Practical Life in the Red Mansion

"Impeach my father for what?"

"Self-selling of salt, corruption and bribery, and exploitation of salt households." Naturally, all kinds of crimes were thrown at Lin Hai.Seeing Lin Yang's dazed expression, Mu Zheng tapped his finger on the table and said, "Don't worry too much, this matter depends on the emperor's mind. It is impossible for the emperor to convict him without listening to his uncle's defense."

"Father is far away in the south of the Yangtze River. Do I want to write an excerpt to defend my father?" Lin Yang's voice was a little hoarse.Lin Yang couldn't help walking back and forth in the room, "I have to tell my father first, I have to let my father be prepared, if my father's charges are really confirmed, then our family will..."

"Sit down and calm down, the matter hasn't reached that point yet." Mu Zheng couldn't help persuading.

"It's not your father. Naturally, you're not in a hurry as an outsider." Lin Yang blurted out in a very aggressive tone.Mu Zheng's expression moved slightly when he heard the words: "Yes, as a son, you are naturally very anxious, but you can only be anxious, and you have to ask me, an outsider, to pass on the news to you, right?"

"You!" Lin Yang wanted to punch him hard, but he held back, took a deep breath and clenched his fist and said, "What's your opinion?"

"Why do you think Yao Shoufu suppressed the paper? He is the confidant of the sage, and he is the most considerate." Mu Zheng added: "The impeachment of my uncle is nothing more than the salt tax and money, but Yao Shoufu will not Knowing where the salt tax money went, would you know if Uncle is corrupt?"

"Father paid a large part of the salt tax money directly into the emperor's private treasury." Lin Yang analyzed, "If it is torn apart at this time, the matter of father raising money for the emperor will not be hidden, and the emperor will either not A thorough investigation into this matter and the muddy past will either..." Lin Yang raised his head and glanced at Mu Zheng.

"It will directly let the people of Jinyiwei take my uncle's life." Mu Zheng said in a word.

Lin Yang was terrified when he heard it: "Then you still say that things are not that bad!"

"If the emperor was a few years younger, he might do this, but when the emperor is old, all the courtiers around him have taken refuge in the prince. If the emperor wants to hold the power in his hands, he will naturally protect the loyal courtiers. And my uncle raised money for the emperor. Things are not airtight, and someone will always know. If the emperor executes his uncle, what will the remaining loyal courtiers think?"

Lin Yang suddenly understood that the Lin family has been passed down to the present, and only Lin Hai is alone. He is a lone minister, who is both a disadvantage and an advantage. The only person in the court who can rely on is the emperor. If the emperor has the energy, he may consider changing chess pieces, but if If the emperor is not strong enough, he will grab this useful chess piece.

"Since the emperor has the heart to protect Uncle, then the worst result is to return to Beijing. As long as he returns to the capital, then Uncle will be fine. We just need to ensure that Uncle can return to the capital safely." Mu Zheng said "My uncle has four guards who are obviously uncle's people, and there are also the emperor's hidden guards. The trouble is how to send people to protect my uncle." Mu Zheng couldn't help knocking on the table and said, "The emperor must feel Uncle is in danger in the south of the Yangtze River."

Lin Yang lowered his eyes and said: "Father can only be assassinated once." Although it is easy to say, it is not easy to operate, especially when so many eyes and ears are staring at Lin Hai.

"Don't worry, the Seventh Prince will make some arrangements." Mu Zheng said, the Seventh Prince will not easily abandon a courtier who can give him money.

Lin Yang took a sip of tea, and his thoughts cleared up: "The next step is why the Zhen family made a move. It is not a wise thing to offend an imperial party that Jane is in the heart of the emperor at this juncture."

Mu Zheng guessed: "Unless the Zhen family thinks that Uncle can no longer be won over, and that Uncle is no longer a neutral person."

"Perhaps there is another possibility." Lin Yang said bitterly, "As you said, let my father disappear and bear all the charges. The emperor will not abandon his father easily, but he will not abandon Zhenfu either. If the Zhen family really wants father to be a scapegoat, then father is in danger."

Lin Yang and Mu Zheng looked at each other, and Mu Zheng comforted him: "I'll go see the Seventh Prince right away, now you are the pillar of the family, you have to calm down first, you must know that there are many people in Beijing who are catching you. Don't let your servants pass on any news, I'll just help you pass on the news." After speaking, Mu Zheng left in a hurry.

Lin Yang calmed down before going back to the back house. Jia Min asked curiously, "Brother Zheng is here, why did he leave without eating?" "He came to see if there is anything we need?" , Princess Puyang is still waiting for him to go back and have a meal, so naturally she pushed our family away."

After the new year, Jia Min took the three children to visit relatives, and Jia's house was the same as before, but when he went to Jiang's house on the fourth day of the new year, he couldn't hide it from Jia Min.Jiang An is the censor, so he is very well-informed. He met Lin Yang in the study, and Lin Yang told Jiang An his thoughts. Jiang An nodded and praised: "That's right, but we can't do nothing Do it, stand by and watch, after all, I am related to your father, and your father also has the same family in the court."

Jia Min naturally knew that his complexion was not good when he came back from Jiang's house, and he urged the driver to go home as soon as he got into the carriage, but when he met Daiyu and Lin Yun's concerned eyes, he still breathed a sigh of relief and calmed down: "No hurry, let's go back slowly." No matter what, they had to calm down.

