The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Yin Zhen's narrowed eyes gradually grew bigger, staring at Jia Lian, with a complicated expression as if he had a lot to say, but for a while he didn't know how to say it.

"My lord is going to Fujian, have you thought about it?" Jia Lian asked.

Yin Zhen nodded: "Be sensible now, your father may still think of me in the future, so leaving Beijing is the best choice for me."

Jia Lian nodded, "My lord is wise."

Yin Zhen looked at Jia Lian, and suddenly laughed, "I am wise? You are the wise one! At that time in the court, if you hadn't reminded me, I probably would not have accepted this job. Now that I think about it, I feel more and more that this choice is right. You are right, the emperor just listened to other people's slander, and he was annoyed with me for a while, but after all, father and son are connected, as long as I persist in fighting hard and eating hard, he will think of me."

"Your Highness is well versed in the principle of keeping a low profile and bide your time, which makes the officials admire you very much." Jia Lian saluted gently.

Yin Zhen shook his head straight, "Forget it, don't talk about admiration, it's my luck that you don't laugh at me or dislike me."

"I don't dare to be an official," Jia Lian said.

Yin Zhen looked at Jia Lian with bright eyes, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Jia Lian is no more talented than Jia Lian alone, and I have your support, which is enough. There is just one sentence, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Jia Lian: "My lord, please tell me."

Yinzhen: "What you said before...Jia Lian, you should think about it. Taking the land from the nobles is like digging their flesh. You have challenged their interests. They will definitely share the hatred of the enemy and attack you together. Qin Xiaogong's commercial reform, five horses divided the body; Han Jingdi's Chao wrongly cut the vassal decree, and was killed in the city. And I am not in Beijing, you are alone and helpless..."

"Don't worry, my lord. I know this matter well. I won't act without authorization, and I won't give up halfway. If I die, no one will do it, so I will treasure my life." Yin Zhen said Shang Yang, Jia Lian had thought about the example of Chao Cuo. There were so many lessons from his predecessors on display, so he wouldn't rush into it impulsively.Reforms should come slowly, especially in ancient times when the interests of the nobility came first.

Seeing that he knew what he was thinking, Yin Zhen finally let go of half of his hanging heart.Before leaving, he made a request to Jia Lian, "No matter what, you must wait until I come back from Fujian intact." After receiving Jia Lian's promise, Yin Zhen looked up at Jia Lian's strawberry field and couldn't help sighing. "It's a pity that I won't be able to eat such delicious strawberries when I go to Fujian again."

"I'll ask someone to transplant a few pots later, and I will go to the post with the prince. I don't need to take care of it, and the result may be smaller, but it won't delay the taste."

Yin Zhen smiled and said "OK", and gave Jia Lian a trusting look.After leaving, he rode away and headed straight for the direction of Tieshan Temple.Because he was leaving Beijing again, he was going to the temple to ask for a peace talisman for his mother and concubine, which could be regarded as a token of filial piety for his son.Originally Yinzhen only wanted to ask for one for his mother and concubine, but then he thought of Jia Lian's so-called forbearance, so he asked for four, including the emperor, the queen mother, the empress and his mother and concubine.

Three days later, Yinzhen left for Fujian, and there were almost no ministers who saw him off.

Yinzhen has always been favored and sought after by everyone.This time he fell out of favor in an instant, and the misery and coldness brought about made him feel very uncomfortable.Even though he was prepared in advance, he still had a face, seeing this bleak scene, and thinking of the scene where he was greeted warmly by the crowd when he went to the Northwest last year, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Riding in the carriage, he felt bitter all the way.When he arrived at the east gate, he suddenly heard a report from the eunuch beside him that an adult was seeing him off.Yin Zhen hurriedly lifted the curtain to see that Jia Lian was standing alone at the gate of the city.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Jia Lian graciously sent Yinzhen out of the city.

Yin Zhen was moved, but worried about Jia Lian, "If you send me off like this, you won't be afraid of my father..." Before Yin Zhen finished speaking, he saw a confident smile on Jia Lian's face, and Yin Zhen stopped own words.This is Jia Lian, he is different from others, and this is one of the reasons why he appreciates it.

