The Pearl of the Prosperous Age of Red Mansions

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No.80 The second round of the household department is busy with errands, and some people are in a hurry to drive with them to escape the summer heat

The three principals changed their polite but alienated attitude in the past, and they smiled more and talked more to Jia Zhu. Jia Zhu already knew the three of them. For such a person, Jia Zhu directly proposed the idea of ​​learning and learning.

At first, the three of them only said that Jia Zhu was just talking, but when they saw that Jia Zhu's question was clearly prepared, they were stunned for a moment, and then they realized that this Shangfeng really wanted to get familiar with the errand, not just a fool. From seniority.

After a few days, these three teachers were serious about teaching, and Jia Zhu was also serious about learning, and he had almost learned all the errands of the household department. Li Chang, one of the three, said with a smile today: "Master Jia can't do it now. It’s like emptying out all the ink in our stomachs.”

But Jia Zhu said, "It's just what I've learned. It's not known whether I can apply what I've learned."

After hearing this, Li Chang smiled: "Look at the year of this year, it rained a few times at the beginning of spring, but it's getting hotter today, but it didn't rain at all. If it continues like this, the emperor will have to punish him this year." Jizhao, when the time comes, we will have to investigate the officials again, and our household department will be busy at that time, and we will not be able to escape from the deficit investigation."

After hearing this, Jia Zhu secretly rejoiced that her family's shortfall had already been paid off. The so-called debt-free is probably what it feels like. However, Jia Zhu was also thinking about the drought Li Chang mentioned. The man Ding Da is really capable, and he is also suffering from drought. The wells of other people's houses have been dried up because they were drilled too shallow. Although he spent a lot of money to drill deep wells, he can now see that the money was worth it. .

Seeing that Jia Zhu didn't speak up, the other chief, Cui Ming, remembered that Jia's family owed a debt to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although it had already been paid off, Jia Zhu might still be shy about mentioning it, so he hurriedly said : "I heard that the Qin Tianjian has already started to deduce the date and prepare to pray for rain. If the rain comes down, it will be fine, and we can relax for a while. If it doesn't come down, don't say it's a busy check. The Ministry is responsible for investigating us, if this is a bad one, maybe something went wrong."

The third one is named Ma Qi, he also had the same thoughts as Cui Ming, and now he changed the topic to another place: "That's not true, and this drought, when the time comes, don't expect harvests in the affected areas this year, when the time comes When the imperial court wants to allocate funds and food for disaster relief, we will have to work again on this account."

After hearing this, Jia Zhu knew that she was behind when she was busy, but thinking of Huang Zening's posture of doing everything by herself, she couldn't help shaking her head and smiled bitterly: "I will really be an idler by then!"

Cui Ming shook his head and said: "Master Jia, you don't have to say that, when it gets really busy, even if that person has eight hands, he still can't handle so many accounts and rush them together, so of course Master Jia will be of use." The land of martial arts."

After hearing this, Jia Zhu's heart became much brighter. Just when Jia Zhu was just getting better as a errand in the Ministry of Household Affairs, it turned out that the fifteenth prince Xiao Yuan took the errand of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

When seeing Xiao Yuan again, Jia Zhu was taken aback by him, Xiao Yuan lost a lot of weight after just a little effort.

"Just taking over this errand, no one can eat a fat man in one bite. You have to take your time. If your body is exhausted, the gain will not be worth the loss." When Jia Zhu took Xiao Yuan to Zuiyun Tower for a drink, he couldn't help but worry about his health. body.

"It's a hot day, and I can't eat anything, so I'm so tired that Lian'er finds ways to make it for me every day." When mentioning his new wife, Xiao Yuan finally had a smile on his bitter face.

Seeing Xiao Yuan's appearance, Jia Zhu knew that he was very satisfied with his new wife, and was also happy for him in his heart. The two drank a few glasses of wine, and the bitterness in Xiao Yuan's stomach began to move out.

"I've heard it before. These years are wars and bad times. The national treasury is empty, and the internal treasury is also empty. Now that I have taken over, I understand that the internal treasury is so empty. It's so poor. Loud! Just sorting out the accounts, I'm so busy." After Xiao Yuan finished speaking, he raised his neck and drank a glass of wine, and said bitterly: "Turn over the accounts, it's smooth, if it wasn't for my own shop there I have checked the accounts all the year round and have figured out the tricks in the accounts, but now I am completely bluffed!"

