A Thousand Hills

Chapter 227

The fifth prince once again saw the court's behavior style. It's not that the fifth prince thinks that his elder brother is not suitable to be in charge of grain and grass. After all, his elder brother has been in the Ministry of War for these years. As long as he puts his heart into it, he can manage grain and grass.

However, it doesn't mean that his elder brother is the only one suitable for this job in the world.

But, listening to those courtiers say, "the eldest prince has rich experience in the military", what "the eldest prince acts safely", and what "the eldest son of the emperor, has outstanding talents", anyway, a lot of praises made his elder brother unmatched Hearing that the fifth prince was sour, he wasn't jealous. The fifth prince had heard this before. When Yongding Hou was defeated, the imperial court asked him to go to Fujian to fight the fire. That was to praise him as the savior of the world.

However, at that time, he was pushed by these courtiers to fill in the pit, and if he was not careful, he would fall into the pit.Now his eldest brother is a first-class fat man!

The fifth prince's heart was sour, and he felt that these people who were chasing Qin Muchu were all bastards without chastity.

The Fifth Prince also couldn't say that the Eldest Prince is not suitable, he just said, "Food and grass are no small matter, the eldest brother will take care of it, and the subordinates must arrange proper manpower."

The eldest prince thought to himself, I have been in the military department for more than ten years, and I still use you to talk too much.He still smiled and said, "Fifth brother, just rest assured, my brother has been in the military department for many years."

The fifth prince smiled, glanced at the smiling prince without any trace, and stopped talking.

The fifth prince knew what his father meant. His father really wanted to train them, for fear that they would become rich and unable to support the affairs of the domain in the future.

His father was interested, and the crown prince didn't say anything against it, so the fifth prince would naturally not go against it, what he just said was enough to annoy the eldest prince.

The fifth prince returned home full of thoughts, and said to Xie Moru when he got home, "The prince didn't say a word 'no'."

Xie Moru said, "Your Highness, sit and watch the changes."

Even if the fifth prince didn't notice it when he was in the palace, he understood it along the way. The prince expressed his support for the eldest prince's handling of grain and grass.The fifth prince sighed, "If the East Palace personally controls Jiangnan, this matter will be recorded in the annals of history." There is no one in his mother's family, and his wife's family is not as prominent as the dukes of Wu and Zhao. There was only one exclamation.

There was nothing he could do.

Xie Moru frowned and thought about it, but didn't say anything else.

Even if the Eastern Palace Department wants the Eastern Palace to personally control the Jiangnan, this cannot be said bluntly. What is the Eastern Palace to control the Jiangnan?The East Palace is in charge of Jiangnan. It's not a good thing to say. The political wisdom of the East Palace faction is perfectly displayed here. It has changed its appearance, and the East Palace patrols the south of the Yangtze River on behalf of His Majesty.

Rao is as ambitious as Xie Moru, and at this moment, he has to applaud the political wisdom shown by the Eastern Palace Clan.

As for the position of the Great Governor, of course Donggong can't be a governor, even if a big character is added in front of the governor, it won't work, it will damage the face of Donggong.In fact, the East Palace has never been fighting for the position of the Grand Governor. What they want is to add a crown prince on top of the Grand Governor.In this way, if the Jiangnan matter is won, it is natural that the prince presides over it.Defeated, it is your incompetence of the Grand Governor.

As for who will be the governor, Donggong's vision is the same as that of the fifth prince, and the person recommended by Donggong is also the Marquis of Nan'an!
The formidable means and strength of the Eastern Palace Clan were undoubtedly displayed, and the fifth prince's petite heart trembled, thinking that it was fortunate that he was just sitting back and watching the changes, and didn't talk much or stretch out his hands.

The five princes have all died down in front of the Eastern Palace, and the third and fourth princes have never been hard-hitting people. What's more, even if they want to, they may not be able to touch them. There will be no good fruit to eat in the future.As for the eldest prince, the East Palace gave up the errand of food and grass, so the eldest prince can't say anything else right now.

Looking at the configuration of the East Palace, the fifth prince felt that he and his wife had nothing else to think about, so let's go to bed early.

The fifth prince said pertinently, "East Palace is wise." The fifth prince felt that the prince was a little confused about the messy incident in the household department, and later took revenge for it, and made things difficult for him repeatedly in the matter of building a seaport in Fujian. The fifth prince felt that the prince was being cautious.But now it seems that the big things are clear.

With such a configuration, it is difficult to lose.

