The Han Mansion was relatively well-preserved during the Jinling War and was only used as a barracks by the rebels.
Except for being a bit dirty and with many damaged doors and windows, the main buildings are generally well preserved and have been given a new look after being tidied up.
Although the ceremony for the appointment of a queen was being held in the palace today, a woman from the Han family entered the palace today and was conferred as an uncle-concubine whose status was only slightly inferior to that of a noble concubine. For the Han family, today is a truly happy day.
Jinling is in short supply of supplies. The Han family sent people to Hangzhou and Huzhou a month ago to purchase silk, satin, wedding candles, gold and silverware and other items.
Today, the two to three hundred lanterns inside and outside the Han mansion are all made of red silk.
The inner and outer courtyard walls were re-plastered with white plaster, and the doors and windows were repainted after repairs.
A layer of fine sand was also sprinkled inside and outside the courtyard.
A large number of damaged rare trees and grasses were replanted from other places, and two deer and two golden pheasants were even caught and released into the garden behind Mingju Hall as a sign of good luck; the shallow pond after cleaning was also
Release new koi.
The royal betrothal gift was delivered to the door yesterday, and hundreds of boxes filled with items filled half of the street. Jiang Huo, who had just taken up the post of Young Supervisor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs this morning, brought officials from Zongzheng Temple and the Ministry of Rites to the door to announce the edict to everyone of all ages in the Han family.
After being rewarded, Concubine Shu was taken to the palace.
Although the Han government is also holding a wedding banquet today, Han Daoming, Han Daochang and Han Jun, whose rank was barely enough to be ranked in the imperial court during the imperial meeting, accompanied Han Wenhuan, the old man who was awarded the title of Guangliang Marquis after His Majesty ascended the throne, to the palace to attend the Queen's appointment.
Ceremony.
The situation was a little special. With the permission of Yang Yuanpu, Mr. Han, Han Daoming, and Han Daochang, after attending the most important ceremony, they were able to go back before dark to socialize with the guests and friends who were attending the wedding banquet in Han Mansion today.
In addition to the old man being granted the title of County Marquis, Han Daoming participated in political affairs and served as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. He was not only in charge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, but also one of the prime ministers who could participate in the Privy Council.
Today's Han Mansion is an upright prime minister's court, and there are women in the Han Mansion. Different from the lower status of the ninth concubine, the twenty-seventh wife, Han Daoming is also qualified to be called the father-in-law of the country. This is a double
of wealth and prominence.
Han Wenhuan stood in the palace for most of the day, and his body could no longer hold up. When he returned to the palace, he did not go to socialize with guests and friends. Instead, he went back to the inner chamber to rest. He wanted to lie down and rest, but he was not sleepy at all, so he asked the maid to help him up.
Sitting in the yard, I watched the bright yellow stamens of a bush of winter jasmine in the corner begin to wither in this early summer.
"grandfather……"
Han Wenhuan turned around and saw Han Chengmeng standing at the door of the courtyard calling him.
"Why don't you accompany the guests in the front yard?" Han Wenhuan asked.
"The officials who came to Xuzhou to deliver the decree returned to Beijing today. Han Dong also came to Jinling with the ship. He just sent a congratulatory gift and was about to leave. The grandson thought that his grandfather might want to meet the people from Xuzhou, so he stayed temporarily.
Come here and ask your grandfather," Han Chengmeng said.
"Yeah." Han Wenhuan glanced at Han Chengmeng with great satisfaction and asked him to invite people from Xuzhou to the inner house to talk.
After a while, Han Chengmeng led Han Dong and two other strong young men over.
Han Dong was wearing brown casual clothes. He was twenty-six or seventeen years old and had a short mustache on his lips, which made him look elegant and mature. It was hard to imagine that four or five years ago he was just a low-level slave in the Han Mansion and still had his uncle.
With Han Laoshan's support, he only attended private school for two or three years and learned some rough calligraphy.
The two sturdy young men behind Han Dong were both wearing leather armor and brown military uniforms. They knew at a glance that they were military attaches from Xuzhou, but one of them looked unfamiliar. Han Wenhuan remembered that this young man was in Langxi.
The guard named Han Donghu or some other military attache next to Han Qian.
