The Liu family and Ning Rongjia family of Duke Li Guo's palace could originally be said to be in the same spirit, but after Mr. Daishan died of illness, the Liu family got together with the Huo family of Prince Nan'an's palace.
When the Jia family was at a low point, they suppressed the Jia family a lot and constantly eroded the power that originally belonged to the Jia family. On the surface, they even pretended to be good to me, which was very disgusting.
Second Master Lian saw all this in his eyes. Although he didn't have much power in his hands at that time, he was generous and made many friends.
For example, Ni Er, the "rascal" who often wandered in front of Rongguo Mansion, had been favored by Jia Lian and often helped him find out information.
There is no male heir in Liu Fang's lineage, which is inseparable from the secret hand of Master Lian.
The fights in the inner chambers of Duke Li Guo's Mansion can be said to be more intense than in the palace. Second Master Lian only exerted a little force and someone took the bait.
Ever since Liu Fang's son Liu Zixin gave birth to two girls in succession, he clearly felt that he was in trouble.
The next step is to seek medical advice and various folk remedies...
At this time, a mysterious doctor gave him a secret medicine, which allowed Liu Zixin to regain his glory and gallop around the flower fields, so happy.
But Xiongfeng has regained its strength, but it just won’t lay eggs~
Since then, there has been a crisis in Duke Li's residence. Ten years have passed, and none of Liu Fang's legitimate sons and concubines, including Liu Zixin, has any offspring.
Some people say that this is God's punishment for Liu Fang. When Mr. Liu died, he was so ruthless.
Before the old man's bones were cold, he drove out all his concubine brothers. Later, he suppressed and bullied them. God couldn't bear to see this, and that was why the Liu family was in crisis.
But Jia Lian knew very well that this was all because of his revenge methods.
God will never open his eyes. People are like ants, they can only fight for themselves.
"The men in Duke Li's palace like to use a secret medicine. If too much of that secret medicine is used, it will lead to poor heirs."
What Jia Lian said was considered cryptic, but the people in the room were not stupid people.
Even Master Zheng recognized his nephew's words and felt a chill go down his spine. He jumped up from his chair and pointed at Jia Lian: "Lian'er, you...you...you...you...such insulting methods are against the way of a gentleman. , how can you use such means?"
"Second uncle, when the Liu family humiliated and suppressed our Jia family over and over again, my nephew has neither power nor influence. A gentleman cannot avenge him!"
Jia Lian's words directly knocked back Master Zheng's scolding. As the temporary head of the Jia family, he knew the situation best.
The Liu family followed their original allies such as the Prince of Nan'an and lay on the Jia family who was half lying on the ground to suck blood.
At the most difficult time, the Rongguo Mansion's annual income could not support the family's consumption, otherwise Wang Xifeng, the housekeeper, would have used the dowry to supplement his income, and would have been beguiled by Mrs. Wang to make loan sharks.
The old lady's face darkened a lot, and she knew many things, but she felt that it was just a temporary hardship, just a foreign object, so she just gave it up.
Without the alliance of the four kings and eight princes, can the Jia family still maintain the lintel of the Duke's Mansion?
The room became extremely quiet, and Jia Cong didn't even expect that his second brother had done so many things quietly.
In his impression, the second brother Jia Lian was a pure playboy and a playboy at that time. His only advantages were that he was good-looking, generous, and had a unique kindness.
For example, when a woman votes, she will be given money, even if it is her own maid and daughter-in-law...
But it happened that it was such a young master who, without anyone knowing, brought a government palace to the point of extinction.
Decisive, bold, and ruthless, this is Jia Cong's latest understanding of his second brother.
Mr. Zheng is no longer able to criticize his nephew's ungentlemanly ways, and the old lady is not qualified to judge the good and evil of his grandson's actions.
After a long silence, the Pardon Master sighed: "It is because of my father's incompetence that I am tired of risking my life. Don't do this kind of thing in the future. Paper cannot contain the fire. This method is not good for your reputation." .”
"Don't worry, father, there is only one breath left in Liu Fang's lineage. As soon as the time comes, my son will personally arrange the ending. When the time comes, whoever wants to attack the title will be allowed to attack the title..."
Jia Lian was full of confidence and had obviously planned it long ago.
He was about to elaborate on his plan when he saw Master Pardon wave his hand to stop him: "Don't say it. Whatever your original plan was, just keep doing it."
The old lady also nodded. The less people know about this extremely popular plan, the better.
The pardoned master suddenly looked at his younger son: "You go and help your second brother. I'll leave this matter to you two brothers. Make sure to deal with it from beginning to end, and don't let anyone suspect that they come to our house."
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Xue Pan's six rites went very quickly, and he passed the Nazheng very quickly.
In early August, Jia Cong, with the assistance of Dai Yu, finished writing the first edition of the essay on economic development and moral construction and sent it to the Xu Mansion for teacher review and guidance.
