The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Hearing the words 'no immediate worries, only long-term concerns', Daiyu couldn't help laughing and said: "I'm afraid the little prince has a lot of near-term worries, and if the little prince comes here today, he won't be able to be at ease in the future. "

There were only three people in the study, and Daiyu could understand what he said. It was nothing more than saying that Situ Zhuo had exposed his talents, and he would only be involved in the struggle for the heir apparent in the future.Lin Ruhai, as the prince's wife and brother, naturally hoped that the prince's enthronement would go smoothly, and that the eldest sister's son in the future would also go well.

But even Lin Ruhai has to admit that if Situ Zhuo's ability stays away from the court in the future, it will be a waste of talent.But it's another thing for him to be so transparent at such a young age.Didn't Daiyu also say that what the Lin family is looking for is peace?But Situ Zhuo himself, whether he will win the trust of his elder brother or cause Situ Rui's fear because he is too outstanding, is no longer within Situ Zhuo's control, everything depends on Situ Rui's measure.

Situ Zhuo didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "There is nothing uncomfortable. When I can open the mansion, I will ask for a piece of land with a memorial. It will be more comfortable than being in the capital."

After Situ Zhuo said that, the Lin family father and daughter naturally stopped worrying about this topic.Especially Daiyu knew that it was the Ninth Prince who ascended the throne in the previous life, and if the Ninth Prince is not eliminated, no one in the East Palace can be at ease.More than just a little prince?

So when these few people were together, they still had to bring the topic back to the court.As for the matter in the court, the most fierce competition at present is nothing more than the military power to build a navy.The three of them thought about this matter quite thoroughly. Since Situ Zhuo came today, they exchanged their views face to face. Lin Ruhai also took out the map of the map, and the three of them deduced it.In the end, Situ Zhuo analyzed the characters, strengths and weaknesses of everyone in the palace with the Lin family's father and daughter again before leaving and returning to the palace.

The long letter written by Shanghu Situzhuo to Daiyu, Daiyu has already burned it to prevent accidents.Besides, although Lin Ruhai and his daughter are extremely smart, after all, I believe there is still a difference between my own understanding and what Situ Zhuo said personally, and it is also convenient for Daiyu to deepen her understanding of many people in the palace, especially those in Changkang Palace.

After finishing all this, it was getting late, so Situ Zhuo got up to leave.Before returning to the palace, Situ Zhuo also took out his stack of academic questions that he had prepared in advance, and Lin Ruhai, who asked for advice seriously, also made comments on it.

Situ Zhuo came to Lin's house today, it really wasn't a big deal.In other words, the big things he was going to do were done when he went to the Qianqing Palace to pay his respects.The two little girls of the Lin family brought Changkang Palace into a dead end, and Situ Zhuo didn't mind adding another fire, after all, everyone knew the truth of getting rid of evil.

After returning to the palace, Situ Zhuo held back all night and did not inquire about the affairs of the Qing Palace.But even if he didn't inquire about it, Situ Zhuo knew about today's battle results, because it had already spread throughout the palace: Little Concubine Zhong is temporarily cultivating, and the palace banquet at the end of the year will be discussed by Concubine Zhou and the Crown Princess; In the palace, a small Buddhist hall was set up to pray for blessings.

Originally, Emperor Taizong wanted the Ninth Prince and Concubine to go to the royal temple to pray for blessings, but after all, Chen's father was still a Marquis of Beijiang, so it is not good to deal with it too strictly.

It's awesome enough, otherwise the sisters of the Lin family would turn the Hongmen Banquet in Changkang Palace into a massacre scene so beautifully, why would Situ Zhuo go to the Lin family like that?The purpose is to remind Emperor Taizong that Concubine Xiao Zhong is not capable enough, and it's time to take care of Concubine Xiao Zhong's job as a woman.

In fact, there have always been problems with the setting of Emperor Taizong's harem status.After the death of Empress Yuan, the position of Fengyi Palace has been vacant, which has also led to the fact that the harem has always been the sixth palace of concubines.On the contrary, there were also officials who suggested that Emperor Taizong would be the empress, but Emperor Taizong refused on the grounds that he missed the empress Yuan.