Han Dong came to Jinling on behalf of Xuzhou this time, so it was natural for him to be accompanied by the military attaché of Xuzhou.
"Han Laoshan is in good health. How are your parents getting used to living in Xuzhou?" Han Wenhuan pulled Han Dong to sit beside him and asked naggingly about the family background. He still remembered that Han Dong was
Han Laoshan's nephew later adopted Han Laoshan, but later he bought his father, his mother, and many of his brothers and sisters who were originally slaves of the Han family into good wives, and then took them to Xuzhou.
"My father's health is still good. He wanted to come to Jinling to visit you, the old Marquis, but I was worried that his body wouldn't be able to support him, so I didn't agree. I was born in Chenzhong, but he still complained that you looked down on his body and bones -
—My uncle and aunt couldn’t live without leisure in Xuzhou, and said that since I had adopted my father, they would earn a living for their younger brother in Xuzhou. They settled down in Qianyang and opened a shop to do some small business.”
Han Dong sat aside carefully and talked about his family's situation in Xuzhou. According to the rules of the world, when he adopted Han Laoshan as his heir, he would call Han Laoshan his father and his biological father his uncle.
At this time, Han Dong served as an assistant in the Li Cao and Post Office Departments that Feng Yi was in charge of. He mainly replaced Han Laoshan, who had retired and was taking care of himself, and handled some affairs on behalf of the inner government.
Han Qian accepted the canonization of the Marquis of Qianyang. Whether it was for him personally or as a state of Xuzhou under the rule of the Chu Kingdom, he made contributions to the ceremony of enthroning the queen and accepting concubines according to the rules.
Feng Yi joined the army as the ceremonial officer of Xuzhou who was responsible for his own affairs. He and Han Dong brought Han Donghu and others to Jinling City with the messenger to pay tribute on behalf of Han Qian and Xuzhou.
Of course, Xuzhou showed a humble attitude towards Jinling, and of course the play had to be performed in full. Feng Yi asked Han Dong to send a congratulatory gift to the Han Mansion - Feng Yi knew that they would not be welcomed, so he simply
They didn't come here in person to avoid being looked down upon.
Although the congratulatory gift is more than ten pieces of medicinal patch cloth, a specialty of Xuzhou, which is not worth much, but it also represents Xuzhou's "feelings", doesn't it?
Han Wenhuan just asked Han Dong to talk about some family gossip. When Han Dong left again, he no longer asked him to stay at the house for a banquet, but asked Han Chengmeng to send Han Dong and the others out of the house.
After a while, Han Chengmeng, who had sent Han Dong and the others away, came back and saw the old man Han Wenhuan standing in the courtyard, looking at the koi swimming in the pond, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is wary of Xuzhou this time."
It’s time to get some relief, right?”
Han Wenhuan glanced sideways at this grandson who was not a direct descendant, and asked, "What do you think of Han Qian?"
"Han Qian's talents are unparalleled. Perhaps that is why His Majesty is jealous of him. Besides, there are rumors that Han Qian and Your Majesty actually knew that the late emperor's life was threatened by Anning Palace. His Majesty decided to conceal the matter."
Han Chengmeng said, "It doesn't matter that the people behind the scenes spreading these rumors have their own intentions, but maybe this is the truth?"
"Han Qian has teased the Han family as pawns several times, don't you have any idea?" Han Wenhuan asked, seeming to remember something, and said, "Oh, your second uncle and I went to Xuancheng to recruit Gu Zhilong, but it really didn't happen.
I know that Han Qian’s intention is to lure Gu Zhilong out so that he can attack Langxi, but this is different from what he told the outside world."
"My grandson guessed the same. My grandfather would have no hesitation if he knew about this matter, but his second uncle and Han Jun are not such people," Han Chengmeng said. "As for the number of times the Han family has become a chess piece in Han Qian's hands, it is hard to forgive.
, but it’s still better than following Anning Palace and following the prince all the way to the dark side!”
"Have you figured this out yourself?" Han Wenhuan asked.
"Wei Yan has also returned to Jinling in the past few days to prepare for the younger sister's entry into the palace. I have the best relationship with him. I was thinking about it while drinking," Han Chengmeng said. "Logically speaking, if Han Qian is granted the title of Marquis, the younger sister will also enter the palace."
