The Coral of the Red Mansion Does Not Return

The Seventh Prince's side concubine did not come from any aristocratic family. In fact, in the entire Seventh Prince's Mansion, there was no one from a very high family background.The side concubine's surname is Hu. When Mrs. Zhao was brought in, Hu side concubine was displeased to find that she was greedily looking at the surrounding decorations.

Mrs. Zhao stared at the Four Seasons Blooming Screen embroidered with stamens in gold thread, and she really wanted to dig out the gold thread on it.The maidservant next to her looked at her with shallow eyelids, and felt contemptuous in her heart.

After Mrs. Zhao was brought in, the maids and daughters-in-law inside were kicked out.A few maidservants in the corridor were chewing their tongues.

Maid A: "I heard that Mrs. Zhao's husband is from the Hanlin Academy. Why is she so ignorant of good stuff? The screen, according to our side concubine, was embroidered by a famous embroiderer in the south of the Yangtze River. What does it matter if she just stares at the golden stamens?" What's going on?"

Maid B (covering her mouth and laughing): "Then Mrs. Zhao is said to be a concubine...you understand."

Maid C (contemptuous look): "It turned out to be raised by a young lady, so I can't be so shallow. But when Mrs. Zhao came, what did the side concubine do to drive us out? Then Mrs. Zhao still has any secrets?"

A mother turned her eyes sideways, and the maidservants immediately fell silent.After a while, the discussion started quietly again, but this time it was about the embroidered text on the body of a certain maidservant. After hearing this, the nun turned a blind eye.

In the room.

Concubine Hu asked nonchalantly, "What is Mrs. Zhao doing here?"

Mrs. Zhao reluctantly took her eyeballs out of the golden thread, and hurriedly apologized with a smile: "My concubine, I will do everything you want me to do, and I will be promoted..."

But she was thinking in her heart that she would also like to put a screen like this at home.He snorted again, the one surnamed Zhao lost his official position, so he didn't dare to pretend to be arrogant in front of her. She won't leave any money to his two sons!

Speaking of which, Mrs. Zhao is not worried at all about her husband losing his official position, just because she has no children.

Mrs. Zhao is Master Zhao's successor. Although her mother's family is not as powerful as the direct line in the court, her father is also a fourth-rank official.If it wasn't for her being a concubine who was not valued by her family, and she was diagnosed with palace cold, making it difficult to conceive, even if Mrs. Zhao entered the Imperial Academy in her 20s and lost her original spouse in her [-]s, Mrs. Zhao would not have given birth. marry him.

Mr. Zhao had a son, a son, and a daughter. His first wife was the daughter who died in childbirth. Now he is old enough to remember.So Mrs. Zhao doesn't want to win over the ones left behind, but only loves money.

Since Concubine Hu was looking for someone to handle the matter, she naturally investigated her details.Therefore, she first said displeasedly: "Master Zhao himself did something wrong, and he stepped on all the steps of his life, how can we blame our master?"

Mrs. Zhao did not accompany her again and again, so Concubine Hu eased her face, "Okay, Mrs. Zhao is not reliable, Mrs. Zhao is quite reliable." She raised her chin and pouted angrily: "I see that screen, Zhao Madam likes it very much. I heard that the southwest side is quite remote, so I guess I can’t see such a good screen.”

Mrs. Zhao had already anticipated what to say next, she couldn't help rubbing her hands together with joy.

Concubine Hu rolled her eyes and lazily called out, "Osmanthus osmanthus! Give this screen, together with the 500 taels of silver I prepared, to Mrs. Zhao!"

Zhao Shi read, oh, no, now he is the county magistrate of Zhao, waiting for his wife to come back with joy, seeing that screen and five hundred pieces of silver, he was dumbfounded.

"You fool! If I am a competent official, what are these things? Go to the county palace again!"

Mrs. Zhao also rolled her eyes, the angle, the coquettish look at the corners of her eyes were exactly the same as that of Concubine Hu.It's a pity that magistrate Zhao won't appreciate it.

