Chapter 124: The fate of the Zhao family
Then there was Han Mingyuan, Han Mingyuan was named the head of the household department, and he directly parachuted into the household department and became the number one. The household department is the most important of the six, no way, no matter which department, who can leave the money? The household department is the money bag of the banner, and it has always been served by the emperor's trusted person, and Emperor Yi Kangdi also used this to express his grace to the Han family.
Han Mingyuan is also satisfied with this arrangement, not to mention oil and water, and his status also has a natural loftiness among the six departments.
Li Junze even asked for a favor from the Sun family, so that the Sun family could get rid of the merchants, but they could continue to do business. There are many restrictions on merchants, such as the size of the house (so the decoration of the Sun family is expensive to spend), for example, the prohibition of the imperial examination for three generations, and the low status.
This time getting rid of the merchants is really something that the Sun family dreams of, and the Sun family is allowed to continue to do business.
Able to trade and not be considered a merchant, this is a treatment that only royal merchants have. Anything, with a royal character, it becomes noble, the Sun family is naturally grateful, and Sun Fugui is sincere.
The imperial merchant is nothing, and Han Mingyuan doesn't care about this, he also has the natural superiority of the family, and looks down on all those who study.
But listening to Han Mingyuan, he felt that something was wrong, why did he feel that something was missing? He suddenly thought, after sealing so many people, why is there no Zhao family? Even Li Junze of the Sun family has made proper arrangements, according to his attention to Zhao Siyan, it is impossible to leave the Zhao family.
Moreover, Zhao Tingshan played a vital role in Li Junze's rebellion, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has played a role even more than the Gu family.
After all, this is the only one that can help Li Junze and help even his own daughter marry him.
But Li Junze never mentioned the Zhao family, which can only show one thing, Li Junze's plan is very big, so he has to stay at the end.
The trump cards are all shot at the end.
Sure enough, Li Junze said: "Commander Zhao has worked hard and made great achievements, and he will be loyal to his father when he is in danger, and he should be rewarded." ”
Yi Kangdi nodded and did not object.
Li Junze continued: "Commander Zhao is like a god in his army, and he has made great achievements, which is really a Dinghai god needle in my Dengzhou army, and it is not as good as my father and the emperor will make him the Marquis of Dingguo, and the banner of protecting me will be stable in the future!" ”
Dingguohou! This is a knighthood!
Zhao Siyan raised her head in amazement and looked at Li Junze in disbelief. Li Junze had not mentioned this matter to her before.
The titles of Daqi are very, very few, only a batch was awarded when the Emperor Kaizu was born, and later, in order to curb the flood of nobles and enjoy privileges to disperse the imperial power, the later titles are rewarded unless they have made a particularly great contribution.
When the emperor was in power, the Communist Party only sealed Concubine Wen's maiden family, which was because the emperor used Concubine Wen to fight the queen.
Even Han Mingyuan didn't dare to think that he would be awarded a knighthood at that time.
Now that Zhao Tingshan has been sealed as soon as he comes up, Han Mingyuan can't help but feel sour. Everyone gave birth to daughters, just because they married well, and now the Zhao family has won a knighthood first.
Han Mingyuan took a step forward, and then said: "The prince's words are wrong, as the commander, Commander Zhao is the commander, it is his duty to protect the family and defend the country, it is his duty to do it, and it should be rewarded, but a title is still a little heavier." ”
Gu Chenfeng stood up at this time, and then said: "If you go back to the emperor, the first emperor Liancheng Bohou has never been on the battlefield and has not made an inch of merit can be crowned, Zhao Datong is leading the people of Baodeng Prefecture first, and then there is an assistant to support the emperor's virtue, how can he not seal a title?" ”
"If you fight a few battles, you can get a knighthood, and the emperor wants to give you a lot of titles, is it possible that this title will become a cabbage?" Han Mingyuan said with a sneer.
"Lord Han's words are wrong, there are many great generals who have fought in battles, but when King Yi's Mansion was embattled that day, only one of them was Zhao Da Commander who was willing to come forward to help." Li Junze said loudly: "Commander Zhao spared no effort to assist his sons that day, without asking for anything in return or conditions, this kind of heart is enough to make his sons remember in their hearts." ”
Han Mingyuan's face suddenly turned blue and white, who made him put forward the conditions when he proposed to return to obedience? Zhao Tingshan didn't mention any conditions.
