[Red Mansions] Lin's first genius doctor

From the point of view of the eldest prince, he undoubtedly hoped that the Lin family, Wei Ren, and Prince Shao's mansion would all be unlucky!It would be best if this matter involved his younger brothers again, and everyone would turn the boat over.

So he spontaneously performed ceremonies such as praying to gods and Buddhas and inviting Taoist priests in the mansion.In order to show his piety, the eldest prince also took away the job of the little Taoist priest, personally ended up splashing the blood of an unknown animal, and then recited scriptures for a while.

I pray that Prince Teng will win.

However, I don't know if the monks and priests hired by the First Prince are not professional enough, or his own bad luck in the past two years has been too great, which has affected the practices of professionals. In short, things backfired.

The "Beijing Camp Corruption Case" started after the Dragon Boat Festival and ended in September, and it was a full three months of chaos in the court.

In the end, the results of the trial of the three divisions were submitted to the emperor, and then the emperor shared it with the public in the court.

Among the four major battalions in Beijing and Central China, there were two participating generals, five deputy generals, ten capital divisions, and more than [-] low-level officials including Qianhu and Sitou (the small leader in charge of the military supply warehouse) involved in this case.

In the past 20 years, the total value of corruption has reached as high as 120 million and 9000 taels of silver!

As soon as such specific figures were announced, there was a silence at first, and then there was a buzzing sound.

Everyone works in the imperial court, and none of them are saints. I know you will be greedy, but you are too greedy.

And since this large sum of money did not fall on the Beijing camp, there must be a reason for this hole. I am afraid that the equipment and even the number of soldiers in the Beijing camp are tricky.

And this matter not only involves the Beijing camp, if there is no one from the Ministry of War, it will not be able to complete such a thing. Sure enough, many officials from the Ministry of War have also been sacked, and the highest rank is the second in command of the Ministry of War, the left servant Gao Shunyang.

At this time, he had already been released from the special prison of the Ministry of Punishment, leaving only the old man of the Ministry of War to stand up bravely, trembling in his heart.

He is old, and has always been timid and conservative. He really has nothing to do with corruption in the Beijing camp, but many of his subordinates have fallen into it, and it seems to have formed a black chain of digging out the capital of the Beijing camp.

I don't know how much leadership responsibility the emperor will let him pay.

Minister of the Ministry of War panicked: It depends on whether Gao Shunyang has a conscience, if he bites himself, he will be broken.

In fact, such a huge group of criminals is the most difficult to dig out, just like a tumor, the bigger it is, the harder it is to deal with, and it may have already spread and scattered everywhere.

These people will bite to death for their own lives and interests.

And when the trial went on, it turned out that the person who was hiding behind his back and ordered to set up an ambush to kill Wei Ren was actually the man behind the scenes who was afraid of being found out, Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War.

Lin Jiangyu Tai Hospital immediately said: "I went to see his mother last year!"

The deputy of the horse court next to him also remembered after hearing this: "Yes, last year's winter, his old lady choked on eating jujube cakes, and almost didn't come here. The court chief went out of the palace on purpose." Said: "This man returned his kindness and revenge, and he actually did such a thing as assassinating General Wei."

Lin Jiang breathed calmly: "The law of the country is here, just follow the law of the country and deal with it."

Debts, money, murder, and life, these two things, the tall man took them all, especially the debts, but the debts owed to the country naturally awaited him with severe punishment.

"The Wang family is going to leave Beijing today." Lin Jiang got up this morning when he put on his official hat, counted the days, and turned to ask Wei Ren.

Wei Ren nodded: "Yes. The emperor sees that King Sujun is his son-in-law, so it is a blessing from heaven to escape the crime of exile. But the Wang family has no title and official position, and the court has confiscated their property and taken back the mansion. You can't stay in the capital."

Wang Ziteng never thought that an ordinary visit to Beijing to report on his duties would actually be the end of his official position.

Be the end of their royal family.

This was confirmed by the Ministry of Criminal Interrogation, and he was given his due part of innocence: he did not participate in the attack and killing of the imperial court official.

As for Ku Yin, who was embezzled in the past, he was only charged with covering up his subordinates, which is equivalent to only collecting protection fees, not the one who took the lead in poaching.

