The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Inside the palace.

After Yuan Chun got the money from Mrs. Wang, he read the letter and saw the two pots of things, they were so fresh, they looked like two dry sticks.But since my mother took all the trouble to get it from Lian's younger brother, it must be a good thing.Yuan Chun still remembers how much limelight the two pots of new peonies offered by the fourth prince caused when the Empress Dowager Qianqiu last year.

Two days later, it happened to coincide with the Empress Dowager's birthday. If I offer this thing to the Empress to show my loyalty and let the Empress get her praise, I will definitely get extra attention from the Empress.Now that the relationship between the emperor and the empress is getting worse, the empress has long thought of selecting one or two of her confidants to serve the emperor.If she wins the Queen's favor, there must be one of them.

At that time, as long as I get the favor and become a concubine, I will naturally give glory to Rongfu, and it can be regarded as fulfilling the long-cherished wish of my mother.

Yuan Chun thought so, so he made up his mind to do it.Specially embroidered very fine Fushoulu red ribbons, tied on the flower pots, looking festive and auspicious.

In the evening, Yuan Chun gave two pots of 'Huang Xian'er' to the queen, and told the queen again what Mrs. Wang had told Zhou Lin. wonderful things.

The queen was dubious.

Yuan Chun was eager to express himself, and when he was in a hurry, he slipped his tongue and confessed that he got this thing from Jia Lian.But Yuan Chun didn't say it was stolen, but that Jia Lian honored her.If this matter is accomplished, it will give the Rong Mansion great honor. At that time, even if Jia Lian knew that it was her mother who stole the things, she might not be able to blame her.And at that moment, he was in his early years, and he had a way to protect his mother, so naturally he was not afraid of him.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Chun felt more confident.

When the queen heard that this thing was obtained from her second brother Lian, she believed it.Last year, on the Empress Dowager's birthday, the peony flower was well-known throughout the city, so the fourth prince received a lot of attention from the emperor. The emperor even assigned him such a good job as going to the northwest to oversee the army.But her adoptive son, the eldest prince Yin Qi, has never received the attention of the emperor and the supreme emperor.

The queen looked at the two pots of things, asked someone to take them away, and then hinted to Yuan Chun with a shrewd face: "As long as this thing is as good as you said, and can please the queen, I will not miss your benefits."

Yuan Chun blushed and agreed, feeling very happy in his heart.

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Early the next morning, when Jia Lian was about to go to the household department, Xing'er hurried over and reported to Jia Lian that Mrs. Wang had smuggled two pots of things into the palace.

"Although it was covered with black gauze, I didn't look at it, but I saw the flower pot, so it must be the right thing." Xing'er said.

Jia Lian nodded, and after calculation, the rice pole had already been in the palace for a day.

Jia Lian really did not expect that Mrs. Wang would do the stupid thing of sending two stalks of dry rice into the palace.How has she never seen the world?Didn't recognize it for so long?

As for what she was going to do when she was sent to the palace, it was not difficult to deduce.In two days' time it will be the Empress Dowager's [-]-year-old birthday, and the gift at this time is obviously intended for Yuan Chun to win the Empress's favor and find a concubine.

It's funny and dangerous.A dry rice stalk is easily recognized.If this thing was exposed in front of the queen mother or the emperor, it would be a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. I am afraid that Yuanchun will not be the only one who is unlucky, and even the entire Rongfu will be implicated.

Xing'er became anxious like an ant on a hot pot, "Master, what can I do, my wife actually took the things to the palace, and it will be the queen mother's birthday in two days, once the eldest girl can't think about it, she will really send the things to the palace , then we..."

Jia Lian stared at Xing'er, motioning for him to calm down.After pondering for a while, he suddenly laughed, "It's too late, if they make trouble, let them figure out their own way. Go and carry a bundle of straw, bring it to Mrs. Wang, and say it's a gift from me."

After Jia Lian finished speaking, he smiled slightly, then went out to get in the car and went to the household department.

Today is not the day of Asahi, but Jia Lian still put on his official uniform and rushed to the household department early. As a newcomer and also a novice, he must have many unfamiliar places, so he needs to familiarize himself with the environment in advance.

