The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Early the next morning, Lin Hai went to work in the Imperial Academy refreshed!

Kong Jiayi was left alone at home, facing the ambiguous eyes of everyone.

Even though Kong Jiayi was thick-skinned, she couldn't help but blushed. Fortunately, she was going out as a guest today, so she didn't say much, and boarded the carriage cheekily.

Today is the day when Jiang Hu and Miss Xia's family got engaged. As in-laws, both Jiang and Kong Jiayi will be present.

To say that this Miss Xia family is Xia Qingmo's younger sister Xia Qingmo, who was one of Lin Hai's former candidates for future brother-in-law inspections.

As I said earlier, Xia Qingmo's father was the second wife of the Xia family and had no title to claim, but he managed to fall below everyone's chin and was admitted to the first prize, and he married a daughter of the Qingliu family. The embryo of the scholarly family!

But you have to know that people in the Hanlin Academy generally think highly of themselves, so even though Mrs. Xia was the number one scholar back then, she also married the daughter of the Qingliu family.But for Master Xia, I don't know if it's because of my psychological memory, so I'm still very repulsive to Master Xia.

When Lord Xia entered the cabinet that year, it caused a great commotion, and many people couldn't see it. After all, the cabinet started from the previous dynasty. In a sense, it was actually promoted from Hanlin to Qingliu, that is, At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were some exceptions.

If Master Xia got involved with his own ability, let’s not talk about it. However, Master Xia was able to enter the cabinet by relying on his own influence in the family of meritorious service. This made these literati very worried. Raise the status of generals!In fact, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, people of Confucian origin were considered both civil and military. Even in the Tang Dynasty, it was fashionable for literati to practice martial arts with swords.The gap between civil and military is getting bigger and bigger, and it has become almost instinctive for literati to be hostile and suppress warriors.

The reason why few of the honored families have passed the imperial examinations is not only because of their vision but also because of their unworthy descendants, it is mainly due to the rejection of the civil servants.The world is peaceful, there is no opportunity for meritorious service, the honorable family always has a title, and relying on the shadow of the ancestors, they can still obtain official positions, but they cannot enter the circle of civil servants, and it is very difficult to get promoted.

Jia Zheng is a typical example.He has worked in the Ministry of Industry for many years, if he was a serious civil servant, no matter how incompetent he is.No matter how pedantic, after many years, if there is no fault, it is meritorious service. No matter how you talk about seniority, you should be promoted to the fourth rank.But he just hasn't moved the nest for decades.

Mr. Xia was also young and energetic that year, and he had some skills, so he won the first prize in one fell swoop, and he was even more energetic. In addition, his mentor married his precious daughter to him, which made the young and vigorous Mr. Xia dazzled .He did not hesitate to fall out with his family and walked the way of Qingliu.

Later, the foresighted family of meritorious deeds found out about the family of meritorious deeds.Even if the hereditary inheritance has been reduced from generation to generation, and the meritorious family has begun to decline, the imperial court is still worried, at least there are always side troubles, unless the imperial court has no choice.Otherwise, people from the House of Merit will not be activated, and they generally don't understand.Let me also say that these meritorious families have lost their blood and courage, and they are greedy for life and afraid of death, so they refuse to ask for a fight!

As everyone knows, if the meritorious family makes any more contributions, or raises the thief to be self-respecting, the court will be on the verge of riding a tiger, so it is better to use people with no foundation. Get ahead.

Therefore, under such conditions, the meritorious family has no future. The head of the Xia family at that time also saw this, and saw that Mr. Xia was doing well in Qingliu at that time, so he also saved the family. Therefore, in order for the Xia family's children to gain a firm foothold in Qingliu in the future, the Xia family wrote, directed and acted a play called "Family Separation".

Apparently, the original acting effect was good, so Master Xia didn't receive much rejection from Qingliu's side, and with the help of the Yue family on the surface and the Xia family's secret help, Master Xia was promoted all the way to the second rank.

Later, the Xia family used their military power to trade with the emperor, allowing Master Xia to enter the cabinet. Although the scenery was good, but he stabbed the hornet bag and let Master Xia be in the cabinet. Uh, what should I say, the difficulty of moving an inch seems to be a little serious , because everyone didn't use any dirty tricks, but what they used was to ignore and step on you.

Sometimes cold violence will make others feel much more uncomfortable than direct touching.

Master Xia also wanted to get rid of this situation, but the forces in the family couldn't help, because the surrender of military power made the Xia family stay in the home of meritorious service, and the voice of the conversation was reduced, and who else in Qingliu could do it except Master Xia's Yue family? help him!

But thinking of his own Yue family, Master Xia's idea came up, he still has a pair of children that he can use, ahem, wrong, it should be that he still has a pair of children that can be used for marriage.The reason why he was able to get out in Qingliu back then was because of his Yue family's extraordinary efforts, so Master Xia came up with an idea after looking at his two children who had reached the age.

