A Dream of Red Mansions Unexpected Visitors

People from the Ning Mansion were imprisoned, and the members of the Jia clan were terrified. Those Jia family elders who were poor but of high seniority and Jia Mu’s generation were afraid of being implicated by the Ning Mansion, and the crime of treason was unforgivable. It would be better to expel the Jia family from Ning Mansion, because Jia Zhen is the patriarch of the Jia family, and now that he has been arrested, no one can make the decision.Fortunately, the Ning Mansion collapsed, but the Rong Mansion was still there, and each of them asked their wives to consult with Jia Mu.

But I don't know that Jia's mother has no idea. As soon as the Zhongshun Prince's incident happened, Jia Zheng's official position was taken away. Although Jia Amnesty's title is still there, the emperor is probably preparing to catch those big fish. For such a small fish and small shrimp, after all, although Jia She has a high title, he cannot go to court, and he doesn't even know what the current situation is.But the Ministry of Industry is in charge of weapons and equipment. If there is something wrong with Jia Zheng, it would be bad to change the number on the contract for transporting food and weapons.Jia's mother only felt that there was a dead end in front of her eyes, and she was thinking desperately to save Jia's family, and ignored everything in the family, let alone Tanchun's marriage, and even Madam Wang asked if she wanted to send something to the prisoner People in the Ning Mansion said, 'You can figure it out'.

After listening to the words of the older generation in the clan, Jia Mu suddenly felt that she had found a chance of life, she just had to think about it, and when those people left, she thought to herself: "The two houses of Ning and Rong are connected with each other, so it is Now, expelling Zhen'er and Rong'er from Ningfu's family is probably useless. Even if the emperor remembers the merits of Duke Guo, he will be demoted to be a good citizen. Three generations can't take the imperial examination. No matter how good my treasure jade is I can't be an official either. Could it be that the Jia family was defeated by me? How can I explain to the Duke when I go underground? I heard that Prince Zhongshun has [-] elite soldiers under his command. The imperial guards in the court are not unreasonable It's the most important thing, or it's just empty air. I remember that when Rong's daughter-in-law died, Zhen'er donated a position as a dragon guard to Rong'er. I don't know who will win and who will lose. Zhen'er and the others are all expelled from the clan. One is that if the loyal and obedient prince succeeds in ascending the throne, we are afraid that we will be thorns in his eyes. If you want to become an official through the imperial examination, you must not have such a reputation. Third, regardless of whether you do it or not, the emperor has been suppressing the four major families and other people who are on the side of the emperor. If there is nothing wrong, he will find an excuse. I will wait and see It is."

Presumably, he ordered someone to find Jia Zheng and Jia Amnesty, told them about his plan, and asked Jia Zheng to tell the four or five senior and most prestigious elders in the clan that she was a woman, and it was not easy to go out and talk to the clan. The people here said.Originally, Jia's mother didn't want to tell Jia Zheng such a confidential matter, but after Jia Zheng was dismissed from the official position, he spent all day drinking at home to drown his sorrows, and beat and scolded Baoyu every day, which made Baoyu dare not leave Jia's mother's room every day. Let him tell the elders in the family that if he succeeds, he can make the people in the family recognize the second room, if he is loyal to the prince, he can use this to transfer his title to the second room, and secondly, he can cheer up Jia Zheng.It's just that Jia She is greedy for life and afraid of death. If you don't tell him what you think, he will ruin the original plan at some point.

When Jia Zheng heard this, he immediately cheered up. When he was drunk, he had been yelling at Zhongshun as a traitor and traitor who everyone could punish. Now he only hoped that Zhongshun's army would rush to the capital.After telling the people in the family, he went out every day to inquire about the information of the court. Jia's mother just wanted to remain neutral, but Jia Zheng didn't think so. Since his father passed away, he asked for a fifth-rank official from the Ministry of Industry for himself. , I haven't been promoted for nearly 20 years, and I managed to get promoted to a fourth-rank official relying on the face of the imperial concubine, but I was beaten back to my original position after half a year. Now, according to my mother's analysis, the prince of Zhongshun has a great chance of winning, and it should be This is the bet.At that time, maybe you can earn a hereditary title.Therefore, Jia Zheng thought hard and wanted to help Prince Zhongshun.

