sweeping the world

Chapter 916
Later, Sang Yu didn't know how he got home.When he was in Qutai, he was a little confused, and he didn't even respond to his colleagues when he greeted him.

When Sang Yu came out of Miyagi, he was constantly afraid again and again. He must have thought about something when he thought about it, but he couldn't remember anything when he came back to his senses.

The old Chang'an was also demolished, and the new Chang'an stood up with a brand new look.

Don't expect a city to have no hierarchy. For example, Miyagi is the most noble area, and then there are high-ranking officials, officials, rich, common people, and poor people.

The huge Chang'an City also needs to designate a market specially, according to the tradition, it is usually in the west and south of the city.

The western part of a city is generally a bulk trading area. According to modern terms, it is the concentration of wholesalers. In the current era, there is no shortage of livestock trading. The environment is really not much better.

The south of the city is where daily necessities stores are concentrated, which is the so-called retail market.

Chang'an has a population of more than one million, and every household's food is a huge deal every day, not to mention other commodities.

The east of the city is usually the residential area of ​​the dignitaries, and it will also be the area with the best environment. The most common is the fence of a certain mansion. The length is generally not less than a kilometer, and it is not uncommon for the fence to be longer than three to four thousand meters. .

"Patriarch returns home!"

When the family elder saw Sang Yu's carriage, he yelled. The servants standing on both sides of the courtyard in front of the gate saluted immediately, and some clansmen who were notified to greet him also performed the salute.

Sang Yu walked out of the carriage with no expression on his face, and walked into the door without saying a word.

"Be careful!" The elder had to learn how to observe his words, how could he not see that Sang Yu was in a bad mood, and warned the servants, "Don't make any noise!"

Many servants still maintained their saluting postures, but they were facing elders.

Liu Yan seldom intervenes in civil affairs, but he has strict requirements on officials, including bringing his immediate family members within the fifth service to Chang'an.

The so-called "within the five suits" refers to counting from the grandfather's generation to the great-great-grandson. It will be a very large group of people. If it is enough to spread out, the members of the "five suits" of a family, the direct descendants and the concubines are counted together. , as many as thousands of people is not impossible.

Sang Yu's grandfather passed away a long time ago, and his grandfather's generation has no one left. There are many elders still alive in his father's generation, and even more people of the same generation. If counting the nephews and nephews, the entire Sang family has 57 members people.

"Zi Shen, you are..." Sang Lu didn't go out to greet him just now, that's the etiquette that juniors and some unimportant family members should have, and an uncle like him who has made great contributions to the family doesn't need it: "Because Why are you so restless?"

The rules of the big family are a little bit more. After Sang Yu entered the square gate, the servants would go home to report the news. Unless the juniors at Sang’s house really couldn’t leave, they would all come to the main gate to greet them. Whether the elders greeted them or not You need to weigh it yourself.

After all, Sang Yu was one of the three princes, and he was also a country lord. Naturally, the area of ​​the mansion was not too small, and the specifications were in line with the treatment that he deserved.

"Fourth uncle."

Sang Yu is the current Patriarch of the Sang family. Although Sang Lu is an elder, he is not the elder of the family. Even if Sang Yu respects Sang Lu, there is no reason to salute him.This is related to the order of a family.

"Is fourth uncle going out?" Sang Yu no longer kept his expressionless face, and his smile was a bit far-fetched: "If fourth uncle passes by Nanshi (south of the city), can you help Yu buy some things?"

"..." Sang Lu couldn't help but wonder what the head of the family wanted to use. Even if the family didn't have it, it was not to ask the elders to help. He really planned to go out, but he gave up the idea: "Fourth uncle is just an activity."

Sang Yu nodded with a smile, bowed his hands and saluted before continuing to move forward.

[Zi Shen should have come back from the palace...] Sang Lu looked at Sang Yu's back with a solemn expression: [What happened? 】

In front of Sang's mansion, since Sang Yu is not related to Marquis Wu, naturally he cannot put up a guard of honor with a blade, but he still has the qualifications to put a male and a female stone lion in front of the door.

The so-called guard of honor with blades refers to the weapons of swords, guns, swords and halberds. Generally, halberds are used as poles and have flags, animal furs, tails, and feathers. The style is slightly different from the emperor's scepter.

Marquis including Sang Yu, as well as officials at the level of Sangong and Jiuqing, if they did not go out on business, there would definitely be guards of honor on the left and right sides of the gate of their mansion to show that the master was at home.