It's not that Wang Ziteng is not greedy, but that he has too much appetite.

It took only 20 million taels in 120 years, which really didn't catch Wang Ziteng's eyes.

After all, he wanted to earn money. In Jinling, a wealthy place, he placed his parents and officials, and he paid him more tribute every year than these.

Therefore, Wang Ziteng despised these people for reselling grain, pulling tents and pulling fibers like carrying big bags, hooking up nearly a hundred people to earn tens of thousands of taels of silver-so he just put water on them and received gifts, and he was too lazy Reach out and take care of this.

The only thing that has really moved his heart these years is the big cake of sea freight.

In the end, he ended up fighting against the Lin family and fighting for the upper hand in shipping, which is ironic.

In fact, in the eyes of others, avoiding the crime of exile is already a great favor from the emperor, but for Wang Ziteng himself, confiscating his family and seizing the title and dismissing him from office is already a catastrophe.

The Wang family is the descendant of the Prince Du Taiwei who controls the county uncle.The degree of honor of the title of Da Zhou is descending in descending order according to the sons of the princes and uncles.It can be seen that the ancestors of the Wang family at the beginning were not outstanding in the house, only a little better than the Xue family, and they were mixed up with the earl of the ruling county. [1]

Compared with the glory of the Jia family's two masters, the glory of the historian's leader and the marquis are all inferior.

What Wang Ziteng has always been proud of in his life is that in his hands, the Wang family has become the actual leaders of the four major families.

Perhaps it was because his younger sister married Jia Zheng, and the relationship between Jia's first wife and second wife was not good, Wang Ziteng had always looked down on Jia She.I think it's just a mediocre raider who can't even live in the Rongxi Hall.All these years, he has been looking at the Jia family with a sigh of superiority: It's a pity that after the two princes, there is no successor.

But now, Wang Ziteng looked at the plaque of 'Controlling County Bo's Mansion' which had been taken down by the court and fell to the ground with a bang, and he felt that the world was falling apart.

All the titles and official positions of the Wang family were ruined in his hands.

Even Jia Amnesty is still firmly inheriting the rank of first-rank general!

This was a devastating blow to Wang Ziteng.

Not to mention that the emperor ordered the Wang family to leave the capital, return to their original place to think about their mistakes, and not be allowed to enter the capital without an edict for life, but Wang Ziteng himself can't bear to stay in the capital and look at other people's eyes.

Not only does he want to return to his hometown, but he also plans to find a lonely village in the wilderness for the rest of his life, and never come out to meet people again!

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When Wang Ziteng and his wife left Beijing that day, Sister Feng came to see them off in person.

Mrs. Wang didn't come. It's not that Mrs. Wang didn't want to come, but that the collapse of the Wang family hurt her so much that she and Aunt Xue fell ill together.I've been in a daze for the past few days, let alone seeing me off, I can't even get out of bed.

Now Yuan Chun is serving in front of Mrs. Wang's bed, and Xue Baochai is serving by Aunt Xue's side, and they cry every day.

But when Sister Feng came over, she really wanted to see her aunt off.

Her father had been ill and passed away early. At that time, Sister Feng was very young, and her brother Wang Ren was still in the womb of her aunt. Of course, from the perspective of Sister Feng now, even if Wang Ren was born and grown up, he would be unable to lift tofu with a straw rope.

But at the time, it seemed that when Sister Feng's father passed away, she had no sons to inherit the title, so she wrote a book and handed over the title to her younger brother, Wang Ziteng, who was half a year younger.

Many people say that Wang Ziteng's life is good, precisely because he has come all the way, it is exactly two words: he was originally the second son, but the elder brother died at middle age, and he had no children, so the title fell to Wang Ziteng. On the head; later the prince was vacated to be an official. He was only in his thirties, and when Jia Jiaguo's grandfather happened to die of illness, the official position of the Jingying Jiedushi was given to him by the Supreme Emperor.

Of course, no one mentions his fate now.

So Sister Feng is actually very similar to Shi Xiangyun's life experience, living with her uncle and aunt since she was a child.But the difference is that the Wang family has always been rich, and the aunt Han's treatment of her niece, Sister Feng, is of course not as good as her own daughter, but she has never treated her harshly.

