The Promotion of Yuanchun in the Red Chamber

In the past few years when Lin Hai's family returned to Beijing, Jia Min often went to her mother's house, but Lin Hai rarely came.However, Lin Hai, as the confidant of the Holy Master, has put Shen to the extreme in his own self-examination. After returning to Beijing, he rarely goes out to socialize except for contacts with old friends, so there is nothing to complain about in the Rong Mansion.

This time, because of being implicated by King Pingnan, Shangshu Hubu, who had been the treasury steward for more than ten years, had to resign from his post. Go straight to the gate and welcome uncle in.

Lin Hai came out from the yamen of the Ministry of Households and went straight to the Rong Mansion. Naturally, he was dressed in an official uniform. He first went to see Mrs. Jia—the old man was a sensible person. He saw that his son-in-law was "dressed up", but his daughter didn't follow him, so he asked his son-in-law to pay attention to his body. After that, let them talk about business.

When son-in-law Lin Hai and grandson Jia Zhu left the courtyard, Mother Jia ordered the girl to call her second daughter-in-law.

After a while, Mrs. Wang arrived.Even without glasses, Jia's mother could tell that the second daughter-in-law's makeup was very heavy today.Her second daughter-in-law is also a grandmother, and she will definitely not be unreasonable without reason.

Now in the entire Rongfu, there is nothing she wants to know but cannot know... Mother Jia couldn't help but sighed, "We have many relatives, so you don't have to think about what you have."

Mrs. Wang bowed and replied, "Yes. My daughter-in-law is also...for nothing."

Jia Mu said again: "Send someone to the palace to ask."

She has been the wife of the country for most of her life, and she is more knowledgeable and shrewd than her daughter-in-law and grandson-in-law.With her deceased husband as a comparison, how could she not know that her two sons had already reached the end of their official careers?But what does it matter if the son fails?She has a very good grandson!

She really dotes on Baoyu, but she pays more attention to Jia Zhu, the future pillar of the family, than Baoyu.Seeing Zhu'er's mother-in-law like this, Jia's mother couldn't help but said, "We have Zhu'er in our family. When we are in trouble, Zhu'er must know by herself, and there are Min girls and Yuanchun girls to help." Why are you panicking? ?

Mrs. Wang lowered her head, "My daughter-in-law knows." Seeing that her master is about to lose his job, why is she not in a hurry?

But no matter how disturbed she was, she still remembered that her daughter Yuan Chun didn't think much of Zhou Rui's family, so she pointed Zhu'er's wet nurse's daughter to this incident—this family is all born at home, and their temperament is quite stable. At least his son Jia Zhu trusts the family.

It's really thanks to Jia's mother who ordered someone to "tip the news" to Yuan Chun early: Zhao Zhizhen planned to change Jia Zheng to a leisurely seat for the rest of his life, but Lin Hai wanted Jia Zheng to become an official. Of course there is a lot involved.

In recent years, Daqi has enjoyed good weather and good weather, but the Yellow River still bursts its embankments from time to time, causing harm to the people along the banks.For this reason, the sage raised a capable minister to sit in the township, and asked for money and people to give to others. The Yellow River has finally been managed well these years-the filling of the treasury is the best reward for this sage who loves the people.

It is precisely because the Yellow River has absorbed the energy of the Holy Majesty, he has neglected the canal for several years, and then something happened, and the facts are very clear: this is not a natural disaster, it is clearly *!

Jia Zheng, a member of the Ministry of Industry, happened to fish out some of the silver used for canal dredging and embankment repairs every year with his colleagues—the amount was not much, but it was indeed fished out.As a result, when something happened, he and his colleagues got tricked. The Holy Majesty was furious at the time, and no one dared to persuade him.

At this time, I heard that my brother-in-law came, and I couldn't help but have some hope. Unexpectedly, Lin Hai added another "bad news" to Jia Zheng: In order to find a good husband's family for Yuan Chun, he once moved between the prince and Fei's family...

If he just took some benefits from the canal, Jia Zheng is not the mastermind. Like most of his colleagues, if he dies, he will be transferred or demoted to keep his original position.

Lin Hai also made a special trip here to explain the pros and cons in detail, so as to save the second uncle from being kept in the dark and depressed. After sitting down, they exchanged a few pleasantries, and everyone started talking about the topic.Lin Haidao: "If you have a lot of contact with Fei's family, brother...you must stop when you are done."

Jia Zheng was silent for a long time after hearing the words.

How could there be less contact between Rongfu Second Household and Fei's family?Just saying that the annual ceremony is a huge sum of money, second only to the share of filial piety to the prince.However, although the Fei family is greedy, they have a good reputation: if they have enough money, they will definitely get things done, and most of the time they get things done.

Having invested a lot of money and energy, how could Jia Zheng be willing to give up this career path?Even if he knew that Jia Zhen was at odds with Mr. Fei.Even if they are of the same race, it is common for people to have different opinions...Anyway, everyone thinks that they are the wisest and most correct.