His son Xia Qingmo hasn't taken the exam yet, not to mention that others don't want to get married, even Mrs. Xia himself doesn't want to, because he thinks that Xia Qingmo will be a blockbuster and get another number one in the exam to honor the Xia family's ancestors, so this can be done. Only daughter Xia Qingyun's marriage is left!

Coincidentally, at that time, the Jiang family had just rejected the matter of getting married with the Jiang family. Although the two families would not fall out because of this incident, everyone felt very uncomfortable.I don't know what to do about it. Mrs. Xia knew about it, so she told Mrs. Xia!

Lord Xia's eyes lit up immediately. The reputation of the Jiang family in Qingliu was similar to that of his Yue's family. If the Jiang family got married, the matter of being excluded from the cabinet would be resolved immediately, let alone the Zhang family and the Lin family. Two relatives.

But Lord Xia also hesitated, after all, Jiang Hu was a bastard, and he only had Xia Qingmo and Xia Qingyun in his life, and he didn't want to wrong them, so this matter was a bit stuck there!But not long ago, there was another incident that stimulated Mr. Xia, that is: Mr. Lin entered the cabinet later than him, but he did better than him. Mr. Xia was deeply jealous!

So it was the same with this marriage.

This matter was related to her husband's future, so Mrs. Xia was very helpful, and asked her family to send a message to Jiang's family that day.

Speaking of the Xia family's considerations that Lin Hai considered before, it's not that the Jiang family didn't think about it, but the Xia family has sincerity!Secretly told the Jiang family that the military power has been handed over, and they are determined to follow the path of Qingliu!

Lin Hai's second aunt, Yu Shi, thought that she was having a hard time thinking about Jiang Hu's marriage, and was ready to lower her standards. She didn't expect such a marriage to come to her on her own initiative.But Mrs. Yu is not a fool. She has contacted almost all the well-matched wives and daughters in the capital for Jiang Hu's marriage. How could she not know what these people think? There is no free lunch in the world, so this Mrs. Yu didn't dare to be arbitrary, so after returning home, she told Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Zhang!

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard about this at first, after all, the Jiang family really took advantage of Jiang Hu in terms of identity when such a well-matched young lady married Jiang Hu.

The three of them who came back to their senses started all kinds of conspiracy theories!

What is it that Miss Xia's family has a serious illness?Do you want to be like that Miss Hua who reacted a little slower, who is still bedridden all year round!

What is it that Miss Xia is a faceless girl?

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In the end, after the men returned home, they had a talk before ending this imaginative conspiracy theory.

Unexpectedly, the Jiang family agreed to the marriage.

To say it was unexpected, it was beyond the expectation of someone who didn't know the inside story, and not everyone has the intention to investigate other people's inner courtyard.As expected, he naturally knew Jiang Hu's identity!

Don't look at Mr. Xia being squeezed out in the cabinet, but he was in the cabinet anyway!These days, except for the emperor, no one else has the right to fire others. Although Mr. Xia has made no achievements after entering the cabinet, he has not done anything wrong. Therefore, the emperor did not fire him. No matter how you squeeze him out People, people still hang out in the cabinet every day.

At any rate, others would call him Prime Minister outside. In terms of official position, he was even higher than the Lin family when the Jiang family wanted to marry the Lin family!

After marrying such a daughter-in-law, the Jiang family also has face, at least the faces of Yu Shi and Jiang Hu definitely have face.

Because some time ago, the Jiang family and the Jiang family made some unpleasant things, so today they led Kong Jiayi to the Jiang family early, and those who went with the Jiang family also wanted a big gift.

The Jiang family intends to repair the relationship with his natal family, and the Jiang family does not want to make the relationship between the two families too rigid. After all, the potential of the Lin family far exceeds that of other Qingliu families.

Not to mention that Lin Hai married Yan Shenggong's daughter-in-law, the other three in-laws are better than the other, even the Jiang family, which is considered inconspicuous by the Jiang family, has a good influence in Hangzhou. Jiang Qi even got a share of the soup at the newly built customs, and was appointed by the emperor to be in charge, and went to Fujian!The Jiang family and the Zhang family also have merchant ships running the maritime silk route, so they both have a wooing attitude towards Jiang Qi's position in the customs.

Still in response to that sentence, there are people in the court who are easy to handle!

Jiang's congratulatory gift this time started with a descendant chain jade pendant.It is still old jade, which can be regarded as a good thing that is hard to buy!

In the eyes of others, the Jiang family can be regarded as rich and powerful. Normally, these things are given to their own daughters, but this Jiang family is generous and gave it to his nephew.

All the properties of the Lin family are managed by men. Although the Jiang family doesn't know how much property the Lin family has, Master Lin will buy some exquisite jewelry for her every year. Therefore, Jiang's private house is not only not small, but even more. Get up, this thing is trivial!

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