Reincarnation of Soul Cultivation 2

Chapter 132 Lin Jing of the Red Chamber

The Jia family was very excited about the favor of the new emperor. This time, not only Jia Yuanchun was named a concubine, but Jia Zheng was also promoted.This is a rare happy event for the Jia family.Jia She is an immoral dude. Although Jia Zheng has a good temper, he is not good at general affairs. He has never been promoted in the Ministry of Industry for many years.Jia Zhen is good at making money, but it's a pity that Jia Jing violated the taboo of a nobleman and had to become a monk to avoid disaster, and Jia Zhen was so tired that she didn't get a job as an official.

Now it is rare for the Jia family to have a high-ranking concubine, and even Jia Zheng was promoted and changed departments. The Jia family inevitably felt that the decline of the Jia family had come to an end. It's thriving again.This time, only Concubine Xiande's father was benefited. When Concubine Xiande's status is stabilized in the future, and she will give birth to a prince and princess for the emperor, it will be a matter of time before Concubine Xiande's natal Jia family will be promoted.

Generally speaking, there is nothing wrong with this kind of thinking.

The status of low-ranking concubines in the palace is not stable, and they are likely to fall out of favor and lose their lives in the harem battle, and it is impossible for a big family to pin the hopes of the whole family on low-ranking concubines.

But high-ranking concubines are different.

The queen is the mother of a country, not to mention.The imperial concubine and the four concubines below definitely have status in the palace. Each is the head of the first palace, manages a palace, and almost everyone has children.

Jia Yuanchun made a concubine Xiande, and immediately became the head of the first palace, and her status was only lower than that of the queen and noble concubine.Apart from not having a child for the time being, it can be said that Concubine Xiande has no shortage of power and favor.

Under such circumstances, it is no wonder that the Jia family regards Jia Yuanchun's appointment as a concubine as a harbinger of the family's prosperity again.

But as an outsider, Lin Ruhai has some doubts about this.Even if the emperor and the Supreme Emperor haven't torn faces openly, the power struggle between them is real.After fighting for so many years, it is unreasonable for the emperor to suddenly give face to the Supreme Emperor at this time, and specially promote the Jia family, the former confidant of the Supreme Emperor.

These years, Lin Ruhai has been sandwiched between the two emperors, like a sandwich biscuit, basically being both sides.

The Supreme Emperor was angry at Lin Ruhai for ignoring his orders and not giving face to the Zhen family, and once wanted to deal ruthlessly with this confidant who "betrayed" him.But Lin Ruhai, apart from sticking to the Zhen family and strictly handling the affairs of the salt administration, did not seek refuge with the new emperor, so he could not be regarded as a betrayal of the lord.The Supreme Emperor was also worried that disposing of Lin Ruhai would disappoint his other confidants, so he let Lin Ruhai go.Neither deal with him, of course, nor promote him, give him any benefits.

As for the new emperor, because of his distrust of the Supreme Emperor, he was full of prejudice and suspicion towards all the Supreme Emperor's confidantes and old ministers.

That is to say, after he ascended the throne, he would still be constrained by the Supreme Emperor, otherwise he would have already attacked these former ministers of the Supreme Emperor.

That is to say, the Supreme Emperor is still alive, so that the new emperor can't do whatever he wants, otherwise Lin Ruhai and the others may have lost their official posts long ago, and may even be convicted.

But now, the new emperor has been the emperor for more than ten years. He is no longer just the prince who secretly hated the Supreme Emperor because of the death of Prince Yizhong. No longer because of resentment against the Supreme Emperor and the former ministers who angered the Supreme Emperor, I feel that they are all corrupt officials.

Fortunately, there are ten years of time to buffer, so that the emperor has the patience to distinguish the courtiers one by one, which ones must be dealt with, and which ones can still be used.

This is also a blessing for the Lin family.

For example, in the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties, Qianlong abandoned Li Wei, Yongzheng's confidant minister, as soon as he came to the throne.In fact, Li Wei did not have any bad deeds as an official, nor did Emperor Qianlong get any handle.But Emperor Qianlong just didn't like him and didn't want to use him, so Li Wei could only be left idle until he died—in a feudal dynasty, the emperor's attitude determined everything.

If the Supreme Emperor had disappeared, then the emperor would have dealt with the Zhen family under suspicion and anger, and would have sent his own people to track down these officials in Jiangnan.

