Not to mention, the Su family just didn't know much.
The last time I went to see the newly granted mansion, because it was led by people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, I only went to Su Hai and Su Datian.
Originally, Miao Cuixiang had been urging Su Jiang to go and have a look, but Yao Jinzhi refused to let them go out, saying that because of the uproar outside recently, it is better not to go out, so as not to appear that the Su family is too ignorant.
Finally endured for more than ten days, even Yao Jinzhi couldn't bear it anymore, so he simply went with his family.
The Earl’s Mansion granted by the emperor is different, first of all, the regulations are different. Before Su Hai was just a military general from the fifth rank, there are many things beyond the regulations that cannot be used. Now it is the Earl’s Mansion. First of all, the structure of the main hall is different. Five rooms and seven frames, it looks rich.
Not to mention the flowers and plants in this mansion, as well as the carvings and engravings on the beams, everything is as gorgeous as possible.
The Su family was elated and beamed with joy.
There are still some servants in the mansion, who were given along with the mansion. It is said that after the previous owner of the house moved out, they stayed in the house to take care of the daily cleaning. Now even the servants can save a lot.
It's complete, it's complete, when the time comes to bring over the bedding and daily necessities from Su's residence, it will be considered complete.
Of course, this is also the idea of the Su family. In fact, a mansion is in operation, so how can it be complete based on this alone. Not to mention here, after the Su family returned home, they heard from the concierge that Mrs. Cheng Enhou came to the door, but unfortunately there was no one at home, so she left again.
What is she here for
After Su Hai came back, he explained the confusion to his family.
"I thought she was just joking when she said she came to apologize." Yao Jinzhi said.
Su Hai frowned, obviously thinking about something: "The Chen family will come to the door, I'm afraid it has something to do with the recent limelight." He roughly talked to his family about the things he inquired outside recently.
Now that Su Hai has no errands, he is still so busy all day long, so he is naturally busy getting to know the situation in Beijing and inquiring about various things. Although he has no roots in the capital and doesn't know anyone, but he can't stand the aura of Concubine Su's own brother on his body, and when he goes out, he is more likely to befriend others.
In this case, dragons and snakes are mixed, so a certain ability to distinguish is required. Fortunately, Su Hai was in Yangzhou back then, and he has seen all three religions and nine streams, so he is naturally not afraid of these routines. The rest of the Su family looked at him smelling of alcohol when he came back every day, and thought he was drinking with his colleagues, but in fact he was dealing with these people.
He will also pick his targets, they are all people who are not too high status, but relatively well-informed, so he has some understanding of the current situation in the court and the movement of the Chen family.
Regarding the establishment of the crown prince, Su Hai has never discussed with Pan Er, and the two of them have never discussed this topic at all, and with Su Hai's current ability, he can't do anything to influence the court at all, so he can only be conservative. Ben, it would be even better if he could give the Chen family an invisible stumbling block.
So turning around, Su Hai told Yao Jinzhi and the others not to stay in the mansion recently, and since everything needs to be settled in the Earl's Mansion, they should go there more often.
Su Datian and the others were still a little unclear, but Yao Jinzhi quickly understood what his son meant.
Seeing Su Jiang asking what's the matter, she said impatiently: "What's the matter? I just don't want to meet the Chen family. What do you think they are doing at this time? I'm sure the weasel has no good intentions to give the chicken New Year's greetings. If she comes , what should I do if I beat her again when I go back, and there is no witness, but I can't see people in the mansion, so it must not sound good to spread the word, is this what the second child means?"
Yao Jinzhi's words are not rough.
Su Hai nodded.
Su Jiang three suddenly realized.
Now that it has been agreed, the Su family will get up early and go out late in the next few days. Anyway, the Yongshunbo Mansion over there is big, so just mess around with it, and a day will pass.
On this side, the second lady was naturally unwilling to return after being frustrated on the first day, so she came to the door again the next day.
But the Su family is still not there.
She was not convinced anymore, could it be that she was absent for three consecutive days and came back the next day, but she was still absent.
Ask the concierge, the concierge... said that the old man and the old lady just came to Beijing, and some clothes and supplies are not very complete, so they have been shopping outside for the past few days. Let the second lady be contemptuous again, a poorly settled household is a poorly settled household, and the real rich people need to go out to buy anything, let the servants go to say hello, and someone will come to the door.
But after the contempt was over, she still didn't see the person she wanted to see, and finally Fei Cui interjected, did Madam send a greeting card to the Su family in advance, so that they would have no reason to go out and avoid disappearing.
It was only then that the second lady remembered that there was a greeting card, and it was because she didn't look down on the Su family from the bottom of her heart, and felt that sending the greeting card was flattering them. In her mind, the Su family should wait there when she came to the door, but the reality is not what she expected.
There is no way, the second lady can only ask people to prepare invitations.
This time she learned to be smart, and instead of coming to the door in person, she asked someone to hand over the greeting card, planning to set a time to meet, and then come to the door in person.
Who knew that when the person sent came back, he said that the Su Mansion said that they had no time to see guests recently because they were busy moving the house.
move place
The second wife was very angry, but there was nothing she could do. She went to the house and didn't see her, so she sent a letter to ask him to move.
Originally, she was unwilling to come to the door to apologize, but since she had no choice, she went to find the old lady. After briefly talking about the matter, the old lady fell into silence.
It took a long time before he said, "This Su family is also difficult to deal with."
It's not that it's hard to deal with. This group of people comes from the bottom, so naturally they don't pay attention to face or anything. It's useless for you to argue anyway. They just don't want that respect, what can you do
The old lady can only let the second lady go back, and this matter is nothing.
At the same time, the court was not very peaceful. More and more courtiers joined in, either because they were worried about the country, or for other reasons. wave.
