[Red Mansions] Rebirth of Jia Mu's Ronghua Records

The disagreement between the crown prince and the third and fourth princes began when the queen was still the crown princess, when her natal family lost power.

But the empress's natal family had a very tense fight with the clans back then, but the late emperor blindly sought stability and treated the clans cowardly, and because he was not very familiar with military matters, those princes took advantage of many loopholes.

The clan was strong but the imperial power was weak. In order to appease the anger of the clan, the first emperor had no choice but to cut down his daughter-in-law's natal family. In fact, this was also the sorrow of civil servants.As long as you don't command soldiers, the "superior" wants to clean up your whole family, even with a few orders and a team of troops, you can only get caught without a fight.

For the first emperor's actions, the prince at that time and now the majesty did not say anything, and swallowed the bad breath with his head depressed, but it was obvious that he endured extremely bitter and difficult.

And the Crown Princess's natal family fell overnight, and the prince's concubines secretly rejoiced: Who would have known that without the support of her natal family, the position of the Crown Princess would not be secure?The eldest son of the concubine and the crown prince is not yet ten years old, so it's unclear whether he will live to adulthood!

It has to be said that the backgrounds of the concubines affected their vision, and their attitudes directly affected their sons... It just so happened that the prince and concubine were disgraced at that time, and they had no intention of teaching the concubine's children.

The third and fourth princes have not been very respectful to their eldest brother since then.As for the second prince, after all, he has a mother who is quite wealthy, and he and his elder brother are simply incompatible in character: it is indeed difficult for two proud male peacocks to get along peacefully in one place.

His Majesty has always noticed the little quarrels between the sons.

Although he himself can't get along with his younger brothers, he doesn't want his son to be "lonely" like him.So he didn't intervene much at first, and simply let the sons get along with each other on their own, but the third and fourth were disrespectful to the elder brother, and before they had a deep reflection, don't think about entrusting him with a heavy responsibility as a father.

Therefore, when the Northwest War broke out, only the second prince was able to go to the front line. In the end, this silly boy also made his "relatives" suffer miserably.

It is said that King Zhongshun has made great achievements in the northwest, and the Holy Majesty can't hold his family's handle for the time being, so he can't do anything.

But after a little thought, they found out: they cheated the second prince, and then used tricks to win King Zhongyi, plus the two vassal kings of the Southwest also had frequent contacts with Prince Zhongshun, and the generals of the Northern Xinjiang Army were his family members...

The meaning of Zhongshun Prince's Mansion can be summed up a little bit, that is: We generally follow you, the Holy One, but if you treat me badly, I can make you very unhappy.

It's a pity that this way of showing strength and temper completely offended the Holy One.

The Holy Majesty is not the first emperor. When he was the prince, he was modest and restrained. That's because he was still under the pressure of his own father.Besides, it was the father-in-law who made the prince's father-in-law leave the capital sadly and away from the center.The crown prince can kill unruly relatives without hesitation, but he cannot disobey his own father's will.

It was finally his turn to sit on that chair, how could the clan bared their teeth and flashed a knife to frighten him?The anger in the Holy Majesty's heart has been accumulated for decades, how can he be kind?Look at his younger brothers, except for Prince Gong who "surrendered" early, the rest almost disappeared even though they won the title.

It is said that the Holy Majesty has only been on the throne for a few years, and he tried to pretend to be deep. Seeing him punishing his younger brothers, the clan members all remembered how cowardly he was when he was the prince, and wanted to force him to submit according to the method of dealing with the late emperor.

As a result, there was a great battle in the northwest, and the formerly prosperous King Loyalty lost his family and died... Everyone now knows that the Holy One is not easy to mess with, but it is inevitable that they are lucky.

For example, the third prince and the fourth prince have always had great ambitions, and they have their own mothers behind them beating the drums to cheer them on. They both want to strengthen themselves, and then replace their elder brother. At the end, they want to be like Prince Gong, or the two princes in Southwest...

Clans look at it, a good opportunity has come!Don't the two princes want to stand out and make progress?Let us help you together.