Even a cautious official like Lin Ruhai is not afraid of investigation, because he did make things easier for the Zhen family at the behest of the Supreme Emperor.There is no clear purpose for this kind of thing, and no one can testify to it. In conclusion, it can only be regarded as Lin Ruhai's fault.If the emperor wanted to settle the case, Lin Ruhai might lose his position and even ask for guilt.

Fortunately, the Supreme Emperor is still in power, so that the emperor can't do things as he wants, makes the emperor need to be patient and cautious in fighting for power, and makes the emperor pay more attention to every available person. An official can be regarded as in the eyes of the emperor.

In short, whether it is good or not depends on the background of the peers, and it is the same with Lin Ruhai here - if there were not some officials in the south of the Yangtze River who only listened to the emperor's orders and specially opposed the emperor's people, they would not be able to set off Lin Ruhai and the others. Come on duty.

In short, under the circumstances that the Supreme Emperor was too lazy to deal with Lin Ruhai and the others, and the new emperor had major conflicts and basically ignored them, Lin Ruhai and the others were doing quite comfortably.

Lin Ruhai is a third-rank official, and he has to go to Beijing to report on his duties every few years, so he knows the emperor's character quite well.Unlike Jia's family, even if they live in the capital, because there are no officials in the family who can get in touch with the emperor, they basically have no eyes for the emperor's temperament.

The emperor is a very pragmatic person, and at the same time, he doesn't pay much attention to face.In other words, if he has to choose, he is a person who cares about the inside but not the face, he values ​​benefits more than appearance.

This is completely opposite to the Supreme Emperor, where face is more important than heaven.Therefore, in the Supreme Emperor's place, all high-ranking concubines will not be canonized easily, and after being canonized, they can't be easily shaken.It is also common for the family members of these high-ranking concubines to follow suit.Even if they fell out of favor when they got older, their status still provided countless benefits to their natal nephews.

The Jia family thought that the virtuous concubine would help her natal family in the same way, but the Jia family ignored that the emperor and the emperor are not the same kind of people.

The emperor's sudden canonization of Jia Yuanchun as a virtuous concubine must have a purpose. He needs to use the virtuous concubine and the Jia family to achieve a certain purpose.Therefore, Jia Yuanchun's position as a virtuous concubine is not really stable at present.

From Lin Ruhai's point of view, after the emperor's goal is achieved, it's hard to say whether the Jia family's results will be good or bad—it depends on whether the Jia family can understand the emperor's real intentions and cooperate with the emperor to achieve his desired goal.

If the Jia family were smart, they would wholeheartedly seek refuge with the emperor at this time—and follow the emperor's lead, then after the matter was over, Jia Yuanchun might really have a stable position in the palace, and the Jia family could be regarded as having a backer and a future.

But if the Jia family is stupid and only domineering because of Concubine Xiande's status, and doesn't know how to be loyal to the emperor, then the outcome of Concubine Xiande and Jia's family may not be very good.

The family that made the emperor dislike it, no matter how minor the crime was, would be investigated, and the family would be questioned.On the other hand, even if there is something wrong with the family that is pleasing to the emperor, who will investigate it thoroughly?

In this peaceful feudal dynasty, absolutely innocent officials like Hai Rui are rare, and most of the officials have gray areas.For example, Lin Ruhai, at the behest of the Supreme Emperor, made it convenient for the Zhen family - in terms of national law, Lin Ruhai was considered dereliction of duty.

In short, whoever the emperor wants to investigate, basically no one can be spared, that is, the difference between a big crime and a small crime.

Jia Yuanchun was named a virtuous concubine. In Lin Ruhai's view, this was an opportunity for the Jia family, allowing the Jia family to jump from the ship of the overlord to the ship of the emperor.

Now the emperor has been on the throne for more than ten years, his status is stable and his prestige is getting higher and higher, but the Supreme Emperor is getting older every year.One side is getting stronger day by day, while the other side is about to decline. Many courtiers of the Supreme Emperor want to change their families.

Jumping from the Taishanghuang's boat to the emperor's boat is something that many of the Taishanghuang's old ministers can't ask for.Because on the one hand, the Supreme Emperor does not allow his henchmen to betray, on the other hand, the Emperor may not trust the new people who have taken refuge in the past.

Now the Jia family has a virtuous concubine bestowed by the emperor. As long as the Jia family is willing to take refuge in the emperor and be loyal to the emperor, then the Jia family will be regarded as the emperor's own.It's not that the Jia family changed their family by themselves, but that the emperor took the initiative to build a ladder for the Jia family so that the Jia family could lean over.

