The Red Mansions

Chapter 511 Yuan Chun: Although she is also very happy

Jinyang Princess Palace
In the attic, Song Jing and Princess Jinyang spoke a few words politely, and then turned their burning eyes to Jia Heng. In other words, this Uncle Song was actually more eager for Jia Heng.

Song Jing's face was as elegant as a crown jade, with a smile on his face, he said: "Zi Yu, but I came over the day before yesterday and said that his mansion will be completed in a few days, and I want to invite Zi Yu to celebrate the housewarming. For the past two days, Ziyu has been busy trying the case, so it's not good to disturb her rashly."

Jia Heng smiled, and asked: "Your Highness told me last time that an invitation will be delivered that day, but I don't know when it will be completed?"

"Just three days later." Song Jing said with a smile.

Jia Heng said: "Then go and have a look after three days."

"It's okay for a while, why don't you have a drink or two, Ziyu must not refuse." Song Jing smiled, with a sincere and enthusiastic expression.

Jia Heng said: "How about tomorrow? When the court is over tomorrow, I will be the host to invite Mr. Song. I was too busy a while ago and was busy with other affairs, so I have not been able to keep the appointment. I am really sorry."

When Wei Wang celebrated his birthday last year, Song Jing mentioned that he wanted to invite him to have a drink together, but since then he has been evading it because of the matter, and now it is not easy to release pigeons.

Song Jing nodded and replied with a smile: "Then tomorrow I will wait for Ziyu outside the palace gate."

Jia Heng didn't even dare.

Song Jing immediately sighed with a complex expression: "Tomorrow the court meeting will discuss the case of the Ministry of Industry. I don't know how much trouble this matter will cause. Zi Yu is the minister of military aircraft and the chief judge. I don't know how to look at it?"

Speaking of which, he used to be a sixth-rank official, and he was not even eligible to attend court hearings unless it was a ceremonial court.

Fortunately, they all jumped to the fifth rank this time. Although they are only Chinese and Korean officials like the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the money and silver in their hands are all in the millions.

What Yuan Chun said before is actually right or wrong. Although this Song Guojiu has the ambition to serve as an outsider and serve as an assistant to the government, he also knows that everything must be entrusted to Wei Wang Chen Ran. Only his nephew can sit on the throne safely. In the future, he will be able to show great ambitions and display his talents and learning throughout his life.

Otherwise, in the eyes of today's princes, he would not be regarded as a minister just because of the fame of raising others and being a relative.

"This case should be dealt with by the court as soon as possible. After the spring of the court, there will be many important government affairs to be dealt with. This matter should not lead to a political tide." Jia Heng said in a solemn voice with a serious face.

Song Jing nodded and said: "That's the reason. Now that the court is in Beijing again, it's really not appropriate to be more turbulent."

Since year after year, two cabinet ministers have left one after another, and now another one is about to leave.

Jia Heng talked with Song Jing for a while.

After Song Jing bid farewell and left, the eldest princess of Jinyang had a graceful appearance, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "He's trying to win you over."

Jia Heng said: "It is said that a nephew looks like an uncle, and I just saw that this is true."

Song Jing is pretty good, self-confident, eager but not flattering, while Wei Wang Chen Ran is still young, so he is a little impatient.

Yuan Chun quietly listened to the conversation between the two, and sighed inwardly.

Princess Jinyang explained: "My sister-in-law has four brothers and sisters in total. Song Jing is the third one. She has won the honor of juren and later became an official. It is her younger brother Song Qiong who is a two-ranked Jinshi and is currently a county magistrate in Henan. "

Jia Heng said: "In other words, the two Uncles of the Song Dynasty have not been greatly used by the Holy One."

"I'm afraid it will be reused in the next two years. After all, the king of Wei is now running a mansion. No matter what, he is the son of the emperor's wife." Princess Jinyang said something meaningful, and then said softly: "Speaking of it, the prince Opening a mansion at an adult is still a rule set by the Taizu Dynasty, and let the princes and vassals come out to watch the government and run errands, which can be regarded as learning from the lessons of the previous Ming Dynasty.

