The Lonely Family in the Red Chamber

The meaning of Tu Jingnian is very simple. Since the establishment of the three provinces and six ministries, the emperor can no longer directly command the army. In the middle, the Ministry of War must issue corresponding documents, and there are even more procedures.The army has the most contact with its own officers, and even in several border towns, many middle and low-level military positions have always been hereditary from the family.

The emperor could not directly control the military power, which brought many disasters.Needless to say, using the soldiers under your hands to do some private work or something, some people who are interested directly turn the imperial army into their own. The army is loyal to itself. It is okay in peacetime, but in troubled times, it may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

Therefore, Tu Jingnian proposed that the rotation system of the military regions be combined with the tiger symbol system.Regardless of the saying that soldiers don't know generals, generals don't know soldiers, to put it bluntly, the army is a group of orders and prohibitions. Throughout the ages, there have not really been a few famous generals. Therefore, it is only necessary to train according to conventional methods to ensure sufficient military supplies. Being able to obey the orders from above naturally has enough fighting power.

Emperor Chengqing was naturally more moved, but what Tu Jingnian proposed was just a show, and the specific terms were not clear, and Emperor Chengqing did not want to discuss it with the cabinet. To put it bluntly, how could the cabinet want the emperor to hold military power.As a courtier, few hope that the emperor will be very strong, because in that case, there will naturally be a threat to the courtier.

Fortunately, it is still in the stage of mass cleansing, Concubine De has no title, no concubine position, and has been imprisoned in the cold palace. Within a few days, she was actually hanged to death with a ribbon.Tu Jingrui insisted on it, how could he be willing to die, the aura that shrouded his body disappeared, and the arrogance that appeared because of his complacency was completely gone, panicked like a bereaved dog, locked in the clan mansion, Humiliated by a group of petty officials who would hardly have noticed him before, his psychological defenses almost completely collapsed. Within a few days, through some unknown channel, he sent a bloody letter, full of words of regret, Said that he was bewitched by the Zhen family or something.

In addition, he also used a very absurd reason to explain why he was so insane. He said directly that the empress had been using witchcraft to curse the emperor, the prince and their mother and son all these years. After the Qingming Festival, people took advantage of him to do such a rebellious thing.

Emperor Chengqing almost lost his temper and went crazy, witchcraft, to be honest, no one can prove that it is really harmful, and no one can prove whether it is harmless. .During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the largest witchcraft case killed Wei Zifu and his family who had been famous for many years. Tens of thousands of people were implicated and lost their lives.Afterwards, witchcraft also did not disappear because of this, and every time it appeared, it was a bloodbath.

But Tu Jingnian suddenly thought that the witchcraft in this world seemed to be more than just a formal curse, it was indeed useful. In the original book, didn't Wang Xifeng and Jia Baoyu fall for it?If it weren't for the monk who likes to meddle in other people's affairs, this book would have been unfinished.

This kind of thing is naturally better to be believed than not to be believed.On that day, the empress hijacked Emperor Chengqing, but Quan Fu smashed her head and fell into a coma for several days. After waking up, she heard that Tu Jingyi had committed suicide. , directly threw the queen into the Jingxin Garden, and locked her up in a claustrophobia. Although there was no decree to abolish the queen, the Phoenix Seal and the Zhonggong Note were confiscated, and the queen survived in name only.

The queen was involved in treason. Changyang Palace, from the eunuchs in charge to the servants below, were all guarded. Jia Yuanchun and Jia Baolin were naturally implicated because they had to follow the queen. In Changyang Palace, I serve the queen every day, but I don't know anything!

Originally, Jia Yuanchun still had the ambition of becoming a Qingyun, but now he only hoped that this matter would not implicate himself or the Jia family.

