Infrastructure masters in the red building

The next day, the imperial decree arrived at Rongguo Mansion.

When the eunuch who delivered the decree read the decree aloud and named Jia Fang the "Pingnan Jiedu Envoy", Duke Rong and Duke Ning fell on the ground, really not knowing what to say.

Jiedushi is not a small official position, he is a second-rank official, and then crowned with the word "Pingnan", he is a big official in the frontier.What's more, the emperor also gave Jia Fang the power to mobilize soldiers from the southern battalion and control local county officials.As far as local power is concerned, Jia Fang is already comparable to a prince, even better than an ordinary prince.

But the problem is that Jia Fang is only 16 years old now, he is still underage.

Jia Daishan listened to the announcement, thinking: The man on the dragon chair is about to announce to the world that I have given birth to a son, who was kept outside for many years before he discovered it was a treasure.I owe my son, and I want to make it up to him.

Unexpectedly, this is not over yet. After this part of the decree about Jia Fang is announced, the next part of the decree is for Rong Guogong and Ning Guogong.

"To demolish all the walls and buildings in the Ningrong Second Mansion near the Grand View Garden, and merge the East Courtyard of Rongguo Mansion into the Grand View Garden as an imperial garden, and hand it over to Jia Fang for repairs, so as to make it perfect. When the garden is completed, I will also do it Come and inspect in person. Dear."

Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan lead Jia Fang to stand up and accept the order to thank him.

After that, Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan stared at Jia Fang together, and asked in unison: "Yesterday, the emperor toured the garden in micro clothes, but for this matter?"

Jia Fang nodded slightly shyly.He made his refusal clear, but the emperor himself, getting excited, turned around and left.As a result, the decree came down today, and he actually wanted to ask his father and uncle if he could turn down this "Jiedushi" job.

"It's not that you can't, it's just..." Jia Daihua replied after pondering for a while, "You just rejected the emperor once, and now the emperor has kindly granted you an official position. If you resign again, you will appear a little ignorant."

Jia Fang: ... also.

He immediately said: "I've thought about it. Didn't the emperor say that I only have the power to mobilize military power and control local officials? Then if I don't mobilize military power and control local officials, won't I have nothing to do with the local government?"

This is also the result of Jia Fang's deliberation. The emperor granted him authority, but he governed by doing nothing, and did not disturb the local area when he had nothing to do. This may also be a way of governance that can stabilize the local area.

Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan flattened their mouths at the same time: "Think beautifully!"

"You don't know, since you have this official position, you must communicate with the officials of the local prefectures and counties. Just for them to visit your office, there are so many counties and counties in the south, it will take a lot of effort. In addition, three festivals and two longevity , celebrating festivals and birthdays, all kinds of trifles are endless, you are so young, I'm afraid you won't be able to handle it!" Jia Daishan looked at Jia Fang, seeming to feel that he was a little pitiful.

But Jia Daihua said: "In my opinion, this is not a big deal."

What Jia Daihua meant was that Ning Rong and the Second Duke would find a reliable staff member to sit in the Pingnan Jiedu Mission's Mansion on behalf of Jia Fang to deal with the officials within his jurisdiction and handle official affairs.As long as there are no major incidents, Jia Fang can still stay in Beijing and not appear in the south.

"But the most important thing is that the states and counties in the south can be properly governed, the people live in peace, and the place is peaceful. Otherwise, this official position seems to be the emperor's great love for Fang'er, but it is actually a burden, a burden, and even a sharp weapon for attack."

After Jia Daihua finished speaking, Jia Fang nodded solemnly: power means responsibility, and the emperor saw that Taoyuan Village under his rule had made some achievements, so he deliberately gave him such a bluffing title, giving him power Blessing, strive to make more beautiful political achievements in the south.

"As for the staff, I have to leave it to uncle and father." Jia Fang solemnly bowed to these two, but Jia Daihua and Jia Daishan didn't dare to accept his big gift any more, they got up one after another and stepped aside.

Jia Fang's plan here was initially decided, and Jia Daishan returned to Rongxi Hall, but ran into a tigress jumping.

