The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

After Lin Ruhai entered Beijing, I don't know how many officials have suffered a lot. This time Lin Ruhai suffered a disadvantage, so naturally some people are happy.Of course, there are also officials from the Prince's family who feel regretful, and this time Lin Shangshu seems to have followed suit.

Regardless of the thoughts of the officials, seeing that the big meat of Haimao, which was swallowed by the household department, has a new opportunity, naturally everyone wants to fight for it.As a result, there was another round of verbal swords in the court, and the competition was extremely fierce.

Emperor Taizong sat on the dragon chair, while looking at the memorials that the nine princes had brought up just now, he also listened to the advice of the officials, silently observing the reactions of the princes and the officials.Why is the Son of Heaven called lonely?Isn't it just that no matter whether it's a parent and child or a courtier promoted by yourself, there are not many who don't count against you?Look at how beautiful this scene of being calculated by people is?

After waiting for many officials to overthrow the officials at all levels of the new yamen that he had proposed before, and choose other officials as candidates, Emperor Taizong said slowly, seriously, but with a lot of air: "The booklet that Jiuhuanger handed over is the same as The documents submitted by Lin Qing's family before were all set up in addition to the Ministry of Household Affairs. I read the general idea of ​​the two books. There is not much difference. The Lin Qing's family's memorial regulations are more detailed and more feasible.

The same plan, because of the different people who propose it, and your responses are also very different.Co-authoring you to take the imperial salary, under the banner of serving the country and the people, each of you is full of publicity, but in your heart, whoever proposes the plan is biased towards whom!Being an official like this is worthy of your salaries!Can you be worthy of the people of the world? ! "

The emperor is angry!

Emperor Taizong is a very gracious monarch. He has been an emperor for decades. There must be more than one time when Long Yan was furious. However, when he was angry in public at the court meeting, he directly shot all the civil and military officials. It has not happened in many years. up.

The slap in the face is too slap in the face. Before discussing the plan proposed by Lin Ruhai, the main officials of the new yamen you proposed were all from the household department; now that the Ninth Prince has come up with another plan, you have recommended another system of officials.They are all rhetoric of righteousness and strictness for the country.

But the two plans proposed by Lin Ruhai and the Ninth Prince are the same, are you contradicting yourself?Slap in the face?It's such a slap in the face, and he was caught by the current emperor at the Dachao Assembly.

As a result, they knelt down at the court meeting.There is no such thing as the picture of "the emperor appeases his anger" on TV with hundreds of officials.All the officials were panicked, and there was no one to direct them, so how could they be uniform.

Now all the officials knelt down, first those officials who contradicted themselves knelt down, and then the officials who hadn't spoken all this time had to follow suit.Otherwise, most of the officials would kneel down, what do you look like standing upright by yourself?Then the royal clan members also knelt down.

Then came the voices of "the emperor calm down", "the humble minister is panicked", "the humble minister dare not" and all kinds of confessions mixed together.Then, Baiguan shut up.Let it go, what else can I do?

The Ninth Prince also knelt down naturally, but at the same time, he gritted his teeth in his heart, wishing he could tear Lin Ruhai apart.

With the wisdom of the Ninth Prince, the matter has come to this point.This is... Lin Ruhai made another one.But the Ninth Prince also understood that this time it was not just that he fell into Lin Ruhai's tricks, but that his father was willing to cooperate with Lin Ruhai to set up a trap to expose himself.This means that the emperor's trust in himself has further decreased.

Thinking of this, the Ninth Prince was extremely angry and hated, but at the same time, he couldn't help but shed a cold sweat.In today's match, what was lost was not only the question of who stood up in the sea trade yamen; the loss of Emperor Taizong's trust would cause heavy losses to Changkang Palace in the long run.

Strictly speaking, the nine princes and the civil and military officials were tricked by Emperor Taizong this time, or they were tempted by Taizong.Lin Ruhai this time was only because the new plan could not fall behind the Ninth Prince, otherwise he would be suspected of having selfishness if he had no selfishness, and he really did nothing except rushing for time.Moreover, Lin Ruhai didn't expect that the fact that there was no response after handing in his memorial was because Emperor Taizong was planning this.

Of course, in terms of the results, Emperor Taizong's move was much better than Lin Ruhai's original plan.If according to Lin Ruhai's prediction, he is not so optimistic about which faction the Xinli Yamen will eventually fall into, now, it is good that the Ninth Prince can install a few officials, and the leader should not think about it.