As a concubine, some things should be settled, but Wei Yan and I always felt uneasy, and we were afraid that we would be scolded if we told my father about these things, so we thought about asking my grandfather what you think."
"If this is the case, that would be great, but you and Wei Yan must know that the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop," Han Wenhuan sighed and said, "Think about it, if His Majesty and Han Qian are at peace with each other.
Come on, your Majesty is sharpening his sword right now. Who will feel uncomfortable? Even for the sake of their own stability, some people in the DPRK don’t want your Majesty and Han Qian to be at peace with each other. Others don’t want your Majesty and Han Qian to be at peace with each other.
Han Qian in Xuzhou was at a loss, but that didn't mean that they had no solution at all. His Majesty transferred Shen Yang back to the center this time, but after deliberation in the political hall, he actually asked Shang Wensheng to replace Shen Yang in Guangde Mansion.
If you are appointed to be a magistrate, you just don’t have good intentions..."
Of course Han Chengmeng knew the key turning point in the Jinling War, which was the strong rise of the Chishan Army formed by Han Qian, who recruited slaves based on the remnants of military households in Taowu and the Xuzhou military attaché team. The two battles not only brought Gu Zhilong and other Xuanzhou clan clans to their knees.
, and also completely suppressed the Chuzhou Army, which was extremely powerful for a time, to the north of Jieling Mountain, thus reversing the wait-and-see attitude of the aristocratic clans in Jiangxi and eastern Zhejiang.
After Han Qian handed over military power, the Zuo Guangde Army, which was reorganized by the Chishan Army, no longer exists after the grassroots military attachés were transferred to follow Han Qian back to Xuzhou and the ordinary soldiers were separated and organized into various armies. However, as a centralized placement of the Chishan Army
In the three counties of Guangde, Langxi and Anji, where the general family is small, it is still undeniable that Han Qian has an influence there that no one can replace.
As the head of the Shang family in Lishui, Shang Wensheng was a doctor among the six tribes before the Jinling Incident, and was not particularly outstanding among the ministers in the court. After the Jinling Incident, Shang Wensheng was forced to surrender to the Anning Palace and became the grandson Yang Fen.
"Prince Fu", but he has always been dissatisfied with Anning Palace, and secretly had contact with Yang En.
After recapturing Jinling, Shang Wensheng and his eldest son successfully instigated the generals who oversaw their crossing the river to defect to the south bank. Not only were they reunited with their second son Shang Zhongwen, they were also retained in Jinling.
However, the Chishan Army rose at the northern foot of Fuyu Mountain. In addition to destroying Liyang City, the most critical battle was the capture of Shangjia Fort. Shang Wensheng's second son Shang Zhongjie was also lucky enough to escape early and survived, but he died in
The Chishan Army had to have eighty if not one hundred Shang clan members.
No matter how high the gesture Han Qian had made before, as long as His Majesty has doubts about Han Qian in his heart, the implications of the government officials deciding to use Shang Wensheng to serve as the prefect of Guangde Mansion are worth pondering.
Han Wenhuan continued: "Although Shang Wensheng may not be so stupid that he is willing to be used by others, but if they fail once and don't stop, where will they choose the next target?"
"Our Han family?" Han Chengmeng took a breath and said.
"It may not be our Han family, but they will not give up easily. Your father and your second uncle can be careful, but Han Jun, Han Duan, and Shu who have just entered the palace are staying in Jinling and do not dare to go outside.
Hui, you are still too young and too easy to be manipulated." Han Wenhuan frowned very tightly at this moment and said to Han Chengmeng, "After this incident, you and Wei Yan will try your best to take your wife and children with you.
After leaving Jinling, don’t come back in the future. If possible, don’t come back! If there is really any trouble, I will arrange for someone to be the first to tell you the news..."
"..." Han Chengmeng was shocked. He and his brother-in-law Qiao Weiyan always felt that things were not as simple as they seemed. However, in the eyes of the old man, the current situation facing the Han family was so severe that it was necessary to deal with it immediately.
It is necessary to plan to avoid the disaster of overturning the nest.
