The Red Mansions

Chapter 60 Seeing Princess Jinyang

In the carriage compartment, Lianxue looked at the young man opposite, also a little funny, and said angrily: "I will see Your Highness later, I hope you can be so calm."

So many celebrities and scholars, when they saw the princess, they were all awed by the sheer beauty of her phoenix, trembling like walking on thin ice.

Those who say that His Highness is harsh, and those who say that he is grand, are nothing more than the former are mostly idiots, who were tried by His Highness in a few words, drove them out, felt resentful, and maliciously slandered behind their backs.

Jia Heng smiled, his eyes darkened, his eyes were slightly closed, and he closed his eyes to rest his mind.

In fact, if possible, it would be better for a book like "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that is destined to sell well all over the world. At the beginning, it would be inappropriate to talk about these things with Liu Tong, the shopkeeper of Hanmozhai. Now I have the opportunity to meet this The eldest princess, talk to her first and see how the situation goes.

The two were silent for a while.

Looking at the young man in a blue shirt, with his eyes closed and his calm demeanor, Lianxue's bright eyes flickered, and she broke the silence by asking, "Which branch are you from the two houses of the Jia family?"

Jia Heng opened his eyes and said softly: "Ningguo's lineage, but my generation is exactly the fourth generation."

Lianxue frowned, thinking in her bright eyes, she murmured: "After Ningguo, did you sell manuscripts instead of joining the army?"

Jia Heng was silent for a while, and did not answer directly.

Lianxue said leisurely: "That's right. If you join the army, you have no connections. You can only start as a soldier. This is not a child of an aristocratic family. No wonder it is said in the book that a gentleman will be killed in five lifetimes."

Jia Heng said: "What Miss Lianxue said is right."

That's why he has honed his martial arts, and he didn't join the army immediately. He has no way out, unless he raises the flag to rebel, and he will sink into a low-ranking military position. Civilian clique suppressed.

Maybe being low-key and working as a babysitter for the Jia family can take advantage of the Jia family's influence. After all, Jia Yucun has gained a lot of fame. He is a descendant of Ningguo, so there is no reason why the resources are worse, right?
But in the face of men from Ningrong Second House who are addicted to sex, or greedy for money, or mediocre talkers, can he still harden his back?Do you want to wipe the ass of Jia Zhen and Jia Amnesty's bastards?

There was a trouble in the Jia family, and the horse was high and the legs were short. Jia's mother asked him to go to the Rongqing hall to be punished, disciplined and punished.
A real man was born between the heaven and the earth, how can he live under the people for a long time?Hmm, this remark...unknown.

In short, it is indeed impossible to completely cut off his relationship with the Jia family because of their blood relationship, but he cannot be attached to the Jia family.

On the contrary, if he enters the officialdom as a literati Jinshi, even if he ranks at the bottom of the top three and is in charge of the Six Departments, he can be heard by the emperor because of military affairs, look for opportunities to supervise the division, and wait for changes in the world...

In the previous life, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the minister of the imperial court was often a good player in the cabinet party struggle, but the Jinshi who ranked low in the palace examination went out to lead the army and supervise the local government.

Such as Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting.

This is the future path he planned for himself, but now because of Jia Zhen's murder, he needs to take a break, and there is actually no conflict.

Lianxue said: "It seems that Mr. Jia is planning to take the imperial examination."

Jia Heng nodded and said: "Being born in the imperial examination, sincerity is the right way, if you study and learn to understand, you can also make meritorious deeds and serve the court. Confucianism establishes words, morality, and meritorious service. These are the three immortals. Although Heng is not talented, he also has a heart." Longing for it."

Lianxue looked at the handsome young man's face, she was in a daze, she didn't know what to think of, her crystal clear eyes seemed to be a bit sad, she said in a clear voice: "It's just the ups and downs of the official life, the wind is high and the waves are turbulent, I want to have a career, It's not that easy either."

Jia Heng nodded and said, "It's up to people."

While the two were talking, the carriage stopped beside the corner gate of the Princess Mansion.

"Here we are, Mr. Jia, come down with me." Lianxue's voice was much softer than before.

Jia Heng responded, got out of the carriage, followed Lianxue through the corner gate, passed through the vertical flower gate, and walked along the long corridor to the depths of the courtyard.

Jia Heng didn't look sideways, but after just a cursory glance, he felt that Rongguo Mansion was more majestic and austere than Rongguo Mansion.

Before walking to the attic, Lianxue talked for a while with a maid in a pomegranate skirt in front of the door. After the maid went in, she went back to the eldest princess, then turned around and said, "Princess woke up from a nap in the afternoon. I'm on the second floor. I'll take you go in."

Jia Heng said, "Your thanks, Ms. Lianxue."

One after the other, Jia Heng stepped up to the attic with the inscribed Feng Laiyi plaque.

