The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 114 Calling
It is said that Chen Youliang defeated Zhu Yuanzhang at the beginning, established Chen Han, and entrusted the princes and brothers wantonly. His original intention was to use the royal blood as a barrier to watch each other and assist the emperor in ruling Chen Han. But soon, the disadvantages of the vassal system appeared. , the vassal kings with fiefdoms and armies seriously threatened the central government. During Chen Han's 160 years of Guozuo, there were five major incidents of rebellion by the vassal kings, with an average of 30 years, which caused a huge blow to Chen Han's national power. Attrition, this is also one of the main reasons why Chen Han was finally destroyed by the Tatars.

So Jin Taizu Xu Jin expelled the Tartars and established the Great Jin Dynasty. Although he continued to use the system of Chen Han, he also learned the profound lessons of Chen Han and improved Chen Han's vassal system. This can be summarized into three : Divide the land without granting the land, ennoble the nobles but not the people, eat the salary but not govern the affairs.

In other words, the vassal kings of the Jin Dynasty had no actual territory, no subjects, and naturally no military power. They were not allowed to collect taxes from the people, and could only be paid by the court to live on.

Once Jin Taizu came out with these three items, it meant that the vassal king of the Jin Dynasty could only be a rice borer who was full and waiting to die, but even so, there were still some vassal kings who were unwilling to be rice borers, such as Emperor Kangping who was in power. During the period, there was a bad incident in which the vassal king rebelled.

Emperor Kang Ping was a very powerful monarch. In a fit of anger, he cut off the name of this vassal king from all over the family. In the end, he directly abolished the vassal king system. All princes will only be crowned princes when they become adults, and they will not be allowed to become vassals. All of them will be treated honestly in Beijing Waiting to die, and the title will be downgraded by one level every hereditary generation. If there is a crime, it is possible to downgrade a few levels. After five or six generations, it will basically become a commoner.

The seventh prince, Xu Wenhou, is the seventh son of Emperor Qiansheng. He was born to Concubine Shu. He is 11 years old this year, so he no longer lives with his concubine. Now he lives in the West Fifth Institute in the north of Qianqing Palace.

The fifth west office and the fifth east office are the places where the little princes live. After the little prince becomes an adult and becomes a prince, he has to move out of the palace, and the prince can live in the east palace.

Let's say that Jia Huan and Jia Lian came outside the palace, and first posted their own name cards to the guard on duty, begging to see the Seventh Prince Xu Wenhou, and then waited outside the palace gate.

Although Jia Lian was almost a round older than Jia Huan, she was holding her breath at the moment, obviously very nervous, and subconsciously stood behind Jia Huan, as if she had become Jia Huan's follower.

At the moment in the West Fifth Institute, Xu Xiaopang was nibbling a matcha-flavored ice cream boredly. The gauze on his forehead had been removed, but a blood scab could still be clearly seen.

"Summer is long, so boring!" Xu Xiaopang lamented with a bitter face, since he was injured last time, he has not been out of the palace for nearly ten days.

At this time, a very clever young eunuch came in, and respectfully posted a famous post saying: "Outside there is a little brother named Jia Huan asking to see His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince."

Xu Xiaopang's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he took the famous post and opened it, his eyes widened immediately, staring at the famous post as if he was looking at something unique.

Seeing this, the little eunuch asked curiously: "What rare thing is His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince looking at?"

Xu Xiaopang closed the name card, coughed lightly and said: "It's nothing, Xiao Dezi, put your ear close to me, my prince ordered you to do something, if you do it well, you will be rewarded."

The little eunuch hurriedly brought his ear closer, Xu Xiaopang whispered a few words in his ear, the former couldn't help but bewildered, and said embarrassingly: "Is His Royal Highness joking?"

Xu Xiaopang slapped his fat face and said, "Is this prince joking... Gu Gu Gu Gu!"

Before he finished speaking, Xu Xiaopang started cooing like an old hen, while waving his hands and said: "Go quickly, just do as the prince said."

Xiao Dezi had no choice but to go as promised, Xu Xiaopang opened Jia Huan's famous post and read it again, and couldn't help laughing, saying to himself: "I've seen people begging for money, debts, and love." Yes, I haven’t seen anyone asking for a fight, it’s interesting and interesting.”

Let's say that the little eunuch Xiao Dezi came to the gate of the palace, asked in a drawn-out voice with a straight face, "Which one is Jia Huan?"

Jia Huan hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "It's Jia Huan next to me, what can my little eunuch teach you?"

Xiao Dezi looked at Jia Huan strangely, and shouted: "Come on, take Jia Huan down."

The two palace guards looked at each other and were hesitating when Xiao Dezi said sharply: "This is the order of His Highness the Seventh Prince, do you dare not obey?"

The two palace guards immediately rushed forward like wolves and pushed Jia Huan down. Jia Lian was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he stood there trembling at a loss.

Jia Huan said in horror: "I'm good friends with His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince, is there some misunderstanding with my little eunuch?"

Xiao Dezi sneered and said: "Misunderstanding? Our family asked you, did you come to intercede for the Wang family?"

Jia Huan nodded, and Xiao Dezi laughed and said: "That's right, come here and beat him with five big boards." After speaking, he pointed to Jia Lian and said, "The big ones are also beaten, so let's hit... [-] Big board."

