The Hulk of the Red Chamber

The previous turmoil had subsided, and the Xue family raised their heads in a low-key manner. Xue Pan felt that his family was dependent on others, and his mother and sister had to look at other people's faces to live their lives. It was completely worthless for him. After thinking about it, he decided to change his mind and start a new life. So, after discussing with several old shopkeepers at home, he followed Zhang Mingde, a confidant steward left to him by his father, and went to Ping'an Prefecture together.

Ping'an Prefecture is said to be safe, but in fact it is the border. It has always been the sphere of influence of the Xining Palace. The border business is easy to do, but it is also difficult to do. The main issue is safety.In Ping'an Prefecture, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Xining Palace has been in business for a hundred years, and there is even a tacit understanding with the tribes on the grassland. Exchanges, in addition to things like tea bricks and silk, even ironware and grain were exchanged with those prairie people for horses, livestock, furs, and even gold.

The imperial court was extremely wary of the Xining Palace, and often weakened and suppressed it. However, the Xining Palace has guarded Ping'an Prefecture for many years and has a deep foundation. It no longer needs to rely on the imperial court for many things, and the imperial court has many scruples.

The Xining Palace is also quite influential in the court, not to mention the relationship between the four kings and eight princes, many people want to make money from other sources, except for going to sea, it is here in Ping'an Prefecture.There are gold mines on the grassland, many of which are cattle, sheep and horses, as well as high-quality fur and even medicinal materials. These are very cheap in Pingan Prefecture. A piece of inferior tea brick can be replaced by a healthy horse, which is almost worthless. The business is almost the same, but these are all controlled in the palm of the Xining Palace. If there is no escort from the Xining Palace, it is impossible to say that you have just arrived in Ping'an Prefecture, and you will be cut to pieces by the so-called bandits.

The Xue family used to have a way in Ping'an Prefecture. Although they have traveled less these years, they have not been broken. With the help of several shopkeepers, Xue Pan bought a large number of goods needed on the grassland and loaded them into several carts. Then he took people to Ping'an Prefecture.

In Pingan Prefecture, the actions in recent years have also been a little big. Every year in autumn and winter, the king of Xining County led the frontier troops to sweep the border. He said that he was dealing with barbarians. The barbarians met face to face, and because of this, there are now a lot of rebels in Ping'an Prefecture. They have nowhere to go, so they have to hide in the mountains and barely survive by the small-scale merchants who rob and come and go.

Although the imperial court knew the general situation, they could only bear with it for the time being, lest they really forced the Xining Palace back. If they simply lured the barbarians into the pass, it would be another catastrophe.

In order not to irritate the Xining Palace, the prefects sent to Ping'an Prefecture are generally from honorable families, and have some friendship with the Xining Palace. For example, the prefect in Ping'an Prefecture is Shi Guangzhu. Of course, among other officials, How much sand is mixed depends on the emperor's will and the ability of the officials. Over the past hundred years, many officials either died when the barbarians attacked the city, or were not acclimatized, infected with epidemics, etc. The most unlucky one was said to be taking people out hunting, and met wolves directly, and in the end didn't even leave a piece of meat bigger than a palm.Anyway, almost all those who dared to make trouble with the Xining Palace were dead.

The Xining Palace doesn't know if it has done too much evil. Although the generation of Xining County Kings has a full staff of concubines, side concubines and concubines, there are even a lot of concubines. Go to the palace. As a result, the king of Xining County still has no heirs, and he is placed in someone else's house. If you have no son, you can adopt a nephew from the same clan. However, when it comes to titles, it's not that simple.

Just like in the Qin and Han Dynasties, if you didn’t have a son, even if your sons were in groups, the imperial court would still judge you as having no heir, remove the country, and take back the fief.In the later dynasties, although this was relaxed a bit, the legitimate son still had an innate right to inherit the title of a higher rank.If you put it in an ordinary family, the concubine can get part of the family property, and if you put it in a family with a title, unless the imperial court specially orders it, the concubine cannot inherit the title. Even if you want to adopt, you must be a legitimate son to adopt, and you also need to get the approval of the court. .

The imperial court has long wished to eradicate the king of a different surname. If the Xining county king really cut off his bloodline in this generation, and if the current Xining king dies, the imperial court should take advantage of the situation to take a certain clan child, most likely the prince, Adoption to the King of Xining, inherit the palace, and then take advantage of the situation to deprive the military power, so that the new King of Xining, like the King of Beijing, stays obediently in Chang'an, enjoying the wealth and honor, and forgetting about real power.

The king of Xining County is not someone who is willing to make wedding clothes for others. Since the royal family does not give them a way to live, they will naturally resist. Therefore, in recent years, there have been more and more actions in Ping'an Prefecture.

Historians used to have some business in Ping'an Prefecture, but after the old Shihou passed away, this road was cut off. Because of the military chaos in the capital at that time, the historians keenly discovered that there were several writings of different surnamed kings in it, and the historians could mix them. I can't afford this kind of thing, so even when the economic situation of the Baolinghou Mansion was the most embarrassing, Shi Nai didn't dare to take this approach. It's okay if you don't have money, just save it. If you lose your life, no matter how much The money is useless.

