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Chapter 9 1.9 Historians' Recent Situation and Nobility's Dilemma
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1.9 Recent History of Historians and the Dilemma of Nobility
So what about riches and honor?
Looking at the slanting light, the water of the Xiangjiang River passed away and Chu Yunfei.

This is the verdict of Shi Xiangyun, the so-called "Four Great Masters of Jinling" historians, and the verdict of the eldest lady of the historians who "Efang Palace is three hundred miles away and cannot accommodate a history of Jinling".

Wei Xu's memory has been greatly improved with the nourishment of the jade pendant. He thought that she would only suffer gradually after growing up and with the decline of the historian family. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be like this since she was a child.

In such a living environment, but can still be as open-minded and cheerful as the original book, this kind of mentality is really distressing.

In fact, if you compare the current state of historians, Shi Xiangyun's current situation is not too strange, because the general environment has already put tremendous pressure on the entire honorable power.

Let me talk about the current historians first.

The so-called "Four Great Families" are actually limited to Jinling, and originally centered on the Jia family in the second prefecture of Rongning and Ningxia. This is the foundation for them to stand firm.

The historian was originally attached to the Jia family and belonged to the main force of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, but it was not the core, so it was stronger than the peripheral ones like the Wei family. Don't look at the two marquises of one family, they actually came with the Jia family.

But during the Prince Yizhong Rebellion, Shi Xiangyun's father, the head of the historian family at that time, was also one of the main forces.

Afterwards, the remaining two "Houses" of the historian were basically only funny, and they couldn't even figure out their own property. The two princes of the same family were more and more regressive, and the poor became the laughing stock of the nobles in the capital.

In such an environment, it is really too difficult for Shi Xiangyun to live well.

Let's talk about the general environment of Xungui Group.

The rebellion of Prince Yizhong was a big reshuffle, almost sweeping in all the honorable classes in the capital, but the current Emperor Yongzheng relied on the power of civil servants to make a comeback.

In fact, it is easy to understand that although the Dashun Dynasty has been in constant war and chaos, it is generally only the border areas, and the inland has been singing and dancing for nearly a hundred years.

In this state, looking at the internal situation of Jia's mansion, in fact, the noble groups are basically the same, but they can't die, even in the period of the Supreme Emperor, they still occupy most of the positions or resources.

Because of the long-term war and war preparations, the military's power has naturally increased, which corresponds to the long-term marginalization of the civilian camp.

However, the failure of the Northern Expedition was not only because he himself could not bear the pressure of failure and was forced to abdicate, but also the military or the Xungui Group suffered heavy losses.

Not to mention those who died directly in the Northern Expedition, even those who still held power were collectively attacked by the entire civilian camp.

Back then, the reason why the Supreme Emperor chose to abandon the crown prince, Prince Yizhong, was actually not only for the sake of "abdicating the throne without relinquishing power", but also for the consideration of the court, and even more for the stability of his own family.

Prince Yizhong was raised as a prince since he was a child, and he also took it as his own responsibility to inherit the ideas of previous generations of emperors since he was a child. The foundation he relied on was the noble power.

If he really came to power, he would undoubtedly continue the Northern Expedition, insisting on relying on the military's noble military concept. The Supreme Emperor has already realized that this will hardly work.

It's not that the strength is not enough to eliminate border troubles, but that the long-term rise of civilian power has intensified their struggle with the military for power and resources.

If Xungui is still as strong and powerful as before, the Supreme Emperor will naturally not give up on them; but Xungui himself has fallen too badly, and there are generally no successors, so there is no way to do it.

Don't say anything else, let's just say that the remnants of gold failed after the Northern Expedition. Do you really think it's just a problem of insufficient combat power?

During the many ambushes, the enemy all ambushed in advance on the only way for the Dashun Army; many times the supply was delayed, but the information reached Houjin, and they "just happened" to attack.

What a coincidence?
Ha ha!

Even under such obvious circumstances, whether it is the royal family or the Xungui Group, it is no longer an embarrassing problem to find out what went wrong.

Basically, after this, all parties realized that it was the ghost of the civil servants. The problem was that no evidence was found, and even the royal mouthpiece and the Houndstooth Jinyi Army did not find the problem.

Obviously, the interior has been severely infiltrated.

It's not just the officials, the interior of the royal family is actually not clean.

Prince Yizhong had established the status of crown prince since he was a child, and he has been unanimously recognized by the government and the public all the time. He is recognized as the best candidate for the throne.

The problem is, he is only the eldest son, not the only son. Do other people really have no idea?
Therefore, other princes with ideas and abilities are also showing their magical powers, such as combining vertically, horizontally, splitting up, and using various means to fly, but the effect is not obvious.