Sister Feng is coming to see her off.

As soon as she arrived, she met her cousin Wang Qingluan face to face.

The relationship between the two sisters is mediocre, and it's also a relationship that can't be dealt with if you have a petty temper.

It's just that Wang Qingluan is the princess of the county, so Sister Feng still has to come and see her first.

Wang Qingluan's crying eyes were like peaches. When she saw Sister Feng, she stabbed at her immediately: "I heard that Second Mistress Lian has a close relationship with the Lin family. Even the marriage of Yuanzheng Lin needs your help. But now, Their family ruined our family, so it can be seen that the face of your Second Mistress Lian doesn't matter!"

Sister Feng would not lose to Wang Qingluan in terms of tongue, she said with a smile: "How can my five-rank imperial order work? It is still the face of the princess of the county that works. No, I will avoid my uncle's exile."

She looked at Wang Qingluan. It's not like she didn't know many things about the Wang family. Ever since Wang Qingluan got married and became the princess of the county, she had been jumping around a lot.

So Sister Feng just stared at Wang Qingluan's weeping face and continued: "If it wasn't for the princess of the county, maybe my uncle would not have made up his mind to write a letter to impeach General Wei."

This matter was also a thorn in Wang Qingluan's heart. She was close to the imperial concubine, so she told her father several times that the Lin family was not good. No, father made a move, and then lost.

It was still a crushing defeat, and he couldn't even stay in the capital.

Asking Sister Feng to point out this matter face to face, Wang Qingluan almost cried on the spot.

Covering your face with a veil for a while, you finally came to your senses: "After all, our mother's family is gone, so don't you still have a good life?"

Sister Feng smiled coldly: "The crime is not as good as being a married woman. Even you, the princess of the county, are still doing it. Can the Jia family divorce me?"

Wang Qingluan's eyes were filled with cold malice: "Yes, I forgot, your Jia family is not only the in-laws of the Wang family, but also a good relative of the Lin family! It can be seen that you don't suffer at all! The second grandma Lian even got married. You are a famous duplicitous person, the Lin family has always had a deep grudge against the Wang family of the Xue family, but the two girls of the Lin family have a good relationship with you. You have the ability to be double-faced, and you are indeed the daughter-in-law of the Jia family!"

After she finished speaking, she threw the curtain and refused to come out to talk to Sister Feng again.

This made Sister Feng angry.

It's like deleting your friend after a person scolds you, so that you can't talk back.

Sister Feng really wanted to drag Wang Qingluan out of the sedan chair and beat her up!But he had no choice but to retract the carriage, patted his chest and got angry.

Qingwen comforted her from the side: "Grandma thinks, she must have had a hard time in Sujun Palace, so she is so resentful and wants to provoke grandma."

In fact, the downfall of the Wang family was of course a serious blow to Sister Feng.

It was as if she had lost the guard of honor behind her, and she had no family to return to.

But Jia Lian, Qingwen and others all tried to persuade her on this matter, especially Jia Lian. Although he was a man who couldn't control his sexuality, he still understood when it came to business: "I really can't blame Uncle Lin for this matter." With General Wei's family. You all know that Lord Wang was the one who impeached General Wei first and killed General Wei."

After that, all kinds of avalanche-style changes, and even the joint trial of the three divisions, and the four princes sitting in the seat, really did not wrong anyone at all.

Wang Ziteng is digging his own grave.

And Jia Lian is a strange person, he doesn't like women showing off their power very much, he only likes the kind of weak dodder.

It turned out that when he saw Wang Xifeng's majesty, he didn't like it in his heart and just wanted to run outside.But ever since the Wang family was in trouble, seeing Sister Feng weeping at night and struggling to take care of the housework during the day, Jia Lian suddenly felt a strong heart of compassion.

He even went to beat the servants because of Wang Xifeng, not allowing the servants of Jia's family to talk about the second grandma for this matter, if he heard it, he would beat him up.

He even went to ask Mother Jia to speak, and told Sister Feng not to worry about outside affairs, but to be at ease in housekeeping.

In the short few days since the Wang family fell, for Jia Lian, he found the feeling of being a man.

