The splendor of the red mansion

Chapter 284 Playing Chess Like a Sea and Discussing the Situation (1)
The two chatted for a while, and then the girl came to ask Sister Feng to say that the old lady was going back.Sister Feng hurriedly got up to say goodbye, and the smile on her face became wider as a big stone fell from her heart.Daiyu also went back to the palace with Sister Feng and sent Jia Mu and others out with Lin Ruhai.It's just that Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang looked a little ugly when they went out, so the goal must have not been achieved.Just as Jiamu and the others were sent away, the person in charge said that the prince invited Fujin and Master Lin to have dinner.The two returned with their two children.

After dinner, some of the children were doing their homework, some were playing, Lin Ruhai and Yinzhen set up a chess game and played chess in the yard.Sitting beside Yinzhen and watching the battle, Daiyu asked, "Father, why did the Jia family come here?" Lin Ruhai thought about the chess game, and said nonchalantly, "It's nothing, I just want to ask me to give Jia a piece of cake. It’s all about seeking an official position.” Yinzhen frowned slightly, after several generations of hereditary succession between the Jia family’s Rongning and Ning’s houses, the only titles born today are only Jia Shen who inherited the false title of Captain Qingche and Jia Zheng spent money to donate If you take an official position, you can only be promoted to a third-rank official after working for a lifetime.Then the next generation, but they are all idle at home.Now that Lin Ruhai has become a high-ranking member of the first rank and an extremely personable minister, Mother Jia naturally thinks about begging Lin Ruhai to give some errands to the children of the Jia family.Lin Ruhai said lightly: "I don't care about promoting a few juniors, but those of the Jia family... Even if I give them an errand, I'm afraid it will be messed up." Daiyu asked: "Dad didn't agree?" No wonder the old man My wife looked so ugly when she went out.Daiyu counted the descendants of Jia's family in detail, let alone one or two who are really capable of doing things.

Lin Ruhai said: "Nowadays the situation in the court is tense, and the Jia family's success is more than failure. It's better not to let them add to the chaos."

Daiyu nodded, understanding her father's painstaking efforts, it was all for them.

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, looked at Yinzhen who was frowning and thinking, and said: "A few days ago, the emperor showed me a booklet and asked me to write it for the regulations. But I was a little confused and couldn't make up my mind for a while. Fourth master knows the emperor What are you showing me?" Yinzhen looked up at Lin Ruhai and said, "Father-in-law is talking about the reorganization of the Eight Banners?" Lin Ruhai nodded and said, "Fourth Master has never lacked patience, but this time it seems a little too hasty ?” A lot of things cannot be solved by Yinzhen as a prince, if you really want to accomplish these things, why not be on the throne for a few years, get that position first and then talk about it.At that time, it will be much easier to handle many things in the world.Yinzhen was silent for a moment, looked at Lin Ruhai seriously, and said, "Father-in-law taught me a lesson. It's just...at this time Yinzhen doesn't want to wait. Yinzhen also knows that this matter has a lot to do with it. If Huang Ama was young, he would definitely agree to this matter. , but now..." Now the emperor is old, and his ambition is no longer what it used to be.Lin Ruhai understood that Kangxi seemed to be able to live for many more years, perhaps Yinzhen was afraid that all those years of fighting for power would wear down his ambitions.

Lin Ruhai sighed helplessly, the current situation is also helpless.You can't let Yinzhen usurp the throne in advance because of this, right?Looking sideways at Daiyu, he asked, "What do you think of Yu'er?"

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, "My daughter naturally supports fourth brother."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and smiled and said, "Forget it, the water thrown by the married daughter. Since you have made up your mind, I, an old man, should support my daughter and son-in-law no matter what."

"Daddy..." Daiyu's face turned red, and she could only bow her head to her father's teasing.

