[Comprehensive Wear] It's hard to be a princess

Most of the concubines and concubines in Emperor Qianyuan's harem came from honorable families. Even if they belonged to a few civil servants, most of their ancestors had meritorious service in founding the country.This is also unavoidable. Taiu was only defeated for most of the year, and it was troubled by injuries in its later years. It took nearly 20 years for taion to inherit the legacy of the first emperor, and it took nearly [-] years to truly unify the Central Plains and restore the former dynasty.If you count Taiu as the emperor in Jinling, it is less than a hundred years since the founding of the country, and if you count the unification of the world, it is only a few decades now.Moreover, after so many years in Daqi, there are actually still some foreign troubles. Therefore, the military has always maintained considerable power. Therefore, at the moment, the nobles in the court and the central government have a great influence. However, this is probably the last glory Now, with the peace of the world, more and more people have passed the imperial examinations, and the military generals have nothing serious to fight. Naturally, it is impossible to have a higher status.Most importantly, Xungui's next generation is also rapidly corrupting.When these people followed Taiu and the others to rebel, many of them were mud-legged. When Daqi was established, they were all families of Zhongming Dingshi, but they faced a very embarrassing situation, that is, the education of their children and grandchildren.Daqi's title does not rest with the country, it is hereditary, and generally has great merit, and it can be inherited for about three generations without surrendering, like the case of four kings with different surnames.If it is said that the eight princes were because Conglong was very early, the four kings with different surnames all belonged to capital investment. Even now, they still hold considerable power in their hands, so the founding of the country is allowed. They are hereditary.

Of course, that being said, in fact, the imperial court has been trying to find a way to evacuate several kings with different surnames over the years, but the only ones who have succeeded now are the kings of Dongping County and Beijing County.The king of Dongping County is because the second generation of Dongping County King married the princess. The princess's son grew up with a bunch of princes since he was a child. He was called the first emperor and he was called uncle directly. The first emperor treated this nephew better than his own son. People's hearts are long, so this one who inherited the throne naturally gave up his military power honestly and took a post in Beijing.Of course, the imperial court had no intention of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge. If nothing else, even if it was for the sake of showing off to several other kings with different surnames, they could not treat Dongping County kings in any way, and instead became more and more friendly.Now this generation of Dongping County King’s own title cannot be changed. As a result, as soon as a few children are born, the eldest son will become the son, and the other sons will all have titles. The eldest daughter is directly the princess, and the daughter of the prince Correspondingly, the other daughters were also granted county and township titles.In short, the county king of Dongping is more honored than the clan prince.

There is no other way for the lineage of King Beijing. Their lineage was caused by internal strife first. The first generation of King Beijing had three wives. The one, even, the first generation of Beijing County King really started his fortune, relying on Yue Zhang.But, just like the vast majority of people who rely on their father-in-law to make a fortune, after they become famous, they don't want to admit that they are soft food.Therefore, after the death of the original wife, he alienated the pair of children left by the original wife. In the end, after the king of Beijing County was canonized, the original wife didn't even get a posthumous title.In turn, she married a younger sister who was a confidant, and successfully digested a considerable part of the power left by her father-in-law.As a result, the second wife was able to wait until the founding of Daqi smoothly, and was able to be named the princess of the county.As a result, she wholeheartedly wanted her son to inherit the title of Duke of Beijing, so she was harsh on the children left behind by her original spouse in every possible way, and even deliberately sent the eldest son of her original spouse to die.Although that person did not die later, he was also seriously injured and left with an incurable disability. Naturally, he could no longer inherit the throne.However, after all, the original spouse also kept some people back then. The reason why they have been hidden for many years is to wait until their young master inherits the foundation. As a result, their dreams are now shattered. Therefore, they took advantage of it at a family banquet, poisoned the food and wine, poisoned the princess of Beijing County and her two children, and even a few concubines did not escape.

At that time, the king of Beijing County had become a joke, but he didn't dare to publicize it. He only said that there was a epidemic in the mansion. However, several sons were all abolished, and the king of Beijing County had to marry another one. Many people are aware of the matter, and they want to say in private that the king of Beijing County has no way to govern the family. Therefore, people who talk about the rules are not willing to marry their daughters. Who knows if there are any uneasy and kind people hidden in their family Woolen cloth?Therefore, in the end, the third concubine of the King of Beijing came from a family of former courtiers.