Therefore, the Jia family is still stable now, but Qingwen is afraid that Sister Feng will be provoked by Wang Qingluan, and she will develop resentment towards the Lin family in the future.

Sister Feng smiled wryly: "You don't have to be so careful to persuade me. Uncle has inspected all nine provinces, contacted the Sujun prince's mansion, and the noble concubine's line has lost their heads and blood. Do I want to hate the Lin family desperately? I just look forward to living my own life."

Then he cheered up again: "What you said is also reasonable. After all, my uncle is only my uncle. In terms of relatives, Uncle Lin is also my serious elder relative. My life is over, and she, Wang Qingluan, is really sad!"

Wang Ziteng is her biological father, except for the Wang family, she is empty-handed. King Sujun and Jia Lian are still the same kind of people, or most of the sons of aristocratic families are the same kind of people, and they are greedy for women like cats.

The current Wang Qingluan, apart from being a regular wife, has nothing to restrain King Sujun.

Wang Xifeng shook her head: "Uncle and aunt leave Beijing, so my cousin and I don't have to see each other again." We are just struggling with our own lives.

When Sister Feng returned home, she saw Ping'er anxiously waiting for her at the second gate.

Seeing her, he hurriedly said: "Grandma, Lin Yuanzheng and Miss Lin have come to the door, and they are waiting for you in the room."

Sister Feng was surprised at first, and then moved.

Presumably, the two also knew that the prince was vacating Beijing today, so they came to see her specially.Ping'er also said at the side: "Anyway, grandma has rushed back. Lin Yuanzheng came out of the palace, and she has to go back at a certain time. I just said that if grandma doesn't come back, she will leave first." .”

Sister Feng also quickened her pace.

When they got to the house, the three of them didn't know what to say when they saw each other.

Men's fights in the court (of course, Lin Jiang can be regarded as fighting in person), many times, the women in the back house can only passively bear the results of success or failure, and share the fate of winners and losers.

It was Sister Feng who laughed first: "I understand the kindness of the two younger sisters who came to see me. Don't worry, I'm not such a fool!"

Then he yelled at Daiyu and said, "Sister Lin is going to get married in a month or so. Prince Shao's family has a big business, and all relatives are relatives of the emperor, and even half of them can't be neglected. I'm afraid my sister will be busy at home." The new daughter-in-law needs to prepare her sewing, so why go there in person! I also said that after a few days of busy work, I will arrange everything here for the third younger sister, so that I can go to my uncle's house and concentrate on sending younger sister Lin to get married."

Seeing that she still spoke so loudly and her complexion improved a lot, both Lin Jiang and Daiyu felt relieved.

In fact, of course, the Lin family and Wei Ren didn't owe the Wang family anything, not to mention that it was Wang Ziteng's fault, but Wang Ziteng made the first move because he was willing to gamble and admit defeat.

But feelings are often unreasonable sometimes. It must be uncomfortable for Sister Feng to see her natal title and official position disappear in smoke.

Lin Jiang and Daiyu are thinking of their relationship with Sister Feng over the years.

Seeing that Sister Feng has jumped out by herself and is not trapped, I feel comforted.

The three said a few words about Daiyu's marriage, and Lin Jiang got up with his pocket watch: "No, I've been out for a long time, I have to go back to the palace."

Sister Feng left Daiyu to sit for a while.

After Lin Jiang left, Sister Feng also said to Daiyu: "Actually, I should not let it go. I heard that General Wei was ambushed and killed by those sinners outside Beijing, and he returned to the mansion covered in blood——Amitabha It's okay anyway, otherwise I would really be ashamed to see Lin Yuanzheng."

Although Wang Ziteng is not the mastermind behind it, the origin of everything lies in Wang Ziteng's impeachment of Wei Ren.

Besides, those people are inextricably linked to Wang Ziteng.

Now that Sister Feng thinks about it, she is still terrified: If General Wei really died in that ambush, I am afraid that the Wang family is not just ransacked or exiled.

And she will be even more helpless in the middle.

When Wang Ziteng attacked Wei Jian, he never considered her, never even put Jia's family in his eyes, never thought about how difficult the situation of Rongguo Mansion would be.

