The most rigid Jia Amnesty in the history of the Red Chamber

Since Jia Amnesty was named a fifth-rank official, he only had three days to rest and prepare. After three days, he had to go to the Ministry of Households to work as an errand.

Because he just got a windfall from Wei's family, although he had to get up before five o'clock, when Jia She arrived at the household department, his face was still radiant.

Zeng Kuo is a diligent minister and came early.When Jia Amnesty arrived at the household department, seeing that other officials hadn't arrived, he saluted Zeng Kuo.

Zeng Kuo looked more radiant than Jia She.From the ten-year cold window to the title on the gold list, to the appointment of the Minister's Order, Zeng Kuo survived the whole journey like oil, and Zeng Kuo didn't even get a Zhuangzi near the capital.

Jia She suddenly went to the Ministry of Households to pay back the money, which not only solved Zeng Kuo's plight in the midst of being splinted in various ministries and courtyards, but also attracted several families to follow suit because of Jia She's sale of Zhuangzi. Zhuangzi.This Lord Shangshu finally has a property in the capital.

Therefore, the way Zeng Kuo looked at Jia She was like looking at the God of Wealth.

"General Jia, you came too early today." Zeng Kuo replied with a smile.

Jia Amnesty happened to be unaware of his sudden entry into the Household Department, so seeing that other colleagues hadn't come yet, he asked Zeng Kuo, "Master Shangshu, I have a question that I don't quite understand, please ask Master Shangshu to explain it. Yuan Wai Lang, it is the emperor's grace, the lower officials should do their best for the country, but the lower officials are not successful, so why did they suddenly get the official position?"

Although there are quite a few poor scholars, there are very few who can climb from Jinshi to Shangshu step by step.Zeng Kuo has survived all the way to this day, and he has dodged many open and dark arrows. His ability to clarify the situation and understand people's hearts is also considered superb.Someone shot cold arrows at Jia She, and Zeng Kuo could of course see a thing or two.

Someone suddenly advised Jia Amnesty to become an official, and Zeng Kuo himself was suspicious.Seeing that Jia She asked such a question straight to the point, Zeng Kuo gave Jia She a few glances.In fact, Zeng Kuo has never underestimated Jia She since Jia She returned the money to the Ministry of Household Affairs.Regardless of Jia She's bad reputation, but being able to take the initiative to repay the money means walking away from under the dangerous wall. Based on this alone, Zeng Kuo felt that Jia She was a very transparent person.

Zeng Kuo accepted Jia She's affection for returning the money to buy Zhuangzi; also because of Jia She's transparency and open-mindedness, Zeng Kuo didn't dislike Jia She at all. Seeing that no one else came, Zeng Kuo said: "Then At the Japanese court meeting, because the Ministry of Households now has money, the emperor has approved the transfer of several ministries and courts. The Ministry of War also allocated money. It was Master Wei Linwei, the servant of the Ministry of War, who mentioned it when he thanked General Jia. Thanks to the merits of repaying the silver, the food and grass for the soldiers at the border gates to survive the winter have all been secured, so the conversation turns back to General Jia."

Wei Lin!It's the Marquis of Wu'an who hid his property in the basement and lied about theft.The Wei family and the Ningrong Second Mansion are close friends, Yuan himself has been there several times.Therefore, it is not only logical for Wei Lin to say good things for himself at the Dachao meeting, but it will also be regarded as affectionate and righteous.

But Jia Amnesty never believed that Wei Lin's move was to make himself stand out in the court.

Just as Jia Amnesty was about to say something else, he heard the sound of a carriage approaching from a distance.Then he smiled and said, "Thank you Master Zeng, I never thought that I, Marquis Jia En, would serve the imperial court one day, so I will invite Master Zeng to drink another day."

Zeng Kuo's hearing is not as good as that of Jia She, and he was about to remind Jia She to guard against villains, but Jia She glanced at the door.

The yamen of the household department is naturally majestic and grand, with five doors open, and the field of vision is extremely wide.Zeng Kuo looked out of the door and saw Shi Guangzhu's carriage coming, so he didn't say anything else.

Not long after, colleagues from the household department came in twos and threes. As a minister, Zeng Kuo was very easy-going and recommended them one by one for Jia She.

I've seen Shi Guangzhu in person before, the queen of Shan Guogong, who has four princes and eight princes.Four princes and eight princes are in the same spirit. When Shi Guangzhu met Jia She, he was also very enthusiastic.

