Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Jia Lian was just wondering, apart from the historian who participated in the rebellion, he just didn't know who killed Wang Ziteng.

If Wang Ziteng died at the hands of the emperor, he would be more wronged than the Rongguo Mansion.

In the previous life, Rongning and Ningfu did not have separate clans, and Jia Zhen actually participated in the rebellion of the King of Zhongyi County. Although she did not make an alliance with blood, she secretly gave money to support the enemy, saying that his rebellion was not wronged.

The Rongguo Mansion also had its own problems, large and small, and was implicated by the Ning Mansion, so it was reasonable to have the house ransacked.

But Wang Ziteng is different, Jia Lian is now watching Wang Ziteng's actions with his own eyes, every word and deed is considered by the emperor, and he is very close to the emperor, he has absolutely no reason to betray the emperor and follow the Zhongyi county king.On the contrary, if Wang Ziteng did not rebel, the emperor would have no reason to poison him!

Unless both of them are sick!

Jia Lian, who had always firmly believed that Wang Ziteng was killed by the emperor, is now in it, looking back at Wang Ziteng's death, he is a little confused!

However, Jia Lian believes that as long as he pays attention to observation, he will definitely be able to figure out all these things in this life.

But thinking of historians, Jia Lian was in a bit of trouble.

The historian is now inseparable from the Shi family. To be honest, once Fuqing and his wife are confirmed guilty of treason, even if the historian does not participate, he will be among the nine clans who married the daughter of the Shi family.

Right now, it seems that with Jia Lian's ability, the four major families, at least the historians, can't keep it.It is already very good that Jia Lian can guarantee that his family will not be implicated and will not be ransacked and wiped out.

Speaking of in-laws, Jia Lian thought about his uncle's family. Speaking of all relatives in the Rong Mansion in the previous life, it seemed that only the Zhang family remained. Unfortunately, the Zhang family broke up with the Rong Guo Mansion very early in the previous life and broke up.

In her previous life, Jia Lian lived to be 30 years old, but she never went to the door of her uncle's house. Firstly, it was due to the instigation of Jia's mother, Wang's family, and Jia Amnesty. It is very unfeeling to be indifferent to oneself, to ignore it, to be unsympathetic, to grow up, and no longer need anyone to protect and comfort, so why go to them?

Therefore, after he was completely free to control his actions, he retaliated and ignored the Zhang family.

Now that I think about it, it's pretty silly.

The Zhang family vented their anger for their daughter and opened their eyes for their nephew who died young, so they turned against the Jia family. What was wrong?

It's a pity that Jia Lian in his previous life was muddled and couldn't figure out the clues at all.

Fortunately, there is still a chance to make amends in this life.

Closer to home.

But it is said that Jia Lian has been thinking about how to get Yuan Chun out of the palace all day long, and he has gone crazy.

It was the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, and the Rongguo Mansion's dinners and treats had finally come to an end. Jia Lian finally had time to bring his wife, son and daughter to pay New Year's greetings to his grandmother and uncle.

Of course, because Jia Lian was on duty in the palace this year, he had already brought Sister Feng to Zhang's Wang's house to give New Year's gifts.The elders of the two parents can also understand, and Uncle Zhang of the Zhang family does not spend the New Year at home almost every year.

This time, Jia Lian took advantage of the New Year's greetings to ask his uncle for advice.

How to get Yuan Chun out of the palace.

Jia Lian brought Sister Feng's two children, both of whom wore purple sable fur cloaks, and the other pair of children wore bright red cotton-padded clothes with tiger-skin cloaks on them.

Arriving at the Zhang residence, Zhang Zhongxiao, the second young master of the Zhang family, had been waiting with his servants for a long time.

When Jia Lian entered the gate, the soft sedan chair came down, and the family was carried into the inner house, heading straight for Jinlan Hall, the residence of the old lady of the Zhang family.

