Chapter three hundred and fiftieth chapters random mandarin duck spectrum
During the Mid-Autumn Festival of this year, the Supreme Emperor passed away, and the Daqi Dynasty completely entered a new era.
Nowadays, Gan Gang is so arbitrary that no one can restrain him head-on.
After the Emperor was buried in the imperial mausoleum, the first thing that was unlucky was that the loyal prince who had recently appeared and relied on Concubine Zhengui and the Zhen family in Jiangnan was directly named to stay in the imperial mausoleum for three years as a representative of the royal family to show his filial piety.
“I really can’t wait now!”
In the eldest master's other courtyard, Lin Ruhai, Lian Er and Zheng Er gathered together to discuss the current situation in the capital.
"I have been holding it back so hard. I have been suppressed by the Supreme Emperor for many years. Now I can let go and start a big fight. There is no need to be polite!"
The elder smiled leisurely and said: "Prince Loyalty is just the beginning!"
"Is there anyone else who is going to be unlucky?"
Lian Er was surprised and said: "It seems that there are no more annoying things in the court, right?"
"How could it not be?"
The elder sneered and said: "What kind of temperament do you have today? You can't bear to see the existence of sand in your eyes. The requirements for your ministers are not low. Besides, some ministers have indeed been more honest in recent years, but they were not honest at all before." ah!"
They looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
Sure enough, not long after, the emperor's 100-day memorial ceremony passed, and a new round of changes began in the court.
An old minister from the emperor's time either resigned or was caught by bad luck. For a time, the court was in turmoil and people were panicked. They didn't know to what extent the current situation would be.
This has nothing to do with the big boss and his officials. Not every official is a pile of shit. Of course, some officials are so powerful that even the embroidered guards can't detect the problem. Nowadays, the most they can do is hint that the other party can ask for help. Get out of here, he will never tolerate dissidents in the court now.
This situation is actually very bad, and it can easily lead to a situation where Gan Gang speaks arbitrarily.
Now in his prime, he has a clear mind and can handle things neatly and it is not obvious. But when he gets older and his brain is not clear, or he starts to become confused, who knows whether he will do something wrong that will affect the people's health. The stability of the world situation.
Are there many emperors like this?
The most famous one is Han Wu, who forced the prince to rebel and make life difficult for the people. When he was about to die in the end, his mind 'suddenly' cleared up and he expressed regret for the past things, and then nothing happened.
What you say is better than what you sing!
Not to mention that all the accumulation of Wenjing's rule was completely consumed, the whole world was in a mess, or to put it in more modern terms, the world was almost bankrupt!
Needless to say how serious the consequences were, what’s funny is that a group of imperial literati also praised Han Wu for being wise and wise, knowing his mistakes and being able to correct them, and using some Spring and Autumn writing skills to write off all Han Wu’s previous mistakes.
How can it be that easy?
Later, several Han emperors paid for Hanwu's extravagance and waste, and even supported powerful ministers like Huo Guang. In the end, if it hadn't been for the leader of the ZTE like Han Xuan, it's hard to say whether the Western Han Dynasty could have persisted until Wang Mang appeared.
It is true that he is a strict and self-disciplined emperor today, but no one can guarantee that this emperor will be able to persist as always, or whether his temperament will suddenly change when he reaches old age.
The elder only talked about these things as a joke to a group of officials and didn't take them too seriously.
He can see some things clearly, and it is estimated that the elder will have to take the initiative to retreat soon. It is not that he is afraid of anyone, but there are some things that he has to consider the future of his descendants.
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Not to mention the changing situation in the court, something also happened in Rongguo Mansion.
Xue Baochai couldn't sit still anymore. According to her actual age, she was already twenty. In modern times, she was still young, but in feudal ancient times, she was an out-and-out old girl.
Mrs. Wang has been hanging her with Baoyu, but Baoyu is almost eighteen now, and Mrs. Wang has no intention of letting Baoyu marry her. It is still the same old rhetoric.
There was no need for Xue Baochai to say anything. Xue Pan, who had always loved his sister, was not happy. His beautiful sister was just for Baoyu?
Not to mention, Xue Pan is about to get married at this time, and the woman is still the Osmanthus Xia family in the original work.
Both families were from royal merchant families, and Miss Xia's beauty was in line with Xue Pan's aesthetic standards, so the marriage was quickly agreed upon.
Xue Pan is not the stupid overlord in the original work. At least he learned some useful knowledge during his years as a student in the Jia family. In addition, he has traveled widely in the past few years and has broadened his horizons. It is easy to find out the temperament of Xia Jingui, his marriage partner.
If you don't want to marry a new wife who will conflict with your sister, then you can only marry your sister off as soon as possible.
Xue Pan had this idea, and so did Aunt Xue.
She is now quite dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang. She has been dragging Xue Baochai with Baoyu, and now she has not yet made an accurate decision. Naturally, Aunt Xue will not agree.
On this day, Aunt Xue went to the second room again to find Mrs. Wang, hoping that Mrs. Wang could give an accurate answer.
How could Mrs. Wang agree? At this time, she was the mother of the dignified Concubine Yuan and the serious grandmother of the Eighth Prince. Her status was very different from before.
