"Holy Father" Jia She of the Red Chamber

What is this!

What is this!

Recently, the most popular sentence among ministers is this sentence.

Especially in the early court, if the two ministers met, they would sigh: "What is this?"

"Yeah, what's the matter? The good prince, why was he thrown back into the mansion? Could it be that the emperor still wants to turn this prince into the former prince?" a minister sighed.

Another minister lowered his voice a bit: "Although the former prince has not been dealt with yet, the end will not be better."

Another minister's head came closer: "And the other princes are only confined in the mansion now, and there is no sign of dealing with them at all." The minister looked around subconsciously: "You say, will the emperor We still have to choose now, maybe other princes will also have a chance."

"This, isn't this nonsense?" The minister who had just started talking sighed.

Yeah, isn't this nonsense?

The emperor was registered when the crown prince was just full moon. Although he is a milk baby, he is not an emperor after all. If he is educated by a great Confucianism, he might become a wise emperor, but what happened?The prince became cruel and suspicious, formed a clique for personal gain, and the emperor had no choice but to abolish it. As a result, the abolished prince could not only live in the East Palace, but even dared to rebel.

Now this prince, although he said that he was not obvious when he was a prince, but he is willing to do practical things, and he is the only prince who is filial to the emperor. The ministers all thought that this prince was meant to be a good emperor. The emperor actually brought the man home.

All of a sudden, the minds of the ministers in the court became alive again.

Although the current crown prince has the hearts and minds of the people, none of these are worth a word from the emperor. If the emperor says a word, even the former crown prince who is now in prison can become the next emperor.

For a while, apart from lamenting that a companion is like a tiger, no minister said a word on this matter.

Situ Xi went up to look, and sure enough no one reacted to him driving Situ Zhen back, so he nodded in satisfaction, the fourth child was indeed a good boy, he would not do such things as forming a party for personal gain.

But Situ Zhen, who was obediently staying in the prince's mansion, was very busy at this time.

how busy?

For the time being, the imperial father is in charge of the affairs of the imperial court, and I can't start with the matter of refining medicine, why not just listen to what Jia She said about the firecracker.

Jia Amnesty delivered the books he got from Western Fanshi to the Prince's Mansion and gave them to Situ Zhen.

Situ Zhen opened it and looked, his face turned blue: "Jia Qing, what are these words?"

"Western characters," Jia She has also read this book. After all, where Jia She came from, this foreign language must be learned, and with his usual skills, he is still very good at foreign languages. It's just that the chance is strange. The foreign language is no longer available, but it can be used now. Although the foreign language in this book cannot be regarded as the version to be learned later, it is more like an ancient foreign language, but it can be roughly understood by half guessing: "I know some Western scripts, so I'm probably going to translate for His Royal Highness."

Situ Zhen handed the book to Jia She, who picked it up and slowly translated it.

Situ Zhen listened to what Jia She said, from time to time mixed in some fanciful words, his eyes were slightly deep, Jia She was born in Rongguo Mansion, he was a dandy, he couldn't say a few words in poetry, but he could speak clearly in antiques, later on I had a sudden realization, and in the eyes of outsiders, it was just a complete realization of the prodigal son. After all, his knowledge has not improved much, but he himself knows how strong this Jia She is, and how sophisticated his strategy is. I understand, Situ Zhen had to think more.

Situ Zhen asked out of nowhere: "What was your original name?"

Jia She's mouth paused when he spoke, and then the expression on his face followed suit. Then Jia She raised his head with a smile on his face, as gentle as a spring breeze in March: "Didn't Your Highness know about it a long time ago?"

"When did I know..." Situ Zhen also paused, then laughed.

What Jia She meant, even if he admitted that he was not the original Jia She, and answered his own question, sure enough, sure enough, but for the first time, Situ Zhen was a little inexplicable that a person could tell himself such a secret. I was moved, and even felt that if I was lucky enough to be in that position, maybe I could share a beautiful story with Jia Amnesty about the wise king and virtuous minister.

In a word, Situ Zhen believed in Jia She even more.

Jia She stumbled and translated for more than an hour, and then closed the book: "The things in this book are only general, and the specific things need professional talents, and a lot of experiments are needed."

Although Situ Zhen only had a rough idea of ​​what Jia She translated, but it did not prevent him from hearing the potential of the firecracker: "The most important thing now is to find someone who understands this, so that we can better complete the translation." .”

Jia She also sighed: "Now these things are considered as outrageous and ingenious things, so there are very few talents in this field. Although everything is inferior, only reading is high, but scholars are also good. You can’t stop eating and drinking Lazard.”

Situ Zhen raised his eyebrows: "From what you say, it seems that you have some opinions on this."

