Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

It starts from the Huachao Festival, which is the twelfth day of February.

The entire Great Wei Dynasty Hall has been busy with funerals.

First, Emperor Tiantai stayed for 49 days.

Before you know it, it's the end of April.

Then half a month to go to the funeral, and half a month to return.

In a hurry, it's already the end of May.

Emperor Jingshun died on the way, and when he came back, he made up for more than 30 days, which was 49 days.

Look, it's the end of June now.

But just after Emperor Jingshun was buried, the Empress Dowager died again.

She was suspended for 49 days, and then went back and forth to Xiaoci County for a month.

This is because Prince Zhongshun conspired against him and did not need a big funeral.

Otherwise, this whole year will be busy with the funeral of the family of four.

Even so, it will be the end of September when the four members of the royal family are all buried neatly.

Now half a year of time and energy is wasted on the funeral.

The civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty were also physically and mentally exhausted, and many old people from big families followed the royal family.

Even those who didn't leave, they all started to ask for leave.

On the third day after the death of the Empress Dowager, all the officials went to court in plain clothes.

As soon as the ceremonies were over, an official from the department came forward and said:

"Qizou Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager have successive national funerals this year, and the whole country of Wei has been mourning for half a year. Now that the Empress Dowager Empress Dowager is at the Blissful Bliss again, I am afraid that the people will be exhausted and affect the autumn harvest.

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

As soon as someone proposed to support the people, they immediately received unanimous support from the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

Yuan Chun really wanted to go with the flow, but it was about the word "filial piety", so she dared not agree easily.

"This move may hinder filial piety and harm your majesty's reputation, right?"

This "right?" was used very well, and the officials immediately understood Yuan Chun's difficulty.

All of a sudden, a group of Jinshi who had a thorough understanding of the book of rites began to quote extensively from other sources to conduct in-depth demonstrations of the feasibility of this matter.

Some say it can be done quickly, and some say it can be kept simple.

Others say that one death after another can be handled as a funeral.

The implication is that there is no need to stop the spirit, just send it to the joint burial.

Seeing the active participation of all officials, Yuan Chun still did not agree.

"What do you elders think?"

There is no need to ask Feng Yibo about such trivial matters.

All the elders looked at each other, and finally Li Shouzhong, the second assistant from the Ministry of Rites, came out and bowed:
"I feel that since the people are tired and the country is exhausted, it can be reduced appropriately according to etiquette."

With enough steps, Yuan Chun nodded in satisfaction.

She pondered for a while, then said:
"Since everyone says so, this palace will follow the good example and accept the performances of all of you. All those who are above the third rank and above will be sacrificed according to the imperial order. After 21 days of mourning, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianwen will be buried together."

A reduction is better than no reduction, and this will rule out most people.

Above the third rank is above the minister, and Wu Xun is above the third general.

With all the calculations, there are less than [-] families who left the sacrifices.

As for these people, you have to fulfill this obligation when you sit in this position.

What's more, the suspension has also been reduced from 49 days to 21 days, which is already a mighty grace.

"The Empress Dowager is unparalleled in virtue and virtue, and the common people are blessed!"

"The empress dowager loves the common people, and the well-being of the common people is also!"

"..."

For a while, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Chun sighed slightly in his heart.

Then, he raised his hand to let the waiter officer continue.

"Several prefectures in Shandong jointly named Shangshu, and impeached someone from the court to take advantage of the catastrophe in the two prefectures in Shandong to occupy rivers and fertile land without calculation, resulting in refugees having nowhere to settle. The rebellious leader took the opportunity to recruit them as bandits, and finally there was a catastrophe! Among them... ..."

The attendant officials directly read out the number of people who participated and the number of acres occupied.

The officials who were delighted at the streamlining of the funeral just now, many of them began to change their colors!
"The minister deserves death!"

"My lord is guilty!"

"The minister is not strict in governing the family!"

"..."

Every time a name is pronounced, there will be ashamed people pleading guilty before bowing down to Dan Bi.

Even the specific acres of land were investigated clearly, and they were absolutely irrefutable.

After a while, Majesty Dan had already knelt down in front of him.

When I first came out, I was extremely terrified.

But as the number of people increased, these people gradually became more at ease.

Without him, the law does not blame the public!

If several families participate, they may be ransacked and exiled as a warning to others.

But now there are more than [-] companies here, and it seems that there are more than this number.

Most importantly, many of the pleas were counted relatives and nobles.

Even Jia She, the uncle of the Empress Dowager, was kneeling there at this moment.

How can you let the queen mother who said she would protect Jia's family deal with it?
In their view, the big deal in the end is to return the land and fine the salary for several months.

If there is more, the queen mother will not be able to do it.

