[Red Mansion] The Grand Master's Counterattack Road

In fact, when the Holy Majesty bestowed the hidden mansion to Jia Amnesty, not only the concubine Zhen almost lost her mind, but even the concubine Shu and Concubine De, who had always been safe, lost their usual calmness. It can be seen that the methods they adopted in the end were basically the same as Concubine Zhen's, they all waited and watched first, let the crown prince take the lead first, and then fanned the flames from the sidelines.

"Fourth, tell me what Gu should do now?" His Royal Highness was also at a loss.

Tu Zhen thought for a while, and said: "Now everyone is staring at His Highness the Crown Prince? It is best for the Crown Prince not to act rashly. You have been trying to ease the relationship with your father during this period. At this time, it is really inappropriate to take drastic actions. ".

"Then do nothing? Let that damned Jia Enhou directly live in the hidden mansion, is it possible that after a while, the father will also let Jia Enhou live in the lonely East Palace?" The prince was mad with anger.

"Maybe the father didn't mean that at all?" Tu Zhen didn't think that Jia She would endanger the position of the prince. The father was originally the kind of character who loved his life and hated his death. Didn't he treat His Highness the prince in every possible way? Do you love it?He raised the prince by his side, took care of him personally, taught him personally, and it was the early stage of establishing the country, and with the addition of the battle for succession, even the treatment of the emperor himself was only average, but the treatment of His Royal Highness was comparable to that of the emperor. All good.It's just that Jia Amnesty appeared later, and His Highness the Crown Prince couldn't sit still. Tu Zhen felt that his father might be disappointed by their sons and wanted to make up for it elsewhere.

"The Qian mansion is occupied by Marquis Jia En, that's not what it means, what does that mean?" the prince said angrily.

"Why don't I try to test the father, if you don't care about it, then the father will be angry again," Tu Zhen said.

The prince looked at the fourth prince suspiciously. My fourth brother, I usually have a cold face. When I was an official in the household department, my temper was bad and hard. Even if someone from my side went to the household department to borrow money, this fourth My brother will not let go easily, why did he take this matter on his own initiative today.

The four princes also let the prince look at them, they are all the children of the father, no one has the ambition to occupy that position in their hearts, it is right that people will not be punished for themselves, and the prince is not a good lord, maybe he was considered virtuous when he was young, but The older he gets, he doesn't take the lives of his subordinates seriously, and acts headstrong. The key point is that he still has the habit that his father hates the most, that is, he likes to play with some little eunuchs, and likes to go through the back door.

"How do you test?" the prince asked.

"His Royal Highness just watch it, it's not easy to ask directly, I will still ask around," said the fourth prince.

His Royal Highness nodded. He still believes in the ability of this younger brother, and he has been on his side all these years. Although he is not easy to control on weekdays, it does not hurt. After losing the matter of the household department, I wouldn't value him so much. "The fourth brother, I'll leave this to you."

"The prince is at ease," said the fourth prince.

"Fourth, you said that there is something to be played, what exactly is it?" the Holy One asked while reviewing the memorial in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"This matter was supposed to be reported to my father a few days ago, but after the next year, I will take the palace examination again, so it has been delayed until now, but now I have to report it." Tu Zhen took out his written letter from his cuff. The memorial, holding it in both hands, said.

"Qingde" the majesty stopped writing, and gave Qingde a look.

Eunuch Qing went down immediately, took the memorial and handed it to the Holy Majesty.

The Holy Majesty opened the memorial and looked at it slowly. Seeing this, the fourth prince said: "My minister has been in the Ministry of Households for several years. Every year, ministers borrow money from the Ministry of Households, and the amount of borrowing is getting bigger and bigger. , During the Chinese New Year last year, there were about 300 million taels of silver lent out, while the annual silver storage of the Ministry of Accounting was only about 4000 million taels of silver, and the annual expenditure of the Ministry of Accounting was based on these silver, such as the military supplies in the Northwest , it is indispensable, and in the spring, those affected by the disaster also need to allocate funds. Now these ministers have borrowed so much money. Although the treasury can still support it, there is no more surplus after all, and last year was a good year. , there was no greater disturbance in the northwest, and if there was a natural disaster, the consequences would be disastrous."

The Holy Majesty looked at the memorial presented by the fourth prince, frowned tightly, and asked, "Who are the borrowers?".

"There are some four princes and eight princes, but some of them are just meanings, and other amounts are relatively large. For example, the Beijing Palace, their family alone borrowed 20 taels of silver, and the Princess Palace also borrowed some. The rest The ministers borrowed less, probably because it is really difficult," said the fourth prince.

"These people." The Holy Majesty put down the memorial, they were all the people who fought with him.The Holy Majesty was silent for a while, "Just let it go for now, you have worked hard, fourth child, go and rest."

"Yes" the fourth prince bowed respectfully, with a hesitant look on his face.