In fact, being an emperor, there is no such deep love.It's just that when Emperor Taizong himself succeeded to the throne, because he had a successor, and the successor had another son under his knees, it was very tragic for brothers to fight each other when they took the throne.

After I succeeded to the throne, because the crown prince was established, the crown prince has never made any mistakes, and his abilities are not bad, at least he has shown that he can be a successful king.In order to avoid the situation of seizing the heir again, Emperor Taizong never made a successor.

In the past, Concubine Zhou and Concubine Zhen took care of the palace affairs. After Zhen Yingjia's case came out, Concubine Zhen was demoted to Concubine Zhen, and Emperor Taizong brought along Concubine Zhong.

Little Concubine Zhong lacked everything in ability and skill, but the opponent she met was Daiyu.It was just hosting the first palace banquet, and it was disturbed by Daiyu and Su Lan.

It doesn’t matter if it’s messed up. On the second day, Xiaoqi from the East Palace said that he would go to the Lin’s house to see his wronged cousin. Even if Emperor Taizong wanted to expose the matter of Changkang Palace, everyone in the East Palace came to remind you. You can't ignore Donggong's feelings at all.

As a result, the Ninth Prince and Concubine cleaned up the Buddhist hall in the palace to pray for the country, and the little Concubine Zhong was also suspended from her errands.As for Lin Qing, he got his first big palace job.

You said how beautifully Situ Zhuo left his relatives, it's almost the same as Daiyu's letter to Shi Xiangyun.Early this morning, when someone from Qianqing Palace sent a message to ask Concubine Zhong to visit, Concubine Zhong, who was as smart as Concubine Zhong, regretted it too much.Fortunately, I thought that Situ Zhuo was just another Shui Lan who had an adventure, and it seemed that I misjudged it.

Look at Situ Zhuo's wrist, she is just another Lin girl.As for leaving Qianqing Palace, Concubine Zhong maintained her expression and dignity when walking on the road.Back in Changkang Palace, the Ninth Prince was already waiting there, and the palace people were screened off. Little Concubine Zhong sighed, and then told the Ninth Prince everything from last night to now.

The Ninth Prince was in the front hall during the palace banquet yesterday, but he vaguely knew the cause and effect of the matter. After listening to Concubine Zhong, the Ninth Prince couldn't help but get angry, and cursed in a low voice: "Chen, you idiot! , if she didn't have a good background, how would she be worthy to be the princess of this king."

Little Concubine Zhong was present yesterday, although Daiyu's words were impeccable and people couldn't make mistakes, but there were some scenes that others might not have noticed, but little Concubine Zhong could see clearly: "Mr. Chen was tricked by that girl of the Lin family yesterday. You shouldn't have started provoking Jia Min not to drink the tea in my palace, but it was Mrs. Baolinghou who asked the girl of the Lin family what book she was reading.

The girl from the Lin family suddenly turned half-turned and half-faced the Chen family, and talked about the old story of Jia Daishan's aid to northern Xinjiang.Only in this way did Chen's fire arouse.Later, no matter what others said, the girl from the Lin family stabbed Chen's heart every word, and Chen couldn't hold back the words that she was careful not to live long.Chen shi was certainly impatient, but how could that girl of the Lin family understand Chen shi's temperament so well, as if she had come prepared. "

Hearing this, the Ninth Prince became even more angry: "Why is it Mrs. Baolinghou again?" It happened to be Mrs. Baolinghou.

Little Concubine Zhong was very satisfied that her son could hear what she meant, and continued: "How long has the Lin family returned to Beijing? How can you understand Chen's temperament so well? Then how can Miss Lin be able to punish Chen's every sentence? The so-called knowing yourself and the enemy , How did the Lin family know each other, and who told her?"

Madam Bowling.Although the Lin family only passed a letter with the Baolinghou Mansion once after they returned to Beijing, the servants of the Lin family waited for an hour at the Baolinghou Mansion for a reply.Why can't the Bowling Marquis Mansion write a reply?Besides, if the two families had other contacts, maybe the Baolinghou Mansion had already prepared a lot of secrets, and sold them all to the Lin family under the guise of waiting to reply to the girl of the Lin family that day.

Mrs. Baolinghou took Xiangyun to Changkang Palace to explain, and she did show ten peony poems by Lin Yatou.But that can only prove that ten peony poems were included in the letter written by the Lin family to the historian. Who knows if there are any other contents that have been destroyed by the Baolinghou's mansion, let alone the content of the historian's reply to the Lin family.