Emperor Taizong was angry for a while, but after the anger was over, the government still had to deal with it.After scanning the civil and military officials kneeling in the court hall, Emperor Taizong said: "Get up, now that you know that the two plans are the same, mention again the officials you think are suitable to be in charge of the new yamen."

This time, the slogans of all the officials were chanted neatly. Every time after calling Long live at Chaohui Mountain, they would say "the minister obeys the order" and then start discussing matters.All the officials stood up after shouting Zunzhi, and still stood in line with the train. As for nominating officials who are suitable for release to the new Yamen.The nomination should be mentioned, after all, it is a business, but it has been mentioned twice today, how to mention it for the third time is also very embarrassing.

Now, there are three choices before the officials who have been ambivalent before: first, continue to support the Ministry of Households, and then prove that they were wrong for the second nomination, and offend the Ninth Prince at the same time; second, continue to support the Ninth Prince. If you are a prince, then it proves that you have no position when you nominate for the first time, and you offend the Ministry of Households while you are slapping the right face; thirdly, according to the new situation, if you nominate another group of officials, you will be slapped on the left and right, shameless.

That's... which official who can go to court doesn't want face?But you were slapped in the face by the emperor himself today, can you still pick up this face?

The Ninth Prince is also aware of this situation, and this time he has failed miserably, and basically, after he submitted the memorial, those officials who were nominated for the second time will not be able to get the position of patrolling the sea.Not only can you not get it, but it is possible to hinder your official career in the future.After all, after such a commotion, these people were considered to be on Emperor Taizong's blacklist.And many of these people are from the Ninth Prince family.If it wasn't for the Great Court Meeting, the Ninth Prince would want to vomit blood.

As for the officials who had been appointed to the household department before, they actually only mentioned their names once. So, they insisted that they had no selfish intentions, which was valid, and they just continued to insist on their previous nominations.Therefore, for the third nomination, almost only the courtiers who insisted on supporting the transfer of household officials to the new Yamen and the courtiers who had not spoken before came forward to nominate.

The Ninth Prince Department dare not speak, isn't that up to the Crown Prince Department?If things go on like this, even if the Haimao Yamen is separately listed under the jurisdiction of the Zhongshu Province, he will still become the Zhongshu Province branch of the Ministry of Household Affairs.The Ninth Prince was in a hurry, but it was useless to be anxious, he had to maintain his demeanor.

Of course, the plan to set up a new yamen has been put forward, and Emperor Taizong will not be satisfied if it is still established as the Zhongshu Provincial Branch of the Ministry of Household Affairs.Moreover, since Lin Ruhai has made up his mind not to seize the interests of maritime trade, he will naturally not take on this role.It may not be a good thing for the tree to attract the wind. What the Lin family wanted was for the crown prince to ascend the throne smoothly and the family to be safe.

So Lin Ruhai walked out of the train holding the wat board and said: "Qizhu the emperor, I think that since the maritime trade office is under the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province, the minister of maritime trade should be appointed by the Ministry of officials separately, and it is more appropriate for the emperor to decide. My minister thinks His Excellency He Wenshi, a servant of the Imperial Academy, is a clean official with integrity and rich knowledge, and he was born in Quanzhou and is familiar with maritime trade, so he is suitable to be the head of the maritime trade office."

When Lin Ruhai said this, all the officials were shocked.Is this Lin Ruhai who wants to spit out the fat meat of Haimao that he has already eaten?

But after thinking about it, Baiguan also understood, after Baiguan was slapped in the face by Emperor Taizong in public, Lin Ruhai spit out the fat in his mouth, how selfless is that?Master Lin will not suffer, after this battle, Master Lin will only become more and more important to Emperor Taizong.

What the old fox meant was that he dug a hole and buried the person, dusted off his body and said that I was a good person, and you couldn't find anything to refute.People's methods are aboveboard.

He also said that He Wenshi, who was recommended by Lin Ruhai, is really suitable to work in the Haimao Yamen.First of all, He Wenshi was born as a Jinshi, and his knowledge and ability are not lacking; but He Wenshi is a scholar from a poor family. Although he entered the Imperial Academy, he also managed to study from the fifth-rank Imperial Academy, but his foundation in the capital was shallow, and he was not taken seriously before.It is also because of this that He Wenshi has never been wooed by anyone before, and he is a true Qingliu.

