Through the Ring of Red Mansions

"Qingshi" records that Zhuang Zong favored the imperial concubine and made his second son king, and he was so addicted to him that he began to brew the "Change of Autumn Di". ...

In the 32nd year of Emperor Tiantai of Qingzhuang, Shui Lang was appointed to lead the household department.

This errand just sounds nice, almost everyone in the court knows that Chen Shoukang, Minister of the Household Department, is a figure in the line of imperial concubines.Also, I have been in power for a long time now, and I have given up my determination to make progress. I only want to see the world singing happily and the world rising to peace. Therefore, I have been to the south of the Yangtze River several times, and the Zhen family, the Wang family, etc. from the south of the Yangtze River have repeatedly picked up and spent a lot of money. Consumption, all of which are secretly replenished from the national treasury, and the Holy One is very lenient when he checks the inside situation, resulting in a weak national treasury and a worrying future.So everyone secretly understood that what the fourth prince received was definitely not a good job, but a hot yam.

However, things in the world are difficult to determine. To everyone's surprise, this year's renovation of the Yutang Garden before the Longevity Festival cost nearly tens of thousands of taels. He took a stack of account books and went to cry poorly. The fourth prince said, "Filial piety is the first priority, so don't dare to be slow." He only took 3 taels of silver from the treasury of the household department, and used the rest for his own use. In short, the Sacred Heart rejoices.

At the end of the year, the third prince, Shui Yu, was granted the title of prince and granted him the residence of the prince. The official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs went to the Ministry of Households to receive the money for the construction. Beforehand, the fourth prince said, "Brothers and brothers, how can you endure harshness and simplicity?" Because he ordered the household department to keep the relief money for itself, and transfer the money to build the prince's mansion.The sage praised and said, "Through yourself and others, you are worthy of great responsibility."

In the spring of the following year, the sage Zen took the throne and the fourth son of the emperor Shui Lang, known as Mu Zong in history.

The people outside looked plain, but they didn't know the stories of "swords, lights, swords and shadows" and the exhaustion of organs after the change of the throne. Everyone in the lineage of the four princes was also very happy. At the back of the case, flipping through the neatly written "Splendid Pavilion Development Plan", after a long while, he ordered his trustworthy subordinates to say, "You have to watch carefully his every move, report it every day, and take good care of him." !"

Xiao Linzi had to be ordered to go down to make arrangements, and Shui Lang rubbed the thin booklet to look at it again, before throwing away his hands to deal with the court affairs.

When Chen Shoukang, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs came to see him with a thick stack of white notes, and later when the people who led the Ministry of Internal Affairs came to ask for money, of course he was ordered by the imperial concubine Wu to make things difficult for him. Maybe it's not because he was trying to deceive himself that he was a real job at the beginning, and the household department had no connections and no money.

At that time, although the foundation of Jinxiu Pavilion had already been laid, the transfer of nearly 10 taels of silver was not a small amount. I called it myself.

Coupled with the tricks on his side, he won the favor of the old sage, everything gradually accumulated, Fang was in the game of all parties, and in the end his side was slightly better.

Shui Lang also understood in his heart that the old sage only said that the Jinxiu Pavilion was Shui Lang's private business, and he changed the way and handed it over to the Jia family to take care of it.Since he allowed his mother to bestow the Liu family and the Jia family to himself, he acquiesced in the meaning of making friends with the family. Otherwise, the Wu family would have more than half of the power in the court. All have their hands.

Although the old sage doted on that woman very much, even loved Wu and Wu, he wanted to pass on the throne to that woman's son, but now that his relatives are powerful, how could the emperor not worry about whether the country's surname is Shui or Wu if he passes away...

Besides, the empress is virtuous and her sons are innocent. If the sons are abolished and the sons are established at this time, it will inevitably lead to instability of the country and changes in the hearts of the people in the world.

Now that the dust has settled, it is tantamount to wishful thinking for those people to change course.Sooner or later, I will wipe out these disobedient people in one go!

