Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 143 3.50 Is the Wang family just self-righteous and short-sighted?

Volume Three

3.50 Is the Wang family just self-righteous and short-sighted?

That night, Rongguo Mansion, Li Wanyuan.

"What on earth did you do today? Do you really want me to die?" After more than half an hour, Li Wan weakly pushed someone away, and then chased the maid beside him who could not recover either. A towel and hot water were brought over, "If you can speak, you might as well let me listen."

"I went to the east side, but I didn't want to catch up with her absence." Zhou Yang still didn't dare to reveal his relationship with Princess Yongchang. "But I heard about another thing. The imperial court is preparing to issue an edict to the world tomorrow. Spring hunting will resume on the sixth day of April.”

"Spring hunting?" Li Wan didn't expect to know, "I didn't expect His Majesty to reopen it? No wonder these few days, when I was chatting in the old lady's room, I heard her sigh more than once about the grand occasion of Spring Hunting. It's a pity." I was born a few years late. I heard my father and the elders in the family mention it when I was young, but I never got to see it."

"Oh?" Zhou Yang's heart moved, and he remembered that Ning Rong's second mansion should also have recommendation quotas, so he couldn't help but asked softly, "Then have you ever heard of anyone visiting the mansion in the past few days? For example, Some old relatives and the like? The quota for spring hunting needs to be recommended by each family!"

"That's not true, huh? Come to think of it, I've heard of it in the past few days!" Li Wan said in surprise, "I heard from my wife that Wei's house, which has not been visited for a long time, brought a lot of things to visit the day before yesterday. I received Mr. Wei Ruolan, the only remaining descendant of the Wei family, in Mengpo Zhai, presumably because of the recommended quota you mentioned!"

"Wei Ruolan?" Zhou Yang adjusted his posture slightly to facilitate Suyun's cleaning. After thinking for a while, Zhou Yang said, "I have heard of this name, except him? There must be more than one person who has come to visit in the past few days, right?"

"There are quite a few, there should be more than a dozen." Li Wan thought for a while and said, "I heard Feng girl mention that Brother Zhen from Dongfu has made a lot of money these days, and his words are quite... He looks envious, so it shouldn’t be.”

"Hmph, you don't know how to advance or retreat!" Zhou Yang was completely disappointed with this Ningguo Mansion inheritor with whom he had a lot of interactions at the beginning of time travel. "He should have secretly sold the recommended places. Whoever gives more money will let him go. But I don’t want to think about who these people are. If someone is unclean among them, he will not even know how to die!
This spring hunt was personally led by His Majesty, and the purpose was to support the increasingly declining Wu Xun lineage. You must know that the world has been at peace for a long time, and those big bandanas started shouting something like "Only reading is good", or " Such nonsense as "the noble and the powerful are inferior" is not good for His Majesty or the Tian family. "

"This -" Li Wan was very puzzled. She was born in a family of poets and calligraphers, and her three views were also based on the so-called "words of saints." "I don't understand what Ziyang means. It stands to reason that studying for the imperial examination is the right way. , the imperial court should have supported it, and the honorable nobles inherited the imperial court's grace with the shadow of their ancestors, which was very unfair to the people."

"Hey, it's better not to worry about these things you don't understand!" Zhou Yang shook his head helplessly, took the towel from Su Yun, washed it with hot water and helped the girl clean up, "Reading only increases people's knowledge, but it doesn't It has to be able to improve morality, just like the Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. He killed Wei Zhongxian when he first came to the throne, and was touted as a holy king, and then he was known as 'the people are upright and the court' from beginning to end. What is the result?
As soon as the emperor hung the crooked-neck tree in the back hill, the group of "gentlemen" in the court hall in front knelt down to Li Zicheng who was entering the city. Then, Li Zicheng was beaten away by the slaves, and these "gentlemen" turned around and cut off the emperor. He even cut off his pigtails and continued to kowtow to Jiannu and praise him. Where is the sense of integrity and morality? "

"How could this be?" Li Wan was confused. She really couldn't understand.

"The way to be a king is to balance first and foremost, and to use both civil and military forces as the basis for governing the country." Zhou Yang said lightly, "Whether it is military honors or civil servants, they are basically the emperor's tools for governing the country. Which one is too high or too low? It doesn't matter if one party is too powerful. Once one party becomes too powerful, military generals and powerful ministers may change dynasties, and civil servants and powerful traitors can turn the emperor into a "wooden sculpture made of clay"!
Although Cao Cao did not overthrow Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty until his death, and married his two daughters into the Liu family, this cannot conceal the fact that he bullied the emperor and abused the clan; when Zhang Juzheng was alive, he could only cry secretly if he could scold the emperor, but He indeed extended Qian Ming's life span by at least half a hundred years. These two men were civil and military, and each had their own merits. Do you think the emperor would really like which one? "

"What does Ziyang mean?" After letting Ai Lang clean up, Li Wan adjusted his posture and curled up into Zhou Yang's arms and asked.