Things in the court are going step by step. Apart from the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Saint's Thousand Old Banquet activities recently, the Yamen doesn't have much to be busy with.
Jia Cong has been thinking about his second brother Jia Lian's follow-up plan for the Liguo Palace, but it seems that nothing has happened and the second brother Lian does not mention it at all.
Until that day, Xue Pan came to invite brother Jia Lian to a banquet in Nanchi.
Every time Xue Pan invites a banquet, it is either in the Qin Tower or the Chu Pavilion or in the theater and boat.
This time was no exception. Xue Pan rented a boat and enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the lake in Nanchi while talking about his wedding to his brothers.
The singer on the boat was playing the pipa and singing babblingly.
After the four brothers Jia Lian and Jia Cong, plus Xue Pan's brother-in-law He Chong, had a few drinks, under the guidance of Jia Lian, the topic changed from Xue Pan's marriage to one of the hottest topics in the capital recently. On the body of Liu Zixin, the eldest son of Duke Li.
Liu Zixin committed a crime, and caused trouble to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple.
The bosses of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are already studying whether to report to the emperor to abolish Liu Zixin's inheritance rights.
As the eldest grandson of the Minister of Rites, He Chong expressed the opinions of his grandfather, Mr. He.
"Liu Zixin is suspected of killing his concubine. As long as the case is proven correct, my grandfather's opinion is that not only will Liu Zixin's inheritance rights be revoked, but Liu Fang should also be held accountable for his incompetent education and lax management of the family."
That’s what I’ve been waiting for!
Mr. Lian's eyes lit up and the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"Those dandies in Duke Li's palace were all incompetent. They deposed Liu Zixin and passed the title to the remaining few, which was just a change of soup without changing the medicine. It's a pity that the reputation of Mr. Liu's life was finally destroyed. In the hands of such a group of useless descendants..."
He Chong agreed very much with Jia Lian's lament. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Duke Li's mansion was powerful in the southwest. Grandpa Liu fought for the country all his life and made great achievements for the court.
Today's Liu family is a group of useless business owners who have no power to restrain themselves. It is really a disgrace to Mr. Liu.
Jia Congzheng told Xue Pan that his second sister was pregnant and that his brother-in-law Liu Xianglian declined the banquet today in order to take care of his wife, which seemed to remind Xue Pan.
He thought for a moment: "Well, speaking of it, Second Brother Liu is also the grandson of Mr. Liu. In my opinion, rather than letting those losers from Duke Li Guo's Palace inherit the title, it would be better to let Second Brother Liu inherit it... …”
He Chong, who was discussing with Jia Lian about the ruins of the Liguo Palace, was suddenly startled, and then looked at the Jia Lian brothers with a half-smile.
He is a smart man, and there must be no calculations at today's banquet. But if the things discussed at this banquet have no special meaning, who would believe it?
But, what does the people in Duke Li's palace have to do with He Chong? They love him to death.
But the Jia family and he are now in-laws in a roundabout way. If Liu Xianglian, the son-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion, inherits the Liguo Mansion, it will also be a great help to the He family and He Chong's future.
He smiled and said: "What my brother said is that Liu Erlang is well-known and has a noble character. He is indeed a good candidate to inherit the Duke's mansion. Unfortunately, he is only a concubine of the Liu family. There are several direct descendants of the Liu family. Waiting in line.”
"What's the point? So many people have been implicated in Liu Zixin's crime this time. There are not many clean members of the Liu family, and the whole army is almost wiped out. Rather than letting those trash attack the nobles, it is better to let the second brother Liu use the common people's income Hey, we can also clean up the mess in the Liu family."
Xue Pan didn't care about this. He felt that Brother Liu was not only handsome, but also a good choice for his martial arts skills and character.
The imperial court chose the second brother Liu to inherit the title of Duke Li. This was a wise act and could bring a lot of good reputation to the imperial court. It was like killing several birds with one stone.
Now that the talk has come to this point, as Liu Xianglian's brother-in-law, Jia Lian can no longer remain silent.
He spread his hands and said with regret: "To tell you the truth, several old marshals from the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army discussed the affairs of the Liu family together the day before yesterday. What Liu Zixin and others did has simply embarrassed me." Waiting for Wu Xun's face. At that time, the old commanders were having a headache about the Liu family's succession. I wanted to recommend my brother-in-law, but it was not easy for my family to come forward for this kind of thing..."
It is true that one should not avoid relatives while promoting talents, but if the Jia family gets involved in matters such as inheriting the Duke's palace, it will definitely be counterproductive.
Your Jia family now has three lord's mansions, one sect, two lords and one uncle, and now you are thinking about the Shangli Duke's mansion again.
What do you want to do? Form a party and rebel?