However, when such a thing happened on the side of the King of Beijing, the people under him were naturally a little dissatisfied, and the court was secretly divided, and the power in the hands of the King of Beijing shrank a lot.Forget it, the first king of Beijing County died after his son grew up, and married the daughter of a general's family as the concubine for his son, in order to maintain the power of the palace in the army, and it turned out to be a mess An unreliable concubine of the county. Although she is the daughter of a former courtier, she doesn't like military generals in the bottom of her heart. She thinks the daughters of military generals are vulgar and raises her own son to be arty. Naturally, she also treats this son The daughter-in-law didn't like it, and when she became the master of the family, she was picky about the princess, and even married the niece of the concubine's natal family as a side concubine. Now, the house was in chaos.The concubine of the county was not favored, and naturally she failed to give birth to a son and a half daughter in the end. Instead, the side concubine's belly jumped out one after another, and the position of the last son naturally fell to the side concubine's son.

In short, after all these troubles, the hearts of those subordinates in the Beijing County King's lineage were also fluctuating. When this is the Beijing County King now, there are not many people who can really give orders, but they are now On the contrary, they got closer to those civil servants. After all, this grandmother and biological mother both came from a scholarly family. Now that the world is at peace and the mother clan has risen, the line of King Beijing naturally began to move closer to the civil servants. Alienated a lot from those generals.

Feng Yu was able to know this because of the new nurturing mother next to her, this is the aunt who used to be with the Empress Yuan, and everyone called her Aunt Su.In fact, she used to serve Tu Jingchen before, but now she is assigned to Fengyu's side. She was originally the daughter of an official family, but she was unlucky and her biological mother was gone. Let her biological mother leave her a large dowry, so her stepmother wanted to marry her to her natal family, and share her dowry with her natal family by the way.It would be fine if the nephew of the stepmother's natal family was a good man, but he was a greedy, lustful and unreliable person.She managed to contact her uncle's family, and said that she could leave the dowry to her uncle's family, and asked her uncle's family to decide for herself.In the end, her uncle's family came forward and after some setbacks, they got her a chance to be selected as a female official in the palace, and she entered the palace like this.

At the beginning, Aunt Su was just an ordinary female official of the Shangyi Bureau in the palace, and then by chance, she was favored by the Empress Yuan, and she wanted to come to her side to be a female historian. That's why I often visit Fengyu, and I also have her reminders.But now on the prince's side, the real people in charge are the eunuchs given by Emperor Qianyuan, so Aunt Su doesn't really have much use for her there, so she just came to Fengyu.

Aunt Su has been in the palace for so many years and knows a lot of things. After Feng Yu clearly expressed her interest in foreign affairs, she told Feng Yu some things she knew.The Four Kings and Eight Dukes are considered to be the backbone of the current court. If they come forward together, they can almost represent half of the opinions. Therefore, Aunt Su naturally talked about them first.

Compared with the two kings of different surnames who have almost no military power now, the king of Nan'an and the king of Xining are different. Although these two have a palace in Beijing and their families live in the palace, they are still stationed outside all year round. One is stationed in the southeast, and the other is stationed in the northwest. They both hold heavy troops, so even if the imperial court has any opinions on them, they can only focus on Huairou, and they can't even deduct their salaries.

As for the eight dukes, the situation is different. The eight dukes were actually not conferred by the same batch. Some were conferred during the taiu period, and some were conferred during the taion period. Not all of them retain the title of duke now.It’s okay for the older generation to be around, but the older generation is gone, and now there are not many opportunities for meritorious service. When the next generation inherits the title, they have to be downgraded. Fortunately, the court still remembers their contributions, so downgrading is not a problem. Many, at least they are all Houfu.But even so, the court and even the people still habitually call it the Duke's Mansion.

Among the military generals, they are the main ones, but the civil servants have changed a lot over the years. After all, most military generals have military power in their hands, and they are all heroes of the founding of the country, so even if they make mistakes, they usually hold them up high and put them down gently. .But Wenchen is different. Taiu came from a mud-legged background. At the beginning, there were no scholars who would seek refuge. At that time, the world was in chaos, and warlords came together, and there were even barbarians in the north who often kowtowed, wanting to repeat the old things of the past and take control of the Central Plains. At the beginning At the time, no one thought that it would be a bunch of mud legs that would make things happen in the end.Of course, they were also unremarkable at the beginning. After all, Taiu led a group of brothers from the same country to be bandits on the mountain. There has been no precedent for bandits to succeed in the past. The sour scholars are not bad, so, after they snowballed and grew stronger, they first relied on capturing the officials of the previous dynasty and intimidated the local gentry, and then some people took refuge in them one after another.