The residence of the Zhang family is also a residence rewarded by the emperor. The courtyard of Sanjin is also in the west city, but it is already at the border with the east city. The surrounding residents are all noble families. Compared with the Rongguo mansion, the Zhang family mansion is relatively crowded. Some.

Jia Lian sent someone to deliver the letter before Jia Lian came, but Zhang's uncle did not go out to meet the guests, but waited for Jia Lian's family at home.

Jia Lian and his wife first went to the main courtyard where Mrs. Zhang lived. This is the largest courtyard of the Zhang family, where Mrs. Zhang lived with several granddaughters.

Sister Jialian and Sister Feng kowtowed to their grandmother with their brothers and sisters Qiao in their arms, and paid New Year's greetings.

Aunt Zhang's family distributed big lucky purses to their family of four, wearing jade ruyis.

Sister Jialian and Fengjie looked at each other and smiled while touching their purses like jade.

For a while, Mrs. Zhang and Zhang's aunt split up to take over brother Qiao and sister to make fun of it. Brother Qiao and sister were amused. up.

The grandmother of the Zhang family had no time to pay attention to Jia Lian and his wife, so Jia Lian said goodbye to his grandmother and aunt, and went to the study in the front yard to ask Uncle Zhang for advice.

Today's meeting with nephew and uncle is different from the past. Jia Lian pays a big gift to pay homage, kowtows to pay New Year's greetings, and gets another purse tied with jade ruyi brocade.

Although Jia Lian has already reached the threshold of 22 years old, he has never taken his uncle's New Year's money, so Zhang's grandma and Zhang's uncle Tete made up for him.

Jia Lian was both embarrassed and happy while holding the purse. All these years, he had given other people the lucky money, Yu Ruyi, auspicious and auspicious. Counting his previous life, Jia Lian had confiscated the lucky money Yu Ruyi for 50 or [-] years.

Uncle Zhangjiajie ignored him, and when he finally calmed down, he pointed to the rose chair and said, "Sit down!"

Uncle Zhang's family thought that Jia Lian was asking for advice. After all, the spring of the new year was coming, but Jia Lian asked for a way to get Yuanchun out of the palace.

Uncle Zhang smiled in surprise: "As far as I know, your father-in-law, Wang Ziteng, has been seeking Jia Yuanchun's way of promotion. I'm afraid it will be done without the current war, chaos and floods."

Jia Lian's eyes shrank when he heard this: "Yuan Chun actually got the emperor's favor? I thought this matter should be done before leaving the palace."

The uncle of the Zhang family smiled: "Don't underestimate the eldest girl of your family. She is both talented and beautiful. What she lacks is the right time and place. There is no movement at present. First, the emperor has no shortage of beauties. Second, come, the Wang family does not have enough bargaining chips. The emperor Just dissatisfied."

Jia Lian stared: "The bargaining chip of the Wang family? Uncle, what do you mean, the Wang family has something that the emperor asked for?"

There is something in the Wang family that even the royal family is tempted by. Suddenly, Jia Lian's eyes flashed: "You mean, the emperor has taken a fancy to the commercial roads of the Wang family?"

Uncle Zhang nodded: "Prince Teng thinks he is smart, so he gave half of the share to the emperor. However, the Wang family receives hundreds of thousands of dollars every year, and the emperor has to borrow left and right to build a palace. How can the emperor be willing?" Jia Lian couldn't help it. Curved lips sneered: "Is this an attempt to annex the Wang family?"

Uncle Zhang snorted: "What annexation? The Wang family can reach today without the support of the Holy One?"

Jia Lian was taken aback.

Uncle Zhang went on to say: "Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's city on the shore of the land, the whole world belongs to the emperor, he can take whatever he wants, why annex it?"

Jia Lian understood it carefully, and smiled wryly for a long time: "Ha, so the world recognizes the rise and fall of honor and disgrace, all in the emperor's thought!"

Uncle Zhang stretched out his hand and patted Jia Lian: "That's right, so it's enough to have enough money, too much will cause trouble!"