The royal family of the former Ming Dynasty raised the vassal kings as pigs, and the Taizu of Chen Han learned a lesson. Although the princes also did not become vassals, they chose successors to open the government and observe government and exercise their abilities.

"There are advantages and disadvantages. Before the establishment of the early Ming Dynasty, the feudal vassals were divided into feudal vassals. However, after Jianwen succeeded, the policy of cutting down the vassals was urgently implemented. Uncles and nephews fought against each other, which made the imperial line shift. In view of this, the descendants of Yin naturally changed their course." Jia Jia Heng shook his head and said.

"Reusing the suzerain vassals will easily lead to disasters. It is said that Sima's chaos in the Jin Dynasty has caused the Central Plains to sink." Princess Jinyang said thoughtfully. The beauty was originally very interested in these things, and asked: " Then why did the policy of the prefecture and the state in the Zhou and Han Dynasties allow the country to survive for a long time, and in the two weeks and the Han Dynasty, and in the Qin and Jin Dynasties, the disaster of Xiaoqiang and the chaos of the second generation happened instead?"

Jia Heng said: "This matter is complicated and cannot be explained clearly in a few words, but Your Highness asked a good question, Gein, there is no country with long-term peace and stability in the world, and there is no definite policy, but the world changes and the situation changes, just adapt to the time and place. Therefore, successive dynasties have learned from the gains and losses of the previous dynasties in governing the country, but because of other things, the country was destroyed and the country was lost, and the rise and fall of governance chaos occurred one after another."

When Liu Bang named the kings with the Liu surname, he must have thought that when Qin II died, he did not have the blood of the first emperor to fight for the king.

Sima Yi probably thought about this problem when he usurped Cao Wei.

When Princess Jinyang heard the words, her face showed some thought, and she said, "Can you speak more carefully?"

Jia Heng said: "Your Highness actually asked about two things, such as latitude and longitude, one is the enfeoffment and the dual system of prefectures and counties, which are superior and inferior, and the other is who will hold the artifact, so it will last for a long time?"

The beauty nodded, her beautiful eyes glowing.

It is indeed vertical and horizontal.

Jia Heng said: "Firstly, the sages have discussed a lot, so there is no need to repeat it. Besides, it is now made in counties and counties, but it does not mean that it is not completely abandoned without enfeoffment."

The first question already has an answer. The prefectures and counties are in line with the vertical distribution of power between the central and local governments in ancient China.

However, enfeoffment, if it is used for the deployment of military power around the world, is the lowest cost method of governance. Each entrusts a piece of land and is responsible for its own profits and losses. Hundreds of years later, the meat will rot in the pot.

"In the past, the emperor of Zhou enfeoffed his clansmen, feuded the state and established the country, and educated the four directions with rituals and music. At that time, the clansmen expanded the territory and expelled the barbarians. Resisting foreign aggression in all directions, like the kings of the Sima family who put fences into their own courtyards, how can there be no disasters? However, Emperor Wu cut down the vassals and made all the vassals less powerful. Returning to the center and resetting the prefectures and counties coincides with this intention."

"The fence is stuck into the yard?" Princess Jinyang murmured, her face thoughtful.

"The Sibari were subjugated by the king, and governed by the system of prefectures and counties. For the barbarian lands that have not been converted by the king, they can be enfeoffed at the beginning, and they can be regarded as screen vassals. "Jia Heng said.

Enfeoffment can be said to be a sharp weapon for opening up territories. What is suzerainty?It's the emperor's fence. Who put the fence in the yard?
In fact, the people of Zhou had been harassed by Rongdi all the time, sealed off, opened up territories, turned barbarians into summer, and then rotted in the pot.

Jia Heng said: "As for how to hold the artifact, it will last for a long time? If the power is given to the clan, the eight kings will be in chaos and the Xiaoqiang will be destroyed; if it is given to the retainers, there will be a lot of powerful gentry; Eunuchs and slaves deceive their masters, abolish and establish them; pay them to their relatives, Liang Ji is domineering, and Wang Mang usurps the country; they refuse to pay, and concentrate power on the top. The monarch is sometimes virtuous and sometimes stupid, sometimes benevolent and sometimes violent, what is the solution? "

This involves horizontal power distribution, that is, the top-level design in whose hands the power is the most stable and efficient?

