The Weight of the Red Mansion Walks the Road of Life

Chapter 61

The Zhen family has to pay a large sum of money to the capital every year for their grandson. They are full of hope that the eldest prince, Tu Mingyi, will be able to overthrow the prince in one fell swoop.The Zhen family was already favored by the Holy One and had several grown-up princes. To have such ambitions was a matter of course for the Zhen family and the first prince, and it was not difficult for outsiders to see clearly.

Even as his biological father, the Holy One was unwilling to admit that his two most beloved sons had feuded, but at least it was no secret that his first two sons were at odds.

The Holy Majesty and the Empress Yuan had a deep relationship, that's why they appointed the only son of the Empress Yuan, Tu Mingxi, as the Crown Prince. Although the Empress Yuan was extremely favored by the Holy Majesty, it was a pity that her beauty was very unlucky, and she left her infant son early and passed away.Tu Mingxi lost his mother since he was a child, and was brought up by the Holy Majesty, even though he is also a prince who is favored by the Holy Majesty, but people are always afraid of comparison. It is the real heart and soul of the Holy One.

Moreover, Tu Mingxi did not disappoint His Majesty's expectations at all. Although he was not sensible when he was enshrined, he became smart and capable when he was a little older. His outstanding appearance was obvious to all, which made him completely secure the position of the crown prince. .

At the beginning, the Holy Majesty established the son as the heir based on the saying that the son should be the son but not the elder, but similarly, there is also a rule in the Book of Rites that the son should be the elder and not the virtuous, which always makes some people who are about to move have other thoughts.Although the crown prince is the only legitimate son of the Holy Majesty, Tu Mingyi is the eldest son of the Holy Majesty. The two brothers are about the same age.

The apprentice was clearly brought up by the Holy Majesty himself from a little bit, so it was naturally the flesh and blood of his heart.But the eldest son is also the son of the favorite concubine, and the Zhen family is the daughter of Mrs. Fengsheng's family, so naturally she can't bear to let him suffer too much grievance, so she turns a blind eye to the eldest son's establishment of his own power.

In the mind of the Holy One, it is best to wait for Tu Mingxi to ascend the throne in the future, so that Tu Ming can still be a powerful prince even if he is not in harmony with the emperor's younger brother.

But everyone except the Holy One can clearly see that these two most powerful and favored princes are basically immortal. No matter how dull the Holy One is, at least he knows that these two sons are still avoiding each other.

It is said that living in the capital is not easy, but as the sons of the most noble people in the world, the lives of princes are naturally not difficult.Except for the prince, the other princes have their own salaries to receive after they get married and leave the palace, and there are also officials under them who will pay filial piety on festivals, which can be regarded as a lot of income when added together. I am well off.It can be said that any prince with some ability will not have any ulterior ambitions, as long as he relies on these, he can live a comfortable life.

Low-level officials want to rely on the prince's face to live, and they will automatically and consciously lean towards the prince's side.But those who can really do great things for the prince are naturally those few senior officials and generals, and if they want to get the close support of these people, they must give corresponding large sums of benefits.

The eldest prince...well, he used a large sum of money from the Zhen family to bribe many generals in the army.

It's not that the eldest prince thought of bloody methods such as killing his father and forcing the palace from the very beginning. It's just that the civil servants are more tough, and for a prince who wants to seize the heir, the power in the army cannot be underestimated.

In addition to the few honored sons and daughters who have donated to officials in the court, the civil servants on the side have all come here through the customs. Under the circumstances, it will undoubtedly take more energy to persuade or win over these people.What's more, the so-called scholar rebellion failed for three years. Apart from trying his best to show his respectful and corporal side, Tu Mingye didn't spend too much energy on these people.

Although the Holy Majesty has not been a prince for many years, he still has some common sense.The money that the Zhen family provided to Tu Mingyi had reached a figure that could not be explained by ordinary filial piety, so it goes without saying why the picture was drawn.

Even the Holy Majesty didn't have to spend energy to find out the whereabouts of Tu Ming's money, and he knew that it must be used to recruit soldiers and buy horses to expand his power.

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In the legend, people sit at home, and misfortune falls from the sky, which probably refers to Tu Mingye.

Without any warning, he was suddenly reprimanded by his father in public, and then imprisoned in his own home for no reason at all.

For a prince with great ambitions, this is undoubtedly a huge blow. After all, the Holy Majesty has already said something ugly, which can be regarded as completely cutting off his Qingyun Road.

A prince who has been rejected by the Holy One, what else is there to do?