Shi Nai is now confronting Qianxiang Kingdom in the south, and sent a secret letter to Shi Ding a few days ago, saying that there are former cronies of the Nan'an County King in the army, and now they have some contact with people in Ping'an Prefecture, Shi Nai watched No, not only did he write a secret letter to the sage, but he also sent a letter to Shi Ding, mainly to remind Shi Ding that the kings with different surnames seem to be unable to sit still, and he must draw a clear line with them, and must not be involved.

Although Shi Ding hadn't been in charge of the army for a long time, he never slacked off on military affairs. After knowing a lot of clues, he doubted whether the Xining Palace planned to respond to some prince and stage a mutiny.Although he has not figured out who is colluding with Xining Palace for the time being, Shi Ding only thinks that he is definitely an idiot who seeks skin from a tiger.However, thinking of the mutiny more than ten years ago, Shi Ding tensed all his nerves. That time, the historian paid the lives of Shihou and his eldest son to save the entire family, and even the family was even worse. Further, however, Shi Ding does not want to take this risk now.The historian now has a bright future. On Shi Nai’s side, Shi Ze has been promoted to the rank of captain because of his piecemeal military achievements. On Shi Hong’s side, if there is any sweet potato, he got it from those people from other countries before. If the yield of corn and potatoes is really so high, as long as historians think about it and try to usurp the throne, at least when the dynasty is still there, historians will not suffer any blows even if they lose their current wealth.

The more you have, the less courageous you are. Shi Ding admits this frankly. Therefore, he only hopes that the matter will be resolved as soon as possible, so that it does not spread to the capital. He hates those who want to make trouble. At the same time, He began to stare at the people who were going to Ping'an Prefecture.

The Xue family was first noticed by Shi Ding. Now the owner of the Xue family is Xue Pan, an indistinct idiot, who probably has been used by others without knowing anything.What about Zhang Deming, who said he was in charge of the shopkeeper, but when the person Shi Ding sent out came back to report, he said that this person did not look like a businessman, but rather an official, which made Shi Ding feel vigilant. He didn't pay much attention to the Xue family, but now he can't ignore it.

"It's courting death!" Shi Ding kicked over a brocade pier angrily. Shi Hong was also in the study, flipping through some information sent by his servants, and was surprised when he saw it.Over the years, Shi Ding has been good at nourishing qi. Now he is so angry, he is afraid that something is wrong, so he quickly asked: "Father, but there is something wrong with our house that people should keep an eye on. ?”

Shi Ding gritted his teeth and gave Shi Hong the booklet in his hand: "Look for yourself!"

When Shi Hong saw it, it was impressively written that Jia Lian led people out of Chang'an yesterday, escorted a batch of goods, and went to Ping'an Prefecture. Shi Ding did not hide his guess about Ping'an Prefecture from Shi Hong. Surprised: "Does my aunt know?"

"I'm afraid she also acquiesced, otherwise, how could Jia Lian leave Chang'an!" Shi Ding sneered, "Speaking of which, my aunt is too partial, the second room holds a noble concubine, and goes to the palace all day long. Sending all kinds of prescriptions for a child, Dafang hooked up with some restless people. It seems that Dafang died not fast enough! However, I have never seen that eldest cousin so stupid before. Really eager to send out his only remaining son! Tsk tsk, the second wife still has a grandson, and the eldest son has no descendants yet!"

Shi Ding is now in despair about the IQ of the Jia family. They seem to be all focused on the three-acre land, such as the ownership of the main house, the ownership of the title, the old lady's private house, and so on. They are all a little sensitive to politics. No sex at all, how long has the Holy Majesty been on the throne, do they always think that the Holy Majesty is blind and deaf, and doesn't know anything?

Shi Hong put down the brochure, and comforted him: "That may not be the case. I guess the big cousin just doesn't have the money in his hands, and he wants to let Lian's second cousin go to Ping'an Prefecture to make a fortune!" He himself didn't really believe it, if it was just for the money, he would just call a capable steward to go, why let the heir of the big house risk encountering bandits and bandits, and go there in person!

Shi Ding took a deep breath and sighed: "As long as your aunt and grandma are still alive, our family cannot separate from the Jia family, not to mention your daughter-in-law is the granddaughter of the Jia family. Hey, the last time I heard that Jia Lian's wife is outside Putting loan sharks killed people, Shuntian Mansion asked Jia Yucun to suppress it, but she didn't know how to stop, there are actually quite a few people who let the loan sharks go, but the Jia family's interest is too much It’s not a small crime if someone finds it out! That girl was also raised by the Wang family, how can she be so ignorant!”

Shi Hong said: "Sheng Ming has no faults with the Holy Majesty. Our family has always been loyal to the king's affairs, and the Holy Majesty knows it. Besides, who doesn't have a few bad relatives! Even if we want to persuade them, they still think we are meddling What!" After all, he is not a native of the ancients, and his understanding of the clan relationship and in-law relationship in these days is relatively shallow, and he has no affection for the Jia family, so he thinks that even if the Jia family is unlucky, it has little to do with his family.Shi Ding had no choice but to comfort himself like this, but he was still very worried, but at this moment, he also--

The author has something to say: Today was such a tragedy. I went to the supermarket to buy some fruit in the evening, but I lost the key at some point. I went back to look for it, but I couldn’t find it.I had to call the unlocking company. After waiting for more than an hour, the person finally arrived. It took less than 2 minutes for the door to open, and I was asked for [-] yuan later. I feel so sorry for me!