"You are the county prince's mansion, it's your home! You're reinstated as an official, but the money doesn't fall into my hands. This is a reward from the side concubine empress. What does it have to do with you, a person who is not successful enough?!"

In a fit of rage, County Magistrate Zhao walked away in a huff.

When he arrived at the county seat, the county magistrate Zhao first let his concubine be the housekeeper, and when his son married a wife, he let Mrs. Zhao be the housekeeper.As for Mrs. Zhao, she was kidnapped by bandits on the way to her post. After being rescued, the county magistrate Zhao did not recognize her as his wife at all, and put her under house arrest for the rest of her life. The screen was taken by Mr. Zhao's concubine. Two silver coins are only enough for her to buy the woman outside the Buddhist hall to ensure that she will not starve to death.

This happened a long time later, and Zhao and He were just an appetizer for Jia Hu's revenge.

The Hanlin Academy is still lively, and even because there is another vacancy for a servant and a editor, the following editors, editors, and servants are trying their best to show their faces in the matter of punctuation, hoping to promotion.

Inside the Imperial Academy, they paid more attention to the selection of punctuation marks, while outside the academy, the great Confucian scholars, the head of the academy, teachers, and some everyone paid more attention to the sentence Jia Hu used to draw out the punctuation marks.

"Could it be that I have misread the sage's words all this time?"

"It's nonsense! The words of the saints have been passed down from ancient times to today. Everyone reads and uses them like this. How could it be wrong?!"

"There is no discrimination in teaching, and there is no discrimination in teaching! This is the true meaning of Confucius!"

"Isn't it the same for not only studying, but also being an official for parents? The people can, let them know; if they can't, let them know. This is to teach us how to be officials!"

However, as Han Wenxuan secretly worried about, accusing the previous emperor of fooling the people, such remarks have never appeared.He was really overthinking, the Great Zhou Dynasty was in its prosperity, and no literati dared to criticize the late emperor despite their lives.

The emperor has not thought about it.

Long before Han Wenxuan reported the matter, the Tsing Yi Wei who he had placed next to Jia Hu had written the words "the people can make it so they can't make it known" on a note and put it in front of the emperor's case.

He stared at the two sentences reading different words.

The first thing that can be vetoed is Jia Hu's disobedience.Not to mention that he jumped up and down to support the fifth child, this sentence was passed down from the previous dynasty, the previous dynasty of the previous dynasty, a long time ago, fooling the people and so on, it cannot be blamed on the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

On the contrary, if he supported Jia Hu's saying "If the people can do it, let them know it; if they can't, let them know it." He corrected the misunderstanding of Confucius since ancient times, and changed the ignorance of the people to educate the people and enlighten the people's wisdom, which is also his merit in office.From then on, it is impossible to leave a name in history.

This is also one of the reasons why those literary and Confucian masters put all their energy into it and wanted to participate in it and make their voices heard.How can such a thing that lasts forever, not have a place for them?

This was just created by this person in order to compete for a position as a servant in the Imperial Academy.

Does Jia Hu really deserve to be the country's most important weapon?

Thinking of this, the emperor called his personal servant and summoned Jia Hu.

When Jia Hu came back, he brought with him an oral order from the Holy Majesty: "Jia Hu has made great contributions to correcting the mistakes of the predecessors. From compiling at the sixth rank, he was promoted to be the official sixth rank attendant." After a while, everyone in the Imperial Academy knew about it.

However, this is not Jia Hu's greatest achievement.

"Cement, soap, punctuation. Jia Hu, what else do you not reveal?" The emperor asked meaningfully.

Jia Hu said without changing his face: "What I can reveal is what I have already thought of or known. As for the inspiration for the future, only God will know."

The emperor clapped his hands and laughed, "What Jia Aiqing said is true. I remember that Aiqing hasn't reached the crown yet?"

