The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 5 Entertainment
Why do you say that the prince jumped across the river and demolished the bridge? You must know that in the original book, Jia Zheng, a member of the Ministry of Industry from the fifth rank, has been doing it for decades.It wasn't until Jia Yuanchun became a concubine that Jia Zheng was regarded as a student of politics today, and he messed up just because of this.

Not to mention Jia Zheng's personal ability, but Jia Zheng definitely wants to be promoted, as can be seen from the tone of his education of Jia Baoyu in the original text.How can it be possible for a person who opens and closes his mouth to serve the court, and you say he doesn't want to be promoted.

Some people may say that Jia Zheng is a decent gentleman who doesn't bother to use those shady tricks to get promoted, otherwise he would have been promoted a long time ago. After all, he only worked a little bit, and let Jia Yucun, from a prisoner who was dismissed by the court, He became the prefect of Jinling, the fourth rank.

But this just shows that Wang Ziteng is ungrateful, because later on Xue Pan beat Feng Ziyuan to death in Jinling, and it was Wang Ziteng and Jia Zheng who wrote to Jia Yucun together, asking him to suppress the case.

It can be seen from this that Jia Zheng's operation of Jia Yucun Qifu should be based on Wang Ziteng's relationship.Since Wang Ziteng can even operate Jiayu Village, which has a stain on him, to become the prefect of Jinling, one must know that Jinling is an old capital, and the difficulty can be imagined.So if Wang Ziteng is willing to help, it shouldn't be difficult for Jia Zheng to be promoted. If he can't do a serious job, is it difficult for him to go to Qingshui Yamen like the Ministry of Rites?

Then why did Wang Ziteng not want to help Jia Zheng get promoted in the original book? It is very simple, Wang Ziteng wants to be the leader of the four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue.

To be the leader of the four major families, the Jia family must be suppressed, because before Jia Daishan passed away, the Jia family was the leader of the four families.

In the original book, Jia's house was ransacked in the end, and it was left in a vast expanse of whiteness. Wang Ziteng also died of illness in the post station.I'm afraid it's all because they are on the side of the Supreme Emperor. Although the original book does not describe other nobles, as far as Mu Xu knows, there are a total of twelve battalions in the Beijing Camp, and most of the leaders are nobles.

Therefore, it is estimated that these nobles will not escape being liquidated. Fortunately, although my family is also from a noble family, after all, the emperor is far away from the mountains, and coupled with my mother's relationship, there is a lot of room for maneuver, so there is no need to worry so much.

"My son, the concubine sent someone to invite my son to dinner." Mei Jian's voice came from outside the door.

Mu Xu responded, got up and walked out of the study, stretching.Looking at the sunset in the sky, I didn't expect to think about the affairs of the palace in the study, and it will be evening in the blink of an eye.

He didn't dare to keep his grandmother waiting, so he quickly walked to Songhe Hall with Mei Jian.I had dinner with my grandmother and chatted for a while, seeing that my grandmother was tired, I took my leave and went back to rest.

Waking up the next day, Mu Xulei couldn't help but complete a whole set of the first set of movements that he named as the exercise exercise.Thinking that I am not very familiar with the capital, why not take someone for a walk around the city today.

Just as he was thinking about it, the little girl in Concubine Zhang's courtyard came to send a message, asking him to go to Songhe Courtyard, and Concubine Zhang had something to do.

Mu Xu came to his grandmother's place and found that his mother was there. After eating with the two of them, Concubine Zhang said, "Your mother and son have never been in Beijing. I am old and I don't like to go out. Now you are back in Beijing. People in Beijing If you make friends with relatives, you have to move around again."

Princess Changning nodded in agreement.Concubine Zhang said again, "Xu'er is grown up now, I think some people, it's better to let him go in person, after all, he will support the lintel of our palace in the future, so let's socialize as soon as possible."

"Besides, at his age, it's time for fun. It's not good to keep him in the mansion. It's better to let him go out and walk around, recognize those old friends, and make a few friends."

"You're right, but I didn't expect this level. It's my mother's thoughtfulness." Seeing how thoughtful the mother-in-law is for her son, there is no reason why Princess Changning should not.

"You just didn't think of it for a while," Concubine Zhang smiled, and then explained to Mu Xu,

"We don't have many relatives on the Mu family's side, but your mother's side has quite a few uncles and aunts. You can ask your mother about these later. After all, they are all descendants of the royal family, which is different from ordinary people."

Both Mu Xu's mother and son nodded yes, and Concubine Zhang frowned, "Although our Mu family belongs to the founding clan, we haven't been in Beijing for many years after all, and it's just a matter of face with those families, so it's okay to send someone a gift." That's it."

Seeing this, Princess Changning hurriedly asked, "What's the matter with Mother?"

Concubine Zhang patted her hand before explaining, "Among the four kings, Nan'an Palace and Xining Palace only have female family members in Beijing, so it's fine to give a gift at that time. But Beijing Palace is now the head of Shui Rong, Xu'er still needs to personally Just go to the door."

Mu Xu nodded, "Grandson understands, this is what it should be."

"You and your mother are not in the capital all the year round. Some of the Hachiko's families have been very troubled in recent years. It's okay to be friendly with our family, but there are a few families whose ancestors have communicated with our family for generations. Home is good."