Yi Kangdi was a little hesitant, now Li Junze is enough to favor Zhao Siyan, if Zhao Siyan's father becomes a lord again, won't this Zhao Siyan be even more arrogant in the future?
Li Junze glanced at Gu Chenfeng without a trace, and suddenly several ministers of the Gu clan stood up to speak for Zhao Tingshan.
Yi Kangdi's brows furrowed slightly, more than half of the civil and military ministers spoke for Zhao Tingshan, if he insisted on carrying it, he would be guilty of public anger.
Emperor Yi Kangdi thought about it, and then nodded: "Then according to what the prince said, Zhao Tingshan will be named the Marquis of Dingguo!" ”
Although Yi Kangdi compromised, his face was a little bad, and the next banquet was also a little absent-minded.
But Li Junze doesn't care about these, he has already gotten real benefits. Now no one dares to underestimate Zhao Siyan and be disrespectful to her.
After leaving the palace, after getting into the carriage, Zhao Siyan looked at Li Junze: "Why didn't you tell me in advance?" ”
Li Junze said with a smile: "I haven't decided whether it can be done yet, and I don't want you to be happy." ”
Zhao Siyan didn't believe it, Li Junze would never do something he was not sure of. Today, Yi Kangdi was almost driven to the shelves, and he agreed to give this title, and he was afraid that he was already dissatisfied with Li Junze in his heart. And now there is still a Han Qing, I'm afraid that she will fan the flames again when the time comes.
Zhao Siyan felt a little guilty in her heart.
Li Junze saw what she was thinking at a glance, so he held her hand and said with a smile: "Actually, it's not all for you, but also for the banner general." Saying that, his expression was faint: "The banner has been passed down for several generations, except for the title of Emperor Kaizu who was awarded by military merits, and later there were only a handful of generals who were named marquis, and most of them were posthumously sealed, and they could not be replaced by hereditary succession." ”
This is naturally because of the fact that the banner emphasizes literature over military force.
A gleam flashed in Li Junze's eyes: "This time, I also want to change this concept, and the banner can't go on like this." ”
Zhao Siyan thought about it and understood.
If the banner continues like this, the banner will perish sooner or later, and it is urgent to change this concept.
But she was very worried in her heart, if Li Junze was the emperor, she would encounter a lot of obstacles and difficulties in doing this, and now that he was only a prince, I was afraid that it would be even more difficult. Yi Kangdi separated from his father and son again, not to mention Yi Kangdi, all the important ministers in the court would not support him, including Gu Shoufu.
After all, Gu Shoufu is also a Wenchen.
Of course he knew how difficult it was, but he decided to do it anyway.
Zhao Siyan leaned lightly on his shoulder: "I'll accompany you." ”
He took her hand, and the couple remained silent for a long time.
Soon, the canonization decrees were all issued, and the performance of Zhao Wenxi and Lu He was completely different.
"The lord is going to be a lord?" Midori said with a look of disbelief
Zhao Wenxi's face was displeased: "I want to be the commander of Zhao Xiaoda in the future, can I only be the son of the world now?" ”
Zhao Siyan: "......"
Zhao Siyan couldn't help laughing. But smiling and smiling, the expression on her face became a little solemn, and she called: "Yuncui, Momo, I want to write a letter." ”
At this moment, Han Qing also heard the news, and even lost his temper. This Zhao Siyan, why is he so good? Fight her at every turn!
Han Qing sneered, this Hou Ye is not so easy to do, we also have to see if Zhao Tingshan has this blessing!
The emperor's holy decree was quickly sent to Dengzhou, and Zhao Tingshan was also at a loss when he received the holy decree.
"Then can I still be stationed in Dengzhou in the future?" The first thing Zhao Tingshan said was this.
The eunuch who announced the decree couldn't help laughing: "Master Hou, now that the border is peaceful and war-free, you should also rest!" ”
It was still Liu who glared at Zhao Tingshan secretly and invited the eunuch to drink tea.
Zhao Tingshan sighed sadly, alas, he finally had a lot of experience in being a great commander, and now he is actually going to start being a lord, and he has to accumulate work experience again.
