[Red Mansions] The Road to Empress Dowager

The Ministry of Households' pursuit of the silver owed over the years has been going on like this from the Jia mansion. People like the Zhen family and the Prince Lian's family owed the most money and didn't want to pay it back. They have long been lost in history.It can be said that Zhen's family owed Yin to take over, but other families didn't take over, even the old sage had nothing to say.

Seeing the situation in Jia's mansion, the Liu family of Li Guogong, the Chen family of Qi Guogong, the Hou family of Xiu Guogong, and the Shi family of Shan Guogong who stayed after the original "Eight Dukes" did not participate in the rebellion of the Three Kings were all ready to return the money immediately. But I didn't take over the drive.Of course, the titles of these families have already been demoted, and they are already second-rate nobles.Other courtiers did not even dare to think of borrowing money without repaying it, and the courtiers who borrowed money for "self-pollution" and self-protection even paid it back immediately.

This is the silver owed over the years, but it was collected in a short time, which was nearly 2000 million taels more, and the national treasury became abundant.Tu Yuanyi's "Longyan Joy" greatly appreciated the Ministry of Household Affairs, and successively allocated the money to build the "Great Zhou Royal Academy" in the northern suburbs of Kyoto. In the future, talented people from all over the world can apply for the exam. Handed over to Prince Fu in charge.

For Prince Fu, building a school is much more difficult than recovering the money owed, and after that, he must consult "engineering expert" Jia Lian. This is foreign language.

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The dead are like Sifu, who don't know where to stop.

On the first day of August, Mrs. Xing and Li had an attack in the middle of the night the night before, and the pain came in the afternoon of the first day of August, when she gave birth to a brother.

Xing Zhong was so old that he didn't expect to have a son in this life, so he couldn't help crying with joy outside the delivery room.Su Fuer, who had rushed over early in the morning and waited, said several words of Lord Buddha's blessing, and Tan Qian also took leave today to stay at the mansion.

The midwife sent by the palace carried him out to Xing Zhong, and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. Xing, this uncle of Xiaoguo weighs eight catties and two taels."

Xing Zhong hugged his son to see, and then asked excitedly: "How is your wife doing now?"

The midwife said with a smile: "I'm just tired of my wife, and I'm falling asleep now."

Xing Zhong called Grandma Yun again and asked her to be in charge of arranging the affairs of the mansion.Su Fu'er came to see the "little brother", and saw that the little man's face was blushing, and he couldn't help feeling great love in his heart.Su Fu'er was in the period of newlyweds, and she was looking forward to giving birth to a son for Tan Qian, so she couldn't help hugging her to feel happy.

Tan Qian also watched from the side, and smiled at Su Fu'er again, with eyes that only a husband and wife can understand.

At this time, after being reminded, Xing Zhong sent all the servants to report the good news to the houses of the befriended people, and the eunuch Zhao Quan, who was in the house, finally felt relieved and went back to the palace to report the good news.

Xing Xiuyan had already received the news outside the palace that her mother had mobilized it in the morning, and she was restless all day, but with her status, she must not go home to visit her relatives at will.

When Zhao Quan rushed back to announce the good news, her mother gave birth to a younger brother, and her cheeks filled with joy.Although she upholds the concept of equality between men and women in modern times, even she herself would rather give Tu Yuanyi a daughter.

However, she is still happy that her mother gave birth to a son. After all, in ancient times, only men could be the head of the family, and the change did not happen overnight.

Tu Yuanyi was also very happy to hear that at night, she murmured with a smile: "The one born in early August should be called Xing Bayi, Xing Jianjun, Xing Kaixuan?"

Tu Yuanyi asked why Xing Xiuyan had been a piece of bamboo for a hundred years, but also because he found that he was very feudal and chauvinistic, so he didn't talk to him about the "proletarian / class / revolution" developed by later generations, and he didn't take the initiative to talk to him about it. Over the "August [-] Army Day".

At this time, the two were loving and intimate, and Xing Xiuyan gave up the sensitive things, omitted the "no/production/class/class" revolution/revolution, talked about the founding/army festival, and then talked about the interesting things about the naming of people in that era.

This also made Tu Yuanyi laugh out loud, and said, "Why don't your younger brother be called Xing Bayi and your son be called Tu Jianjun."

Xing Xiuyan said: "I don't want it!"

