The Honest Man of the Red Chamber

"I'm sorry, Master Zong Renling, the emperor is busy, I'm afraid I don't have time to see you, why don't you come back at another day."

Seeing that it was Yu Rugang, the eunuch played the matter, so he waved the dust fly and sounded a reminder.

Yu Rugang was holding a few reports in his hand, and he took out a bank note from his sleeve, "Eunuch Qin, who is in here, I don't know if I wait here for a while, maybe I can see the emperor?"

Eunuch Qin quickly took the bank note and said hesitantly, "I'm afraid I can't do it." He didn't dare to say some things clearly, he knew who the emperor saw, but he could tell him!Even after collecting this little money, at most tell him not to let him wait here in vain.

Yu Rugang had no choice but to turn around and leave. He happened to meet his co-worker, Taifu Wang Qinruo, and stood aside for a while.Sure enough, not a moment later, Wang Qinruo came back with a resentful expression on his face.

"Your Excellency, you are being polite." Yu Rugang raised his hand and said.

When Wang Qinruo looked up and saw that it was him, he also cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty Zong Ling is very polite."

Both of them were rejected from the hall, unable to face the saint, so they couldn't help feeling sympathy for each other, so they went out together hand in hand.

They talked together along the way, walked slowly to the gate of the palace and bid farewell to their respective sedan chairs.The sedan chair just started to move, and it was Jia Zheng who came out in a hurry.

It was him!

Yu Rugang felt furious when he saw Jia Zheng.

Back then when my daughter entered the palace to run for election, she was supposed to be betrothed to Prince Cheng, but unexpectedly something happened in the palace!His daughter was actually married to a Jinshi of the Xinke. He is a majestic first-class patriarchal order, in charge of the royal family's affiliation, revising and compiling jade documents, laying a foundation for Zhaomu, ordering honors and salaries, Li factions, admonishing teachings, discussing rewards and punishments, and enshrining matters in the mausoleum. The daughter actually only married a mere unknown junior.How could he not be annoyed by this, and what made him even more terrified was that since then, for some reason, the emperor gradually transferred some of his affairs to the Ministry of Rites.In the past, once a month, he was able to meet the saint at least once, but now he was unable to meet the saint several times, and he could not meet the saint alone.

Contrasted with his growing sorrow, Jia Zheng became more and more prosperous. When he came back from Shanxi, he became a third-rank official, could participate in the government affairs, and be a speaker in the court;Although the Jia family was originally a famous family in the world, like a colossus, the four major families of Jia Shi Wang Xue Jinling have always been in touch with each other, helping each other and looking forward to each other. But gradually, Jia's family is better than Wang's family, completely different from the past, just looming, like a lion that has woken up from a deep sleep.

What is puzzling is that the emperor turned a blind eye to this. Logically speaking, for such veterans who have made great achievements and honors, the emperor should only watch them die. How could he let them stand out again?Even the relationship between Jia and Wang has become closer, and recently they have married the Wang family again, such as making friends with each other, but there is no sign of it!This kind of impenetrable sense of powerlessness made Yu Rugang feel like he was walking on thin ice.

These political affairs are nothing, and what makes Yu Rugang even more angry is that his family is actually on the blacklist of Baifangji!The dignified patriarch's family couldn't buy anything from there, which was clearly targeted.But he couldn't do anything about it, just because everyone knew that this Baifangji was opened by Mrs. Wang, the second wife of the Jia family.Even Baifangji clearly told his family the reasons. Back in the palace, Miss Yu's family targeted their Jia family's young lady for no reason. Just in case the Yu family added something to it by themselves, and said that the things from Baifangji were not good for harming people, then they would provoke trouble again!

It's annoying to hear this. Could it be that the Yu family's behavior is so despicable?

It turns out that it doesn't matter if you can't buy it. If his house doesn't sell it, you can buy it from another house. But since it was reported in the palace that the empress empress is also using some kind of skin care products for women, it's terrible. The women in the family have more opinions. Why can't they even buy it?Although everyone is robbing, whether they can grab it depends on luck, but why can't they even buy it?

Originally, the daughter was recorded under the name of the eldest princess, so she should be named the head of the county or county. When the eldest princess went, even the fiefdom would leave a part for her, but I didn't expect the emperor to take it back. He painstakingly Befriended Prince Cheng, and in the end even lost her daughter's life...

Jia Zheng only held grudges for such a trivial matter because of his daughter. He really has no guts and is very stingy!But it was such a person who could face the saint, but he was turned away, which made him feel even more uncomfortable.

Wang Qinruo put down the sedan chair curtain and looked at Jia Zheng thoughtfully.He was Taichang Cheng first, and then sentenced to the third division. He was promoted by the late emperor to be a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. He served as the appeasement envoy of Xichuan. One step, he will be able to become the third prince, or be the Taifu and Taibao, in charge of the emperor, manage yin and yang, and Jingbang Honghua!But I don't know why, recently the emperor has repeatedly ignored his memorials, and often refused to accept his political opinions and suggestions. In the past few days, he even has no chance to meet the saint.He clenched his hands into fists. Could it be that his private relationship with Prince Cheng has been discovered?

How could he, Wang Qinruo, not know that although the emperor did not establish a crown prince, most of the crown princes came from the main palace.But Wang Qinruo just wanted to fight for the merit of Conglong who was one out of ten!King Xianjun doesn't need to recruit, there will naturally be people rushing forward to stand behind him, how can he show off?But King Chengjun is different. Although he is the son of the emperor's most beloved concubine Xian, everything he wants will not be taken for granted like the son of the middle palace. He has to fight for it by himself, or even grab it!

Rather than disappearing from the crowd, he prefers to be unique and to lead the way!