Xie Moru smiled, "At the beginning we were in Fujian, did your Highness think that one day we would be able to defeat King Jingjiang?"

"That's not true." At that time, he was a vassal at the beginning of the year, and his foothold was not stable. The fifth prince was afraid of being ostracized, and was anxious to buy people's hearts and seize military and political power. Will he be able to defeat King Jingjiang one day?

"Standing here, we can only look at the starry sky at night and predict whether it will be cloudy or sunny tomorrow, but in fact, we will only know what tomorrow will look like. What we think about today is always speculation." Xie Moru said, " Your Highness hasn't seen Mr. Beiling in the past few days since he came back. Although Xiaotang was reprimanded earlier, Xiaotang's temperament is more unpredictable than tomorrow's weather. I heard him say that Mr. Beiling's knowledge is not very good. Woolen cloth."

When the fifth prince heard this, he couldn't help saying, "He's trying to blow his head to the sky. Mr. Beiling is not very knowledgeable, who is better at learning?"

Xie Moru smiled, "That kid was fooled by Jiang Beiling, he was quite arrogant, brought some gifts over, and claimed to be Jiang Beiling's disciple, Jiang Beiling tested him one or two, but he dared not be Xiao Tang's master, Fooled him into the Scholars Hall opened by Shen Hanlin."

"And this, I don't know." The fifth prince couldn't help being happy when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Where is the Jinshi Hall?"

"I didn't go there either. I heard that Shen Hanlin of the Hanlin Academy opened a school where he gave lectures, pointed out articles, and how to take the Jinshi exam. Xiao Tang said that this Shen Hanlin is very knowledgeable, and he teaches people more knowledge than Jiangbei. Ridge makes people understand."

The fifth prince became interested, "Then we have to go and have a look." Anyway, he can't get involved in the Jiangnan affairs, the fifth prince said, "These days when you come back, you've been busy with your work, and you don't have any free time, just right, On the rest day, we will take the children with us. When we left, Wen Dao Hall had just been built, and now Wen Dao Hall is very famous."

"Ask the fourth prince if they want to go. I want to go and see the house that my sister-in-law and I built back then."

"Success." The fifth prince agreed with a single word.

The fifth prince's various behaviors made His Royal Highness sigh, "Fifth brother is a person who changes organically." Back then, when things were not settled in the imperial capital, the fifth prince was working non-stop for a whole month, seeing that it was profitable. See the sky and run to the palace.Seeing that it was a dead end, the fifth prince immediately went to Jiangbeiling to discuss knowledge.

It wasn't just the fifth prince who went, even the fourth prince joined in the fun.

Hey, none of the brothers are in trouble.

Of course, the big brother is even more troublesome!His Royal Highness is heartbroken when he thinks that the shortage of food and grass falls into the hands of the First Prince.

Ning Jijiu heard the prince's emotion, and said with a smile, "His Highness the Fifth Highness has always kept secrets."

As long as the fifth prince retreats in spite of difficulties, the prince will not say anything more.

Ning Jijiu smiled and said no more.

The four princes and the five princes happily went to the suburbs. Along the way, Xie Moru often opened the window to look out. It turned out to be a deserted place in the southern suburbs. Otherwise, the imperial court would not have chosen this place to build low-rent houses for officials.Later, Xie Moru and the fourth concubine bought a large piece of land nearby, and Xie Moru spent money to repair this road.

In the past, there were often cars and people on the road with few pedestrians. With popularity, it will prosper.

Xie Moru smiled, "I remember the first time we came back, it was really in the wilderness at that time."

The fifth prince also laughed, "Yes, when the house was built, no one came to live in it."

Sister Liulang Xin was young and followed in the car of her parents, and the two of them stretched their necks to look out. Sister Xin said after a while, "That is a cart pulling wood!" "There are a lot of peaches in that cart!", and then said again , "Mother Concubine, is that a rice field in the distance? Oh, that's cotton! It's so big!"

Xie Moru smiled, "Sister Xin is better than me. When I was young, I didn't recognize cotton. On my birthday, my second uncle gave me a bottle. I also said, what kind of flower is this? You don't need to water it, and it won't wither even if you put it in a bottle." .”

The fifth prince laughed out loud.

The Fifth Prince smiled, and Sister Xin followed suit, even Liu Lang, who didn't know whether he understood or not, giggled a few times.

