Jiapingguan Chronicle

"Hey, it's really not easy. I finally got to the point. Let's talk about it quickly." Hearing this, Uncle Qi also changed into a more comfortable position on the imperial concubine's couch. "If I don't talk seriously, I will fall asleep." ”

"Can't I explain the whole story clearly?"

Jiang Erye rolled his eyes at him, threw away the charcoal in his hand, wiped his hands with the wet handkerchief Mei Lin handed him, turned around and glanced at the chart, and found that it was not completely dry yet, so he ignored it for the time being.

"Yes, yes, you really have to explain it clearly, otherwise, how can these curious boys follow your words to explore, right?" Qi Bo yawned and raised his chin towards Second Master Jiang, "Tell me, that What happened to Master Fa Lian?"

"What's going on?" Mr. Jiang sneered, "About Master Falian's life experience, we really need to explain a few more words. His biological father is Emperor Yongjia of the former dynasty, and his biological mother is Emperor Yongjia's Queen Kangshun. , but Queen Kangshun is not the first queen of Emperor Yongjia."

"Yes, that seems to be the case." Shen Cha nodded, "Queen Kangshun is the successor, but she has followed Emperor Yongjia since he was the crown prince. After Emperor Yongjia ascended the throne, Queen Kangshun was canonized first. Concubine Kang, then Concubine Kang, and finally Concubine Kang. It seems..." She frowned slightly, "Empress Kangshun's biological aunt should have been the first crown concubine of Emperor Yongjia, but she passed away very early. It has always been empty. Even when Emperor Yongjia ascended the throne, he was still the aunt of Queen Kangshun, and no new queen was actually appointed."

"Yes!" Mr. Jiang nodded, "To be more precise, Queen Kangshun is actually the only queen of Emperor Yongjia, not even her biological aunt."

"Wait a minute!" Uncle Qi interrupted the conversation between Mr. Jiang and Shen Cha, "Aunt and niece? The previous dynasty was really chaotic. I didn't expect that the last wise emperor of the previous dynasty, Emperor Yongjia, was also like this. …”

"It's nothing. Most marriages between wealthy and powerful families are like this. There's nothing surprising." Second Master Jiang waved his hand, "The Xie family once had a queen and two noble concubines. Between these three people The relationship between them is that they are aunts and nephews, and even the two concubines are direct sisters." He sighed softly, "The Wang family and the Qin family have a similar situation. This means that the royal family will give half of the royal power to a wealthy family. Use the blood of your closest relatives to be tied to the royal family.”

"This...is this the price for the emperor and his clan to share the world?"

"Yes, this is the price a wealthy family has to pay, and the royal family does not allow women from poor families. Therefore, the emperor's three palaces and six courtyards, and the backyards of princes, princes, and princes are all the families you look down on. Women. They are very talented and well-educated, but they will eventually become the pawns of their family to win over the imperial power. No matter how favored they were at home before getting married, this is the only way they will return." Mr. Jiang looked at a man Uncle Qi, who had an incredulous look on his face, slightly raised his eyebrows and said, "Students from poor families are clamoring every day to overthrow the aristocratic family, complaining every day that they can't get ahead, and are being suppressed by the aristocratic family. I especially want to ask, if I give you the same Power, are you willing to continuously contribute girls from your family to these powerful people?"

"Impossible!" Qi Bo shook his head gently, "Absolutely impossible. I don't consider who the other party is and only consider identity and power. I personally cannot do this. Fortunately, it is no longer like this. If I want If you were born in the previous dynasty, you might die faster!" "Isn't it gone now? Isn't that what Mrs. Ning is like?" Shen Cha sneered, "They just don't want to win over the imperial power."

"They wanted to win over the imperial power, but no one gave them this opportunity. After the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, Taizu's first request was that the imperial concubines, princess concubines and other royal family members should be of noble birth and be sons of good families, but the family status The aristocratic family will never allow it." Second Master Jiang raised his eyebrows, with a sarcastic smile on his face, "This is to completely cut off the covetousness of the imperial power by the rich and powerful families. On the one hand, it cuts off their thoughts of scientific research, and on the other hand, They wanted to interfere in politics from the harem and backyard, so in the first few years, in the eyes of those powerful families, we were simply heinous."

"Everyone thinks that a wealthy family has a good reputation, but I didn't expect that they also have their own bitterness."

"Everyone thinks that people from these wealthy families have a particularly easy life, but in fact, their sufferings will not be told to outsiders, and outsiders will not understand them. Since they have enjoyed the glory brought by their family, For the wealth and power brought by their family, they have to pay a corresponding price, or a price greater than these power and glory. Girls from well-connected families, from the moment they are born, what awaits them is the fate of marriage, not the fate of marriage with the royal family. Marriage means marrying with other noble families and nobles. Apart from serving as officials, boys still cannot marry as they wish. They cannot like anyone casually. Their significant other is either a princess, princess or county lord in the palace. , either ladies from other wealthy families, or..."

"Huh?" Uncle Qi looked at Mr. Jiang's hesitant look and was a little puzzled, "What is the last one?"

"If the children of the royal family, as well as the children of the Wang family with different surnames, have special hobbies, these children of the aristocratic families will also be the first to be chosen." Xue Ruitian sighed, "In the previous dynasties, and even further back, there were emperors The records of husbands and royal husbands, right? Although they can enjoy the same honor and power as these princes and princes, but..." He spread his hands, "It doesn't matter if they truly love each other. If it is forced, these There are so many grievances in people’s hearts, right?”

"That's true." Uncle Qi nodded, "If they were like Lao Yan and Lao Qin, we would also bless them, but if this marriage is a business or an exchange, it is indeed very... excessive."

Second Master Jiang chuckled lightly, looked at Uncle Qi who had a sigh on his face, and said, "This is also their fate. Looking at it this way, don't you think it's not too much if your aunt and nephew marry the same man at the same time?"

"It's still too much, and I can't accept it anyway." Qi Bo shook his head slightly, still with a look of disapproval, and said, "But you specifically mentioned Queen Kangshun, and specifically mentioned the aunt-nephew relationship. It was they who married Yongjia. Is there anything wrong with the emperor's process? Or is it not the process, but do they and their family have ulterior motives?"