As soon as he got home, Jia Min called Lin Yang into the room, and reprimanded him as soon as they met: "Your father's impeachment is such a big thing, why didn't you tell me a word."

Lin Yang hurriedly explained: "It's just because I'm afraid that my mother will worry."

Jia Min said angrily, "What do you know? If I had known, I would have been able to visit your father's old friends and speak for your father. Now tomorrow is the opening day, and there is nothing I can do."

Lin Yang hurriedly supported Jia Min and persuaded him: "I didn't tell my mother because I was afraid that my mother would visit others. The emperor always thought that his father was a lonely minister, so he would naturally protect his father, but if everyone in the court protects his father What would the emperor think?" According to Lin Yang's intention, he just did nothing, and let the emperor see that the courtiers he single-handedly promoted would be bullied to death without his protection.

Jia Min figured it out when his mind turned around, and worried: "Will it be counterproductive? The emperor detested your father because of this."

"Mother, you forgot that father has the emperor's secret guards. They don't just eat and don't work. Can the emperor know his father's every move?" To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter whether Lin Hai is innocent or not, what matters is the emperor Do you want to protect him or not.

On the day when the seal was opened on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the papers on Lin Hai's impeachment fell on the emperor's desk like snowflakes. Emperor Kang Qing only glanced at it a few times, then threw it aside. "Wang Quan, some people stretch their hands too far." Emperor Kang Qing snorted softly.

As the emperor's confidant eunuch, Wang Quan naturally knew what the emperor meant. He bowed and said: "If the hand is stretched out, it should be retracted. If it cannot be retracted, it is better not to."

Kang Qing nodded, and said: "Squeeze the leaflet about Lin Hai first, I want to see who is so impatient." He cut off my arm impatiently.Wang Quan retreated to the side, honestly guarding the side.

Emperor Kang Qing sat on the dragon chair and asked Wang Quan to read out the impeachment of Lin Hai one by one, and asked: "Have you heard everything clearly? Tell me, what do all the lovers think?"

Everyone in the lower class was silent, the emperor's mind was unpredictable, and no one wanted to be a leader.

Others can keep silent, but Yao Jingxing, who is the chief assistant of the cabinet, can't. He said in a deep voice, "My Majesty, according to what I see, Lin Hai is a sage who was hand-picked by the Emperor and has a unique eye. The pillar of the imperial court. I think that Lin Hai will never do such a thing of corruption and perverting the law. I don’t know who is impeaching him, but he is so slanderous about Lin Hai, he really wants to punish him.”

Yao Jingxing's words stirred up thousands of waves like stones thrown into the water. Seeing that the emperor did not express his opinion, the people arranged by the Zhen family couldn't help jumping out: "Knowing people, knowing the face but not knowing the heart, the sage is aware of everything, but he can't hold back the ambition of Lin Hai. So many memorials are convincing, presumably they are groundless, and among humble officials, they should be thoroughly investigated, so as to serve as a warning to others."

"Father, my son thinks that Lin Hai raised [-]% of the Lianghuai's salt tax in office. It can be seen that he is honest and honest, loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and a rare talent." The fourth prince took a step forward to be righteous Verbally said.

Emperor Kangqing squinted his eyes unobtrusively, and then Dali Temple filed a lawsuit against Yanhu, suing Lin Hai for exploiting Yanhu.

The imperial court was full of quarrels, and Emperor Kang Qing didn't say anything to stop him. He squinted his eyes and seemed to be asleep. After a while, when the voice faded away, he said, "Eleventh, what do you think?"

The Eleventh Prince said: "I implore Father to investigate this matter thoroughly. If Lin Hai is fine, Lord Lin can be innocent." If he is guilty, he will be punished on the spot.

The fourth prince said in a strange way: "The Qing is self-cleaning, and the father is wise and martial, so he will naturally return Lin Hai's innocence."

When the fourth prince's people jumped out to defend Lin Hai, the seventh prince secretly said that it was not good. Originally, the emperor wanted to protect Lin Hai, otherwise he would not stay in the middle, but the fourth prince who had a quarrel with Lin Hai jumped out. He would think that the fourth prince is magnanimous, and would only think that Lin Hai did something to make the fourth prince defend him regardless of past suspicions.

Sure enough, the emperor ordered Lin Hai to be escorted back to Beijing on the spot. The Seventh Prince paid attention to his will, and only said that Lin Hai was escorted back, but he did not remove Lin Hai's official position, and only said that Lin Hai was escorted back to Beijing, but he has not been convicted yet, and it may be pending investigation. It may also be self-defense.

The emperor appointed Zuo Shaoqing of Dali Temple, Zuo Shilang of the Household Department, and Jiang An to Yangzhou to escort Lin Hai back to Beijing. The first one was from the imperial party, the second was from the eleventh prince, but the last one was indeed from Lin Hai. relative.Although it is said that virtuous people do not avoid relatives, the emperor blatantly sent Lin Hai's cousin to Yangzhou to protect Lin Hai's thoughts.

Emperor Kang Qing thought he would warn those people who were ready to move, telling them that Lin Hai was the one he wanted to protect, but within a few days the news from the hidden guards made Kang Qing furious, and he immediately arranged for Jin Yiwei to take care of him. Lin Hai brought it back safely.

Lin Yang also received the news, knowing that the emperor sent Jin Yiwei, he thought he could wait for his father to come back with peace of mind, but Mu Zheng told him: "Uncle's assassination was not arranged by us."