Huang Qiong's calm tone did not affect Jia Quan's interest. He walked behind Huang Qiong and said in a very calm tone: "For example, does the prince really have no idea about the chair in the Hanyuan Hall of Ziwei Palace? The prince is a prince, and you are also a prince. The prince's mother She is a queen, and your mother is also a queen."
"Besides, the current queen's family background is just a lowly official. When she got married, her father was just a sixth-rank temple minister in Dali Temple. After today's emperor came to power, he was only given a hereditary position and not even a title. Yes. This is very different from the practice of Da Qi emperors who all conferred the title of at least a baron on the father of the queen after they succeeded to the throne."
"Of course, this may also be because his father has died of illness and the only one who was granted the title is the elder brother of the imperial palace. But this is enough to show that the background of the middle palace is too humble, and even the emperor had some concerns when he granted the title. After all, it is far inferior to the prince's mother. As the legitimate daughter of the Huaiyang County Prince, her background is even more prominent."
"Of course, although the family background of the prince's maternal grandfather was prominent at the time, it has now been wiped out and has become a passing cloud. But the status of the prince's maternal grandfather is there, and even the historian cannot completely erase it. Everyone's status is different. Here we are, no one is any worse than anyone else."
"Oh, you are really a capable person? You can actually organize your father's funeral and at the same time find out the background of this king. It seems that I look down on you a little." Looking at this tail, more or less Huang Qiong said with a somewhat cold tone.
Maybe he didn't hear the coldness in Huang Qiong's tone. After he finished speaking, Jia Quan, who thought he had exposed a small hand in front of Huang Qiong, had an even bigger smile on his face: "Although the prince has just left the palace, I am afraid that in Luoyang City Most people, even some low-level officials in the Shangshu Province, may not know that Luoyang City has a new prince like you."
"But most people don't know, it doesn't mean that no one really knows. Especially when it comes to the Ministry of Works for the renovation of the palace, the Ministry of Rites for the purchase of items, and the yamen of Zongzheng Temple, it's difficult not to know even if you don't know. Besides, The innkeeper seems to be very familiar with the woman who came to see the prince that day."
"On the night when I met the woman, Shopkeeper Fang disappeared for half the night. If Quan guessed correctly, Shopkeeper Fang went to see an old friend. Shopkeeper Fang seemed very depressed after he came back. , Quan spent half the night drinking with him."
"With Quan's ability, it is not very difficult to get something he wants to know out of a half-drunk person. However, although this shopkeeper Fang is already half-drunk, he is still very cautious in some aspects. Just saying He had been searching for his old friend for more than ten years, but it turned out that he had entered the palace, so he couldn't find it. But he refused to say anything else."
"However, although Shopkeeper Fang doesn't speak much truth after drinking, there are some things and the information he got from Quan Pingday, which are enough. The princes and princes in the capital, except for one Except for the old prince who is in charge of Zongzheng Temple, the others are all sons of Jinshang. At least, other clans from other vassals did not have custom-made mansions when they came to Beijing, not even the princes."
"According to the rules of the Qi Dynasty, the prince is granted the title of Prince of the County at the age of six, and the Prince is granted the title of Prince when he leaves the palace at the age of thirteen. Before the Prince left the palace, almost no one in Luoyang City knew where the Prince, the Prince of Hejian County, was. Until When the prince leaves the palace and returns to his residence, it involves the prince’s Jinfeng and Zongzheng Temple, which is in charge of clan affairs, so the officials below know that the prince is there.”
"It shows that the environment in which the prince lived before was closed even in the palace, and even ordinary maids and eunuchs could not access it. The reason why the prince was not allowed to leave the palace until he was eighteen years old was because of some special circumstances. The reason. It seems that the prince is strong and not like a frail and sickly person. So there must be other reasons for being released at this age."
"And the lady that Shopkeeper Fang can't forget, she never came out after entering the palace. Generally, when a palace maid reaches her age, the emperor would have already released her from the palace long ago as long as she is not favored by him. And generally, the concubines who have been favored by the emperor, even Including the palace maids, it is impossible to be allowed to leave the palace easily."
"Even if you are allowed to leave the palace, you will be accompanied by eunuchs and palace maids. For example, in the outer city where the inn is located, it is impossible to enter and exit casually. This can only mean that the palace lady Chen has probably been closed off for more than ten years. Living in a special environment. There will be no ordinary nobles around to help him, so he will not be released from the palace, nor will he be favored by the emperor."
"And Miss Chen also refers to the prince as a "little master", which is enough to show that the person she serves is definitely not an ordinary person. Ordinary palace maids do not call the prince born by their master like this, and even the prince does not call him like this. Yes. Only those who follow their master into the palace, so-called personal palace maids, will have such a title."
"Besides, although it was more than ten years ago that the Huaiyang County Prince was involved, he had overwhelming power at that time and single-handedly controlled the affairs of the Qi Dynasty for several years. He established one emperor and abolished the other, and he was almost one step away from seizing the surname Huang Jiangshan. How can this county prince be completely forgotten by others casually?"
"The king of Huaiyang County at that time, although he killed a river of blood from the clan and almost didn't kill all the descendants of the late emperor. But for the common people in the world, except for a few incompetent descendants, there was no good education. In addition, he has done a lot of good deeds. So even though he has been to the West for so many years, there are not a few people who have never forgotten him."