Jia Amnesty nodded: "Your Highness thinks, what kind of person is considered a talent? Does it mean that someone who has graduated from the imperial examination and can only understand the principles of the Four Books and Five Classics is considered a talent? Such a person can really govern and regulate the common people. Disputes? Not to mention anything else, even if a small official who has been passed the imperial examination, when he arrives in the jurisdiction, can he know how much grain is harvested in the field in a year, and will there be any natural disasters and pests in a year? He can sort out the problems among the people. Is it possible to avoid misjudgments and misjudgments? Let’s talk a little bit more, the people I just cited as examples are still officials who want to do things. If those who have learned a lot of knowledge, but can’t hold back , What about people who have become corrupt officials? Can these people be considered talents?"

"Then what do you want to say?" Situ Zhen's eyes darkened, neither agreeing nor objecting.

"As far as I am concerned, there is a specialization in the art industry. As long as you have achieved something in the industry you specialize in, then this person is considered a talent. For example, a person who goes to the countryside can only farm the land but does not know how to read, but his cultivation The harvest of the land is particularly large, and the food grown is particularly good, Na Chen believes that this person is a talent in farming."

"You mean to say that as long as a person has the ability, he is considered a talent," Situ Zhen smiled slightly: "Scholar, farmer, businessman, Jia Amnesty, your reasoning is still too taken for granted."

Jia She also smiled complacently: "It is precisely because people in the world have this view that everyone wants to stand out, so that His Highness has even one person who can translate this book very well and can improve it according to the content of the book. There are no gunfirers."

"Jia Amnesty," Situ Zhen slapped the table, "You're exaggerating."

"It's not that I'm being too loud, but it depends on how big your Highness's heart is." Jia She knelt on the ground and looked up at Situ Zhen: "Your Highness wants the world to be like this, and wants the people to live. What does it look like, all of this, compared to what Zhao Chen said, is it bigger or smaller?"

The look in those eyes was sincere and stubborn, which Situ Zhen had never seen before.

In Situ Zhen's impression, Jia She is like a hypocrite wearing a mask, yes, he is a hypocrite, the smile on Jia She's face is a mask, and the things he does seem to be righteous and reasonable, But it is often that he takes advantage of himself and in turn defeats his opponent. If he is a real gentleman, he will never do this.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Situ Zhen looked at the essence apart from the phenomenon, and knew Jia She's nature, but he still accepted Jia She, first because Jia She is really smart and can often turn disadvantages into advantages, and second because , even a hypocrite, in order to maintain the mask of a hypocrite, he will do some good things, for example, Jia She opened a library that does not make money, for example, Jia She personally rectified the family school.

These are the reasons why he accepted Jia Amnesty for his own use.

But today, just today, Situ Zhen saw something different from Jia She, that is, even as a hypocrite, he wanted to do something for the world.

Situzhen suddenly thought that if Jia She really just wanted to maintain the appearance of a hypocrite, he could just give clothes and medicines if he had nothing to do. Those would not be more expensive than Jia She's opening a library now, why bother to do such a thankless job It turned out that the things that the common people praised were not wrong. Jia Amnesty was really doing a good deed, and it was a very good deed.

There was a smile on the corner of Situ Zhen's mouth, he got up and helped Jia She, and said, "Thank you, Jia Qing."

Jia Amnesty also returned a slight smile, the same spring-like smile: "Your Highness, believe me?"

"You are worthy of my trust."

"Since Your Highness believes in me, whether the matter of the emperor's alchemy can be entrusted to the subject, Your Highness don't ask anything, don't say anything, as long as the subject makes a request, he will help him." Jia She for a moment Staring at Situ Zhen for a moment, vowing to see the expression on Situ Zhen's face clearly.

Situ Zhen raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "In the end, you will give it to me..." Situ Zhen shook his head helplessly: "Forget it, I'll stay in the mansion alone during this time, and figure out the matter of the firecracker Well, it's time to bother Jia Qing about the matter in the court."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

What kind of person does the emperor need for alchemy, and how many people do he need? Jia She is not clear about these people. The only thing that is clear is that the emperor wants to refine the elixir of immortality by relying on the demon way, and there are people who the emperor may need or all of them , are all related to the Jia family.

Since the emperor announced that all the people entering the palace are women, Jia Amnesty can only boldly guess that what the elixir of immortality needs is women.

Who are the women related to Jia's family? The girls belonging to Rongning and Ningfu include Jia Yuanchun, Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun and Jia Xichun.

Wait, Jia She's expression paused, as if the girl Wang Xifeng gave birth to was still with Jia Lian, so she could be considered a girl from Jia's family.

That girl is only two years old now, and she is still a milk baby. Could it be that an emperor really wants to throw a milk baby into a medicine furnace to make alchemy?

At this moment, Jia Amnesty had a deep dislike for Situ Xi, Situ Xi, it is better not to get rid of it, even if it was because he wanted Situ Zhen to take over the position before, he plotted against Situ Xi in every possible way, now, it is just to not make himself sick , I can't show mercy either.

Jia Amnesty stood up, looked in the direction of the imperial city, and already had a rough plan in mind.