Master Lin of the Red Chamber

Although he felt a little unaccustomed, Lin Ruhai brought him around and visited him. With the help of those family friends, Lin Qing had indeed integrated into the small circle of these people smoothly.

Those who can get along with Lin Ruhai are either Jinshi of the same year, or colleagues who worked together, or else, the connections accumulated by the Lin family over the past few generations are basically from a scholarly family.

However, Lin Qingben is also a good seed for reading. Although he has no feeling for those poems and poems, he has an excellent memory, extensive knowledge, and he seems to be more knowledgeable, and he has received many surprised looks because of this.

Apparently, none of those people thought that Lin Qing, who was adopted and only came from a small rural area, could have such background. The reason why they accepted Lin Qing was entirely because of Lin Ruhai.

That is an important minister of the imperial court. Although it cannot be said that he wants to curry favor with others, he can't offend him anyway. Seeing that Lin Ruhai broke off relations with his in-laws because of Lin Qing's murder, he even stabbed the matter in front of the emperor. Based on this, it can be seen how much Lin Ruhai values ​​this adopted son.

None of the children of these aristocratic families are stupid. No matter what Lin Qing's previous background is, with such a father, his future future will definitely be good. Since he will be included in this circle sooner or later, why not do it Personal affection.

However, Huang Yourong, who brought Lin Qing into this circle, obviously did not expect that the other party could blend in so perfectly, without a trace of restraint. If he hadn't known in advance, he would have been able to take it. This is also cultivated since childhood. .

No wonder Lin Ruhai fell in love with this one at a glance, and he paid so much attention to it. Sure enough, people who can be high officials have very vicious eyes. Even if they choose a son, they will not act emotionally.

After being led into that small circle by Huang Yourong, within four or five days, Lin Qing became acquainted with these people, not to mention getting along with them, but they were not as unfamiliar as before.

We are all young people, with similar interests and hobbies, and the same educational level as each other. The more common topics we have, the more we meet, the friendship will naturally heat up quickly.

Of course, these are just superficial. The children of aristocratic families are all people with a long history of family education. Although it cannot be said that everyone is full of thoughts, there will not be that kind of innocent and simple people, as imagined in novels, It is absolutely impossible to hit it off immediately and become brothers who share life and death together.

But it's only superficial, that's enough for Lin Qing now, no, not long after they got to know each other, these people wanted to clean up for Lin Qing and celebrate the addition of a new person in the small circle buddy.

Naturally, Lin Qing would not be hypocritical, and passed away happily. Although the second generation of top officials like them would not be short of money, but I don't know if it was Huang Yourong who squeezed other people too much on weekdays. The relationship of small partners.

This time everyone unanimously decided to eat the big family, and Qi Qi asked Huang Yourong to treat him, but this guy was considered generous, so he readily agreed. It was only later that Lin Qing found out that this guy even opened several shops in private.

Among them, those who have private property, in modern terms, are a big local tyrant, and distributing the land to local tyrants has always been an activity loved by everyone.

The place where Huang Yourong entertained everyone was in the Juxian Tower in the west of the city. Although they prefer to go to the Red Square to have fun on weekdays, since Lin Qing came here and they are not very familiar with each other, these people are still a little conservative.

However, Juxian Tower is actually not bad. Although there are not so many flowers to finish, the taste of the dishes is extremely delicious. It is said that when the emperor was still a prince, he once came to this restaurant and was very impressed with one of the dishes. I appreciated it.

At that time, the emperor was not well-known among the princes, and the owner of the restaurant had a background, so he didn't take it seriously. After the emperor ascended the throne, this made the shopkeeper regret it to death. Let the emperor mention a word or something.

Otherwise, the reputation of this Juxian Tower may be improved to a higher level. Of course, it is not too bad now. Generally, those who have just entered Beijing will come here to taste the world-famous eight-treasure fish. Has the Holy Spirit personally praised it?

Of course, most of the officials in the capital prefer to come here to get together and talk about things. Although it cannot be said that it is inconvenient at home, it always feels that there is less atmosphere, and this Juxian Building has something to do. Very well, that is, the degree of secrecy is extremely high.

Even the people in Juxian Building don’t know about the conversations in the room, let alone other people, but even so, most of you come here to talk about irrelevant things, really important things , or will not come here.

The time Huang Yourong agreed with everyone was in the evening. Lin Qing bought a few mouthfuls of dry food at home in advance because he was afraid of drinking, and when the time was almost up, he leisurely rode over here.