Although the power of the First Prince seems to be mighty, even comparable to that of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but this kind of power is actually completely dependent on Concubine Zhen and the First Prince's family, which is far less stable than the Crown Prince.After all, as a foreign family, the Zhen family came from a humble background and stayed in the Jiangnan area all the year round. Regardless of whether the Zhen family has a lot of face in the Jiangnan area or in the capital, it really does not have any real influence in the capital, except for financial support. It is of little use in the grand scheme of seizing the throne.

In other words, after Tu Mingyi lost his holy family, there were actually not as many people who were willing to follow him as he had imagined.

To make the simplest comparison, in the past few years, the prince has sometimes acted a little irritable and out of order. For this reason, the emperor has also reprimanded the prince and ordered the prince to study behind closed doors, but it does not appear that the prince has lost his power and collapsed. It was released in the last one or two months.

As far as the Holy Majesty is concerned, although he really dotes on the princes from the Zhen family, he is also willing to let his eldest son become a powerful prince so that he can protect the Zhen family in the future, so he will let the princes of the Zhen family be close to the Zhen family. Tightly tied together.However, as the future heir and emperor, a prince who is too close to his family will never be considered by the Holy Majesty.

But Tu Mingyi obviously didn't realize this. After seeing that he seemed to be alienated by the Holy One, knowing that the Holy Majesty would never forget the Zhen family's Mrs. Fengsheng, he naturally moved closer to the Zhen family.

The Holy Majesty really cared about Mrs. Fengsheng, at least after Tu Mingyi delivered the letter to Zhen's family through a secret channel, Zhen Yingjia quickly pretended to know nothing and handed over the invitation letter to Beijing, and specially added a letter of honor to the letter. The meaning of the recent situation of the Holy Lady is clear at a glance.

After the Holy Majesty received the booklet, he threw away two sets of porcelain tea sets. In the end, he released Tu Mingye according to the intention of the Zhen family booklet, but he still snatched away all of Tu Mingye's errands, even to give Tuming Ye Ugly also skipped Tu Ming on purpose and bestowed titles on the younger brothers below him.

This is not a shame.

----split line----

Even if his family is not in the capital, but due to various reasons, it is not difficult to spread the news of the capital, at least such a big event is not difficult to spread.

When the Zhen family first made their fortune, they relied on the face of Mrs. Feng Sheng and the favor of the Holy Majesty. Later, the Zhen family relied on the grown-up princes from the Zhen family to be able to make trouble in Jinling.

Although there is more than one prince under Zhen's knees, but because the prince's status as the son of the eldest son has been determined, if anyone among the princes of the Holy One can compete with the prince, it is only the eldest son, Tu Mingyi. The chances of winning can be even greater.

Judging from the news from Beijing, the Holy Majesty probably really has an opinion on Tu Mingye. After such a round of tossing, the probability of Tu Mingye being able to squeeze out the prince and win the Ninth Five-Year Plan is undoubtedly greatly reduced. .Under such circumstances, even if the Zhen family regarded themselves as Mrs. Fengsheng's affection, they did not dare to go too far, at least they did not know how much restraint they had in a short period of time.

Even if there is no news from the capital, it can be seen from the actions of the Zhen family that the situation in the capital has changed, and the probability of the First Prince gaining power is no longer as good as before.

Although it was the Zhen family who did it to him, it had nothing to do with the eldest prince, but the Lin family didn't understand everything, and they knew what the Zhen family had amassed a large amount of money for, so why not just directly Aiming at the First Prince to attack.

It was also because Lin Ruhai didn't mention much about the Zhen family in the booklet, but added some private words in the Yanzheng's routine booklet, which didn't alarm too many people in the first place.And this time, only the eldest prince was reprimanded from the beginning to the end, but the Zhen family was unscathed, and they were even able to save the eldest prince later. This order made everyone think that the eldest prince caused some trouble I was caught, but I really didn't connect this matter with Jiangnan, let alone discover the role of the Lin family in it.

After Lin Ruhai saw that the eldest prince was hopelessly hopeless, he finally decided to hold back for the time being. He only restrained his actions and concentrated on concentrating on joining Jia Min while thinking about whether he could have another child by luck, and at the same time placed a bigger one. the strength to raise her daughter.

Although it is justifiable for a boy to inherit the family business, if the family is really unfortunate enough to fail to raise a boy, it is not impossible to force a girl to recruit a child to carry on the family line. She pretended to be pitiful in front of her, and if she really had to ask for grace to set up a household for her daughter in the future, there would be no problem.What's more, Lin Ruhai knows that he is over 40 years old now. Judging by the average age of the Lin family, even if he is lucky enough to have another boy, he may not be able to raise his son as he wishes. This child will still rely more on his sister in the future. .

The author has something to say:

Not only Cavin, but also completely out of state when writing this chapter...