The Qin Dynasty destroyed six kingdoms and ruled the world. What they pursued was Legalism, while the Legalists emphasized agriculture and military, but inhibited the development of commerce. , These five categories are called five beetles, and they are extremely capable of despising and suppressing them.
After the demise of the Qin state, it experienced hundreds of years of disputes. The feudal states followed the example of the first emperor, intending to reform the law and strengthen the military, so as to unify the world, so they also pursued the militarist ideology of emphasizing agriculture and military. Gradually, the merchants who were originally low-ranking, turned into the existence of Jiuliu, and sometimes, even the servants of rich and noble families were inferior.
The Ye family accumulated a lot of wealth by reselling war materials, so they wanted to take a shortcut and quickly squeeze into the upper class. It is obviously not feasible for children and granddaughters to marry daughters of aristocratic families, but there is still some hope for daughters or granddaughters to marry into high families. Therefore, whenever there is a beautiful woman in the clan, the head of the Ye family will spend great efforts to cultivate it, hoping to hoard it like Lu Buwei. price.
Ye Zhen has won the favor of the family owner with her beautiful appearance, and since she was a child, she has been preparing to marry into a high family. In terms of scheming, means, and talents, she is not lacking in everything. However, the businessman's family has limited vision after all. They only know how to teach piano, chess, calligraphy, painting and charm. They don't know that the only thing a real family mistress should learn is to take charge of the middle feed, and the rest are just embellishments, which are optional.
The daughter of the Ye family can be a concubine, a concubine, and even a life-threatening situation. But Zhao Luli liked that kind of woman, and didn't notice anything wrong, so he taught his daughter to be another Ye Zhen.
Guan Suyi was supporting her cheek with one hand at this time, staring at Zhao Chunxi who was at a loss with a smile. She wanted to know, without her own guidance and correction in this life, what kind of path can Zhao Chunxi open up? Is it still possible to obtain the title of Xiangjun, and eat five thousand households? Can you still marry into the clan, with the same scenery
Zhao Chunxi had never touched such a thing as an abacus, and had no idea what the beads on the top and the beads on the bottom represented. But she didn't want to admit defeat, and she didn't want to show her timidity, so she had to bite the bullet, but only to "plus three" and couldn't continue.
At this time, the world was beginning to settle. After hundreds of years of war and displacement, people's only thought was to survive. Where would they be in the mood to read and read, let alone study arithmetic. Even those giants who have been outside business all the year round, their ability to settle accounts is limited to a small amount, and a little more, such as counting the number of arrows in the army, horses, food and grass, etc., will need to call dozens or even hundreds at the same time. An accountant who is proficient in this way, can only be determined by reviewing it day and night.
From one to ninety-nine, not only is it an unimaginable number for Zhao Chunxi, but even if the head of the Ye family is brought over, I am afraid that it will not be clear for a while. She repeatedly scratched the beads, her expression gradually changed from pretending to be calm to grievance and pain, her eyes were red, and she seemed to be about to cry. It's too hard, it's really too hard, Guan Suyi is deliberately making her look ugly!
Zhao Lu's heart was so painful that he was about to open his mouth to intercede, and Mrs. Dou, Zhao Chunxi's nanny standing by the side, said indignantly, "Madam, this servant came from the Ye family and has a lot of knowledge. It is our Ye family's shop that spreads all over the world and exchanges money. It is very huge, and there is no need to count such a huge amount in one day. Naturally, there will be Mr. accountant below. Our young lady will marry a high-ranking family in the future, and there will be a group of servants at the bottom, and there are more effective stewards outside to drive. Contaminated with these common things. You don't want to return the dowry, just put it bluntly, why bother to humiliate her."
Zhao Chunxi burst into tears and looked at Guan Suyi with disbelief and aggrieved eyes, as if she was silently accusing her of being ill-conceived as the nurse said.
Zhao Luli was secretly angry with Guan Suyi when he heard that even his father-in-law didn't need to touch this damn abacus.
Guan Suyi glanced at Mrs Dou, and said unhurriedly, "The Ye family is indeed a family of merchants, and the vision is really..." She paused and sighed, "I don't care. Take a family of merchants and officials. It's no wonder that Zhenbei Hou's mansion has been chaotic and stormy in the past. It is said that the upper and the lower are effective, but your Hou's mansion is very interesting. At the end. I said that Xi'er and Wang Shu are so old and still don't understand everything, but the root cause is here."