However, he said that the prince became more calm and peaceful after marriage, and was deeply pleased by the Holy One, but the third and fourth elders didn't know how to learn from their second elder brother's lesson, and got involved with the clans... So the Holy One didn't say a word all afternoon .

The princes of the clan are willing to help the third prince and the fourth prince to bring down the prince, don't they just want to contain and weaken the imperial power through the prince's fight for the heir apparent?

So this time, the five princes were sent to Northern Xinjiang to accumulate meritorious service and see the world, instead of the three or four princes.

When it was decided that the fifth child would leave the capital, the crown prince was by the Holy Majesty's side, and this result was not beyond the crown prince's expectation.Over the years, with his beloved and trusted "Military Advisor" daughter-in-law, the prince has really grown a lot in terms of human and worldly ways.

However, it is also for this reason that the prince will feel a lot of emotion when only the husband and wife are facing each other...for example, when they are both curled up in bed, "It would be great if our brothers could be as close and harmonious as your brother and sister. "

These words really can only be enjoyed when husband and wife get along.

The concubine concubine thought to herself again: The older brothers and I were born of the same mother... Besides, even if you have the same mother and brother, you don't even have to say whether you can be of the same mind.The precedents of disregarding ethics, filial piety and unfraternity for the sake of high positions can be found everywhere in history books.

It's just that the concubine hadn't thought of how to appease her husband, so the prince laughed at himself again: "If you gain something, you will lose it." After a pause, he smiled again, "The fifth is careful, at least he won't mess around."

Hearing the words, the Crown Princess reminded her in time, "The Fifth Prince is both talented and intelligent." Not only that, but he has not been deeply involved with the princes, and he seems to be using his strengths to act.

When Shi Lingyi entered the palace, Princess Fei secretly asked who had the last laugh in the previous life. Shi Lingyi's answer was: all fingers stretched out, shaking slightly in front of her close friend.

Since then, the Crown Princess has been carefully pondering the words and deeds of the fifth prince's mother and son, and the more she thinks about it, the more she feels that the mother and son are quite powerful and behave in a very orderly manner.

"Coincidentally," the prince smiled, "I think so too."

After all, the brothers are all the sons of the Holy Majesty, and the Holy Majesty's mind is not completely out of order: he must get rid of the troubles of the clan in his lifetime, and if he can't finish it, he will hand it over to his successor son.

Therefore, as a prince, if you are sober, you should either stay away from these pretentious and rebellious clans, or simply use them for your own benefit.

However, the third and fourth sons were used by the clan princes... It immediately brought out the brilliance of the fifth prince who had always been aloof.

The princess thought about it for a while, then suddenly leaned forward and leaned into her husband's ear, and asked softly, "Do you need it..." The Fei family's power is mostly in the capital and south of the Yangtze River, but there is also a clansman who has been a governor for many years in northern Xinjiang. It is also easy to find trouble for the fifth prince.

The daughter-in-law is so caring, the prince feels at ease, and said with a smile: "It's not a bad thing for him to understand common affairs."

Newly arrived in a new place, taking advantage of the high mountain and the emperor's distance, in order to establish prestige, he made some famous tricks. The fifth prince is determined to seize power and win over people, but then again, doing more is bound to make mistakes, and the fifth prince is still very young. One job, you have to stay in the extremely complicated and tricky northern Xinjiang for a few years...

The prince just waited and watched the jokes of the fifth younger brother.

The concubine hesitated for a moment, then she saw what her husband was thinking, and suddenly she felt blessed, and she was even more surprised, "Could it be... is it your idea?"

The prince raised his neck, and deliberately put on a proud look, "Hurry up and praise me for being wise!"

The Crown Princess was stunned, but she was filled with resentment, her hands were merciless, and she rubbed the Crown Prince's hair into a mess before she said angrily, "I'm worrying for you for nothing!"

"Leave hair on your hands!" The crown prince protected his head and kept wailing, "Oh, bald! Bald!"

After some squabbling, both husband and wife broke out in a thin layer of sweat, their cheeks were slightly flushed, and their eyes met each other, and they felt sweeter.

