This New Year, the homes of princes and ministers are full of guests, and there are many congratulators and gift givers.

Only Prince Hao's house was deserted, and almost no one came to give gifts.

The housekeeper and servant who were in charge of welcoming the guests at the door sat on the threshold bored, looking at each other and sighing.

The boy didn't understand and asked,

"Housekeeper, before our Prince Hao's mansion often had high-ranking officials come to visit and drink tea, how come it's Chinese New Year now, but no one comes?"

"Because our Highness has been transferred to the clan mansion."

The butler smiled wryly.

The boy wondered,

"I know this. In the past, His Highness was the Minister of the Household Department. He was a second-rank senior official. Now he is Zongzheng of the Clan Mansion. He is also from the second rank. The official rank has not changed, just changed positions. How can there be such a big gap? "

"You don't understand this, the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is in charge of the world's money, food, taxes, and population registers. It can be said that it is the country's money bag. It is all held in the hands of His Highness. It is called a high position. Master Guan, there must be a competition to curry favor.

As for the Clan Mansion, it is in charge of the members of the royal family. If the members of the royal family make mistakes, the Ministry of Punishment has no control over them, and the Clan Mansion will manage them.

At first glance, it seems that the power is also great, but in fact the one with power is Zong Cheng, Zong Zheng can only be regarded as the second in command.

Moreover, the imperial decree also said that His Highness is only managing documents.

It is the registration of the birth of the prince and princess, weddings and funerals, the year, and what happened to the royal family.

This kind of thing can be done by any clerk, without any power, it is just a job of copying and writing.

You said, once the power of our highness has fallen, he has been transferred from a high and powerful position to a Qingshui yamen without any power. Seeing that our highness has no power, those officials and lords will naturally not come to curry favor. "

"But His Highness is still a prince. Even if the power is not there, the status is still kept here. Those people are reasonable, even if it is a backup gift, it is good to let the servants send it.

There is no such person, as if our highness is the god of plague, let them avoid it. "

"Haha, tell me you don't understand, my Highness, you are really like a plague god at this time.

The emperor's mind is the weather vane of the minister.

Whoever gains power, people will naturally flock to please, whoever falls, those people must be afraid to avoid it.

His Highness is the prince. He has been favored for more than two years. He has handled major cases and served as the servant of the household department. He has a high position and authority.

Now that he didn't make any mistakes, he was suddenly transferred to an idle position. It was obvious that His Majesty wanted to suppress His Highness.

Those people feel that His Majesty doesn't like His Highness anymore. If they come here to give gifts and make friends with Our Highness, then in the eyes of the Emperor, wouldn't they be unhappy?

They were afraid of offending the emperor, so they quickly cut off contact with our highness to show their loyalty to the emperor. "

After hearing what the housekeeper said, the boy nodded, but he still said indignantly,

"I'm just angry. When our Highness was brilliant, those people came here one by one to please us with gifts, and they were polite to us servants, but now that His Highness is down, those people are just like scumbags." Ran.

What a pack of white-eyed wolves. "

He had just finished speaking when a voice came from behind him,

"It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. There is no need to blame others."

The boy and the butler hurriedly got up, clapped their hands and said,

"Meet Your Highness."

In front of them, Wang Fugui and Nian An were standing.

"Your Highness, a petty person who speaks recklessly and discusses government affairs indiscriminately deserves death."

The boy and the butler knelt down and kowtowed.

"Okay, just talk about it at home, don't take it outside and talk about it."

Wang Fugui waved his hands and dragged Nian'an around.

Nian An frowned and said,

"What does the dog emperor mean? First he gave us a marriage, as if it were a kindness, and now that the wedding is approaching, he suddenly suppressed you again.

Well what does that mean?Give a sweet date and another stick? "

"I can't talk about sweet dates, you are my man, and he gave me my man, what kind of sweet dates are you?

It's true to give a stick. I participated in Han Yun's big wedding this time, so I was transferred. It must be because I have a good relationship with Han Yun, and I want to suppress my power to protect the prince.

When he proposed to Han Yun before, my father beat me up, saying that I was too close to him, and I said that was my friend, and that we should be close.

Now, father finally couldn't help but make a move. "

"Then according to what you said, did Han Yun harm you?"

"It can't be calculated like this, you have to know that if there is no Han Yun and Zhenbei Hou, there will not be so many people who came to befriend me last year.

Han Yun can also be regarded as one of my forces, and it is also the most stable force.

Even if the power in the court is gone all of a sudden, with Han Yun around, no one dares to do anything to me.

Otherwise, it would not be as simple as losing power to me now, and there may be many people who want to figure out the holy will, and then collect evidence of my crimes to impeach me.

At that time, I will be exiled by confiscating my home, and you, the princess, will also be exiled to the border with me. "

"If he dares, my mother will cut him off!"

Nian'an waved her small fist angrily.

Wang Fugui smiled,

"But it's not enough, the main reason is that Han Yun is here, and my power is too great.

Think about it, Chai Yuan is on good terms with me, and he is the leader of the Donglin Party, so his attitude can influence a large part of the Donglin Party members.

In addition, I am the servant of the household department, so I emptied the minister of the household department and monopolized the power by myself.

Coupled with the No. 1 power of Zhenbei Wang, the civil servant and military general, my power has already overwhelmed the prince too much.

Wen has Chai Yuan, Wu has Han Yun.

If this continues, it won't be long before I can develop all the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty into my own.

This kind of power is definitely not what the father wants to see, he has to balance it.

Before he made up his mind to abolish the prince, he said that he would not sit back and watch my power overwhelm the prince.

Otherwise, if he dies suddenly, all the civil and military men in the court are mine, and the crown prince succeeds, and no one listens to the new emperor, wouldn't the government be in turmoil?Isn't the world going to be in chaos?

Therefore, before he has chosen a successor, he will not allow me to break this balance. "

"What do you mean you didn't choose a successor? How many years has this prince been in office, he must be Yu Ding's successor."

"Hahaha, a woman's opinion."

Wang Fugui smiled and shook his head.

Seeing this, Nian An pinched him hard.

"Yes, yes, my wife's opinion, why are you talking about this to a woman like me?"

"You have to understand these things, you are going to be a queen in the future, if you don't understand politics, how can you mother the world?

If I die suddenly one day and our son ascends the throne, is it possible that you, a mother, don't care about it?Let powerful ministers take over the imperial power?

You don't have any relatives, even if it's you who scolds the chicken for the morning, I don't worry about you. "

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