Therefore, when Daqi first founded the country, most of the civil servants were descendants. After the imperial examinations were opened, some came up, and they were all students of these descendants. Well, at that time, civil servants wanted to compete with military generals for the right to speak, and there were a lot of troubles. Now Emperor Qianyuan is the fourth emperor. For example, when Emperor Kangping was alive, civil servants wanted to improve their status. Emperor Kang Ping is not a fuel-efficient lamp, as the son of taion, he has always been full of martial arts. If there is no battle later, he can't wait to find an enemy to come out to drive the master, and see those courtiers. , so that the originally selected prince was fooled. When he left the capital on behalf of the late emperor for disaster relief, he actually made the mistake of wearing a white dragon fish suit, so that he contracted the plague and died.The first emperor was furious because of this, and started killing. At that time, all the civil servants and guards who served the prince were convicted. Together with the three thousand guards who protected the prince, they were sent to the border guards. To put it bluntly, they were exiled.Afterwards, the other sons of the first emperor fought each other, causing a mess. In the end, it was the younger and hopeless Emperor Qianyuan who stood out.

Aunt Su has never experienced these things, but an aunt she followed after entering the palace experienced those days. During that time, the late emperor was like a volcano that could erupt at any time. She was originally a servant girl. When the first emperor was irritable, anyone who dared to make a mistake would be punished to death. At that time, no one dared to go to the imperial errands, and everyone who could hide avoided it.The aunt that Aunt Su was with before was also with a favorite concubine, but the favorite concubine said a wrong sentence at that time, and was thrown into the cold palace directly. If it wasn't for that aunt who had some connections, she would have accumulated a lot of Less money, otherwise there is really no way to get out.

Aunt Su told Feng Yu some of the things she heard. She actually wanted to tell Feng Yu not to be so stupefied in the future and make troubles about everything. The saint doesn't care about it now, but it doesn't mean he won't care about it in the future. Don't really make the saint angry, even if she is a princess, she won't get any good back.

"Auntie, don't worry, I know it well!" Feng Yu said, "I'm just a princess, and I can't get involved in anything. My father and emperor can know as much as me!" This is to persuade Aunt Su, In fact, Feng Yu really didn't take it seriously. Because Emperor Qianyuan was a cheap emperor, he hadn't experienced much formal imperial education. After all, it was only a few months since he was established as the crown prince. , the first emperor died, how could he teach him much.

But Emperor Qianyuan was naturally sensitive to tactics. To put it bluntly, he had always been playing with the balance, playing with the balance in the harem, and playing with the balance in the front court.Establishing a son who has no biological mother as the prince is also playing with the balance.After all, he was still young, and there were only so many sons now, and the Empress Yuan had passed away, so there was no need to raise the crown prince so early, saying that he didn't want the legitimate son to be wronged. In fact, this would only make everyone in the harem hate the crown prince even more.After all, each of their natal families has a stronger foundation than the other, and as for the prince, the mother family is almost gone now. Although those civil servants will value the so-called orthodoxy, in fact, many things are like that.For civil servants, no matter how important orthodoxy is, it will not be more important than interests.

To put it bluntly, it was Emperor Qianyuan who realized that today's honorable generals are too big to lose. In the past, they had to be counted on to fight, so they had to be raised high, but now, there is no need for so many noble generals, so Emperor Qianyuan It is necessary to reduce the influence of these nobles in the court.In fact, if according to the story of the time and space of the Red Louzhu, Emperor Qianyuan succeeded in setting up a prince who had no entanglement with Xungui, and selected a few acquaintances from Xungui who had nothing to do with the harem, and bound them to the prince. Then, if the prince can take the position, those who are on the wrong team will naturally be liquidated later. If the prince fails to take the position smoothly, then in the process, these nobles will also consume a lot of power. When they are victors, these nobles don't have much say in the court!

Emperor Qianyuan took his son to play beasts. Anyway, there are quite a lot of sons. Even if Tu Jingchen is his favorite at present, compared to removing the threat to the imperial power, abandoning a son is nothing at all!

