The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Ning Shan was sitting at her desk in the yamen when Ningguo Mansion was entertaining guests, looking through the documents leisurely. He was angered because he did not publicize the disaster relief for the emperor. Give him a lot of old copywriting, let him copy a few when he has time.Ning Shan was very appreciative, and went to the study to copy every day after the court, and at the same time regarded it as reading the previous government information.You can learn a lot from it, for example, since the death of Lin Ruhai, the salt administrator in Yangzhou, the salt tax paid by Jiangnan has become less and less, and before Lin Ruhai, the amount paid was not much, which is far from meeting the needs of Jiangnan and Huaihe Rivers. And other places give people a consistent impression of affluence.

It can be seen from this that Lin Ruhai is a capable minister and can be regarded as a loyal minister. As for who he is loyal to, it is hard to say. According to Ning Shan's understanding, he should be loyal to whoever is in power. He is really a straight minister.If this kind of person was born in an era when the succession of the throne was stable, it should not be difficult for him to enter the cabinet and become a powerful minister.It's a pity that he was born in the era when the two emperors alternated unclearly and competed for power and profit with each other.The Supreme Emperor, who was used to him obeying him, couldn't bear the new emperor's rebellion against Lin Ruhai as soon as he came to power, while the new emperor regarded Lin Ruhai as the Supreme Emperor's confidant, took great precautions against him and even attempted to assassinate him.Originally, the position of salt administration was dangerous and precarious. If those big salt merchants didn't buy it, they could collude with the prefects and prefects to secretly kill the patrol salt censor who refused to join forces.Therefore, there are usually only two kinds of people who are sent to this position, one is the emperor's confidant ministers, who are protected secretly by capable guards; Live if you can survive, and make room for others if you can't.Poor Lin Ruhai was originally assigned as an important minister, but he was destroyed by the power struggle between the two emperors, and the hidden guards were withdrawn, causing his family, wife and children to die behind the scenes, except for a daughter who was sent away early under the protection of the Rongguo Mansion Barely surviving, the five generations of the Lin family's capital connections were destroyed in an instant, leaving only an orphan girl who couldn't even keep her family property struggling to survive.

Ning Shan learned a lesson from Lin Ruhai's example, she can't be sincere with these two now, she would rather hang out in the yamen, and don't forget to join them.Sooner or later, the emperor who doesn't regard his courtiers as human beings will not be seen as human beings by his courtiers. The two sides are just pawns for mutual benefit.Ning Shan was secretly annoyed at the fact that she took the initiative to invite Ying to go to the disaster relief. If she had known that the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu had exaggerated so much, she would not have gone. As a result, the victims are now safe, but he is troubled.Originally, he wanted to be a capable minister with a passion to go down in history, but he was aggrieved and caught between the two emperors like walking on thin ice. If he had known this, he might as well have stayed in the border town and continued to be a general who could do whatever he wanted and would not be ordered by the emperor when he was outside. .

It's a pity that Beijing can no longer be proposed now, at least until the Supreme Emperor dies, or the emperor is removed, and then change to another one. At that time, the court is in turmoil, and he can take the opportunity to plan to withdraw.Right now, just drink tea leisurely, copy paperwork, and slowly get through the day. He is still young, no matter whether it is the Supreme Emperor or the Emperor, no one can survive him, just wait for a few more years, time He has it, and he has patience.

All of a sudden, Qian Jin, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, strolled around the rooms with his hands behind his back. Ning Shan got up to greet her: "Do you have any orders from your lord?"

Qian Jin patted Ning Shan on the shoulder, motioned for him to sit down, sat down herself, and approached Ning Shan and said, "I know Ning Hou has been wronged, and the master knows it too. The master sees your loyalty, and sooner or later you will meet." There is a supplementary report." This is to help the Supreme Emperor buy people's hearts, but the purchase is too straightforward.The corners of Ning Shan's mouth twitched, and she lowered her head so that Qian Jin could not see his face clearly: "Everyone is doing things for the emperor, so there is no grievance." Qian Jin echoed: "Yes, they are all doing things for the emperor, but the emperor is doing things for the emperor. I don’t think you’re doing the right thing, so what should you do at this time?” The implication is nothing more than changing the course and defecting to a master who thinks you’re doing the right thing.

