Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

It is impossible not to accept gifts during the holidays this year. It is not yet the New Year. The Zhen family has received gifts from several families, and they are not ordinary. They are all those who sent money to the household department because of Mr. Zhen. Follow the trend, and finally get the Laba porridge.

Let's talk about it, this incident really made Zhen Hui feel like that, how much does a bowl of Laba porridge cost?How much money was sent to the household department?What the emperor did is really a very good deal, absolutely a huge profit!Looking at myself, leading them to spend money, they can still get thanks and these gifts!No matter how he calculates it is a good deal, no matter how he looks at it, he thinks they are a bit stupid.Or is this a feature of the so-called imperial system?

It doesn't matter, anyway, it's okay for my family to have nothing to lose. Based on the gifts I have received so far, the 1000 taels that my father sent out to the household department have already been made up. As for my own gift in return?It just so happens that the south sent some things, just mix it up, and it won't cost much.

What?Equivalent return gift?That's a normal situation. Things like this time are not included. You can tell by looking at the things they sent. Not to mention food and drink, that is within the normal range, but the books for Mr. Zhen are not for Zhen. Hui Hui's pen and ink, clothes for Mrs. Zhen, and collars for the twins were all marked on the gift list. This was a congratulatory gift for their family to be appreciated by the emperor and Zhen Hui to be summoned by the emperor.

Get it, the word congratulations means that you don't need to return the gift. At most, the next time these people have any happy event, don't forget to wrap a red envelope and walk around.Absolutely a model that can only enter and not exit.They also implicitly expressed their attitude, which meant being grateful to the Zhen family for giving them such honor.

Living in the capital is not easy. In fact, a large part of the reason is here. In this place, doing things, talking, and giving gifts always have meanings other than appearances. As for what the meaning is, it depends on you. Think for yourself, if one is not paying attention and makes a mistake, then you will be finished, and the next time you can't say no, they won't take you to play.

So those who are anxious about IQ should be obedient, stay in their hometown and don’t come out. Of course, you can also find another way, such as being extremely dull, or you can gain a foothold, but this is usually the way to gain a foothold. It's so typical, a fool can't play it.

For example, what kind of upright officials and speech officials in history are really upright?How can it be?For example, in the Ming Dynasty, those speech officials relied on the imperial staff to earn their prestige, and then accumulated their qualifications.Use spanking in exchange for rising promotions, and see how good this business is, how particular!Playing with the emperor!So Zhen Hui never felt that there are pure officials in this world!

What did those officialdom novels say?By the way, if you want to climb high, you have to be darker and cunning than anyone else, it seems like this, otherwise the thick black school would not be so popular and popular.Although Zhen Hui doesn't read much online novels, it doesn't mean he doesn't know about them.

It is his old man who is still innocent in Suzhou and is about to be able to steam. In fact, he has changed a lot when he arrives in the capital. See if he can immediately understand the stakes of sending money to the Ministry of Households. After giving the presents, he exchanged greetings with the stewards of the various houses, and he knew that this old man had slowly begun to become a qualified official.Although there is still a bit of the innocence of a scholar, but he has already begun to learn how to survive in the capital.

In Suzhou, the Chinese New Year was mainly based on the family and the family. Although worshiping the ancestors took up a lot of time, but I didn’t know until I arrived in the capital that it was definitely a happiness and self-sufficiency, because in the capital, you have to follow the emperor’s instructions. Let’s go, what kind of sacrifice, what kind of pen sealing, as well as court celebrations and palace banquets, all of which are stacked together. Fortunately, Mr. Zhen is only the lowest-level official now, and most of these things are not up to him, so the Zhen family is still considered to be an official. You can live your own life in peace and stability, but it’s actually more frustrating and not in a good mood if you don’t get on the wheel like this, because it means that your grade is low and you are not qualified.

He is a man who is a bit competitive and will be very strong. Looking at others, especially Mr. Zhen who has many contacts with Shixun's family, watching those old men who used to be with his family all go to the palace banquet and so on. , he felt a little fever on his face, felt a little embarrassed, and felt that his grade was too low, so this so-called New Year's Eve dinner almost turned into an inspirational swearing-in meeting by Master Zhen.In order to work hard in the coming year, strive for an early promotion, and make countless plans for promotion, but this is not enough, and even the two sons, Zhen Hui and Zhen Ji, were given a big lesson.