Shui Lang coldly glanced at the direction of Chenxiu Palace where Empress Dowager Wu lives now, raised her pen to write on the secret folder under her hand, and severely criticized the word "quickly do".

I read another booklet, which says that Lin Ruhai, the salt government in the south of the Yangtze River, was seriously ill. Jia Lian of the Rongguo Mansion accompanied Miss Lin's family to the south, arranged for Lin Ruhai's funeral, and wiped out the Lin family's property in the Rongguo Mansion, etc.

At this time, although Lin Daiyu and Jia Lian hadn't set off from Suzhou yet, Shui Lang already knew everything about it, so he didn't bother to pay attention to it, so he just ticked the word "read", and the people below would naturally understand and just continued. He watched with cold eyes how the Rongguo Mansion was trying to suppress the Suzhou Lin family, and left with Daiyu and Lin Ruhai's family property.

After seeing the papers related to the Rongguo Mansion, Daojiao Shui Lang couldn't help but think of that little man again. He clearly saw through his identity from the beginning, and now he also knows that he has become a great treasure. When I met him a few times recently, he still took one bite at a time. Long Si brother called, sometimes called Long Si when he was unhappy.

Shui Lang always thought that it was due to some fate between him and this child.

There were so many people in Qionglin banquet in the imperial garden, but when he passed by, he saw him at a glance.

The capital is so big, he bumped into his own hand again.

At the beginning, the two kings were rich and powerful, so they didn't pay attention to the business with no reputation, and the Jinxiu Pavilion, which had just emerged, was cautious, so they didn't get involved in anything there, otherwise the Jinxiu Pavilion would be gnawed to the bone .

Shui Lang felt that there was no need for him to make things difficult for him if he did something and if he didn't do something, it was in vain to benefit the people on Wu Guifei's side, so he sent someone to secretly investigate the Jinxiu Pavilion, thinking about courtesy first and then soldiers .

After about three or five days later, he saw the secret report and couldn't help being very surprised. He said with a smile to Bai Shichen, "This child is interesting, but he didn't show it very much before. I just heard that there is a brother who was born in his family , born very satisfactory?"

Bai Shichen replied, "I took a look at this Jia Huan from a distance, and I think it's better than that Baoyu in their house, and there's something indescribable about it, and I don't know how to describe it."

Shui Lang originally only thought that Jia Huan was more talented than others, but now he became curious after hearing this, and because it was not too late, he went to meet him in person, only then did he know that Bai Shichen's words did have some truth.

Shui Lang is not uncommon to see beautiful young men with extraordinary color or as exquisite as jade, and Wang Shuilin has always liked this way because of his loyalty and obedience, but it is harmless, and there are no restrictions in the palace. Make people feel something is missing.

Until meeting Jia Huan, Shui Langfang realized that among so many people, only this child saw him first, then saw his identity, and then saw the things beside him.

Although later on, sometimes, he would put on a cautious and respectful look on his face, but Shui Lang could always see that this little thing actually looked the same in everything.It's not only true for myself, it's true for Bai Shichen, Shan Zongguan, Baoyu, Yang Xiong, Tanchun, Xiuyun...all of them.

He has never been able to imagine how such a child could be raised in the vanity-filled Rong Mansion. He clearly knows the difference between the superiority and inferiority of some monarchs and ministers, but he doesn't see how humble and concubine he is.

When Shui Lang noticed this at the beginning, he couldn't help feeling annoyed and offended, but when he met Jia Huan to discuss matters, because he had just ascended the throne and was busy with court affairs, the subordinates of the two kings made him some troubles from time to time, which made him angry. With sore mouth and tongue, he was uncomfortable drinking and eating, so Jia Huan returned to put a plate of bitter gourd on the desk, washed it with water, cut it into thin slices, and let him dip it in a plate of honey next to it. eat.

The taste of bitter gourd that summer is really hard to describe.

