There is also the Han Qi family, which has been a family of officials for generations from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the Han family can only be regarded as a middle-level official family. Family like the Jia Changchao family, the Zhang Dexiang family, and the Wang Dan family are all children of high-ranking families starting from the late Tang Dynasty.
It can be said that from the beginning of the Song Dynasty to the present, there are very few people who can become prime ministers who are from humble backgrounds, and there are many who are children of official families. It cannot be said that high-ranking officials are monopolized by children of official families, but at least they still have influence.
However, the phenomenon of the Five Surnames and Seven Aristocrats in the Tang Dynasty, where one surname produced several prime ministers and dozens of middle and senior officials, no longer exists, and the aristocratic families have been greatly weakened.
Even families like the Han family and the Lu family, which were known as the prime minister families of the Northern Song Dynasty, only produced three to six prime ministers, and the time span was very long, making it basically difficult to form a power monopoly.
But it is undeniable that there is a bond of interest between these senior officials and the children of official families, and the bond is often in the form of intermarriage.
For example, the Lu family has in-laws with the Zhao Anren family, the Wang Dan family, the Ma Liang family, the Zhang Shixun family, the Lu Zongdao family, and the Ding Du family.
Later, Han Qi's son Han Zhongyan even married Lu Yijian's granddaughter, which shows that such political marriage was still a community of interests among high-ranking officials of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time.
It was this political alliance that led to the failure of Fan Zhongyan's future reforms.
After all, what these official families want to ensure is that their descendants can still become high-ranking officials in the future. Fan Zhongyan wants to break the system where children of high-ranking officials enter the officialdom through family connections, which is undoubtedly destroying their jobs.
Considering from the perspective of interests, Lu Yijian actually did not want Fan Zhongyan to reform and break the power of their official families.
But judging from the current situation, Zhao Jun's existence will make the government more determined to reform.
Then the shrewd Lu Yijian had to consider his family.
If you want your family to prosper forever, you have to have someone with great potential for the future.
Is there anyone whose thigh is thicker than Zhao Jun's?
If his grandson is Zhao Jun's student, and his daughter or granddaughter is Zhao Jun's wife, wouldn't the Lu family's status be improved in the future?
What a pity, I only have one daughter, who is already married, and my oldest granddaughter is only nine years old...
"Your Majesty, I have three grandchildren, who are just the right age."
Lu Yijian immediately recommended that his third son Lu Gongzhuo, fourth son Lu Gongru and youngest son Lu Gongyu were all unmarried and had children, but his eldest son Lu Gongchuo and second son Lu Gongbi both had children, and they should be brought out to be Zhao Jun's students.
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Zeng said, "Sir, I also have four grandsons who meet the criteria."
"Your Majesty, I have some too."
"Although I don't have as many descendants as Duke Lu, I do have two grandsons and am willing to give them away."
Wang Sui, Cai Qi, Sheng Du and Song Shou followed suit immediately.
They are all old foxes who have been in the officialdom for many years. How could they not think of what Lu Yijian could think of?
Everyone knows that having a good relationship with Zhao Jun at this time will only benefit your family and not harm it. How can you enjoy the cake alone?
So several people were vying to let their children get some benefits at this time.
Zhao Zhen wasn't stupid. After a moment's thought, he understood. After a brief pause, he nodded and said, "Well, the fewer people who know about Zhao Jun's affairs, the better. It would be appropriate to have the descendants of the nobles come."
As he spoke, he looked at Yan Shu again, but asked in confusion, "Did Lord Yan have no descendants to send it to you?"
Yan Shu grinned. "I think you have too many sons and daughters, and if they go back and tell their families about it, it would be bad luck. So I think it would be best if all of them were from the same clan. That way, everyone would live together and it would be easier to keep secrets. I'm not very talented, but I have more than twenty grandchildren, and I'm willing to select ten of them to be Zhao Jun's students."
Oh shit!
When these words came out, including Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others, almost peed their pants.
You are such a good guy, Yan Shu, you want to eat alone, right?
Is this something a human would do?
I'm gonna beat you up, you monkey. If I don't beat you up today until your face is full of peach blossoms, you won't know why flowers are so red.
Everyone had fierce looks on their faces, staring at Yan Shu, rubbing their hands, eager to give it a try.
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