When Jia Lian arrived, there happened to be a hall secretary from the south stall, who led him through the formalities related to entry, and then took him to the official office of the household department.The Shangshu is in the large main hall, and Jia Lian, as the servant, is assigned to a wing room not far from the Shangshu's office. The room is divided into two rooms inside and outside, and there are twelve tables in the outer room. paperwork.As soon as you enter the inner room, it is more atmospheric than the outside. What you see is the calligraphy and painting couplet on the north wall. The content is nothing more than saying something about working hard for the country.There are two handsome sandalwood desks in the room, the one near the east window is the largest and the most magnificent, while the other desk is smaller and not far from the door.There are two large bookshelves on the west wall, which are filled with various books, and there are some decorations of flowers and plants, bottles and jars, and the layout is quite elegant.

Tang Shu smiled and showed Jia Lian the most magnificent table, "From now on, the servant will work here, and the boss Zhou will get a table. I haven't come yet, so I guess it will be soon. Wait outside." Four Lang Zhong, two Yuanwai Lang, and several clerks were ordered. No one is here yet, and when they come, they will naturally come to see Mr. Shi Lang one by one. If you have anything to do in the future, just tell them these people."

Jia Lian nodded and thanked Tang Shu.

Tang Shu Zhao Zhongzheng was terrified, "My lord servant, don't be discouraged by the official, it is a blessing for me to be able to lead the way for my lord, I am still very happy as an official, I am happy that I can't sleep this morning, If you can come earlier, you can form the relationship with the servant."

"You're so clever, that's enough, I will remember you." Jia Lian patted Zhao Zhongzheng on the shoulder, indicating that he could go.

Jia Lian was alone in the room with his hands behind his back, so he naturally lingered in front of those bookshelves. He probably glanced at them, most of which were records related to land and grain in various states and provinces.

Jia Lian picked up a book and flipped through it, but he could only understand the general idea.Although he has been here for two years, he has read a lot of books, and he has also experienced the sentence patterns of ancient people, but he still cannot understand 100% of the sentences in official letters and books.This is working in the household department, the emperor's eyelids are lowered to lead the job, and he can't allow any mistakes, so he must be cautious. Fortunately, he is now the directly promoted household servant, and has many subordinates to send.These people are all selected in the national examination, and they are all talented. It should be no problem to find someone to translate for them.

Jia Lian went back to his seat, flipped through the things on the table, and sure enough, there were some letters submitted by the Qing officials from various places.

Jia Lian rubbed his hands, preparing to win over a subordinate who is easy to get along with.

It's about the time of a stick of incense, and it's almost time to go to work.Jia Lian heard footsteps and voices outside the house. It was very lively, and the most discussed was his new servant of the household department who was going to take office today.

"My God, you don't know. When I first got the news, I thought I had tinnitus. I'm not yet 17 years old. Boy, I want to be our Minister of the Household Department."

"No, half my age is older than him."

"However, I heard that he is a talented person, and it was his idea that successfully solved the military ration problem that the emperor has been troubled with. It is amazing."

"Yes, yes, this is amazing."

After a group of people echoed the last sentence, they suddenly stopped talking.

After the silence, there were whispers, which were also mixed with low laughter.

"Director Zhou will definitely not be reconciled this time. After waiting for so many years, he was looking forward to this promotion, but in the end he was taken over by a young boy."

"There's a good show to watch."

Another burst of laughter.

Then, a loud voice asked: "Do you think that the minister will be forced to cry by Mr. Zhou on his first day in office?"

"It's hard to say, hahaha..."

This time the laughter was even louder.

His age was looked down upon by others.

Jia Lian sat behind the table, slightly hooking the corners of his mouth, as if enjoying this kind of ridicule.

The people outside muttered for a while, then suddenly fell silent, and then everyone shouted "Master Zhou".

Jia Lian expected that it was Mr. Zhou who was in his room, so he looked down at the booklet in his hand and waited quietly.