As far as the owner is concerned, the way of checks and balances is generally practiced. The gentry, foreign relatives, eunuchs, and military officials can use everything.

But the master is like the former virtuous and the later unvirtuous?
The same is true of the master, and the same is true of the group. After all, the [-] million Shenzhou is a Utopia.

Therefore, there is no country with long-term peace and stability in the world.

Princess Jinyang listened to Jia Heng's narration, she said with a beautiful face, "If you say it like this, there has never been a country of long-term peace and stability."

Jia Heng said: "Just like the birth, old age, sickness and death of a person, it cannot be avoided by any political system."

No one can last forever, but there are always people.

That year, Master Tang also.

Yuan Chun saw that the two were silent, and the atmosphere seemed to be depressed, so he said angrily, "Brother Heng is very nice, why are you talking about these things?"

Princess Jinyang smiled to herself, and said, "Yes, well, let's not talk about that."

Jia Heng picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "Just chatting casually."

"It's past noon now, and I'm a little sleepy, so I'll go to take a nap first, and your siblings are chatting." Princess Jinyang said with a chuckle, and then glanced back and forth between the two of them.

Secretly, during the trip to the west mountain in the morning, the two of them didn't have a chance to be alone.

"I'm going to visit Jinyi Mansion later." Jia Heng nodded and said.

Because tomorrow is the court meeting, all relevant files need to be sorted out. In addition, the property confiscated by criminal officials also needs a rough amount.

Jia Heng turned to look at Yuan Chun, and said, "Eldest sister is tired even after thinking about coming here, I'll take eldest sister back."

The young girl is dressed in the official gown of the palace, which is a little more beautiful than the graceful and luxuriant ones of the past.

Yuan Chunzhi nodded, and responded in a low voice: "I'm a little sleepy now."

The two left the attic together, and walked along the long corridor of the Princess Mansion. It was afternoon, the sun was soft and bright, and the fragrance of some early spring flowers was faintly wafting in the air.

Jia Heng said softly: "At first I wanted to go to the mountains with my eldest sister, but I didn't want to be busy all morning."

Previously, she had been with the eldest princess, so there was no chance for Yuan Chun to be alone.

Yuan Chun pursed his pink lips and replied: "It's nothing, I'm going out for an outing today."

She just looked at him just fine.

"Wait until the day is free, and then go for a walk with big sister alone." Jia Heng said softly.

"Ah."

While the two were talking, they came to the courtyard where Yuan Chun lived. As soon as Baoqin left, Jia Heng stretched out his arm to hold the girl's jade hand, sat on the bed, and talked together.

Being held by hand, Yuan Chun felt a little shy for a while, and said proactively, "Brother Heng and Your Highness are chatting, and it seems quite speculative."

"It was like this when we first met before. Everyone else was talking about romantic poems and songs, but His Highness and I talked more about history." Jia Heng said softly, then looked at Yuan Chun, and said softly: "Eldest sister read poetry and books a lot when she was young. , You have extraordinary knowledge, so you can talk about it just now, why are you silent?"

Yuan Chun's beautiful eyes were slightly ashamed, and she lightly grabbed Jia Heng's hand that was inserted into the skirt, and said softly: "It's not a good thing for women to be too knowledgeable, and what brother Cai Heng said just now, relatives, eunuchs, and scholars all have troubles in the court." However, only concubines and princesses were left out, so I wonder if brother Heng did it on purpose?"

Jia Heng said: "His Royal Highness Jinyang is not the kind of peace and happiness."

"Perhaps." Yuan Chun said with a slight smile.

Jia Heng's heart moved slightly, and he whispered softly, "Big sister, are you jealous?"

"Who... who's jealous." Yuan Chun's heart skipped a beat by the heat from his ears, and a blush appeared on his greasy, plump cheeks, as red as rouge, bright and moving.