Jia Yuanchun originally looked at his mother, Mrs. Wang, pinching Buddhist beads all day long, eating fast and reciting Buddha, and felt that her mother was too self-sufficient, but now she can only huddle in her two small rooms, pinching a string of Buddhist beads, in a desperate condition It's like going to doctors indiscriminately, praying to God and worshiping Buddha every day.

That day, Jia Yuanchun was still reciting Buddha's name there, begging Buddha to bless him. As a result, the gate of Changyang Palace finally opened, but there was a group of palace people in dark clothes who seemed to be from the Department of Punishment. They rushed directly into Liaoluo. Many Changyang palaces began to be searched extensively. Jia Yuanchun shivered and shrank in his room, while Baoqin, who was serving, also asked in a trembling voice: "Baolin, do you want to ask the slave?"

"Don't go!" Jia Yuanchun's voice changed, "We'll just guard here, walk around casually at this time, maybe those guards will think we have something different!"

Baoqin nodded, and felt a little relieved: "Your servant understands, and Baolin is also relieved. We really don't know about those things. Besides, for the sake of Rongguo Mansion, the saint will not embarrass Baolin!"

"I hope so!" Jia Yuanchun smiled wryly. Rongguo Mansion, when he arrived in the palace, he realized what a Rongguo Mansion is. With the order of the Holy One, even the princes and princes can only be slaughtered, not to mention Rongguo Mansion is gone now. Grandfather, there is no real power in the family!However, I heard that my uncle made great achievements that day, so I think I will be fine even if it is for my uncle's sake!

Jia Yuanchun cheered himself up secretly, and not long after, a group of servants came to his side, the leader was the eunuch serving in Daming Palace, Zhao Cai'en, the disciple of the Chief Supervisor Cao Anping, Zhao Cai'en walked in first, looked He seemed to be respectful, but actually looked at Jia Yuanchun arrogantly: "Jia Baolin, the sage has an order to search Changyang Palace. Jia Baolin sits aside for a while, so as not to be bumped into!"

Jia Yuanchun thought about some gold and silver belongings that his family secretly sent in from outside the palace, and what else was there to send Guanyin to his son. Tea!"

Holding the piano trembling, he first brought a stool for Zhao Cai'en, waited for Zhao Cai'en to sit down, then helped Jia Yuanchun sit down on one side, went to pour tea, and served it to Zhao Cai'en, and then stood with his head down. Behind Yuan Chun, he tried his best to ignore the servants who rushed in.

The servants rummaged through the cages, wardrobes, beds, and even tables, chairs and stools. Naturally, they saw Jia Yuanchun's private collection of gold, silver, pearls and gems, as well as some silver tickets. These were all without palace seals. Yes, therefore, in front of Jia Yuanchun, these people stuffed them carelessly into his clothes. Zhao Cai'en just pretended not to see them, anyway, he brought people over here, and these people naturally had to pay respects to him. .

Jia Yuanchun was furious. When she entered the palace, everything she carried was recorded in the book. The salaries of the female officials and concubines were only so much. Low-ranking concubines can only go from the big kitchen, and Changyang Palace is far away from there. When they bring them back, they are usually completely cold. If they want to have fresh ones just out of the pot, they have to spend money to bribe the eunuchs in the dining room.Therefore, the Jia family used their contacts in the palace to send Jia Yuanchun a large amount of money almost every month, usually unmarked broken silver, gold and silver, pearls and gems, and small amounts. The bank notes are all exchanged by various banks.Although Jia Yuanchun also spent money, he also saved a lot. After all, the days to come are still long, and there are many places to spend money!Now, these guards are all cheap.

No matter how angry Jia Yuanchun was, he didn't dare to make a sound. Private transfers inside and outside the palace were originally not allowed. Besides, they didn't know what these servants were searching for. If they were dissatisfied, they would just get something to frame themselves. , I'm done!

This side was still rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and a voice came from outside: "I found a few, dig three feet into the ground, and look again!" Jia Yuanchun became even more flustered.