Zhao Chunxi and Dou Shi were most afraid of others talking about the Ye family's family, and they couldn't help but change their expressions, and Zhao Luli respected the Yue family very much. Who said that we should get rid of the prejudice of blood and caste, and live a beautiful life, and who has repeatedly humiliated the Ye family for this reason? It is Xier's foreign family and the mother family of my deceased wife. , not the end of the nine streams in your mouth."
"Is it the end of the ninth stream, I don't say it, you say it doesn't matter, the world says it. You can go out of the Hou's Mansion, just grab a common man on the street and ask to see if the merchant is a businessman. Jiu Liu Mo. If he says I'm wrong, I'll go to Ye Mansion to apologize immediately."
Guan Suyi slowly blew the hot tea, her voice soft, "For you, the face of the deceased wife and Ye Mansion is very important, but for me, the future of the two children is the most important thing. You follow Ye Fu in everything. I can't agree with what the mansion did. Ye mansion is very rich, Ye mansion has shops all over the world, and Ye mansion has no shortage of accountants. I know all of these, but it is something of Ye mansion. Does it have anything to do with Xi'er? That's right. In the future, Xi'er is indeed going to marry Gaomen, and there must be a lot of servants and stewards to serve, but then you can sit back and enjoy the wealth of a lifetime? Gaomen's clan wife, it's not as simple as you think."
She lowered her eyes and sighed, "Xi'er probably hasn't learned anything except piano, chess, calligraphy and painting over the years, and she doesn't understand it either, and the dignified man of Hou Ye doesn't know about housekeeping, so I'll give you one. A simple example. It is said that the former court official Ji Xiang was not defeated by the court battle, but by a woman, do you know the inside story?"
"Only Yingyingchuochuo has heard of it, but she doesn't know the inside story." Zhao Luli was so angry that she couldn't speak because of her unhurried, unhurried attitude, so he could only reply in a muffled voice.
Zhao Chunxi wanted to rush over and cover Guan Suyi's mouth, but had to hold back desperately. As long as she opens her mouth, all other people's plans will be in vain, which seems to have become a norm.
Guan Suyi chuckled inexplicably and said, "Ji Xiang was fascinated by a beautiful businessman's daughter, so he divorced his original wife and married the businesswoman. After the original wife left, the loyal steward took revenge on her. The businesswoman played tricks in the accounts of the Ji mansion. All along, the Xungui family has a routine to follow in human relations. , how many red envelopes, antiques, jewelry and jade ware should be given to someone during the New Year's Festival, and they can't be added or changed at will, let alone deleted. , those who should give big gifts become thin gifts, and those who should give thin gifts are directly erased, and the businesswoman, because of her 'family background', is used to digging at the money and making a fuss about it. The gift list was reduced by 30%. So when Ji Xiang was unknown, he offended his relatives, Shangfeng, and subordinates at the same time. Righteousness, the result, I don't say you should know."
Ji Xiang is a poor man, but he is the deputy prime minister by his own efforts, and was finally impeached by his subordinates for 36 charges of dereliction of duty, embezzlement, treason, etc. No one of his relatives and Shangfeng stood for him, but all his subordinates fell into trouble. , so that Ji Xiang, who did not deserve to die, was sentenced to beheading. His rise and fall has become a topic of discussion among people of the time, and before his death, he cursed the successor incessantly, and bluntly said that he would never marry a merchant girl in the next life, which also added a bit of legend to this tragedy. So later generations speculated that the reason why he ended up in a different place should be related to the successor, but the specific details are unknown.
After the fight, the female merchants were not of interest and were criticized. Fortunately, the previous dynasty perished and the war began.
Guan's family is clean and does not like to talk about bad things, but Guan Suyi's grandmother, Zuo Lilac, is a historian and especially loves to explore the legends of the city. Under her careful teaching and immersion, not to mention the old news of the previous dynasty, it is the palace secrets that go back thousands of years, and Guan Suyi also knows a lot about it.
As soon as she said the word "Ji Xiang", Zhao Chunxi thought of the man's scolding towards the businesswoman, and her already ugly face became paler. Zhao Luli saw a lot of mysteries from it, and he couldn't help but ponder.