Mu Xu's heart moved, and he had some guesses, but he still asked, "I don't know which one grandma is talking about?"

Sure enough, I heard Zhang Taifei say, "My family's ancestors have the most friendship with the Niu family of Bagong Zhong Zhenguo and the Jia family of the Ningrong Second Mansion. The Niu family has been doing well these years, and Niu Jizong is also a sensible person. It's just this Jia family..."

Seeing Concubine Zhang hesitate, before Mu Xu could ask, Princess Changning asked, "But what's wrong with this Jia family?"

"If it's just a little wrong, it's nothing to people like us." Concubine Zhang smiled wryly.
"Since the first Rong Guo Dai Shan Gong passed away, Jia Jing, the head of the Ning Mansion, has gone out to learn Taoism again. Now the Rong Mansion is under the pressure of Rong Guo's wife, Shi Shi. Although there are some jokes, it's okay. But I heard that Jia Zhen, the current head of the Ning Mansion, is very unscrupulous, so I hesitated whether to let Xu'er come to the door in person."

After taking the tea from Chuntao and taking a sip, she said helplessly,
"It is said that the two of them are now in decline. One attacked the first-class general, and the other attacked the third-class general. Our family sent a gift casually, so we dismissed it. But our ancestors of the Mu family have been in touch with the Jia family for generations. The family is good, when Grandpa Xu'er was around, he had a close relationship with Mr. Dai Shan, and now his wife is still around, so it would be a shame if we didn't visit."

Princess Changning said with a smile, "Mother, you are overthinking. Don't say anything else. How can I not know about my own son. He is not a girl, and I am afraid that he will be spoiled by others. I don't have the guts to come to their house." .”

Concubine Zhang was taken aback for a moment, then she smiled and said, "I'm the one in charge."

After talking, Concubine Zhang didn't care anymore, and explained to Mu Xu before sending their mother and son away.

In the next few days, Mu Xu visited several of his uncles and aunts one by one.

Although most of his cheap uncles were also involved in the seizure of the heir because of the prince forcing the palace, the most serious ones were the second prince and the eighth prince, one of whom was bestowed to death and the other imprisoned.But after all, there is a relationship between father and son, and the remaining three were forgiven after all, but they were ordered to close their doors and think about their mistakes.

When Jin ascended the throne, in order to show brotherly love, they were lifted from the ban and conferred the title of prince.The third prince was named Prince Zhongli, the fifth prince was named Prince Zhongshun, and the seventh prince was named Prince Zhongjing.

Mu Xu visited the homes of the three cheap uncles successively in order, and did not list them in detail.It was nothing more than various banquets, met my aunt and met a few cousins.In Prince Zhongshun's mansion, he was dragged by King Zhongshun to watch the play all afternoon. This King Zhongshun was the one who was at odds with Jia's family in the original book.

At his home, Mu Xu also met the famous Jiang Yuhan, the Qi official who exchanged sweat scarves with Jia Baoyu.In the original book, King Zhongshun once sent the head of the palace to visit the Rongguo Mansion to ask Jia Baoyu about the whereabouts of the Qi official, which caused Jia Baoyu to be beaten so hard that he couldn't get out of bed.

Speaking of this beautiful official, he really looks like a boy and a girl.Mu Xu doesn't like to listen to operas, and he doesn't know how well he sings, but it's really hard to tell the truth from the fake when he pretends to be a female role.

It can be seen that King Zhongshun really treats this noble official differently, he even called that noble official to accompany the guests during the banquet, and when he toasted Mu Xu, it really gave him goose bumps.

In his previous life, he didn't like those celebrities who were neither male nor female, let alone this feudal dynasty where masculinity prevailed.Seeing that Qi official snuggled up beside King Zhongshun made him sick enough.

After the dinner, without waiting for King Zhongshun to stay, he left in a hurry on the pretext of something happening in the mansion.

In the next few days, he visited several aunts one after another, and his painting style became normal.This court has no restrictions on the princess. After the princess gets married, she can get along like a normal couple. It is up to them to decide whether to live in the husband's house or the princess' mansion.

It has to be said that this is much happier than the princess of the Ming Dynasty in the original time and space, at least the husband and wife can see each other more, and they don't need to bribe the nanny in charge.This dynasty is also more tolerant towards son-in-laws, they can be officials normally, and they don’t have to stay at home and wait to die. In this regard, this dynasty is relatively open-minded.

After being so busy for nearly ten days, I finally finished visiting the relatives of my family, the royal family and the country.Then I walked around some old friends who needed to visit, such as the Beijing Prince's Mansion and Zhen Guogong's Mansion.

I visited the elders of the various families, and got to know the heads of various houses, including Wang Shuirong of Beijing Jing and Niu Jizong.

Further down, what Mu Xu is going to is the place where the original story of the Red Chamber took place, Ningrong Second Mansion.To be honest, he really wanted to meet those characters in the original book, especially the Twelve Gold Hairpins, and he didn't know if he would be able to. Thinking about it, he was quite excited.

Although he was born in a palace in this life, he is more noble than the Jia family.But the memory of the previous life is still there, and how many people can refuse to read the well-known protagonists in the book?
(End of this chapter)