"The emperor wanted to reward his own son, why didn't he go out of his own place, why did he ask our Rongfu to vacate the East Courtyard?" Mrs. Shi began to complain endlessly as soon as she saw Jia Daishan.

The East Courtyard of the Rong Mansion is to the east of the Rongxi Hall, and a large area to the north of the small courtyard where Jia She lives. This courtyard is currently the residence of the servants of the Jia family. Most of the servants of the Rong Mansion and some of the servants of the Ning Mansion live there. Live in the East Courtyard.

Now the royal decree is to move all these people out, find another place to live, and make room for Jia Fang to repair the garden.

Mrs. Shi was so angry that everyone in the world should know that she has helped others raise their sons for many years, right?Now that she still wants to give the land to this fake son, Mrs. Shi can't turn this corner in her heart.

"You are stupid!" Jia Daishan said bitterly, "Fang'er is still a member of our Rongfu, but you let him build a garden and only take care of the boundaries of Xiuningfu? Is this to clear the relationship or what? !"

"Don't forget who gave us this mansion. This was originally Qing Wang's mansion. If the emperor really doesn't care about it, he can directly rehabilitate King Qing, restore his prince, and let everything left by King Qing be let go." Fang'er inherits. At that time, both of our two houses will have to move, and you will have no place to cry."

Mrs. Shi was right after thinking about it, but her heart was still blocked, she just drooped her head and kept silent.

Seeing that his wife's temper had calmed down a lot, Jia Daishan stopped being jealous and unreasonable as before, so he persuaded him nicely: "I discussed it with my eldest brother, and the current situation is the worst that our two governments can think of. A good situation. If the emperor really ignores Fang'er, the two houses will be set on fire right now. But now... now we only need to place a few servants. Are there any in Ningrong Back Street? How many houses are empty?"

Mrs. Shi pursed her mouth and said with a mournful face, "I originally planned to renovate and rent it out in the spring."

"It's not right now. Whoever moves in can let them renovate it by themselves. We don't have to worry about it, do we?" Jia Daishan comforted the old wife.

Seeing that his wife was still unhappy, he said, "You only think that the emperor compensated Fang'er, so you won't compensate others, right? You forgot that Zheng'er still has Chunwei this year?"

Mrs. Shi immediately forgot all about the East Courtyard, moving and renting a house, stretched out her hand to grab Jia Daishan's sleeve, and said in surprise and joy: "You mean, Zheng'er's exam this year..."

Jia Dai spread his hands: "As a husband, I can only guess, but as long as Zheng'er is not completely confused, when Chunwei releases the list, there should be a name."

In fact, Jia Daishan didn't think that the emperor would really help Jia Zheng in Chunwei, but he compared Jia Zheng's articles last time and felt that his son's level was not bad, and it shouldn't be a big problem to be a Jinshi in Chunwei.So he deliberately comforted Mrs. Shi like this.

Mrs. Shi didn't know the truth, she clapped her hands together, smiled all over her face, and said, "It would be great if that's the case—"

Her thoughts have been divergent, thinking about renting a house from the East Courtyard, and then thinking about Jia Zheng's marriage from Zhongchunwei, and said hurriedly: "After Zheng'er high school, someone will come to ask for a marriage. ’, Zheng’er didn’t know how to refuse, what should I do?”

Thinking about it, Mrs. Shi rubbed her hands and said, "No way! At that time, I will have a few capable servants to protect Zheng'er to watch the list. I also have to look at the young ladies of the right age one by one..." She was gearing up immediately, with high morale.

That's what Jia Daishan wants. Mrs. Shi won't complain to him like a cart wheel is throwing beans when she has something to do.As for Jia Zheng's marriage, the result is nothing more than choosing among those families, and there will be no surprises or surprises for him.But there is one thing, Jia Daishan told his old wife: "It's about Min'er's marriage, you can take care of it now."

In the past few years, Jia Min will be fourteen, and she can discuss marriage first, for two or three years, and it will not be too late to remarry when she grows up, but it is not too late to discuss the marriage of the girl's family.

"Mrs. just mentioned 'catch a son-in-law under the list', which reminded my husband. For Min'er, this year's Chunwei releases the list. Our family might as well go and catch him."