Just laughing, Lin Ruhai thought for a while and said: "Although it is not the best time now, it is not impossible. This is also thanks to Tong Guowei. The strength of the eight elder brother party is not as good as before. If the emperor really If you intend to restructure the Eight Banners, you will definitely continue to suppress the Eighth Brother Party. At that time, the pressure on the Fourth Master will be much lighter." Daiyu said: "Although the Eighth Brother's power has been damaged this time, but now that the tenth brother is back, with ten The relationship between the younger brother and the ninth brother may not fully support the eighth brother, when the time comes, the Niu Gulu clan..." Although the Niu Gulu clan lost an A Ling, they were originally a big family of the Eight Banners, and no one in the Eight Banners in the early Qing Dynasty could do anything. On the right of the Co-Lu family, even though it was suppressed by Kangxi, it still cannot be underestimated.Lin Ruhai shook his head and said: "Brother Shi is very wise and foolish, and won't get too involved in these things. Even if he can't go all the way with Fourth Master, he won't become an enemy. As for Niu Gulu... What does Fourth Master think?"

Yinzhen said in a deep voice: "The Niu Gulu family is after the founding hero. His ancestors were also the first of the five great heroes. Until the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Niu Gulu family came out in large numbers. It can be said that the Niu Gulu family's glory It was bought with their blood. Killing them all is not the best strategy." The Eight Banners place the most emphasis on military merit, so the Niu Colu family should not be suppressed too much, otherwise it will easily cause the soldiers of the Eight Banners to renounce.Lin Ruhai said: "Niu Gulu's family has produced famous generals in large numbers, but these years..." It is precisely because of Niu Gulu's military achievements that Kangxi deliberately separated Niu Gulu's family from the army after Empress Xiaozhao.After Ye Bilong's death, Niu Gulu's family seemed to be strong these years, but their ability to control the army was not as good as that of their ancestors.After thinking for a while, Lin Ruhai said, "Most of the Luo family in Xilin, Fourth Master, don't have to worry. Niu Gulu's family left it to me to persuade him. Since Tong Jia's chose to help Fourth Master, he naturally knows what to do. Tong Guowei is also smart. People. As for the others... I suggest that the fourth master should start with the princes. As long as more than half of the princes are willing to support the reform of the Eight Banners, the clan and many Eight Banners dignitaries don’t have to worry about it. But in this way, the fourth master has to worry about the other Problem."

Yinzhen is silent, if there are really more than average princes on his side, then what he has to worry about is not his brothers or political enemies.The most worrying thing is Huang Ama's reaction.At the beginning, there was only one Suo'etu and Hesheli family behind His Royal Highness, so Huang Ama was so afraid. When the time came...Lin Ruhai looked at him and asked calmly: "So, fourth master, do you still want to persist?" More than that It's full of enemies, brothers killing each other, and father and son may become enemies.Yinzhen's expression was fixed, and he said indifferently: "Naturally."

Daiyu pursed her lips and said softly: "Now Huang Ama is in good health, and the fourth brother has no intention of seizing power. Naturally, Huang Ama commanded the princes to complete such a major event as the reform of the Eight Banners. As long as you can grasp it properly, Huang Ama will definitely be able to see the hearts of brothers for the country and pure filial piety." Lin Ruhai nodded with a smile, and said to Yinzhen: "Yu'er is right. The most fearful thing is that there is no measure. No matter whether things succeed or fail, fourth master will eventually Remember, as long as the emperor is still alive, he is the existence above tens of thousands of people. You must not make the mistakes of the second elder brother and the eighth elder brother." Yinzhen nodded and said: "Thank you, father-in-law, for your suggestion." Lin Ruhai nodded in satisfaction Compared with the waste prince, the biggest advantage of the fourth elder brother is his character.Maybe it's because of the hard times in his youth, he can see the situation around him clearly at any time, so as not to be surrounded by the fog in front of him.Of course, most of the prince's temper is to be blamed on Kangxi, "Since the fourth master has made up his mind, tell me your thoughts later, and I will also think about how to write a note for the emperor." Persuading Kangxi Obviously, it was a very labor-intensive job, even Kangxi himself was a little moved.

(End of this chapter)