He Wen's real-time turnaround began when he was seconded by Lin Ruhai to the household department to sort out the new accounts.At that time, Lin Ruhai borrowed from the Hanlin Academy and Yushitai were marginal talents who were not valued in the headquarters; these talents tried their best to fight for a way out.

Later, it turned out that all the civil and military officials knew that when these people were counting the old accounts of the household department, they brought the matter of the huge sum of money owed to the imperial court by the Xungui family to the Dachaohui.

Although the result of clearing the accumulated debts was very good, there were still many difficulties and obstacles in the process. Of course, all the officials who participated in the clearing of the accumulated debts also made contributions.In addition to Lin Ruhai's greatest contribution, Jia Jing, Jia She and others who took the lead in repaying the money recorded the credit, He Wenshi's credit is also considerable.

Logically speaking, meritorious deeds should be rewarded.But He Wenshi was embarrassed because his position could not attract the attention of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials or Emperor Taizong, and he had no connections to recommend him.

Another one, there are too many people who have been offended by Qing Ji's debts. Lin Ruhai is a family of officials, the prince's wife and brother, his wife and daughter go out, and Daiyu is still making things difficult.He Wenshi is a poor scholar who has offended many people and has resistance wherever he seeks, so he has credit, but he is still an embarrassment in the Imperial Academy.

Emperor Taizong was also satisfied with Lin Ruhai's proposal, which proved that Lin Ruhai was selfless and did not want to dominate the fat meat of Haimao when he had all the advantages.Even if someone wanted to say that He Wenshi was also an official of Lin Ruhai's lineage, no one would believe it.

Lin Ruhai and He Wenshi had worked together for a period of time when He Wenshi was borrowed from the household department. Their backgrounds and affiliations did not match, and they only met after the real Lin Ruhai came to Beijing.Lin Ruhai has been in Beijing for more than three months, what kind of personal relationship can he have?I can't think of any other reasons for recommending this person except that I think this person is suitable.

Emperor Taizong had a good impression of He Wenshi, but as the emperor, he was always busy with all kinds of affairs, so it was not easy for him to come from a fifth-rank attendant. When Lin Ruhai mentioned it at the court meeting, it was different.Taizong listened to Lin Ruhai's proposal, nodded and said: "I remember this person, he is indeed quite talented."

Then Taizong asked the Minister of the Ministry of Officials how He Wenshi was.

Emperor Taizong said that He Wen was indeed quite talented, and the atmosphere of the court meeting today was like this. What else could the Minister of the Ministry of Officials say? At that time, the official residence was from the fifth rank. If the maritime trade office was set up in Zhongshu Province and listed separately, the minister of maritime trade must be at least the official position of the second rank, and if Mr. He is directly promoted from the fifth rank to the second rank, it may be difficult to convince the public."

Originally, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials' words were justified, but He Wenshi was in charge of the maritime trade office, it was better than all the people from the Ministry of Households, so the attitude of the Nine Princes was subtle, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials actually didn't agree with many people.

At this time, Prime Minister Wen walked out of the train and said: "Qi Zou the emperor, I think that there is no need to be constrained by rank. Besides, there is only one idea of ​​setting up a maritime trade office, and the specific official ranks have not yet been drawn up. Wait After the official rank is determined, it is more appropriate to see which position Mr. He is suitable for."

Emperor Taizong nodded and said: "In this way, the Ministry of Officials will first draw up the official positions and ranks of the Haimao Yamen, and discuss this matter later."

In fact, for a major event such as the establishment of a new yamen, the interests of all parties are first fought over, and then the charter and ranks are drafted, and finally it is tried out.In other words, after the Great Court Meeting, the big pie in the sea trade will be divided up.He Wenshi became the biggest winner, and it was a lie; the household department gained a lot, and the Ninth Prince suffered a heavy loss.

The next day, the Ninth Prince went to Changkang Palace to pay his respects, but he didn't dare to have a long private conversation with Concubine Zhong.After all, yesterday's court meeting where the emperor first tested and then got angry proved that Emperor Taizong became suspicious of both his son and his courtiers.In addition, at the court meeting yesterday, the heart of Sima Zhao of the Ninth Prince's family was fully exposed. Recently, Emperor Taizong will probably pay special attention to the movements of the Ninth Prince and Changkang Palace.

At such a time, if the mother and son of the Nine Emperors talked secretly for too long, wouldn't they surrender themselves to Emperor Taizong?

