Chapter 264: Zhengdan Dynasty Hears Bad News
The old lady is really hard to explain, and it can't be said that Yun Yatou forcibly pulled her good grandson to kowtow to herself and beg for this family business.
She didn't expect that Yun Yatou would be so resolute today, and she didn't leave herself a way out.
That scene made the maids and women who were waiting in Rongxi Hall fall into their eyes one after another, if she vetoed this marriage today, tomorrow Yun Yatou could only twist her hair and go to the temple to be a sister-in-law.
However, Xiangyun's performance today also made the old lady make up her mind, this girl can have this decisiveness, and she can manage the small family of the two of them in the future.
Thinking of this, the old lady made a decision to officially marry the two after the Yuan Festival. First, it can cut off the minds of those who have the idea of beating Baoyu, and secondly, it can be regarded as leaving a blood for his mother's family.
For all kinds of reasons, the old man only heard the old lady say that Baoyu and Xiangyun were willing, and other things were not important at all, so he nodded and responded to the matter of writing to the Shi brothers.
He also added: "This is a great event, should the old lady go to the palace and tell Niangniang, if Niangniang can give one or two, it will also add blessings to Baoyu and Yun Yatou?" It would be even better if you could invite the Queen Mother or the Imperial Concubine Mother."
Who said that the old man was rude, look at this idea, even the old lady also thinks this discussion is very good.
Xiangyun is born as a noble girl from the Houmen, but in fact, she doesn't even have a real mother's family, but the old lady is the one who makes the scene bigger, and it is estimated that many people will laugh and talk in private.
But if the palace gives one or two things, it is best to invite the queen mother or the imperial concubine to give marriage, which is to support Xiangyun with enough face.
The old lady pondered for a while, Xiangyun's father died in the war for the country, maybe he could really ask for the holy decree of marriage.
It's a big deal to take a cheeky trip to Longshou Palace, and the saint should give himself a little face.
Everything is set, on the sixth day of the lunar month, the old lady took advantage of the snow to stop, put on a dress and entered the palace to ask for a meeting.
It happened that the imperial concubine Yang was chatting with Yuan Chun in Fengzao Palace, and the chamberlain reported that Mrs. Rongguo Mansion was invited to see her in front of the palace, and she was immediately invited in.
Hearing that it was for the second master of the Rongguo Mansion who was born with jade, the Yang family was also curious, and after a greeting ceremony, he opened his mouth to ask which woman it was.
The old lady bluntly told Xiangyun's identity and current state, and the imperial concubine Yang was also embarrassed.
At that time, the Baoling Marquis Mansion was in an uproar, especially Shi Yu, the eldest son of the Marquis of Baoling, died in southern Xinjiang, and Mrs. Shi Yu committed suicide after giving birth to a posthumous child, which caused a storm for a long time.
After the old lady was in tears for a while, Yang also tasted the meaning of the old lady.
She is in charge of the phoenix seal as the imperial concubine, so she can naturally do this master.
Moreover, after Yuan Chun entered the palace, he respected himself everywhere, never borrowed favor to give birth to Jiao, Ning Rongjia's family was the emperor's confidant, and the marriage was also due.
So Yang smiled gently and said, "Since this girl is a loyal martyr, how can this palace not pity her? Mrs. Tai can rest assured, after the palace plays the Empress Dowager and Her Majesty, the harem will give a decree on the Shangyuan Festival."
The old lady didn't expect that today's invitation would be so easy, and after a moment of surprise, her heart was overjoyed.
She was busy bowing and thanking the Yang family, but was supported by the Yang family's hand.
"Madame Tai is slapping me in the face, please get up quickly."
Yang helped the old lady up, held the old man's hand and sighed: "Back then, General Shi sacrificed his life for the country, leaving an orphan girl alone. The imperial court allowed his younger brother to take the throne, just thinking that his close relatives would raise him, but he didn't think that the Shi family would do such a thing, it was really ......."