Not just anyone can put up a guard of honor in front of the door. By looking at the type of guard of honor, you can know what level it is, and you can also distinguish your resume.

Among the ceremonial guards displayed by the Sang's mansion, there are several flags of the battles that Sang Yu personally participated in. The flags are painted with the general terrain of the mountains and rivers where the war broke out.Those flags are Sangyu's resume.

Wu Houte refers to the serving military generals. Sang Yu is not qualified to put on a guard of honor with a blade, but it is related to his current official position, not to say that he has not made military achievements.

Sang Lu does not have an official position now. He once paid homage to the governor of Hebei Province in Shijie Zhao State, and he also had the military position of General Zuo.However, his military position as General Zuo is actually good-looking. Many people have the title of General Zuo, and it is really just a title. There is no soldier at all.

When Jizhou was recovered by the Han army, the Sang family made great efforts, and Sang Lu played some roles in it. It's just because he didn't do anything angry when he was an official for Shihu, but his reputation is really not good. , you should hibernate for a while anyway.

After walking some distance, Sang Yu stopped to gather himself.He knew that he really lost his composure today, so that his thoughts were easily seen from his face.

What happened in Miyagi, or what was said when in contact with Liu Yan, only those who don't know how to live or die will use it as a show off, and those who know how to measure know what it means to keep silent.

What happened to Sang Yu today can be said to be the most dumb moment since he followed Liu Yan. Not to mention that his uncle asked each other, even his biological father should not reveal a few words.

Because he was really depressed, Sang Yu could only forcefully smile and remind Sang Lu not to go out unless he could.

Sang Lu understood immediately.After all, he is someone who has experienced officialdom, and he knows very well that he can't ask some questions without an answer, because he has something important to do that will not involve Sang's life and death, so he decided to stay in the mansion today.

Sang Yu, who stopped in his tracks, stood in the vestibule and looked at the mansion. There were houses and pavilions everywhere, and there were gardens everywhere. They didn't look at the obvious resplendent and magnificent, and some only showed the low-key and introvertedness of the important ministers of the country.

The word low-key and restrained is very suitable for the Sang family's mansion. The door panels of the main entrance are made of black walnut wood. If you steal those two door panels and sell them, you will have the wealth of the Nakato House.

Looking at other building materials, those who know how to identify wood species can see precious wood everywhere.

For the traditional Zhuxia style, to identify how much money was used to build a mansion is not to look at the area, nor how many buildings there are, but to look at the wood used, and then to see what is planted in the garden. something.

It's like Ah San likes to use gold to show off his wealth, but Ah San doesn't know that some high-ranking officials in the Han Dynasty just picked a few beams at random, and dare not say that it is easily worth the total value of the gold that Ah San puts in the open , it is enough to say that the timber value of a building far exceeds.

"Father!"

Sang Cheng was not on duty today. He went out for winter hunting with his friends in the countryside.As soon as he returned home, he saw his father Sang Yu standing in the front yard, walked over to salute and called out.

"Cheng'er?"

Sang Cheng is 21 years old this year, wearing a samurai uniform showing a heroic side.He is now a member of the Praetorian Guard.

Most high-ranking officials in the Han Dynasty, regardless of military or civilian positions, have the same requirements for their nephews, that is, if they can enter the military, they will never take the path of pure civilian officials. way to cultivate.

Then there is a phenomenon, every family has children and nephews in the army, it is still the kind of arrangement that enters the army and starts from a pawn, and it is not relying on one's own authority, obviously foolish things will not be returned to fight for one official position.

Given how much Liu Yan attached importance to the military, they did not dare to show their authority in the military, but dared to operate in the civil service system, but they were limited to the choice of the county where they were appointed.

It cannot be said that Sang Cheng's position as a military marquis did not rely on Sang Yu's glory. His family background certainly played a role, but he also had to have actual meritorious service.He didn't catch up with the country that destroyed Zhao, and he didn't fall behind in the battle of the grassland and the Northeast. He was promoted to a military lord during the battle of destroying Yan, and he was still a military lord after two or three years.

"Winter hunting with whom?"

Sang Cheng just mentioned a few names, most of them were Sangong Jiuqing and famous nephews of generals.When he mentioned Ran Zhi, he was more or less worried that Sang Yu would be unhappy. It is almost well-known that Sang Yu and Ran Min had a bad fight.

"No harvest?"

It is a little embarrassing to mention the harvest of Sang Cheng.

