Love of Friends in the Red Chamber

No matter whether it was inquired by everyone at the banquet or interrogated by Jia She in private, Jia Cong kept tight-lipped about what happened at today's court meeting.It was only at night after the family dinner was over that he and Daiyu returned to Lixiangyuan, and Daiyu asked him with a smile, he stretched his shoulders and said, "If you talk about the situation of the court meeting today, it is really a close call. It may mean that there will be a change of dynasty.”

Daiyu was very surprised when she heard the words, she quickly stopped him from speaking, and ordered the maids to pour water to wash up, changed clothes, removed the hairpins, and Zijuan led Xueyan, Qingzhi, Biye and others to gather together. The embroidered quilt was smoked, the brocade mattress was lightly unfolded, the tent was lowered, and the door was gently taken out. Last night, the daughter-in-law and mother-in-law waited for their respective positions. Jia Cong and Daiyu were lying in the tent, and just now they held hands and whispered to her Bai. □A thrilling scene at the meeting.

It turned out that today's court meeting, the royal family members of the nearby royal families outside the customs all came to Beijing to congratulate them. The emperor originally wanted to comfort them, and at the same time wanted to persuade these uncles and brothers to restrain their subordinates and not to compete with the people for profit. As a result, local officials wrote letters of impeachment from time to time, which made the royal family lose face.Unexpectedly, before such good words were spoken, several princes headed by Prince Yu took the lead in attacking the emperor, accusing the emperor of injustice, oppressing the royal family, reusing officials and ministers from the common clan, and wanting to restore the ancestral system - eight kings discussing government.

The emperor was so angry that he was trembling all over at that time. Although such a stubborn person is not worth refuting, the old emperor uncle shook his pale head in a provocative manner, and choked the emperor dryly, waiting to be summoned. When the imperial guards came to take down the old princes who forced the palace on the spot, they thought it was too sensational. People feel blocked.Therefore, the emperor didn't get angry for a long time, but just argued with these old emperor uncles bitterly.

Prince Yu kept saying that the eight kings' discussion of government was an ancestral system, and the emperor angrily asked him how the ancestors implemented the eight kings' discussion of government.Prince Yu couldn't understand, so the emperor sneered and said, "Then I'll let the academician of the Imperial Academy tell you." He called the academician in charge of the Imperial Academy to sort out this muddled account. He was sweating profusely and couldn't make a sentence, so Prince Yu became even more proud.The emperor was furious, and took Mei Hanlin's official title on the spot, took off his official hat, and knelt outside the hall to accept the crime.Here the emperor roared angrily: "Is everyone in the Imperial Academy dead? Who is on duty today?"

Jia Cong understands: When you should stand up in life, you must not be a coward.So he cheered up, went out of the class with his head held high, and said loudly: "Jia Cong, the editor of the Chen Imperial Academy, is on duty." The emperor's eyes lit up, and he said, "Jia Cong, can you tell the ins and outs of the Eight Kings' discussion of politics?" Jia Cong replied: " Yes, I have searched the classics, and we can see that the theory of the eight kings discussing politics is just a savage dialect, which is not credible." Then he quoted the scriptures, starting from the founding of the country, telling how many princes there were in the past, how to pass them on, and how each family lived. The relationship between the princes, the degree of participation in the government, etc., one by one, they are like a few treasures. Some things are really unknown to the direct descendants of those princes.

The emperor saved his face, and couldn't help but feel very happy.After severely reprimanding those old princes and seizing part of their power, the emperor magnanimously forgave them, only fined them and demoted them.Then he discussed with Shen Dashi and others how to reward Jia Cong.

In the eyes of the emperor, Jia Cong made a great contribution this time, and deserves to be rewarded out of the ordinary, and he went straight to the cabinet. However, several experienced and prudent ministers, such as the scholar Shen Dashi, thought that Jia Cong was young and had suddenly risen to the position, and it was difficult to convince the public. It may not be a good thing, and we should leave some retrogression and think that we will make progress later.Jia Cong knelt on the steps and heard it clearly. He knew in his heart that Mr. Shen was doing it for his own good. Seeing that the emperor was silent, he boldly kowtowed and said, "I appreciate your majesty's kindness, although you can't repay it, don't dare to be arrogant." An honorable title."

Seeing that he was so sensible, Master Shen breathed a sigh of relief, and seeing that the emperor was still hesitating, he persuaded him: "Your Majesty, although Jia Cong has made meritorious service today, in the eyes of others, it is just that he handled it properly and rewarded him too much." However, it is easy to provoke controversy, and the turmoil at the court meeting today is still buried deep." The emperor was so angry with those princes that he couldn't vent it, so he wanted to reward Jia Cong. Knowing the pros and cons of it, but in the end he was unwilling, looking at Jia Cong, the more he felt that this son was young, mature, loyal, and admirable.Then he sat down and twirled his beard and said: "Although I say this, I always feel uneasy..."

Jia Cong observed his meaning silently, and said as if enlightened: "I have the courage to speak out. The family of the minister has been favored by the country and passed down to the father. It has been three generations. The first-class duke of Rong Guogong has been reduced to the first-class general in accordance with the law. My father has been there for many years. I have been diligent in the affairs of the king, but I have not made great achievements, and I have not been able to establish a career, which is often cited as a regret in my life..." Before he finished speaking, everyone present understood what he meant, which was to ask for the title of Shen University scholar My eyes lit up, and I thought: "This son is really smart!" He quickly said to the emperor: "The emperor would like to reward Jia Cong's father, Jia She, and reward Jia Cong for today's achievements. "Secondly, honoring the old ministers of the world, showing that the emperor cares about the old ministers and never forgets the old achievements, so it is suitable to comfort a group of old ministers."

