Daiyu of Red Mansions Rebirth

Lin Ruhai took the memorial and read it quickly, his expression became serious.

"Your Majesty..." He opened his mouth, pondered over and over again, and said slowly, "This... the household department has a huge deficit of millions, is it all the fault of King Wu?"

His Majesty the Emperor snorted, "Who else is there besides him!"

Lin Ruhai was silent, he was not good at intervening in royal affairs as a foreign minister.He is no stranger to this Wu Wang, the third son of the first emperor, and now the third prince, he was already famous when he was still young.Because her mother was the emperor's favored concubine, she was doted on since she was a child, and became domineering when she grew up.He became king at the age of one, and divided the fiefdoms at the age of five, but he never entered the country, and spent his days drinking and enjoying himself in Beijing, as if he was a tyrant in Beijing.It was rumored that the former emperor intended to pass on the throne to him, but he gave up because of the opposition of the ministers.

Later, when he ascended the throne today, the prince took his mother, Concubine Wu Gui, to the fiefdom.

At that time, the late emperor was worried about his beloved son, and in addition to rewarding him with a vast land and wealth, he also designated the old prime minister who was full of strategy as the prime minister of the country.

Over the years, King Wu has learned a lot about the city from this old Prime Minister, and he is much calmer, which is quite different from before.This matter is not entirely due to the old Prime Minister, it has something to do with his only son.Although the King of Wu had many concubines, he only had a son from a concubine, not even a daughter.The strange thing is that this kid didn't grow into a dandy, on the contrary, he was full of scheming at a young age, and he was very proficient in power tactics.Sometimes he also gave some suggestions to his father, and most of them would be adopted by King Wu.People from Prince Wu's Mansion had intervened in the matter of Jiangnan Yanxiao before, otherwise the emperor would not have hurriedly summoned Lin Ruhai to Beijing.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly..." Lin Ruhai paused at this point, looked at the emperor, saw him nodding, and then continued, "Since Your Majesty knows about the Third Prince...why don't you...?"

His Majesty the Emperor sighed heavily, and said: "You don't know the inside story, so it's no wonder you think so... Before the late Emperor passed away, he ordered me to make a solemn oath that he would not commit crimes against the King of Wu, nor cut his fief Lower his title. The previous emperor made sufficient arrangements and left an elite army for the King of Wu. Besides, there is the old minister of the country, alas, I am also wary of rats."

"That can't be left to Wu Wang." Lin Ruhai frowned.He can reach out to the Yanzheng and the Ministry of Households today, but he is not sure what will happen tomorrow. If this continues, will he be raising tigers?

"So..." The emperor's face became serious, "I plan to let you go to the Ministry of Accounts to be the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts, and I will cover the money bag tightly. These are the hard-earned money of the common people, how can they be ruined? Moreover The operation of the country is also inseparable from money, I trust you. There should be a lot of moths in the Ministry of Finance. You find them and deal with them severely. Don’t let any one go. This is a great river and mountain, and everyone wants to share a piece of it. Soup, I can't be soft-handed anymore, otherwise it will bring disaster to the people of Li."

"I obey the order!" Lin Ruhai seemed to be a little passionate, but after thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel a little worried, "Your Majesty... I was a third-rank official inspector before, and I suddenly mentioned the second-rank Hubu Shangshu. Some are too abrupt?"

"Are you afraid of those officials?" The emperor asked with a half-smile.

Lin Ruhai nodded sullenly.There are certain regulations for official appointments, which are generally half-level and half-level advancement, such as entering the third rank from the second rank, and then entering the second rank from the second rank.It's not that there are exceptions, but it depends on the situation, and there will be some voices of opposition.What's more, he, a foreign official, suddenly joined the ranks of Beijing officials, and he also occupied the title of six ministers. He definitely blocked the way of many people, and I am afraid that many people would be upset.At that time, it would be enough for him to be in a hurry to make a little trouble and shake the officials of the household department.

"Who dares to object to the appointment of officials!" The emperor was not happy when he heard this, "Besides, you, Lin Ruhai, will not be able to withstand such a little pressure?"

"Your Majesty has promoted your minister." Lin Ruhai pulled the corners of his mouth and frowned.His Majesty the Emperor laughed and patted him on the shoulder, "Oh, Ruhai, it's not that I said you, don't be so bitter and hateful, it's not that I killed you! There are people worse than you."

"Who?" Lin Ruhai raised his eyebrows, curious.

"Old five!" His Majesty the Emperor said with a smile on his beard, as a matter of course, a typical pitiful younger brother without any pressure, "He is my direct younger brother, so he will naturally contribute. I plan to hand over the left and right twelve guards to him to lead, You need to strengthen your training, in case something happens...you won't be in a hurry."

Well, Lin Ruhai can imagine the shocked and incredible expression of the Fifth Prince after hearing the news.The prince who never liked ordinary affairs and only loved to live a happy life, but he didn't even want to be an official, let alone take care of such a huge army.

Suddenly the emperor sighed and said, "It would be great if the prince was older."