Jia Daishan and his wife are still discussing freely in the Rongxi Hall, while Jia Fang has already checked the floor plan of Rongning Second Mansion in his small courtyard.The picture is from an earlier time, so the current location of the Grand View Garden is still marked with the words "Huifang Garden".However, the drawings clearly indicated the orientation of all the buildings in the Ningrong Second Mansion, as well as the location of the "broken wall" that Jia Fang needed to "break the wall" to build the garden.

Jia Fang: Finally, it looks like a Grand View Garden.

Originally, Huifang Garden was a narrow rectangle with depth but lack of width. Sometimes when seeing the gray terracotta walls of Rongning Second Mansion on both sides, it would feel a bit "out of the ordinary".But now that the East Courtyard of Rongfu is included together, the ratio between the length and width of the Grand View Garden will be very appropriate, close to the golden section, which makes Jia Fang very satisfied.

After all, that's how it was arranged in the original book. Jia's mansion built the Grand View Garden by using the original site of Huifang Garden, an old garden in Ningfu, and then breaking the wall into part of the buildings on the east line of Rongfu to form the Grand View Garden.

At this time, the mansion reported that Dai Quan and Eunuch Dai had come again, and Jia Fang hurried to pick him up. Seeing Dai Quan running all the way into the capital, he also felt that the other party was very hardworking, so he solemnly thanked him and stretched out his hand again. He touched the purse he was carrying to see what he could give to Lao Dai.

Dai Quan hurriedly asked: "Where can I make you spend money to reward? If you really want to reward, let the pickle workshop in the south of the city leave some pickled peppers for the old slave. I am getting old and my mouth is a bit picky. It is not easy to find something that tastes right. .”

Jia Fang agreed with a lot of voices, saying that someone would keep it for a special purpose, and Dai Quan would send someone to pick it up by himself.

Dai Quan handed Jia Fang the things specially brought in from outside the city, and said, "The emperor said, if you take a closer look, it must be of some use. In his storeroom, it's still on hold."

When Jia Fang looked at it, he found that it was a large pack of scrolls, and thought that the scroll in his room had a companion.Taking this big bag back, I found that it turned out to be garden houses painted by famous artists, all of which were boundary paintings.Each picture is drawn with great precision, and Jia Fang can almost confirm that the size of these boundary paintings is scaled up in proportion and can be used directly.

There is also a pile of rocks, which Jia Fang found familiar. When he thought about it, it turned out to be the pile of rocks that he saw in the small garden, "the moon in the water" when he was living in the Li Palace on the outskirts of Beijing.This pair of scrolls presents the pile of stones exactly as it is.

Presumably, His Majesty the Emperor noticed that Jia Fang liked the rock-stacked mountains and rivers in that garden, so he sent them to him.

This is probably the first time since Jia Fang arrived in this time and space, his own father has expressed in a way he can accept.

Jia Fang: It's kind of sweet!

He took these scrolls back to his small courtyard, and asked Shuangwen to go through them one by one, to see the materials on these boundary paintings, and what can be used for reference in the future, so as to have a good look.

Unexpectedly, Shuangwen opened a scroll, read the inscription and postscript, said "ah" softly, then stopped talking, just stared at the scroll, his eyes were a little red.

Jia Fang also leaned over to look, only to notice that all the scrolls, without exception, came from the same person——Shan Ziye.

Jia Fang was also inexplicably surprised, because according to the original records of the Red Chamber, the draft of the Grand View Garden was written by an old Ming Gong Shan Ziye.Since he came to this time and space, he was ordered to build a garden, thinking that it might not have anything to do with that mountain, but who knows that he got this scroll again at this time.

Looking at Shuangwen's expression, Jia Fang probably guessed what happened, so he said gently, "Is it an elder relative?"

Shuangwen nodded, feeling a little agitated, and said, "It's grandfather."

Jia Fang: ...

He immediately came to Shuangwen and bowed earnestly.

Shuangwen stepped aside, his mood improved a little, and he said coyly, "Why do you beg me?"

Jia Fang: "A few days ago, I saw the garden designed by Lingzu and the lake stones piled up. I was amazed by the ingenuity in it. It is true - seeing a garden with you is better than reading ten years of books. I think I have a good taste in gardens. Up a level..."

