Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 519 The world belongs to everyone in the world

Wang Ziteng is a profit-oriented person. If Jia Huan is not worth training, he will at most treat him as a pawn of the alliance between the Wang family and the Jia family and will not invest too much energy in him.

However, the way Jia Huan dealt with Dong Jinhui and others made Wang Ziteng see the hidden cruelty and scheming of this illegitimate son of the second branch of the Rongguo Mansion.

Such a person is the most suitable to inherit his mantle.

Looking at Jia Cong's leisurely leaving back, Master Huan San was silent for a long time until Er Gouzi, who was guarding the gate, reminded him.

"Master Huan, Miss Wang is at Madam Lian's place right now..."

"Brother Ergou, do you think I should go find Miss Wang Er?"

When it comes to matters between men and women, Jia Huan showed the appropriate shyness and uneasiness.

Er Gouzi looked like an experienced person and said confidently, "Of course we have to go find her. The old lady specially let Miss Wang stay at home to create an opportunity for you, Mr. Huan San. Besides, think about the beastly things Dong Jinhui and his men did. Miss Wang must have suffered a lot of grievances. At this time, what should we men do?"

The sudden question caught Jia Huan off guard, and he subconsciously asked, "What should I do?"

Er Gouzi was a little worried about the future of the third master of the second house. Thinking about his own third master Cong, he had set his eyes on Miss Lin since he was a child. When he was just over eight years old, he dared to shout in front of Master Lin that he wanted to marry Miss Lin.

With such scheming and tactics, even Mr. Lian, who considers himself an old hand in the world of women, has to stand aside.

He leaned close to Jia Huan's ear and whispered, "Master Huan San should be aware of what happened at the Ningyuan Marquis' Mansion. Miss Wang Er must be upset about what the Marquis's wife did with the Dong family. Master Huan San doesn't need to do anything deliberately right now. You just need to spend more time with her..."

Ergouzi is a jack of all trades in love, and the methods he used on Jia Huan were crude and laughable.

Jia Huan ran to Mr. Lian's courtyard and began to act as a door god. He stood in front of Miss Wang Er, his face red, and he couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time.

Wang Xifeng did not stop Jia Huan from behaving "ridiculously", and even asked the maids and servants in the courtyard not to disturb them, giving the two enough time and space to be alone.

As the saying goes, a good girl is afraid of being clingy with a man. Although Jia Huan did not have a very good impression in Wang Xiluan's mind before, he is afraid of comparison in everything.

Dong Jinhui, her cousin from her maternal uncle's side, almost ruined the reputation of the Wang family and her, but this cheap cousin from her aunt's side helped her vent her anger.

And according to his father, Lord Wang, this man is young but quite scheming. He is ruthless but also able to consider the overall situation. He is truly extraordinary.

In the past, Wang Xiluan might have cared about the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, but now she pays more attention to reality and has a clearer view of her marriage.

Rather than getting married blindly and gambling on the good or bad of a stranger, it is better to follow her father's wishes and marry this cheap cousin whom she does not dislike.

At least, she has her cousin to help her in Rongguo Mansion. Jia Huan has borrowed her Wang family's connections, so he will definitely not do anything too excessive to her in the future.

……

The elders will take care of the family affairs, and Jia Cong's mind is now focused on the grand court meeting, from which there has been no news so far.

It's almost noon, and today's grand court meeting has not yet ended.

Jia Cong couldn't wait any longer at home, so he changed into an orange cat costume, hung the imperial sword and golden order on his waist, held a goose feather knife in his hand, called a few personal soldiers, and rode to the palace gate.

As luck would have it, as soon as I entered the Daxia Gate, I saw the Thirteenth Loyal Prince Liu Ke, limping out of the palace, supported by eunuchs.

"Eh? Master Thirteen, you got beaten again?"

The corners of Liu Ke's mouth twitched. This kid really has no tact. He mentions things that shouldn't be mentioned.

He pushed away the eunuch who was supporting him, put his hand on Jia Cong's shoulder, and pulled him to a secluded place.

It was not until they were in a secluded place 20 to 30 steps away from the others that Liu Ke said to Jia Cong mysteriously, "Boy, I got beaten today for helping my niece. You have to help me vent my anger..."

what?
I'm really excited when you say that!
Jia Cong immediately rubbed his hands together and kept glancing towards the Fengtian Palace.

"Master Thirteen, who do you want me to beat up?"

Liu Ke looked at Jia Cong with disdain and said unhappily, "What's the point of just beating people? Do I need your help to beat people?"

This is the truth. How many people in this world would he, the Thirteenth Master, not dare to fight?
Jia Cong scratched his head and asked in confusion: "What does the Thirteenth Master mean...what should I do?"