The old lady's face darkened, and the Yang family reacted at this time, the Shi family is also the old lady's maiden family, and the atmosphere in the palace was slightly embarrassing for a while, but fortunately, Cining Palace sent someone to say that the Queen Mother heard that Mrs. Rongguofu came to the palace and asked her to go to Cining Palace.
On the sixth day of the new year, the old lady and Yuan Chun basically didn't say a few words, but Baoyu and Xiangyun's family affair was decided.
Not only did she get the marriage promise of the imperial concubine, but the queen mother also gave a pair of warm jade pendants.
The koi-shaped jade pendant is very beautiful
As soon as the old lady came home, she called Baoyu and Xiangyun, and hung them on her body one by one.
With the Queen Mother and the Imperial Concubine opening their eyes, at least no one dares to make irresponsible remarks in the open.
After the Laba Festival, the carriages between Ningrong and Ningrong did not stop. The old rituals of the Jia family's in-laws from all over the country were sent to the capital one after another.
Yingchun and Tanchun didn't have time to joke about Xiangyun and Baoyu in the past two days, and they stayed in Rongxi Hall to help the old lady keep accounts and reply to the post.
Lin Ruhai returned to Beijing to report on his work in the spring, although he cared about his relatives in Beijing, he could only send letters to convey his thoughts.
Eunuch travel, eunuch travel, how can you stand yourself when you become an official.
Lin Ruhai, as the provincial salt envoy who inspected the Jiangnan prefectures, opened a new salt farm, recruited salt, formed a group training, requisitioned and suppressed smuggled salt dealers, and cracked down on hoarding, and the price of salt in Jiangnan fell by three percent for a while.
However, the salt tax has not fallen, but has increased by more than 10% compared to last year. On the tenth day of the lunar month, Lin Ruhai, who was sitting in Jinling Mansion, sent 20 boatloads of salt tax silver and a large number of curiosities obtained from the seizure of smuggled salt dealers, with a total value of more than 5 million taels of silver.
It is said that Hubu Shangshu Wen Tongxuan went directly to the Qinzheng Hall with the cover roll, and grinded the emperor for a whole day, and finally took half of the silver money.
Jia Cong, who heard about this, immediately calmed his mind about entering the palace, so that he would not be stupid to give away people's heads, and the matter of fighting wolves will be talked about after the year.
Jin Se has been giving birth for more than a month, because Lin Ruhai is still in the south of the Yangtze River, and the full moon banquet is just a family closed door to eat.
At Jinse's request, the old lady personally gave the Lin family's hard-won little doll a nickname - Moyu.
Xiao Moyu has not faded red, but she can also see that her skin is fair, and she is a delicate brother.
Jia Cong poked his little face, and was immediately criticized by his sisters.
"A child's face can't be poked with a hand, it's easy to drool."
Yingchun gently knocked off Jia Cong's hand, and then skillfully picked up Xiao Moyu, who was woken up by Jia Cong, and hummed a song to coax the child.
Tanchun and Xichun came to the front, and the two of them actually took the cat teasing stick to tease the child, but the child was not attracted, but let the two cats, one white and one yellow, play a lot, and go around the cat teasing stick, meowing non-stop.
The one-month-old child has poor eyesight but a keen sense of hearing, and when he hears the sound, he wants to find the source of the sound, and finally beckons to the cat in the spring, and carefully places Xiao Moyu's hand on the cat's soft belly.
Giggles......
Meow ......
The little doll and the cat sang and harmonized, adding to the comfort of the warm room.
Daiyu replied to Jinse's letter, put it in an envelope and handed it to Jia Cong.
Jia Cong hesitated again and again but persuaded him, "Auntie really plans to go south next spring? Brother Mo is still young, and Jiangnan is a mess, so you might as well wait until Brother Mo is older to go to my uncle's appointment."
Jin Se shook her head, she really couldn't rest assured that Lin Ruhai was fighting those people in Jiangnan alone.
Although the letter did not mention the turmoil in Jiangnan, she can still be sure that Lin Ruhai is very difficult in Jiangnan.
Snatching people's wealth is like killing parents, and now it is just a salt class, and the opening of the sea after the beginning of the year is the beginning of the real war.
