The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

The seventh prince, Tu Mingyun, succeeded to the throne. Because Jia She had a relatively high title, after all, most of the four kings and eight princes since the founding of the country have all dropped their titles, and there are not many people. Therefore, Jia She's position is at the front, and his vision is also very good. Well, therefore, I clearly saw the expressions of the princes in front.

Although Tu Mingyun has always had this heart, he has been working hard in this direction, hoping to be recognized by the saint, but although the saint has not been as diligent in government affairs as before, his health has always been good. Tu Mingyun originally thought that the saint At most, it would be to establish another crown prince, but right now he had a convulsion, saying that he wanted the seat of Zen.

When Tu Mingyun came to his senses, his face was first happy, but then he showed a look of sincerity and fear, and he knelt down with a plop, and said to the saint: "Father, the dragon is in good health. Why do you say such a thing? My son is willing." To be a servant for the rest of my life, to be filial to my father, and to ask my father to take back my life!"

The others also reacted, knelt down one by one, and said in unison: "Please take back your orders!"

The sage sat on the top, and he could see the expressions of the sons and ministers below him much more clearly than Jia Amnesty. He just said Tu Mingyun's name, and the muscles on the fourth son's face twitched unconsciously, but it was very painful. Almost back to its original state, the sage couldn't help but sneer in his heart. If he really wanted to talk about his emotions and anger, his fourth brother was much better.

The problem is that today's court does not need such a merciless emperor, especially, now that the royal family has more and more advantages, relying on methods like boiling frogs in warm water can naturally solve the problem and leave nothing behind Infamy, the ministers below have to sing praises to you in order to get more benefits from it.

Therefore, although the sage once considered Tu Mingyi, after all, Tu Mingyi also has advantages. For example, Tuming's mother family and wives are not obvious, and there is less trouble from foreign relatives, but these days, foreign relatives have been unable to solve the problem. What big waves are there? After all, according to the rules of the ancestors, the descendants are generally honored and cannot hold power.Therefore, unless it is the kind of Zhen family that is already too big to lose, otherwise, no matter who the family is, there is no need to consider it.

As for the sixth disciple Minghui, he has done some things in these years. The problem is that Tu Minghui is impatient. The most important problem is that Tu Minghui doesn't understand the way of economics, so don't care about people talking about money. , Most likely it’s money stink, many people are dismissive of this, in fact, most people attach great importance to money, of course Tu Minghui knows that money is a good thing, the problem is, he is not good at it.

Tu Minghui's job in the Ministry of War seems to be not bad, but it has always been to conquer the world immediately, and there is no reason to rule the world immediately. Besides, Tu Minghui is not expected to conquer the world immediately. There has been no war for so many years. There are not many important things.

But Tu Minghui let the saint down when it comes to making money. To be honest, the same princes got the same things when they divided the mansions. How they live in the future depends on themselves!Tu Minghui naturally wanted to make money. He had his own private property, and the princess also had property in his hands. However, he was always loose and spent a lot of money on communication.

In fact, as a prince and prince, if he wants to make money, there are many ways. Most of them are businessmen who are willing to contribute and find a dignitary to protect him, but Tu Minghui is not satisfied with this. He lets his slaves do business by themselves , As a result, the steward he sent out was not of this material at all. In the end, he could only rely on the power of the palace to suppress people, and even forced them to death, which caused a lot of complaints.

To be precise, Tu Minghui is not good at general affairs. For such a person, if you entrust the whole country to him, it will be no wonder not to be fooled by the people below!Therefore, although Tu Minghui has been jumping up and down to win over many people, the saint really never considered him in his heart.

In fact, the sage never considered Tu Mingyun at the beginning. Concubine Yi's natal family was noble and had some influence among the literati. What I like to do is to demand the emperor with high standards. If you can't do it, you are not a Mingjun.

It's like in the Ming Dynasty, when the treasury had no money, those censors refused to pay commercial taxes, and they themselves had to pay other taxes from the lower levels, but they thought the emperor had too much food, the most ridiculous Yes, I think the emperor's hair is long, so shampooing will consume more hair oil.

The saint was very worried that Tu Mingyun would be kidnapped by these civil servants, but later he found out that his worries were in vain. Tu Mingyun looked like a good man, but in fact he always knew everything in his heart.

Although the saint is old, he also feels that the world is changing now. He has always been cautious and does not like to act radically. Tu Mingyun is good at boiling frogs in warm water. He really confronts people head-on, but he likes to start from other places. Others thought that Tu Mingyun had given up on this side, but soon discovered that Tu Mingyun had already used other means to achieve his goal.