Jia Heng pulled Yuan Chun to lie on the bed together, smelling the warm fragrance of orchids and musk on the bed, and whispered to Yuan Chun, who was already beautiful and dyed: "Big sister will be my own helper in the future."

Yuan Chunzhu's round and smooth face blushed like a cloud, and said angrily: "It is enough for your virtuous wife to have Her Majesty the Princess, but you don't need me."

What a good wife, isn't it a husband and wife?
Well, now that she is lying on the same bed with him, they are probably considered husband and wife.

Looking at the shy young girl, Jia Heng said, "You said you weren't jealous just now? You never leave the eldest princess."

Yuan Chun: "..."

Well, she was a little jealous, just now she could only watch, like an outsider, it was not easy to intervene.

Looking at her pink lips parted slightly in astonishment and her beautiful eyes in a daze, Jia Heng leaned down and held two peach blossoms again.

In the first two decades of Yuanchun, it was the best age for a woman, especially with a graceful and plump figure.

"Hmm..." Yuan Chunqiong couldn't help but let out a grunt, slowly closed her beautiful eyes, caressed Jia Heng's shoulder, and gently grasped the python pattern on the python robe, as if gradually getting used to Jia Heng's love and affection for her. Intimacy, the heart is filled with bursts of sweetness while being ashamed and happy.

After a while, Jia Heng looked at Yuan Chun, who was fine-tempered and beautiful, and said in a low voice, "Today, I should spend more time with big sister."

Yuan Chun had a beautiful face and said in a low voice, "Brother Heng was with me just now."

"After this part of the work is over, I will go for a stroll in Yunyuan alone with my eldest sister." Jia Heng said softly.

Yuan Chun let out a "hmm", feeling pleased.

Jia Heng whispered: "Big sister, why not take a nap, I'll leave in the afternoon."

In later generations, it is around one o'clock in the afternoon, and he will go at two o'clock in the afternoon.

As he spoke, he took off his boots, got on the bed, embraced Yuan Chun, and lay down slowly.

Seeing Jia Heng on the bed at this time, Yuan Chun's heart was pounding non-stop, she seemed even more shy, and said in a low voice, "Brother Heng, it's still...daytime."

Jia Heng hugged Yuan Chun and said softly, "Just lie down with Big Sister for a while."

"Ah."

"By the way, if it's getting dark, big sister thinks it's okay." Jia Heng asked in a low voice.

Yuan Chun: "..."

It's dark, that's not what she meant.

Jia Heng looked at the shy Yuan Chun, who hung his head down, leaned over, held two peach blossoms in his mouth, and grabbed the sweetness.

If it goes on like this, it will really be Yuanchun.

After a while, Yuan Chun's cheeks were bright, and her pink lips were slightly moist, and she pressed her cheek against Jia Heng's heart, and said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, let's talk."

Ever since he made love to Brother Heng, Brother Heng has been getting close to her every now and then, even though she is also very... just happy.

Jia Heng said softly: "Eldest sister said, I'm listening."

"It's about my reverence and respect for the Buddha. I want to discuss it with Brother Heng. I have asked Baoqin to buy some Buddhist scriptures. When my mother mentions this, I will just say yes to her." Yuan Chun said softly. .

Jia Heng nodded and said: "It's okay for big sister to prepare in advance. I'll think about a solution when the day comes when there is a disturbance."

No way, we still have to find a way on Baoyu.

Let Mrs. Wang be tied down by Baoyu's affairs, so she won't be a demon.

Baoyu should get engaged in the past two years, why not give Baoyu Xia Jingui from the Osmanthus Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then fight with Mrs. Wang?
Hmm, that seems a bit too bad.

Afterwards, Jia Heng and Yuan Chun got bored for a while, the two who had just confirmed their relationship as a couple, actually couldn't get enough of it.

Then go to Jinyi Mansion to collect the files and testimonies of King Zhongshun, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as well as seize and seal the property for future inquiries.

But on the other side, King Qijun said goodbye to King Zhongshun, returned to the palace, entered the study, and called Dou Rong, Xu Shaozhen, Monk Huitong, and Jia Yucun and others.