Regardless of the empress dowager's refusal to let the Jia family become officials, who doesn't know that this is a means to protect the Jia family?

It's all right now, we're not going to deal with the Jia family, because something happened to the Jia family themselves.

Either you take it lightly and it's good for everyone.

Or die together!

As long as you can do it, everyone will recognize it.

But if the bowl of water is not level, it must be unreasonable!
In fact, Yuanchun was also very embarrassed about this matter.

With Rong Mansion involved, she really wanted to protect her.

But the matter is too big, and it involves the horse bandits who assassinated Emperor Jingshun.

Even she didn't dare to be good at it.

At the same time as Jia pardoned Jia Lian, the father and son hated iron and steel, she wrote to Feng Yibo to inquire.

Unfortunately, the reply I got was only four words.

Handle it fairly.

This is the first time for Yuanchun, he doesn't want to follow Feng Yibo's suggestion.

So she did not give up and discussed with the elders.

As a result, the opinions drawn were similar.

Both Chen Qinzhi and Li Shouzhong believed that this matter involved the death of the former emperor, and they must not ignore it.

Yuan Chun had no choice but to bite the bullet and discuss at the court meeting.

In fact, what she didn't know was that she definitely asked the wrong person about this matter.

Because this matter was originally discussed between Feng Yibo and Chen Qinzhi.

When Feng Yibo said he wanted to reform, he wasn't just kidding.

The first step in reform has always been to rectify the administration of officials.

Wang Anshi just didn't rectify the administration of officials, and finally fell on the employer.

Then why rectify the administration of officials, is it purely for the sake of fashion?
There must be a reason for this, but more importantly, it is to try to use your own people.

As I said last time, what is the most important aspect of reform?
Feng Yibo thinks it is four words: Consistent interests.

Where does the benefit come from?

It can't be born out of thin air, can it?
Naturally, we still have to defeat a group of people first, and then support a group of our own people.

Only after gaining benefits can we exert energy in one place.

Redistribution can only be carried out after the interests have been obtained.

For today's Great Wei, the common people have been squeezed to the limit.

And the resources occupied by these honored relatives became the best targets.

However, of course Feng Yibo would not be stupid, using the name of reform to rectify the administration of officials and deprive others of their interests.

There is only one consequence of doing that, which is to cause a huge backlash.

At that time, the result is that everyone is the enemy.

So what he thought of was to use righteousness to bring down a group of people.

Just let these people give up their positions and spit out their benefits.

In the name of whether or not to reform, it is actually not that important.

Feng Yibo never wanted to let go of the Shandong matter.

Still the same sentence, those who make money in the country should be damned!

And it was this incident that became the breakthrough point for him to rectify the administration of officials.

There is no need to shout any slogans first. By the time others know that he is reforming, the reform has already been completed.

Sneaked into the night wind, moisten things silently.

Like the spring rain, Da Wei completed the reform without knowing it.

This is Feng Yibo's vision for reform.

After the secret talks between him and Chen Qinzhi at that time, the old and the young reached a consensus.

The first thing Chen Qinzhi did when he became the chief assistant of the cabinet was to deal with Shandong affairs.

Because of Prince Zhongshun's involvement in Shandong, the entire officialdom was almost uprooted.

At that time, it was temporarily taken over by the surrounding guards.

While suppressing bandits, he enforced military control.

Chen Qinzhi just took this opportunity to appoint many cronies to work in Shandong.

After these people arrived in Shandong, the first thing they took over was to use the clearing of the land to resettle the common people, and intensively investigate the encroachment of the river and the people's fields.

So far, the first step of reform has quietly begun.

At this time, all the officials involved in it still thought it was no big deal.

Just in time for today's court meeting, the empress dowager passed away.

Anyone who should have a job, regardless of whether the job is real or not, is all in the court.

At this time, nearly 50 people had already knelt before Dan Bi.

Most of them are the sons of princes and sons-in-law of the founding line of the country, the general's son-in-law and other families.

Secondly, there are the generals, captains, commanders, and guard commanders of the upstart lineage.

The fewest are members of the new party.

Looking at the kneeling people, especially Jia She and Jia Lian.

Yuan Chun was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.

After a long while, she said:
"But the high-ranking officials of the Wei Dynasty have generous salaries, can they support you?"

"But there is not enough fertile land in the village to accommodate you?"

"But the late emperor's reward is too low, I'm sorry everyone?"

Asking three times in a row made these people feel ashamed.

Especially Jia Amnesty, who regretted not listening to Feng Yibo at this moment.

After Feng Yibo beat Jia Lian, Jia Lian told Jia Amnesty about it.

But Jia Amnesty thought he had only earned a few hard-earned money, and he didn't leave much land under his name.

