Chapter 1310 Xin Zijuan Entanglement between Grass and Trees in the Setting Sun

"Brother Huan, do you have too much confidence in your brother Feng?" Feng Ziying laughed dumbly, "There is no precedent for a third bedroom, but it is very common to have a second bedroom. Even though our Feng family is a noble family, That's just the approval of the Ministry of Rites. As for the restoration of the title, it's not too special. Although my second uncle died of illness, he guarded the border for the country for decades, and he was supposed to be the Yunchuan uncle of our Feng family. , it’s just a virtual title, it won’t cause much trouble to the court.”

"Brother Feng, you are talking about ease, but you can't fool me. I know this is not easy. If it had been anyone else, it wouldn't be possible." Jia Huan believed that Feng Ziying was omnipotent, so he accepted this dead truth. .

The happiness of the third sister depends on Brother Feng. From another perspective, Jia Huan also firmly believes that his third sister will not only win the favor of Brother Feng, but also become his right-hand man. He has absolute confidence in this. Be confident, and you will benefit a lot from it in the future.

Feng Ziying was speechless about Jia Huan's persistence. People recognized this and believed that she was super capable and could do anything. She had to be her brother-in-law. Is there anything wrong?

"Brother Huan, what do you think I should do?" Feng Ziying spread her hands helplessly, "Your third sister will definitely not accept being a concubine. As you said, there may be resistance from your father and mother, but still You can think of a way, but how will your third sister get through this hurdle?"

Jia Huan's eyes flashed brightly, "Brother Feng, my third sister trusts you very much. If you give her a promise, she will give up..."

"Stop it! Brother Huan, what promise did you make?" Feng Ziying realized that the situation was not good and quickly stopped the other party.

"For example, give her a royal decree in the future..." Jia Huantu said.

 “A decree?!” Feng Ziying opened her mouth wide.

 Well, it’s not that he was shocked. To be honest, he was not very interested in such frivolous things, even the Earl of Yunchuan and his father’s Shenwu General Xujue.

The same goes for imperial edicts, but this does not mean that people of this era do not value this. For example, Baochai said that it would not matter whether his second wife, Uncle Yunchuan, could be reinstated, but when she actually heard that the reinstated prince was successful and wanted to marry her, she still Aren't you so excited that your lips are trembling and your eyes are filled with tears?

Just because you don’t value something doesn’t mean that others don’t value it either, and Feng Ziying is even more indifferent to things like imperial edicts, but do you dare to say that these women in the room don’t value them?

According to the usual practice, the system of granting gifts to married women in the Great Zhou Dynasty generally followed the previous Ming Dynasty, but it was not as strict as the previous Ming Dynasty. The style was the same as the previous Ming Dynasty. For example, the first and second ranks were wives, the third rank was a lady, the fourth rank was a respectful person, the fifth rank was pleasant, and the sixth rank was An. As a child of the seventh rank, the first and second rank can be given to the mother, grandmother and wife, and the third rank and below can be given to the mother and wife.

 But there are no exceptions. As a wife, only the first wife can be qualified, and concubines are not included.

Of course this is just a rule, and there are precedents for exceptions, but those situations are particularly rare and more likely to cause controversy.

In Feng Ziying's eyes, this decree is even more meaningful than Xujue, but no woman would not value it.

According to convention, officials below the fourth rank must serve for more than three years before they are eligible to apply for imperial titles from the court. Father Feng Ziying is already the governor of the second rank, and is already at the top of the military general level, so I have long been There is a decree.

But he had only been in the Hanlin Academy for two years when he was writing, and he had been in the Yongping Prefecture for only one year. He was promoted before his seniority was reached, so he was never qualified for this imperial edict.

However, the situation is different now. Officials of the fourth rank and above are eligible to apply for royal titles as soon as they take office. For Feng Ziying, Shen Yixiu and Xue Baochai are actually already eligible to receive royal titles. Of course, this also requires applying to the Ministry of Rites, and finally the emperor. A unified decree was issued to seal the gift.

"Yes, imperial decree." Jia Huan said calmly: "If Brother Feng can give Third Sister such a promise, then all the knots in Third Sister's heart will be easily resolved."

“Brother Huan, do you understand what this imperial decree means?” Feng Ziying looked at Jia Huan helplessly: “Non-official wives and legitimate mothers are not allowed to receive gifts...”

“No, there are exceptions.” Jia Huan responded flatly.

"Uh,..." Feng Ziying was stunned and then realized that she knew that the other party was talking about the old practice in Qingdong seventy years ago.

But that’s not a reward for high merit. Yu Qingdong came up with that trick just to protect himself!

Feng Ziying knows the story of that scene seventy years ago better than Jia Huan. Yu Qingdong made a great contribution to the Qin Dynasty, which attracted the hostility of all the officials in the cabinet and the then Minister of War who had no performance in this battle. If the emperor If he wants to be rewarded again, the only way is to let him directly join the cabinet, or even take over as the chief minister.

