The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

It is said that when Jia Cong returned to Rongguo Mansion, he first went for a walk elsewhere, and finally went to Jiahuan Courtyard.Jia Huan was leaning on the kang watching two little girls playing Go, knocking melon seeds in her mouth.

Seeing his comfortable appearance, Jia Cong kicked him and complained, "I ran all the way from the south on a flying horse, and I'm tired and thin, but you are at ease."

Jia Huan looked him up and down, and said: "Less say you have to run ten more rounds to barely be fatter than me."

Jia Cong glared at him, and sat on the couch tilted, covering his face with his right hand: "I'm so exhausted."

The two little girls hurriedly came forward to greet Jia Cong, knowing that the two of them must have something to say, they both withdrew.

Jia Huannai said, "I didn't talk about Situ Pan."

"Ok?"

"He didn't agree." Jia Huan said, "He said that it is absolutely impossible to discuss politics. Even if the land occupied by those princes is occupied by foreigners, they cannot discuss politics."

Jia Cong muttered: "Old old fashioned! Not enlightened!"

Jia Huan took two sips of tea and said, "Since you're here, I'm not strong on lobbyists, so you go talk about it." After waiting for a long time without hearing Jia Cong's squeak, he turned his head and saw that the guy had fallen asleep.I had no choice but to curl my lips, yawned, and said, "No wonder I heard people say that I feel sleepy when I see other people sleeping." Immediately, he also fell asleep on his side.

At that moment, Aunt Zhao came back from the outside and saw the two little brothers snoring, complained, and called the little girl to come in and settle the two of them, then hugged the quilt and covered them.Jia Cong didn't even eat dinner that day, and slept until dawn on the imperial concubine's couch in Jia Huan's room.

The next day, the two brothers went to the Taiping Escort to discuss the matter all morning; in the afternoon, there was nothing they could do, so Jia Cong bit the bullet and pulled the horse to the Lin Mansion.

Lin Hai has been idle in the mansion since returning to Beijing.Fang Xiong gave him a Hanlin bachelor, but he didn't go to the Hanlin Academy to take up a job.After Jia Cong returned to the mansion yesterday, he sent someone to report to the Su Mansion in the Lin Mansion, so Lin Hai guessed that if this kid doesn’t come today, he will come tomorrow, and when he heard his disciples report that “Master Cong from the Rongguo Mansion is here”, he snorted , pretending to sit in front of the case and read a book.

Jia Cong came in with a playful smile, but he couldn't laugh when he saw the old man. He frowned and shouted: "It's only been a few months since I haven't seen you, how come you have so many gray hairs!"

Lin Hai originally wanted to give him something to eat, but he forgot immediately when he heard the words, dropped the book and sighed: "How old am I! I already have gray hair."

Jia Cong said angrily: "Where were there so many in the past! They all suffered so much in the imperial prison! That old boy named Liu Tong will one day kill him to vent his anger!"

Lin Hai glanced at him.

Jia Cong smirked twice: "Well... Actually, the scenery of Hengwu Garden is not bad. There is really nothing I can do about giving medicine to the gentlemen."

Lin Hai couldn't get angry, sighed, and stroked his head and neck: "It's hard for you too. It's just that forgery of the imperial decree must never be done again in the future. Even if the emperor is gone, the power of heaven is still there."

If someone else said this, Jia Cong would have rolled his eyes, but this person was Lin Hai, so he could only say: "We didn't say it was an imperial decree, we only coaxed that person, he must think so."

Lin Hai shook his head: "I know you are brave...that's all."

Jia Cong made a grimace, saluted solemnly, and said, "Sir, what's your plan for tomorrow? Why don't you go back to Taiwan with me. Just take a break and look at Sister Lin. She is very busy." Tight."

Lin Hai asked: "What is Yu'er doing over there?"

Jia Cong said: "Taiwan government has many disadvantages. The best thing is that there is a lot of wasteland. The construction of roads and ports and workshops are all under her management. They are all great things that benefit the country and the people. She complains about the lack of labor all the time. .”

Lin Hai was startled: "She's in charge of the building? Where's Jia Lian?"

Jia Cong said: "Second Brother Lian doesn't manage so much by himself! Uncle, it's very easy to pass a term casually, but it's much harder to turn a barren land into a prosperous place. No one is idle. We all still You are young, my father is also a man who doesn't care about things, you can help us find out what is wrong, after all, he has been a minister."

Lin Haidao: "Tell me, what are you doing?"

Jia Cong smiled and talked about the affairs of the Taiwan government as much as he could, boasting as much as he could, and encouraging as much as he could, as good as he could say, like a paradise.At the end, Jia Cong said: "Uncle, it's not because he is reluctant to part with this house. A family is a home if you have relatives. It would be nice to be with Sister Lin. Besides, it's not like I won't go back to Beijing in the future."

Although Lin Hai never explicitly said whether he would go or not, it was obvious that he was already tempted.

After spending another day and meeting a few must-see people, Jia Cong changed into a moon-white Confucian robe and a Confucian scarf and came to Feng Ziying's house.