Jia Lian was suddenly infatuated. A few days ago, he thought it was impossible for the emperor to murder Prince Teng, but now he thinks it must be the emperor, because at that time the court was defeated, the peace talks about compensation, the emperor wanted to hang himself because he was so poor, he didn't care if you were a confidant or not. He wants to kill the rich and help the poor, so naturally he wants to kill the rich!

After all, Wang Ziteng has no bad deeds, and the emperor will be criticized by others if he does it openly, and his confidantes will be chilled, so this is a secret conspiracy!

Jia Lian couldn't help but gritted his teeth, the emperor is so heartless!

Wang Ziteng claims to be able to solve cases like a god, but when he was about to die, did he ever think about who murdered him?

Jia Lian remembered that after Wang Ziteng's death, the Wang family's caravan belonged to the royal family. It is said that Wang Ziteng handed it over to the treasury before his death.

Uncle Zhang stared at Jia Lian, seeing his face changing, sometimes excited and sometimes resentful, he stretched out his hand to pat Jia Lian: "So, if you stand alone in the court, you must make the emperor feel that you are indispensable, so that you will not be rejected. And let the emperor feel that you are loyal and reliable, so that the emperor will rest assured of you. Also, remember one thing, don't let the emperor think about it, you must firmly remember the four words 'the crime of cherishing the jade'."

Jia Lian was surprised: "It's a crime to conceive Bi, I think, but unfortunately not!"

Uncle Zhang smiled: "It's fine if you don't have one, oh, you're here today, just in time to meet your cousin."

Jia Lian smiled when he heard the words: "Isn't my cousin in Suzhou? Why did you return to Beijing?" Immediately, Jia Lian had an epiphany: "Could it be that my cousin has been promoted?"

Uncle Zhang nodded and said with a smile: "Well, he will be transferred to the Ministry of Rites to be the head of the ritual department, in charge of sacrifices. He does things a little politely, not as tactful as you. From now on, you will take care of each other."

Just one year after Jia Lian entered the bodyguard office, he joined Feng Wei's family and became their eldest brother. Uncle Zhang still admired Jia Lian's communication skills.But the cousin of the Zhang family is a bit bookish and jealous of evil. This time, if the uncle of the Zhang family hadn't stopped him, he would have been involved in Jiangnan's officialdom long ago.

This is also the reason why Uncle Zhang transferred him back to the capital in a hurry. Uncle Zhang was very afraid that after three years, his son would not be able to keep him.

Jia Lian's face was only burning: "Uncle, you are disgusting with your nephew. My cousin is a two-rank Jinshi. He was born in the Imperial Academy. He will be a man who will enter the cabinet in the future. I can't catch up with him!"

The cousin of the Zhang family, two Jinshi scholars, stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three years, and then released his qualifications and knowledge. Now that the three-year term has expired, he is a top-ranked scholar in Beijing and has come to Beijing to report on his work.Because last year there was a large area of ​​flooding in the south of the Yangtze River, fortunately the place where the cousin of the Zhang family lives is far away from the river. At first, people disliked the place for being poor and were unwilling to go there. Now it seems that he took advantage of it.

Jia Lian also knew that originally this cousin should be promoted on the spot, but it is a pity that the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River is a pot of porridge. Uncle Zhang's family probably wanted to protect his son, so he was transferred back to the capital. It's a parallel sequence of civil and military affairs, but your cousin will be struggling slowly in the sixth part, and who will help whom in the future!"

Jia Lian was silent, looked at Zhang's uncle, and asked softly, "Does Uncle think that Uncle Lin can escape now?"

Uncle Zhang's eyelids only twitched, and he crossed his eyes and smiled: "What have you heard?"

Jia Lian shook his head: "No, it's just that I saw the previous inspectors who inspected salt, and none of them ended up. Uncle Lin has been in Yandao for seven or eight years now. I'm wondering if it's time for him to make a move. ?”

