Chapter 4: The Empress Dowager of the Red Chamber (4)
"Why are you still called Cheng'en Mansion?
Your father is too, isn't the title of Duke Chengen only available for one generation, what? Could it be that my nephew is still living in the Cheng'en Mansion? ”
Qiao Mu asked Mama Qiao to accept the stack of things in Wei Xiang's hand, and then asked.
Qiao Mu didn't think deeply during the day yesterday, but when he combed through the memory of the original body last night, Qiao Mu knew that the title of Duke Chengen was only one generation, and it could not be inherited at all, even if it was demoted, it could not be inherited, that is to say, Duke Chengen could only be the queen's father, and once the queen's father died, the title should be withdrawn.
The original father died more than 20 years ago, and the queen mother's father has also passed away, so now there is only one Chengen Gong in the entire dynasty.
Nothing else should be called that.
Tu Minghui paused, and he didn't know how to explain it for a while, because this kind of thing is really hard to say, not only involving the Empress Dowager's maiden family, but also the Empress Dowager's maiden family, and even the queen's maiden family in the future.
According to the laws of the state, the title of Duke Cheng'en cannot be inherited, and the title should be deprived after the death of the original Duke Cheng'en, but there is generally another unspoken rule in the court, that is, as long as the queen of the Duke of Cheng'en has not been deposed or died, the Ministry of Rites will not look for trouble, and everyone will also default to their still living in the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion.
What does that mean?
It means that even if Cheng'en Gong has passed away, as long as Qiao Mu has not died, whether she has become the Queen Mother or the Queen Mother, as long as she has not died, the Ministry of Rites will not deliberately take back the Cheng'en Mansion!
To put it simply, this is to give the Queen Mother, or the Queen Mother's face.
Qiao Mu saw that Tu Minghui suddenly had a somewhat embarrassed look, and he could guess that he should not have moved:
"It seems that you haven't moved out of the Cheng'en Mansion!
This is not good, this is a very bad start, with such a living example, I am afraid that other dukes and earls will follow suit!
If the people don't raise it, the officials won't be held accountable!
But there's no hurry, I'll see what my nephew has become of his mother's house later!
How to deal with it, I'll think about it in two days, and someone will let you know! ”
Tu Minghui didn't care much about this problem at all, not to mention, he didn't think there was anything bad about this unspoken rule, after all, no matter what, when the emperor's mother or grandmother was still alive, he deprived his uncle of the title, which would inevitably make people feel a little cold-blooded.
But now after listening to Qiao Muyi, I realized that the evil consequences caused by this phenomenon have become quite common, for example, the founding of the four major princes' mansions, except for the historian who changed the original princely mansion to the Hou Mansion because of one family and two marquis, the other three have not changed the plaques on their mansions.
Let's just say that the Jia family, the Ning Guofu of Jia Daihua's lineage only has the title of a third-class general left, but there is still a plaque of Ningguofu, and the Rongguo Mansion of Jia Daishan's line is only a first-class general's title, and the plaque of Rongguofu is also hung.
All of these are lawless.
Transgression is a great crime!
At this moment, Tu Minghui really felt the wisdom of the old man, and even felt that the image of his grandmother in front of him was much brighter:
"Imperial Grandmother, what you said is really reasonable!
Now in this capital, there are indeed many noble families who have obviously been demoted to the rank of knight, but the plaque on the house has not been changed for a long time!
Now, it seems that it is ......"
"There's nothing hard to say, it's so easy to solve a problem that has been accumulating for a long time.
Go back and take the mourning family's family to kill the chickens and make an example of the monkeys!
Don't ask for sin, don't say don't dare, the mourning family just said that it was an example to kill chickens and monkeys, and it didn't let you destroy the mourning family's mother's family, arrest and educate and educate, go back to the mourning family and take a look, pick a few well-qualified heirs to cultivate, and stand up.
How many years can the mourning family live, if they can't stand up by themselves, and wait for two years for the mourning family to ascend to heaven, they will not have to be driven out of the Cheng'en Mansion? ”
At this moment, Qiao Mu can be regarded as generally sorting out how the original mother's house is dilapidated!
The family has no ability, and the concubine who has some ability has been suppressed again, and has been eating the soft rice of the Queen Mother, and when the Queen Mother goes, which card is their family?
But you can't get out and die in ruins.
"Imperial grandmother, what are you talking about, you will definitely be able to live a long life and be healthy!
Besides, if it is directly attacked by the Chengen Mansion, this ...... Wouldn't that be bad?
Will it damage your reputation? ”
Of course, Tu Minghui didn't say this because he was worried about Qiao Mu's reputation, he was worried about his reputation, after all, he was the last one to do it.
What kind of person is Qiao Mu, even if the world he has experienced before has been entangled by chaotic emotions, it can be regarded as living long enough, and he can't see this little bit of caution.
Busy relieved:
"Don't worry, when the time comes, the mourning family will personally make a decree, and you will not be stigmatized!
Don't worry about the reputation of the mourning family, if the mourning family does this, the people will only say that the mourning family will kill their relatives righteously, not to mention, this family is no different from an old tree, if you don't cut off the dead branches and leaves, and the rotten root system, this tree will not be able to regain its vitality, it will rot and die!
Mourning the family, this is also for their good! ”
"Imperial grandmother, you really understand the righteousness too much, if the grandmother of the noble ministers of the court can understand the righteousness so well, how can I worry about being the emperor?"
Tu Minghui's words are not only sycophants, but also the real emotion in his heart, since ancient times, most of them are relatives and eunuchs, how many emperors can meet the imperial grandmother with such a clear mind?
"You're a sweet boy!
Ha ha! If it's okay, stay at the mourning family for lunch today, since you left the palace more than 20 years ago, in addition to the annual Chinese New Year's Eve Chinese New Year's Eve, you can still have a meal together, it seems that you have never eaten alone!
The mourning family vaguely remembers that when you were a child, probably more than 30 years ago, you were the most happy with the honey crisp on the side of the mourning family, just because your mother didn't let you eat sugar at that time, every time you came to the mourning family, you had to eat enough, right?
I made some for you today! ”
When Qiao Mu looked at the sky, he also felt that the previous conversation did not reflect the friendship between the two of them at all, so he quickly stood up and talked about the past to make amends.
I just finished combing through my memories yesterday, so Qiao Mu now understands the memories of the original body in the past few decades very clearly, even much clearer than the original himself, so he can open his mouth and come.
Reminisce about the past.
"Imperial grandmother, you still remember everything that happened for so long, even my favorite thing to eat honey crisp, you still remember, I thought no one remembered!
……”
Tu Minghui was led by the topic of arbor, and couldn't help but recall the happiest days more than thirty years ago, when he first entered school, thinking about it, his eyes couldn't help but be a little moist.
That was a long time ago.
I haven't eaten honey crisp for a long time.
The sweetness has never faded from the color.