Chapter 1510 Difficulties in Xinzijuan
The father and son pondered for a long time, but it was difficult to figure out the real situation here.
Feng Tang was originally reluctant to get involved in these affairs of the Tianjia. In order to avoid being involved in the Beijing camp, he even voluntarily gave up the general of the Fifth Army Camp and chose to go to the mountains of Yulin. He was afraid that if he stayed in the Beijing camp, he would The matter of seizing the legitimate son is going on, and you may be stuck in the quagmire every second and find it difficult to get out.
But now the situation is a little different. The son is now the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture. Although he is a civil servant, it is not entirely a battle for the right to inherit the throne. It is also involved in the struggle between the North and the South and the conflict between the court and Jiangnan. In addition, The various hidden dangers mentioned by Feng Ziying also made Feng Tang realize that some things may be unavoidable, or if he wants to escape, the final result may be backfire on the Feng family.
As Ziying said, if Prince Yi Zhong is really appointed to the position of Dabao, will the situation of the Feng family be better? Definitely not possible.
The Feng family has never been the backbone of the martial arts community. Niu Jizong, Wang Ziteng, and even the Chen family, Hou family, and Ma family are. Even the Jia family has a higher status than the Feng family.
Of course, it would not be wrong to say that the Feng Family would fall just like this, but the status of the entire Northern Scholars would definitely not be better than it was during the ten years of Emperor Yonglong. At that time, the status of the Jiangnan Scholars might be further improved, and the Northern Scholars would even It may be reduced to competing with the Huguang scholars for second place.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Now that the Feng family has such a good situation, who would want to be as lonely as a few years ago when Feng Tang was dismissed from the post of General Soldier of Datong and returned to Beijing like a lost dog? ?
What's more, Ziying is still leading the way as a leader of young scholars in the north, and has a bright future in the future. Based on this, Feng Tang is not willing to see the future change.
Because of this, he changed his mind from just wanting to go to the northwest for a transition, and just help the court stabilize the situation in the northwest before returning to Liaodong. Instead, as his son proposed, he wanted to move the four northwest towns to The power is firmly in your hands.
At the very least, you must have an influence that is unrivaled by others in the four northwest towns, so that if an unbearable or uncontrollable situation arises in the future, you will have more room for maneuver and will not be helpless and just waiting to die.
This is not only responsible for myself, but also for the Feng family.
Undercurrents in the capital are surging, and Ziying cannot leave the capital. Feng Tang considers that going to the northwest is also a safe measure. As long as he has a firm foothold in the northwest and holds the army of the four northwest towns, whether he wants to seize the throne or not, the struggle between the north and the south will be over. Well, when the dispute breaks out, no matter who wins in the end, they will not fail to consider their own presence in the northwest, and at least they will not cause any harm to the Feng family in Beijing.
"Father, for this kind of thing, we also do our best to obey fate. What our father and son said may be thought to be unfounded worries. Sometimes I myself ask myself whether my worries are really unfounded. Those people in Jiangnan really dare to raise flags. Do they have the courage to rebel? Also, Jiangnan scholars like Ye Fangli and others still occupy a dominant position in the court. If people like Tang Binyin, Gu Tianjun, Jia Jing and Zhen Yingjia want to cause chaos, what will happen to these people? Where are people placed?”
Feng Ziying laughed self-deprecatingly, "So it's enough for us to do everything we can."
"Well, so your father and I need to ask for more money to go to the northwest this time. Just as you said, if Jiangnan rebels and the north is in chaos, there will be Mongols and Jianzhou Jurchens outside who are eyeing them. Yamato Ji Liao can't move, maybe they really can only send troops from three sides." Feng Tang sighed: "If we don't make full preparations, won't we have to be blind again?"
It has to be said that the four rounds of sales have achieved sensational results. Not only did the newspapers publish this event, but the people in the capital city were even more enthusiastic about it. Whether it was antiques, calligraphy and paintings, pearls and jade jewelry, and even some silk leather goods, clothes and clothing, they became popular among everyone. The focus of the discussion, it seems that if you can buy one or two items at this sale, you will immediately become a high-ranking person in the Zhou Dynasty.
After more than three million taels of silver were deposited in Haitong Yinzhuang, they were also transferred to the account of the Ministry of Accounts in Haitong Yinzhuang. How to use these more than three million taels of silver became the focus of attention of the imperial court.
In addition to Feng Tang, other ministries are also interested in these millions of taels of silver. Even Shuntian Mansion is no exception. Wu Daonan mentioned to Feng Ziying in a very subtle way that Shuntian Mansion School needed to be renovated and expanded. This could be done through the Ministry of Rites Get some money from the court to do this.
Feng Ziying didn't care much about these things. Since Wu Daonan had this intention, he would just go ahead and do it. It was a matter of one to twenty thousand taels of silver, but even one to twenty thousand taels of silver was nothing to Shuntian Mansion Office. Difficult thing.
