The Founding of the Red Chamber

When Lin Jing and Mrs. Guan entered the palace, many ministers knelt on the green bricks outside Tingzheng Palace, begging the Empress Dowager to release the two adults, Guan and Tang.

Of course, Mrs. Guan entered the palace as a female family member, so the passage is different.

Originally, the Yue family wanted to enter the palace today, but the Empress Dowager Kong was upset about Guan and Tang's affairs and couldn't deal with it, so she didn't see a single wife.However, at this moment, Mrs. Guan is different after all, not to mention, Mrs. Guan is quite generous in her actions, and the servant bites the bullet and reports.Kong Guogong cried out all his tears and begged, "Your Majesty, make a decision in the morning."

The Queen Mother Kong said angrily, "Kill Guan Tingyu, and the barbarians will besiege the city later. Can the Duke have the ability to retreat from the enemy?" , once killed, such a person will no longer exist.

Empress Dowager Kong waved her hand to signal Kong Guogong to shut up, and she said, "Mrs. Chuanguan, come in."

Mrs. Guan saluted after entering, and the Queen Mother Kong said, "Madam, get up."

How dare Mrs. Guan stand up, kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty has learned from you, your ministers, husbands and lords are truly wronged."

The Empress Dowager Kong said, "Lord Guan has made great achievements in the court, and the Ai family also believes that Lord Guan is loyal, but..." The Empress Dowager Kong also has no solution to this problem. You can know what's going on in this palace just by seeing how your own father can bribe the servants.How could the Empress Dowager Kong not know that Guan Tingyu was wronged, but...the Empress Dowager Kong is really in a dilemma right now.

Lin Jing immediately said, "Your Majesty, can you listen to me."

The Empress Dowager Kong suddenly heard a boy talking, she was really startled, looked closely at Lin Jing, she still didn't quite recognize him.Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Kong who was able to catch the eyes of the Empress Dowager Lin had a deep impression on Lin Jing.In a daze, the Empress Dowager Kong recognized Lin Jing and said, "It's Ah Jing, why did you come into the palace?"

Lin Jing said, "Last night I heard about the Guan family, and I thought there was something wrong with the governor. I thought it was your mother's idea, but until this morning, I didn't hear any news about General Guan, so I knew that my mother was deceived about this matter." It is in the stocks. Therefore, enter the palace boldly to see if you can share the worries for your empress. Otherwise, General Guan will not mention it. Now the barbarians in the north are watching, even the country is not peaceful. Bandits and bandits are everywhere. Once General Guan is gone I'm afraid that the barbarians will disturb me again soon. On the other hand, the old man treats me like his own grandson, and I can't watch my old man be deceived by others, and his fame throughout his life will be ruined by framing heroes. The lintel of the Kong family is a thousand-year-old , if it is destroyed because of this matter, how can we explain it to future generations.”

The Empress Dowager Kong sighed, "Who still believes that the Duke of the State was deceived by others, and that General Guan's matter has nothing to do with Ai's family."

Lin Jingdao, "There are difficult roads in the world. If you just walk over them, you will see the moon through the dark clouds. I want to tell your mother a secret."

The Empress Dowager ordered Fuguan Fuguan, the servant beside her, to rest in the hall. Lin Jing didn't talk nonsense, so he said his not-so-bad idea. But an old minister, who cares about the country and the people, is confused. I don’t allow this matter, he can’t do anything about it. What I’m worried about is not the Duke.”

Lin Jing met the clear eyes of Empress Dowager Kong, and said, "I understand, what my mother is worried about is General Guan. According to General Guan's prestige in the army, I have heard a lot of responses. My mother is worried that General Guan will be resentful and rebellious. .”

The Empress Dowager Kong said softly, "I'm a woman with a narrow mind, and I think more."

"Your Majesty can think so, so I can rest assured." Lin Jing said, "My Majesty, let me talk about my judgment first."

"You said."

"If General Guan is engaged in private affairs in the army, then it is not the officials of the court who are begging Madam to release him today, but the generals of the imperial capital." Lin Jing said, "If Madam is worried, I have a way. Afterwards, don't let General Guan stay in the imperial capital any longer. Your family will stay and General Guan will lead the troops outside, what do you think, Madam?"

The Empress Dowager Kong was a little moved, and Lin Jing continued, "Besides, the Guan family stands in the imperial court with loyalty. If the Guan family really has objections, and they go against the imperial decree together, the people of the world will be ashamed. At that time, there is nothing to be afraid of when people betray their relatives." Furthermore, no matter how deep the enmity is, the two families marry, give birth to children, and have children and grandchildren, no enmity can be resolved. Furthermore, after all, the life of General Guan was not injured. However, the servant who falsely passed on the oral order of the empress, the empress must In-depth investigation, this person has a lot of scheming, how dare he pretend to be so outspoken and falsely spread the word of mouth. Don't push everything to the Duke's mansion, these servants can be bought in a year or so?"

