The Honor of the Red Chamber

Just before the emperor received Jia Rong's note, there was a violent turmoil in Beijing!

Concubine Yuan is dead!

When the news was sent back to the capital, most of the dignitaries and courtiers were very surprised—the hunt in the outskirts of Beijing was no different from usual. It is said that the emperor, concubines and princes are all in good health, why did the concubine Yuan die suddenly?What's wrong with you?

However, not long after Shui Mu left Beijing, the emperor ordered the crown prince to supervise the country, and he led Shui Jue, Shui Rong, Yuan Fei and other princes, concubines, clan, civil and military ministers to the outskirts of the paddock to hunt in a mighty way. My confidant, no one else thought that this hunt was by no means a hunt in a simple sense, but more a contest of power and desire, a hunt for the highest power in the celestial dynasty.

And in Beijing, there was also a frightening political evolution. The prince was in charge, and the whole city was on guard. The nine admirals led the capital camp to dispatch, and a bright yellow dragon robe was found in an old prince's mansion! ! !

No one knew what kind of mood the emperor had when he left Beijing, and no one dared to ask what kind of mood the emperor had when he returned to Beijing.

After the emperor returned to the palace, unexpectedly, he carried out a series of ostentatious canonizations. Although the crown prince was not promoted, he received express awards, and a large number of precious items were continuously given to the East Palace; In place of the prince, and the date of the wedding was advanced; the "leisure king" Beijing Jing, who has always been out of the court, was transferred to the clan mansion, and a group of ministers were promoted or rewarded. This time, he went out of Beijing to hunt and stay at the court Almost all of them received rewards of varying degrees.

Only Concubine Yuan, quietly, did not mention a single word, not even a posthumous title.

The Rongguo Mansion, which had always been very close to the old prince, was panicked and flustered. It had long lost its original arrogance and domineering, as if it had squandered all the colors, leaving only a touch of dark gray.

After the loss of Baoyu, Jia's mother was hit so ill that her condition was even worse. Li Wan, Sanchun and Yuanyang waited on them in their clothes; They were speechless and sighed at each other; Mrs. Wang had gray hair all night, and she only knew how to cry bitterly while hugging Baoyu's clothes all day, and her spirit was a little dazed; The sons and daughters, however, had other calculations in their minds; Xue's family had long been out of the concern of everyone in Jia's mansion, and Xue Baochai knew what was happening, so she tried her best to persuade her mother and elder brother to move out of Jia's mansion.

This wave of ups and downs broke out again and again, amidst the rumors that the princes and dignitaries were eager to close their doors and doors, the southeast finally sent a battle report, which became the last fuse that aroused the emperor's thunderous wrath!

——The battle situation in the southeast is not as frequent as the southeast. The king of Nan'an underestimated the enemy at first, but did not immediately rectify the military after arriving in the southeast. , Lied about the military situation, until less than [-]% of the [-] soldiers survived, and the situation was irreversible, did they send people back to Beijing in a panic for help!

How many children in Zhili province followed the king of Nan'an on the expedition, and how many families hung up white banners. For a while, every family cried loudly, and the sound was heard for dozens of miles. The center of Zhili—the capital city was even more sad. dismal.

These days, the emperor's face was dark in the morning, but now he received the paperwork handed over by the military plane, and his eyes turned black, and he threw it on the shameful old face of the military minister—"You bastard, it's only now How can he still have the face to cry to me about such a story? One hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand troops..."

Thinking that the emperor was not angry enough, the King of Nan'an made another offer overnight, and directly knocked himself into the abyss where he could not turn himself over—King Nan'an was captured, and the Bo State demanded a truce negotiation!

In his whole life, even when he was competing with the old Prince Zhongyi for the reserve position, even when the Supreme Emperor was still alive and overwhelmed himself, he had never suffered such shame and humiliation. Mu Hui hated him for throwing Shui Mu to the frontier and ignoring him for many years. This book finally completely ignited his anger.

Regardless of King Nan'an, this is impossible. No matter how confused King Nan'an is, he is still a member of the royal family. He would never forgive himself for agreeing to Bo State's request for negotiation!

King of Nan'an, King of Nan'an, the majestic marshal of the royal family of the state was captured by a small country, you should kill yourself before you are captured. In the face of your ancestors, at least you will protect the prosperity and wealth of your descendants. But now that you are greedy for life and afraid of death, and have lost the face of my royal family, don't blame me for not keeping your lineage, I am really afraid that my ancestors will be so angry that they will jump out of the royal tomb! !

Three days later, on the surface, King Shuirong of Beijing set off from the capital with a negotiating team, making a high profile all the way, but in the dark, King Dongping led an army of [-] and set off quietly to the southeast. King Dongping even traveled day and night, not daring to delay a single minute.

Only when King Dongping went to the battlefield did he realize that this battle was really not difficult to fight. The opponent was inferior to him in number, weaponry, food, and morale. God couldn't see if he couldn't win this battle, brother Wang Ah, how stupid are you to lose this battle and spend the rest of your life in it?