The crown prince hugged his wife contentedly afterwards, and only then did he fully understand, "Father originally wanted to let the second brother go there again, but I recommended the fifth brother. After the father laughed... yes."

The concubine was silent for a long time before she said: "This move of yours is really... meaningful." You suddenly became chesty, but why do I feel a little weird?

The prince smiled without saying a word, bowed his head and kissed his daughter-in-law on the face.

At the same time, in the main room of Rongguo Mansion and the bedroom of Rongxi Hall, which is not too far from the East Palace, Jia Daishan and Shi Lingyi were also lying in bed chatting...the topic turned left and right without leaving the prince.

In other words, his wife Shi Lingyi and the Crown Princess hit it off quite well, and Jia Daishan was also happy to see it succeed. After observing it coldly for a while, he found that the other princes of the Holy Majesty were hard to achieve great things, but the Crown Prince was more calm and restrained—the Crown Prince and him Like my father, they have the same attitude towards the persecution of the clan and foreign enemies, that is, they will not compromise and will not hesitate to fight.

The determination and bloodiness of the Supreme father and son really matched Jia Daishan's temper.

Therefore, it was logical for Jia Daishan to win the crown prince. Although it was inconvenient for him to rely on the prince because he was a close friend of the emperor, it was not a problem to give some advice occasionally: the prince benefited a lot from his insights on border and military affairs.

Her husband praised the prince both inside and out, and Shi Lingyi was quite proud: this is a good skill of her close friend!

In the previous life, the prince experienced the pain of losing his mother and wife... Especially the princess didn't know that she was pregnant with a child when she fell ill... She died, and to the prince, it was one dead body and two lives .

From Shi Lingyi's point of view, after the death of the concubine, the prince has already gone half-mad. Coupled with the pressing of his younger brothers and the jealousy and precautions of his father, the prince has become even more gloomy and vicious - such a person who rules the world may be a blessing to the people.

But in this life, the crown prince and princess concubine have two sons, according to the etiquette, even if the prince is offended, the qualifications of the two sons to inherit the great line are higher than their concubines' uncles.Moreover, the prince's temperament is also very different from his previous life. He is kind and funny externally, but he is like a wife's family internally... According to the princess's own words, the prince is very open-minded when there are no outsiders, and he is very open-minded when talking funny.

Shi Lingyi can only attribute these to "close friends and great talents".

But Jia Daishan didn't know that his daughter-in-law was triumphant, and suddenly said quietly: "When the Shence Army was in the northwest, they defeated several main forces of the Beidi people. Now the north is fighting with Beidi's elite, but with the border gates as our support, the battle will not be too difficult. .”

Shi Lingyi said: "If there is no certainty of victory, the Holy Majesty will not send the Fifth Prince there right now."

"Although we must win, it is very difficult. There are many 'mountains' in the north," Jia Daishan paused, and then said, "But no matter how many troubles there are, there will be no danger. The Holy One is just free to clean up Jiangnan."

"The north is pacified, and there is also the southwest." Shi Lingyi also has a big picture, "The two in the southwest can deal with Sheng Zhou for several years by relying on the right time and place." Unlike the northwest, it has been less than two years since it was launched and suppressed. .The reason is simple: the longer the war drags on, the greater the financial burden.

"Jiangnan is a tax-heavy place, and the Holy One will definitely send people to show their hands." Jia Daishan said sadly, "Our son-in-law's friend seems to be not very clean. Since the fifth prince has gone to the northern border, the Jiangnan side is likely to be controlled by the second prince. If the second prince learns his lesson, he will only handle his errands carefully when he arrives in the south of the Yangtze River... the six relatives will not recognize him."

Although everyone in the family of Gaomen in Beijing knew that the second prince was captured by tricks, they said on the surface that he was not acclimatized to the climate, and he could not afford to be seriously ill when he arrived in the northwest... After medical treatment and recuperation, although there was improvement, it was difficult. Leading troops out of battle, had to return to the capital.