Before that, he couldn't fall down easily.Wang Qinruo thought to himself, he didn't know the way of the Jia family, should he get in?

When Jia Zheng came back in a hurry, he hurried to look for Wang Guizhi. The women in charge who had been serving in Baoxia were so frightened that they lowered their heads and shrank in one place. There were so many people that there was nowhere to hide.

"Ma'am, I have something to ask you."

Seeing that he was so anxious, Wang Guizhi felt a little funny, and just wanted to stand up from the couch, but Jia Zheng picked her up and walked into the house. She was really shy and protested softly, "Don't be like this, there are others Woolen cloth."

How can he control what people think?As soon as Jia Zheng returned to the room, he asked several questions, "What is the name of that country with guns and cannons? How far is it from us? How did they get the succession system to the throne? The so-called royal family is really Is it just an ordinary gentry with military power? And..."

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One hundred thousand why?How did she know, Wang Guizhi immediately concluded, "I, how do I know? Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly asking about these things?"

"The emperor asked! Why don't you know? Didn't you tell me all this?" Jia Zheng was a little dumbfounded. Why did his wife suddenly say that he didn't know what he believed in?Thinking that he was talking nonsense with the emperor, talking endlessly about the emperor being like a frog in a well, who could only look at a small area under his eyelids (of course the original words were not like this, they were rhetorically beautified), he suddenly felt chills all over his body .

Seeing that his face was turning blue, Wang Guizhi hurriedly helped him to sit down, "Don't worry, what did the emperor ask? Tell me carefully so that I can reply you, right?"

She felt something was wrong when she heard it, and stopped quickly, "Aren't you talking about sea bans? Why did you mention springs? And musketeers, cannons?" You can't blame her, obviously he said it himself Biased.

Jia Zheng said urgently, "Is this still the time to talk about why you need to lift the spring? The question is what to do next!" It wasn't when it was about the ban on seas, when the emperor asked him a little guilty, and he subconsciously changed the subject like his wife because he was not prepared enough. Yes... He still glared at Madam, it's not because she always said these things in his ears, and after the two returned from Shanxi, the relationship between the husband and wife became more harmonious, and when there were whispers from time to time at night, they communicated more. He has acquired Mrs. Dot's "bad habits".

No matter what you are talking about, if you are asked if you don’t want to persuade others, then you will never stop talking. If you don’t know what to say, you will transfer to other things.

"What else can I do? The other end of the sea is so far away, what do I want to do? Hurry up and build a boat to see if I can catch up with him?" Wang Guizhi was anxious when asked, and started her "fudge" again.

"Isn't the emperor just wanting to know if what you said is true? There must be no falsehood, but they are so far away, and it is not possible to call them immediately, but it is certain to take precautions before they happen. First of all, first The first important thing is to restore the shipbuilding industry that was hit hard by the previous dynasty." Wang Guizhi was very opinionated when he mentioned this, how could he give up eating because of the problems left over from history?After carefully asking an old boatman, she found out that the tallest ship in today's ship is only three stories high!What can the three layers do?Although she didn't understand how a ship was built, she thought about it without a certain weight and draft, wouldn't the ship be blown away by a little wind?Then how can it be possible to go where you want to go?Can't reach the destination at all!

Then she sent people to sail, not to explore the sea, but to send people to the sea!

"Think about it, the sea is boundless. If there is no big ship that can withstand the wind and waves, how can we protect our long coast and border? What if there are other countries attacking from the sea? Their ships are big, cannons can be mounted on them, and they can be fought on land. But people got on the boat and ran away. How can our small boat compete with others? Besides, without good boats, how can we restore our Maritime Silk Road, open the waterways of other countries with commerce, and secretly inquire about news from other countries?" Wang Guizhi excitedly said , "Our coastline is 3.2 kilometers long. Water transportation is so developed that there is only a navy and no navy. Can we really think that we are a big country and no one dares to invade? Then why did the previous dynasty even use high-level waters to prevent the Japanese invasion? The first ship is not allowed to be built, and the Chinese are not allowed to go abroad?" With her wisdom, she wanted to understand, but this did not disturb her righteous indignation, "If you are not strong enough, find a way to strengthen it. If you can't beat it, you can practice. How can you simply close the door? Not only to myself, but also to the children, they are not allowed to go out, and they will be beaten if they go out."

She looked at Jia Zheng, "I'm a woman, and I never thought of teaching my children this way. It's so spineless! It's impossible to fail for a while. What's terrible is that just because of one or two failures, I will never try again. If Everyone follows this saying, so why continue to deepen your knowledge and accumulate wealth, isn’t it enough if you don’t starve to death?”

Jia Zheng was persuaded again.

"Madam continued."

"It's not easy to build a ship. You need wood, glue, etc., and you have to have shipbuilding talents who have been familiar with wood materials and how to absorb shocks over the years... Even if the ship is built, it will not happen immediately. Those who are able to go to sea have to be checked. This is one of the most important things. Although everyone does not understand the language, even if we go to a certain place, if we cannot communicate and do business, we may suffer and be deceived. We will not know whether the news we hear is true or not. ; There is also the vast sea, without a navigator, just relying on a compass is not enough, you have to know the weather, wind and waves, etc., and there are doctors, cooks, food, etc. Unlike the inland, you can always find a place to replenish water. It's salty, you can't drink it directly, the more you drink it, the thirstier you become..."

After the morning court the next day, I listened to Jia Zheng's revised and polished answer.

Emperor Yanzai thought thoughtfully, "I would rather teach my son like a wolf than pet him like a sheep?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Jia Zheng stood up straight and responded proudly.

The author has something to say: There was originally a conversation between the monarch and his ministers, but I was embarrassed to read it myself. I don’t have a strong literary foundation, so let’s avoid it~