"Don't worry, when this year's salt tax arrives, it will naturally ease a lot." The salt tax does not go to the household department, but goes directly to the emperor's internal treasury. The annual salt tax is not a small sum, so Jia Zhu Persuade Xiao Yuan.

After hearing this, Xiao Yuan frowned even tighter: "Don't mention the salt tax, my heart is even more blocked when I mention it. Hey, the water inside is getting deeper. People say that the new official takes office three times. Fire, there is no place to spread it, all of them are suppressed!"

Hearing Xiao Yuan's words, Jia Zhu knew that he had listened to Xiao Ze's words, and couldn't help laughing: "As long as you have a quick temper, it's good for you to hold back your temper. There is no need to rush this matter, and take your time. There is no such thing in this world. None of them are monolithic, and we may find a breakthrough from where.”

This can be regarded as Jia Zhu's own personal experience, and when he said it this time, Jia Zhu himself felt a little emotional, Xiao Yuan nodded after hearing this, and said coldly: "When the time comes, pull out the carrots and bring out the mud, none of them will be able to escape! "

Perhaps Xiao Yuan was worried, and he got drunk very quickly. Seeing that he was getting drunk, Jia Zhu hurriedly advised him not to drink. After all, Xiao Yuan has not yet divided his mansion and is still living in the Forbidden City. If he is drunk Going back, if they are seen, those censors don't know how many eyes they have, and it will be troublesome again.

Asked the cook to make some hangover soup, and rested for a while, Xiao Yuan was just a little drunk from the wine, and now he was sober, Jia Zhu was worried about him, and didn't let him ride back on horseback, but asked someone to hitch him into a carriage. After sending it outside the palace gate, he turned and went back to Jia's mansion.

It was inconvenient to go to greet Jia Zhu because of the smell of alcohol, so Jia Zhu went back to the room to take care of herself first, and then went to greet Jia Mu. As soon as she entered the door, Jia Mu was so happy that she couldn't close her eyes. As soon as Jia Zhu entered, Jia Mu smiled He said to Jia Zhu: "I just received a letter from your little aunt today. Your uncle has returned to Beijing to report on his work. This time I can see my grandson and granddaughter!"

When Jia Zhu heard this, it was true that Uncle Lin's term of office had also expired, and this child changed every day. Xiao Moxuan didn't know how tall he was now, and there was a cousin Lin whom he had never seen before.

When they returned to the yard, Xinlan had already prepared hangover soup. Although Jia Zhu was not drunk, she also drank a large bowl. She was afraid that she would not be able to wake up tomorrow morning, so Jia Zhu didn't go to the study and went back to her room to rest. Then I realized that the atmosphere in the room was not right. Na Ren Tuoya, who was talking and laughing at Yan Yan at Jiamu's place just now, almost raised her eyebrows, her eyes were full of anger. Standing below were her four dowry girls and two nuns. Mom, and Fangcao with red eye circles.

"What's the matter?" Jia Zhu glanced at the girls in the room, then looked at Naren Tuoya.

Xinlan heard the commotion outside and hurried over to watch, and was also surprised to see Fangcao, who had been chatting and laughing with her just now, preparing sober soup for Jia Zhu, was crying beside the princess.

"You don't have to worry about women's affairs. I'm going to set up the rules in my house today. I'll trouble the county horse and go to the study for the rest of the night." Naren Tuoya said with a straight face.

Jia Zhu rubbed her nose, turned around and was about to leave, but Nanny Gu hesitated for a moment, and said involuntarily, "Princess, that waiter..."

Naren Tuoya interrupted Nanny Gu and called Jia Zhu to stop: "Junma, the four girls of mine are all overwhelmed, and the two nanny are always distracted by him, so you should speak plainly today. Of my four girls, just let me know which one you want to receive in the room, and I will do it today."

Jia Zhu frowned, and glanced at the four girls with their heads hanging down. Usually, the girls who had followed him around him were the ones who served him. He could only tell which was the dowry girls like Na Ren Tuoya. Looking over at this moment, I saw that Chun Yu was expressionless, Xia Yu's eyes flashed a gleam of joy, Qiu Yu bit her lip, and Dong Yu stared at her eyes and was about to cry, so she couldn't help but understand.

"I don't think so. Since you girls are big-hearted, don't delay them. You can make the decision tomorrow. Find someone to match you." After Jia Zhu finished speaking, she turned and left the yard.