After Zhou Qingyuan entered, he glanced around at the people in the room with a cold face. Seeing that they were all smiling, he felt extremely uncomfortable, and said sharply, "Everyone is joking and joking, why don't you go back to your seats so that you can go do your work. Smile again." , don’t ask me to catch your faults, or you will look better than me!”

Everyone pursed their mouths, lowered their heads and returned to their respective positions without interest.

Zhou Qingyuan glanced at Cheng Shuliang who had been sitting peacefully in his place from the beginning to the end, and then asked everyone: "Is the servant here?"

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Zhou Qingyuan breathed a sigh of relief, turned around and entered the door with a gloomy face.As soon as he entered the door, he saw that there was no tea on his table, and he opened his mouth full of resentment and shouted: "Where are all the tea-makers dead, but they don't want to live anymore?"

There was an errand servant outside who immediately agreed, and brought tea into the door with a smile.It didn't matter if she entered the door, she felt that there seemed to be a figure behind the bookshelf on the west wall, so she turned her head and knocked on it, just in time to see a young man with a handsome face and bright eyebrows coming out from behind the bookshelf.

The boy serving the tea was startled, and tilted the tray in a panic, and the tea poured out immediately.

Zhou Qingyuan was about to pick up the tea, but was bumped by the servant's actions, and immediately raised his leg and kicked the servant.

Whoa!

The teacup and the tray fell to the ground, and because of the force on his legs, the boy gnawed on shit, and fell down firmly on his head.

"Useless dog things can be spilled in the last tea. Raising these useless things like you is better than raising a dog." Zhou Qingyuan cursed bitterly.

The little servant hurriedly got up, knelt down to apologize to Zhou Qingyuan, and turned his head to Jia Lian's direction to make an apology.

However, Zhou Qingyuan saw that the boy was not sincere in apologizing, and even kicked him.

"Master Zhou, why is he so angry?" A clear voice came to his ears, causing Zhou Qingyuan to be in a trance. He was startled, and then he realized that the voice came from the third person in the room.Turning his head in disbelief, he saw a handsome young man standing in the center of the ground with his hands behind his back and a faint smile on his face.

Zhou Qingyuan was stunned again, moved his lips, and was about to scold the wild boy who came from this room, when he suddenly realized that the new Minister of the Household Department is just a brat.

The little servant had already kowtowed and greeted the servant lord loudly.

This shout of hello made everyone outside the house quiet, very quiet, if you drop a needle at this moment, you can definitely hear it clearly.

Jia Lian sent the boy out and asked him to make a cup of tea for him.

Seeing that he had escaped unharmed, the boy was filled with gratitude, nodded in fear, and stepped back to go out.

Zhou Qingyuan looked at Jia Lian in secret, he had a bearing and a good appearance, but he was too immature at this age, he might not have deep experience in the world, and he might not even be able to understand the most basic relationship between people, so he ran to the Ministry of Household Affairs It's really courageous to be such a big official.The same is true for the emperor, this child just relied on luck to solve the military ration problem, just give him a short title to enjoy the rest of his life, why assign the real job of the household department to a child, isn't this a joke about the country!

The more Zhou Qingyuan thought about it, the angrier he became. He was thinking about how unfair it was for him to be pushed in by this lucky boy after working so hard for so many years in the household department.I really didn't expect that the current officialdom has degenerated to such a ridiculous point. If he didn't have the country and the community in his heart, he could "get out of the mud without staining", and he really didn't want to be mixed with this kind of people.

snort!Zhou Qingyuan squinted at Jia Lian, he was just a lucky sycophant, he was not afraid.For this kind of child, he doesn't even bother to pretend.

"Master Zhou learned etiquette like this since elementary school?" Jia Lian asked with a smile.

Zhou Qingyuan's eyes widened. He didn't expect Jia Lian to be able to ask him such a question with a smile without being angry or annoyed.His provocation ability is indeed higher than his own.

Reluctantly, Zhou Qingyuan cupped his hands, and saluted Jia Lian, "The head of the official household department, Zhou Qingyuan, has met the servant."

"What are the responsibilities of Director Zhou?" Jia Lian asked.