Unlike Jia Zheng, Lin Hai and the Holy Master met almost every day, while Jia Zhu often saw Tian Yan when he was walking in the Imperial Academy. When it comes to their grasp of the court situation and the situation, it is not something Jia Zheng can compare with—after all, there are some things Just by looking at His Majesty's reaction, one can get a glimpse of one or two clues, not to mention that these two are already very talented.

Poor Jia Zheng is just an ordinary person compared to his brother-in-law and eldest son.He still wanted to "struggle", but was blocked by the eldest son, "Father, if the Fei family hadn't produced a princess, it wouldn't be wrong to steal the family and seize the title."

Jia Zheng sighed, hesitated and said, "Let me think again."

After all, he had done his best and had an explanation to his daughter-in-law Jia Min, so Lin Hai took the initiative to leave.When he was about to board the sedan chair, he also comforted Jia Zhu, "It's okay to be overwhelmed for a while, you don't need to be shy, it's right to talk more about the inside story."

The second uncle hadn't been able to touch the center all year round, so it was only natural that he couldn't turn the corner right away.

This time, Jia Zhu also finally experienced the dilemma that her younger sister once had: if you speak directly, it will definitely hurt your father's self-esteem;

There is no room for redemption for the crime of the Fei family, and its decline has become inevitable.Reluctantly, his family had a crown prince and concubine, and the Fei family was completely abolished, so how would the crown prince deal with himself?What's more, the daughter-in-law of the Crown Princess was personally selected by the Holy Majesty...

In order to save face for everyone, it seems that the process of cutting off the Fei family will be relatively gentle, but those who have good relations with the Fei family and those with a little less influence are definitely not so lucky.

To eliminate a faction, cutting off the taproot is of course the most direct and quickest way, but it is also a coup to cut off the branches repeatedly. After all, as the saying goes, a single tree cannot support itself.Undoubtedly, Jia Zheng belongs to this "branch". In addition to the canal's embankment break, the two are in the same place. Let it go; but if there is no repentance, it can only become an example to imitate others.

Jia Zheng, who understood the whole story, was still hesitating, feeling extremely tormented in his heart, just reluctant to bear the official position for many years.

By the time Yuanchun received the news from home, it was already the afternoon of the next day.The person sent by Mrs. Wang not only brought a message from Jia Mu, but also a letter from Jia Zhu.

Coincidentally, after Jia Rong and Jia Lian socialized with his cheap brother-in-law, they also wrote a letter of what they saw, heard, and their own guesses, and it was also placed on Yuan Chun's desk at this moment.

After reading these two letters, Yuan Chun couldn't help rubbing his temples, and seeing this, Baoqin hurried forward to massage Yuan Chun.

In front of his confidant, Yuan Chun had nothing to hide, "I just asked the prince to find a way out for my father..." He sighed quietly, "Hurry up and send someone to tell the prince that there is no need to take care of him."

Ao Mei took the order and left.

It's a pity...it's too late.

As the Northern~Bing~power became more and more secure, Zhao Zhizhen naturally rose in the hearts of many officials, and arranged a low-level and leisurely position for Jia Zheng, and he didn't even need to write in his hand, as long as he casually ordered Chang Shi to go out of the house Come back again...it will be done...

After hearing Ao Mei's return, Yuan Chun couldn't laugh or cry: The prince is too fond of himself, and it may not be all good things.As the saying goes, overwhelmed water is hard to recover, but the remedy is still possible.

Before dinner, Zhao Zhizhen came back on time.Yuan Chun was a little guilty, took Zhao Zhizhen's arm, pulled him to the desk, and then handed over his brother's autographed letter... This letter from home is not long, and Zhao Zhizhen didn't need half a stick of incense to finish reading it.

Speaking of which, in the eyes of the Holy One, Jia Zheng is the second son of Rong Guogong Jia Daishan, and the father of Jia Zhu, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and he has no impression of him... So at this time, if he chooses to retreat bravely, the Holy One will definitely not embarrass him, let alone Settle accounts after autumn.

Zhao Zhizhen also thinks that Jia Zheng is a pure and honest person, and at the same time feels that he is really lucky: both father and son are extremely outstanding, relying on his father for the first half of his life, and eating his son for the rest of his life, how can this not be considered a good fate?

Since he has no ability or good vision, and is involved in the most troubles, why not go to the inn?It's not about high officials and generous salary—Lin Hai and Jia Zhu had a good idea.

Zhao Zhizhen looked at Yuan Chun and said with a smile: "Have you changed your mind again? Shall I help your father retire early?"

The prince was not angry.Yuan Chun sincerely said: "You are more concerned with persuading him than my uncle persuading him." This is oppressing others with power, even his own father, Yuan Chun's mood at this time is not at all sad.