The prince is 13 years old this year, and he is still studying with his master, so he doesn't have much contact with political affairs.Speaking of the prince, the emperor suddenly remembered something again.He occasionally heard from his nephew Liu Yixuan that he had gained a lot of knowledge by walking around with Lin Ruhai recently, so he came up with the idea of ​​letting Lin Ruhai take the prince around.It is also euphemistically said that the prince should not sit in the temple every day, but should learn more about the customs of various places and the hardships of the people's livelihood, as a reference for the future peace and stability of the people. I am busy with political affairs, so I will trouble Lin Aiqing.

His Majesty the Emperor opened his mouth, and Lin Ruhai had no choice but to obey.When he walked out of the gate of the palace, he couldn't help but looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, all of them were masters who couldn't afford to offend, and there would be no peace in the days to come!

After returning from the palace, Jia Min went to rest.Daiyu still didn't feel tired, so she sent the maids to rest and read a book by herself under the window.Cuizhu didn't leave, but was embroidering a purse on the side, Daiyu asked her: "Why don't you go, aren't you tired?"

Cuizhu smiled and shook her head: "Not tired, if the girl is tired, lie down and sleep for a while."

Daiyu said, "I'm not tired, let's talk!"

When Daiyu had nothing to do, she mostly read books to relieve boredom, and it was rare for her to have long talks with her maids like this.The two first started talking about the new things they heard in Beijing recently, then gradually talked about the things in the mansion, and even asked about Cuizhu's life experience.Only then did Daiyu realize that Cuizhu was also a poor person, she was not a daughter of the Lin family, she was abducted by kidnappers, and she didn't even know where her parents were or where her hometown was.This reminded Daiyu of Xiangling in her previous life, who was a hard-working person!

Kidnaps are really the most hateful people in the world, who have torn up countless families and wives!

I don't know how long it took, the maids came in to serve her, and Daiyu ordered Cuizhu to go down and rest for a while.In the afternoon, she would usually go to the council hall to learn housekeeping from Jia Min. When she first arrived today, she heard the noise inside, as if there were several people talking.Daiyu walked in, and there were some women dressed in extraordinary clothes and smiling all over their faces. She recognized them as servants in Jia's mansion.

When the women saw Daiyu, they all rushed up to say hello, took Daiyu's hand, and praised her as the best in the sky and the best in the earth.

Daiyu in her previous life may just feel that these people are overly enthusiastic, although they are a bit annoying, they can be forgiven.In this life, she only finds these flattering faces really disgusting, and she doesn't even have the desire to say a word.But those people kept saying that the old lady missed her and asked her to stay for a few days when she was free.Said that the old lady ate the newly made dim sum today and thought it was good, so she ordered someone to bring it to her daughter and grandson and granddaughter to taste.From time to time, he said something like that there should be more contacts between relatives and that they should be inseparable.Daiyu heard this impatiently, so she kept silent.

Anyway, she is young now, so it's normal if she doesn't understand?

After seeing off the people in Jia's house, Jia Min opened the pastry box and asked Daiyu if she wanted to eat.Daiyu didn't want to take away her mother's kindness, so she picked a piece of rose cake and took a bite, chewed for a long time, and said sullenly: "It's not as delicious as our home."

Jia Min laughed, reached out and snatched the pastry from her hand, and said, "Don't eat it if you don't like it. What do you want to eat? I'll let someone make it!"

"Hmm..." Lin Daiyu blinked and said with a smile, "The fruit in mother's room is not bad..."

"Little glutton!" Jia Min stretched out his hand and scratched Daiyu's nose, and ordered the girl, "Go and get some fruit, get more!"

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Jia's mother was lying on the kang, looking lazy, and several women who had returned from Lin's mansion were talking about their affairs.Two little maidservants knelt on the kang and beat her legs. Mother Jia squinted her eyes and said "um" from time to time, or spit out a few words lazily.He closed his eyes and rested his mind while listening to the report, as if he didn't pay attention to it.

"When did Min'er come to see my mother?"

"This... my aunt didn't say..."

"Huh?" Mother Jia opened her eyes abruptly, sat up while supporting the servant girl's hand, and stared at the women with frowns.

Another clever old woman hurriedly pulled the old woman who had just replied, and said: "Old lady, she can't speak, she didn't reply clearly. My aunt said she missed you. She just came to Beijing and is busy with things. Come and see you when you have time!"

"Min'er really said that?" Mother Jia narrowed her eyes.

"It's absolutely true, old lady, we all heard it with our own ears." She pushed the others away as she spoke, and the others nodded their heads to prove the truth.

Only then did Jia's mother smile, and asked Lin Ruhai what official position she had been awarded. The mother-in-law returned to her aunt and said that she had not been awarded an official position.Mother Jia was a little disbelieving, and said: "This is unreasonable, you must have not asked clearly. There was such a big commotion today, and people in the whole capital were reporting that Lin Ruhai was summoned by the Holy One in a hurry on the street. It is the rhythm to be reused, how can there be no official position?"

"My aunt did say so." The mother-in-law's voice became softer.

Jia Mu sighed and said, "Well, you all step back." She said this in an unhappy manner, and all the women looked at each other, and they all withdrew their eyebrows and eyes and bowed their heads to withdraw.Jia Mu frowned for a long while, called the little girl, and ordered: "Go and call your master!"