Guan Suyi tapped the tabletop with his fingertips, making a regular dapping sound, looked left and right at the expressions of the father and daughter, and continued, "A little trick in the back house is enough to overthrow a powerful minister, so he With the ancestor's legacy of 'to marry a wife and a virtuous man', there is also a market slang term of 'a virtuous wife and a husband are less miserable, and a son is filial to his father'. Checking accounts, checking accounts, reckoning, and human relations are all skills that must be mastered by mistresses and clansmen. , of course, you can drive your servants to do it, but how can you ensure that you will not make mistakes and not be fooled when you know only a little about yourself? If you think that I have let you learn arithmetic and middle-feeding, I have tarnished your loftiness, If you damage your pride, that's all, I will return the dowry to you immediately, and you can just take care of it yourself."
As she spoke, she took the abacus from Zhao Chunxi's hand and fiddled with it quickly. There was only the crisp sound of the abacus hitting each other in the room, but after a while, she heard her say, "From one to ninety-nine, count four. One thousand nine hundred and five, is it difficult? Besides, there is a simpler method. Add the numbers in twos, and get ninety-nine numbers and then halve them..." Writing the deduction process one by one on the paper, she circled it with a brush The answer, he sighed earnestly, "Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting can only be used to cultivate sentiments, and to really run the family, you have to learn some excellent skills. The clan wife and mistress must be able to teach their children, serve their in-laws, and take care of common affairs; Only the lowly concubines would do things such as being a husband, participating in communication, and inviting favors and flattery. Which of them is not proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Wouldn’t it be self-deprecating to compare with them?”
Seeing Zhao Luli being ashamed and Zhao Chunxi dying of shame and anger, Guan Suyi made a conclusion, "I always think about my two children, but I didn't expect that in the eyes of Lord Hou, I would become a person with ulterior motives. I don't look down on the Ye family. I mean, but the Ye family's tutor, it's better not to bring it into the Hou's mansion. The person who comes, presses Mr. Dou down with the rod and punishes her for fifty, and teaches her what it means to be humble. When the mistress spoke, one of her servants actually pointed and poked, Slander out of thin air, what if I follow the eldest young lady to my husband's house in the future? I am Zhao's wife, I can still tolerate one or two, how can others forgive me? Over time, the relationship between husband and wife, the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the relationship between children and children will be damaged, and there is no way to have a beautiful life."
The rough old woman outside the house immediately ran in and took the frightened Dou Shi down.
Zhao Chunxi was still immersed in Guan Suyi's seemingly earnest teachings, but in fact, extremely derogatory words, when he came back to his senses, he heard his father shout sharply, "Almost ruined Xi'er's life, fifty is not enough, plus thirty! After listening to my wife's words, I am really enlightened. If you don't tell me, I really don't know what will happen to Xi'er in the future when she gets married. I don't know the domestic affairs. My mother is old and frail, and her energy is limited. , I was the one who made a blunder before, madam, don’t blame me, I am lucky to be able to marry my madam, and it is also Xi’er and Wang Shu who have a deep relationship…”
The following words of sincere apology, Zhao Chunxi can no longer hear, because the emotions of shame, anger, powerlessness, fear, and unwillingness are violently churning in her heart. Even if she hated the sharp-tongued Guan Suyi, she had to admit that what the other party said made sense. She almost, just a little bit, was wasted her whole life by her father's teaching. Of course, she couldn't agree with all of Guan Suyi's views. Who said that only a lowly concubine would do it? Didn't my mother climb to Jieyu's high position with those skills? In the future, who will be noble and who will be low, and who will lose and who will win, is still unknown.
Guan Suyi only glanced at Zhao Chunxi and could guess what she was thinking, and probably took Ye Zhen's bad things to comfort herself. That's right, Ye Zhen really got ahead, but so what? Jieyu is just a concubine after all. Zhao Luli was so dedicated and infatuated with her, and her good Mrs. Hou did not do it, but ran to compete with hundreds of women for a man, which was really mind-blowing.
However, everyone has their own aspirations. Guan Suyi will not care about Zhao Chunxi's actions or mistakes in this life. She can't live happily. She likes tossing and letting her go. Anyway, what should be said, what should be done, virtuous Fame is also earned, and that's enough.