Empress Dowager Kong said, "I know this very well."

Lin Jing said, "Your Majesty, let's make a decision as soon as possible. Don't delay this matter any longer."

The Empress Dowager Kong said, "In the palace before, it was the Empress Dowager who protected me. Now, only your Lin family can know my difficulties."

Lin Jing hurriedly said, "This is the duty of the Lin family." After a long silence, Lin Jing said again, "My lady is not easy now, even though I am small and weak, I understand."

Empress Dowager Kong sighed softly, summoned Kong Guogong and Mrs. Guan respectively, and settled the marriage between the two families.

Then, this matter was resolved in such a way that people can't figure it out. The Empress Dowager gave a marriage, the daughter of the Kong family married the daughter of the Guan family, and the daughter of the Tang family married the son of the Bai family.On the other hand, Guan Tingyu went to Muzhou Mansion to prepare for the establishment of the Muzhou Army. As for General Xie, who was in Muzhou, he was sent to the south of the border to serve as the guard.If Tang Ying wins, he will go to Biannan to serve as the governor.

Later, Empress Dowager Kong ordered Lin Yi to take over Guan Tingyu's position as Minister of the Ministry of War, to join the cabinet, and to participate in political affairs.

As for Bai Xiang, Kong Guogong, and the Queen Mother Kong, they have not moved them for the time being.But in the palace, the Empress Dowager Kong made a big deal of it. First, the internal servants who falsely passed on oral orders were handed over to the Punishment Department. Then, the Charity Palace sorted out many people.On the other hand, Concubine Kang fell ill, and Empress Dowager Kong entrusted the three princes to Concubine De to raise them, and Concubine Kang passed away.

Because the weather is getting warmer, the mausoleum is not closed in the palace, and because the court is tight now, all funerals are dangerous, basically there is no white in the palace, so Concubine Kang was buried in the concubine garden.As for the posthumous title after death, Tang Ying, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, has gone to Biannan to be the governor, and the candidate for a fashion book has not yet been determined, so there is no time to give the posthumous title to the next concubine.

The Guan and Tang families here naturally have some parting talk.

However, both families went to Lin's house to express their thanks solemnly.

This time, if the Lin family hadn't acted in time, the Guan and Tang families still don't know what would happen.Especially this kind of power struggle, whether it is good or bad, the whole family will be involved.Although the two families were wronged, really wronged, but they were able to save their lives so dangerously, thanks to the full help of the Lin family.

Tang Ying said, "In the past, I really didn't like your little four, and I don't want to accept his favor this time."

Lin Jing rolled his eyes when he heard this, "It's as if I like you, Mr. Tang, to tell you the truth, you are a coincidence."

Tang Ying patted his chest and said repeatedly, "That's good, that's good. Since this is the case, this favor can be regarded as a small one."

Lin Jing was ashamed of Tang Ying's shameless eyes. Tang Ying laughed and said to Lin Yi, "I will go to Biannan to take up my post in a few days. I don't know when I will come back. Biannan is far away, and I don't know." Under what circumstances, I dare not take their wives with me. My family is in the imperial capital, if there is something important, I will have the audacity to entrust it to you, Ayi."

Lin Yi said, "It's a duty."

Tang Ying didn't say thank you. For this kind of thing, there is no need to say thank you, and it is not possible to thank him.Only when the friendship between the two families reaches this point can they entrust their wives and children.

Tang Ying has always been free and easy, and since he went to Biannan, he has no regrets about the imperial capital.However, Lin Jing thought that the loyal ministers during the reign of Emperor De, even if Emperor De was eccentric and hopeless, he really trusted Tang Ying.Now that the Kong family has acted arbitrarily, even though they know that this matter has nothing to do with the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother has nothing to do with the Kong Bai family, which will inevitably make loyal officials chill.

Tang Ying left one step earlier, the family's daughter's marriage was settled, and Tang Ying took his eldest son to Biannan to take up his post first.Guan Tingyu has more affairs here, and the affairs of the Ministry of War cannot be handed over in a short while.

What's more, Guan Tingyu also wanted to take the eldest son there, but he didn't know if the Queen Mother would like it or not. After all, he was different from Tang Ying.Guan Tingyu was different. The court suspected him because he was afraid that his prestige in the army would be too high, so Fang wanted to keep his children and grandchildren as hostages.

Explain clearly that this is the principle.

Guan Tingyu didn't want to have any rift with the imperial court at this time, so after discussing with his staff, he decided to come to the Lin family to ask.Lin Jing said, "This favor is better than giving it to Kong Guogong."