If Mrs. Baolinghou knew that Concubine Zhong's mother and son said this about her now, she would probably be wronged by June Feixue.Who made her feel unhappy about looking for the mother and daughter of the Lin family in Changkang Palace yesterday?This is the truth that too much talk is bound to fail.

Speaking of the position of Marquis Bowling's Mansion, the Ninth Prince inevitably thought of something else.So he frowned and said: "Although Baolinghou is a Marquis, he is not an important official. On the contrary, Zhongjinghou is the governor of Guangdong and Hai, and he holds real power. The mother and concubine said that Baolinghou's mansion is a Marquis' mansion after all. , or do you mean two Marquis Mansions?"

Changkang Palace has always regarded Shi Ding as its own power.Of course, it is true in fact, at least in the past and at present; as for the future, it is really uncertain.

Little Concubine Zhong said: "This is what I am worried about. As the saying goes, we can't be close. Although Shi Ding was able to become a marquis in one fell swoop, we contributed a lot, but after all Shi Nai and Shi Ding are blood brothers. If Shi Nai really gave birth Let's not believe too much in Shi Ding's position now that he is relying on the Eastern Palace."

The Ninth Prince nodded.

Then the mother and son talked about the temporary loss of Concubine Zhong's errand, and Concubine Zhong sighed: "It is I who underestimated Donggong Xiaoqi, if he hadn't used the name of going to the Lin family to go to the emperor and apply eye drops to me." , this palace is not here yet."

Losing the power of the palace, it is obvious that he has lost an errand.But for the ambitious Changkang Palace, it is far from this: the inner courtyard of the palace is a fiercely competitive and cruel society. I have flattered you, this is a blow to Concubine Zhong's intelligence network in the palace.

An intelligence network built on interests will also be shattered because of interests; and only a strange flower like Situ Zhuo, who was born to be kind to low-level palace people, would establish an intelligence network that can be maintained without profit in the cruelest and most snobbish palace. .

A stern look flashed across the Ninth Prince's eyes, and he said, "If not..." He also gestured to wipe his neck.

Concubine Xiao Zhong shook her head: "The two dead girls of the Lin family had such an incident yesterday, even if something happened to Donggong Xiaoqi, if nothing else, Lin Ruhai alone would bring this matter up to us, Donggong Xiaoqi I have to bear with him for a while. But Xiao Qi's business is not in a hurry, next year in Qiuwei, he will also be old enough to end the game."

Concubine Zhong's mother and son really like Qiuwei.Eight years ago, the third prince broke his leg in Iron Net Mountain when he was in Qiuwei; three years ago, if there was not something wrong with the Lin family girl, the prince would have to fight in Qiuwei.Iron Net Mountain is simply a blessed land for his mother and son.It is more certain to solve a small seven in blessed land.

The Ninth Prince understood, and comforted Concubine Zhong for a while, before going to work.

In fact, Emperor Taizong didn't say that Lin Qing would be in charge of the palace affairs in the future. If it was an ordinary family, there would be no doubt about letting the daughter-in-law be in charge of Zhongfu.But this is in the royal family. This action will be directly interpreted by some courtiers as Emperor Taizong's further transfer of power to the East Palace.This will also directly affect the standing of many people.

Little Concubine Zhong is lucky, as an emperor, everyone likes to decentralize power.If Concubine Zhong was hired to assist the six palaces, no one else would be able to take over for the time being, and Emperor Taizong did not want Concubine Zhou's family to dominate.I just told Concubine Zhong to reflect on it, and for the end of the year palace banquet, let the concubine take the lead for the time being.But in any case, Emperor Taizong did not directly decree to remove Concubine Zhong from the right to assist the sixth palace, which is already a blessing for Changkang Palace.

There is no need for Situ Zhuo to pass on information about this kind of thing, the Lin family will soon know about it.

Daiyu's evaluation of this matter is only one sentence: "The Holy Majesty is still soft-hearted. However, this move has cut off the eyes and ears of the little concubine Zhong in the harem, and it has been quite rewarding."