Feeling dizzy, it's really Zhen Hui's feeling this New Year's Eve.How warm and exciting it is to go home for the New Year. . .In a word, when we got here, how did it become like this?Not only Zhen Hui, but also Zhen Ji, in this situation, was a little fuzzy, his little head lowered, little by little, his lowered head tilted slightly, secretly looking at his elder brother's expression, he Now I am always with my elder brother, and the parenting problem is basically left to my elder brother by my unscrupulous parents, so I imitate Zhen Hui's appearance in everything. Seeing Zhen Hui's downcast, he also followed suit, but If it is true, did he understand Master Zhen's long speech?It is estimated that you know it without saying it, that is at a loss!

Now only Zhen Xing, who has been nestled in Mrs. Zhen's arms and treated like a princess, is like a normal child, with her big eyes open, looking east and west, and finally, taking advantage of Master Zhen's breathing time, suddenly shouted shouted:

"I want to eat...this."

Pointing at the red fruit with his fingers, with a pure and longing face, Master Zhen, who turned his head to look at her with an unhappy expression, was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to have discovered his abnormality, his old face blushed slightly, and lightly He coughed and said:

"Well, I'm hungry, so let's eat."

It's finally over, Zhen Hui really wanted to cheer, he couldn't help but glanced at his sister with admiring eyes, and almost went up to shout that it's done.And Zhen Ji, who loves to imitate, saw him like this, so he quickly raised his head, and showed a big smile at the sister of the compatriot, which made Zhen Xing also laugh foolishly.At this time, it seemed that the New Year's Eve dinner was delivered, full of laughter.

The new year is new, although this is not Suzhou, so there is no way to go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, but Master Zhen still vacated a room and placed the tablets of the ancestors of the Zhen family to facilitate the worship of the old and young in the family. After the ancestors got the first joss stick, they began the necessary procedure of visiting relatives and friends.

At this time, all the children have become the mobile display cabinets of each family. Even Zhen Hui can't hide there. Look at the red clothes on his body that look like a red envelope, and then look at the same style, but a few times smaller. No. Zhen Ji, Zhen Hui is really suspicious of people's taste at this time.With such a red body and that thick collar, is this an auspicious outfit?How does he look like he's telling everyone that I'm an upstart?

But ask him to take off these clothes?That is absolutely impossible. This is the work of his old lady. It is for the first Chinese New Year of the Zhen family. Mrs. Zhen has spent a lot of thought. After consulting with other families, it is most in line with the trend of the capital with 12 points of thought. clothes.As a child, I really have no right to resist.Take it easy!Children actually have no human rights.

Fortunately, when Zhen Hui took his siblings and went to the first house with his parents, when Master Lin's house saw Lin Hai, his awkward heart finally found a balance. It turned out that he wasn't alone. Lin Hai, who likes to wear blue clothes and pretends to be gentle, has also become a red envelope at the moment. Thinking about it this way, he seems to be relieved of everything. In other words, wearing a red suit during the New Year is a characteristic of this era.

Walking down round and round, Zhen Hui became more and more cheerful, looking at the red envelopes, big and small, and red envelopes that could not be worn better, which made him feel that he was not attracting attention. This is one aspect, and the other is Yes, the grades of Beijing and Suzhou are different, and the red envelopes received this year for New Year's greetings are more than before. I don't know how many generations.Sitting on the soft couch in his own room, Zhen Hui carefully counted the gold nudes and silver nudes, looking at the different patterns on them, his smiling eyes narrowed.

A money fan is a money fan. Even if he is a year older, he still can't change his temperament, and even develops this characteristic. For example, Zhen Ji of his family, after being influenced by him, actually imitated him in Playing with counting silver coins, it can be seen that his influence is so great that Master Zhen and his wife are a little dumbfounded.Fortunately, this is not a bad problem that both people and gods are angry with. As parents who are like hands-off shopkeepers, they simply turn a blind eye.

After the new year, time seemed to speed up all of a sudden. In a flash, the snow began to decrease slowly. In the faint, some green began to emerge. Although I didn’t pay attention, I could see almost everything, but the wind It's starting to feel less biting.