Guan Tingyu is actually not that kind of brainless person, but at this time he was asked to seek help from the Kong family, Guan Tingyu said, "It's not that I'm stubborn, I really don't want to associate with such villains." Looking down on the Kong family, if it wasn't for the sake of a family Younger, it is impossible for Guan Tingyu to ask his youngest son to marry the Kong family.

Lin Jing said, "Naturally, you don't need to come forward to this matter, Uncle Shi. If it's ready-made, just call Xiaoer to come forward. Although it's hard to swallow, let's bear with it for now. Besides, Xiaoer will be in the imperial capital in the future, so let's talk about it now. "

Lin Jing was born with such political means, and he could find a good reason for himself for everything, such as the Guan family matter.Guan Xiaoer was definitely his father's own son, and Guan Xiaoer was not willing to go. Lin Jing beat him up, and Guan Xiaoer went.Lin Jing taught him a lot of words, and Kong Guogong was not a person with a strong heart.If he had the backbone, he wouldn't be fooled by the Xie family into doing such a bastard thing!Lin Jing personally facilitated the marriage between Kong Guan and Bai Tang, and these days they often go to Kong's house.Xie Guogong was able to fool Kong Guogong into a big fool, and Lin Jing's deception skills, no matter how young he was, were no worse than Xie Guogong.

Lin Jing started with the empress dowager's difficulties, and then talked about the relationship between father and daughter, and he had already softened Kong Guogong's heart.What's more, the two marriages are settled.Guan Xiaoer was born with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and he was able to handle it well. He was Guan Tingyu's only second son.What else to do, if it hadn't been for the Guan family to encounter this matter, the Kong family might not be able to accomplish this.

In this way, with Lin Jing on the side to create an atmosphere, Guan Xiaoer quietly begged Kong Guogong, Kong Guogong is definitely a selfish person, otherwise he would not be able to do that.

But right now, Kong and Guan are married, and the two families have in-laws, and Guan Xiaoer is not an outsider. Seeing that Guan Xiaoer is also a good-looking talent, and he is a new talent this year, and his ranking is better than Lin Jing.In Lin Jing's words, "The current imperial examination is actually not good for us officials' children. However, in the first few sentences, if there are any similar articles between officials' children and those from poor families, the children from poor families must always be the best. Xiaoer has no As for the case, the examiner may not be thinking about it. Otherwise, based on Xiao Er's essay, the case will be settled."

"Last time, Grandpa Confucius, you still praised him to me. No, he immediately became your grandson-in-law. Your grandparents, this is a natural fate."

Kong Guogong agreed to go to the Empress Dowager's daughter to talk about it.However, he still asked Lin Jing in private, "If Guan Tingyu doesn't come here in person, I'm afraid he still remembers what happened that day."

Lin Jing said, "General Guan is about to go to Muzhou Mansion. I don't think you went to Guan's house to talk, Grandpa Kong. Maybe you forgot."

Lin Jing's words made Kong Guogong choke, and Kong Guogong said stiffly, "I am such a narrow-minded person."

"You, just fight with me." Lin Jing persuaded slowly, "Who doesn't want face, not to mention, the more powerful adults like you, the more face you want. Let me say, at this time the big You should be happy if the general doesn't come over. If he comes over with a smile on his face, don't you think too much about it." Then he said, "You always just relax, but you don't care about it now. After three or two years, Xiaoer and Sister Kong got married and had children. When the general saw his grandchildren, nothing happened. It's the same with you old man. Although the marriage is to ease this matter, look, this marriage It's not just any heir of the Guan family, not to mention others, Guan Xiaoer's talent and learning can be counted in the entire government school. His character, you can tell it at a glance. He is your grandson-in-law, but he is first-class .Here, as long as Xiaoer is good to you, after two years, he will be selected as a Jinshi, and you, old man, just wait for the door to add luster."

Kong Guogong insisted on joking with Lin Jing, and said, "Anyway, you are the one who made this matter up, and I will only come to you if I have anything to do."

"You always just do your job." Lin Jing suddenly turned serious, "But in the future, you don't have to think about the Queen Mother, don't listen to some villains to provoke you. Those people, what good intentions are there. It's nothing to say Enter Concubine Kang, hey."

When Concubine Kang was mentioned, Kong Guogong said bitterly, "I have followed the path of a villain!"

Who is the villain here? Kong Guogong thinks it is Xie Guogong.

However, Xie Guogong is really a man of gods, Xie Guogong and Kong Guogong said, "No matter what you think, brother, I just want to say one thing. After this incident, you and Bai Xiang were complained by the empress dowager. The two ministers of Guan and Tang went north to Muzhou together. In the entire court, there was only one person who was promoted because of this matter. This person directly replaced General Guan as Minister of the Ministry of War, went directly to the cabinet, and participated in political affairs. I won’t say who the beneficiary is, bro. Also clear."

"Brother, if you think that I have hidden traitors in my heart, what good is there if I thank my family?" Xie Guogong said, it was upright and resounding!