"The minister's father is already preparing for the crowning ceremony." Jia Hu said calmly.

"Very good," said the emperor happily, "Hu is a sacrificial vessel. Although it is solemn, it has lost its youthful spirit. There is a saying in "Zhuangzi Xiaoyaoyou": "Carrying the blue sky on your back... and then Jiangtunan today." Yours Is it okay to use the word 'Tunan' for the table?"

Tu Nan, Yu has lofty aspirations and is very sympathetic to Jia Hu.

Jia Hu thanked him happily.

The emperor asked again: "The cement road of the Ministry of Industry has almost been repaired in Zhili District. Does Tunan know?"

"Master Minister of the Ministry of Industry led the ministers to see it."

"You invented cement, what does Tunan think?"

"Return to the emperor. The cement technology is still immature. The Ministry of Industry still needs to allocate a large amount of silver every year for the craftsmen to research and develop, but the actual cost of paving the road may be very little, which may cause some complaints. Please let the emperor know this."

The emperor thought to himself, in this way, the Ministry of Industry has too much money to manipulate, so it is not easy to let Xiao Qi go.He also probed, "My Seventh Prince intends to go to the Ministry of Industry for training, what does Ai Qing think?"

When the opportunity came, Jia Hu began to think about how to apply eye drops calmly. After thinking for a while, his eyes lit up, and he said euphemistically, "Your Majesty, I heard that His Royal Highness the Seventh Highness and Lord Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry are at odds. This..."

Jia Hu didn't really think that he could dictate the issue of the prince. The emperor was very satisfied. As for the issue of discord, well, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry is serious, and the Ministry of Industry is the most important thing in the court. Since the decision is Fifth, don't give Xiao Qi any hope, let him go to the Ministry of Rites.

Jia Hu didn't know if the eye drops were successful, but to be able to blackmail the Seventh Prince in front of the emperor, the joy of victory was better than the promotion and salary increase. !

Soon, word spread that Jia Hu was bestowed with calligraphy by the emperor. Han Wenxuan congratulated him and said, "Now there is a calligraphy in Tunan, I don't know how much time your father has saved!"

Jia Hu smiled embarrassedly: "Teacher, you were joking. By the way, His Royal Highness has been planning to go to the Ministry of Industry before. I wonder what's going on now?"

Han Wenxuan was obviously very happy, "According to what the emperor said, His Royal Highness is about to go to the Ministry of Rites." Whoever likes a prince on top can't be beaten or scolded, and the prince is a layman. Do you listen?What's more, Han Wenxuan and the Seventh Prince do have a grudge!

"The Ministry of Rituals is free, while the Ministry of Industry is in a hurry. It seems that the Emperor loves His Highness the Seventh Highness very much." Jia Hu said with a smile.

This is pure nonsense.The Ministry of Rites has always been the place where Beijing officials are honored and raised. The current Secretary of the Ministry of Rites is the elder of the first emperor.

If you can't do practical things, how can you show your face in front of the emperor and courtiers.A discerning person would know that the Seventh Prince has nothing to do with the throne.

On this day, the emperor suddenly announced the date of the autumn hunt, which was set to be on August [-]th, and the entourage also came out, including Jia Hu.

As expected, all the princes went together in Qiu Lie, this has not changed, Jia Hu subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.The rumors about Jia Ying in Beijing have been suppressed by Jia Hu and the fifth prince's secret help, and have gradually been forgotten by people. Soon, the latest topic in Beijing has become this year's autumn hunting.Back in the mansion, there is another piece of good news.

Jia Ying has slowed down these days, but she doesn't like to go out very much, so Liu simply started to teach her more complicated things such as walking etiquette.Right now, the two are holding a gift list, deliberating about adding or subtracting.Seeing the rare smile on her younger sister's face, Jia Hu couldn't help asking, "What's going on today, why is my younger sister so happy?"

Mrs. Liu picked up a letter and threw it to him, beaming with joy, and said, "Your aunt is happy!"