Of course, after all, it was in the Changkang Palace, and the mother and son of the Ninth Prince did not have any chance to communicate alone.

While the Ninth Prince was staying in Concubine Zhong's palace for dinner, the Ninth Prince said: "Mother, our plan has been leaked in advance, and the plan that Lin Ruhai handed to Emperor Father is the same as our plan."

The Ninth Prince is a smart person. Smart people sometimes have a common problem, thinking that everyone in the world is stupider than themselves.The Ninth Prince thought that the strategy discussed by his mother and son was excellent, but after Lin Ruhai took the lead, the Ninth Prince's first thought was not whether there were people outside the mountain, but whether the East Palace had placed a secret operation in Changkang Palace or his own palace.

Concubine Zhong is of course a smart person, and she is also a meticulous person. When the Ninth Prince said that the plan was leaked, Concubine Zhong turned her beautiful eyes and said: "There is a small matter, the emperor will go down and think it over carefully, and you can also check it out." [-]. On the third day after we had just made up our plan, the girl from the Lin family sent a letter to the big girl from the historian family in the Marquis Bowling's residence."

What a coincidence, my mother and son had just made a plan here, and within two days, the Lin family and the Shi family communicated in the name of their own girl, and then, Lin Ruhai was the first to hand over the plan made by his mother and son to the imperial court.

After the Ninth Prince had lunch in Changkang Palace, he bid farewell and left the palace.Naturally, Emperor Taizong knew when the nine princes would enter the palace and when they would leave the palace.

But in the Lin family, Daiyu knew the result of the court meeting on the day of the court meeting, and discussing important court affairs with Daiyu has become one of Lin Ruhai's habits.

After listening to Lin Ruhai's narration, Daiyu sighed and said, "It's so dangerous."

Today, the household department’s harvest is greater than Lin Ruhai imagined, but it is very dangerous for the household department to win. If Lin Ruhai hadn’t temporarily changed the plan, this time things would really develop as expected by the ninth prince and little concubine Zhong. The official position fell into the hands of the Nine Princes.

Lin Ruhai also smiled and said: "Yes, it's very dangerous. The information sent by Zhuo Xiaowang is very timely, and we have time to change our strategies." After speaking, Lin Ruhai sighed again: "Young people are scary."

Although the information Situ Zhuo sent was brief, it provided the Lin family with key information. Lin Ruhai was in Situ Zhuo's favor.

Daiyu also knew that Situ Zhuo had provided key information on this sea trade competition, but since Situ Zhuo took the initiative to form an alliance, he only provided information to himself to help the East Palace get out of the predicament. Whose love.

Daiyu didn't say anything about Situ Zhuo, she pondered for a while, and said, "The opportunity has come."

Daiyu's thoughts were jumping all the time, Lin Ruhai didn't think she was stupid, but sometimes she felt that she couldn't keep up with her daughter's thoughts.Ask: "What opportunity?"

Daiyu said: "The opportunity to cut off the arm of the Ninth Prince."

Lin Ruhai looked at Daiyu with raised eyebrows.

Daiyu said: "The Ninth Prince has no retreat just like the Second Prince back then. Now that the Holy One has doubts about the Ninth Prince, he should take this opportunity to cut the military power of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion."

Daiyu felt that this was also an important reason why Emperor Taizong abdicated to the Ninth Prince a few years after the previous prince was imprisoned.

The prince in the previous life was framed, and the Cheng'en government was also involved.But after all, the crown prince is the crown prince that Emperor Taizong has cultivated for many years. Although he was imprisoned, he was not directly expelled from the clan.Moreover, the officials of the prince's family, such as Jia Jing, etc., although they resigned from office and avoided disaster, Emperor Taizong reserved all his staff for the prince, and none of them were convicted.

Even the father of the prince's wife and younger brother has been holding the important position of inspecting the salt censor.

In case Emperor Taizong finds out the truth one day, these people can be used at any time, and those who colluded with Changkang Palace will die somehow.

In this case, Changkang Palace is very likely to act first, relying on the people on a boat to hold the military power and directly force the palace.

Daiyu was 13 years old when Emperor Taizong abdicated in the previous life, but the status of the Rongguo Mansion in the previous life was very marginal. In addition, the girls in Jia's mansion didn't even have the opportunity to go out to socialize and socialize. Daiyu really couldn't get any effective information.Not to mention Daiyu, even the Jia family has no news from the court.