Liu Ke sneered towards the Fengtian Palace in the distance and whispered in Jia Cong's ear for a long time, causing Jia Cong's eyes to gradually change from doubt to cold, and then to full of heat again.

Old Thirteen is worthy of being Old Thirteen. His methods are simply the ceiling of the playboy world and the most shameless existence in the royal family.

"My second brother Bao is the most familiar with this matter. In three days at most, I will personally bring the results to you for inspection. However, will this matter ruin His Majesty's plan? Should I tell His Majesty?"

Liu Ke saw that Jia Cong's voice was getting louder, so he covered his mouth with his hand. He looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so he whispered: "Of course, you can't let Fourth Brother know. If Fourth Brother doesn't know, this is at most our revenge on those people. It's a private grudge and has nothing to do with official business. Understand?"

"I understand! You are so wise and have never missed anything!"

Jia Cong raised his thumb and grinned.

Damn, it’s still more fun to hang out with Old Thirteen, no need to worry about this or that.

Even if something goes wrong, Old Thirteen will take the blame. After all, he gets beaten every now and then, so I guess he's used to it...

Seeing that Jia Cong agreed, Liu Ke immediately felt that his buttocks were less painful and he patted Jia Cong's shoulder happily.

"My eldest niece is really an extraordinary woman. Her performance in the palace today will definitely leave a strong mark in the history books. If you can get engaged to my eldest niece, the Jia family's ancestors will definitely be very happy!"

……

Jia Cong was not sure whether smoke was coming out of the Jia family's ancestral tomb, but he was sure that 30% of the civil and military officials in the court would soon be smoking.

They are anxious and angry!

"Your Majesty, this is still in the capital. There are such evil gentry in the countryside, who take human lives and do all kinds of evil. What about Henan? Liaodong? The Western Regions?"

Jia Cong lay at the door of the hall and looked towards the center of the hall.

Sister Lin was seen holding a green jade tablet and making a passionate report to the emperor.

"This is the case in the capital, let alone in other places. I have been familiar with classics and history since I was young, and I know the importance of government to state affairs. It is difficult to be a county official, so we hire gentry to be village elders and village heads to serve as state officials. Gentry can be good or bad, the good ones benefit the village, and the bad ones bring disaster to the area. I think that no matter whether the gentry is good or bad, since they are state officials, they should be selected and appointed by the court..."

Before Daiyu finished speaking, it seemed that she had once again irritated some people.

Zhou Jifeng, the official in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, stepped forward and interrupted Daiyu's report.

"I think what Her Royal Highness said is inappropriate!"

The emperor, who was originally feeling proud, couldn't help but frown, but did not scold Zhou Jifeng for his behavior.

A grand court meeting, to put it bluntly, was just a quarrel. Moreover, Zhou Jifeng was a censor, who usually scolded everyone. It was indeed a bit rude to interrupt his daughter's report, but it was not a crime.

Zhou Jifeng knew that interrupting others was impolite, so he bowed to Daiyu.

"Your Highness, I did not mean to interrupt you, but I feel that the facts you mentioned are truly shocking. If what you said today were to be spread out, it would cause unrest in the country and unrest in the world!"

Daiyu frowned slightly and asked, "What Zhou Jieshi said about the unrest in the world, is it the common people or the gentry?"

Not only did she ask Zhou Jifeng a question, she also turned her gaze to the dozens of civil and military officials in the hall who were looking at her unfriendly.

"Or are some of the lords in the palace today feeling uneasy? And why are they uneasy? Could it be that if the imperial court can directly rule over all the people in the world, it will cause unrest in the country? What a joke!"

Daiyu's three questions seemed like sharp swords, piercing the lie that "the emperor can rule the world with ease."

Lin Ruhai couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, his eyes full of relief and pride.

I, Lin’s daughter, have been well-versed in Confucian classics, history, and literature since childhood. If you want to fool people with those big words and empty talk, you’re dreaming!

Zhou Jifeng was suppressed by Daiyu's series of questions and was defeated step by step. He couldn't answer any of the three questions.

It’s not that he doesn’t have an answer, but that he doesn’t dare to answer.

Who is uneasy? Need I say more?

Everyone in this palace, which family doesn’t control most of the power in the local area?

Not to mention letting the family's concubines' sons serve as village elders or neighborhood heads, even in the county or prefectural capital, their family members have extremely high power and status.

While the rich wine and meat smell, the road with frozen bone.

This Zhumen does not only refer to the emperor's family and royal nobles, but more to the families of these civil and military officials.

Scholars are ranked first among the four classes of people, which shows how high their status and how great their power are.

You, the daughter of the Lin family, revealed this unwritten rule in front of all the civil and military officials in the court. What are you trying to do? Are you making an enemy of the whole world?
Zhou Jifeng's expression was gloomy, but Daiyu did not give in because of his retreat.