On the second floor, Lianxue walked outside the threshold and asked Jia Heng to wait here, then entered the room and said to Jia Heng: "Come in, Mr. Jia."

Jia Heng stepped on the carpet, walked around a mahogany landscape screen, walked for a while, and entered a spacious and elegant room, which was beautifully and luxuriously furnished, and was greeted by Lianxue and sat on a chair beside the table At that time, a maidservant offered tea.

Jia Heng thanked her softly, raised her eyes, and saw a bead curtain hanging in front of her side, and there was a shadowy woman, whether it was a servant girl or the eldest princess of Jinyang.

I heard the insider say, "Young Master Jia, have a cup of tea first, wait for a while, the princess will come over later."

Jia Heng responded and waited patiently.

After waiting for a cup of tea, behind the beaded curtain, the servant girl's salutation was heard, "I have seen Your Highness."

Jia Heng also put down the teacup, stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Jia Heng has seen His Highness Jinyang."

"Young Master Jia, there is no need to be polite, please sit down."

A royal lady's voice came out from behind the curtain, Wen Ning was tactful, the beaded curtain was rattling, Lianxue stepped out, chuckled lightly, and said, "Mr. Jia just sit down and answer."

Jia Heng thanked him and took his seat again, but he didn't feel overwhelmed. After all, no one saw him, and he was watching from behind the curtain.

Seeing this, Lianxue's bright eyes flickered, and she thought to herself, this person is really...

"Mr. Jia, I have already read the manuscripts of the Three Kingdoms. I have to say that the brushwork is sophisticated, the atmosphere is open, and there is a hint of a famous artist. I didn't believe it at first. It was written by a young man." Princess Jinyang said Open your mouth, it is full of praise.

Jia Heng said: "Your Highness is absurd."

"After I finished reading Chapter Six, I have a few things that I don't understand. I want to ask you. It seems that you are saying in your article that Yuan Shao is the one who messed up the Han family? Isn't he a relative or eunuch?" Princess Jinyang suddenly asked road.

Jia Heng paused, and said: "This matter..."

How to say this?Asking this kind of political question from the very beginning, is this Princess Jinyang really peaceful and happy?
Princess Jinyang said: "Today is just chatting, you don't need to worry about it."

Jia Heng asked: "Has His Highness Jinyang read the history of the Three Kingdoms?"

Princess Jinyang was silent for a while, and said: "I heard Dr. Zhishi mentioned it in the palace before, but it was just a few words, and there was no intensive research."

How can it be impossible to study history in court education?It's just that when Jinyang was young, the girl was innocent and innocent, less interested in history books, and more interested in poetry and poetry, but as she got older and rich in experience, her interest in history and political theory became more and more intense.

Jia Heng said: "Although the disaster of eunuchs is severe, it is not as good as in the middle Tang Dynasty. In the late Han Dynasty, although eunuchs corrupted the court and sold officials to sell officials, the reason is because of the two emperors Huan Ling."

Of course, the second Emperor Huanling might not want to sell his official status. In the final analysis, it was the central financial crisis in the middle and late stages of the dynasty. Of course, when Jia Heng met for the first time, it was not easy to talk too deeply about it. The eldest princess... could not be associated with this dynasty.

Such things as the law of historical cycles still have some dimensionality reduction blows to the ancients.

The eldest princess of Jinyang was silent for a moment, then said in a clear voice: "This statement is sincere, and the ruler is wise, and the ministers are wise. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked."

Jia Heng said: "His Royal Highness, looking at the later Han Dynasty, the emperor grew up in the deep palace and was raised in the hands of women. The only ones who are trustworthy and important are foreign relatives and eunuchs. The former are relatives and the latter are domestic slaves. The powerful scholars started from the county. The county, through the system of inspection and requisition, became an official, filled the central area, and gradually became a three-legged rivalry with eunuchs and foreign relatives. Thinking of Yuan Shao's family of Confucian classics, four generations and three princes, his disciples and old officials are all over China and foreign countries. Eunuchs are originally hiding evil intentions and taking chestnuts out of the fire! Ten permanent servants, slaves of the family, wiped out the other generation, why should foreign soldiers be sent to Beijing? It is clear that Shao Yu used this strategy to disrupt the Han family. This is the central disaster. , because the world is looking sideways, the sea is boiling, people's hearts are floating, and the aristocratic family takes advantage of the chaos to steal the artifact..."

Princess Jinyang originally had a relaxed attitude, lying on the side of the cloud bed in a lazy posture, unconsciously she was sitting upright, her charming cheeks were flushed with emotion, and she said in a trembling voice: "Aristocratic family, aristocratic family, is this so?"

Jia Heng was silent for a moment, then said lightly: "The dynasty of flowing water, the family of iron."

(End of this chapter)