However, the Supreme Emperor is too old, so what if he still holds power?The emperor can kill him even if he survives, unless there is another new master who is younger than the emperor. Although Ning Shan knows that the emperor has two younger sons, and the emperor has several adult princes, she did not expect that, They began to calculate the power in the hands of the Supreme Emperor so quickly.

This group of people can't see that the Supreme Emperor is not in harmony with the present, and they want to rely on the Supreme Emperor to throw the Emperor down, and reap the benefits of being a fisherman, and take advantage of the Supreme Emperor's power to rise to power.After all, since ancient times, the Supreme Emperor has only abdicated, but never returned. If he is dissatisfied with the present and wants to expand his power, he can only choose another method that is more obedient and easy to handle.Forget about the two sons of the Supreme Emperor, why are the sons of the new Emperor joining in the fun?Could it be possible for the Supreme Emperor not to choose his own son, but to choose a grandson from another generation?Even if he doesn't mind that it's not easy to command after a generation, isn't he afraid that the emperor's grandson will take over his old man under the banner of rehabilitating his father after he comes to power?Unless the grandson he chose is not the son of the current emperor, but the heir of the sixth and seventh princes.

Ning Shan drew a family tree on paper and analyzed it one by one.The sixth prince has two sons and a son, both of whom are adults. The son is the eldest son, which is a bit of a bonus, not to mention that his concubine's family background is not high, and the two sons don't have much mother's influence to rely on, that is, there are more people. Brothers can be of one mind, and together they can make the eldest son the eldest son, and they can even compete with the eldest son of the concubine.But Ning Shan didn't think that such a short-sighted royal family could have a family who would retreat bravely and stand behind the scenes willingly, so the sixth prince's family probably would be busy in vain.

The Seventh Prince grew up with only two sons, one concubine and one concubine, and five or six died. His mother's clan was quite powerful, and the concubines and concubines he married were also full of confidence, so the fight was extremely fierce. When he became a prince, a mere bald-headed prince had a dead son in three years and two months, and many of them died without even being able to catch up on the Zhou Dynasty and the family tree.If this person can take over, the first thing to do is to kill his own concubine and side concubines, at least to get rid of the families behind them, or wait for his relatives to monopolize power.Ning Shan didn't think that the Supreme Emperor, who was keen on power, would be satisfied with the fact that the heir's family was too powerful.Just look at how he treats his concubine's natal family. Now the most prosperous concubine's natal family is the Jinling Emperor Zhen's family. The head of the family, Zhen Yingjia, is the highest official and the imperial envoy to the president of the Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education. It sounds majestic Rin Lin, in fact, is just a five-rank official conferment, and from the name, it can be seen that his highest authority is in Jinling Province.Moreover, there are prefects and prefects on the top, who are in charge of local civil affairs, and military attachés in charge of military affairs. He, the president, can be ranked after four or five, thanks to the fact that his family's old aunt is the true love of the emperor.

Both the Zhen family and the Jia family were born in Jinling, and they are closely related. They can be called a good family. The two families also have a lot of similarities. The pillow is a bag of grass, the rise of the two families is the result of the ancestors' hard work, but it is a pity that the descendants are not as good as the previous generation, and in the end they all rely on clinging to the women's belt to maintain the luxurious life after their meritorious deeds.The Zhen family gave birth to a concubine, but it was a pity that no son was born, but another concubine was sent to the palace by tricks, but was accused of giving it to the third prince who seemed most likely to inherit the great treasure back then, but turned into a useless son by accident.However, there are many daughters in the Zhen family, all of whom are outstanding in appearance, but they are not from high backgrounds, they can't help but have deep scheming and clever means, and after several drafts, they have also won two other side princesses, and there are only a lot more side concubines. It can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, although the relationship is far away.