As the biological brother of Concubine Yuan, Baoyu will marry a noble girl in the future. Even marrying a princess is not a problem. How could he marry a businesswoman like Xue Baochai?
Unless Xue Baochai is willing to be the second wife, she can still consider it.
The main reason is that she is jealous of the Xue family's millions of wealth. Although the second wife has accumulated a lot of money, the amount is no less than one million taels, but Mrs. Wang does not mind that there is too much money at all.
It's just a pity that her previous plan to have someone mislead Xue Pan, kill him immediately, and then swallow up the Xue family's property went bankrupt. She didn't have any useful manpower, so she could only find a way to defeat Xue Baochai's pretense.
Got an idea.
Considering how much Aunt Xue and Xue Pan valued Baochai, the dowry amounted to two to three hundred thousand taels, which was also an astonishing amount of money.
"Sister, Baochai is really not young. If you can't make up your mind, then I can only let Baochai choose another husband!"
Aunt Xue's temperament was a little soft, but she couldn't resist Mrs. Wang's evasion. In the end, she could only say: "It's really not possible. I can only choose a motivated one among the Jia family's children!"
Mrs. Wang's face looked a little ugly, but she couldn't say much.
She couldn't just wait and wait until Baoyu's wife was decided. If she really wanted to do that, she would completely offend the Xue family. If she wanted to get money from the Xue family in the future, it would be impossible.
What's even more worrying is that I really want to make Aunt Xue anxious and directly ask her for years of borrowed money. That's a huge amount of more than three hundred thousand taels. Not to mention Mrs. Wang's reluctance to pay it back, this matter is really going to be exposed.
She and her second wife would be completely embarrassed.
No, Baochai must not marry anyone else, not even a member of the Jia clan!
Didn't you listen to what Aunt Xue said? She plans to choose a progressive kid from the Jia family. Those guys are not easy to make money. No one knows whether they will cause trouble in the future. After all, the matter involves three hundred thousand taels of silver.
"How about, sister, what do you think of Huan'er?"
As the legitimate mother, Jia Huan's marriage is naturally in the hands of Mrs. Wang. Of course, she can only influence it once. After Jia Huan gets married and the family separates, it will be impossible for her to intervene again.
There was nothing she could do about it. Although she was very optimistic about Baochai, she had no intention of sacrificing Baoyu. She also didn't want Baochai to be completely out of control, so she could only take advantage of Jia Huan.
Otherwise, if the Xue family really caused trouble, not only she and the second bedroom, but also the entire Rong family and the Jia family would be embarrassed.
She cannot bear such a responsibility. If the Jia family at this time is just like the original story, and the branch tribesmen cannot hold up the wall, what happened in the Rongguo Mansion has nothing to do with them.
Even if something insults the Jia family's family tradition, many members of the clan still have to rely on the Rongguo Mansion for their livelihood. No matter how unhappy they feel, they can only endure it.
But is the situation different now? The existence of the Jia Family School has made many of the Jia family's children stand out, and their voice is getting stronger and stronger. Even the Rongguo Mansion has to consider their voices.
Mrs. Wang did not dare to make too many mistakes. Even Yuanchun, who gave birth to the eighth prince in the palace, could not withstand the dissatisfaction and anger of her clan members.
After much deliberation, in the end I could only take advantage of this little kid Jia Huan.
"That's not good!"
Aunt Xue was a little hesitant. She never expected that Mrs. Wang would make such a suggestion.
Deep down, she was quite satisfied with Jia Huan.
Although Jia Huan is young, he and Xue Pan are classmates, but he has shown great ability at a young age. Now he has made a name for himself in the frontier army and is already a seventh-grade centurion leader.
She had also considered Jia Huan before, and Xue Pan also agreed very much. Even Baochai did not raise any objection. It was just because of Mrs. Wang's face and Jia Huan's situation in the house that it was difficult to raise it.
Now Mrs. Wang takes the initiative to mention Jia Huan. Although she knows that there is no good intention in it, Aunt Xue is playing into her heart. If she were not worried about something going wrong, she would have nodded in agreement.
But she was so familiar with Mrs. Wang that she didn't dare to agree too readily. Otherwise, with Mrs. Wang's temperament, Jia Huan would never be Baochai's marriage partner.
Sure enough, when Aunt Xue hesitated and looked like she didn't agree, Mrs. Wang immediately became energetic and began to persuade Jia Huan in a hurry. She was so impressed that Jia Huan was in heaven and earth. In short, the whole point was to marry Baochai.
This kid Jia Huan is definitely not bad.
Aunt Xue left the main hall where Mrs. Wang was with a reluctant expression. After returning to Lixiangyuan, she closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief in front of Xue Baochai. She explained to Baochai clearly what happened at Mrs. Wang's house before and finally smiled.
Said: "The situation is not bad, I am quite satisfied with Huan'er!"
Xue Baochai remained silent, feeling very dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang in her heart. Of course, she did feel a bit disappointed. To say that Baoyu's temperament was very popular with girls, he was gentle and considerate, and he came from a wealthy family. At present, his biological sister was still the concubine who gave birth to the prince in the harem.
No matter how you look at it, the future is quite bright.
It's just a pity...
But having said that, although Jia Huan has never been very eye-catching, this guy is extremely motivated, which is quite in line with Xue Baochai's temperament.