Uncle Zhang's mouth twitched: "Lin Ruhai is the emperor's relative. If the emperor doesn't speak, he can't move!" He glanced at Jia Lian and said, "You are normal too."

Jia Lian frowned: "So it's impossible for me to go to Xishan for training?"

Uncle Zhang smiled: "You want to run before you learn how to walk. You are too impatient. The guards usually only move back after three years. Although you are different from others, you have to wait until next year after Chunwei!"

Jia Lian said: "If I pass the exam next year, I will also enter the Imperial Academy, but I don't want to enter the Imperial Academy. I want to go to the Ministry of War to practice."

Uncle Zhang nodded: "Didn't the emperor appoint Prince Xi to take care of you last time? He is not only the imperial minister, but also in charge of the Ministry of War!"

Jia Lian's eyebrows twitched when he heard the words: "When did it happen, didn't King Xijun manage the feudal court?"

Uncle Zhang said with a smile: "In times of peace and prosperity, it is such an honor for Lifan Yuan to recruit all directions to court. Now is an extraordinary period. If the imperial court wants to use troops, of course the Ministry of War is more important."

Jia Lian frowned: "The king of Xijun doesn't know how to use soldiers, so it's better to put him in the Ministry of Households instead of the Ministry of War. It doesn't matter whether it's General Wei or Marquis Baoling. They are all capable of leading troops to fight. Only food and grass are abundant. Only then can they be lucky, advance, fight, retreat, and defend, so that they will not rush forward because of insufficient food and grass, and sacrifice meaninglessly!"

Uncle Zhang's eyes lit up: "Have you read military books?"

Jia Lian smiled impressively, nodded and said, "There are many military books handed down from our ancestors, even more than other books. There are many military books from ancient times to the present, original and transcribed, in our family collection."

Uncle Zhang nodded with a smile: "Well, your great-grandfather is in the world, and your grandfather was also talented in both civil and military affairs. It's a pity that he was born at an untimely time."

Jia Lian smiled wryly: "If he was born at the right time, my grandfather would probably be alive now, he would be younger than the emperor!"

Uncle Zhang changed his face suddenly: "Don't talk nonsense!" Then he yelled in a low voice: "These disrespectful words, don't just say it in the future!"

Jia Lian's face turned red: "I never said it, because I only said it at my uncle's house."

Uncle Zhang snorted coldly: "How do you know that there are no traps in Uncle's house? If you are in the officialdom, if you want to last long, you can only trust people with three points and explore with seven points, otherwise, your life will be in the hands of others." , you can’t go far!”

Jia Lian's expression changed immediately, and he said after a while, "No, it's not that serious, is it?"

Uncle Zhang sneered: "It's not so serious? Do you know that since ancient times, it has been 'shared adversity is easy, sharing wealth is difficult'!"

Jia Lian's complexion was pale. Are you going to turn against Feng Ziying and Wei Ruolan?

But Uncle Zhang said: "It's okay to eat, drink, drink, and talk about loyalty when you communicate with each other on weekdays, but when it comes to the privacy of the palace, the imperial court's military plans, don't talk nonsense, beware of misfortune coming out of your mouth!"

Jia Lian nodded and asked after a while, "Uncle, how do you know about your relationship with Wei Ruolan?"

Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "He used to call you Big Brother Jia, but now he calls you Big Brother. Also, I have heard Jia Rong in your family called Third Uncle Wei Ruolan several times. I think the second child you sworn to is Feng Ziying." ?”

Jia Lian was convinced and bowed to salute: "Thank you uncle for teaching me!"

Uncle Zhang nodded with a smile: "You are very careful. If I hadn't been paying attention to you secretly, I wouldn't have noticed, but it's true that it's a secret. In the future, you must pay attention to it. Either you simply tell the world, or you have to keep it secret!"

Jia Lian said: "We originally wanted to tell the world, but it was General Feng who asked us to act in secret so as not to be feared by others."

