Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 198

The north wind howled and the snow fluttered.

The first snow after the frost this year came earlier than before.

For people on the road, this day is becoming more and more unfriendly, but Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai don't care much; especially Sun Yixie, because his family is in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is rare to see snow, so It's a new sight to meet now.

Let's say that Sun and Huang, after Anqiu and the two leaders of Yiyong Escort Bureau discussed the plan to deal with Xiao Zhun, they went on the road again.

Their destination has not changed, and they will continue to drive to Huang Donglai's hometown. If they go smoothly, Huang Donglai may be able to return home this year for the New Year.

The two of them didn't have much delay on this part of the journey. After hitting Anqiu, they drove along the official road all the way to Jining, and soon came to the boundary of Yanzhou.

On this day, the two of them left the post house around noon, and after lunch it was windy and snowy, and finally came to a place called Fengjiazhuang before sunset.

As far as the village itself is concerned, there is nothing special about it. It looks neither big nor small, neither poor nor rich...that's all.

But there was one thing that both Sun and Huang were more concerned about - as soon as they entered the village, they found that there was one household in Feng's village, and a small flag was hung at the door of each household.

The surface of the flag is black, and there is a mass of red printed on the black background. The red thing looks like fire but not fire, like lotus but not lotus, it is really eye-catching.

As soon as Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai sat down in the inn, they asked the village boy what happened to the flag.

When the waiter heard this, he instinctively looked left and right, as if he was afraid of someone eavesdropping, and then lowered his voice and replied: "I think the two guests are from other places, I don't know... This is the flag of the 'Fire Lotus Sect', according to the rules, every household in the area must hang it in front of the door."

"What? The Fire Lotus Sect?" Huang Donglai responded casually, "I haven't heard of it..." He was also idle, and then asked another question, "Eh? What will happen if you don't hang up?"

As soon as he said this, several pairs of eyes in the lobby of the inn began to look at him.

The waiter in the store also reacted quickly, and then he smiled apologetically: "Hey, guest officer, what you said..." When he reached this point, he suddenly raised his voice a bit, "The Fire Lotus Sect is taught by the little prince of Yanzhou Prefecture. The conferred 'Holy Teaching' is the great benefactor of our common people...they let us hang this 'fire lotus flag', we are too grateful, why would someone not hang it?"

Let me make a digression here, the name "little prince" is commonly used in novels and storytelling, but it is not actually a standard name.

A prince is a prince, there is no difference in size, no matter how young he is; as for the sons of the prince, the one who inherits his title is called the prince, and the others are called the king of the county. , which we will discuss in detail below).

Storytellers call the young prince or heir a "little prince" just to make it sound nice and not look old.

Anyway, you have remembered that the person mentioned by the waiter at the shop refers to the heir of the local Prince Lu's mansion.

"Oh~" Sun Yixie had come to his senses now, and while pretending to have suddenly realized, he had already kicked Huang Donglai under the table, "So that's how it is...that's because we are ignorant, Disrespect, disrespect."

"Ah? Ah... yes yes yes..." Huang Donglai was reminded by Sun Yixie, and he also reacted, and continued, "We are shallow."

The two of them had a haha, and they just exposed this article.

The mistress heaved a sigh of relief, and several pairs of eyes nearby also looked away.

Nothing happened at that time, and the two chatted with the waiter for a few more words, inquired about some local conditions, and then returned to the guest room with a full expression as usual.

But when the two of them entered the room and closed the doors and windows, the chatterbox full of vulgar words opened...

"Damn it, it's a good thing my brother reacted quickly, otherwise we would have been in trouble just now." When Sun Yixie said this, he had already checked the doors, windows and beams to confirm that no one was eavesdropping.

"I was so fucking stupid just now." Huang Donglai said, "I've been in this world for 20 years, and it's the first time I heard that the son of a feudal king can make a certain religious organization a 'holy religion'. Mom is going to rebel."

"Ah?" Sun Yixie just noticed that the surrounding atmosphere was not right, but he didn't know how outrageous it was, so at this time he heard Huang Donglai's words and asked in confusion, "Is it that serious?"

"Nonsense." No matter in the past or in the present world, Huang Donglai is better than Sun Yixie in terms of culture, at least he still knows some common sense, "The power of enfeoffment is imperial power. It is said that it is a teaching, it is their own son, and they have no right to confer the title... Then it must be carried out in accordance with the rules of the eldest son inheriting, the establishment of the concubine without the son, and the eradication of the country without the son, and all of them have to Report to the court."

"Oh~" Sun Yixie raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "Then this so-called 'Little Prince'..."

"Arrogance." Huang Donglai answered immediately, "If this matter gets to the capital, the emperor might have to pick off all the heads of the Lu Palace."

"No way?" Sun Yixie said, "The lord and the emperor are both a family, so can you kill him with this matter?"