I don't know if it was a disaster that lasted for thousands of years. On this day, I heard that the imperial army had won a great victory in Tongzhou. Chen Yun held back Prince Zhongshun's army with 3000 people. I don't know which adviser came up with the idea. Prince Zhongshun left 2 people to fight against it. Chen Yun's army, the remaining [-] troops bypassed Tongzhou and went straight to the capital.When others heard the news, they felt as if they were mourning, but only Jia Zheng had an idea when he heard it. It really made him come up with an idea. In addition to Qian Jingbing and his commanding ability, there is another reliance on the eight red cannons standing on the four walls, which were already dilapidated due to years of inactivity. Only a few people in charge of the Ministry of Industry knew that since the emperor After taking office, the royal treasury allocates money to repair the red cannon every year. If it weren't for the official craftsmen belonging to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, I'm afraid I wouldn't know about it.Jia Zheng was originally the minister of the Ministry of Industry and did not know about this, but he happened to be promoted to be the head of the Ministry of Industry when he was named concubine in Yuanchun. The adults in charge of this matter once said a few words.He doesn't know anything else, but he knows that the capital has this red cannon, no matter how bad the officers and soldiers in the capital are, they can defeat ten with one.

After thinking of such a good method, Jia Zheng thought about how to tell the internal response of Prince Zhongshun in the capital, but Prince Zhongshun knew that the four major families belonged to him, but except for the dead Prince Teng, none of them could succeed. The thing is, people like Jia Zheng are not as good as Jia Zhen in the eyes of Zhongshun. The latter can bring him some connections, but the former is afraid that he will say something wrong and offend others when he takes it out. Where is this kind of pig teammate who is unlucky, even if Zhongshun has internal support in the capital, Jia Zheng will naturally not let Jia Zheng know.The best way got stuck here, Jia Zheng was very anxious, and suddenly remembered that when Jia She was drinking, he once said that Prince Zhongshun and several ministers in the court had asked him to send some things or write a few letters of recommendation to Ping'an Prefecture I went to give it to the subordinates of the old Duke, but Jia Lian said some messy reasons and didn't send it. The people in the East Mansion knew and rushed to go, but nothing bad happened. Instead, the Zhongshun Prince thought highly of Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, I really want to beat Jia Lian hard.Jia Zheng wanted to get Jia She drunk. He knew which ministers asked Jia She to pass the news to the loyal prince. After he ordered someone to set up a banquet, he called Jia She to have a drink. Jia She usually loves this drink The thing in the middle of a thousand cups is not drunk, and it should not be drunk before Jia Zheng. As a result, I don’t know what happened that day, and I didn’t care about Jia Zheng. I drank cup after cup by myself. Sure enough, he knew the list, and after having someone help Jia She back to the big room, he didn't care about other things, so he hurried to find those ministers on the list who were not caught by the emperor in the prison.

Jia Amnesty returned to the room and woke up after two hours of drunken sleep. It was already evening, and the memory of the time when he was drunk was recalled, and he was startled.Originally, he was in a bad mood for the past few days because Jia Lian happened to be the magistrate of Tongzhou, and the only way for Prince Zhongshun to reach the capital was Tongzhou. No matter how he was not angry with Jia Lian on weekdays, he still only had such a son. , how could it be possible not to worry, besides, brother Hui is also in Tongzhou, if he knew that even if he was sister Feng, he would keep his little grandson no matter what.Second, when Prince Zhongshun rebelled, and the people in the Ning Mansion arrested him, he knew that the letters sent to Ping'an Prefecture must be the cause of the disaster, and he was even more disturbed. He wanted to tell the emperor about those people at that time But Jia She looked fierce, but in fact he couldn't make the decision. Otherwise, how could he have agreed to Jia's mother when he asked him to move out of the main house to Jia Zheng? After hearing what Jia's mother said, he also had the same idea I am worried like my mother, what if Prince Zhongshun really breaks into the capital.Therefore, in the past few days, one is worried about Jia Lian and others, and the other is hesitating whether to tell the emperor about the letter.On the day when Jia Zheng invited him, he also knew that Tongzhou blocked the [-] troops of the loyal prince, and that the magistrate of Tongzhou was Lian'er, so he had meritorious service. If the son can be promoted to the rank of Xijue, if the Lord Zhongshun invades the capital, he will probably not forgive the Tongzhou soldiers who blocked him, and he has no choice but to speak out even if he is afraid of Tianwei.That's why when Jia Zheng invited him to drink, he prepared to get drunk and summoned up the courage to inform the emperor.