Yin Zhen nodded at Jia Lian, thanking him for sending him off.All the anguish in his heart flew away at this moment, and under Jia Lian's gaze, Yin Zhen happily got into the carriage.

"The fourth prince has a smooth journey and will arrive safely." Jia Lian cupped his hands and sent them off respectfully.

Yin Zhen nodded, gave Jia Lian a look of "please trust me", told Jia Lian to drive away without saying much.Even if he had thousands of words, he didn't dare to say any more, Yinzhen was afraid that if he entangled with Jia Lian for too long, it would affect his father's good impression of Jia Lian.

However, the matter of Jia Lian seeing off Yin Zhen was still spread to the emperor's ears by good people.The person who filed the complaint was none other than Zhou Qingyuan, who had just been demoted to head the household department.A few days ago, because he was dissatisfied with the fact that his official was the young and fledgling Jia Lian, he tried his best to find a way to find a way to get himself the position of servant of the household department.Unfortunately, God favored him, and he really had shit luck. Under the secret and ingenious maneuvers of the eldest prince, he jumped to the position of Minister of the Household Department.

The reason why Zhou Qingyuan appeared in the Huibin Building that day was entirely because he wanted to be the eyes and ears of the first prince, to test the truth of the fourth prince.Unexpectedly, he fell into the trap and was judged by the emperor as a minister who had a personal relationship with the fourth prince.He was really wronged, but there was no way to explain it.He couldn't explain that he was by the side of the eldest prince, and he was going to be by the side of the fourth prince to find out the truth.If the emperor knew the truth, I'm afraid he wouldn't be as simple as being demoted back to the main job, or he might directly take over his nine clans.

But Zhou Qingyuan was not reconciled, he managed to get ahead and became Jia Lian's immediate boss, proud of himself.But it happened that he only had a dream for a month, and Jia Lian hadn't been in charge of anything during this month.Jia Lian seemed to be an independent part of the household department, with divine favor and independent duties. Apart from sending people to ask for some important news files, he had no place to control them at all.After much difficulty, Zhou Qingyuan finally thought of a way to rule Jia Lian, that is, everyone gathered together, and he gave Jia Lian a blow in public.As a result, Jia Lian was busy with official business every day, so he had no time to come here.Later, it was so easy for him to set a date in the past and force Jia Lian to agree to come. Before the date came, the emperor issued an imperial decree and sealed the price as a minister.

Li Shangshu of the Ministry of household affairs.

This word of courtesy is very particular.Respectable, honorable meaning.From the literal meaning, it can be found that the Li Shangshu of the household department should be respected more than his secretary of the household department.

Zhou Qingyuan is so angry!Just thinking about how to find a way to beat Jia Lian, this little boy, and restore the peace of the court.It so happened that at this time, a young eunuch from the Fourth Prince's residence invited him.Zhou Qingyuan thought that it was time for him to make contributions to the First Prince, so he hurriedly went to the appointment.

It was only later that Zhou Qingyuan found out that in fact, he fell into the trick this time entirely because of the design of the eldest prince.

In other words, the eldest prince accidentally injured one of his own people this time.

The eldest prince was annoyed, and Zhou Qingyuan was even more annoyed.

Therefore, Zhou Qingyuan began to think of ways to make amends, wanting to make amends, and even cried pitifully to the eldest prince over and over again.The eldest prince's eyeliner saw Jia Lian seeing off the fourth prince today, and reported it immediately.

Regarding the complaint, the eldest prince must not go, otherwise his father will doubt and question him.

So, he wanted to think of someone to help him spread the news, and the first thing he thought of was Zhou Qingyuan.Zhou Qingyuan is now nominally the person next to the fourth prince. If he files a complaint, that is to atone for his crime. It is most appropriate to entrust this matter to him!

Zhou Qingyuan was very willing to do this job. He pouted his buttocks, knelt down in front of the emperor, and told the emperor in detail about Jia Lian's special sending off of the fourth prince this morning. Of course, the wording should be more serious. It is best to make the emperor angry.