Uncle Zhang squinted his eyes and thought for a moment, then said for a moment: "General Feng is very worried. After all, one of you holds the military power and the other is in front of the imperial court. If these two people collude, the emperor will be very afraid."

A cold sweat broke out on Jia Lian's forehead: "My nephew didn't think so much before, and General Feng just said that he would announce to the world that there is a suspicion of forming a clique for personal gain."

Uncle Zhang sighed: "He is afraid of frightening you!"

Jia Lian thought for a while, reached out his hand and took out a silver medal from his bosom and handed it to Zhang's uncle: "Uncle will have something to do in the future. If I'm not around, I can entrust this token to Liu Xianglian of the Bafang Security Bureau. He is also my sworn brother. This person You can entrust me with arrogance!"

Uncle Zhang took over, writing a willow character on one side, and a picture of a peach garden on the other side.Can't help nodding: "Good idea!"

At such a time, let's hear a voice coming from a distance outside: "Master, please see me!"

The uncle is Zhang Zhongliang, the young master of the Zhang family.

Jia Lian hurriedly stood up to greet him, when suddenly the thick curtain was lifted, and a tall young man entered the door, his face was five points similar to that of the second young master Zhang Zhongxiao, the difference was that the second young master was thinner and the elder young master was stronger.

Jia Lian hurried forward to greet her and cupped her hands: "Hello, big cousin, New Year's greetings to my cousin!"

Zhang Zhongliang was taken aback for a moment before realizing: "Are you Auntie's son Jia Lian?"

Jia Lian nodded: "It's the younger brother!"

Zhang Zhongliang's face was full of sternness: "Hi cousin, it's good that you're here, grandma has been talking about you for so many years, now I finally see myself!"

Jia Lian hurriedly cupped her hands: "I used to be young and ignorant, and it was my fault that I made my grandmother worry about me!"

Zhang Zhongliang fully accepted Jia Lian's apology: "It's good that you know, in the future,"

Uncle Zhang heard that his son was going to teach others a lesson. In fact, he felt that Jia Lian's problem was very special. It was entirely because of the mishandling of the two adults. Although Jia Lian is now an adult, Jia Lian was only four years old when the problem happened. Asking him to take responsibility is somewhat unreasonable.

Uncle Zhang said: "Come in."

After waiting for Zhang Zhongliang to pay his respects, Uncle Zhang just said, "How are you talking with those people?"

Zhang Zhongliang shook his head: "They didn't want to play with me at all for those vegetarians, but they got the news that the emperor already knew about Jiangnan's affairs, and they were afraid of settling accounts afterwards, so they wanted to entrust their children to help them and use their father's relationship to help them distinguish. two."

Uncle Zhang looked at Jia Lian when he heard the words, and then smiled lightly: "They have a good sense of smell, but it's a pity they didn't use it in the right way."

Jia Lian was taken aback for a moment, and had a guess in his mind, could it be that these people are related to the Feng family and the Luo family?

However, Jia Lian did not regret it. He was ordered to reveal the secret, so he was not afraid.

Jia Lian even speculated that the emperor's move was suspected of disturbing the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River.It's just that it's not known whether the profiteer is the emperor in the end.

Jia Lian also disagreed with his elder cousin's words. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. It is impossible to be as clear as water in the officialdom, just like Uncle Zhang has always been receiving charcoal and ice respect from Yuanjun's parents and officials.

Knowing that Zhang Zhongliang drove people out of the mansion, Uncle Zhang didn't agree: "People are biased. Since you contact them, it shows that they have merit in the officialdom. How can you rescue relatives just because they want it?" Just shut them out. Different political opinions can be reconciled slowly. And they can do everything possible to help relatives and friends today. If you encounter difficulties the next day, there is no guarantee that they will not go out of their way to excuse you. Therefore, you can’t look at the problem simply To distinguish between black and white, you have to look at his mainstream. When he does evil, you should not follow him. If you can stop him, stop him; There is no one who can't cooperate with big treacherous and evil people, but it depends on how far we can go together."