The official low-rent housing community that arrived first along the road is even more lively, but because of this, all the small officials live there, and the small officials are also self-confident, and the community is also very refined.Even the hawkers who come to do business with carts and baskets are all well-groomed.

After getting off the car here, Xie Moru had a pretty good memory, and talked about the previous plans with the fourth princess, where is the market, where is the shop, and the school and medical center... He took the children to have a look.

You can have whatever you want at home. When you first come out and see something called a "shop", the children suddenly feel that their eyes are wide open.Needlework shops, hat shops, silk and satin shops, rouge shops, silver shops, stationery shops, etc. If the time is not short, the children really want to visit each house.

The children talked all kinds of childish things together, such as Da Lang and his parents went to Fujian, Xie Moru himself rarely went out when he was a child, affected by this, even if he was a concubine, he would call her "mother concubine" , she will not tell the children to stay at home all the time.She would bring her children with her when she went out, so Dalang and the others suddenly realized that they were very knowledgeable when they faced the cousins ​​of the fourth prince's family.

Fortunately, Dalang is steady and Erlang is a slow-tempered person, neither of them talk much.There is a Saburo who is born to be a talker, and when his cousins ​​show novelty and rarity, Saburo will say, "Well, we have a lot of people in Fujian." How did he go shopping? Not only did he go shopping, he also ate in restaurants on the street. When Saburo talked about the excitement, Fan Er generously said, "When you go to Fujian, I will treat you to seafood! The sea, you Have you seen it? Haven’t seen it? Oh, what a pity! Let me tell you what the sea looks like, or I’m afraid you won’t recognize it when you see it!” Then, he introduced the sea to others!
You talk a lot, the four princes and concubines are all laughing and enduring stomachaches.

Sister Xin couldn't stand her third brother's noise, and said, "My ears are buzzing so much that you don't want to take a good look at them."

Saburo said, "Isn't this brother and they have never seen the sea? Let me tell you about it."

Silently, Liulang held up a water bag to his third brother. When Sanlang saw it, he was thirsty, so he took it to drink water, so he stopped talking, and even patted Xiao Liulang's head, praising him for being sensible.

The elders all find it funny.

When he went to Wen Dao Hall, San Lang also stopped talking when he saw that it was a place to study.Mr. Beiling stood up to greet him, and the fifth prince smiled, "I haven't seen you in three years, sir, it's the same as before."

Mr. Beiling has always had the temper of a stone in a latrine. It is estimated that the fifth prince and his father will not give the old guy a smile. He was happy to see the fifth prince, and said with a smile, "Your Highness has seen more grace."

Everyone greeted Mr. Beiling, and the children saluted, and sat down to listen to the greetings from the elders.

Speaking of Wendaotang, the fifth prince said, "We went to Wendaotang to take a look when we came. There are many students there, so it's not easy to disturb, so we came here directly."

The book boy brought tea, and Mr. Beiling said, "It's the court's grace, some poor students can stay here. Let's get together and talk about learning. If three of us are together, there must be my teacher."

Come to Mr. Beiling, that is to say, talk about learning.

However, everyone is very willing to talk about knowledge with Mr. Beiling.

When he resigned from Mr. Beiling, the Fifth Prince made a special trip to the "Jinshi Hall" to have a look, because it was Xiumu's day, and Xiao Tang also came to class.As soon as the Fifth Prince arrived at Jinshi Hall, wow, there were only a lot more people than Wen Dao Hall.

The fifth prince thought it was a free lecture organized by some Imperial Academy, but when he inquired, it was not free, and it was not a charity.

The fifth prince knows how difficult people's livelihood is. These days, one tael of silver can buy five or six shi of rice, which is enough for a month's ration of a dozen strong men.In this jinshi hall, five liang of silver can only be listened to for an hour. What kind of black-hearted lecture hall is this!

The fifth prince, who was used to public welfare, went back full of anger, and turned to ask Xiao Tang, who said, "Oh, five liang is expensive? I only went in for the sake of my ancestors. Your Highness doesn't know something, this year's It was the year of Chunwei, and there were 160 candidates who attended the Jinshi Hall. Of these 160 people, 40 of them won the Jinshi! The number of places in the Jinshi Hall is very hot now, and some people would rather pay more, just to be a Jinshi Shen Hanlin set a price of five taels of silver, and there is no increase in the price."

That being said, this man surnamed Shen is still a good person.

The fifth prince asked, "This Shen Hanlin is so capable, what's his name?" Forty out of 160 people, this is not the normal level of supplementary lessons.