It turned out that Feng Ziying was planning to bargain with the Ministry of Household Affairs to see if he could get some money from the Ministry of Household Affairs to be kept in the Shuntian Mansion Office. But when Huang Ruliang raised his fingers to settle the accounts for him, he knew it was best not to pursue this idea and looked at it. This money has quenched the thirst of many people.
When Feng Ziying returned home, Baoxiang came to report that the Yuanyang girl from Rongguo Mansion was here and had been waiting for her.
The mandarin ducks are here again? Feng Ziying was surprised, what's the matter?
This can be regarded as a formal notice. After all, Jia Zheng entrusted it to Feng Ziying before leaving. As for Jia Mu and the Wang family, they did not accept Feng Ziying's opinions. Even Yuan Chun in the palace did not support Feng Ziying's opinions. Naturally, Feng Ziying had no choice. There is something to be said.
"I already know the time. Since all the engagements have been completed, there is only more than a month left, so it can be regarded as a matter of course." Feng Ziying nodded leisurely and looked at Yuanyang with a smile, " Yuanyang, the matter about Baoyu will definitely be settled, and the old lady should feel at ease, what do you say?"
Yuanyang's face suddenly turned red, and he said a little shyly: "I'm teasing you again. I told you a long time ago..."
"You said it? You just said it?" Feng Ziying teased Yuanyang, "Don't your brother, sister-in-law, and parents in Jinling care about the major events in your life?"
Yuanyang was stunned by these words. Her brother Jin Wenxiang was working in Rongguo Mansion, her sister-in-law was also in Rongguo Mansion, but her parents were guarding the Jia family's old home in Jinling. It seemed that her whole family belonged to the Jia family, so what about her future life? ?
The Jia family has no one they can rely on.
In this generation, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng have divorced each other. He is not someone who can be counted on, and Yuanyang has never cared about it.
A few years ago, Jia Baoyu and Yuanyang had the idea of being pointed out by their ancestors to Baoyu as a wench girl in the future. However, as their experience grew over the past few years, Yuanyang also saw through the essence of Baoyu's silver-like pewter spear head. , so I calmed down this thought.
Even younger ones like Jia Huan and others, the age difference is so big that Yuanyang has never thought about it.
At this point, there is no one to rely on. How can we let our ancestors point to a boy in the house? An arrogant mandarin duck will never accept this.
Over the years, Yuanyang knew very well that he could no longer accept the roles of servants like Ming Yan next to Baoyu, Shou'er and Zhaoer next to Jia Lian, and those in the mansion such as Qian Hua and Dai Liang. She also had a disdain for people.
Rather than being accused of marrying these people, Yuanyang would rather remain unmarried for the rest of her life, and would rather be a sister-in-law than suffer this injustice.
Perhaps this is because she was destined to be a maid, but she has the ambition to be a young lady.
This was what my brother said to me, and it was hard to hear, but Yuanyang knew it was the truth, but that was it for him, and he just refused to accept this reality.
Feng Ziying's appearance and teasing words finally made Yuanyang feel a little moved. Although he knew there were many obstacles here, it made Yuanyang feel willing for the first time.
Especially when I see that Jin Chuan'er, Qingwen, Ying'er, Zijuan, and Siqi, who were good friends in the past, have all followed or will follow their respective masters to the Feng Mansion. If I can go there, I will at least have a lot of acquaintances. How great would it be to be able to live and get close to each other, do things and have fun, just like in the Rongguo Mansion a few years ago?
Even Ping'er's little hooves must have been taken aback by Uncle Feng. Maybe one day the Second Mistress will really show mercy and let her out, and she will also go to the Feng Mansion to be a steward girl, right?
After calming down, Yuanyang's mind slowly calmed down: "Uncle, I can't talk about this slave's matter right now, but this time, besides talking about Master Bao's marriage, I also have two other things to talk about. I want to talk about this." I need to talk to the uncle."
"Oh? Let me tell you, haven't you told me about Baoyu before? Even if we start to prepare for the wedding, you don't need to make a special trip. Tell me, what else is there?" Feng Ziying actually roughly guessed Something, but it shouldn't be the arrival of Yuanyang, it should be the arrival of Li Wan or Tanchun.
Yuanyang pursed her lips and then said: "This slave shouldn't be here, but my ancestors and my wife both said that we should let the slave come with a message first. If the uncle nods, let the third girl come over to discuss it in detail..."
"Is the Rongguo Mansion so tight that it is difficult to even organize Baoyu's wedding?" Feng Ziying frowned: "How much does it cost to be so sad?"
"In the past two months, the house has been in a state of being unable to reveal the truth. There are still some old objects in the ancestor's house, but they cannot be emptied out. The Niu family girl still has to come through. If outsiders see the reality of our house, Maybe it would become a joke. In addition, before and after the wedding, Lin Lin had to buy all kinds of clothes, jewelry and furniture. Lin Lin was afraid that it would cost tens of thousands of taels of silver, but the government really couldn't afford it, and he still owed money. We have talked to many parties, and the people below have great opinions. If the Niu family girl hears these words when she gets married,..."
Yuanyang didn’t say any more, but Feng Ziying also understood.
(End of this chapter)