Now that he woke up from the wine, he found that Jia Zheng was wrong. This Jia Zheng was telling his own words during the banquet, and asked the messenger, what if he told the secret before him, what should he do? What if the emperor He blamed himself for knowing such news but didn't say that he had given the title to the second room, what did he do.If Jia Lian made a contribution in Tongzhou, it would be offset. If he told the emperor first, the emperor would reward him. In addition, if Lian'er made a contribution, after the disaster is over, his wife's family will be very prosperous.He secretly said to himself, "If people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy it", so they hurried to tell the emperor.

Although Jia Amnesty has no official position, his title is first rank. The eunuch Zhang stopped him, but Jia Amnesty reached out and handed over a jasper snuff bottle, and said quietly: "Elder-in-law, I have something important to report to the emperor. If you can help There must be a lot of thanks." The father-in-law Zhang also felt good, seeing Jia She, a person who never went to court except seeing the emperor when he inherited the title, suddenly gave himself such a heavy gift to meet the emperor, there must be something wrong. important things.So he went back, and after a while, he turned back and said to Jia She, "Come with our house." Jia She followed obediently.

Then I heard a majestic but slightly tired voice from above asking: "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Jia Amnesty didn't dare to look up, for fear that the anger he was holding on to would be vented out, just like that, when he heard a question from the emperor, all the sentences he had prepared in his mind disappeared, so he could only stammer what he knew. The news came out upside down.

The emperor did not expect that such a useless person as Jia She could get such useful news. Although most of the list he mentioned was known to him, but a small part of him who was extremely secretive did not know it. Three days later, the people who were loyal to the prince arrived In the capital, it would be bad for these people to destroy their secret weapon, the red cannon.Hastily ordered his confidants to arrest those who had not been caught on the list.I also thought of the secret book that I just saw Chen Yun sent back. It said that when Chen Yun's army arrived in Tongzhou, Tongzhou had already resisted the Zhongshun army for two days with the 3000 soldiers in its own city. Pouring up and down, throwing some lime powder, all kinds of methods are used. If Chen Yun's troops cannot rely on Tongzhou to fight against Zhongshun, I am afraid that [-] people will not be able to stop Zhongshun's [-] troops, and in the end they will not be able to hold back the [-] troops.The prefect of Tongzhou named Jia Lian seemed to be from Jia's house, so he asked, "Then Jia Lian, the prefect of Tongzhou, is from your Jia's house?"

Jia Amnesty didn't expect the emperor to ask about his son, and hurriedly said, "It's my son."

The emperor smiled and said: "Sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs, but Rong Guogong's heirs have. You find out the traitors in the capital for me, and your son stops the loyal soldiers and horses for me. Now that your son is not here, we will reward you together in the future."

Jia Amnesty knew that the emperor admired his son, and hurriedly said: "Thank you for your grace." The emperor glanced at it, and Eunuch Zhang stepped forward and said: "General Jia, come with our family." The two pushed out of the hall, Jia Amnesty returned home, thinking he had something to rely on.

On the other side, when Jia Zheng told the ministers the news, they were all very anxious. They put all their wealth on Zhongshun. If Zhongshun was defeated, his own family would probably be guillotine. fail.These people are quietly gathering together to plan to loosen the calibration guideline on the red cannon at night when no one is paying attention. Although the calibration guideline is small, it is very important when firing. Maybe the rebound after the miss The force caused the ballistic deflection, and maybe something went wrong that caused the cannon to explode directly, but it would not be obvious if it loosened for a while.Before they could act, the soldiers and horses sent by the emperor to arrest them happened to kill them all. They all thought it was Jia Zheng who had spoken out, and cursed angrily: "Jia Zheng, you will die badly."

Jia Zheng hadn't left yet at this time, and they were also arrested together. At this time, they didn't care about putting him in prison, and tied him directly in front of the emperor. Those who got the news, he is the secret killer of Prince Zhongshun.Jia Zheng was already petrified at this time, and was taken to the dungeon by the yamen servants for a circle. Seeing the bloodstains of the former officials of the same dynasty being tortured, he was afraid that he would really be regarded as a loyal and obedient prince from the beginning. On the other side, the bamboo tube is pouring beans, even speaking out his own thoughts.After the emperor learned about it, he scolded: "Idiot on the wall, villain, lock him up with the people from Ningguo Mansion. I think this is his own idea, not Rongguo Mansion's idea, otherwise what about Jia She?" Come back and tell me that Jia Lian doesn't need to use all his might to stop Zhongshun, he just needs to abandon the city and run away. No matter, if he is arrested, he should send someone to appease him."

Mother Jia was shocked twice today. First, an eunuch came to tell Jia Zheng to tell the traitors the secrets of the city. Wushe withdrew those people again.When the people left, Jia's mother fell ill on the bed.