Jia Lian was dumbfounded for a moment, before he could react, he had already been pushed down by two guards and started beating, the severe pain was like burning, and he almost passed out.

Jia Huan over there was also beaten, crying and howling in pain. Fortunately, it was only Wu Daban, so he gritted his teeth and endured it.

Xiao Dezi walked up to Jia Huan, and said with a sneer, "Jia Huan, His Royal Highness the Seventh Prince only made friends with you when he saw that you could draw sketches and cherished your talent and learning. It's just that you don't know what to do and want to plead for Wang Ren. I don’t know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.”

Then he threw a money bag in front of Jia Huan, and said coldly: "This is 100 taels of silver, and the ice cream shop has nothing to do with you in the future." After speaking, he turned and walked away.

Jia Huan's face was pale, picked up the purse, limped to Jia Lian's side, and asked with concern: "Second brother Lian, are you okay?"

Jia Lian suffered twenty boards, her ass was red, she came back after waiting for a long time, gritted her teeth and said, "It's okay, I can't die, Brother Huan and the Seventh Prince are not good friends? Why are you attacking so hard?"

Jia Huan smiled wryly and said: "What kind of friends, they are just casual acquaintances. You heard it just now, Brother Lian, and now I don't even have [-]% of the shares in the ice cream shop."

Jia Lian couldn't help calling it unlucky, she knew she wouldn't have come with her, she suffered this innocent disaster for nothing, it was all caused by Wang Ren, a bastard, and she was used to being arrogant, but she didn't know that this time she accidentally hit the seventh prince, and completely planted herself in it , but also implicated the family and relatives and friends.

"Second Brother Lian, wait a moment, I'll call the carriage over." Jia Huan gritted his teeth and limped away, half pretending, half really hurting, those palace guards were merciless, even though they were only five Board, but it is estimated that the buttocks are red and swollen.

Of course, as the saying goes, it's all about acting, if you don't try to be serious, you may not be able to fool Mrs. Wang.

Jia Huan and Jia Lian came in a carriage, but the carriage was not allowed to approach the palace gate and could only be parked at a distant street corner. After a while, Jia Huan came back with the carriage and picked Jia Lian back to Jia's mansion.

When Jia Mu saw this, she couldn't help being shocked, but Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng were both surprised and suspicious. It was not until Jia Lian told the story that Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng fell silent.

Jia Huan said with guilt on his face, "Huan'er let the old lady down."

Mother Jia sighed and said, "Brother Huan, you've tried your best. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let you go. You have suffered this beating for nothing. What if it affects your college entrance examination?"

Jia's mother regretted it a bit. Although the Jia family and the Wang family were close, they were outsiders after all. In order to plead for Wang Ren's mercy, they beat him back. If he couldn't take the hospital examination due to injury, wouldn't it affect Brother Huan's future?
Jia Huan shook his head and said: "Don't worry, old lady, there are still a few days before the hospital examination. I originally planned to go to Tongzhou a few days in advance to familiarize myself with the environment. Now it's not too late to start after two days at home. It should be no big deal. It's a pity that I didn't help Cousin Wang Ren."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she said, "Good boy, I don't blame you, go back and rest quickly, Yuanyang, I remember that there is still a good Jinchuang medicine, take some and send it to Ping'er, so that she can take good care of Brother Huan. "

Yuanyang agreed and went to get Jinchuang medicine, while Jia Lian and Jia Huan were sent back to their respective residences by their family members.

In the room, Wang Xifeng looked at Jia Lian's battered buttocks, distressed and suspicious, and asked, "Did Huan Lao San cheat? Why did he only get five boards, but you got twenty?" board!"

Jia Lian was in unbearable pain at the moment, and impatiently said: "I don't know, why don't you ask the Seventh Prince yourself, oh, it hurts me to death, and I blame your eighth brother for harming others and yourself. He’s like the third one, it’s not bad if he’s willing to come forward now, but if you get hit and lose money, you still have the face to doubt him.”

Wang Xifeng's face turned red and pale after being sprayed, but she obediently kept her mouth shut.

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Inside Jia Huan's house, Ping'er was shedding tears while applying medicine for Jia Huan's August [-]th. You deserve to be beaten to death, how did I give birth to such a stupid son as you."

Jia Tanchun frowned and said in a low voice: "Brother Huan is already hurt like this, so why don't you say a few words? My wife is like that, how can Brother Huan not go, and lose his reputation?"

Aunt Zhao was silent when she heard the words, but it was rare that she didn't refute, but there was a cold light in her eyes, and she didn't know what she was thinking.

Jia Huan was lying on his stomach at the moment, but he didn't notice Aunt Zhao's abnormality, and the other people in the room were all focused on Jia Huan, so they didn't notice either.

"Don't worry, it's just a skin injury, the swelling will be gone." Jia Huan comforted everyone with a smile.

At this time, Xiaoqueer walked in, holding a bottle of ointment in each hand and said: "Coincidentally, Miss Bao's Ying'er sent a bottle of wound medicine on the front foot, and Miss Lin's Xueyan sent a bottle of ointment on the back foot." .”

Jia Huan warmed her heart and said: "They are interested, Ping'er, please go back and thank them for me."

Ping'er said distressedly: "Little ancestor, you can take care of yourself, why bother to worry about these things."

(End of this chapter)