"And the matter of abolishing the two empresses today and now was made known to the world, so it can be said that everyone knows it. The prince only left the palace at this age, which is enough to show that the identity of the prince makes some people, even today, Taboo. Therefore, I have been suppressing the time for the prince to leave the palace. It was not until there was no more pressure that the prince was finally allowed to leave the palace. "
"However, it is obvious that some people are not willing to give in, so they try every means to outdo the prince in terms of title. Among all the princes, the only one who can be so taboo is the one who was the legitimate daughter of the Huaiyang County Prince, who is now the prince. Besides the son of the former queen, there can be no one else."
"Among the disciples who came out today, although there are many who have prominent maternal backgrounds, under the deliberate adjustment of the present generation, they are all from civil servants, and none of them comes from a family of military officers. Even if they are a bachelor or a middle school student, they are all from a civil servant family. It's not like many people would be so taboo about the smooth affairs of the Shu family that they would delay a prince's departure from the palace for a full five years."
"I think there is no one else who can make these people, even those who are so taboo today, except the former queen who was the legitimate daughter of the Huaiyang County Prince, and Concubine Jing who now lives in Zhonglin Palace. In this way, Your Majesty It’s not too difficult to determine the true life experience.”
At this point, Jia Quan swallowed the saliva in his mouth and said with some difficulty: "Quan still said the same thing, no matter what the prince's background is, if the prince wants to be a prince of peace, he naturally does not need Quan to make suggestions. Except for In addition to enjoying the splendor and wealth that Luocao is born with, he also wants to find ways to amass money and make plans for future generations."
"If the prince has other thoughts, Quan will naturally make plans for the prince. Quan is self-aware. When it comes to upright conspiracy, Quan is not even as good as half of the ministers in the court. But if it comes to some unflattering little tricks, Quan There is still some way to be confident.”
Listening to this guy's somewhat shameless words, even though Huang Qiong was angry, he couldn't help but admire the things this guy showed in certain aspects. This guy can actually determine his true origin through some trivial things. His ability in some aspects is quite remarkable.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong shook his head and said: "My mother's identity is not important to you at least. What shopkeeper Fang said is just one-sided. There are some things that you should know sooner or later. I will let you know. If you shouldn’t know, it’s better that you don’t know. Now I ask you, what do you think of the current general trend of the world?”
After Huang Qiong said this, Jia Quan, knowing that this was the young prince in front of him who had given him a real test, quickly put away his smile and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, I don't know what you think. But from Quan’s point of view, apart from being as dangerous as a pebble, Quan can’t think of a better way to compare.”
After he said these words, although Huang Qiong's expression did not change much, his eyebrows moved slightly. However, Huang Qiong neither agreed nor objected to his words. He just said lightly: "Aren't you talking nonsense? Today's diligence is extremely rare among emperors in the past."
"Except for the first few years, the morning court has never been delayed. The memorials of the ministers below can almost be said to have never stayed overnight. Now there is a prince assisting the government, and the ministers and ministers work together. Although it cannot be said to have created a prosperous era, but At least he can be considered a leader in politics and people. How can he be said to be as dangerous as a pebble? You know, your words are just treason."
"Zhengtongrenren, Quan doesn't know where the prince sees it, or if the prince is joking with Quan. Now in Luoyang City, those peasants who have lost their land and come to the city to eat, but have no skills to make a living, have become starving farmers. The prince really Have you never seen it before? If nothing else, does the prince really not know how many people are carried out every day in Luoyang City? "
"In today's Great Qi Dynasty, from top to bottom, every official is trying their best to seize land. Princes are hoarding, princes are hoarding, and princes are hoarding. Civil servants are hoarding, military generals are also hoarding, and even the big businessmen are hoarding. They are also hoarding. These people even go to any lengths to seize people’s fields.”
"In this dynasty, the clan, officials, and even scholars do not need to pay taxes on the land in their name, which is the so-called tax exemption for officials and gentry. As long as the land becomes your own, you don't have to do anything every year. As long as you enjoy the land rent, you can harvest a large amount of wealth. Even if they suffer a natural disaster, as long as the land belongs to them, they can still get it back. Therefore, clans and officials at all levels have invaded and occupied people's fields."
"Especially the princes, princes and princes in the clan, for the sake of their own enjoyment and for the future generations to live in poverty, they all try their best to find ways to occupy land. This dynasty implements a system of descending titles, although it is not like the previous dynasty where the princes, princes and princes were full. The world, but it also brings a lot of crisis to these clans."
"According to the clan system of this dynasty, each clan can only have its legitimate sons ascend to the title, and the remaining bastards can only get one, and receive a virtual title that will allow them to eat or starve to death. And these virtual titles will also be reduced in descending order. Here we go. A court minister can only receive a salary equivalent to that of an eighth-grade official, fifty guan of money, and six shi of rice per year."
"Even if the eldest son can inherit the title, what about those sons who are not the eldest son? As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. If most of these dragon sons and phoenix grandsons can enjoy the glory and wealth as soon as they fall off the grass, To get the salary of a ninth-grade official to support a large family, it would be more satisfying to simply kill them."