The emperor finished listening to Zhou Qingyuan's report with a calm face, dropped the book in his hand, looked up at Zhou Qingyuan, "It's over?"

"Go back to the emperor, it's over." Zhou Qingyuan lowered his head even lower. Hearing the emperor's cold reaction, he was suddenly a little worried.

"Xuan Jialian sees you." The emperor lazily opened his mouth, lowered his head and continued to read the script in his hand.After a long time, when the eunuch outside came to announce the arrival of Li Shangshu, the emperor raised his head and saw Zhou Qingyuan kneeling on the ground.

"Why haven't you left yet?"

Zhou Qingyuan was already sweating profusely from fright, got up in a panic, gritted his teeth and moved out of the hall with his numb legs.

Just like that, Jia Lian and Zhou Qingyuan hit it off.

Zhou Qingyuan was stunned for a moment, cursing bad luck in his heart, and nodded to Jia Lian with a fake smile on his face: "Master Li Shangshu, please, the emperor has been waiting for a long time."

Jia Lian walked straight into the hall, and ignored Zhou Qingyuan.

Zhou Qingyuan turned his face in anger, scolded Jia Lian in his heart, and walked away gloating at his misfortune.He was waiting outside the palace for the good news of Jia Lian's demotion.

Above the main hall, Jia Lian got his luggage for a while before he was excused by the emperor.

"Are you going to see off the fourth brother today?"

"Yes."

"Why go?"

"I want to see you off."

"Then why do you want to go?" The emperor dropped the book in his hand and stared at Jia Lian, seeming very angry.

"Your Majesty Zeng said that the fourth prince has been kind to you, and I went to see the fourth prince off to express my gratitude." Jia Lian's words were not flattering, but a general statement.

The eunuchs waiting in the house were all sweating for Jia Lian.As expected of a well-known weirdo in the court, at this time, he is still so stubborn.

The emperor: "I didn't expect you to be a nostalgic. Who else has gone besides you?"

Jia Lian: "Only ministers."

Emperor: "Only you? Is there really no one else?"

Jia Lian nodded in agreement.

The emperor frowned, sighed, and sneered again. "Yeah, the limelight is on the rise. It's all for self-protection. Who dares to send him off. You are the fool who dares to do these things openly. A gentleman is magnanimous. You send him off in public, so naturally you have a clear conscience." , I know it in my heart."

Jia Lian neither admitted nor denied, but shouted loudly: "The emperor is holy!"

The emperor was amused by his sentence, "It's so strange, I don't feel it when I listen to it every day. But your sentence, it sounds like it's sincere, and I'm inexplicably happy."

"The minister is terrified." Jia Lian came up with a common phrase.

The emperor's old face immediately pulled down, "Just as I praised you, you spoiled my interest. I am happy, why are you so afraid, is it possible that you expect me to be angry every day?"

Jia Lian: "I dare not."

"You—" the emperor pointed at Jia Lian and laughed angrily, "You are so young, what's wrong with learning, but learning to talk to those ugly old cunning guys in it, it's so boring."

Jia Lian moved his eyes, "Minister—"

Emperor: "You shut up!"

"I obey." Jia Lian said.

The emperor gave Jia Lian a blank look, and when he got down to business, "Aiqing, I think you should know who is suing me."

When Jia Lian heard what the emperor said, he affirmed that Zhou Qingyuan.

"You said that if he was someone close to the fourth prince, why would he turn his back on him so quickly? With the calm personality of the fourth prince, he probably wouldn't recruit people with such qualities under his command."

"The emperor is wise." Jia Lian praised.

After hearing it for the second time, the emperor felt a little uncomfortable, "You only know this sentence?"

"Your Majesty, I don't study much." Jia Lian said truthfully.

"Okay, okay, that's all you have, don't spread it everywhere. Don't forget that you still have the hat of Li Shangshu on your head. It's sealed by me. Don't let people mistakenly think that I like officials who don't study. .All the people in the world have learned from you that you don’t want to make progress, and I’m also quite worried.”