Later, Jia Huan got two "Weifang Zhang" bamboo paper kites and gave him one as a gift.

The Zhao family bought two old mountain ginseng in good shape from outside the pass, and gave him one...

There are also all kinds of valuable or worthless things, and they collect too much, gradually teaching Shui Langba to look at Jia Huan and never remember that he is actually an emperor who controls the world.The kites embroidered with gold and silver threads, he used to reward the concubines in the harem every year.There are also all kinds of ginseng and caterpillar fungus, which are randomly piled up in the medicine storehouse.

When Shui Lang was proud, another letter was reported in the Rong Mansion saying that after Lin Daiyu, the cousin of the Rong Mansion, came back from the south, Jia Huan ordered someone to send the cousin a few catties of high-quality swiftlet cups, including rock sugar. These fine things were not removed, and there were also clothes and jewelry suitable for the girl's family filial piety, which can be said to be thoughtful in every possible way!

Not only does Shui Lang know everything about this little thing's every move, but he knows that he is not very kind to other people in Jia's mansion, except for his biological mother and the nurse brother, and even the direct sister Tanchun. Not too much in his eyes.Besides these two people, the person he is most willing to get close to is himself, the second proprietor of Jinxiu Pavilion, and he is called Brother Long Si with a very smooth name.

Now a cousin came suddenly and asked Jia Huan to take care of the "Fourth Brother Long". The way people rank ahead of themselves.

And I don't know when it started, Shui Lang also likes to call some molesters who teach music to serve.But those soft-bodied youngsters only attracted him for a while, and then he found it boring, but every time he saw that little thing came back, he just wanted to taste the taste of gentle and soft youngsters.

When Jia Huan bought a villa outside, what did he say, "... I must leave a house for the fourth brother in this garden in the future. When the fourth brother gets tired of living at home, he can come here to relax. The younger brother will definitely sweep the couch. Welcome."

Hearing this sentence, Shui Lang suddenly remembered the scene when he was playing with children the night before, but the panting boy under him at that time was replaced by the little man in front of him, which suddenly made his blood boil.

Shui Lang only said that since Jia Huan likes it, then this "Langhuan Villa" can be regarded as his gift to Jia Huan in advance. When the time is right in the future, when he starts to eradicate the families of Wu, Zhen, Jia, and Wang, he will take Jia Huan as his own. Huan was taken out of the prison, sent to the music department in the palace, and then placed in the villa, so that he would not suffer any grievances in the palace, and he could only be favored wholeheartedly here.

Only a few days later, Jia Huan called himself out again, discussing how to use the gradually formed scale of Huihui Pavilion to run a literati "exchange literature journal". When I arrived at Quanzhou Port, I brought back a lot of rare things.

Later, Shui Lang met those two foreign men and the guy who went to sea in the villa. It didn't matter what the things were, but the news he brought back was shocking.

It turned out that those foreign barbarians who stayed at the seaports of Guangdong and Guangxi all day long and asked to do business with Daqing already had armed forces and a huge naval fleet that could not be defeated by Daqing. Although Jia Huan answered tactfully, he didn't know where he came from. I knew it, but how could Shui Lang not notice that he was actually quite scruples about those distant foreign countries.

At this time, Shui Langfang realized that the little thing he wanted to keep was not only able to make money with all kinds of weird ideas, but also gradually controlled the public opinion of scholars all over the world whether intentionally or not. If there is less training, he will definitely be a minister who is not inferior to Bai Ziqian in governing the world.

Wouldn't it be a pity if such a character like a rough jade is just locked up in a golden cage and used as a beautiful and cute plaything?

Besides, based on what he knew about Jia Huan's temperament, he might not give in so easily, and Shui Lang would feel reluctant to give up if he was hurt by it.

Although he couldn't make up his mind for a while, in any case, the result was no more than a complete support, or a difference of giving Jia Huan a little freedom, so the arrangements that should be made were quietly arranged.

Making a decision before acting has always been Shui Lang's best practice habit...