Chapter 3392 Benefits
According to Linton's understanding, this relationship is actually somewhat similar to the relationship between godfathers in the West.
That is to say, whose belongings the child takes, even if the child recognizes the person as the godfather or godmother, the relationship between the two families will naturally become closer.
Such a system was born mainly because the nobles wanted more recognized ways of contacting each other. In addition to the in-law relationship, what should I do if my children are not married yet and I want to have a guarantee of establishing a relationship with others, so many ways of establishing relationships have emerged, and this is one of them. Other things like worshiping the master have this purpose.
And this time Lin Rui's matter is obviously a big deal. After all, Lin Rui is now the only heir to the empire.
Who to choose now naturally becomes a big problem. After all, being able to be Lin Rui's godfather would obviously take off instantly. Of course, Lin Rui also has a strong support here. This relationship is similar to in-laws. It is recognized by everyone and cannot be abandoned casually.
In short, being selected is equivalent to half a relative.
Some people may ask, didn't the child catch this by himself? He must have chosen randomly. Why did Yalan and Linton need to discuss who to choose?
However, the actual situation is that such an important matter is obviously not chosen randomly. In fact, everything is arranged in advance.
First of all, the list of people who can give gifts can definitely be arranged, but not everyone is qualified to give things. The list itself has already been filtered out a lot.
Secondly, children are actually very easy to manipulate. If it is about drawing lots, you should give them more similar things to play with before. For example, you usually give him a wooden sword toy and let him play with it more. When the lot is drawn, he will watch. When you see a similar wooden sword, do you think it is your own toy? You will most likely pick it up and continue playing with it.
Because it involves interests, unlike the drawing of lots that Linton understood as a ritual with a symbolic purpose and no practical significance, the drawing of lots here is mixed with a lot of impurities.
Therefore, drawing lots in this world is said to be a matter for children, but in fact it is more like a plot between adults. The actual meaning of Yalan's question is which family should he use this opportunity to win over.
Of course, although Yalan attached great importance to this matter, it didn't matter to Linton. After all, Yalan was talking about some methods to consolidate the throne, but for Linton, does the throne still need to be consolidated?
Didn't I say that whoever becomes the emperor will be the emperor? Didn't this just make Yalan rebel?
"Just let the children catch them as they please." Linton said casually.
"This is not something that can be caught casually." Yalan said.
The reality is that if you don’t guide, someone will guide you. After all, the person who chooses things is a child. He can guide, but accidents may happen.
The gifts are all prepared by those people themselves. Although everyone knows the unspoken rules, when there are benefits, people will naturally fight for them.
This kind of unexpected situation is not uncommon. For example, some people specially give something with a special fragrance to attract children, and some people even just give fruits or something like that. Children like to eat it, right? Just because there is no rule about what must be given, you can give anything.
Obviously there are policies from above and countermeasures from below, and everyone is striving for them.
Although these things must be inspected in advance, as long as they are harmless and not repeated, they will generally not be blocked deliberately.
Yalan also explained it to Linton before he understood that this matter was actually quite complicated.
Linton originally didn't want to get involved in this matter, but since Yalan asked him, he could only help with the search. After looking at the list that has been confirmed so far, there are currently a total of eight families, five of which Linton knows.
It's not that Linton has a good memory, or that Linton has paid attention to these families. Linton couldn't even name a few of the ministers who had gone to court, so it was strange that he could still remember their families.
The reason why Linton knew them was because people from five of these families often hung out in front of Linton. But it's not the man of the family, but the woman of the family.
Yes, there are several women in these five families who are Yalan's best friends, or to be more precise, they are pregnant friends.
Wasn't Yalan pregnant before this? She was bored staying in the palace, so she couldn't let her stay in a daze all day, so she found a bunch of family members of ministers who were also pregnant to keep her company.
Yalan had taken a modern parenting class before, so she started to teach these people. She was very happy and felt a sense of accomplishment. Of course, those women are also very serious. On the one hand, they are trying to please, but on the other hand, it is indeed useful to them.
Over time, these women became Yalan's best friends. And now that our children have been born, we all share the issues of raising children together, and the relationship is quite good.
Therefore, having a good relationship with the emperor will naturally bring blessings to the family. Don't you think it's a good thing to find them?
Who wouldn't want to be the godfather of the crown prince, so naturally their family had already started planning to join this list.
Yalan doesn't reject them. Although she knows the purpose of these families, she feels that she can trust these best friends who can stay with Yalan at present.
In fact, Yalan didn't have the consciousness to be a loner. She had no attachment to the throne from the beginning, and now she just wants to help her son occupy the position. So this kind of unqualified-sounding idea is not a strange thing to happen to Yalan.
As before, the current size of the empire actually requires a strong emperor, and Yalan is really not suitable. If Linton hadn't been there to control the situation, all these problems would have exploded long ago.
When Linton said he had seen these people, he was referring to these women. They were quite familiar. After all, they often appeared in front of him. Even when he went to Yalan, he could see them many times.
Linton didn't even know which of these people's husbands were ministers in the court, and of course he didn't care what these women were thinking. The main thing was that it was good for Yalan to have a few girlfriends to talk to, and she could just be happy.
So although Linton felt there were some problems with this list at first glance, he didn't care. Anyway, no matter who it is, they can't make a difference on his side.
You see, Yalan is now introducing these families to him one by one. It seems that he is in a good mood. Linton thinks this is okay.
"This is it." Linton seemed to have listened carefully to Yalan's chatter, but in fact, he was still reading the briefing on the guild page over there while listening.
I have to say that this briefing is really interesting. As for why he chose this restaurant, Linton just casually ordered it, but it seemed that he chose it very carefully.
"Oh, the Miran family..." Yalan obviously didn't notice Linton's casualness, and nodded seriously.