As for Tu Minghao, it's not that the saint doesn't like this son, but what he likes about Tu Minghao is to make him a prince and give him more money to open the house so that he can live a rich life. The saint is patient with the Zhen family. It has been insufficient for a long time, but on the one hand, it is hindered by the Mrs. Fengsheng of the Zhen family. The saint has always been grateful for the care of Mrs. Fengsheng when he was young, and on the other hand, it is also hindered by Concubine Zhen.

For the saint, appearance or something is not important at all. The concubines who are really favored in the palace always have one or two points that just touch the softness of the saint's heart.Concubine Zhen's appearance is not stunning, the saint doted on her at the beginning, it was nothing more than gratitude to the Zhen family, but later, it was Concubine Zhen who really fell into the eyes of the saint.Otherwise, Concubine Zhen is now the mother of several children, and no matter how well maintained she is, she can’t compare to those fresh and beautiful girls. Why do saints always go to Concubine Zhen? He feels comfortable.

Because of Mrs. Fengsheng and Concubine Zhen, when the saint is in power, he will not do anything to the Zhen family. However, the Zhen family has almost touched the bottom line of the saint now, and the saint now does not want to be that villain. to the successor.

After all, Tu Mingyun is not a ruthless person, even if he is pretending, he has always pretended to be nostalgic for his old feelings. Therefore, the saint believes that Tu Mingyun will not be mean to his brother in the future, so he also Only Tu Mingyun is in the position, as long as Tu Minghao and Concubine Zhen are not too much, they will not end up in the end.

What's more, the saint himself actually kept a hand.There is no family relationship in the royal family, only power is the most important thing. Since Li Shimin pioneered the revision of daily life notes, the right to speak has been in the hands of the emperor.

A person who is an emperor will never put his hope on such unreliable things as other people's conscience. Therefore, although the saint is about to abdicate, he must have some protection so that the next emperor will not directly treat him as someone who can be kicked at any time. Bad old man.

Although the princes and ministers below knelt there and begged him to take back his order, the saint was very firm: "Zhen Yuyu has been more than thirty years old, and now he is over sixty years old, his old eyes are dim, his hair is loose and his teeth are shaking, his energy is weak, and he will fall in love again." Power and position are of no benefit to the country or the people! The seventh prince, Tu Mingyun, has a noble character and a generous disposition. I chose him, so I naturally believe that he can be the emperor!"

"Father and emperor praise you so much, I'm ashamed of you!" Tu Mingyun said hastily.

An inscrutable smile appeared on the saint's face, and he said, "I have already decided on this matter. The Ministry of Rites will choose an auspicious day for the abdication ceremony!"

The current Minister of Rites is Zhang Ling, Jia She's father-in-law, and now he has no choice but to bow his head and accept his order, secretly complaining in his heart.

There are actually many such things as the Zen seat in the history books. At the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, this was what they were playing with. Although Confucius used some Spring and Autumn brushwork, everyone felt how Yao and Shun understood the righteousness at that time. In fact, if you look carefully Shi Ji knew that in such an era when the emperors were not too long away from today's mud legs, the power exchange between tribal leaders was also full of conspiracy and blood.

In addition, the so-called abdication is nothing more than seeking to usurp the throne, just like Cao Pi forcing Han Xiandi to abdicate.There was also abdication in the Tang Dynasty. One was Li Yuan and Li Shimin, the other was Li Longji and Li Heng. The two emperors were forced by their sons. At that time, Li Longji was even more chaotic in Anshi, when the world was in chaos and everything was waiting to be done. The so-called abdication ceremony has no reference at all.

Zhang Ling simply hated himself to death. He originally thought that the Ministry of Rites was a Qingshui yamen, who happened to be retiring for the elderly, but who knew that such a thing would happen at this time. If he had known this, he might as well have stayed in the Ministry of Officials.

However, since the superior ordered it down, Zhang Ling had no other choice but to bite the bullet and agree. First, go through the Book of Rites, and then discuss it with the people from the Imperial Academy.

This Longevity Festival is almost scaring people to death. The saint is lucky. After such a big thunder, he should listen to the opera, eat and drink as usual, and be lucky with the concubines in the harem. It seems to him , It's as if Zen bit didn't say it.

But in fact, it was really different. The sage was straightforward. He just said that he wanted a Zen position, and he started to pave the way for Tu Mingyun.In order to make Tu Mingyun look justified, he first ordered Tu Mingyun to be conferred the crown prince. Although the canonization ceremony was rushed, after all, there was still a enthronement ceremony!

After the decree of conferring the crown prince came down, Tu Mingyun began to move. He was already the crown prince, and he could no longer live in his own palace, so he had to move to the East Palace.