Zhao Zhizhen nodded and said: "I'll have a good chat with him later. Your brother has a great future, why bother to add a stain to such a trivial matter." After speaking, he fell down on Yuan Chun's favorite imperial concubine's bed, "The news is still not well-informed. "

Of course he knew that his father wanted to cut off the Fei family, and even more that he wanted to start with the people he had a good relationship with, but he didn't expect his father to be so decisive, and he wanted to clean up immediately at the risk of being attacked by the Beidi people and the Nanwang. Rectify the officials involved and their relatives and friends.

It's really unconvincing, he himself admits that he can only grasp the general situation... Like Lin Hai, he is so keen that he can guess the next move of his father, he still needs to hone for a long time.

As soon as Zhao Zhizhen said these words, Yuan Chun's expression also changed, and he said solemnly, "I'm also not convinced, I admire your magnanimity, my lord."

Being able to face up to one's shortcomings honestly is much better than the prince.

Besides, the Holy Majesty is still in good health, so don't inquire and talk too much about the transfer of officials when you have the military power, so it's useless for you to regret it, isn't it?Yuan Chun patted Zhao Zhizhen's shoulder lightly, "Which one do you prefer, civil and military, let you choose?"

Zhao Zhizhen said: "That's needless to say." After speaking, he laughed too, "I'm dreaming, so I can't tell you a word or two."

If the Holy Majesty hadn't grasped the military power firmly, could he "go to war" against the ministers?Thinking of his good brother, he couldn't help laughing, "He has suffered a lot, I guess I have to save a few people for him."

Some good families in Beijing, for the sake of money, have also been the backing of King Pingnan's caravan for many years.Unfortunately, many of these families are now standing behind the eldest prince—the eldest prince himself is not as fond of pleasure as the prince, and his conduct is nothing to criticize, but his relatives and friends have too much appetite... It is really unusual to gain power and wish to be cheap.

Zhao Zhizhen continued: "Looking at the family and business, when the wind and rain come, I can't take care of myself."

How did the prince plan to "welcome and send" the eldest prince, Yuan Chun was not worried that he would suffer a loss, when she turned around and stuffed the letter from Brother Rong into the prince's hand, she smiled again, "Look at this, don't worry about it." Stop complaining about being ill-informed."

It has not been half a year since Jia Jing left. It is said that Jia Lian and Jia Rong, who are officials outside, should be more careful when they go out to socialize, but this appointment... I have to say, it is very worthwhile.

Jia Rong, the cheap brother-in-law, originally wanted to get on the line of Rongfu. After all, Ningfu seemed to be a bit declining, but after the real meeting, Qin Keqing's brother was obviously more optimistic about Jia Rong.

After the banquet was over, the man secretly found Jia Rong and told him that there are many faces in Donglin Gang recently, and there are many young people in extraordinary clothes.

This is obviously because someone saw that the situation was not good, and fled by sea by boat—after all, after the rebellion of King Pingnan, several major passes in the north were extremely strictly inspected.

After Zhao Zhizhen read the letter, he also smiled, "I've saved my money, that's all I've said the first time we met."

Yuan Chun said: "Submit a certificate. Doing business outside the customs, with so many big ships in hand, can you be a thoroughly clean person?"

This makes sense.

And Jia Rong wrote clearly in the letter: He suspected that these unfamiliar faces were the subordinates of King Pingnan.Zhao Zhizhen said: "Your nephew is very good."

Yuan Chun said solemnly: "I also think he is very good. I just hope that the prince...can protect him in the future."

Zhao Zhizhen asked curiously: "You can easily not ask me. How do you say that?"

"He has a father who is unconscious... Do you think my cousin seems to be a person who accepts things calmly after the failure and spends the rest of his life peacefully?"

Jia Zhen has a restless temperament, and the prince he is optimistic about...will he be the one who swallows the bitter fruit and does not resist?

Obviously, Zhao Zhizhen heard Yuan Chun's real meaning, and fell silent: Frankly speaking, the market has been rising these days, so he is of course in a good mood.Thinking about going back to the camp in the north in a few days, and completing the task assigned by the emperor, he will be able to improve himself to a higher level.

Because the emperor's father dealt with the officials very smoothly recently, he never thought that there would be "uneasy life" in Beijing... Yuan Chun's reminder was really timely!

Father Huang is planning to quietly mobilize the imperial guards in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing to go to northern Xinjiang, and join his northern army to fight the Beidi people, just for the sake of training soldiers.

As for Elite Leaving Beijing, in case news leaks out... this is really something to be guarded against...

The next day, when Zhao Zhizhen met the imperial concubine in Chengqian Palace, the imperial concubine also reminded him, "I will see your concubine later, so please be careful."

Zhao Zhizhen nodded, and when he stepped into the palace of his birth mother, Concubine Shu, he saw his eldest brother "just happened" to be present.And his twelfth younger brother secretly gestured to him: private matter.

Zhao Zhizhen was a little puzzled suddenly: What's the matter?