[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Now that the Great Zhou is strong and prosperous, foreign enemies dare not invade easily, and there are only occasional disturbances from nomads in the north. It is not a big battle, but it is not so peaceful.

Most of the Lingnan people are Miao people and Yi people, and their ethnic groups are different from those in the Central Plains. Although they are all gathered in one place, there are still some frictions and conflicts. It is not peaceful for years, and something always happens.

In the south of Anhui, the interior is peaceful, but there are many bandits on the island. In addition, the sea industry in Dazhou is relatively prosperous, and there are many trade contacts with the surrounding small maritime countries. Whether it is private or imperial, there are some business contacts. These exchanges let those small maritime countries see the vast territory and rich products of the Great Zhou. Many people were secretly jealous and wanted to invade the Great Zhou. The pirates secretly supported these small maritime countries.

Lin Jian sent Jia Lian to the northern army to train his training, just to let Jia Lian have some military achievements and change the impression of Jia Lian in the capital, not because he had a high background in the northern army.To be honest, if you want to say that you can get higher military merits, you must not be as good in the northern army as you are in the southern Anhui army.

Compared with the Lingnan and Anhui armies, the forces of the northern armies have been weakened due to previous purges, and each family has a foundation in the northern army, but this foundation is not enough for each family to control the entire north with one family. Therefore, compared with other garrisons, the northern army should be the most balanced and most balanced garrison among the various garrisons, and there will be no further disturbances.

Lin Jian's sending Jia Lian into the northern army will not have much influence on the northern army.If Jia Lian can manage well in the Northern Army, with his ability, he will be promoted to General of the Northern Land in the future, and in Lin Jian's plan, he does not plan to transfer Jia Lian back so early.

Jia Lian will come back sooner or later, but it shouldn't be now.

Returning to Beijing now is really the reason why there is a need here and the situation has changed.

But Jia Lian's return will not have much impact on the northern army.

"Originally, I thought that if you were to stay in the northern army for more than half a year, you would have to wait at least a year before returning. But I didn't want to have too many things. Some people want to make trouble behind their backs. It's all up and down. Everyone has their own errands, I have arranged people everywhere, thinking that you have experienced well in the north, it would be a good thing to take advantage of this opportunity to come back."

Lin Jian told Jia Lian that he had spoken to Emperor Chengsheng and asked him to issue an order to promote Jia Lian to be the deputy commander of the Gyeonggi Camp.

"The Holy Majesty has already approved. The imperial decree will be issued when the reward will be awarded in two days. I, the great commander, will be stationed in Xishuiying in the suburbs of Beijing. I don't often return to the capital. The original deputy commander's seat has been vacant. I think of you the most. If it suits you, I will let you do it. The guard camp is stationed in the capital, so you stay in the capital and keep an eye on the movement in the capital for me."

Jia Lian didn't expect Lin Jian to be arranged in this way, and after being surprised, she became happy again, and hurriedly got up to salute and thanked Lin Jian solemnly.

He has been Lin Jian's subordinate since he followed Lin Jian.It was like this when he was in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but later he went to the Northern Army. Although he did not belong to a yamen battalion, Lin Jian's position was higher than his.

Now that the promotion to the deputy commander of Gyeonggi Daying has been decided, he is Lin Jian's subordinate again. For Jia Lian, this is something that should make him happy.Saluting Lin Jian and solemnly thanking him for his support and support is also sincere.

"I just heard Hou Ye mention that there are many things in the capital. Before I was in the army in the north, I heard about the riots in various prefectures and counties. After returning to the capital in the past two days, I also heard some things. When I think about these things before and after, I always feel that if these things are really manipulated, the people behind the scenes must have a lot of plans."

Jia Lian told Lin Jian about what he had heard in the past two days, "Xiaguan took the time to go back home yesterday. Lord Hou knows that although my family has separated from the second bedroom, our daily contacts have never been real. After all, there is an old lady there, and after all, she is also a relative of the family, so I can't be too unfeeling. It's just that because of the bad influence of the wind, my house and the second room are relatively seldom, that is, Ping'er I've been there a few times quietly, but Ping'er and the others don't move around much when I'm not there."

"I went back yesterday and invited me to see the old lady. I went there and met with the second uncle of the mansion and talked about some things. Since the second uncle of the mansion was dismissed from office, he took her with her at home. Baoyu was studying. In the past, the second uncle in the mansion had raised a lot of Qing guest ministers in the mansion. Later, after the family separated and returned to the mansion, those Qing guest ministers also dispersed. Now some Qing guest ministers are appointed officials, and there are also some in the court. When I heard the news that the imperial court wanted to fill the position, I went to talk to the second uncle of the mansion."

Jia Zheng was dismissed because Xue Pan's incident was involved in recommending Jia Yucun as an official. The Jia family was involved in too many things, and with previous criminal records, it was impossible for Jia Zheng to be an official again.

Although Jia Zheng can't be an official, Emperor Chengsheng also said earlier that since the Jia family's affairs are no longer involved in the investigation, then the past events should not be bound to the juniors. Therefore, if the Jia family's juniors They are promising, and it is still feasible to rely on their own efforts to become officials again.