The sage spent a lot of time on Tu Mingyun. Tu Mingyun usually has no intention of forming a party in the court, and his relationship with most people is not very close. It should be said that, on the surface, no one The important minister is Tu Mingyun's henchman. As for whether there is anyone behind the back who has already taken refuge in Tu Mingyun, ordinary people don't know.

Therefore, the sage directly assigned Tu Mingyun a set of teams in the East Palace Zhan Shifu, and not all the people he selected were confidantes of the sage, many of them were relatively young, but the sage wanted Tu Mingyun to be kind to him. .

Naturally, Tu Mingyun would not take it for granted that the saint did this, so he became more filial to the saint. Anyway, he has now moved to the East Palace, which is not far from the Daming Palace, the saint's bedroom. fall.The sage asked the crown prince to deal with state affairs, and Tu Mingyun would not really deal with the matter by himself. Naturally, he had to go to the Daming Palace to ask for advice. Anyway, the gesture was well done.

There is nothing wrong with Tu Mingyun, he just needs to continue as before, no, it should be more enthusiastic to please his father, but what about the other princes?

Tu Mingyi has given up his heart, and he is working hard, but his father doesn't like him, what can he do?

Tu Mingyi has always been a person who knows current affairs. Since there is nothing to do, then let’s be a virtuous king honestly. Fortunately, he has a good relationship with Tu Mingyun, and Tu Mingyi was able to make knives for saints at the beginning. Can make a knife for Tu Mingyun, a brother who is useful and capable and will help with dirty work, isn't it more credible than an ordinary courtier?

Therefore, Tu Mingyun quickly calmed down, returned to the palace, and directly ordered his princess to start preparing a congratulatory gift for Tu Mingyun.

Tu Minghui, Tu Minghao and the others are not so calm anymore. After Tu Minghui went back, he almost smashed his study into ruins. He didn't regard Tu Mingyun as an opponent at all before, okay? The performance is also very confusing. Whoever seizes the heirloom has no partisans under his hands, and doesn't rush to show in front of the saint!

But when Tu Minghui carefully thought about Tu Mingyun's performance in the past two years, there was another burst of swearing, emotional Tu Mingyun was silent, and he did no less than their brothers. It seems that Tu Mingyun was already very Being valued by the sage, the sage even rewarded Tu Mingyun several times. He is really regretful now. If he had known that Tu Mingyun was so cunning, he should have tripped Tu Mingyun.

It's just that Tu Minghui calmed down after smashing the study. Tu Mingyun has not yet ascended the throne. According to the procedures of the Ministry of Rites, Tu Mingyun has to be the prince for at least a while before he can really hand over to the saint.Even if he is enthroned, there is still a Supreme Emperor above him. If Tu Mingyun loses his virtue, or if he is not worthy of the throne, the Supreme Emperor can also establish another emperor. Some luck, while reluctantly asking someone to prepare a congratulatory gift for Tu Mingyun, while thinking about how to trip Tu Mingyun, showed it to the saint.

As for Tu Minghao, he had just entered the court as an adult, and now he is young and energetic. Before, because of the flattery of his subordinates and the favor of the saint, he had already regarded himself as the heir, and now the saint is directly in public. When he said that he was going to abdicate and pass the throne to Tu Mingyun, Tu Minghao was stunned at that time.

Fortunately, Tu Minghao was still a bit sane at the time, so he didn't make a fuss on the spot, and directly asked the saint if he was old-fashioned. However, after returning, Tu Minghao still found his mother and concubine Zhen Guifei, and asked him almost angrily. Did Concubine Zhen get any rumors before?

Concubine Zhen is still in a daze, you know, as the person next to her pillow, Concubine Zhen knows the saint's physical condition very well.

The saint has been pure and ascetic these years, but it doesn't mean that there is any problem with his body. On the contrary, the saint's body is very healthy. Concubine Zhen even suspects that the saint's body is stronger than her own. You know, the saint's daily life Still playing a set of punches!

After all, Concubine Zhen is a woman. Women these days are limited to their living environment and education. If they want to say how much insight they have, it is really nonsense.The Zhen family wasn't considered a big family in the first place, it was originally a family slave of the royal family, if it wasn't for the birth of a holy lady, and a few children who had worked as servants with the saint, they wouldn't be able to get to where they are now.

When Concubine Zhen was a young girl, because she was born beautiful and was valued by Mrs. Feng Sheng, she was cultivated by her family. The main training was how to attract the attention of saints and how to serve saints. Naturally, she also read some books, but what she read was nothing more than some Poetry, music and Fu, so that we can have a common language with the saint, and play some little sentiments that add fragrance to the red sleeves.Besides, Concubine Zhen is good at nothing more than competing for favor and being jealous with other women in the harem.