Shi Lingyi was really shocked this time, "Can our son-in-law be implicated?"

"Where is the son-in-law's family background, how can he value money? He only said that he occasionally sent some messages when he went to socialize."

Shi Lingyi said: "No wonder."

Jia Daishan said with a smile: "He is too cautious." Even if the second prince went to Jiangnan, even if he was really impartial, he would not target his father's important ministers. "It's just a few princes mentioned in the letter...but he is willing to go to the right and wrong place to practice his skills, and his ambition is not small."

In the previous life, without her husband's personal teaching, Shi Lingyi's son-in-law and grandson combined could not compare to his son-in-law Lin Hai alone.In this life, the children have also become talents, but only their daughter Jia Min and youngest son Jia You are comparable to Lin Hai.

Thinking of this, Shi Lingyi said: "Our four children, all our eyes are on the two younger ones."

This sentence really touched Jia Daishan's heart. In front of his wife, he didn't shy away from it, "You'er is not even a few years older than his nephew..."

In other words, if Jia Zheng wasn't the second son of Duke Rong, how could his official career be so smooth?

No matter how biased Shi Lingyi is, he has to admit: the second son, Zheng'er, is really not expected to be an official, and it is probably the limit to be a servant of the Six Departments in the future.This kind of talent Jia Daishan also sees in his eyes, he will not blindly pour all his political capital on the second son.

In fact, Ningrong and Rongfu together have more confidence in military affairs, at least it is not too troublesome to promote and arrange a second-rank general.

As for the civil servants... Even if King Jing and Shi Qian are tied up, Jia Zheng can be sent to the position of Minister of the Six Departments if he puts all his efforts into it.

Compared with Jia Zheng's mediocre aptitude, Lin Hai looked too evil, which is why Jia Daishan valued his son-in-law: as long as the Rong family supported him a little bit, Lin Hai's rise to the top would not be surprising.

And Lin Hai is ten years older than Jia You. If Lin Hai can enter the cabinet in the future, this favor will definitely be repaid to Jia You, his brother-in-law.

As long as the Rong Mansion doesn't get involved in the fight for succession, at least five generations of wealth can be preserved.

Listening to her husband's eloquence, Shi Lingyi said heartily: The prosperity of a family depends on excellent descendants and connections... Just like the son and daughter-in-law in the previous life, if they desperately earn money regardless of the king's law, they will kill the whole family.

Speaking of this life, Mrs. Wang, who loves money, did not go to Jia's house, but Zhen's house was hard to escape.

Mrs. Wang received a lot of filial piety from the south of the Yangtze River—seeing more and more aunts in the mansion and concubine sons and daughters popping up from time to time, this decent wife always has to plan for her children and herself: There is a daughter of Liangyuan who wants to live a more comfortable life in the palace, even if she comes from a family, she still has to pay for everything out of her own pocket.

But it is said that in the spring, Baochai is out of the palace, and when Daiyu is about to leave for northern Xinjiang with her parents, she also goes to Xue's house to congratulate Baochai and presents gifts.

Youdao is that every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite. The son of the prince of Xining is not very capable and generous, but the concubine of the prince seems to have some minor physical problems, and has not been able to have children for many years after marriage; It's impressive... Now that she has returned from meritorious service, Princess Xining is not a good stubble, and the biological mother of the second son has been favored for many years, so she is not an easy-going lamp.

It is conceivable that the Xining Palace will not be peaceful within a few years.

However, there are still turmoil between the princes, and this kind of thing can be regarded as the norm in the palace.It's just something that Baochai and Xue may not be able to inquire about. It's not a secret in Rongfu and Jia Min.

The concubine of Prince Xining has been unable to conceive... It should have something to do with the concubine who gave birth to the second son.

Daiyu and Baochai have some friendship, but obviously not to the point where they can talk about everything. In addition, she is also afraid that Baochai will "think wildly" if she talks too much. Apparently, he probably has seen a lot about those insidious means.

So Daiyu simply told her to be on guard after she got married.

In Baochai's eyes, Daiyu was indeed a bit nobler, but she was right to be upright. The "heart of guarding against others" was mentioned several times.