Even for a few days, they were arguing over this matter, making it impossible for the government to deal with other government affairs.
But Zong Cong remained silent, and the courtiers quarreled with them, but he did not express his position until an elderly old minister knelt down at the court, took off his official hat, kowtowed and cried, and said that the crown prince is the king of the country. Fundamentally, if the prince is not established, the country will be unstable.
This person is Yan Benqing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry. He is upright and clean, but he seems a little rotten and rigid because of his age. If he had any selfish intentions, Zong Cong would not believe him. He is the leader of the decadent faction, and he regards the three cardinal guides and five permanent principles as the top.
Such people are loyal to the imperial court, but sometimes they are a little ignorant. Every time Zong Cong does something out of line, this group of people will jump out first and tell him that His Majesty can't do this, and doing so will hurt him. how how. If Zong Cong still insisted, they would cry for the Taizu Emperor, the Taishanghuang, or even take off their official hats, and risk their lives to remonstrate with the court.
And this group of people is precisely the backbone of the crown prince, and they are also the most difficult group to deal with.
Because they actually don't have any selfish desires, they just think that it should be so. The new emperor should basically establish a prince early, and the establishment of a prince naturally does not want to do anything other than Zhonggong Di.
"Master Yan, you should get up first, are you trying to force me by doing this?"
"The old minister dare not persecute His Majesty. The old minister is only worried about the country and the country. If the prince is not established, the country will be unstable..."
Zong Cong stood up: "Presumptuous! Could it be that I am a dignified Da Zhou, because the crown prince has not been established, the country and society are all unstable?"
"The veteran didn't have that intention, but the direction of the wind in the court recently just proved this statement. Nowadays, the courtiers don't care about government affairs or the people's livelihood. Instead, they are forming cliques and arguing endlessly for the establishment of the reserve."
This is precisely one of the difficult things about this group of people. They are not afraid of offending people, and they dare to say things that are obviously offending people. Just imagine, the emperor is not afraid of offending, is he still afraid of offending the ministers
So this is also the reason why this group of people can survive in the court, even if sometimes they are not welcomed by the emperor, the emperor has to endure them, otherwise the court is full of flatterers, who would dare to tell him the truth.
Zong Congfu sat down again and twisted the beads on his wrist.
He didn't speak, but glanced at the ministers below, until some people couldn't bear the pressure in his eyes, and they all lowered their heads one by one, and then said: "You guys understand what Mr. Yan said gone?"
"As courtiers, you should serve the court, and you should serve the court instead of disregarding the country and the country for your own selfishness."
After hearing this, many eyes shifted to the first row on the upper left.
There stood Chen Shoufu and Chen Jian.
Chen Jian only felt that the old man's face was full of hotness. Regardless of whether His Majesty's words meant something or not, when everyone thought he was talking about him, it was him.
"The matter of setting up a crown prince, I have my own discretion, and I will not discuss it again in the future. The princes are still young and their temperaments are uncertain. I have just ascended to the Great Treasure, and I have not done a single thing that is beneficial to the society. I have no plans to establish a crown prince for the time being. The imperial court strictly forbids courtiers to form cliques for personal gain, I hope you and others will keep this in mind, if there is a next time, I will definitely not forgive you lightly."
After speaking, Zong Cong left.
As the eunuch in charge of ceremonies shouted to retreat, which meant that he was going down, there were bursts of discussion from below.
Yan Benqing was directly stunned, knelt there and didn't know it, he originally wanted to persuade His Majesty to make the crown prince early, but he never expected that His Majesty would use this to reprimand ministers for forming cliques for personal gain.
Until someone came to pull him: "Master Yan, get up quickly."
"This, what happened..."
All he got back was a sigh.
Not far behind, when Chen Jian went down for the first time, there were no people around him, and it seemed that they had temporarily forgotten his existence on purpose.
What happened in the court hall today was instantly spread throughout the court and the public.
His Majesty did not express his position before, but now he has finally expressed his position. He actually does not intend to establish a crown prince for the time being on the grounds that the princes are uncertain and that he has just ascended the throne.
This sentence seems to reject the matter, but it also reveals a lot of information.
If you are interested in the eldest prince, you would not say that the princes are young and their temperaments are uncertain. Since there are several princes, it means that His Majesty's candidates for the crown prince include but are not limited to only the eldest prince.
In this way, the meaning inside is enriched.
But no matter what, His Majesty has now expressed his attitude, and if he forms a clique and proposes the establishment of a prince, it is forming a clique for personal gain.
The limelight was so high that no one dared to offend it, even ministers like Yan Benqing who were opposed to it were silent for a while, and no longer dared to raise this matter in front of others.
When Zong Duo heard the news, he locked himself in the study room and refused to let anyone in.
Knowing that he was a heavy-hearted person, He Nian didn't dare to delay, so he passed the news to Kunning Palace.
In the Kunning Palace, Empress Chen was angry, but she didn't care about getting angry anymore, and hurried to the South Third Institute.
"Queen."
Originally, after entering, seeing the darkness in the study, Empress Chen was still a little worried, and was asking someone to light the lamp, when Zong Duo came out from the darkness.
When the lamp was lit, the study room became much brighter, a warm glow.
Empress Chen sat down on the chair, looked at her son complicatedly and said, "Your father has his own discretion in not appointing a crown prince. It is true that you are too young."
"The father was established as the prince at the age of five, and the son is now seven years old."
This reason is really not very good, but how should Empress Chen tell her son that the crown prince your father wants is not you, but that bitch who was born as a bitch. Empress Chen didn't want to say these bad words in front of her young son.
"Actually, if you don't tell the queen mother, the son also knows that the father wants to make the second brother the crown prince. It's only because I am the son of the middle palace and I can't get over it, so I just say that I don't want to make the crown prince."
"Who told you this?"