One month later, King Dongping sent a good news to Beijing, and at the same time, King Nan'an was also sent back to Beijing. How King Nan'an was captured became a mystery. King Dongping sent his troops all the way to Bo The capital city of the country, so that the water-soluble negotiations were extremely smooth afterwards, and a contract with a compensation of up to 5000 million taels of silver was signed in just a dozen days, which really made the emperor feel bad.

The other party was completely stunned with a stick, and naturally he also rewarded him with a small red date to show the friendship between the two countries——

The emperor picked and picked at the princes and ministers' homes, and finally locked on Jia Tanchun, who is shrewd and generous. The environment of Jia's family can grow to this level. Jia Tanchun's qualifications are not bad, and she has a brother who is a compatriot In the army, it is considered to be unencumbered, so there is a weakness. Of course, if you want to make this chess piece smoother and smoother, you have to polish it—so, four nuns from the palace were sent to Jia Tan around spring.

Before Tanchun, she married Rongguo Mansion as the princess of the imperial family, and then she was shocked to hear that Rongguo Mansion was ransacked. She thought of Rongguo Mansion, which was fading away, and her family members who were still dreaming. Good luck like my sister...

Standing on the bow of the boat that was about to leave her homeland, Tanchun looked back at the capital where she had lived for 17 years. The people on the pier were all "relatives" sent by the royal family to see her off. There was no relative from the Rongguo Mansion. The honor she wanted, after all, she had to spend her whole life to repay, she was already content with keeping her little brother's life... Tears blurred her eyes, and she bid farewell...

"Sister, sister—"

An urgent and mournful call fell into Tanchun's ears. Tanchun trembled and took a step forward, grabbed the side of the boat, and looked at the figure galloping over, in disbelief——

"Huan'er?..."

"elder sister--"

It was too late, he rushed over from the military camp on leave after he heard the news of his sister's far away marriage, it was still too late! !

The boat got farther and farther away from the pier, so far that Tanchun began to lose sight of the boy's resemblance to himself. He only saw the boy rolling off the horse, unloading the burden on his back, and throwing it over with all his might——

A guard on board the ship flew forward, took the burden, and sent it silently to the tearful Tanchun.

The young man squatted on the pier, looking at the fleet going away, weeping bitterly for the departure of his last relative. Only after the loss did he realize how precious the blame that once made him complain.

Jia Rong's note was delivered in a timely manner. On the one hand, he put forward the concept of "a solid camp with flowing water", and on the other hand, he expressed his desire to be stationed in the southwest. He knew what was in his mind, so he drew a clear line in advance, and then compared the secrets of Jia Rong's daily life of not grasping power, not greedy for merit, and training children when he had nothing to do, which the emperor had to think deeply about.

Among the four big families, the capable ones are only Wang Ziteng and Jia Rong, and Wang Ziteng is ill, and there is only one wimpy only son who can't even cause trouble, so the emperor doesn't bother to do anything to this old minister.

As for Jia Rong, no matter it was because of the problems of the Jia family itself, or the secrets between Jia Rong and Shui Mu, the emperor never let him go, but Jia Rong was a rare sober person, and ran away in the morning , not only ran away by himself, but also arranged for his family to go back to his hometown, but now the veteran in the court withered Shuimu abdicated and the emperor is extremely lacking in military talents, so he has to rely on Jia Rong to guard the frontier!

Don't think that an emperor can do whatever he wants, love what he loves and hate what he hates, that's what a foolish king can do, the emperor claims to be a wise king, he can't kill those who are useful to the court for a little selfishness Talent, and this talent has not done anything other than abducting his own brother to attract people's hatred. What can the emperor do?

Jia Rong made the proud and self-willed Shui Mu die for him, but Jia Rong himself lost his whole life, not marrying a wife and not having children. If the genealogy is not included in the ancestral hall, it cannot inherit the Ningguo Mansion.

Now the four major family historians have seized the nobles, the Wang family has dismissed the official position, the Xue family has been demoted to ordinary merchants, the Jia family has been punished the most, and directly copied the Rongguo Mansion. But his idea of ​​making a small fuss is really not good, and in order to stabilize Jia Rong who is far away in the frontier, he can't touch Ningguo Mansion. In the end, Rongguo Mansion was copied. I am afraid that some emperors could not punish Ningguo Mansion and Jia Rong, so they vented their anger a little bit. Be careful.

The once prominent four big families disappeared like this, leaving Jia Rong behind, as if leaving a benchmark symbolizing the emperor's "benevolence, righteousness and tolerance" for the old meritorious families. Heartbroken.

Therefore, Jia Rong's brochure was delivered in a timely manner.

And Shui Mu also left in time, at least for ten or eight years, there is every reason not to return to the capital!

The author has something to say: It's finally over...

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