Today is the first time to work on an errand, so Jia Shen naturally doesn't need to do any specific errands. Seeing that Jia She and Shi Guangzhu are close friends, Zeng Kuo asked Shi Guangzhu to tell Jia Shen some rules of the household department.He simply assigned Jia Amnesty to Shi Guangzhu's subordinates.

Jia Amnesty came here with the idea of ​​being passive and sabotage, so as to lay the foundation for his resignation in the future.Shi Guangzhu also knew that Jia She was an out-and-out dude, so he didn't assign any specific tasks to Jia She at first.

But because the Ministry of Household Affairs now has a large amount of income, many appropriations that could not be approved before can be distributed. Although Jia Amnesty is free, the other colleagues are all very busy.Even when Jia Amnesty wanted to inquire about his sudden entry into the household department, Zeng Kuo never had time to spare.

Jia She was like an idler in the household department. Not only did he not have any specific errands for him, but some colleagues even felt that Jia She would be in the way even standing there.

Of course, Jia Amnesty understood this sentiment.After all, we are all colleagues. When others are too busy, they will be very angry. When they see themselves doing nothing, wandering around, everyone still gets the same salary.This seems to be a really annoying thing.

After working in the household department for two days, Jia She felt that his colleagues looked at him more and more unfriendly.Fortunately, Jia Amnesty didn't care about these things. Apart from feeling that the training time was delayed, the rest was not too difficult.

Of course, there are advantages to entering the household department: the household department is in charge of the allocations of various ministries, so the information of the household department is very well-informed, and Jia Amnesty's hearing is better than ordinary people. Even if no one is willing to share the news with him, Jia Amnesty can still get a lot. First-hand news that you can't hear in the Rongguo Mansion.Therefore, on the second day of working in the household department, Jia Amnesty heard that Marquis Weilin of Wu'an had stolen from his home and begged to postpone the return of the money owed to the treasury.

In any case, the Wei family is a family of nobles. They made great contributions when they followed the Tai | ancestor to conquer the world. Now Emperor Jinghuai is still the second generation. Can you forget the veterans around me?Therefore, Emperor Jinghuai looked at the old Marquis Wu'an and said that if the Wei family found the lost property, they would return the money they owed, and if they did not find it, they would deduct Marquis Wu'an's salary for three months every year.This has to be deducted to the Year of the Monkey.

For a noble person, the salary is actually not much, which is much less than the filial piety received in three festivals and two lives; so Emperor Jinghuai is almost equivalent to exempting the Wei family from owed money.Those who have already returned the owed money heard the news, except for Jia Amnesty, all of them were itching with hatred.

Of course, in the Rongguo Mansion, Jia She is the only one who doesn't hate that's all. After Jia Mu and Jia Zheng and his wife heard about it, they also secretly hated Jia She for buying a fifth-rank official with 60 taels, but made the whole family have to live in poverty.

As for Jia Amnesty, it was not surprising to hear about the Wei family, after all, he had thought of it a long time ago.But your Wei family doesn't want to pay back the money, what excuse do you use the Jia family for?Although the Jia family was stolen, the money owed to the treasury was repaid in full.Well, in fact, 20 taels were exempted, and the other 20 taels were repaid by Shijia and Wang's family, and Jia Amnesty only paid 40 taels.But this has nothing to do with the Wei family.

Jia She was able to find out the theft from the Wei family, but Jia She couldn't figure out the purpose of the theft from the Shen family in Baoding in the same way.The Wei family owes money to the state treasury, but the Shen family does not owe it, so well behaved, why did the Shen family make such a fuss?

If he hadn't worked in the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jia Amnesty would have quietly made a trip to Baoding.Noble people can't leave Beijing without purpose, but it will take only a few days to go to Baoding. As a dude, if he doesn't show up in the capital for a few days, he won't attract attention. It doesn't matter if Jia She goes there; Uwairo, a member of the household department, is not so easy to say and leave.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty handed over the trip to Baoding to Zuo Liang.Zuo Liang is a spy under Jia Daishan's command. Anyone who can be a spy and come back alive is a bold and careful person.Jia Amnesty didn't ask Zuo Liang to take any action against the Shen family, but only asked Zuo Liang to draw back the Shen's house and the surrounding terrain in as much detail as possible.

The spies in the army are all experts in surveying the terrain, this trivial matter is not a problem for Zuo Liang who is good at drawing maps.