They worked together for several hours, and they didn't even catch a deer, let alone any beast.

Chang'an has been under construction for two or three years, and the surrounding areas have been plowed over and over again for the sake of construction safety. Ferocious animals were either killed or arrested and driven away, and even some harmless herbivores were basically Silence and trace.

After all, it is winter now, and those who can hibernate under the scarcity of food choose to hibernate. Even animals without the habit of hibernating will instinctively migrate to deep mountains and old forests.

There are still some projects in Chang'an that have not been completed, and many building resources are placed in the outskirts. Their winter hunting behavior is not so much about staring at the prey, as it is a group of young people traveling together.

Sang Yu asked Sang Cheng to walk with him, asking many questions along the way.

Sang Cheng was not a son of a young man, he had the experience of fighting in battle many times, so he quickly noticed some key points from his father's questioning, and focused on Ran Zhi.

Ran Zhi returned home with Huan Wen.His father was the Hussar General of the dynasty, but he himself didn't make a name for himself, or he wouldn't have become a halberd bearer with Huan Wen.

Returning to the country this time, Ran Zhi has added a touch to his resume. It is impossible to directly become a high-ranking official. It is no problem to wait to return to the Asan Continent to become a village chief.But he didn't feel that there was anything to be proud of, and he even felt a little ashamed.

"My son has been in the Imperial Guard since the 11th year of Yuanshuo..." Sang Cheng repeated the old story: "I followed my father's teachings and did not dare to apply for a foreign transfer. I just saw my peers working hard. It is really... not willing to be inferior to others."

The father and son had already walked to the back garden and stopped in a pavilion next to a large pond dug by hand.

Sang Yu looked at the frozen pond, and moved his eyes up a little to see some tall buildings in Miyagi in the distance.

"It's time to go out and make contributions." Sang Yu looked away, looked at Sang Cheng with a smile and said, "Planning to go to Asan Continent?"

Sang Cheng asked repeatedly before, and was reprimanded by his own Lao Tzu again and again.He also understands why, isn't it because I feel that staying in the center can reassure the emperor?What he has never understood is that most families don't have this kind of thing at all. The children and nephews go wherever they want, and the emperor is not worried about anyone. Is my father too cautious?

"Son wants to go to the Western Regions." Sang Chengcai didn't want to go to the continent that was about to be divided up. He went to bully those soft-legged shrimps. It wasn't a question of whether he had a sense of accomplishment. Asan's contribution to the mainland was considered inferior: "I heard that there are remnants of the Northern Huns there, and my son wants to compete with them."

"I can help you as a father." Sang Yu looked at Sang Cheng with considerate eyes: "Do you want to help your father?"

"Thank you, father." Sang Cheng said, "Your son can apply normally."

It means not using power, which means not interfering with the evaluation of meritorious service. Could it be that Sang Yu and Xu Zheng mentioned that their eldest son wanted to go to the Western Regions, and Xu Zheng could not help this?

What Xu Zheng could do was to pass Sang Cheng's application, but he would never interfere in which establishment a military marquis should be assigned, because it would make him look like a lieutenant.

The goal was achieved, and Sang Cheng seemed very happy and excited. He didn't want to stay in Chang'an, where fighting would never break out, and felt that he was wasting his good time.

When this man got excited, he faced his father again. He couldn't help but talk about some things that shouldn't be mentioned. He mentioned the end of the Sangong and Jiuqing system, which would be changed to three provinces and six ministries, and asked the military if there would be any What changes.

"Did Cheng'er know that my father will be in charge of Shang Shusheng?" Sang Yu couldn't control it at all, his eyes became extremely sharp: "Don't hide it from my father."

Sang Cheng was dumbfounded. He didn't know about his father's official transfer, he just knew that the system needed to be changed.

"Cheng'er goes on his own." Sang Yu didn't want to scare his successor into a fool, so he restrained his momentum and said flatly: "I'm going to the Western Regions, and spend more time with my children before I leave."

Feeling the great pressure, Sang Cheng respectfully bowed and left.

Sang Cheng got married at the age of 14, and already had four boys and two girls at the age of 21.

Liu Yan's eldest son, Liu Shen, is only eight years old this year. It is difficult for the sons of many bigwigs to have any friendship with him. It depends on whether the grandchildren have that luck.

Sang Yu looked at Sang Cheng's leaving back, then looked at the huge mansion, and sighed suddenly.

(End of this chapter)