Jia Lian: "There are specialties in art. Generals can wield knives and guns, but not everyone who wields knives and guns can be generals. Those people should understand these principles."

"Then what if you don't understand?" the emperor asked.

Jia Lian thought for a while, pressed her lips slightly, and said nothing.

"I forgive you for your innocence."

Jia Lian said blankly, "They deserve to be stupid. If they can't even distinguish this simple truth, then there is no hope."

"Hahahaha..." The emperor felt that Jia Lian was very interesting, telling himself jokes in a serious manner, which was very funny.

After laughing enough, the emperor returned to the topic, "Is this Zhou Qingyuan really from the fourth brother's side?"

Jia Lian looked at the emperor and shook his head.

"You don't think so, do you?" The emperor's eyes lit up.

"I'm guilty, I really don't know about this matter." The emperor's tricky questions didn't bother him, Jia Lian said that he was also someone who had been interviewed by reporters before, and it was his inherent habit to choose his words carefully.

The light in the emperor's eyes disappeared instantly, and he was a little disappointed, "Why don't you know anything."

Jia Lian: "If the emperor asks the ministers about the methods of grafting, the types of incisions, or how to plow the fields, how to cultivate the land, what to pay attention to when raising pigs, etc., the ministers will know everything and answer them in detail."

"That's all, I won't make it difficult for you. Then you can always tell me, what is your impression of Zhou Qingyuan?"

Jia Lian understood that if he didn't say anything about court politics, the emperor would definitely not let him go.

"He has been an official for several years, has rich experience, and has some prestige in the household department." Jia Lian picked out Zhou Qingyuan's advantages.

"Is this gone?" the emperor asked.

Jia Lian shook his head, saying that was all.

The emperor rolled his eyes secretly, thought for a while, then waved his hand and released Jia Lian.If Jia Lian praised Zhou Qingyuan in a big way, he might become suspicious, thinking that Jia Lian was deliberately helping the fourth prince to protect Zhou Qingyuan.But if he belittled Zhou Qingyuan outright, he would also suspect that Jia Lian used irony to preserve Zhou Qingyuan.In short, both of these answers are deliberately suspected.Only Jia Lian's exhaustive praise just now was actually a perfunctory performance, which made him feel that Zhou Qingyuan and Jia Lian were indeed at odds.

This Zhou Qingyuan, who had just been demoted, couldn't sit still, and was eager to sue for meritorious service. He really didn't look like someone who would be friends with the fourth class.

Could it be that this guy really wanted to curry favor with the fourth child unilaterally, so he got the hook?If he is like this, then the other two are also like this...

The emperor was suspicious of the situation he had set up at the beginning. Once he became suspicious, and if he extended it further, he could easily suspect the source of the matter directly.Although this source is a bit deep, it will never delay the emperor of the city to dig out the truth.

Jia Lian saw that things were going well, so he retired from the palace.

After leaving the palace gate, he drove several tens of feet away, turned a corner, and saw a carriage blocking his way not far away.The car stopped, and a figure seemed to jump down slightly.Then, the carriage drove Jia Lian on.

Sure enough, the carriage refused to move, so it stopped Jia Lian's carriage.

"Lord Jia, I have something to tell you." Zhou Qingyuan got out of the carriage and saluted.

Jia Lian didn't get out of the car, and didn't move, the car just stopped there awkwardly.

Zhou Qingyuan winked at the boy, and the boy came to explain the situation to Xing'er and asked him to report again.Xing'er told Jia Lian through the curtain, but still didn't get any reply.Xing'er knew her master's temper, so she didn't dare to disturb her, and the other party was not kind, so it was reasonable for her to ignore them with silence.Gu Xing'er only shook his head at the man.

Once Zhou Qingyuan got angry, he ordered the coachman to stop like this. He had more patience to wait for Jia Lian's response.

After a stick of incense, the two cars stopped like this.Fortunately, there were not many people entering the palace today, and the two cars just blocked the road and entered the palace's after all street, which did not hinder anyone.

In order to take a gamble, Zhou Qingyuan just didn't move.Jia Lian's side was even quieter.