Now the household department is really short of people, it doesn't seem like Mr. Jia She is so idle.So five days after Jia She entered the household department, Shi Guangzhu arranged an errand for Jia She.This job is actually quite simple, that is, after the various ministries and courts have requested the money, if Emperor Jinghuai approves it, the Ministry of Households will release the money.

In order to prevent people from cheating for personal gain, the appropriation of this sum of money needs to be checked by several people.And Jia Amnesty is the yamen responsible for checking the amount for the last time before disbursement and supervising sending the money to the collection.In the past few days, Jia Amnesty also made two short business trips.

Escorting the money to the place, the household department just appointed two people to go with it. In case of encountering bandits on the way, the household department will send people to escort the money to the place. Jia She is only the representative of the household department. The most important task is Contact the local government, check the accounts, and make the delivery clear; even so, in order to prevent collusion between the household department and the local government, the household department officials sent to the local government are in pairs every time, and the two supervise each other. Under normal circumstances, even tampering There is no room for it.

Jia Amnesty's two short-distance trips were not very difficult, one was in Tongzhou, and it took two days to go back and forth; the other was in Chang'an County, which was only two days back and forth.

This task is indeed not onerous, because there is a partner to go with him, Jia Amnesty is just going to meet a scene, and the specific affairs are all done by the partner.As a result, Jia Amnesty didn't even know how to slow down.

A few days later, Zuo Liang came back and handed Jia Amnesty a stack of maps of the Shen family in Baoding.This stack of maps is divided into several parts: a detailed map of the layout of Shen's residence, who lives in each courtyard, and even Miss Shen's boudoir is marked; a slightly larger scale is Shen's residence and neighbors The relative location of the house; the other proportion is even bigger, including the streets, shops, etc. within a radius of ten miles of Shen's residence.

When Jia Amnesty got the stack of maps, he couldn't help admiring in his heart that he was professional enough to thank Zuo Liang for his hard work.

Zuo Liang laughed and said it was all right, and told Jia She some news and speculations that he had inquired in Baoding Mansion.

Although this trip to Baoding was nothing compared to spying on the enemy's situation on the battlefield before, it took only six days to go back and forth and delay on the road; Zuo Liang was able to inquire about the Shen family's affairs in Baoding so clearly , It is impossible to say that you are not tired.After Jia Amnesty left, Zuo Liang briefly took a bath, then went to bed to catch up on sleep.

Jia Amnesty returned to the East Courtyard with a stack of maps before unfolding them.The Shen family is a wealthy family in Baoding. They used to be escorts and had branches all over the country. Later, when the business grew, the Shen family also started their own business. Among them, the Shen family had a huge weaving room.

Of course, the Shen family's weaving room is for civilian use, and it can't be compared with Jiangning Weaving and Suzhou Weaving; but for dart runners, they must have a good relationship with both black and white in order to last long.It is also because of this that the Shen family's weaving house has a relationship with the Ministry of War. When the Ministry of War purchases supplies, the Shen family's weaving house is also one of the suppliers of military quilts.

Jia Amnesty used a homemade pencil to draw a circle around the Shen residence where the theft took place, a circle around the Shen family's weaving house, and a line between the two.As soon as he had an idea, the concierge came to report that Mr. Zeng, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, had come.

Jia Amnesty hurriedly put some parts of the map into the space, opened the door and went out.

Zeng Kuo is no longer young, and he walked in a hurry, and he was a little out of breath when he reached the gate of the east courtyard.

Just as Jia Amnesty was about to salute, Zeng Kuo waved his hands and said, "General Jia, you don't need those empty gestures, let's go inside and talk."

Jia Amnesty nodded and made way.Zeng Kuo didn't pay much attention to the master's first move, stepped inside, and saw that there was no servant girl in Jia She's main house, his face was slightly surprised: Isn't it said that Marquis Jia En of Rongguo Mansion is greedy for flowers and lustful?

But Zeng Kuo didn't want to explore those things, he just said: "Enhou, what can we say here?" Zeng Kuo naturally meant to ask whether the partition wall has ears.

Jia She nodded and said, "Master Zeng, it's okay to say."

"There is a batch of luggage and military pay that is going to Ping'an Prefecture and will leave the day after tomorrow. According to Shi Shilang, the household department still recommends General Jia and Chao Ren to go together. Ping'an Prefecture is half a month's journey from the capital to and from the capital, plus the delay on the road. It may take a month to return to Beijing. If it is inconvenient for General Jia, I can send someone else." In fact, Zeng Kuo sensed that Jia Amnesty's journey into the household department was inappropriate, and he was worried that he would be plotted against him. The benefits of Yin's emergency, so I made a special trip to remind you.