After seeing Baochai, it was still early, so Daiyu returned to Rongfu with her cousin Jia Yuan and the others.

Hearing that Daiyu was coming, Baoyu went to the second gate to meet her.

These cousins ​​are two childhood sweethearts, with deep affection, Jia Yuan and Jia Ying have long been familiar with it.Knowing that Baoyu was not good enough for her cousin Daiyu, the two sisters Jia Yuan and Jia Ying didn't have any intention of joking. After seeing their grandmother Shi Lingyi, they left Daiyu to talk to Baoyu, while the two of them went to the Wang's chamber to tease the newborn. little sister.

Baoyu and Daiyu have no destiny in this life, especially since Daiyu has lost all the infatuation of her previous life, Shi Lingyi is very relieved: at this moment and at that moment, the two jades in the previous life can be described as a good match, but in this life they are far from each other... …Even the "Sister Bao" that Baoyu talked about a lot in her previous life, the two of them have never met each other seriously in this life.

Looking at the marriages of her sons and daughters, Shi Lingyi just thinks that it is not good to let nature take its course and be well-matched?

Besides, next month, the two children will leave Beijing with their parents to go to work, and they will not see each other for at least three years, so let the two children talk about themselves.

Thinking of this, Shi Lingyi sent the two of them to the warm pavilion to talk, while she fell on the couch and took a nap.

But Baoyu and Daiyu were sitting together, and Daiyu smelled the faint smell of alcohol on Baoyu, so she asked, "Where did you go to drink again?"

Baoyu got very close, and said softly: "We are going to the northwest soon, and we have to say goodbye to our brothers one by one."

Daiyu said: "Eat wine in broad daylight, let the second uncle know, it's time to beat you again."

Baoyu said, "Is it not enough for him to beat me?"

"You are really drunk."

"My good sister, I'm not afraid to go to the Northwest to endure hardships, but I can't bear you."

It has to be said that Baoyu had Zhang Qingjun's exquisite appearance and the refined and gentle spirit cultivated by studying since she was a child, and she said this sincerely, even if the content made Daiyu very embarrassed, she couldn't speak out to reprimand her.

Baoyu's eyes were burning, but Daiyu said: "Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. Don't miss such a good opportunity."

Baoyu lowered his eyes, "That's right." After a pause, he asked again, "How is the elder sister of the Xue family?"

Daiyu replied, "She's fine." Putting aside the occasional nonsense, Baoyu really got along with Daiyu, "In the future... who knows."

Baoyu said: "Xining Palace..." He often hangs around outside when he comes in. How could he not know that Xining Palace is not peaceful.

"Seek benevolence and get benevolence." Daiyu said, "It's better to think clearly."

When Baoyu heard this, he let out a long sigh, but he didn't know what he was sorry for.

In other words, when Baoyu went out today, he was having a drink with Zhen Baoyu and other young masters whose fathers also had foreign appointments.

Originally, he wanted to visit Xiren after the banquet, but when he was cleaning his hands, he happened to see Jiang Yuhan drinking alone in the private room downstairs, but was so drunk that he was about to pass out, so he had to temporarily place Jiang Yuhan in Xiren's home nearby.

Xiren is still gentle and pleasant, but Baoyu is a little bit depressed.He only left money, and asked Xiren to take care of Jiang Yuhan, and he would leave when he sobered up.When it was evening, Jiang Yuhan still didn't wake up, but someone came from Zhongshun Palace to pick Jiang Yuhan away.

The entourage of Prince Zhongshun peeled off Jiang Yuhan, who had sore hands and feet, and washed it again before throwing it on the bed.

While the prince looked at the tender and slender body, he still spoke softly, "Is there a time set at the Rongfu?" He smiled slightly, and he didn't need others to answer, "They probably won't go the same way as the fifth prince...do you need to send them off?" A big gift in the past?"

And Jia Daishan in the Rong Mansion was also instructing his son Jia Zheng and son-in-law Lin Hai, "If anyone is not convinced, let him use his head."