After realizing this point, Feng Yu naturally wouldn't have any admiration and awe for Emperor Qianyuan. As an emperor, the situation is only so big, which is really nothing.Feng Yu has seen many emperors, and he has also seen this kind of people who play tricks. Emperor Qianyuan is not too powerful among them. What's more, if this person does something like this, isn't he afraid that he will be pushed off the stage?

People like Emperor Qianyuan love only himself, and other people can be used. Therefore, Feng Yu also thinks that Emperor Qianyuan can be used. Everyone uses each other, and no one should look down on the other. This is the best way .Of course, for the time being, Fengyu doesn't have much use value now. As for Emperor Qianyuan, he is currently a tool person who can provide shelter and certain convenience for Fengyu, at least let her get in touch with the plot first. part of the characters.

In fact, Tu Jingchen came into contact with these people earlier than Feng Yu.Tu Jingchen had completed his enlightenment before, and had read the Four Books for quite a while, and now it was time to study the Eight Classics seriously. Therefore, Emperor Qianyuan said that he would choose companions for Tu Jingchen and a few other princes who were about the same age. read.Other princes have their own biological mothers and adoptive mothers to choose their companions. Generally, they choose the natal families of the concubines. Now, Tu Jingning and Tu Jingze need to choose companions with Tu Jingchen.Tu Jingning's companion is the nephew chosen by Concubine Li from her natal family. Concubine Li was born in Xuanpinghou Mansion, her natal family is quite prosperous, let alone choose two companions, there is no pressure to choose two more.As soon as she told Emperor Qianyuan, it was done.As for Tu Jingze, it is more embarrassing. Ke concubine was born in an ordinary family. She was actually a prisoner. The concubine was born really beautiful and very beautiful, which made people feel sorry for her, but because of her birth, even if she gave birth to a son and was named a concubine by the Jin Dynasty, her mother's family was not pardoned because of this, and she was given a title of Ke, so , She has always been cautious in the palace, but now she wants to choose a companion for her son, saying that she is the one who decides what she can do. There is no one in her natal family, so she can only find a way to contact her mother's family and ask her to help.In the end, her natal family was also down and out, and in the end she broke the pot and made a deal with two princes to accompany her to study. After all, for some families who are starting to fall down now, it is still beneficial to have a prince to accompany her. Yes, among other things, at least children can receive a good education.In addition, although the fourth prince is not favored, he is a prince after all, and at least he will be a county king in the future, and he will have a companionship with him. It is also a good choice to have an errand in the palace in the future.

Emperor Qianyuan didn't care about this at all. Instead, he chose with great fanfare the children of appropriate age and status from the families of the nobles and even the important officials in the court to accompany Tu Jingchen to read.An ordinary prince can only have two companions, but as a prince, he can have four companions. Emperor Qianyuan has always shown that he loves and respects the prince very much. Therefore, many people flock to the prince's job as a companion.However, it is not an easy task to really get this errand.

For those who really have a relatively high status, the job of accompanying the prince to read is a bit tasteless, because they don't really need to stand in line. In addition, it is not a good job for children to accompany the prince, even the prince.Most of the princes are very motivated, but there are also those who can't stick to the wall with mud. For example, the late emperor had a brother whose biological mother died young. His biological mother left early, and his adoptive mother didn't care about him. He didn't enter school until he was seven years old. That's all. , the two companions who read him later wanted to cry and yell and refused to go to school, and they would do everything they could to play around at home. In the end, this incident alarmed Taion. In desperation, Taion first beat his son Dun, seeing that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, there is nothing to do. After all, the royal family really does not want all the princes to be too successful. There is only one throne. It is not like it was in the Han Dynasty. The princes and kings are directly sent to the fief, so the prince must have some ability, so that he will not go too far after he arrives in the fief.However, among the princes nowadays, those who can participate in politics have always been a minority. If the emperor is even a courtier, it is better to leave the position to his son than to use a brother who may threaten him. , but it is indeed a headache to be too promising.So, in the end, the prince continued to sell the salted fish, and his companions didn't have to be angry because of the prince himself, but they didn't get anything good.After all, for the royal family, only the royal family dislikes you, so there is no reason for you to dislike the royal family.

Like now, at the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty is crying and howling. He really doesn't want to be a companion, and Jia Daian actually doesn't want his son to be a companion. Unfortunately, Emperor Qianyuan has already passed on a message to Jia Daian. The government must send out a companion, what else can Jia Daian do? Jia Shen is the only one in the family who is of the right age, so it can only be him!