In fact, after Jia Daishan passed away, the Supreme Emperor basically abandoned the Jia family, and the Jia family was never reused by the Supreme Emperor.The Jia family was able to gain a foothold in Beijing and wait for the family to rise again because Jia's mother was still alive, the brand of Rongning and the second father had not been picked up, and the friendship between the four kings and eight fathers of the nobles was added.Under such circumstances, even if the whole family of the Jia family switched to the emperor, it would be reasonable from a logical point of view, and it cannot be said that the Jia family is falling on both sides.Because the Supreme Emperor ignored the Jia family at all, the Jia family could naturally switch to Mingzhu.

I don't know how many people envy and hate Jia's luck.

However, the heads of Jia's family are incompetent, but they themselves don't realize it. On the one hand, they are still the former ministers of the Supreme Emperor, and have frequent contacts with the four princes and eight princes.On the one hand, he pretended to be the emperor's relatives, showing off his might to ordinary people.

Such stupidity really blinded the ladder that the emperor gave to the Jia family, and also blinded a concubine in the emperor's harem.

Other insightful people couldn't help mocking the Jia family's stupidity secretly. Lin Ruhai watched anxiously, but didn't dare to remind the Jia family.Because Lin Ruhai is still a member of the Supreme Emperor, if he persuades the Jia family to join the emperor, it will be good for the Jia family, but the Supreme Emperor will definitely take his skin off.

Now the Supreme Emperor did not deal with Lin Ruhai, but it was because Lin Ruhai was dedicated to his duties and was not greedy for money.Even for the Supreme Emperor, using Lin Ruhai is not as dexterous as using some corrupt officials and villains, but with the structure of the Supreme Emperor, he doesn't bother to touch Lin Ruhai.

But the bottom line of the Supreme Emperor is - Lin Ruhai did not betray him, but instead went to seek refuge with the emperor.

So anyone can give the Jia family some advice or advice, but Lin Ruhai can't say anything, just watching and worrying.

Jia's family is Jia Min's natal family, and they are considered relatives of the Lin family. Lin Ruhai also hopes that the Jia family will be well, so that they can support each other in the future.

However, Lin Ruhai couldn't do anything, he could only watch the Jia family's non-stop stupidity, and gradually slipped into the abyss.The Jia family was originally the abandoned son of the Supreme Emperor, and was abandoned by the emperor again. What future is there?

The matter of Lin Jing's participation in the imperial examination for merit and fame can be regarded as a familiarity in the first time and second time, and the third time is considered to be familiar with it, very sure.

Although Lin Jing was calm and unhurried, his parents and elder sister were rather nervous. They checked the basket that was going to be brought into the examination room over and over again, and they also repeatedly selected the pen and ink, and asked Lin Ruhai about the examination process three or five times.

Lin Ruhai was not too worried about the whole family. He had taken the exam himself and knew that the Tongsheng Exam was the easiest exam. With Lin Jing's level, there would be no problems.He was just worried that Lin Jing was too young, he was only ten years old now, and he had been going to school at home all the time, rarely seeing strangers, and suddenly going to take the exam with so many people, he wondered if he would be afraid in the exam room

Jia Min and Daiyu didn't doubt that Lin Jing's knowledge would not be able to pass the Tongsheng examination. According to Lin Ruhai and Wang Juren, Lin Jing is now enough to be a scholar.

They just felt that Lin Jing was still young, so there was no need to take the merit test so early.

But Lin Ruhai also had other considerations.

Wang Juren is already very old, and he has long wanted to resign.Then the Lin family will either hire a new husband, or send Lin Jing to study.

In the past, it was because of Lin Jing's young age that Lin Ruhai was now worried about sending him to a school outside.

Now that Lin Jing has grown up, the situation is different again.Lin Ruhai doesn't have any reliable backing, only in the Jiangnan boundary, there are still three or five allies.

But all of this is unstable. As the Supreme Emperor grows older and the emperor wields more and more power, who knows what will happen to them, the former ministers of the Supreme Emperor?

That's why Lin Ruhai asked Lin Jing to pass the exam early, and then go to Bailu Academy to study hard for a few years.Study there for a few years, make some friends, and take the examinations for Juren and Jinshi together with classmates, then Lin Jing will naturally become a member of Jiangnan Confucian scholars in the future.

Even if Lin Ruhai's father was dismissed by the emperor, Lin Jing still has no background in the court and no power to rely on.

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