The emperor announced that the faction was not small, but in a moment, the entire Dengzhou City was spread, and it naturally spread to the Zhao family.
Since Emperor Yi Kangdi ascended the throne, Zhao Siyan became the crown princess, and Mrs. Zhao fell ill.
She regretted her illness.
What is the Crown Princess? That's for the queen, and the emperor only has one son, Li Junze, and this throne is properly his.
Zhao Tingshan has a son-in-law who is the prince, can the future be bad?
Originally, she was supposed to be the queen's grandmother, a relative of the emperor, and even the prince had to salute her, but now it has nothing to do with her and the Zhao family.
Mrs. Zhao was in a hurry, and she fell ill immediately.
And now the eldest lady is not as respectful to her as before.
Now the life of the entire Zhao family is not good, since Zhao Siyin was sent away, the eldest lady has been sad for a long time, and finally waited for her to recover, planning to live a good life, the first thing she has to do is to choose a family affair for Zhao Wenyu.
Now the eldest lady is no longer picky, after all, the situation of the Zhao family is not good, she only hopes to find a well-informed woman, and her family background is not picky at all. After the eldest lady lowered her standards, she actually still had options, but at this time, Yi Kangdi ascended the throne.
Those who were originally interested in the family suddenly disappeared, seeing that Zhao Wenyu was about to pass eighteen, they didn't even talk about a family matter, according to Zhao Wenyu's situation, Zhao Wenkang's marriage will not be much better in the future.
In the past, Zhao Wenyu was the eldest brother and treated Zhao Wenxi quite well, but Zhao Wenkang didn't make a small move to bully Zhao Siyan and Zhao Wenxi, otherwise Zhao Siyan could have been driven to Zhuangzi?
The lives of the three children were almost ruined like this, and the eldest wife collapsed. She immediately blamed Mrs. Zhao and Zhao Dexiu.
"And say what kind of scholarly door, I'm bah! It's all greedy for life and afraid of death, but now it's my son's punishment! How innocent they are! The eldest lady lost her temper at Zhao Tingxu.
Now Zhao Tingxu's temper has also been restrained a lot, if it was before, he is afraid that he would have been furious a long time ago, and even wanted to divorce his wife, but now that the Zhao family is in this situation, he no longer dares to do this.
"Don't always complain about your father and mother, when the second brother was kicked out, you didn't add fuel and vinegar!" Zhao Tingxu said, "Also, when Wen Kang bullied Wen Xi in the past, didn't you also acquiesce? ”
Co-author Zhao Tingxu has always known about the small actions that his wife and children are doing behind his back, but he has never said it, but now he has said a fair word.
The eldest lady said angrily: "Zhao Tingxu, aren't they your sons?" Who am I doing this for? If it weren't for your inability, would I have bothered so much to plan for our big house? After a pause, she couldn't help crying: "Poor Yin'er doesn't know where she was sent now, she doesn't know if she is dead or alive, and I don't know if I can see her again in my lifetime!" ”
Zhao Tingxu's mood was also a little complicated, but he said: "You are a scholarly lady, look at your current appearance, crying and crying, how can you look like a housewife?" ”
"Scholarly Mendi? Your Zhao family is also a scholarly family, but what do you look at? Greedy for life and afraid of death, indifferent family affection, expelled from children and grandchildren, if all the scholars in the world are like your Zhao family, Master Kong is afraid that he will die without turning a blind eye! The eldest lady said hatefully.
I have to say that the eldest lady is also an understanding person, and what she said is actually true. Both husband and wife are weirdly enlightened.
Zhao Tingxu said with a tired face: "Then you say, the matter has come to this point, what else can you do?" Do you want me to beg him Zhao Tingshan with a shy face? If this spreads, the last trace of my Zhao family's face will be gone! ”
The eldest lady knew that Zhao Tingxu was right, the current Zhao family had no way out, and they couldn't go to Zhao Tingshan. Not to mention that Zhao Tingshan won't pay attention to them at all, they will become a laughing stock.
What's even more tragic is that as long as Zhao Siyan is the crown princess for one day, the entire Zhao family will never have a day to come out.
Thinking of this, Zhao Tingxu looked depressed, and he no longer had the same look as before.
A look of madness flashed in the eldest lady's eyes, no, she can't just sit still, she has to save herself!