Chen Cheng told Dou Rong: "Dou Changshi, order people to go to the place called Xiaoluyuan in the west mountain, find a pavilion called Diecui Pavilion, and find the hidden gold and silver in the cellar under it."

This is where King Zhongshun told Chen Cheng where his silver was stored before leaving.

"Xishan?" Shi Dourong, the chief of the palace, frowned and said in a low voice: "My lord, I'm afraid it won't happen. I just heard the news that Jinyi Mansion went to Zhongshun Wangfu's other garden in Xishan just this morning. , searched more than a dozen carts of gold and silver goods, and now they have been sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Chen Cheng: "???"

Immediately, he grabbed Dou Rong's arm tightly and said anxiously, "Do you know how much money Qi got?"

Among the three Tibetan silver locations given to Chen Cheng by King Zhongshun, there is one each in the capital, Jinling, and Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the location of the Tibetan silver in the capital is Xiaoluyuan, but King Zhongshun obviously did not inform all of the locations of the Tibetan silver. Chen Cheng only told about one place of Diecui Pavilion, this is also for his own future plans.

According to King Zhongshun's estimate, most of the government treasury will be filled with corruption, and Chen Cheng can't give all of the other Tibetan silver, some of it needs to be reserved for future use.

Dou Rong shook his head, and said solemnly: "The lower officials don't know yet."

"Damn it!" Chen Cheng's face was gloomy, and he said angrily, "The Jinyi Mansion and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have taken the lead. The most urgent thing now is to speed up the acquisition of the property in the three other gardens in Jinling, Hangzhou, and Suzhou. Otherwise, there will be The danger of being intercepted by the Jinyi Mansion and the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Dou Rong took the order and said: "Your Majesty, I will fly a pigeon to pass the letter to the guards of the provinces."

Saying that, without further delay, he left the study.

At this time, Jia Yucun, who was sitting not far away, twirled his beard with his hands, thinking about something on his face, and then said in a low voice: "My lord, the official suspects that he is a confidant of the lord Zhongshun, the long history Zhou Shun, who confessed to the secret of the Tibetan silver in the imperial prison. Well, he has served Prince Zhongshun for a long time, and presumably he knows a lot about King Zhongshun's secrets, but now I'm not sure how much he knows, once all the money is supplied to Jinyi Mansion, I'm afraid that the Tibetan silver in the south will not be kept."

Chen Cheng said: "Mr. Yucun's words are not bad, so this matter must be done quickly, and he will be enlightened first, otherwise it will really be a waste of work."

Since he was forced to hand over millions of taels of silver, he has no savings, and his subordinates are in urgent need of silver. He finally thought of a way, but it must not fail.

However, the harvest is not only money, but also the support of Zhongshun Wang's lineage, so there is no need to tell everyone about these.

Jia Yucun pondered for a moment, and suggested: "Nowadays, the imperial government's major policy is to rectify the salt affairs in Huaiyang. The salt merchants in Yangzhou ask the prince's family for self-protection. If the prince is short of money, it is better to let them offer it."

"Yangzhou salt merchants have worshiped several Bodhisattvas, and this king is just their family." Chen Cheng frowned, and said softly: "Besides, this king always feels that this time the father is going to be serious, and their life is not easy."

Jia Yucun said: "When the students were in Jinling, they heard rumors that the rich salt merchants in Yangzhou had a deep connection with the Jiangnan officials. achievement."

"What does Mr. Amamura mean?"

Jia Yucun said: "Didn't the prince try to plan the rectification of the salt affairs? The prince is a vassal, if he can go south to govern, it will be a great achievement."

Chen Cheng frowned, and said with embarrassment: "This job is not easy to handle, and besides, this king wants to take over the job of building the imperial mausoleum in order to restore his title, and he can't get away from it."

Not only can't get rid of the body, but also can't embezzle any more, otherwise the imperial mausoleum will collapse again, and there will be nothing at that time.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but hate Jia Heng even more for getting him into trouble.

If the Three Rivers Gang still exists in Dongcheng, why did he come here?

(End of this chapter)