.
Now with the help of the Yu family...... These thirty or so families are not small ordinary people, but they are all big people with heads and faces, and if they play a role together, they will really get twice the result with half the effort.
Everyone was happy, everyone was happy, and seeing that he had played a role, the head of the Yu family was also very happy, and when everyone was happy, Liu Bang finally put forward his request.
"I invited a lady from your family to come over, and I didn't hide it from the head of the family, I really like it."
"I happened to hear that she was not married yet, so I wanted to make a reluctant request to the head of the family and let Ah Yu follow me, presumably the head of the family would not object, right?"
When the head of the Yu family, who was originally amiable, heard this, his smile suddenly froze on his face, and he was stunned for a while before he reacted and said:
"Official, official, didn't Ah Yu tell you that she already has a marriage contract with someone?"
The emperor invited, who would dare not obey? The Yu family thought that Ah Yu already had a family, thinking that as long as she showed her truth, no matter what the emperor did, he would have to take care of his reputation, and it would be impossible to make it up.
Especially when he saw that Ah Yu had gone out just now, the head of the Yu family thought that this matter was over, and when the emperor mentioned it, he couldn't help but feel a little shocked.
The Yu family can stand here, relying on women on the surface, but this is the same as doing business, and in the final analysis, it is the word 'letter'...... Dozens of generations have passed, and no one has broken this rule.
When a wealthy family in Suzhou proposed to the Yu family, after the two families made a marriage contract, they met the Jin army going south, and the rich family went bankrupt overnight and became a beggar, just like that, the Yu family did not dissolve the marriage contract.
Now......
The head of the Yu family looked at the emperor with an expectant face, and he was completely devoid of the joy of the right talent.
(End of chapter)