Emperor Taizong still had political wisdom, but he also had two major weaknesses, soft-hearted and suspicious.As a king, sometimes a weakness can be fatal if someone pinches it to death. Maybe the abdication of the previous emperor Taizong has something to do with it.

Lin Ruhai naturally knew that Situ Zhuo's visit to the Lin family had played a big role in this matter, and said, "The little prince is not showing his skills in vain. What's more, the East Palace got the job of hosting the end-of-year palace banquet, so it won't happen in the future." Passive everywhere in the harem."

As far as the results are concerned, Daiyu is satisfied, so she said with a smile: "I hope the king of Ruijun is tolerant."

Lin Ruhai didn't accept Daiyu's fault.After all, the crown prince has not yet ascended the throne, and the conflict between Prince Rui and Situ Zhuo will not be exposed for the time being.

Of course, no matter how much Daiyu thought, she couldn't control the affairs of the royal family, so she stopped paying attention to it.

On the contrary, the patrol teams who went south to patrol the border also came back one after another after finishing their errands.The farthest places in Guangdong and Yunnan have also sent back news one after another.

The governor of Guangdong and Hai is Shi Ding. Shi Ding is able to earn a marquis with his military exploits, so he has real skills.Of course, as a Marquis, he also had the help from Changkang Palace and Duke Cheng'en's Mansion, as well as his own origin in the Marquis Mansion.If it is a soldier of ordinary origin, with the same military merit and not being impersonated by Shangfeng, he can probably be named a first-class general or baron.Even so, this is a remarkable skill.

People who can win battles have their own characteristics, such as being bold and cautious, such as acting decisively, such as having absolute confidence in their own decisions, and such as being able to see opportunities earlier than ordinary people.

In ancient times, where transportation was inconvenient, places thousands of miles away from Beijing, such as Yuehai, were basically self-governing.For example, what happened in the capital was introduced to Guangdong Hai after more than a month. If the incident in Guangdong is requested by the imperial court, it will take more than a month to enter Beijing and more than a month to return. I don't know how many times it has changed.

Therefore, people like Shi Ding who hold military power, the more they are in the frontier, the greater their power.Compared with the governor of Guangdong, the governor of Guangdong has to take a step back.

In fact, before Shi Ding received the first letter from the Ninth Prince, he had already started to arrange the sea trade business.

The Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck, Shi Ding, as the governor of Guangdong, although the news of what happened in the court is lagging behind, he knows what happened in Guangdong very well.

At that time, a few months ago, Wang Ziteng had just been released from prison, and the maritime trade business in the coastal provinces had no backbone, and they were doing their own thing, and when there was even a faint competition among various regions, Shi Ding was keenly aware of it.

Shi Ding didn't know what happened to the Wang family, but the scale of the maritime trade business monopolized by Wang Ziteng before had been shrinking, and there were faint signs of internal strife.As a person who is well versed in the art of war, Shi Ding naturally knows the reason why soldiers are expensive and fast, and he also knows that the opportunity to fight is fleeting.

As the governor of a region, Shi Ding holds the military power in his hands, and the Wang family's maritime trade business depends on himself to take care of it.But just taking some gifts for three festivals and two birthdays, and making wedding clothes for others, how can I feel as happy as taking over the sea trade business by myself.It would be fine if Shi Ding was mediocre, but Shi Ding is a person with outstanding abilities. Seeing a lot of profits falling into the pockets of the reckless Wang's family, it is somewhat difficult to appease.

Now that Shi Ding has finally found an opportunity, if he is required to hold back, what is the difference between seeing gold everywhere and not being allowed to pick it up?So Shi Ding began to make arrangements.

It was more than a month later that Shi Ding received a letter from the Ninth Prince to arrange the sea trade business in advance.At that time, Shi Ding acted first.For the news of the Ninth Prince's Mansion, Shi Ding still trusted, so he stepped up the layout.At the same time, Shi Ding also knew that the Wang family had fallen.

More than a month later, Shi Ding received a letter from the Ninth Prince asking him to stop intervening in the maritime trade business. In fact, he had invested a lot.

But the maritime trade court wanted to be included in the franchise, so Shi Ding naturally did not dare to compete with the court for profit.So the status quo had to be maintained.Yes, after all, it will take a process for the imperial court to include maritime trade as a franchise, and it will not be fully implemented until the pilot is successful.It cannot be fully implemented, and other places that originally had sea trade will not stop trade. How many people's livelihoods will be affected?