Yu Qingdong also knew that he had made such a great contribution but the officials in the DPRK were not able to share the credit, which was a taboo, but he had nothing to do.

Since all the princes in the imperial court were surrounded in the city and showed no performance at that time, this naturally aroused the hostility of many people, so he made a request that obviously violated the regulations to seek a royal decree for his illegitimate mother.

In the end, Emperor Guangyuan gave the imperial edict, which also caused an uproar in the court. Yu Qingdong also successfully won many criticisms and impeachments. Naturally, it was impossible to talk about joining the cabinet, so he perfectly avoided this. One calamity.

Of course, ordinary people will not understand the mystery here, and after a long time, many insiders have remained silent for various reasons. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, this is an unusual order given by the emperor to the concubine after Yu Qingdong's meritorious service. A reward, but how many people actually know about the dangerous winds and waves here?

“Brother Feng, am I right?” Jia Huan felt proud when he saw that Feng Ziying was speechless for a moment.

“Humph, you remember these well, but you don’t know the inside story.” Feng Ziying didn’t bother to explain.

"No matter what the inside story is, there is indeed a precedent for this, right? Brother Feng, you can't do this in the future, I don't believe it!" Jia Huan said plausibly.

It can't be said that Jia Huan's words are unreasonable. With precedent, it seems that Feng Ziying can really follow Yu Qingdong's example and make a contribution in exchange for a special order from the emperor. .

Furthermore, the current Minister of Rites, Gu Bingqian, is a close associate of Emperor Yonglong. He is the only one who always follows the emperor's will. He will never be like the Minister of Rites who swore to die seventy years ago and can only "obey the decree" and kowtow to obey.

Thinking about it this way, even Feng Ziying herself felt that she really had a chance, but how about using such an illusory promise to deceive Tanchun?

Feng Ziying herself feels a little ashamed. Is this a bit too scumbag?

But seeing Jia Huan's piercing eyes staring at her, Feng Ziying was a little speechless: "Brother Huan, no one can guarantee anything about this kind of thing. I don't know what I am doing. Do you want me to go to your third sister?" I really can’t do what I promised.”

"Brother Feng, you also said you are interested in Third Sister before. You promise to do it, but I am not asking you to fulfill it immediately. In fact, I think Third Sister may actually want a promise from you. This is a promise to her. Psychological comfort, as for achieving it, as long as you work hard, I think the third sister may not care about this,..."

Jia Huan's words made Feng Ziying take a breath. This guy actually felt like a friend of women, and he could figure out the thoughts of these girls. But I have to say that his words were also in line with what Feng Ziying thought. approximate.

Tanchun was actually just dissatisfied with this tone, but the difference between concubine and concubine before her was an obstacle that could not be avoided or overcome in this era. Even Feng Ziying, a time traveler, could not reverse it on her own, so giving her some psychological comfort was actually It's enough for Tanchun to be satisfied. As for whether it can be realized, maybe it's not that important?

After sending Jia Huan away, Feng Ziying scratched her head and thought for a while.

Tan Chun's bright eyes and heroic face came to mind again, especially the heroic spirit revealed in her words, which was Feng Ziying's favorite. In the book "Dream of Red Mansions", such a girl ended up marrying outside the country and becoming a Feng Ziying couldn't accept the marriage partner.

 Just as Jia Huan said, the prospect of involving himself in Tanchun made him hesitate.

I seem to have enough women around me, but I always feel that being unable to change the fate of the heroines in the book and causing them to repeat the same mistakes is a waste of nature, or even a failure to take what God has given, and they must be punished.

 Look, what else can be done? Feng Ziying thought helplessly, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and if there is no road, you have to find one.

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"It's not like enemies never get together." Wang Haoli picked up the tea cup and put it down again, sighing, "We just left Yongping and entered the capital, but he rushed to the capital city and was promoted to the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture. , 20-year-old Shuntian Fu Cheng, do you believe it?"

Du Fu on the side licked his lips silently: "Young Master, if it doesn't work, let's try it again. He failed to succeed at the Gu River Ferry. It's because he was lucky and his death date has not yet come. The Lord of Hell refused to accept him, but if he tries again, Well, I don't believe he can still have such good luck."

Another person, Zheng Sizhong, shook his head: "What you said is so easy. This is the capital city. How to bring the crossbows out? The people in the patrol camp and the Wucheng Army and Horses Division are certainly a bunch of trash, but the ants will bite the elephant to death. If it kills us, how can we escape?"

Du Fu was stunned. Indeed, this is the capital city. The Fangjia system is strict. If you want to assassinate, no matter whether you succeed or not, the people from the patrol camp and the Five Cities Military and Horse Department must strictly investigate. As long as there are some clues, you can follow the clues to find out.

Not long after they entered the capital, they had already deeply felt the difference. Even with the help of the church members in the city, they had to change their addresses several times before settling down. This was because a church member was in the Yali of Daxing County. To do something is to get the identity certificates of several people.

 (End of this chapter)