It was rare for Feng Ziying to see him like this, and it was a little funny. After looking at him for a long time, she said, "It seems that he has lost some weight. It's just that it's autumn now, so what's the matter with a fan?"

Jia Cong waved the folding fan: "This is called comprehensive packaging, pretending to be gentle! I wanted to get a goose feather fan, but I thought everyone would have a goose feather fan. It's too boring."

Feng Ziying said: "Why didn't I see everyone holding a goose feather fan?"

Jia Cong said: "Everyone who pretends to be a master uses a goose feather fan. Probably the goose hates Zhuge Liang the most."

Feng Ziying said with a smile: "What are you doing with this appearance?"

Jia Cong bowed to him and said, "The student wants to trouble Mr. Feng to introduce the virtuous king Qiansui for the student."

Feng Ziying stared at him for a long time and said, "What the hell are you doing?"

Jia Cong said: "Chu Long talks about Queen Mother Zhao, Zou Ji satirizes King Qi Wei, if there is one more thing in the history books, Jia Cong persuades Wang Pan."

Feng Ziying saw that what he said didn't look like a joke, so she looked at him again and said, "Forget it, let's see what you're up to."

Feng Ziying changed her clothes and led Jia Cong to the palace of Prince Xian.

Situ Pan also thought it was funny when he saw Jia Cong's appearance as a Confucian scholar, so he took a closer look and said, "He looks like a scholar."

Jia Cong bowed his hands to him: "The virtuous king is a thousand years old, the student has something to persuade him."

Situ Pan said: "If it's about the kings discussing politics, then there's no need to talk about it."

Jia Cong said: "Two thousand and four hundred years ago, there was a great sage in Western Greece named Aesop. Mr. Aesop once told a story. The lion went to the creator Zeus and complained: 'I am so powerful that I command all beasts, and I am afraid of chickens. Crowing! What a shameful face.' Zeus said: "My heart is brave, the crowing of the rooster is nothing more than a trivial matter, why not be afraid of it." Then he sent it away. The more the lion thought about it, the more he felt ashamed, and he wanted to die! In a meeting, he met an elephant on his way. Seeing the elephant shaking his ears, he wondered, "Brother Elephant, what are you doing shaking your ears?" The elephant said, "Although I am a huge animal, I am most afraid of bugs entering my ears." The lion saw the elephant They are all afraid, and insects are worse than roosters, and I feel that I am not too shameless if I am afraid of cock crowing, so I lost my desire to die, and ran away happily."

Situ Pan smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"

Jia Cong said: "This story tells us a truth. Everyone has shortcomings. It is the right way to face up to the shortcomings. Don't refuse to admit it because of face."

Situ Pan wondered, "Why do I want to save my face and refuse to admit my shortcomings?"

Jia Cong said: "Your Highness just refuses to admit that he is not the emperor, but just like Wu Wang, Shu Wang, Qi Wang, etc., just an ordinary prince? When it comes to the succession of the orthodox throne, Chen Wang is the most upright Even King Lu is the eldest son of the Supreme Emperor. As for this little saint in the capital, how is he different from King Lu? King Yan is a thousand years old."

Situ Pan was stunned: "Why don't you admit it? I'm not the emperor in the first place."

Jia Cong said: "There is a big piece of cake, which originally belonged to the owner. The guys are all hungry and want to share it. The owner doesn't want to give it to the guys, and the guys want to eat it even more." He paused and said, " The deliberation of state affairs by the kings is to give the princes and kings the right to participate in politics. If you are a prince, you would like to have this matter, just like a man wants to eat his boss's big cake. If you are an emperor, you don't want to have brothers and nephews to join in. You should have One family dominates. Yan Wang Qiansui, you are not the emperor, you are the princes and princes. River governance and imperial examinations are all unavoidable things. If you don’t rely on the fief and happen to be near the capital, you just hold a seat in your hand Little sage, in the past, the river control work was presided over by Beijing Central Committee, and the scientific examinations in the past were all held in the capital, so that all the scholars in the world are used to coming to the capital for examinations, etc., so they came out first to preside over these things. Believe it or not, there will be two years. The prince next to him presided over it?"

Situ Pan frowned.

"Most scholars in the world participate in the imperial examination for the purpose of becoming an official, not for loyalty to the emperor. Those who really take part in the scientific examination for loyalty to the emperor are not loyal to you, the virtuous king. King Yan Qiansui, you cannot be an official for many people, because Your land is only that big. If you don’t believe me, just wait and see. If King Wu and six princes jointly hold the imperial examination in two years, will there be more talents coming to you to take the exam or to go elsewhere?” He took a breath , drank a sip of tea, and said, "Admitting that you are a vassal king is like a lion admitting that you are afraid of cock crowing. It's no big deal. Don't you want these benefits that can be easily obtained for the sake of face? Busy with conquering the hearts and minds of the army and the people, when they calm down and calm down, they will immediately think of making a name for themselves. At that time, they will rush to do these things that you don't want to do. My lord, I don't want to take advantage of this right now. I can’t take it. I can’t take advantage of such a big advantage—as the saying goes, the world will be divided if it is united for a long time, and it will be united after a long time. Fame is strength. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Han was divided into several parts, but the Sima family was finally unified. Because their family is the strongest. Why did Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, Liu Yu and Liu Bei never succeed? They didn’t Is it more famous? Isn’t it because the Sima family stole the foundation of the Cao family, and the Cao family is the strongest. Anything that can strengthen their own strength is a good thing.” Jia Cong stood up and bowed to Situ Pan, "That's all the late life said."