Besides, the royal family owes the Rong Mansion, even if the incident happens, it's nothing.

Unexpectedly, today's memorial is clearly written.

How much was occupied by them, how much was resold, and how much interest was obtained from it.

It was even clearer than Jia Amnesty's own accounts.

But Jia Amnesty was still just ashamed at this time, thinking that he had lost face for Rongfu.

He still didn't realize what he was about to face.

Seeing that they were silent, Yuan Chun said angrily:

"You are supported by high-ranking officials, and you are pampered by the emperor's grace, but you have done something like this, disregarding the life and death of the people in Shandong, and even involved the affairs of the former emperor, what should you do?"

Seeing that the queen mother was furious, everyone looked at each other and began to admit their mistakes.

"The minister deserves to die for his crimes, please forgive me, the Queen Mother!"

"The minister is not strict with his family, and he will be punished severely when he goes back!"

"..."

These people, looking at each with shame on their faces, kowtowed to admit their mistakes.

However, embarrassment is more appropriate.

They all felt ashamed, but few of them were really afraid.

Seeing their confident appearance, Yuan Chun said angrily:
"I really wish you all died! I just don't know how to explain to the late emperor after you die?"

"Your servant is ashamed!"

"The empress dowager, calm down! I deserve death for my crimes, so don't let your anger cause you to lose your body!"

"Yes! The Queen Mother calms down!"

Normally, at this time Yuanchun should consult the cabinet.

After all, such a big event, just ask how to deal with it.

However, after she was annoyed for a while, she sighed quietly.

"Ugh!"

Afterwards, without asking the cabinet or Feng Yibo, he just said to himself:

"I believe that you all had no intention of participating in it. It was because of Nishou's deliberate deliberation that this situation came about. Now that Nishou has been executed, you should learn from the pain and return the good land first..."

When everyone in His Majesty Dan heard this, they all showed such expressions.

This is the obvious "big thunder but little rain".

Get angry at them first, then take it lightly.

Thinking of this, everyone looked at Jia She and his son in unison.

Jia Lian's face was still full of shame, but Jia Amnesty was somewhat pleased.

Look, I know it's okay, right?

Anyway, our field has changed hands a long time ago, and it is not my turn to withdraw!

But at this moment, Yuan Chun's words were interrupted.

"Reporting to the Empress Dowager, although the evidence for this matter is solid, it also involves the matter of the late emperor. As usual, those who directly participated should be killed, and the men in the family will be lost for three thousand miles."

As soon as Feng Yibo opened his mouth, everyone's hearts were relieved.

You can know from the beginning that this is a desire to promote before suppressing.

Obviously, they are paving the way for their intercession!

"Of course! My lords, there are many descendants of famous families. The family of heroes not only contributed to the great Wei, but also was loyal to the late emperor. I also ask the queen mother to look at their ancestors, and the contributions of each family to the great Wei over the years. commandment!"

Sure enough, everyone felt more at ease this time.

There is the queen mother in the front, and there is a small cabinet in the back.

Even if Emperor Jingshun came back to life, they couldn't help them.

However, at this moment, Feng Yibo changed the subject and continued:
"I think it's better to confiscate your home and leave your job. Why don't you behead your head and go into exile?"

Ok?
Is there anyone who pleads with you?

All the people kneeling in front of Majesty Dan were stunned, and looked at Feng Yibo in surprise for a moment.

Shut up if you don't beg for mercy!
This is not pleading, this is to increase the price, right?
But as soon as Feng Yibo finished speaking, many people stood up.

"My minister agrees!"

"My minister agrees!"

"The minister waits for the second opinion!"

"..."

Among the hundreds of civil and military officials who were not involved in the Shandong matter, almost half of them stepped forward and seconded the proposal one after another.

Among them, there are Feng Yibo's same year, Liu Zheng, Yang Mingxin, Zhou Jun, Wang Zhishan and so on.

What's more, the middle-level officials in the new party also spoke out one after another.

Most importantly, at this time Chen Qinzhi also took a step forward and said in a deep voice:
"Sir, seconded!"

Li Shouzhong looked at this scene in surprise, especially looking back and forth between his apprentice and Chen Qinzhi.

Only now did he know that this apprentice had unknowingly gained such power.

What puzzled him even more was when did this apprentice unite with Chen Qinzhi?
Yuan Chun first looked at the officials in astonishment, and then looked sideways at Feng Yibo after he reacted.

I saw Feng Yibo looking at her with a smile.

But those star eyes were like an abyss, so she couldn't see the bottom no matter what.

She really doesn't understand, is this her Feng Lang?

Why didn't he help himself this time, but went against himself?

Why, he has to deal with his family?