After hearing this, Jia Amnesty didn't think about going to Ping'an Prefecture, but asked: "Master Zeng, at the court meeting, Wei Lin suddenly mentioned me, even if the emperor wants to give me an official position, why should I And entered the Ministry of Households instead of the Ministry of War?"

Powerful, grasping the vital point as soon as he opened his mouth, Zeng Kuo laughed when he heard this.Since Jia Amnesty understood so well, it would not be in vain to go to Rongguo Mansion and remind him. "After Master Wei mentioned General Jia, it was the emperor who proposed to give General Jia a real vacancy. At that time, the Ministry of War really wanted to surpass others, but it was I who suggested that General Jia enter the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Hearing this, Jia Amnesty paid attention: Even if Wei Lin suddenly mentioned himself at the court meeting, why would Emperor Jinghuai give him an official position?It doesn't matter if someone in the harem listens to you.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty clasped his fists and said, "I thank Mr. Zeng for your protection." Although he is actually a fifth rank, his title is also a first-class general, and his rank is no lower than Zeng Kuo's;

A dude, for some unknown reason, suddenly went to the Ministry of Households to return the welcome, which caused many honorable families to have to repay the owed money; Jia Amnesty's move must have offended many people.After offending someone, instead of being suppressed, Jia She was recommended; Zeng Kuo had been up and down in the officialdom for many years, so he could see at a glance that someone wanted to flatter and kill Jia She.

In the beginning, Zeng Kuo thought that Jia She was useless except lustful due to the influence of rumors outside, and he was worried that Jia She would become a Taoist in other ministries, so he got Jia She to the Ministry of Household Affairs.Under my nose, if I can mention a thing or two, it's nothing more than repaying Jia Amnesty's love.

Unexpectedly, after several times of contact, Zeng Kuo always felt that Jia She was very wise, and he felt a little bit of love.Today, when I reminded myself, Jia Amnesty immediately thanked me for protecting me, proving that this person is definitely a transparent person.Zeng Kuo was well aware of the darkness in the officialdom, and Jia She was sent to Ping'an Prefecture after only two short trips. Zeng Kuo was worried that there would be mistakes on the road, so he reminded him.

"General Jia, you don't have to be polite. The general has not been on duty for a long time in the household department. If you want to practice for a while, it won't be too late to go on a long-distance business trip. This time, how about replacing me?" Zeng Kuo looked at Jia. She is not extraordinary, but I really want to cultivate it sincerely, and I don't want Jia She to be broken in the way.

Jia Amnesty didn't want to be an official, he just wanted to get rid of the people who plotted against him this time, so that he could resign and practice with peace of mind, so he said: "That's not necessary, my father was stationed in Ping'an Prefecture before, I would like to go and see." What should come will always come, and since it has come, Jia Amnesty doesn't mind solving it in advance.

From Jia She's words and demeanor, Zeng Kuo heard that he was a person with strong insight, and thought: Jia Enhou has such a heart, it may not be so easy to be calculated by others, I am too worried.So he said again: "In short, be careful on the road to Enhou, pay attention to food and daily life, and don't import food of unknown origin." After finishing speaking, he got up and left.

Jia Amnesty laughed and said, "I'll see Mr. Zeng off." So he personally sent Zeng Kuo out.Now Jia She's hearing is much better than ordinary people's. Some of the spies following Zeng Kuo thought they were hiding, but Jia She found them all.

Zeng Kuo is naturally a smart person, and he can be regarded as a smart person with clear grievances and a sense of justice, otherwise he wouldn't have to remind himself.But Zeng Kuo was a literati who became an official after all, and his own justice still exists. He never imagined how vicious human nature can be sometimes.

But Jia Amnesty is different. He has experienced the end of the world and knows that some people will do anything to achieve their goals. If they are in a different place, if they are a layout person, they have tossed for so long, just wanting a Jia Enhou to die on the road in an accident to vent his anger ?No, ambitious people will never waste their energy on these small things. Every move that people make carefully and carefully will have a purpose and intention.

Back in the room, Jia Amnesty took out the map Zuo Liang gave him again, with a smile on his face.In fact, the opponent's method is not so difficult to guess.