And just when the covert and shy traces of this spring began to show, a new battle report finally came from the northern frontier. Unexpected victory, and even a counterattack, achieved a considerable record.

As the news of the victory spread back to the capital, everyone in the capital cheered up. No matter if they were rich or poor, everyone was smiling. It seemed that the shadow of the snow disaster had gradually dissipated.Sure enough, the strength of the country will always be the greatest confidence of the people.

Those who followed the news to the capital, besides the messenger, also had a person who surprised many people, and that was Jia Daishan.He was carried back, and he was considered to have withdrawn from the battle ahead of schedule.For Jia Daishan, or the entire Jia family, there were both joys and sorrows.

Jia Daishan was sent back this time because he was injured on the battlefield, his leg was injured, and his muscles and bones were injured for a hundred days. Just sent it back.Speaking of which, this child is also a poor child.Because his old injury is absolutely impossible to heal in this era, that is arthritis, and it is still very serious arthritis.

This kind of illness actually occurs in many generals in the north, but he is very serious. It is also the result of his many years of fighting. He was injured several times outside in winter, and the cold invaded his body. After a long time, there will be severe arthritis, which is fine on weekdays, but once exposed to the cold for a long time, the whole body will start to swell, and even the joints will be thick, and it will be very difficult to move.

When Zhen Hui heard the news, he also showed sympathy for Jia Daishan. In this era, soldiers are suffering many times more than in modern times. It is really all about fighting for their lives. Bo.Those little soldiers are better. After three to five years, they have the opportunity to retire and go back. Even those who are not professional soldiers mostly sit in auxiliary jobs.But the general can't do it, as long as he becomes the upper class, the people below can leave, but the general can only continue to guard.From generation to generation, like the old Jia family, there have been two generations. Not only the children of the Jia family, but also many generals promoted by the Jia family are also struggling in this frontier.The so-called prosperity and wealth are definitely the result of these fighters fighting for their families.

Thinking of this, and thinking about Shi's [-] murders in the original book, which finally caused the entire Jia family to split up, Zhen Hui felt that this girl really died early and was clean.

Of course, Jia Daishan also thought about whether to apply for transfer back, or to resign due to illness, and let go of military power. Unfortunately, this can only be thought about, because he is not only representing himself, but also representing the Jia family. Regarding everyone in the entire Jia family system, if he resigns, what will happen to those generals who rely on his Jia family to ensure that their interests will not be violated?As for calling back?That is possible, but if he is transferred back, then Jia Daihua will go out. The Jia family has two fathers, and it is impossible for both of them to be placed in the capital. This is definitely out of balance, and the emperor will not allow it. of.And let Jia Daihua go out to lead troops?Not to mention that Jia Daihua was older, even his status as the head of the Jia family couldn't prevent him from leaving the ancestral hall in the capital at will.As a result, this matter has become a deadlock.

Now Jia Daishan came back with his arms lifted, but his brows could not be loosened, and he began to worry about the future of Jia's family.

On the contrary, Jia Amnesty, Jia Zheng and the others were very happy. After all, it was Dad who came back safely. Although he was injured or sick, he was not missing an arm or a leg, and he was still alive. When there is a war, there are always a few generals who will hold funerals. Although they have already seen it, this is the home of the general's family, but they don't want to put such a thing on their own heads.Especially when they first start to feel the importance of their father.

As for Jia Daishan's worries?At this moment, the children don't understand very well, and Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua are still worrying there.Fortunately, the war was not over at this time, and Jia Daishan was still seriously injured, so they still had a lot of time to think about countermeasures.Speaking of this, Jia Daihua wanted to sigh. If his eldest son was still alive, he would be in his early twenties by now. According to his original idea, this time also happened to be the time to send the child to the military camp. In this way, There will be a successor to the old Jia's family, and there is no need for his cousin to be so old and still be so stubborn in northern Xinjiang.Even if the child is immature and can't find any real power in the army for a while, but with the name of the Jia family and the help of those military contacts, it will take at most ten years, and everything will be better.

But now there is nothing to say, the eldest son was reincarnated long ago, and the second child was preparing for the imperial examination early in the morning, and now he has to prepare for the imperial examination. , this kid has a good background, although it has been delayed for a few years, but now after picking it up again, he can see his martial arts too well. After all, it was taught by the old Duke himself. 14 years old, too young, not married, no children, no matter how difficult it is to let him out to suffer this kind of hardship.