When Jia Zheng heard about this, he turned his attention to Jia Baoyu.

During the past half a year, Jia Baoyu continued to take part in the exam after winning the exam. Although he was not as smart as before, after studying hard for half a year, Jia Baoyu had a result. Although the ranking is not very high, it is still the title of the gold list.

For the sake of the past, the Jia family can't make a big deal of it, but it's enough for their own family to have a lot of fun, but even if Jia Baoyu is named on the gold list, this official career will not be easy.

Just because of the past affairs of the Jia family, there are almost no people who are willing to support Jia Baoyu. In addition, Jia Baoyu used to befriend all the people of the four kings and eight males. Now those people are either insecure or have lost power, and they can't help. Going to Jia Baoyu or something, this Jia Baoyu didn't have a very good future in the end, he didn't even go into a noble yamen like the Imperial Academy, he just got an alternate, let him go home and wait for news.

Now that such a major event happened in the court, half of the official positions were vacant, Jia Zheng wanted to seize this opportunity and find an official position for Jia Baoyu.

"They don't dare to seek too high an official position, they just want to be a minor official in the six ministries or serve in the Imperial Academy."

Lin Jian raised his eyebrows and asked Jia Lian, "You said that Jia Zheng found the Zheng family. Is this true?"

Jia Lian nodded, and repeatedly assured the truth of what he said: "Master Hou knows that Baoyu is friendly with the king of Beijing County, but the second uncle in the mansion has a good relationship with several county kings. But now Beijing The county prince's mansion is not involved in government affairs. The Dongping County prince's mansion is gone. The Shen family wants to avoid suspicion, so there is only one Nan'an County prince's mansion, the Zheng family. The mother of the prince of Beijing County is the Zheng family's daughter. Although the central government does not say that it is extremely powerful, it can still be recommended for the by-election. The matter of Baoyu was entrusted to the Zheng family. The Zheng family also agreed. In the past two days, Nan'an County Wang Zheng Run privately on this matter."

Jia Lian has only been back to the capital for two days, but he has never lost contact with Lin Jian. Although he is far away from the court hall in the capital, he still knows something about what happened in the capital. Into a lot of things.

"There is one more thing that I think should be told to Lord Hou."

"Earlier, Mrs. Hou was discussed indiscriminately in the bookstore, but nothing was found in the end. Nothing was found behind the murderer and the slain victim. In the end, it was only dealt with as a case of street fighting. Later, the imperial decree was issued, and this matter was exposed, and no one dared to mention it again. Master Hou never mentioned it in front of the subordinate officials, but the subordinate officials knew that Master Hou must have doubts about this matter. , the only problem is that there are no clues to find out the matter. In fact, the lower officials have been thinking about this matter, and now after such a long time, they finally found out some clues."

Jia Lian said, "This matter should be done by the Zheng family. But the Zheng family didn't do it themselves, but secretly invited people to do it. These two people are inextricably linked with the Zheng family."

Lin Jian suddenly looked at Jia Lian: "Are you sure it's the Zheng family?"

Seeing Jia Lian nodding, Lin Jian asked Jia Lian how he could be sure, and how he found out about the Zheng family.

Jia Lian said: "In the final analysis, this matter is not investigated by officials. In fact, it is Ping'er. When the Rongguo Mansion was still there, she often accompanied sister Qiao and her mother to entertain people from various families, and with several housekeepers in the county prince's mansion. The ladies are also very familiar with each other. Even though the family has been separated, the officials and the family have no contact with those people. But Ping'er is a considerate person, and the Marquis also knows about the private affairs between their sisters. There is no change in the situation, after all there are still some private contacts, but Ping'er has his own sense of propriety, and he doesn't say anything that shouldn't be said, and when they get together, they will not bring up the affairs of the master in the mansion."

"It's just that after this incident happened, Ping'er was thinking about Mrs. Hou Ye, so she wanted to investigate secretly. After all these days of investigation, she finally found some clues from the mouths of the housekeepers of the Zheng family. She asked someone to investigate in private, but she couldn't get it over there, so she found out some clues. But the Zheng family was vigilant, and they couldn't find anything further. However, what they found was enough to prove that This is what the Zheng family did."

Jia Lian told Lin Jian that when the Zheng family attacked Lin Daiyu, most of their thoughts were aimed at Lin Daiyu.This couldn't move Lin Jian, so he turned his mind to Lin Daiyu.

"Ping'er said that the concubine of Beijing County admired Mrs. Hou very much in the past. She once wanted Mrs. Hou to be her daughter-in-law, or to propose a marriage to Mrs. Hou nearby. There was the princess of the county, and the old lady refused to let her go, so I stopped thinking. But the prince's mansion of Beijing County is the same as the Rongguo mansion in the past, and the same is true of the other prince's mansions. The old concubines of the county are well aware of the past, and they have a bad heart for Lord Hou, and if they want to harm Mrs. Hou, they can only use the past to make a fuss."