Therefore, apart from the pilot Songjiang Prefecture, the sea trade in other places is also carried out as usual. The difference is that after the inspection by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chaos of bullying the market is less; the benign competition of private sea trade has also returned to benign.

But Guangdong is different. As a forward-looking general, when Shi Ding got involved in the maritime trade business, he almost directly followed the unspoken rules formulated by the Wang family back then.Shi Ding didn't know until he knew that the Metropolitan Procuratorate would go south to make inspections. This time, there was a big problem.

Although Guangdong Sea is high and the road is far away, Shi Ding is the governor of a region. Although the news is a bit late, in fact, before receiving the second letter from the Ninth Prince, Shi Ding also knew that the court had made a big decision this time.Those who can win battles are decisive, able to attack decisively and stop losses decisively.Shi Ding decisively decided to end it, with the momentum of a strong man breaking his wrist.

Therefore, when the inspection team arrived, they did find evidence of Shi Ding's involvement in the maritime trade business, but it was much better than the shocking ones in other places.In addition, it is to investigate the official voice of local officials.

In this regard, Shi Ding did a good job.

One is because Shi Ding really has real talent and learning, and he has both skill and determination in governing the region; Local chieftain governance is the main way, and the imperial court supervises it.Then, if Lord Shi Ding wants to be stable, he must be relatively gentle and fair in administration.People's hearts have their own scales, and the local people are the most clear about how this governor is doing, especially compared with the previous governor, Shi Ding's reputation is not bad.

Although the patrol team has the right to decide small matters, Shi Ding has problems and achievements, and he still has a high weight, which is really not enough to be decided.But now that Emperor Taizong attaches so much importance to the franchise of sea trade, it is hard not to report it, so he wrote a note and submitted it to the capital.

It can be said that Shi Ding and Fan Guangxi are both very capable civil servants and military generals of the Nine Princes, but their methods of intervening in maritime trade are completely different.

Of course, this is not because Shi Ding is less intelligent than Fan Guangxi. In fact, Shi Ding and Fan Guangxi are outstanding in their respective fields.However, Fan Guangxi, as a civil servant, first thought about the court's proposition, so he didn't go overboard on the maritime trade matter;Thus, hidden dangers were planted.

Of course, if Shi Ding's problems were normal, it wouldn't be a big deal, and even if the merits and demerits were offset, there would be nothing wrong with it.But now that the DPRK and China are fighting so fiercely, someone will definitely make a fuss about it.

Daiyu is also very concerned about the news of Guangdong.Hearing that Yuehai only found out some minor problems with Shi Ding, Daiyu was not discouraged, and asked Lin Ruhai, "Father, is the old lady from Baolinghou's residence still alive?"

Daiyu's words would not be aimless, Lin Ruhai was used to her daughter's unparalleled intelligence, when she heard Daiyu's question, she didn't answer immediately, but guessed what good idea her daughter thought of first.

Now that Mrs. Baolinghou was given this reminder, Lin Ruhai quickly thought of it, nodded and said, "Although Mrs. Baolinghou is old, she is still alive, and this year happens to be her seventieth birthday. Zhongjinghou 17 He joined the army at the age of ten, and he hasn't returned to Beijing for more than ten years." Then the father and son looked at each other and smiled.

Daiyu said: "Although the military and state affairs are important, but one hundred benevolence and filial piety are the first, it is time for Baolinghou to go back to Beijing to report on his work, and take a look at old Mrs. Baolinghou. It is rare to live in seventies. It’s hard to say how many people will live a whole life, but this year should be a good one.”

This is naturally a good idea. The most important thing for Bowling Hou to return to Beijing to report on his duties is that Guangdong's defense has someone in charge.Of course, there are lieutenants under the governor, not to mention that it is not a time of war, if Shi Ding just returns to Beijing, it will not be a big problem if he delays for several months.But now that he has been brought back, he can naturally find another way to keep him, and then recommend generals who are qualified to be the governor of Guangdong and Hai, so as to weaken the military power of the Nine Princes.

Lin Ruhai said: "Yu'er thinks the time is ripe to take over the military power in Guangdong?"