However, Concubine Zhen didn't know anything about government affairs or the overall situation.And the sage doesn't tell Concubine Zhen these things, the sage is always a machismo, even the queen, the sage doesn't need the queen to stand side by side with him, as long as the queen can manage the three-acre land in the harem well, that's enough. For other things, the queen only needs to act according to her own preferences, then there is no problem, there is no need for the queen to make her own decisions.

Concubine Zhen is not even a queen, and a saint does not need Concubine Zhen to make positive progress. In his eyes, Concubine Zhen is like a beautiful, cute and well-behaved pet. She only needs to cry and laugh for herself. The best enjoyment of a noble concubine is the most respected position in the harem besides the queen. However, in essence, Zhen Guifei is a little woman who is completely dependent on a saint.

Does Concubine Zhen have ambitions? She definitely has them. She also hopes to be a queen, a queen mother. The problem is, with the sage, she is a beautiful Xieyu flower. The sage puts the flowers in a luxurious vase and is willing to be patient. Watering and pruning, but the question is, should the saint tell his favorite pet, I am willing to give you the whole world?Do not make jokes!

To be honest, the saint has fueled Concubine Zhen's ambition, but this does not mean that the saint is willing to realize her ambition. If Tu Minghao is older and smarter, the Zhen family will not hold back. If he is more sensible, the saint may I don't mind giving them a chance, the problem is that the Zhen family has completely wasted the saint's kindness.

Therefore, the saint directly kept Concubine Zhen in captivity. He felt that everything he did was for the good of Concubine Zhen. What happened to the Zhen family would not affect his love for Concubine Zhen. The love for one's favorite concubine.

Therefore, when Concubine Zhen Gui was extolled by the sage, and she was dreaming of being a queen and queen mother every day, in fact, the news that entered her ears was filtered by the sage, and all she could hear It's good news. As for the real big event and the plan in the heart of the saint, she doesn't know at all.

Therefore, it wasn't until Tu Minghao ran over angrily and asked her what was going on, that Concubine Zhen knew that the saint had decided to abdicate and pass on the throne to the seventh prince, Tu Mingyun. But God came.

Concubine Zhen, who has always been obedient to saints except for a little fun, lost her temper this time. However, although Concubine Zhen is a little girl, she has been able to pamper her for many years, which shows her emotional intelligence.Therefore, when the saint came to her palace in a good mood, Concubine Zhen was already ready, wearing a plain dress, and crying to the saint.

Concubine Zhen means nothing more than that she has been favored by her for so many years, and the concubines in the palace respect her on the face, but she doesn't know how to hate her mother and son in secret. In the future, when the seventh prince ascends the throne, what should mother and son do? ?

To be honest, if the sage is dying of illness right now, she may still be able to get the sympathy of the sage by saying this. The problem is that the sage is doing well now and is planning to let go of the government, so he can live a long life in the future!

Therefore, when Concubine Zhen said this, the saint immediately became a little unhappy. You don't believe me, can the emperor I choose be the kind of person who can't tolerate brothers? Even Concubine Yi, for so many years, I have always been a calm person, not a narrow-minded person, the most important thing is, I am still here, I will be the Supreme Emperor in the future, can't I protect your mother and child in the future?

After all, the saint still has a heart of compassion for Concubine Zhen Gui, so he comforted him: "Don't be so worried, as long as I'm here, you mother and son won't be wronged!"

Concubine Zhen really wanted to say, then let my son be the emperor, so that our mother and son can't be wronged, but, seeing the saint's face, she knew that the saint was unhappy, so she could only be wronged and said: "Then when the time comes If my concubine and Hao'er have been wronged in any way, it's all up to the Holy Majesty to decide for our mother and son!" He said this, but his heart was full of hatred.

Seeing Concubine Zhen's expression, the sage couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Concubine Zhen was raised by him so naively that she never even felt any sense of crisis. Moreover, she was just a little clever and didn't have much wisdom.However, it is precisely because of this that saints dote on Concubine Zhen. To be honest, saints don't like women who are too smart. Women who are stupid are actually cuter.

No matter what Concubine Zhen is like, after Tu Minghao got another disappointing news from Concubine Zhen, how irritable he was when he went back, and how worried and even angry were those people from the Zhen family who followed Tu Minghao? fear.

The matter of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River can be hidden from others, but they cannot be hidden from those who are in it. The capital of their arrogance all the time is the indulgence of the saint, and the concubine Zhen Minghao, mother and son who are favored by the saint, they originally wanted to defend If Tu Minghao became the emperor, they could continue to be the local emperors in the south of the Yangtze River, but now, the saint has chosen another person, which can't help but make them think too much.

The plans of the Zhen family were in vain, some of them were thinking about whether they could surrender, but the other part already had the plan of breaking the boat.