"Harm..." Huang Donglai curled his lips and said with a dry smile, "Brother Sun, your history is close, let me tell you this... It has been more than 300 years since the founding of Dazhuo. The descendants of these princes and the current emperor, Maybe they were one family [-] years ago, but now...the emperor wishes they were all dead."

What Huang Dong said, in Dazhu, basically anyone who has read the book knows.

Why doesn't Brother Sun know... I won't explain it.

Let's just talk about the "Ming Dynasty" that everyone is more familiar with. Part of the reason why it will perish in the later period is that there are too many descendants of the royal family, which dragged down the country's economy.

Think about it, after the military power of those vassal kings was all cut off, they spent all day eating, drinking and having fun on the fief with the royal salary. And the survival rate is definitely much better than that of ordinary people.

The eldest son of a prince can also be a prince, the son of a concubine can be a county king, and the concubine's son can be a general of the country, and so on...

These people are all born to receive salaries.

During the Jiajing period, the imperial court felt that this situation was a bit wrong. The imperial court couldn't stand it because you have endless descendants, so they began to degrade the prince's nephews and nephews in various ways, so as to reduce the injustice. The overall title of the descendants of the royal family, thereby reducing the salary expenditure.

Unfortunately, this is also a drop in the bucket...

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, after more than 200 years, the descendants of the old Zhu’s family were still living on their salaries, with as many as 30 to [-]... The agricultural economy can’t support you to do this, can the common people not rebel?
So what about the "big man"?
Obviously, if Daqian can stand for more than 300 years and is still standing, the world line must have changed.

The key is the four words - a concubine without a noble.

Of course, the emperor does not apply to this article: the emperor's son, except for the one who inherits the throne, can be a prince regardless of whether he is a descendant or concubine.

But for the sons of these princes, only the eldest son can succeed his father, and the second son can be named the county king, and those who are concubines have no titles.

Without a noble, there is no salary.

The prince wants to use his own salary to support these bastards, no problem, but the imperial court will not give these grandchildren another salary.

This way, the situation will be much better...

Because in the prince's family, the number of concubines is far more than that of concubines.

Ordinary people usually have only one daughter-in-law, so it is common for the same mother to give birth to several, but most of the prince's family has wives and concubines in groups, and they are too busy to be busy, so there will not be too many sons.

Furthermore, even if the prince's wife can have more children, not all of them are boys, not to mention the medical conditions at that time were prone to dystocia or child death.

As for the bastards, it doesn't matter if there are a dozen or dozens, when their father is still alive, they will be prosperous and wealthy, but as long as the father is dead... then it's hard to say.

You're counting on a half-brother to provide for you and your mother year-round?Even if he is willing to do it for the sake of brotherhood or royal dignity, but what about your children in the future?Also rely on their uncle to support them all?

This is undoubtedly unrealistic. Therefore, in Dazhu, the bastards born to the princes, at most two generations, have nothing to do with the royal family-you can say that your great-grandfather and the great-grandfather of the current prince are the same person, but this is not the case. It won't change the fact that the prince eats and drinks spicy food in the palace, but you sell straw sandals on the side of the road.

Of course, I'm just making an analogy here, not all bastards are not good afterward, there are also those who are shrewd. When the old man was alive, he thought about the way out. Resources to train children to study literature and martial arts, even without the royal family's protection in the future, they will not live too badly.

To sum up, the descendants of the royal family in Dazhu, or the descendants of the royal family who can eat the imperial salary after birth, are much less than the Ming Dynasty we know.

But even so, the emperor's attitude towards these relatives who "belonged to the same family hundreds of years ago" was not good. After all...Compared with "giving less" and "not giving", the latter is better, isn't it?

"Then according to what you say..." Right now, after listening to Huang Donglai's popular science, Sun Yixie continued, "Should someone have reported this to the court long ago? Maybe this is a great achievement. "

"Supposedly there is no need to report it." Huang Donglai said, "All the vassals in this dynasty are under the surveillance of the court, and every prince's fief has Jin Yiwei who is responsible for keeping an eye on them, and the eunuchs used in the palace are also There are people from Dongxi Factory... This is an open secret."

"Is that so..." Sun Yixie read thoughtfully, "Could it be that the so-called 'Little Prince' who took care of all the spies who were in charge of monitoring them in King Lu's fief?"

"Then who knows?" Huang Donglai said, "But since the waiter just now dared to say so openly and loudly in public that the Fire Lotus Sect is a sacred religion consecrated by the young prince, it proves that... at least in the local area, this Fire Lotus Sect The teacher is definitely covering the sky with one hand... I think the water in this pond is a bit muddy, it's not easy to swim..."

"I also think..." Sun Yixie nodded, "We are just passing by. It's better to ignore such matters related to the emperor's relatives. We should be fine when we leave the Jining border."

After discussing this, the two went back to their houses and went to sleep.

At this time, they didn't expect that it was a rare thing that they didn't want to take care of, but it was less than a day... If they didn't want to take care of it, they had to take care of it.

(End of this chapter)