Seeing that Sister Feng had said this, Daiyu comforted her: "Second sister-in-law Lian, this matter is certainly a thrilling one, but my sister's heart is over."

"No matter how peaceful it is, everything will get better." The people who were looking for trouble have left, and everyone should live a peaceful life.

Later, when Daiyu met and talked with the Sanchun sisters, she deliberately told Tanchun in private: She had lived in this mansion, and knew that the Jia family's servants had a rich heart and two decent eyes.I was afraid of Sister Feng before, and it must be because I was afraid of her natal family.

Now that the Wang family is gone, I'm afraid that some of the Jia family's servants will dare to jump out and have a look at Sister Feng.

Because the Wang family is indeed guilty, Sister Feng herself is not easy to suppress, let alone refute, but Tanchun, as a sister-in-law, is justified in helping to suppress.

Tanchun should come down.

When Sister Feng heard about this, she was even more emotional.

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For the Wei family and the Lin family, this matter is completely over.

When everything is settled, it is only a matter of time before Wei Ren truly controls the four camps of the Beijing camp.

In the past, some officials in the Beijing camp looked down on his youth, and thought that he was parachuted here because of his status as the emperor's confidant, so they didn't care.

After this incident, I really dare not underestimate this young Jiedushi.

Not only that, but they also realized a problem: the youth of the Jiedu Envoy means that he still has a lot of time to organize the Beijing camp, and it is very likely that the Beijing camp will live under his hands in the next few decades.

Then for those old people who are destined to retire earlier than Wei Ren, it is better to bow their heads as soon as possible: they can't survive their immediate boss who is only 20 years old.

For many people, the dust of this vigorous "Beijing camp corruption case" has settled, and they can breathe a sigh of relief and return to their daily life.

But for Concubine Wu Gui in the palace, today, like yesterday, is still a sad day.

Before, she had a fierce flirt with Wang Qingluan, Princess of Sujun, so she naturally suggested to her mother's family to help Wang Ziteng and stand in line for a while when Wang Ziteng impeached Wei Ren.

However, there were few people in the Wu family who held official positions in the military, and Mr. Wu was also timid. Later, when he saw that the situation was getting worse, he retreated early and did not get involved in this matter further.

But there is no doubt that the little bet they made before was a loss.

Concubine Wu Gui originally wanted to take advantage of this time to make an ally who could talk to the DPRK and China, but in the end, she got hurt a bit instead.

In the past three months, the emperor only saw the imperial concubine four times, and they always took a look at the mother and son, and drove away without even eating.

Concubine Wu Gui could feel that the emperor's love for her was passing away like flowing water, and it was like rushing waves.

How can she not worry.

Originally, she was so anxious to get angry because the tenth prince was young. She felt that when the tenth prince got married and became the king, she would be old and look bad and not be favored. Get the prince early for his son, and let the courtiers see that the emperor loves the tenth prince.

It turns out that it is good now, the foreign aid has not been contacted, and it has caused him to fall out of favor even faster.

No matter how much the courtiers admired the emperor and thought he was a wise and wise lord, to His Majesty's concubines today, he is just a man who is passionate but not dedicated.

Such a man is his own husband (or the husband of many people), and he is not afraid of the day when he will fall out of favor without a concubine.

The imperial concubine used to be favored as much as she was feared.

The confidant female official saw that the master was depressed these days, and she could guess some of the concubine's worries, so she came to persuade her: "Your Majesty, if you want to say that among the clansmen, there is no one other than Prince Shao."

The noble concubine rolled her eyes at the female officer, suppressed her anger and did not scold anyone: You still need to say, I don't know that the Shao Palace's words work?

But Prince Shao's son Zhou Liheng has the best relationship with the fifth prince, anyone with eyes can see that.

Being able to be a concubine's confidant is of course not blind. Facing the master's big white eyes, the female official quickly explained: "The meaning of this slave is that our Tenth Highness has suffered from our young age and has not been able to talk to Prince Shao. Classmate, otherwise, the son with such a gentle temperament will definitely have a good relationship with our Highness."

"Young lady, think about it, I really can't blame the Eldest Son for getting along with Prince Heng—the older Highnesses in the upper study all want to eat people like black-eyed chickens, how can the Elder Master get along."