Mrs. Zhao was sick for several days, and when she reported to the eldest lady, the eldest lady just said that she knew, but she had no intention of asking the old lady for a doctor, and the eldest lady even sent someone to stop the eldest maid and the housekeeper in Helan Garden, so that they were not allowed to ask the old lady for a doctor privately.
Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was getting sicker and sicker, a grandmother who had followed Mrs. Zhao for many years finally couldn't help it, and secretly ran in front of Zhao Dexiu, and told the eldest lady about the old lady's mistreatment of the old lady with snot and tears.
Zhao Dexiu was immediately furious, and called Zhao Tingxu to reprimand him at that time, saying that his daughter-in-law did not understand etiquette, righteousness and shame, and actually wanted to kill his mother-in-law, it was simply a femme fatale!
Zhao Tingxu was taken aback, if this matter spreads, let alone the eldest wife, even he can't get out of it, in addition to scolding the eldest wife, others will also scold him, and even his own daughter-in-law can't take care of it, let her have such a mind, doesn't that mean that he is not respectful to his mother?
Among the many acts of lack of virtue, in addition to infidelity, unfilial piety is the most serious accusation, and it is a very serious matter that parents can only treat their children harshly, and children cannot mistreat their parents.
Zhao Tingxu called the eldest lady over and scolded her in front of Zhao Dexiu, what a poisonous woman with a femme fatale, all kinds of ugly words came out one after another.
Zhao Tingxu is worthy of being a reader, even if he scolds people, he is also very beautiful, and he quotes all kinds of scriptures.
The eldest lady was very calm, and looked at Zhao Tingxu sensibly and was furious, and finally she said coldly: "The master finished scolding? The concubine didn't expect that the second uncle didn't come to visit her mother when she heard the news, but the old man was so excited, it seems that the old man is really filial. After a pause, she continued: "Everything I do is what I have to do to fight alone, and it has nothing to do with the master, so the master doesn't have to worry. ”
As soon as this sentence came out, even Zhao Dexiu was stunned, the father and son glanced at each other, and suddenly thought of one thing.
When Zhao Tingshan left the Zhao family, he said that he would only come back to visit his parents when they were 100 years old, otherwise he would not step into the Zhao family in this life.
Now that Mrs. Zhao is not dead, she is also seriously ill, isn't this a good time to call him home? And it just happened to take this opportunity to propose to let Zhao Tingshan come back, so as to solve the Zhao family's predicament!
Zhao Dexiu and Zhao Tingxu were very happy, and they didn't care about reprimanding the eldest lady.
A mocking smile flashed in the eldest lady's eyes, and she stroked her hair from her sideburns. Since the Zhao family treats her daughter so ruthlessly, why should she be a virtuous and virtuous daughter-in-law?
The nobleman's letter was very right, she can only rely on herself and the Zhao family now, and her children have been ruined in this life.
As for Zhao Tingshan...... Since he didn't give them a way to live, then don't blame her for helping others harm him, it's not the first time that she's left and right.
Soon, the news that Mrs. Zhao was seriously ill spread throughout Dengzhou, and it was said that Mrs. Zhao was dying. At the beginning, the affairs of the Zhao family were turned out again, and whether Zhao Tingshan would go back to visit the sick has become the focus of heated discussions at the moment.
Some people say that the Zhao family was ruthless and unrighteous at the beginning, and there was no need to go back. Some people also say that there are parents all over the world, Zhao Tingshan is now famous, and it is too ruthless not to go back, so he should go back.
Zhao Tingshan is also conflicted now, of course he wants to go back, but he is not stupid, he knows that if he goes back this time, he is afraid that he will not be able to get out.
It's been so long, and he can understand that the Zhao family is still good if he doesn't go back.
But on what grounds should you refuse? Zhao Tingshan thought about it for a whole day and didn't come up with a solution, and then he missed his daughter very much.
If his daughter is there, where is he so troubled?
Liu couldn't take it anymore and handed him a letter.
"This is given to you by Siyan, and my father-in-law brought it over with the holy decree, so take a look at it first." Liu said.
Zhao Tingshan took it and looked at it, and immediately laughed.
Soon, Zhao Tingshan went to Zhao's Mansion to visit Mrs. Zhao.