Jia Lian listened carefully to Uncle Zhang's teachings, and did not agree with Uncle Zhang's words on how to treat the villains. The perpetrators should be eradicated at any time. Should he be kept for the New Year?

On this issue, Zhang Zhongliang and Jia Lian had the same views, but both of them shrewdly chose to remain silent.

Uncle Zhang saw the reaction of the two, and was not disappointed. He smiled in his heart. This is the reaction of a normal young man.

Uncle Zhang himself might not have been ambitious at the beginning, determined to be a loyal minister, a direct minister, to assist the emperor to reform the government, eradicate all treacherous villains, corrupt officials, and officials, so that the monarchs and ministers can enjoy prosperity together.

As a result, the scholar businessman was angry back then, and he made a direct remonstrance, saying that the Holy Majesty should not implicate the subordinates of the Zhan Shifu because of the fault of the former prince. The ministers are court officials, not the private officials of the prince. Suppress.

As can be imagined, the emperor was furious, scolded Uncle Zhang and drove him out of the court.Grandpa Zhang used to be the teacher of the emperor, but he was also implicated, reprimanded by the emperor, expelled from the capital, and exiled to the countryside.

In the end, his father died of illness on the way home. Although Mrs. Zhang was in poor health for a long time, if he hadn’t been reprimanded because of his old age, his old illness would not have relapsed and worsened due to the fatigue of the journey.

Although Mrs. Zhang warned his son before he died, he was seeking benevolence and gaining benevolence. He was very comforted to be able to die of old age and return to his hometown with his bones.Mrs. Zhang also announced to the outside world that Mrs. Zhang died of a terminal illness. However, this incident has made Uncle Zhang feel guilty until now.

Uncle Zhang's family served as a lecturer in the Imperial Academy at the beginning of the period. He had a bright future, but he was relegated to Qipin County Magistrate.Because of Zhang Taigong's death, Uncle Zhang worried about Ding before he took office.

Three years later, everyone was guessing that the Zhang family had sadly disappeared from the court.

Unexpectedly, the emperor suddenly issued a decree, and Uncle Zhang still served as the county magistrate of Qipin.Surprised by everyone, they suddenly realized that the emperor was trying to compensate the Zhang family.

From then on, no one dared to attack the Zhang family as waste.

However, Uncle Zhang has come here today thanks to his hard work all the way. At the beginning, the emperor’s resentment had not subsided, and Uncle Zhang’s performance was excellent every year, but he was promoted to the sixth rank after six years in the county magistrate’s tenure. It took another three years for the judge to be promoted to the prefect of the government office.Then he served as the magistrate for three years. At this time, the emperor's anger finally disappeared. I remembered that when I was a child, I read an imperial edict and went to the south of the Yangtze River. , the Imperial Attendant said.

Last year, he was awarded the title of Prince Shaobao and Master of the Imperial Study.Looking at the current momentum, Uncle Zhang's official career is prosperous, and sooner or later he will be promoted to Shaobao and Taibao, ranking among the three princes.

However, it took 20 years for Uncle Zhang to come to this day, and Jia Lian felt that it was too slow.For the Jia family, 20 years is too long, at that time, everything is too late.

Moreover, although Uncle Zhang's official position is high, it is not impossible for anyone to shake it.

Therefore, Jia Lian felt that Uncle Zhang's experience and experience could only be used as a reference for him, just as he could not copy Wang Ziteng's road to success, he could not copy the road Uncle Zhang took.

The most important thing is that Jia Lian can't afford this time, nor can he afford to lose

As for the unpredictability of people's hearts, fortunately, Jia Lian has the foresight and special skills to defend himself.

During today's trip, although Jia Lian did not find a way for Yuanchun to leave the palace, he knew Wang Ziteng's shortcomings and pain points, and he became more determined about the path he would take in the future.