The honorable class as a whole has recognized Prince Yizhong, and there are basically no outside voters, and a few of them are also left behind by peripheral forces, which are of little value.

At this time, Emperor Yongzheng, who was still the fourth prince at that time, saw the problem and chose the civil servants and scholar groups who were generally not optimistic at the time. This was the last laugh when Emperor Taihe abdicated.

By this time, if the nobles have not seen the problem, then they are really pig-headed.

Therefore, when Prince Yizhong chose to launch a "military remonstrance", the entire honorable class followed without hesitation, and there were basically not many left.

Theoretically speaking, the prince, who was originally recognized by all parties, launched a "military remonstrance", and the nobles who controlled the military power fully supported it, and it was impossible to fail anyway.

But it happened to be defeated.

No one expected that two of the three major battalions in the capital, which had been under the control of Jia Daihua, then Duke of Ningguo for many years, would choose to follow Emperor Yongzheng!

Realizing the last moment, Emperor Yongzheng gritted his teeth and defended the city with only two battalions of less than [-] troops. However, he chose the very unscrupulous method of "kidnapping" and forced the rebels outside the city with the family members of various princes and marquises. surrender!

He succeeded, although all the nobles knew that surrendering at this time meant letting others slaughter them, but if they continued to fight, they would definitely win, but if they directly fought, they would cut off their children and grandchildren, what was the plan?
In the end, Jia Daihua (Jia Daishan, who had passed away for many years), the leader of Hachiko at the time, was the first to choose to surrender, and the others followed one after another. Prince Yizhong committed suicide in anger.

It wasn't until this time that Jia Daihua discovered that two of the three commanders of the three battalions under him had already been instigated by civil officials through marriage, and all three of them were single-handedly promoted by him!

In anger, he fell ill and died two years later.

Fortunately, when he died, he also thought of the future predicament, so through the exchange with Emperor Yongzheng, he handed over his position to Prince Teng of the Wang family.

The reason why he was not from the Rongning Second Mansion at that time was because Emperor Yongzheng refused to agree to it anyway, and the condition he put forward at the same time was that the heir of Rongguo Mansion Jia amnesty himself.

In the original book, this trash who only drinks alcohol and raises concubines is actually a unicorn from the Jia family who was born as a companion of Prince Yizhong, raised as the heir of the Duke's mansion since childhood, and is recognized in the capital.

Jia Daihua agreed, but added a condition, that is, Jia Jing must obtain fame, and he will be regarded as a civil servant in the future. This is the arrangement of Ningguo Mansion.

Coupled with Jia Min who was married to Lin Ruhai long ago, and Jia Zhu who married Li Wan, the eldest daughter of Jijiu of the Guozijian, this is the way for the Rongguo Mansion.

Theoretically speaking, the Jia Mansion will be regarded as a transformation in the future.

Unfortunately, no one thought that Emperor Yongzheng would be so ruthless, and never thought of leaving a way for the Jia family, or the Xungui Group.

Not long after Jia Daihua's death, Lin Ruhai, who was born in Tanhua, was raised in the Hanlin Academy, but was first transferred to Yushitai to be "promoted" as a doctor at Lantai Temple, and soon transferred to Suzhou as a patrolling censor.

This position has always been held by the emperor's confidants. In other words, Lin Ruhai has always been a member of Emperor Yongzheng.

The sad thing is that Rongguo Mansion, which has no successor after Jia Daishan's death, didn't see the problem, nor did Jia Min, the eldest lady of the Duke's Mansion.

Part of the above is the information Wei Xu has collected in the past four years, and part of it is his inference based on the actual situation and the content of the original work.

Jia Jing should have noticed it, and even though he passed the Jinshi examination, he was isolated by the entire civil servant camp in the court, which finally forced him to collapse completely, giving up all positions and going to the mountains to practice Taoism.

The last capable successor of the Jia family was abolished.

Of course, Lin Ruhai didn't do well either. He had been in the position of Xunyan censor for more than ten years, and all his beloved wives and only sons died early. In the end, knowing that he would die, he had to send his only daughter to Jia's mansion.

These, if there is no accident, should be the hands of the honorable class. Don't forget, Jiangnan in this world is the base of the honorable family. The one who directly did it should be the Zhen family - the most core confidant of the Supreme Emperor Taihe.

Lin Ruhai's Tanhua was ordered by the Supreme Emperor back then.

In this case, combined with the description in the original book, Wei Xu is not optimistic about the Jia family, or the entire Xungui Group at all, and he is absolutely not interested in being buried with him, so he can only improve his strength.

Fortunately, Wei Xu finally got information from the jade pendant more than two months ago. After the energy was collected, a world was also connected, and he could travel through it.

(End of this chapter)