With a gloomy face, Emperor Chengqing looked at the few puppets found that were only the size of a palm. The faces were drawn very finely, and the characters of birth date were written on the body. Ming, Ayang, Tu Jingrui, and another puppet with Concubine Yuan De's name written on it, and slender silver needles stuck in each of the fungus, which looked very hideous.This year's birthday horoscope is very important, especially for the royal family. After every prince is born, his birthday horoscope will be sealed in the clan mansion, and no one is allowed to read it.But the time of birth is certain, maybe not many people knew about it in the past, for example, the birth date of Emperor Chengqing, few people knew it, even if someone knew it, no one dared to say it casually!But before Tu Jingnian and He Yu got married, they had given birth to Qin Tianjian. A Ming, A Yang, and Tu Jingrui were almost born under the watchful eye of the queen, so she naturally knew about it.Fortunately, otherwise, Qin Tianjian and Zongren Mansion would have to be cleaned up.

The palace servants serving the queen in Changyang Palace once again fell into bad luck. Originally, the queen’s mother and son conspired against each other, and these palace servants were severely tortured. The palace people had no choice but to scramble and bite. As a result, a large number of people were dragged in. For a while, the Department of Punishment was overcrowded.

The Ministry of Criminal Justice was also very upset. Too many people were involved in this incident. Even those who were more deeply involved were directly sentenced to death, dragged to Caishikou and beheaded, and more involved were still locked up in the prison. In the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, what is even more troublesome is that people are sent in almost every day. In the past, due to the destructive power of those serious criminals, those people were all locked up in a single room. Now, even those who are waiting for the autumn judgment cannot enjoy There is a single room, which leads to the joint interrogation of the three divisions every time, and the prison guards can be exhausted just to mention the prisoners.

Su Jun, who originally dreamed of Cheng Engong, the father of the empress dowager, and the emperor's maternal grandfather, was in bad luck, and the cousin who was the queen's cousin who was the bond of contact was also arrested directly. There is nothing wrong with the mansion. After all, these things have nothing to do with them. Firstly, the two families have separated a long time ago, and there was a lot of trouble before, which directly caused Cheng Engong's mansion to be demoted. Changing to the third class, it sounds nothing, it's far away!Secondly, the crown prince is the nephew of Duke Cheng's mansion, even though the one who rebelled in name is also the same, but the problem is that Duke Cheng's mansion is a proper princeling, and these years they have been very low-key, for fear of offending Emperor Chengqing's eyes, Make trouble for the prince!If it weren't for the shouting and killing that day in Beijing, they wouldn't know anything!

Of course, the guilty must be punished, and the meritorious must be rewarded.The eldest princess spoke uprightly that day, and when Emperor Chengqing turned around, he raised the title of the eldest princess' son. Cao Ju, as the second son of the eldest princess of Pingyang, was also born as a companion of the prince. This time he directly won the title of viscount, and even With a real job, he directly entered Long Jinwei as a school captain.Wang Ziteng even squeezed out his immediate boss who admired him a lot, and directly became the Jingying Jiedushi.

Compared with Wang Ziteng, the Jia family obviously didn't have such good luck. The Jia family and the Zhen family were not clear about getting along with each other. Or the Jia family has no real job at all, and they can't do anything they want to do.It's just that Emperor Chengqing was so angry that even if Jia's family was really wronged, he couldn't care less about it. Rongning and Ning's second mansions were directly copied, and nothing sensitive was found. Therefore, Jia's family was only fined a large sum of money. Yinzi was released after that. Although he did not lose his official position, the Jia family was still seriously injured because of this. Thinking of the fact that the Zhen family had insisted on rejecting the deposit of silver, the whole family breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was no such thing, otherwise, this time, I would really be like those nobles who were involved in this matter, and never expect to turn over again.

When the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Zongren Mansion were all trying to solve the case, Emperor Chengqing, who had been discussing with Tu Jingnian on the reform of the military system, suffered a stroke!