This New Year, the homes of princes, princes and ministers are full of guests and many people are congratulating and giving gifts.
Only Prince Hao's house was deserted, and almost no one came to give gifts.
The butler and servant who were responsible for welcoming guests at the door sat on the threshold bored, looking at each other and sighing.
The boy didn't understand and asked,
"Steward, in the past, high-ranking officials from our Prince Hao's Mansion often came to visit us for tea. How come it's the Chinese New Year and no one comes?"
"Because our Highness has been transferred to the clan mansion."
The butler smiled bitterly.
The boy wondered,
"I know this. His Highness used to be the Minister of Household Affairs, a second-rank official, and now he is Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, also a second-rank official. His official rank has not changed, he just changed positions. Why is there such a big gap? "
"Don't you understand this? The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's money, food, taxation, and population registration. It can be said that it is the country's money bag. It is all held in the hands of His Highness. That is a high position and authority. Mr. Guan must be vying to fawn over you.
As for the Zongren Mansion, it is the one who manages the members of the royal family. If a member of the royal family makes a mistake, the Ministry of Punishment cannot take care of it. The Zongren Mansion will take care of it.
At first glance, it seems that he has a lot of power, but in fact, the person with power is the number one, Zong Cheng, and Zong Zheng can only be regarded as the second number.
Moreover, the imperial edict also stated that His Highness is only responsible for managing documents.
It is the registration of the births, weddings and funerals of princes and princesses, as well as the year names and what happened to the royal family.
This kind of thing can be done by any clerk. Without any authority, it is just a copying and writing job.
You said that once our Highness lost power and was transferred from a high and powerful position to a Qingshui Yamen without any power, those officials would naturally not come to curry favor with him when they saw that our Highness no longer had power. "
"But His Highness is still a prince after all. Even if he is no longer in power, his identity is still here. Those people are reasonable, even if it is just a small gift, it is okay for the servants to send it.
There is no such person, as if our Highness is the god of plague, so they can avoid it. "
"Haha, tell me you don't understand. Your Highness is really like a god of plague at this time.
The emperor's thoughts are the weather vane of the ministers.
When someone is in power, people will naturally flock to him to please him. When someone is in decline, those people will definitely avoid him.
His Highness is a prince. He has been favored over the past two years. He has handled major cases and has been appointed as the Minister of Household Affairs. He has a high and powerful position.
Now he has made no mistakes, but he is suddenly transferred to a casual position. This is obviously His Majesty's intention to suppress His Highness.
Those people feel that His Majesty does not like His Highness. If they come to give gifts and make friends with His Highness, wouldn't they be unhappy in the eyes of the Emperor?
They were afraid of offending the emperor, so they quickly cut off all contact with our highness to show their loyalty to the emperor. "
After listening to the butler's words, the boy nodded, but still said angrily, 33
"I just can't get angry. When our Highness was glorious, those people came one by one to give gifts to please us, and they were all polite to us servants. But now that His Highness is gone, those people are like weeds on the wall. Ran.
What a bunch of white-eyed wolves. "
As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from behind him,
"It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. There is no need to blame others."
The boy and the housekeeper stood up quickly, hugged their hands and said,
"Greetings to Your Highness."
In front of them, Wang Fugui and Nian An were standing upright.
"Your Highness, you are a petty person who speaks unscrupulously and makes arrogant comments about government affairs. His crime deserves to be punished by death."
The servant and the housekeeper knelt down and kowtowed.
"Okay, just say it's okay at home and don't say it outside."
Wang Fugui waved his hand and pulled Nian An to continue walking around.
Nian An frowned and said,
"What does this dog emperor mean? First he gave us a marriage, as if it was a favor, and now the wedding is approaching, and he suddenly suppresses you again.
Well what does that mean? Give a sweet date and a stick? "
"Tianzao is out of the question. You were originally mine, and he gave me my people. What kind of sweet date are you?
It's true that I was given a stick. After attending Han Yun's wedding this time, I was transferred. It must be because I have a good relationship with Han Yun and wants to suppress my power to protect the crown prince.
When I proposed for Han Yun before, my father once hit me and said that I was too close to him. I said that he was my friend and we should be close.
Now, the father finally couldn't help but take action. "
"Then according to what you said, was Han Yun the one who harmed you?"
"You can't calculate it like this. You have to know that if there were no Han Yun and no Zhenbeihou, there wouldn't be so many people who came to make friends with me last year.
Han Yun is also considered one of my forces, and it is also the most stable force.
Even if the power in the DPRK is suddenly gone, as long as Han Yun is here, others will not dare to do anything to me.
Otherwise, I am not as simple as losing power now. There may be many people who want to figure out the holy will, and then collect evidence of my crime to impeach me.
At that time, even if I am confiscated and exiled, you, the princess, will also have to be exiled to the border with me. "
"If he dares, I'll chop him down!"
Nian An angrily waved his fists.
Wang Fugui smiled and said,
"But that's not the case. The main reason is that with Han Yun here, I have too much power.
Think about it, Chai Yuan is good with me, and he is the leader of the Donglin Party. His attitude can influence a large number of Donglin Party members.
In addition, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, so I have taken over the power of the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
Coupled with the power of Zhenbei King, the first civil servant and military general, my power has long surpassed that of the prince.
There is Chai Yuan in literature, and Han Yun in military affairs.
If this continues, it won't be long before I can develop all the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty into my own.
Such a force is definitely not what the father wants to see. He has to balance it.
Before he made up his mind to depose the prince, he said that he would not sit back and watch my power overwhelm the prince.
Otherwise, if he dies suddenly and suddenly, all civil and military officials in the dynasty will be my people, the prince will succeed to the throne, and no one will listen to the new emperor's words, then won't the government be in turmoil? Isn’t the world going to be in chaos?
Therefore, before he has chosen his successor, he will not let me break this balance. "
"What do you mean by not choosing a successor? This prince has been the prince for how many years. He must be Yu Ding's successor."
"Hahaha, a woman's opinion."
Wang Fugui smiled and shook his head.
When Nian An saw this, he pinched him hard.
"Yes, yes, I am a woman. Why are you telling me this, a woman?"
"You have to understand this. You are going to be a queen in the future. If you don't understand political affairs, how can you be a mother to the world?
If I die suddenly and our son ascends the throne, will you, the mother-in-law, not care about it? Allowing powerful ministers to evade imperial power?
You don't have any relatives, so even if you scold Si Chen, I won't worry about you. "
Some people died, but not completely...