Walking outside, Xinlan had already asked the little girl what happened just now, when Jia Zhu came over to ask, Xinlan told the truth, it turned out that it was the four girls who were indifferent to them when they saw the princess. I love Fangcao's heart and feel unhappy. Seeing Fangcao busy preparing sober soup today, I ran out a few words out of her, and then dragged the words to Jia Zhu. Fangcao was ashamed, anxious and angry, and her eyes suddenly circled. It became popular, but it happened that Naren Toya came back and saw it.

"The most mischievous one, but the one named Xia Yu?" Jia Zhu recalled the expressions of the four girls.

"It is indeed her."

"On weekdays, you should pay more attention. If you have such thoughts again, we can't keep it here." After Jia Zhu finished speaking, he went to the study.

Xinlan took two little maids to tidy up the beds in the study room. She had nothing to say all night, and the next day she went to work in the ministry. It was the days Qin Tianjian set for praying for rain, and a total of three days were set. After a lot of tossing and turning, the day was still cloudless and very hot. The emperor issued a decree to reprimand the Qin Tianjian, dismissed several officials of the Qin Tianjian, and then issued an order to thoroughly investigate all officials.

As expected, the Ministry of Accounts began to conduct a comprehensive investigation of deficits and accounts. The Shandong Department where Jia Zhu worked immediately became busy. As Cui Ming and the others said, this time Huang Zening had to use Jia Zhu to participate. Some were in a hurry to get twice the result with half the effort, but later things went smoothly and the work efficiency became faster. Seeing this, the principals and writers, no matter what they had in mind before, were a little more convinced of Jia Zhu at this time.

Huang Zening's face was a little ugly, and Jia Zhu didn't care about him doing his own thing. After a few days, he heard from Yuanwailang from the Jiangnan Division that Huang Zening found their doctor in the Jiangnan Division and asked Knowing that the Jia family was short-lived back then, they still wanted to check the accounts, but they were rejected by their doctor.

Jia Zhu listened amusedly, no wonder Huang Zening's complexion has become more and more ugly recently, left and right to prevent him from being caught, and let him get busy!

The errands went well, although the four dowry girls in the family were maids given by the palace, Na Ren Tuoya could not be sold, but if it was the decision to marry, the four of them were sent away in the end, and the specific Jia Zhu also Didn't ask, four maids were vacant all of a sudden, Mother Jia asked about this, knowing that it was Naren Tuoya who married all four dowry maids, Mother Jia was a little unhappy.

It's not good to be so jealous, but the other party is still a princess, and Mother Jia can only beat her with a few words about this, but she can't explain it deeply. Naren Tuoya used this to vividly express the image of a jealous woman Now the entire family knew that this princess was not easy to get along with, and he didn't even leave a dowry girl behind.

There was only such a small episode at home, and the capital was busy, but there was a lot of thunder and rain, and finally a few small officials were dismissed. The emperor ordered the new Qin Tianjian to continue to choose auspicious times to pray for rain. Then he served the queen mother and moved to the summer resort.

Jia Zhu was not in the entourage, but Xiao Ze was with him. He still has his own village at the Summer Resort, and he was thinking about staying at the stage of kissing and hugging for a long time. It is so hot today that he is about to extinguish the fire. Well, he turned a corner and started from the Queen Mother. This time, Jia Zhu's identity was not that of a member of the household department, Wai Lang, but the identity of the county horse of Bei'an County.

The accompanying team is very large, and there are also some colleagues accompanying the household department this time. This time, Jia Zhu is accompanying him in the outfit of a county horse, and his grade leaps forward out of thin air. It's a little embarrassing.

Jia Zhu saw that this was too embarrassing, so he galloped to the team of Captain Long and followed him. Kang Zhenyuan laughed when he saw him: "I just said, don't be used to sitting in a sedan chair on weekdays. I can’t even ride a horse.”

"It actually exposed my scars. Sitting in a sedan chair is very tiring, but riding a horse is comfortable." After Jia Zhu finished speaking, she breathed a sigh of relief.

"I searched for you, so you came here." Just as he was talking, Xiao Yuan also came over on horseback.

Several people were riding while talking. It was not the first time for Jia Zhu and the others to accompany them. They had ridden for such a long time. Later, when I got off the horse, my legs couldn't close together.Xiao Yuan didn't feel any better either, and when he got off the horse, he was also so tired that he was wheezing and wheezing.

Seeing Xiao Yuan like this, Kang Zhenyuan couldn't help asking: "The last time I drove with you, Your Highness wasn't so tired yet!"

"Maybe it's too hot, I have no appetite recently, I can't eat anything, how can I have the strength to ride a horse?" Jia Zhu knew about Xiao Yuan's problem last time, seeing Xiao Yuan's seriousness at this time, he couldn't help feeling a little bit Worry.