"What else is there, don't hesitate." Of course, the Holy Majesty noticed the expression of the fourth prince.

The fourth prince hesitated for a moment, and asked, "Father really wants to give the hidden mansion to Enhou?"

The Holy Majesty's expression turned cold immediately, and he said, "Yes, what's wrong?".

"No, I don't have any objections. It's just that the emperor's pampering is not very good to Enhou. After all, Enhou is your adopted son. You are so favored now. In the future, you..., is it a bit inappropriate? " said the fourth prince.

"Why, who else wants to harm Enhou?" His Majesty frowned.

"Today, His Royal Highness and the ministers talked about this matter, and said that the eldest brother and the others were very angry. After all, you are our father and emperor, and you gave the hidden mansion to Enhou. Seeing that you are so kind to Enhou, we are also very angry when we talk about it. I'm quite jealous." Tu Zhen touched his head, with a blush on his face, and said with some embarrassment.

Seeing Tu Zhen's appearance, the Holy Majesty laughed, and said: "I watched Enhou grow up after all, he is no different from you, but he has adopted a adopted son, which is also a guarantee for him. After joining the clan, the new emperor doesn't like him in the future. If he doesn't commit any crimes, the new emperor won't touch him. As for the Qiandi, Enhou lives in that shabby mansion now. Many of these mansions in the capital have been in disrepair for a long time, and I don’t know when they will be repaired. Could it be that Enhou has been allowed to live in that Zhuangzi? My hidden mansion is well preserved, and it will be soon for Enhou to live in it. ".

Tu Zhen showed an embarrassed smile after hearing the explanation from the Holy Majesty, and said: "Father is very considerate. When Enhou moves, the minister will come to ask him for wine."

Seeing Tu Zhen like this, the Holy Majesty couldn't help laughing, and said: "How old are you, and you're still jealous. Well, then you will also pour a few more glasses of wine for me."

"Father, don't worry, the minister has gone there," Tu Zhen said.

"Well, go down," said the Holy Majesty in a very good mood.

After Tu Zhen left, the sage put away the smile on his face, and said to Qing De: "Qing De, I said that I will give the hidden mansion to Enhou, what are the expressions of my sons?".

"I heard that the princes were quite angry, but they didn't make any moves, and they never disrespected the county king. This is also due to your majesty, and the princes respect each other like this," Qing De said.

"Old man, you are coaxing me here again. The fourth child is a good one, unlike the prince and others, who are both angry and afraid of offending me. They keep watching to see who can stand out, and then they fan the flames from the sidelines. When I'm really angry, I can't blame them. The fourth child usually has a cold face, but his mind is still pure after all, and his mother and concubine died early. Concubine De has her own son, so she doesn't pay much attention to him, I'm afraid she will suffer a lot of grievances on weekdays." The Holy Majesty sighed, feeling a little helpless.

"Isn't there still His Majesty here? The Fourth Prince will definitely not be wronged," Qing De said.

"Forget it, I'll pay more attention to Gu Laosi in the future. No one has taught him his temper. Now he is smelly and hard. Look at his memorial today. I don't know how many people he will offend. Some of these people are honored. Some even belong to the clan, and the officials of the household department are all veterans, let the fourth child do these things that offend people," His Majesty said angrily.

"With His Majesty here, the Fourth Prince will be fine in the future," Qing De said.

The Fourth Prince came out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and did not immediately go to the East Palace. Instead, he sent someone to pass a message to the Prince, asking him to meet in a teahouse outside.

"How about it, what did your father say?" The crown prince wanted to inquire about the matter of the Hall of Mental Cultivation today, but the Hall of Mental Cultivation is usually served only by Eunuch Qingde, and there is another Eunuch Gao Jin and Eunuch Qingde who change shifts. If you don't bribe him, he will reveal some news to you, but for important things, you can't pry his mouth away no matter what, and Eunuch Gao Jin is Qingde. The father-in-law's apprentice also learned his master's trick.

"The crown prince is at ease. The emperor did not intend to give Jia She the hidden mansion. It was only because the other mansions were in disrepair for a long time and the repair took too long. After all, Jia She is the king of the county and cannot live in Zhuangzi forever. That's why I gave the hidden mansion to Jia She, probably because of the intention of adding value to Jia She. After all, the emperor is old, and the relationship between the crown prince and Jia She was not that harmonious when he was young. I'm afraid that you will be angry and hurt Jia She. But it's different when he lives in Qiandi, when you do these things, you still have to think about it." Tu Zhen didn't hide the conversation with the Holy Majesty today.

"Just like that?" His Royal Highness always felt that it was impossible.

"This is what my father said personally." Tu Zhen was not angry at the prince's doubts. Anyway, his goal was achieved. After all, his father's body is still strong. He just needs to slowly show himself in front of his father.

Although the prince didn't believe it, he still cared about Tu Zhen, and then the two of them opened up this topic and started talking about other things, but there was a doubt in their hearts.