He babbled nonsense very sincerely, Shuangwen suddenly gave a "puchi" smile, and then changed to Qi Rong: "Even I myself have never seen so many posthumous works of my grandfather."

Hearing the word "posthumous work", Jia Fang felt regretful, and said in a deep voice, "It turns out that Ling Zu has already..."

Shuangwen nodded: "Yes, my grandfather once built gardens for the royal family, but he passed away early, and my father did not inherit his old man's mantle at all, but took the path of figure painting."

Jia Fang: "Figure painting?"

Shuangwen nodded, and said, "Yes, I painted sitting or standing portraits for members of the royal family, or pictures of carnival. It is said that my late father was also convicted for this."

But Shuangwen was a criminal slave who was confiscated and fined into the Jiaofang Division. Jia Fang really couldn't imagine how her family could be convicted for painting and portraits. Could it be that there was a story in the period of Emperor Han Yuan, "Yizhi Why can't the painting be done, Mao Yanshou was killed in vain at that time"? ①

He stared at Shuangwen, but Shuangwen shook his head and said, "Third Lord, don't look at me, I don't know either."

"I was only four years old when my house was ransacked, and I really can't remember anything." Shuangwen lowered her head, as if she really didn't want to recall the past.

"Later, my mother taught me in Jiaofang, and she also painted figures, and made portraits for the sisters in Sili. With this painting skill, it was preserved after all, preserved..."

Shuangwen lowered her head, embarrassed to continue, but Jia Fang could also imagine how important a painter is in the Jiaofang Division.I'm afraid there are many people who are willing to take the initiative to bribe the painters, just to make their portraits more beautiful. No one is willing to be as reserved as Zhaojun in the past and refuse to bribe Mao Yanshou.

Shuangwen relied on this to survive safely in the Jiaofang Division until he was released.It is conceivable how difficult her life was during those days, and how she walked on thin ice.

"These scrolls belong to you." Jia Fang said immediately, and he pushed all the scrolls he got from Dai Quan in front of Shuangwen, "It was originally your family's stuff."

"Third Master, how did this happen?" Shuangwen wanted to push back, but Jia Fang severely stopped him.

"To be honest, I think I am already a very good person," Jia Fang said without feeling blushing at all, "but I think you are just as good, just one less chance. Believe me, you will get it in the future." such an opportunity."

He thinks that Shuangwen's talent in Meticulous Architecture (architectural design) is very outstanding. If she lives in her own time and space, she will definitely be able to learn from others and become a cutting-edge designer.

Shuangwen blushed a little immediately: "But I'm just a daughter."

Jia Fang immediately laughed and said, "Just be like Shan Ziye, take an elegant name, and draw pictures in the future. Who knows that you are a woman?"

"Really, I promise you, after you are done with the Grand View Garden, you can give it a try..."

Before Jia Fang finished speaking, he heard Li Qingsong banging on the door vigorously outside: "Third Master, Third Master...someone is looking for it outside, saying it is urgent."

Jia Fang immediately apologized to Shuangwen, and then walked out.

Shuang Wen looked away, thinking that this master is really different, the other party seems to really... treat her as the same person, and encourage her to do this and that.

Not to mention that Shuangwen buried his head in those scrolls immediately after Jia Fang left, reading and studying the posthumous works left by his grandfather one by one.Jia Fang was taken by Li Qingsong, and hurriedly left the Rong Mansion, only to see a carriage parked on Ning Rong Street, not far from the gate of the mansion.

"Please come up!" Someone said inside, and immediately a young man helped to open the curtain.

When Jia Fang heard the voice, he knew it was Shui Xian.He hadn't had the chance to see the other party since the last time the imperial driver visited the park, and at this moment he was overjoyed, seeing that the other party had already secured the pedals of the car, he immediately got into the car, bowed his waist and came into the car.

As soon as he raised his eyes, he met Shang Shuixian's eyes.Shui Xian's eyes narrowed a bit, seeing Jia Fang's eyes, he looked to the other side.

It was only then that Jia Fang noticed that there was another person in the car, looking at him with a smile that was not a smile, and then slowly said:

"Zi Fang...I, am I, should I call you...Sixth Brother?"