Tu Yuanyi said: "The boss is called Tu Weiguo, the second brother is Tu Weibang, the third brother is Tu Weijun, the fourth disciple is Tu Weimin, the fifth disciple is Tuwei... What else do you want? Tuwei Niang? Children should be filial to you."

Xing Xiuyan rolled his eyes at him and said, "Your son is from the Japanese generation, where is the Wei generation?"

Tu Yuanyi didn't want to rank, he was slightly worried, and said: "I have been in the palace for a year, why is there no news..."

The imperial physicians said that they were in good health. At this time, Tu Yuanyi couldn't help but doubt whether it was the reason for the rebirth of the soul through time travel, and wanted to take some time to study the Dao scroll.And also look for the secret recipe for childbirth in the scriptures.

Tu Yuanyi couldn't bear to blame her for "not being able to lay eggs", but he was also anxious to have a child in his heart. He was almost 30 years old.

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The Xing Mansion held three wine washes, and there were many guests. The emperor sent people to announce the rewards, and also conferred the title of Mrs. Xing Li as "Mrs. Anguo".This is known to everyone in the upper class of Kyoto, and it is really a bit like "making the parents of the world feel happy, not reborn as a boy but a girl".

This imperial concubine Chen is favored, her mother is Mrs. Anguo Yipin, and both righteous sisters and righteous sisters are named county monarchs, even Su Fu'er was also given the title of "Youlan County Lord" before she got married.

This is still the result of the emperor controlling himself. He loves the imperial concubine very much in his heart, and suffers from the "fear of internal affairs" that he does not admit, but he still has great power in his hands. that's it.

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After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Shengjia Beishou Shuofang.Since the emperor ascended the throne, this is already the third time to hunt north.

The first Beishou was the first year of Qianyuan, which was also the second year of Tu Yuanyi's accession to the throne.At that time, he had just taken in a few confidantes, and he had accumulated a little money from running a soap factory and a match factory.There were not many people with him when he was hunting in the north, but he also shot tigers and eagles in Shuofang in that year, and gained a reputation for bravery and prestige in the army.

In the autumn of the fourth year of Qianyuan, Tu Yuanyi hunted north again. At that time, the chaos of the three kings had been put down, and his power in the court was growing. Haoqiang is very respectful to him from the bottom of his heart.

In Beishou in the autumn of the sixth year of Qianyuan, the power balance between the local government and the central government was of course even greater.Now that Wenwu Enke has just passed, he has two more years to cultivate his confidants, and he has a lot of talents under him.To be honest, even if all the civil and military personnel in Heshuo and Youyan were replaced, as long as the north did not happen to invade the south, Tu Yuanyi would have the confidence to give him three months.

A hundred years have passed, and it was difficult to be an emperor in the previous life. Although Tu Yuanyi didn't say it out loud, he still had some reflections on his own failures.

One is that the majestic son of heaven is trapped in the harem, and he has the same knowledge as women, which is not done by the emperor. (Non-authors discriminate against themselves. In ancient times, this was a reality. How many women like Wu Zetian and Qin Liangyu were there?)

The second is because of poverty, the dignified son of heaven is arrogant, but lacks decisiveness and domineering.

The third is that he was dragged into the quagmire by internal strife, which drained the strength of Da Zhou, and the foreign enemies became stronger, one ebb and the other, how could it not be a sign of the country's subjugation?

The fourth is that they are a bit headstrong and cannot tolerate others. They have no accumulated talent reserves and are very picky in employing people.He employs people not only on talent, but on "factions", and he is somewhat demanding on the "virtue" of talents, and investigates the past of talented people.The reality is that the so-called "virtuous but non-talented" people are more terrifying to use than "virtuous but non-virtuous" people. People with "virtuous but non-talented" people who do nothing, empty talk, and rigidity are all harmful to the country.When the water is clear, there will be no fish. The ancients were sincere and did not deceive themselves.

Fifth, he has never led the army, and he lacks a sense of security.

Now that Tu Yuanyi has been reborn as an emperor, these deficiencies are basically gone. After Tu Yuanyi untied his heart knot, the pattern of seeing the world has completely changed.Think about how the emperor in the previous life was aggrieved, and external factors accounted for a large part, but his personality was not strong enough, and it also had something to do with being influenced by others.