The imperial concubine was not in a high mood, and said irritably, "What exactly do you want to say, just say it."

These words are all nonsense, in the eyes of the imperial concubine, the son has suffered from being young and weak. If she is a few years older and healthy, with her status as the biological mother, no princes can get past her.

"What I mean by this servant is that Prince Shao's mansion may not necessarily go to Prince Heng's side. It's just that among all the highnesses, only Prince Heng is a little bit more proud! Why bother to push away Prince Shao's mansion first? Maybe they are still looking forward to the empress and Prince Heng. As for the Tenth Highness, it is better than Li Guiren's natal family who has nothing."

The imperial concubine looked serious.

That's right, it was she who first made up her own mind and believed that Prince Shao and Prince Heng were close, and then she stood on the opposite side.

Now suddenly being 'awakened' by the female officer, the imperial concubine was stunned at first, and then she was furious: "Since you have thought about this, why didn't you say it earlier! I saw that the princess of Sujun was going back and forth in my palace, and she called my mother's house." Offended the Lin family once! What kind of heart do you have, someone told you to harm me!"

The female official who wanted to show off her ability was simply wronged to death, she quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "Your servant and servant are all given by your mother, how dare you have any dissenting ideas. It's just that Mr. Wang looked impressively at it. How dare you speak."

The noble concubine finally extinguished her anger, but she didn't wake her up, she just said: "But isn't it too late to say these things now, father said a few words about General Wei in the court, can the Lin family not hold grudges? Of course Prince Shao's mansion is It's time to go to the in-laws."

The female officer had no choice but to kneel down and offer advice: "Your Majesty overthinks trivial matters. At that time, Mr. Wang... the common people were justified in impeaching them. General Wei himself pleaded guilty to negligence and dereliction of duty. It is not only Madam's mother's family who impeached the Wei family after talking." The door, can the Lin family hold grudges?"

"As you can see, the empress has a chance to repair the Lin family and Prince Shao's mansion." The female officer knelt a little closer and said in a low voice: "The son is going to get married in October. He has walked around the palace a lot since he was a child. The empress dowager and the emperor love her to the utmost, didn't your majesty also say that on the second day of his wedding, he would bring his wife into the palace to greet him?"

"At that time, Mrs. Shizi will definitely come to this harem. Even if it is difficult to talk that day, Mrs. Shizi is a clan relative, and it is common to think about it after entering the palace. As long as the empress has a good relationship with Mrs. Shizi, she will naturally be able to get along with the Lin family. Bad luck wiped away."

"And Shi Ziye is notoriously soft-tempered. If his wife and empress are on good terms, Shi Ziye will treat our Tenth Highness well in the future."

The imperial concubine was lost in thought.

The female officer's kneeling legs were going to go numb, so she continued to persuade her earnestly: "Your majesty, the emperor is in the prime of his life, and his body is healthy. Besides, the forest hospital is a gift of medicine. We have also witnessed some miracles in these years. With her in your majesty's eyes Serving there, His Majesty must live longer than the Supreme Emperor."

"Then our Tenth Highness is young, which is a good thing. By then, those older princes will have had enough fighting with each other, and it will just show our Highness."

It can be said that this court lady also has a bit of heart, and what she said has some truth, which is even more touching.

Sure enough, the imperial concubine was finally moved by her, changed her face, showed a pleasant smile, and helped the female official to stand up with her own hands: "You are indeed a resourceful and caring person, and I have always believed in you. If so, you can go Let me inquire carefully about what the girl from the Lin family likes, and I will be ready when the time comes so that I can talk to her."

The female officer had no choice but to thank En and came out, feeling that she seemed to have made a wrong move: even if she is a Zhuge, she can't stand the imperial concubine and the empress is a dou who cannot be supported.

In the past, she thought that the imperial concubine was okay, she was considered resourceful, but now it seems that the noble concubine's intelligence was so spoiled by the emperor that she had to use it to coax the emperor.

But she had already gone to Liangshan, and she couldn't go back, so the female official had no choice but to accept her fate and rack her brains to help the imperial concubine find a way.

Therefore, amidst all the anticipation inside and outside the palace, finally came the wedding date between Prince Shao's Mansion and Lin's family in October.