He Chong could understand the concerns of the Jia family and said with a smile: "What's so difficult about this? When I go back and tell my grandfather, Liu Erlang is indeed a good candidate. It is the bounden duty of the Ministry of Rites to recommend talents. I think my grandfather will be happy to be a bole." of."
The four people on the boat, except for Xue Pan who was a little confused, the other three looked at each other and smiled, toasted to each other, and secretly reached an alliance.
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The tenth day of August is the last court meeting before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
As soon as the shouts of long live ended, the struggle in Fengtian Palace had already entered a fever pitch.
Liu Fang, the empty-headed prince, was rarely summoned to the palace and stood in the queue of Wu Xun, his face ashen.
His sons and nephews were all arrested and imprisoned by Dali Temple. No matter how hard he tried, he could not get the people of Dali Temple to let go.
For this reason, the Liu family has great opinions.
In just a few years after Liu Fang took over the Duke's Palace, he was one of the eight founding fathers of the country. In just a few years, he had declined from a first-class palace to a position where he could not even hold a real job.
Everyone in the clan believed that Liu Fang was incompetent and unworthy of being the helmsman of the Duke's mansion.
In addition, there is no male heir in his lineage, and the clan elders have ganged up on the palace several times, asking him to select a direct male heir from the clan to join the palace, so that he can inherit the title of the Duke of the Palace in the future.
Liu Fang avoided this whenever he could, and finally convinced the clan elders to wait. After all, his eldest son Liu Zixin was only thirty, so he still had a chance.
Unexpectedly, the case of Liu Zixin's murder of his concubine would turn up, and even cause trouble in the Fengtian Palace.
The Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple have been jointly handling the case for several days, and there is basically no objection to the case committed by Liu Zixin.
Liu Zixin probably had psychological problems due to his lack of prominence before, and he liked to torture and abuse women.
Including his first wife, all the concubines and maids in his back house were the targets of abuse and torture.
The main wife was just returned, but the concubines and maids of Duke Li's mansion were quietly pulled out of the city and buried almost every month.
Liu Fang knew all about this, but he had never asked about it once.
In his opinion, he is nothing more than a pariah. Even if someone discovers him, he can be settled with a few dollars.
It wasn't until the imperial court abolished the crime settlement system that Liu Fang reminded her son once...
Unfortunately, it was too late.
Liu Zixin's hobby has long been infected by all the dandies in Duke Li's mansion, and they even secretly compete with each other, one more cruel than the other.
Even with Liu Fang's warning in front of them, they only stopped openly and still brutally abused those poor women in secret.
This incident broke out a few days ago when a businessman who came to Beijing bought a deserted land outside the city and wanted to build a house there.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the soil was moved, a female corpse was dug up that had not yet completely decomposed.
The county government received the report and quickly sent people to investigate. This investigation almost frightened the government officials to death. There were more than a hundred corpses, which could still be collected neatly.
The case was quickly reported to Shuntian Mansion, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, and even the Long Imperial Guard took notice.
Paper could not contain the fire, and Li Guogong's mansion often secretly went to that area to bury people. This matter was soon discovered by the people of Dali Temple.
The anxious question now is that in such a shocking case, the people of the Third Division would not be willing to deal with Liu Zixin, a useless snack.
More than a hundred corpses, that is, more than a hundred innocent women.
You, Liu Fang, are the head of the Liguo Palace. If you only manage the household poorly and have no discipline, where is the justice?
"Your Majesty, I believe that Liu Zixin and others were violent and cruel, killing more than a hundred innocent women, and should be punished with the death penalty to set the record straight."
A young censor from the Metropolitan Procuratorate could no longer bear it any longer. When he saw that Liu Fang was still arguing, he immediately walked out of the queue and gave Liu Fang a slap in the face.
"Liu Fang, the first-class son of the Liguo Mansion, is not only guilty of failing to educate his children well and laxly running the family. I do not believe that he is unaware of such cruel things in the government... I believe that he is also guilty of covering up. According to "The Great Rebellion" "Xia Lv", you should be dismissed from office and demoted to common people!"
"I second the proposal!"
"Huang Yushi is right. Liu Fang cannot escape the blame for the crimes of Liu Zixin and others. The salary and salary application are too light. They should be punished for the crime of harboring, including removal from the title and dismissal from office!"
…
The civil and military officials in the court treated Liu Fang almost one-sidedly, and beating up the drowned dog became the consensus of everyone.
The only dispute now is whether the Liguo Palace should be abolished or whether to choose someone to inherit it.
Things happened suddenly in the Liu family, and the emperor was not ready to take over the power vacuum left by the abolition of Li Guo Gongfu, so he still preferred to find someone of his own to inherit the title of Li Guo Gongfu.
Just as everyone was quarreling, He Yaomin, the Minister of Rites, stood up.
"Your Majesty, if I remember correctly, Mr. Liu has a grandson, right? It seems that that person is the best choice in terms of talent and character..."
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I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of chapter)