After a long time, Situ Pan said, "Let me think about it."

Jia Cong nodded: "I hope the prince thinks twice." Then he rubbed his neck, "Speaking so solemnly is exhausting me."

Feng Ziying said from the side: "Where is the seriousness? It's the same as the usual conversation, but it's true that it's just sitting serious."

Jia Cong made a face.

Situ Pan sat for a while and said, "You have only returned not long ago, and what are you doing in the capital again?"

Jia Cong said: "My sister is happy. I am afraid that the doctor and midwife in Ping'an Prefecture are not very good. I want to find some good ones for her in Beijing."

Situ Pan smiled and said: "Your brothers are also extinct, and they all value their sister so much." On the one hand, he didn't know whether to be glad that Ping'an Prefecture was not entrusted to the kings or regret it.Luckily, the Gao family in Ping'an Prefecture has a good relationship with the Jia family, and the Jia family is [-]% sure to be on their side.Although Ping'an Prefecture is not in the land of Yanzhao, sooner or later it will be regarded as its own territory.Those who regret it, if they are in the hands of their brothers and nephews next to him, if they fight in the future, they can be easily subdued.

Jia Cong said: "Why don't we take brothers seriously? Are they all of the same flesh and blood? They are born with each other. The only ones who don't value flesh and blood are your emperor's family."

Situ Pan's face darkened, Feng Ziying coughed a few times, opened his mouth to speak but had nothing to say.

Jia Cong sighed: "My lord, don't be sorry, this is not born, but it is also born."

Situ Pan glanced at him and held up the tea bowl: "What else do you have to say?"

Jia Cong said: "People are born to love flesh and blood, and the emperor's family is also human, so this is innate."

Situ Pan took a sip of his tea and put down the cup.

"And everyone loves power, and this is also born. There are too few people who don't love power by nature, and most of them are either smart, lazy, or too incompetent—pretending that they don't love power is actually incapable of obtaining power."

Both Situ Pan and Feng Ziying smiled lightly.

"The emperor has the greatest power in the world, even his brothers and sons. But this power can only be held by one person and cannot be shared." Jia Cong clapped his hands, "This power is too big and too tempting. Who wants to get it? Don’t you want it? It’s okay for the girls of the emperor’s family to have modest ambitions. They don’t want them. All the men of the emperor’s family want it. Would they not want it? Men are different from women. Women value affection, while men value profit. Therefore , the innate love for power will make the men of the emperor's family throw away the innate love for flesh and blood. This matter is also innate."

Situ Pan was silent for a long time after hearing the words, and asked, "Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing?"

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "Students think that there is no good or bad in everything that is born. People, most of them will promote good and reject evil. It's just that promoting good and eliminating evil should be things that can be promoted and eliminated, that is, things that can be changed. .Most things that are born cannot be changed. Assuming that sunny days are good and rainy days are evil, how can we promote good and eliminate evil?"

It took Situ Pan a long time to understand what he meant, and said: "You mean, the emperor's family doesn't love their flesh and blood, just like sunny and rainy days, it can't be changed? Doesn't the Tian family cherish flesh and blood?"

Jia Cong shrugged: "Yes. Women without ambition, men who are smart but lazy, and men who are too incompetent."

Situ Pan fell silent again after hearing the words.

Jia Cong waited for a while, and then said: "There is one more thing that men want, namely 'name'. Those old Confucianists always say 'name is justified' over and over again, as if this matter is really important. In fact, Ever since Tang Taizong Li Shimin became a British lord, the succession of the throne is not important at all." He shrugged, "Whether it is at that time or later generations, Li Shimin is full of praise. Who cares how he came to power It doesn’t matter whether Li Jiancheng is a good person, whether he died wrongly or not, or whether he has talent, as long as Li Shimin treats the people well, governs the country successfully, and leaves a peaceful and prosperous world.” He paused and said with a smile, “He Li Shimin, It is Qiangu Mingjun!"

Feng Ziying applauded after hearing this.

Situ Pan nodded again and again: "Good boy! Wait for me here."

Jia Cong said: "Things have come back again. My lord, what matters is strength. Without strength, everything is empty."

Situ Pan sighed: "I already know what you mean, I'll think about it again."

Jia Cong nodded and said, "Let's leave it at that. The students have said everything they can. Does the prince know where there is a good doctor?"

Situ Pan said: "Of course it's the Tai Hospital."

Jia Cong's eyes lit up: "Can I invite you out of Beijing?"

Situ Pan laughed and said, "Why is this king so incompetent?"

Jia Cong was overjoyed and bowed to Situ Pan again and again: "Thank you, my lord! You are so kind!"