"Alas......
Jia Cong knew that persuasion would not lead to anything, so he could only turn his gaze to Daiyu with a long sigh, hoping that Daiyu could help persuade him.
Unexpectedly, Daiyu also smiled and said, "After the beginning of spring, I will go south with my aunt......
"Huh?"
"What? Sister Lin is going back to Jiangnan again?"
Jia Cong and Sanchun all looked at the smiling Daiyu in surprise.
I saw Daiyu smiling and nodding solemnly with a few people, and after a long time, Jia Cong had to sigh: "Since that's the case, then I'll accompany Sister Lin and Aunt Lin to the south together."
The matter of going south was not hindered by anything, mainly because the old patriarch Jia Jing had made a plan earlier, planning to find an opportunity to return to the ancestral land in Jiangnan to clean up the mess of Jinling's eight houses.
When the old lady saw Daiyu, who was resolute in her persuasion, she gave a careful explanation to her nephew Jia Jing, and sent someone to Jinling to inform Lin Ruhai at this time.
After the plan was set, in the last ten days of Yuanyou's fifth year, Ning Rong and the two mansions were preparing for the New Year, while packing up and preparing to go south.
Children, don't be greedy, it's the New Year after Laba.
Twenty-three, twenty-three sugar melons sticky,
Twenty-four sweeping days, twenty-five to buy tofu,
Twenty-six buy catties of meat, twenty-seven slaughter a chicken,
Twenty-eight handfuls of dough hair, twenty-nine steamed steamed buns,
Thirty nights stay up, Chinese New Year's Eve dumplings every year.
Everything was prepared in an orderly manner, and the time came to the first day of the first month of the sixth year of Yuan You in the sound of firecrackers.
At the beginning of the day, Jia Cong, who had stayed up all night, washed his face with cold water, shivered, changed into an official uniform, and boarded the carriage with a board in hand.
Today's Zhengdan Dynasty, all people with official titles and grades in the two prefectures, including Jia Jing and Jia Rong in Ningguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng, Jia Cong and Jia Baoyu in Rongguo Mansion will enter the palace to see each other.
In the past, Taizu opened the country, the Ministry of Rites invited the royal front, the first of the first year of the Yuan Zheng, the winter solstice and the restoration of the sun, the saint was heavy, and the system was the gift of the court.
Especially in the Zhengdan Dynasty, the royal family in Beijing, the relatives of the martial arts, the civil and military officials, and the envoys of the feudal domains all have to enter the Fengtian Temple to worship.
"Daxia Huidian" contains: the national celebration, the Quartet to congratulate, since the winter solstice, Yuan Zheng held a congratulatory gift, according to the story of the country, the big battle and the use of music and dance, etc., a few days of the respect of the son of tomorrow, the old classics will not be abolished.
Before dawn, hundreds of officials have been crowned and waiting at the south gate of the imperial city, and after the Jingyang bell rings in the Forbidden City, the emperor lights incense and sacrifices to the sky to pray for a good harvest for the people.
At the time of the solstice, the sky was slightly bright, the Jingyang bell rang again, the palace gate slowly opened, and hundreds of officials lined up to enter the palace and stood outside the Fengtian Palace.
The first month of the Northland coincided with the coldest period, and when Jia Cong already felt that his hands were almost numb from the cold, he finally heard the sound of the whip in the hand of the Han general.
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
Three whips, nine Han generals shouted in unison: "Yuan Zheng Qizuo, everything is new, and hundreds of officials enter the palace!"
The fire path has long been paved in the Fengtian Temple, and the temperature inside and outside the hall are like two worlds.
The space in the palace is limited, and it can only accommodate officials of more than five grades. Fortunately, Jia Cong is a small official and has no need to endure the cold wind outside the hall.
Today is the Zhengdan Dynasty, solemn and awe-inspiring, that is, Jia Cong is used to being casual and knows the severity, obediently standing at the end of the Sanpin military attaché, quietly waiting for the arrival of the holy car.