Xiao Tang was easy to inquire about, and said, "My name is Shen Su, a native of Sichuan, and I am currently serving as a cook in the Imperial Academy."

The fifth prince suddenly thought of who Shen Hanlin was, oh, this Shen Su, Shen Hanlin, should have been the enlightenment teacher for the grandson of the great emperor's mansion, and it must be his elder brother's backer that he can open this black-hearted lecture hall.

The Fifth Prince and his wife also talked about the origin of the Jinshi Hall, Xie Moru smiled and said, "It turned out to be this Shen Hanlin, he has always had a good eye, when the Fourth Prince built the house in the southern suburbs, Shen Hanlin and Hao Hanlin retired The house in the city was the first to move there. That Hao Hanlin has some connection with Xingyun. Well, Shen Hanlin is not bad, and he makes money with elegance."

The Fifth Prince said in a low voice, "My heart is dark."

Xie Moru smiled and handed the fifth prince a cup of herbal tea, and said, "This is too biased. If someone guarantees to be a Jinshi, let alone five taels a class, even 50 taels, 500 taels, can make people break their heads. Five taels of silver is a bit expensive, but it's not out of the ordinary. This Shen Hanlin was born in an ordinary small family. There are parents, wives and children in the family, and they all count on him to support him. To support the family with money is to be aboveboard."

It's not that the fifth prince doesn't want people to get rich, but he heard that Daotang is a place of court grace, so he didn't want to open such an aristocratic class for a man surnamed Shen, and there was something wrong in his heart.When the daughter-in-law said this, the fifth prince stopped worrying about this matter, and said instead, "How do you know this Shen Hanlin so well?"

"Didn't Hao Hanlin come to our house last time to look around? I ordered someone to investigate together. They are indeed innocent. Hao Hanlin's family is in business, but they don't have to worry about life. This Shen Hanlin's family is a farmer. Yes, my hometown barely has dozens of acres of land, and my father is an old scholar with a difficult family background. Let me tell you, Ning Jijiu, the official of wine offerings, should be handed over to Shen Hanlin, and the Imperial College can't get 40 people in each department. .” Xie Moru smiled and took it.

The fifth prince also laughed, "That's true."

The fifth prince didn't like Ning Jijiu, and felt that this old thing would bring bad water to the East Palace.

Little did he know that Ning Jijiu also encountered a problem. Donggong indeed recommended Nan'an Hou as a general. Although Donggong wanted to support more of his own people, Donggong also understood that fighting is not just for fun.The matter of the crown prince's visit to the south of the Yangtze River has been settled. If the crown prince travels, this battle must be a big victory.If there is no hero, it is really against King Jingjiang. If there is an accident, not to mention the officials of the Jiangnan department, even the crown prince will not be able to make a fortune.

Therefore, even though Marquis Nan'an was not very close to Donggong, the Donggong family recommended Nan'anhou with their noses.

The Marquis of Nan'an did not reject being in charge of military affairs in the south of the Yangtze River, but as a man, the Marquis of Nan'an always said one thing and said another.The Donggong faction recommended him, but it was difficult for the Donggong faction to control him.

Just like the prince asked the Marquis of Nan'an how long it would take to restore Jingjiang, the Marquis of Nan'an gave the answer, "At least three to five years."

The crown prince would not be very satisfied if he didn't say this answer, without him, the crown prince would not be able to patrol the south of the Yangtze River for three to five years.The prince is hopeful, so he will go and come back quickly.These three to five years were the answer given by his fifth younger brother back then, Marquis of Nan'an, you are a person who is experienced in military strategy, no matter what, you are better than the fifth prince.

But, for your answer, you were bought by the Fifth Prince, right?
The crown prince laughed, "What a character, cousin, there is no need to be too modest."

Marquis of Nan'an has always been serious, his highness the crown prince is so gentle, he still has an iron face, but fortunately the facial features on the iron face are quite good, so even if it is a cold face, it is not ugly.Nan'an Hou said solemnly, "It's not that I'm being modest. King Jingjiang has been operating in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time. If it goes well, it will take three to five years. If it doesn't go well, it may take longer."

The Prince's complexion turned a little ugly.

This is the disadvantage of people outside the party. They don't understand your painstaking efforts in recommending him at all, don't understand your needs, and just care about themselves, which is not a cooperative attitude at all.

The prince suddenly felt that despite all his hard work, he met a blind man.

(End of this chapter)