Zhou Qingyuan waited and waited, drowsy, nodding frequently.

Suddenly, he vaguely heard a yawn, and then asked the boy, "Did the second master sleep well?"Zhou Qingyuan was furious. It turned out that Jia Lian had fallen asleep!

In a fit of anger, a word suddenly came from over there, "My master invites Mr. Zhou to the Huibin Building for a gathering. If Mr. Zhou has anything to say, you can talk there."

As soon as Zhou Qingyuan heard this, he remembered the nightmare he had encountered when he went to the Huibin Tower two days ago and suddenly ran into the Holy Majesty.Resolutely refuse!

"Tell your lord to go to Zhuangyuan Building, I'll treat you." Zhou Qingyuan said.

Xing'er didn't leave, but was still standing in front of Zhou Qingyuan's carriage, "My lord said that if he doesn't go anywhere else, he's not interested."

"You—" Zhou Qingyuan choked there immediately, his face turned green, and he didn't know whether to answer or not.

Xing'er waited for a while, then replied: "It's fine if Mr. Zhou doesn't want to."

Zhou Qingyuan hurriedly poked his head out and said, "All right, I am willing."

When he opened his mouth to agree, it was too late, and he saw a group of soldiers running around the corner of the street and suddenly surrounded his carriage.

The leading bodyguard was officially the commander of the imperial guards, and he bowed towards Jia Lian's carriage: "My lord, I heard that someone dared to block your way, so I came here to arrest you."

"Here, that one over there." Jia Lian then emerged from the car and got out of the car gracefully.The tailoring of the official uniform set off his tall and tall body, with his hands behind his back, his slightly raised chin, and his half-opened phoenix eyes, all exuding a kind of dignified and dignified manner.

Zhou Qingyuan was cleared from the carriage by the forbidden army.After seeing the person clearly, the commander felt a little embarrassed, and turned to mediate one or two, allowing the two adults to pass through unimpeded.Afterwards, this matter was reported to the emperor according to the facts.

A small head of the household department dared to block Li Shangshu's driving path, coupled with his previous villainous behavior of accusing him of evil, the emperor had already determined that Zhou Qingyuan was a villain who ran around like a dog and made trouble out of nothing.

Naturally, the official rank on him must be checked to the end.

It's useless for those who have been on duty in the household department for more than [-] years, with credit and hard work!The emperor wanted Zhou Qingyuan to disappear completely from the court.

Zhou Qingyuan believed that Jia Lian had fallen out of favor, and he felt that he had committed a crime by suing him.He didn't think he stopped Jia Lian's car halfway, trying to make fun of the downtrodden Jia Lian's mistake.So at the last moment when the imperial decree was issued, Zhou Qingyuan thought that he had been appreciated again, and it was the emperor's decree to appoint him an official.

He couldn't believe it until the eunuch finished reading the last word. He was deposed, not promoted or demoted, but dismissed.

He doesn't believe it! ! !This is impossible! ! !

After Zhou Qingyuan received the appreciation with his hands shaking, he was completely dumbfounded. He was in a daze for a long time, and his legs became weak as soon as they touched the ground, and he fell easily.The whole family was in tears because of his sudden deposed.He even felt that the way his wife looked at him was wrong, the attitude of the whole family towards him was wrong, and even his children looked down on him.

Zhou Qingyuan was not reconciled, and spent money to ask his friends to watch his face, and finally found out the truth about his loss of office.At the moment when the news was confirmed, Zhou Qingyuan realized that Jia Lian was delaying time when he was sleeping and talking about Huibinlou that day. His purpose was to wait until the imperial army came to arrest him!

So insidious and cunning.This man was born to be his old enemy.

And the most hateful thing about the whole thing is that Jia Lian didn't take him seriously.Even if he personally scolded him a word, even if there was nothing like that, he would lose in this way!

How pitiful!

A soldier can be killed but not humiliated, he refuses to accept, he wants revenge.

But at this time, the only friend he had made before, "A friend in need is a friend", came to see him with a condolence gift.

This person's surname is Jia, and his character is Cunzhou.