Zhou Qingyuan frowned and replied: "Undertake and hand over some inscriptions and transfers, and assist adults and various departments to undertake things."

Jia Lian had already sat back at the table, flipped through the letters on the table, and after hearing Zhou Qingyuan's answer, he deliberately raised his eyes to glance at him, but only once, and sighed with a chuckle: "So you understand." Jia Lian He continued to lower his eyes and fiddle with the things in his hands.

The other party is warning himself to pay attention to his identity!

Zhou Qingyuan was dumbfounded, standing there awkwardly, he never thought that he would be suppressed by a young boy who had just joined the job.

Seeing that Zhou Qingyuan was still standing still in a daze, Jia Lian said with a smile: "Other new officials like to light three fires when they take office, and then show off. I don't like it, but if Chief Zhou is interested in watching me do it, I will." I can satisfy you as hard as I can."

Zhou Qingyuan shuddered and looked at Jia Lian in shock, not expecting him to be threatening him.Just now, I was indeed insane, and I had that young servant to prove it... Zhou Qingyuan gritted his teeth secretly, and hurriedly bowed to Jia Lian to apologize.He still wants to continue to climb up, and he can't lose the big because of small things.

"Oh, you're really good." Jia Lian sighed and raised the volume slightly, the purpose is to let those eavesdropping people outside hear clearly.

Jia Lian has just arrived here and is not yet familiar with the business. Of course, it is not good to make a big move to frighten his subordinates. He has no foundation in the household department. The first thing he does when he comes here is to win people's hearts, and he must not impress his subordinates. They all felt alienated from him and did not dare to do things for him sincerely.Being an official is sometimes the same as farming. It requires division of labor and cooperation, and the unity and cooperation of plowing, digging, and farming can make a good harvest for an acre of land.For such a large department as the Ministry of Household Affairs, there are more than 300 people working in Beijing.It must be complicated and there are many things to do. It is impossible for Jia Lian to support the sky here alone. He needs the assistance of many subordinates.

And Zhou Qingyuan in front of him is the person with the deepest foundation and high reputation in this department.Those people outside basically watched Zhou Qingyuan's attitude first, and then followed suit.That is to say, only when Jia Lian took Zhou Qingyuan under his control first, those people outside would look at him differently and begin to accept him with conviction, and then it would be possible to obey him.Otherwise, in the eyes of those people, he will always be a young boy who is too young and too ignorant.

What happened inside caused an uproar among many people outside. At first, when the boy who delivered the tea fell to the ground, everyone knew that the servant had arrived early.They were very surprised, and also a little worried that what they said just now would be heard by the servant.After that, I heard Mr. Zhou and the assistant minister confronting each other in the house. The assistant minister said a few words and made a lot of money, and managed Mr. Zhou to be submissive.Everyone began to be convinced, guessing that this young man who was sealed by the emperor was indeed a talented person, so he couldn't be judged by the level of ordinary people like them.

Next, Jia Lian called everyone into the room to talk.Everyone will ask three or two questions, and then record it.Jia Lian's purpose is to have a rough understanding of each person's situation, and then roughly deduce their personalities from their speech and behavior, so that they can roughly know the number in their minds.For example, who is more likely to be reliable in doing things, who is unreliable and should be avoided as much as possible.

After the conversation, there was quite a commotion among the gents, Yuanwailang, and the documents. Everyone was talking about the handsomeness and beauty of the servant, and guessed that the servant would write down what he would write about himself in the notebook.This matter spread throughout the household department in one afternoon, and immediately changed Jia Lian's immature image in the household department.

Jia Lian finally chose a man named Cheng Shuliang, who was 33 years old, had a mustache, and was born as a seventh-rank document.He looks honest and honest, but his speech is very steady. He has worked in the household department for five years and has been doing his duty. He can answer any question.

Jia Lian called him to him and asked about Cheng Shuliang's family background.Born in an ordinary family, the family has a hundred acres of fertile land, which has been providing for the three of their children to study.Now he is the only one who is promising, and the two brothers and their wives and children all moved to the capital with his light to live with him.Cheng Shuliang's elder brother works as a teacher in a county government outside Beijing; the third brother works as a cleaner in Rongfu and also works in an antique shop, and now he has been released with Jia Zhengwai.