Glancing at the luxuriously decorated restaurant, and the people who come and go in rich clothes, when Lin Qing looked at the plaque with the words "Juxian Building" written on it, he couldn't help but look a little weird.

"Master, what's wrong?"

Lin Yan, who had just been assigned by his side not long ago, felt a little strange when he saw his young master's appearance, and couldn't help asking with some doubts.

This Juxian Building has always been the favorite place for dignitaries in the capital to come to. If they don't have a certain status and class, they can't get in. He can come here with the young master this time, and he has won the envy of many people. .

Why does he seem a little unhappy looking at the young master like this now? Could it be that something happened that he doesn't know about? Thinking of this, Lin Yan couldn't help but feel a shudder in his heart, and cheered up even more.

Ever since Lin Ruhai showed great importance to this new young master, the position of this personal servant has been watched by many people. If it wasn't because he was clever and had served the master to study, he wouldn't have been able to grab such a position. .

But even if the master has already made up his mind, the time he has spent with the young master is still short, if he is not careful, it is possible that he violated the young master's taboo, after all, there are so many people staring at him.

"nothing……"

Smiling and shaking his head, Lin Qing said it's nothing, it's not just perfunctory to his servant, but it's really nothing, just looking at the prosperous scene in front of him, feeling a little bit emotional in his heart.

People in the world say that Zhumen's wine and meat are smelly, and there are ghosts who freeze to death on the road. This statement is true. Even in the prosperous Jiangnan, there are countless people who starve to death and freeze to death every year, but here, it is not worth spending a fortune to describe it. Forgive it.

Juxian Building, the name is quite good, but unfortunately, the truly virtuous people may not be able to come to such a place, and those who can afford to spend here are usually either corrupt officials or wealthy people.

Although this kind of thinking seems a little extreme, except for those who have ancestral property in their families, as Lin Qing said, they are not corrupt officials. If they don't have money, they can't get in at all. After all, the salary issued by the imperial court is limited.

But think about it, the self-proclaimed sage today pays the most attention to the emperor's mind, and even neglects the way of governing the country. How many civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty are good officials.

Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about the elders in the court. Mr. Wu Ge loves money. Not to mention the countless money in his family, he keeps amassing money everywhere. If you take out the money, it may be enough Relief for disasters several times.

If this one really talks about it, it's pretty good. The most serious one belongs to Zhang Yi, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Although the name is quite good, but this one doesn't talk about corruption, and he is very extravagant. The important thing is to pretend to be deaf and dumb from time to time, and to shrink back when it is time to do things.

From this point of view, then Mr. Shen Ge is much better than these two. Although he loves power, most of his disciples are people who hold real power, but at least he has actually done it a few times. thing.

Lin Qing didn't think highly of these elders in Da Zhou at first, but when he came to the capital and studied more about the temperament of the current emperor through various channels, he discovered that these things Some of them are his bad intentions.

Those court elders may not really love money, nor may they really want to do practical things, but facing the suspicious emperor, if you give him a handle, he will not trust you.

The Holy Majesty was suspicious, and in order to hold all the power in his hands and gain a reputation of being tolerant and wise, he turned a blind eye and closed one eye, intentionally indulging those corrupt officials. As a result, the entire court, few of them were honest and upright official.

Even Lin Qing's current cheap father, when he was in Yangzhou, probably just balanced the situation in the south of the Yangtze River, and did nothing for the people, and he also paid a lot of bribes every year, otherwise, how could he rely on his ancestral business? Support such a big Lin family.

Of course, Lin Qing can't say that corrupt officials are bad at all. After all, when the water is clear, there are no fish. Honest officials and corrupt officials are two opposites, even if the day and night are the same, there must be one.

But now in this world, what kind of situation is that? Many people can't live happily anymore, and there are always wars on the frontier, and uprisings and rebels are everywhere. In this environment, the court is still in such a state.

Then how could there be peace in this world? The emperor's mind is important, but the way to govern a country does not depend solely on an emperor's mind.

Thinking of the current emperor's continuous strengthening of his power, and the several adult princes fighting to the death, Lin Qing's vague, originally definite thoughts became clearer.

Eyes flickered slightly, Lin Qing sighed with emotion, shook his head, and stopped thinking about it. Although Da Zhou is also suffering from internal and external troubles, he might be crushed to death when he sees a straw put down.

But a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, no matter how chaotic the Great Zhou is, the background of that court is still there, it is not time for him to think about those things.

Leaving the other servants who came with him to stay outside, Lin Qing took Lin Yan into the Juxian Building alone. He had just stepped over the threshold, and before he could look around, he saw Huang Yourong surrounded by a group of people. Step over.

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