Daiyu still remembers the day when she was appointed as a concubine in Yuanchun in her previous life, when the Rongguo Mansion heard the news from the palace, all the old and young were scared out of their wits.The reason for this situation is nothing more than that the Jia family's news is blocked, neither the result of forcing the palace nor the new emperor's attitude towards the Jia family is known.

Therefore, even if she was reborn in the first life, Daiyu didn't quite understand the process and scale of forcing the palace in her previous life.But in this life, it is always right to let go of the military power of the Nine Princes in advance.

Among civil servants, Lin Ruhai has already achieved the ultimate.Even if his status is not as good as that of Prime Minister Wen and Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but in just a few months of Lin Ruhai's official worship as a minister, Prime Minister Wen would be ashamed of the few major things he accomplished.

But at this moment, Lin Ruhai, who is a civil servant to the extreme, was also shocked by Daiyu's thoughts. Civil and military officials are two different operating systems. As a civil servant of the Minister of the Ministry of Households, Lin Ruhai has never thought about stepping down as a general: " Yu'er, the appointment of a military commander, apart from the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, as a father, he has nothing to say in the court."

Daiyu naturally understands this truth, but what Daiyu said is not this: "I haven't seen the specific timing yet, but I always feel that the opportunity to cut the arm of the Ninth Prince has come. The key points of the memorial delivered by the father led the courtiers to reveal their true intentions, proving that the Holy Majesty was dissatisfied with the current court structure. Today, the nine princes have exposed a lot, and the saint must be vigilant, so there will be changes in the military power arrangement. Father only needs to pay attention to this, and then make the best use of the situation."

Lin Ruhai frowned and thought about what Daiyu said. He naturally understood the truth, but there was still a tricky point, "Although what Yu'er said is reasonable, after all, the military power of the so-called Nine Princes is also from the Eastern Palace on the surface. Shanhaiguan The King of Dongping, the King of Nan'an of Xihai Yanzi, and Shi Ding of Yuehai are all in-laws of the Duke Cheng's Mansion. Changkang Palace can use this to stabilize the military power. After all, in the eyes of the Holy Lord, it is important to maintain the power of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion , but also to consolidate the status of the crown prince."

Daiyu naturally knew that Lin Ruhai's words were also reasonable, but who said that Emperor Taizong's opinion would not change? "East Palace suffers as early as the Yuan Dynasty, and there is no one in the harem. However, since ancient times, it has been difficult to get things done by relying on ghosts and ghosts. What the Ninth Prince relies on is just the military power of the Cheng En Gong family's in-laws. As long as the several palaces are forced to protect themselves And to support the situation where the Ninth Prince can only choose one of the two, the Ninth Prince will break his arm. If you want to achieve great things, you never rely on others to walk."

Seeing Daiyu's firm expression and confident look, Lin Ruhai was also quite infected. Although both father and daughter knew that they had to wait for the right time, they were quite confident about defeating the Ninth Prince.

The matter in the court hall, because Longyan was furious once, no matter whether it is the palaces of the princes or the civil and military officials, they are very peaceful recently, Daiyu rarely has a few days of leisure.

That day, after the three members of the Lin family finished talking about something important, Daiyu told her parents that she wanted to hold a small banquet at home, and only invited a few familiar girls to come to play.

After Lin Ruhai heard this, she glanced at Daiyu playfully: You don't need to avoid Su Lan and Yinglian for such a small fact. Daiyu asked when the family of three was discussing matters. Could it be that Daiyu has ulterior motives.

Generally speaking, what Daiyu wants to do is always her reason, Lin Ruhai and his wife will not restrict her, but as elders, Jia Min still wants to check those ladies.

Seeing her mother asking, Daiyu said bluntly that the list of candidates included several granddaughters of Prime Minister Wen, several girls from the Jia family, Liu Jiaxiangyu and Xue Jiabaochai.

Nothing else mattered, Jia Min frowned upon hearing Baochai's name, "What do you ask that girl from the Xue family to do?"

Naturally, Daiyu would not do things aimlessly. She only heard Daiyu say: "Patriarch Xue sent a post to say that he wanted to visit his father, but I declined. At the same time, Miss Xue also wrote a post saying that she wanted to come to our house to play. With a little effort, I agreed. There are three direct siblings in the Wang family, both Wang and Wang Ziteng have been imprisoned, but Mrs. Xue is doing well. I don’t know if the Wang family’s shipbuilding skills will fall into Mrs. Xue’s hands."