Thinking of this, Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua only felt that their hair was going to be grey, but Jia Jing, who now had a son, gained fame, and began to slowly participate in these family decisions, gave a suggestion: Is the whole family completely transformed into civil servants!

He put forward such an opinion because he saw his father and uncle suffering so much as military generals, and he couldn't bear it. He couldn't bear his stupid, sincere forgiveness to his younger brother, and he also followed their old path. Finally, he was 50 years old. Just a whole body of injuries, pain, and even early death.Secondly, I also thought about the changes in current events from the perspective of a literati.In any case, when the dynasty gradually enters a stable period, the role of generals will become less and less, while civil servants will become more and more noble, not to mention that military power has been taboo since ancient times. Not a good thing.From the age of Lian Po, Li Guang was difficult to seal, to the release of military power with a glass of wine, too many warriors were sacrificed.

In fact, the two brothers were very moved by this suggestion, but they couldn't let it go!What about those middle-level generals who started their careers with the Jia family as their core and relied on the Jia family?Those are the strengths of the Jia family that have been cultivated by generations, and they cannot be let go casually. Don't think that there is no such thing as power and profit in the army. They can't just care about themselves and put them on other people's chopping boards. It's so chilling.

Fortunately, such a contradiction didn't make him think for too long, and the emperor made a decree, either because the emperor was happy that the war went well, or there were reasons unknown to others. Anyway, Jia Daishan was still ill, and the frontier war hadn't happened yet. It was completely over, and the order for Jia Daishan came down directly. He was transferred to be the Minister of the Ministry of War. Although his official position did not look high, he was not a senior official, but he was definitely promoted by half a rank, a promotion.However, Jia Daihua was sent to the original errand in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, and transferred to Shandong in the east, where he served as the general of Dongying, which was regarded as an external transfer.

In this way, the two brothers breathed a sigh of relief, and now they don’t have to think about it, it’s a foregone conclusion. Although it’s not good, it’s like Jia Daihua. It was an external transfer, so he could only hand over the affairs of the clan to Jia Jing, which made Jia Jing start his internship early, and Jia Daishan, I don't know how to say it, this is a transfer from martial arts to literature?Military power is completely out of play?If you say that, it can be regarded as the most gentle sexual behavior, but Jia Daishan also knows that with his own body, even if he is not deprived of military power, he doesn't seem to be able to hold on for long.

As for the military connections of the Jia family, what should we do?Apart from writing letters to explain the situation and maintaining correspondence, the only thing he can do is to be a backer for them in the Ministry of War to ensure that they will not be greedy for food or other things.For the rest, let's play it safe, the emperor has been raped, so it can be seen that the Jia family has made the royal family taboo.You have to know what is good and what is bad, and know how to restrain yourself!

As for others?Then I can only secretly tell those generals who have made good friends, start to transfer your children to civil servants, even if it is not that material, then make a gesture first, let the royal family see the direction of your efforts, so that the royal family can know , You don't mean to cling to the military power, so you can buy yourself some time and space anyway.

When Jia Daishan knew that he was transferred to the Ministry of War, he seemed to start to relax, the kind of dust settled, the ease of unloading the burden.He has been tired for so many years, and he can finally live a stable life for a period of time. Thinking about his two sons, in fact, he is not unaware that the family has become like this. He also has a lot of responsibility here. Who told him to go out all the time and not have many days at home throughout the year. As a result, he always felt that he had treated his wife badly, so he always obeyed his wife. After a long time, he spoiled her, and because he was too focused on himself I ignored the family's affairs, which made the sons slowly almost grow crooked. Now that it's all right, I'm in the capital, and I won't go home only once every three to five years. I have a lot of money. Time to toss these two children, as well as my daughters. It’s time for the eldest daughter to get married, and it’s time for the second and third children to learn some skills. How much you should hurt her.

The more he thought about Jia Daishan, the happier he became, and his whole body became more energetic, and it seemed that the pain had dissipated a little bit.But Jia Jing next door had a bitter look on his face.He still has to study, but he will go to the provincial examination next year, why let him take care of the family affairs at this time!It's so trivial and troublesome!