"China has had a characteristic since ancient times, that is, if it wants to achieve great governance, it must have a strong core." Zhou Yang said with a smile while raising and lowering his hands, "Once the strength and weakness are reversed, the result will be either war or collapse - okay, let's not talk about it. Now, you just said that more than a dozen people came to the house before and after? But I heard how was the final decision made? "

"That's not true. It's inconvenient for me to ask about the things ahead." Taking the initiative to cater to Ailang's groping, Li Wan squinted his eyes and enjoyed it. Out of envy, I clamored to follow suit, maybe"

"A bitch who doesn't know how to live or die!" Zhou Yang shook his head speechlessly, "The matter of spring hunting is actually a variant of 'martial arts', but it is simplified a lot. The so-called 'recommendation' is similar to the 'gubao' before the exam. Naturally, everyone will be happy to have a talented person, but if all the recommendations are unattractive things, what do you think His Majesty will think of Ning Rong's Second Mansion?
Are the Wang family just self-righteous and short-sighted? As soon as Prince Teng became the governor of the Beijing camp, he wanted to take food from the mouths of the generals of the three major battalions. Your wife and this Feng girl's aunt and nephew inherited the inheritance and used the money to seek lawsuits. Not to mention, he even dared to touch upon matters involving the emperor's personal leadership. Is this because the Jia family did not die quickly enough, or because the emperor's sword was not sharp enough? "

"Looking at what Feng Yatou means, I'm afraid she's already incited Brother Lian and the eldest master to take action." Li Wan frowned and said, "Even if I want to stop him now, I'm afraid it's too late. There are a lot of people coming these days. , I have only seen two occasionally, and it doesn’t look like they can do anything about it, I’m afraid.” “If you want to die, then let them die.” Zhou Yang was completely speechless, and simply made a slight adjustment and entered the harbor. "Give me a few more times. I'm afraid we won't be able to meet each other for a long time in the coming days. By the way, you said that this Feng girl has an idea. There should be a time for discussion. Isn't it possible? .”

"I'm afraid you are overthinking it. She was dragged to live with her by his wife tonight. The discussion must be over tomorrow. Brother Lian was also sent out by the eldest brother today. It is probably not possible to escape what you just said. When these few people see Money is not something that can be stopped." Li Wan squinted his eyes and let him enjoy it, "You can be more gentle and you can have as much fun as you want. Anyway, it's just a matter of reporting sick tomorrow and taking a day off."

"You mean, the owner next door lost his master today?" Zhou Yang had other thoughts.

"Well, only Ping'er is left to look after the house, which can be regarded as half a master." Li Wan's voice became soft and weak, but his breathing was a little short.

"By the way, what happened to the things I asked you to do a few days ago?" Speaking of these few people, Zhou Yang remembered that Mrs. Wang secretly used Jia She's name post a few days ago, "You old man is not A person who is easy to talk to can logically say that he is just a brainless person. He should have responded after being given some advice, right?"

"I can't explain clearly. I just heard that the day before yesterday, the eldest man went to his Mengpo Zhai and made a big fuss. The master and his wife were both present at the time. Even the old lady was angry when she came over." Li Wan obviously didn't care anymore. He said, "I don't know. I don't know what the two of them discussed. But up to now, my wife still claims that she is recovering from illness, and she even spares us the time to sleep in the morning and dusk."

"Oh?" Zhou Yang became interested now. Happiness is something to express, especially when you see someone you don't like being unlucky. "Why does your wife claim to be sick? Logically speaking, your old lady is not easy to talk to. Especially when it comes to Uncle Jia, who often overwhelms others with his filial piety, how could he be angered instead of solving the problem?"

"Master, my servant met Sister Yuchuan'er yesterday and heard her say, 'I was beaten but I couldn't fight back, so I only dared to take it out on our maid.' I think it was the eldest master who took action, and our wife did it." Suyun next to her suddenly said, "Also, the reason why I saw sister Yuchuan'er yesterday was because she went to Mrs. Lian's place to report sick leave for her sister."

"Huh?" Zhou Yang and Li Wan paused at the same time. After looking at each other, they both became very interested. "Good girl, you are such a clever girl. I will reward you soon -"

In the middle of the night, Jia Lian Courtyard.

Zhou Yang climbed over the wall and landed firmly in the courtyard, carefully avoiding the angry wind lantern hanging in the corner of the room that stayed on all night. Then the shadow in the corner went straight to Ping'er's room. Logically speaking, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng were not at home today, so she should I live in my own room, but it’s hard to tell, so I can only go over and check out the situation - luckily, I guessed it right.

"Master Zhou, how dare you." Unexpectedly, he was recognized as soon as he went over to hug Ping'er, "Also, how did you enter the house at night?"

"I'm more curious about how you recognized me?" Zhou Yang was really curious.

"The smell of you will make me sick for the rest of my life!" Ping'er said bitterly, "Get out quickly, if I call you out"

"I still have time to climb over the wall from the west, and you can only wait for the pig cage or the three-foot white silk." Zhou Yang interrupted her directly, pressing it to enter the port, "Let me vent my anger first, Let’s talk about other things.”

"You -" Ping'er knew that what he said was right, so she only dared to scold him in a low voice, "Master Zhou, you are also a distinguished master, how can you be so shameless? I have never served our second master. If you are bad,"

"That means it will ruin your life." Zhou Yang paused for a moment, but still felt that Ping'er should not be killed. "Then you should be more obedient and let me get rid of my anger, and I will let you go!"

It wasn't until the sky started to get hazy that Zhou Yang turned over and jumped off the wall. However, he stumbled and almost fell. He relied on the wall to stand steady. He muttered, "Now I need to take a good rest for the spring hunting." Then he got on his horse and set off, swaying Headed straight home.

(End of this chapter)