The emperor was overjoyed, and immediately handled it according to his words. In the end, he promoted Jia Cong to a higher level. It is ridiculous that Jia She would sit at home and enjoy himself every day, and he got a big deal for nothing.

Jia Cong talked with Daiyu in the tent, talking about the ins and outs, and then sighed: "Nowadays, the court is turbulent, and it is worrying." Daiyu closed her eyes and meditated for a moment, then opened them and said: "It was originally a difficulty, but now it's an advantage—you are already a man of the emperor, so you can do things with the emperor wholeheartedly, and you don't need to make friends with anyone, so it's an advantage."

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Madam is a female Zhuge, and she always speaks out the secrets." Saying this, it was unavoidable that they were playing their hands together, so the two stopped talking, because at this time there were more important things to do than talking.

Jia Cong was off duty for several days and rested at home.Unexpectedly, on the third day, the palace sent another reward, this time it was Tang Jiazhi's "Morning Dynasty" seven-character verse written by the imperial pen. Cang Cang. Thousands of weak willows hang down and green, and hundreds of warblers circle around the building. The sound of swords and jades follows the steps of the jade, and the clothes and clothes evoke the incense of the royal burner. We bathe in the Enbo Fengchi together, and serve the king in court." This is rare. Grace, Jia Cong quickly set up an incense table to pick it up, changed into his robes, and went into the palace to thank him.Then came back, holding the imperial pen and silk book, and went to show it to Jia Mu. Jia Mu was very happy, and Jia Cong explained it to Jia Mu one by one.

Jia She shouted loudly for someone to frame it with yellow satin and hang it in his main hall to show off. Everyone here appreciates it and praises it at the same time.Then Jia Zheng said: "These seven rhythms are powerful and profound, and the meaning of the sentence is strict. The Holy Majesty bestowed Cong'er with this to encourage you to live in wealth and honor without losing your integrity. You must know Cong'er." Jia Cong quickly changed his face. teachable.Jia Lan was present at this time, but he said: "The calligraphy hall of the Holy Master is magnificent, and there is no bad word. It is tall and neat, well-placed, and its style is superior to other schools." He spoke seriously, and everyone naturally echoed, Jia Cong secretly laughed in his heart - if you talk about Yubi's calligraphy, it can only be regarded as mediocre, but he prefers to give inscriptions to his subordinates, and the reputation of the public is also the meaning of the inscription.

Since then, Jia Cong has become more diligent in his work in the Imperial Academy. Everyone dare not despise him because he is a young man with a promising future.This time he came out on top again, won the favor of the Holy Majesty, personally promoted him, and was commended repeatedly.

He is now the Prince's Shaofu, the Minister of Wenhua Palace, but he is only a sixth-rank title, but anyone with a little brains will understand that the emperor intends to leave him for the prince to use.The prince is now a 12-year-old boy with uncertain temperament, but he also knows that Jia Cong is loyal and good. When Jia Congjin gave lectures on "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", he respected him in words, and Jia Cong was more diligent. He must be carefully investigated to ensure that there is no word without origin. After a long time, those princes, grand masters, and scholars from the Wenhua Palace can't help but look at him differently.Moreover, the Wenhua Palace is full of old men with gray hair on the temples, only Jia Cong is young, and he is as close to the prince as anyone else, which will not be mentioned later.

However, it is said that the first house in the Rongguo Mansion stole the limelight year after year, and the second room was a little downcast, especially when Jia Zheng thought of Baoyu's scandalous behavior on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, he became angry from the bottom of his heart, but he had too many things to argue with him , the anger suffocated in my heart is getting hotter and hotter.

The second day of February is Daiyu's birthday. Since the beginning of the new year, there have been many happy events in the family. Mother Jia was very happy, so she handed over 200 taels of silver to Baochai in advance, and asked her to organize Daiyu's birthday.Baochai took the silver with a forced smile from Jia's mother, but her heart was bitter—just the day before yesterday, Baoyu was beaten so hard by Jia Zheng that she couldn't move.

Let's say that one day at the end of the first lunar month, Daiyu was drawing patterns in Lixiangyuan, but she saw Yinger rushing over and asked, "Third grandma, our grandma asked me to bring back some tiger bone wine. I can't move anymore, the imperial doctor said that I may have injured my bones and bones, and I need to use tiger bone wine to treat it."

Daiyu was taken aback. She knew that her uncle was always strict, but in recent years she had rarely used a knife and a stick to teach Baoyu like she did when she was a child, so she asked, "Why did you beat him?" Ying'er answered vaguely. Said: "It's exactly this that makes people puzzled, and there's nothing wrong with it. It's just that the master has been in a bad mood for the past two days. That day, he called the second master Bao to the study and asked a few questions. Maybe the second master Bao gave the wrong answer. Thinking about it, he immediately dragged it down, and asked someone to beat it with a board, but he didn't think it was too hard, so he did it himself. His wife and Second Grandma Bao knew about it, and they didn't dare to let the old lady know. They only said that the second master had a cold and he could just lie down for a few days. Doctor Wang came to prescribe a few medicines, but there are some medicinal materials that I don’t have at home, and I bought them from shops outside, so I’m afraid they won’t work..."

Before Daiyu could finish speaking, she sent Zijuan to look for medicine in the back warehouse. Suddenly Zijuan came, holding a pack of tiger bones in her hand, and there were two more packs. Zijuan said it was Tianqi and ginseng, both Ying'er quickly picked up the high-quality medicinal materials, and hurriedly thanked her.Here Daiyu sighed endlessly.