At two o'clock, the holy car is coming. Hundreds of officials worship and dance according to the system, shout long live three times, give a speech to the public, and answer the privy council.
After the end of the court, the emperor gave a banquet to the palace to slaughter hundreds of officials, and the ministers called Shou. The monarchs and ministers in the palace get along, and they are happy, and the emperor ordered Hanlin to compose poems and paintings to remember it.
The Zhengdan Dynasty in the sixth year of Yuanyou did not have too many twists and turns, everything was in order, and no one dared to be presumptuous at this time.
Until the beginning of the year, the banquet had just ended, and the palace gate came to report that Guangxi had sent an expedited ......
The emperor opened the wax seal, turned only one page before his face turned cold, and then brushed his sleeves away.
The ministers in the palace couldn't cry or laugh, according to the system, there were also feudal kingdoms to worship and pay tribute, royal gifts in return, etc., but the emperor and the lord were gone, what should I do?..
The officials of the Ministry of Rites were stunned, and they were about to inquire when they saw the great eunuch Xia Shouzhong walking back with a solemn face.
Xia Shouzhong shook off the dust and preached: "Your Majesty has a decree, the fourth son of the emperor will preside over the dynasty on behalf of me, and the generals and commanders of the five armies, the cabinet ministers, the household department, the military department, and the Ministry of Industry will go to the Qinzheng Palace to discuss matters."
"Your Majesty's Divine Commandment!"
As the governor of the Chinese army, the old man naturally went to the Qinzheng Palace with the British generals and other generals, and Jia Cong saw his father leave, secretly guessing in his heart that it must be the unfavorable war in South Vietnam, and it was an extremely serious change. Otherwise, the emperor would not have brushed his sleeves away on such an important occasion as the Zhengdan Dynasty.
Liu Hong temporarily presided over the Zhengdan Dynasty on behalf of the emperor, and the ceremonial books of the Ministry of Rites were a little distracted, and most of the remaining civil and military affairs in the palace were also whispering, and the palace imperial history did not let it quiet down many times.
After hastily completing the rest of the process, Jia Cong quietly went to find the fourth prince Liu Hong to inquire about the news, and Liu Hong just whispered to him that Shui Rong had just arrived in Guangxi and had lost the battle
, and the rest of the things he didn't know very well.
The emperor ordered that it was strictly forbidden to enter the Qinzheng Hall within twenty steps, and Jia Cong finally said goodbye to Liu Hong, who was also anxious, and left.
After all, this year was very restless, and the old man returned at night, and as soon as he got home, he asked his soldiers to go to Ningguo Mansion to invite Jia Jing to come over, and everyone gathered in Rongxi Hall again.
"A total of 100,000 troops from Liaodong, Hexi, Sichuangui and other places arrived in Nanning Mansion in the middle of the month. After he took over the command of Hong Zhengyuan, the commander of the Guangxi capital, he gave up the strategy of defending the city of Guancheng strictly, and the troops were divided into three routes, resulting in the army being divided into South Vietnamese monkeys, first defeated Zhen'an, and then defeated Siming, and the only 30,000-strong army that invaded the territory of South Vietnam marched hastily, and the logistics were poor, and they were trapped in the vast mountains, and there has been no news so far."
Although the voice of the old man was quite steady, he was hanging with the people in the room.
Fang Cai said that Shui Rong took the soldiers and horses of the Sichuan Local Guard Office to Guangxi together, so ......
I only heard that the old man suddenly sighed: "The Shi family is afraid that it is really going to suffer, Shi Nai's head is dizzy, and he is really hooked up with Shui Rong."
"According to Hong Zhengyuan's report, after Shi Nai went south with the army, he temporarily served as Hong Zhengyuan's deputy. Originally, it was planned to let him hold the city in Zhen'an Mansion and wait for the army to encircle and eat the 20,000 pioneers of South Vietnam, but Shi Nai did not listen to Hong Zhengyuan's order and boldly opened the city to attack, resulting in the loss of Zhen'an Mansion, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the city were slaughtered by South Vietnamese monkeys."
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