However, the Jia family was in a state of prosperity and yin decline. In the five generations of Ningguo Mansion, there was only one daughter, Xichun. The mother of Lin Daiyu, who is beautiful and beautiful, and whose aptitude is even lower than [-]% of Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng's bundle, is regarded as a treasure by Jia Daishan, but she is not willing to send it to the palace. Shi Taijun has secretly complained about this for many years. Once Jia Min entered the palace, there would be no such thing as the big girl from the Zhen family and the current Concubine Zhen.Later, when Jia Daishan died, Jia Shishi immediately took his eldest granddaughter Yuanchun by his side. When she reached the age, she couldn't enter the general election, and she couldn't care about her face. After countless money and favors, he finally won a concubine who was demoted within two months.

Now that Yuanchun has fallen out of favor and has no prince, the Jia family can't bet on her, so they try every means to find another way to gain a career as a dragon.It's a pity that their vision is too poor, and they didn't choose the right person for a while. First, the second prince who was born with the original prince, the prince Yizhong who had done something wrong, saw that he had breakfast, and immediately changed his favor to the first prince. The Taishanghuang was included in the circle; then he went to cling to the third prince, which seemed to be a success, but unexpectedly the Taishanghuang was so self-willed, he did not follow the rules and chose the unknown first four princes to become the new emperor, Jia The family was in a hurry but had no chance to join in. Fortunately, Yuan Chun himself had an idea. He played the role of Concubine Zhen in the harem, gained a good impression in front of the Supreme Emperor, and was accused of being a virtuous concubine today.As for becoming Jia Guiren now, it was purely done by her mother. On this point, her father failed to play a positive role, and instead dragged her back very simply.

Now, the Rongguo Mansion once again began to think about the merits of the dragon, but they changed their families too frequently, and the three surnames were not enough to describe the slaves, so that no one wanted to accept those with bad morals. Back then, Jia Yuan, Jia Yan, Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan all left behind numerous connections in the army. Although no one could inherit them, it would be a shortcut to win over the head of the Jia family.Therefore, people with lofty ideals can't refuse the Jia family's clinging even if they endure nausea. This is the biggest reliance for them to live a nourishing life and self-righteous calculations.

Ning Shan saw the Jia family's ambitions and was unwilling to get involved with them. In his opinion, it's too early to stand right now, and no one is worth his standing. Instead of picking one out of a bunch of rotten cabbage If it was still edible, he would rather wait until the next wave of cabbage was harvested.The draft is held every three years in the palace, so it is not easy for the old ones to have children nowadays. He can still have so many sons. If the next generation has extraordinary talents, he will think about it.Right now, how to avoid the wooing of the immediate boss Qian Jin who doesn't know what agreement he has reached with the Supreme Emperor and stands behind the prince Longzi is the most important thing.Ning Shan turned another page, put down her pen, flicked her wrist, and continued to copy. If it was impossible, she should be close to Jia's family for a while. Can help him pawn off half of the unskilled recruits.

It was decided that, in order to achieve great things, those competitors who could endure the Jia family's change of course every three days, and those who even frantically circled around unscrupulous subordinates, could be directly shaved off.Thinking about it this way, the existence of Jia's family still has its inevitable reason. At least, this kind of test water, especially when the stinky water is mixed into a pool, let them take the lead, so I can save myself a lot of trouble.Ning Shan raised the corners of her mouth happily, and after finishing copying three books today, she will go to the office in advance, and if she has time, she will go to Rongguo Mansion for a visit. Although they don't know that they can do good things, but he is not stingy about thanking them once. .Didn't they run out of money to repair the garden? He just wanted to help them out with an idea. As for who got caught, they were all members of the Jia family anyway, so there was no need to apologize.