In addition to the Jinyiwei, Gongsheng Army, and Xichang during the Northern Hunting, there were also half of the Yellow Shirt Army of the Central Army of the Kyoto Imperial Army and half of the Western White Shirt Army of the Kyoto Army.The leader of the Yellow Shirt Army is Tu Yuanyi's confidant, who is also a good general in his previous life, Lu Kun, who is now a second-class general; Now seal the third class Jing Yi Bo.

He also followed some people appointed by the emperor, such as Sun Yuanwang, Minister of the Ministry of War, Prince Ying, who had experienced the Ministry of War, and Jia Lian, the head of the Ministry of War. They had to cooperate with the deployment of logistics supplies.In addition, Tan Qian, who is a future prime minister, also had the opportunity to follow him. Sometimes he temporarily served as Li Wenjun's deputy to Zhongshusheren, and sometimes he served as Jia Lian's assistant.And Xiao Jingyun was a captain in the Gongsheng Army, but he was favored by the emperor, and he often accompanied him.

Su Fu'er took Daiyu to sit in the carriage of the accompanying officials, if it wasn't for Shi Hui's engagement with Geng Tie just now, she would naturally want to come.

Shi Huiding's family is Qi Zhicheng, the eldest son of the Baron of Xiangyang, who is also training in the Imperial Army in Kyoto, but the Red/Shirt Army of the Southern Army has become the deputy commander of the Shenji Battalion, and he is only 21 years old.Xing Xiuyan also asked Tu Yuanyi that there was nothing wrong with the Baron's house in Xiangyang, and there was nothing wrong with Qi Zhicheng.Mayor Qi Zhi has a gentle and handsome appearance. If he was born in modern times, he would be a typical boy who is partial to science.Fortunately, this typical science student came from the family of a military commander, and the Shi family entrusted his relationship with him and sent him to the Southern Camp of Beijing Camp at that time.Because he is a science student, he has a good understanding of the control of probability, angle, and shooting interval, but he is a bit crooked, so he became the deputy commander of the Shenji Battalion.

In fact, there are many people asking for marriage from Shi Hui, and even Fang Jing, one of the candidates for Su Fu'er, proposed marriage to Shi's family.

At that time, Mrs. Sun could see the difficulties of the big family with two mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. How could the shrewd Shi Zhang not know?

But apart from Fang Jing, where is it so easy to find a young unmarried Jinshi?I had no choice but to search among Xungui, Xungui had a lot of disciples, and Shi Zhangshi was too dazzled to choose, and finally picked Qi Zhicheng, whom Shi Bai had met several times.After all, Shi Bai worked in the Ministry of War, so the news is better.

The Qi family is relatively simple among nobles. Baron Qi Jianhui has only one wife, and only three maids serve him, which is not lecherous in this era.Qi Zhicheng himself usually stays in the military camp and has two maidservants when he returns home, but he has never worried about them.

Shi Zhang also considered that although Shi Hui has done splendid articles, there is a trace of rebellion in her heart. If she really married a Confucianist and moralist, she might not have the same three views, and her husband would not like her.And this kind of man who has a headache from reading the Four Books and Five Classics, but who can stand up and take responsibility in another way is more suitable for Shi Hui.The Qi family, however, had to find a daughter-in-law who could "be educated" because their son couldn't get into school.The Qi family looked at the two young Scholars of the Shi family, and the two legitimate sons and one concubine son of their own family did not study, their eyes were red, and they were very sincere in asking for a daughter from the Shi family for their son.What's more, Shi Hui has too many backers, and they are 12% sincere, not as good as the local tyrants of Xiaohou's family, but they are also determined to spend [-] taels of dowry money to marry the eldest daughter-in-law.

Yingchun just got married on the ninth day of August, so Xing Xiuyan will naturally be rewarded.But as a bride of the Hou family, Yingchun is naturally not easy to go out at this time, she needs to get along with her mother-in-law, sister-in-law and sister-in-law, and get to know her better.

So at this time, only Su Fu'er and Daiyu were allowed to go north hunting together, in the name of accompanying the imperial concubine.

At the end of Chen's afternoon, when the northern hunting team was about to set up camp beside the official road, the carriage that Su Fu'er and Daiyu were riding in also stopped.Soon, Zhao Quan came to pass, and the concubine called them to talk for a while.