Jia Lian didn't expect that there would be someone related to the Rong Mansion after asking this question, "What's your brother's name?"

Zhou Qingyuan: "Cheng Rixing."

Jia Lian never cared much about Jia Zheng's affairs, but only had a vague impression that there seemed to be such a person.

Seeing that Jia Lian stopped talking after asking this question, Cheng Shuliang's heart skipped a beat.I heard that Rongfu's second house and the eldest house were not dealing with it, so if I talk too much about it, could it be that I feel disgusted?

Cheng Shuliang hurriedly said: "My younger brother is the most worthless, playing with his temper, the old lady at home can't control him, and I can't control too much, but I have already told him that it is nothing to go to clean up Good way out."

Jia Lian still frowned.

Cheng Shuliang was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat, and said: "When I go back today, I will write a letter, telling him to come back early and do some serious things!"

Jia Lian raised his eyes and looked at him: "You are wrong, there is a way out of being a Qingke, but your brother chooses to be a Qingke in our Rongfu, there is really no way out."

Cheng Shuliang was stunned, it was the first time he saw such a self-deprecating person.Since ancient times, family ugliness cannot be publicized, even if the Rong Mansion is now in decline, what the servant minister said is too true.

"I'm just telling the truth, I don't mean anything else, and I don't mind him working with my second uncle, so don't think too much about it." Jia Lian patted Cheng Shuliang's shoulder, "I will often come to you in the future to help me with some documents and so on. It may be a heavy task and too cumbersome, so I would like to thank you in advance.”

Cheng Shuliang was so frightened that his legs went weak immediately, and he almost knelt down to Jia Lian, but he immediately bowed to express that he didn't dare to do so. "It's a blessing to be a lower official to be able to saddle you for your lord, how dare you ask your lord to thank you."

"Then I'm welcome."

Jia Lian didn't refuse either, it's not good to be too modest at this time.Jia Lian raised his head and saw that it was getting late, and now the people in the household department had almost dispersed, so he said he wanted to take Cheng Shuliang home.

After arriving at Cheng's mansion, Cheng Shuliang happily got off the car, and bowed farewell to Jia Lian.

Jia Lian nodded, turned his head to take a look, and kept staring in the direction of Cheng's mansion.

Cheng Shuliang was embarrassed for a while, followed Jia Lian's gaze, and saw a tree branch protruding from the wall of his house, with green fruits hanging all over it.Cheng Shuliang was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, this seemed to be the plum tree of his family. When the old lady moved, the old lady specially asked someone to dig up two seedlings and bring them back.It is said that this tree is blessed, and it has been passed down from family to family, so it is necessary to save the seeds.

No matter what Cheng Shuliang thought Jia Lian was looking at that tree, but after thinking about it, with the eyes of a son of a family, there is no need to stare at a plum tree with green fruits.For a rich family like Rongfu, what new food has they never eaten, and what is missing is a mouthful of plums?

Looking at it from Jia Lian's perspective, Cheng Shuliang saw that apart from the tree, only the blue tiles and white walls of his house remained.It is even more impossible for the servant minister to be interested in the tiled walls of his house.

Cheng Shuliang was tangled in his heart for a long time, but he still didn't have an answer. He stared blankly at Jia Lian in the car with a puzzled expression on his face.

After so long, Mr. Minister is still staring at that plum tree.

Cheng Shuliang: "...Your Excellency?"

Still ignored.

Cheng Shuliang was silent for a while, then asked weakly: "My lord, have you taken a fancy to the plum tree? It's not yet ripe, and when it is ripe, the subordinate will definitely ask someone to pick a basket for you."

Only then did Jia Lian come back to his senses, and got out of the car directly.

Cheng Shuliang hurriedly greeted him in fear, "My lord?"

Jia Lian: "What kind of plum tree is this in your house? What's its name? How many years has it grown now? Where is your hometown? Is there such a plum tree in your hometown?"

Cheng Shuliang was confused by Jia Lian's series of questions.