She bowed to the emperor again and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that our dynasty is in the midst of a major change that has not happened in thousands of years. The change in all industries should be based on the governance of officials. The governance of officials is not only limited to the civil and military officials in the court, but also includes the head of a village in the countryside, and even the head of a clan. Only when the local areas are peaceful can the country be at peace!"

"I understand what Zhou Jieshizhong meant, but the scholar-officials Zhou Jieshizhong mentioned are not the scholar-officials in my mind. Confucius said, 'A scholar who is content with his place is not worthy of being a scholar.' He also said, 'A scholar who is dedicated to the Way but is ashamed of poor clothing and poor food is not worthy of being discussed with.'"

"When the so-called scholars in our mouths have become evil to the world because of their greed, can they still be called scholars? You all seem to have forgotten... Xian asked about shame, Confucius said: 'When the state is governed by the Way, it is prosperous; when the state is governed by the Way, it is a shame.' We, the disciples of the saints, should take the saints' thoughts as our guideline and must always remember that politicians should fulfill their political responsibilities and contribute to society. It is shameful to be an official just to make a living..."

Daiyu felt very comfortable using Confucius' words to poke at the shame of some of the scholar-official groups today.

Normally these people always quote Confucius' words and the words of the sage, but when their interests are violated, they avoid the issue and talk about other things. They are simply a disgrace to the holy way!

Perhaps because they were pressed by a little girl and felt the pain point, an old man with gray hair came out and started shouting.

"Ridiculous! Princess Wen'an thinks that you understand the meaning of the saints better than people like me who have been reciting scriptures for most of our lives? The ancients said that women have three obediences and no special way. Although Your Highness is a princess, the affairs of the court are the foundation of the world. Aren't you meddling too much?"

As soon as the old man spoke, the people who were originally standing beside him silently took a step back.

My goodness, the girl's two fathers are here, let's just talk about the matter, why are you, old man, talking about the Three Obediences and Four Virtues?
Sure enough, the veins on the back of the emperor's hands on the dragon throne were throbbing!

You corrupt scholar, you old man, you are going too far in bullying me!

Daiyu didn't care at all and asked again: "The world belongs to everyone in the world. If you, Mr. Huang, can manage it, why can't I manage it?"

The world belongs to all people in the world.

These words were like a curse, causing everyone in the hall to take a deep breath.

They all looked at the emperor sitting on the dragon throne, but they didn't expect that the emperor was nodding.

"What Wen'an said is right. The world belongs to everyone in the world. Every man has a share of responsibility for the fate of his country. I can discuss matters in the court, you can discuss them, and people of virtue and talent in the world can also discuss them!"

Boom~
The emperor's words were like dropping a bomb into the Fengtian Hall, and the entire hall was in an uproar.

There was a saying in the previous dynasty that the emperor and the scholar-officials shared the world.

Since the founding of Daxia, countless scholars have wanted Daxia to follow the old system of the previous dynasty and raise the status of scholars and officials to the level of the previous dynasty.

The emperor rules the country with ease, and the scholar-officials govern the people on his behalf.

However, the emperors of this dynasty have never lowered their vigilance towards civil officials.

Military generals always hold the military power. No matter how fierce the dispute between civil and military officials is, the Five Military Commandery will not allow civil officials to be involved in it.

That's fine, everyone knows that there are some things you can think but can't say.

For example, the emperor and the scholar-officials share the world, or the world belongs to everyone in the world.

But today, the princess of the Lin family actually shouted out these words that many people considered to be treasonous in front of all the civil and military officials in the court and the emperor himself.

And the emperor recognized it...

"My daughter Wen'an is more of a gentleman than you!"

The emperor's words were an impolite mockery, especially the look he gave to Mr. Huang, which was full of sarcasm.

The emperor snorted coldly and rebuked, "Huang Yi, you entered the government from a poor family, and have made no achievements in the past thirty years. However, you used your official position to seize thousands of acres of fertile land. You took advantage of the court's loopholes to seize land and evade the imperial grain and national taxes..."

Huang Yi's face turned pale instantly. Ever since he passed the imperial examination, he had taken advantage of his fame to acquire a lot of fertile land in his hometown.

In less than a year, he went from being a poor scholar to a well-known wealthy local gentry.

I don't know how many people in the country are doing this. It is an unspoken rule, but it is also illegal.

"I am not saying this, not because I don't know what you have done. This is the face I give you, not for you to use as an excuse for the ancestral family law! Today, I will have a good discussion with you about what the ancestral family law is and what the way of the saints is!"

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　I’ll stop here for today and continue tomorrow. Good night!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)