After arriving at the Summer Resort and settling down, Naren Tuoya originally wanted to talk to Deng Lianting, but after asking, she found out that she was not with her, and that she was accompanied by a concubine.

Jia Zhu found out that there was Zhang Youshi among the imperial physicians accompanying him, so she wanted to find an opportunity for him to cut off Xiao Yuan's pulse. It was also a hot day, and other people didn't have such a big reaction as Xiao Yuan, so it's better not to be careless.

The final result made people laugh and cry, it turned out that Xiao Yuan had made a lot of supplements these days, Jia Zhu only found out when he heard it, it turned out that because Xiao Yuan was too tired these days, he really took a lot of supplements, unexpectedly, it was counterproductive.

The prescriptions prescribed were all for reducing the fire. Xiao Yuan went to the latrine until his legs were weak and painful, but he was able to eat, and he was alive and well within two days. Jia Zhu and Xiao Ze did not take his time when his legs were weak. The appearance is joking, who knows that it's okay not to laugh at others, but this joke of others can definitely turn oneself into a joke.

The origin of the matter is that Xiao Ze can't wait to have some intimacy. Xiao Ze is full of emotion, but Jia Zhu lacks it. There is no other reason. It is too hot today, and he is sweating every time he moves, let alone making out. Well, Xiao Ze brought chilled fruit to cool off Jia Zhu's summer heat, and served it with herbal tea. As a result, he ate too much cold food, and Jia Zhu's stomach turned into a monster.

In the end, there was another one with limp legs and painful chrysanthemums, Xiao Ze's tenderness plan was completely ruined, and Jia Zhu also welcomed Xiao Yuan's sarcasm, and completely lay down on the bed and pretended to be dead.

Xiao Ze gritted his teeth angrily, thinking that if he catches the opportunity, he would have to get back his capital with interest, humming.

No.80 Three visits to Lin's family in Beijing

After seeing Jia Zhu's jokes for a few days, Xiao Yuan himself also became wilted. He was enthusiastically going to gesticulate with Kang Zhenyuan in this riding and archery pose, but the degree of regression can be described as rapid progress. The matter of riding a horse The thing is, before he had an excuse to say that his body was weak, but this archery sight was so far off, but he couldn't find any excuses, and Xiao Yuan's face turned green with anger.Back then, he was also the master of walking through Yang with a hundred steps!

Jia Zhu couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and after asking, he found out that since Xiao Yuan reached his age, he didn't need to go to school anymore, he put aside a lot of martial arts, and became more slack after getting married. After receiving the errand, he was so busy that his feet hit the back of his head, and he didn't have time to practice. It takes a lot of effort to learn riding and archery, but once he puts it down, his speed is the fastest.

"I can't see anything now. At most, this effort is put aside. After two years, I'm afraid you will gain two rounds of fat in your stomach. Practice more frequently, and it will also benefit your body and bones." Jia Zhu thought When I was a child, I ate a lot of good things, and I also took supplements every day, but my body and bones never recovered. After I practiced martial arts, I had fewer illnesses and my body became stronger.

Xiao Yuan thought about those grown-ups in the imperial court who were just in their early thirties, and imagined what kind of virtue he would have if he became like that in the future. He was about to go out to work hard, but was bumped into by Xiao Ze who was coming towards him.

"What kind of madness is this?" Xiao Ze stopped him, this kid's eyes were shining, and he walked like wind.

"Go to the school field to practice!" Xiao Yuan was in high spirits.

Xiao Zepi smiled and pointed to the big sun outside: "The sun is so hot that you go to the school grounds and go crazy. When you get heatstroke, I can throw you into the well to cool off."

Xiao Yuan was wilted, and went back to the house to escape the heat, Xiao Ze came in and asked Jia Zhu, "Why does that kid want to go to the school grounds again?"

"I was stimulated by the competition with Lao Kang and the others. He used to look down on Long Jinwei, but he didn't know that it is not the same now. Lao Kang and Zhao Feng have trained Long Jinwei better than me. At that time, he was still panicking, and his body was really worrying, more practice would be good for his body." After Jia Zhu finished speaking, he glanced at Xiao Ze's stomach.

"Pampered and pampered, I don't know how much fat has grown in this stomach?"

Xiao Ze grabbed Jia Zhu's hand and put it on his chest and abdomen: "You will know if you pinch it. If you don't know, do you want me to take it off to give you long eyes?"

Jia Zhu pinched him hard, but she couldn't pinch him so hard, she nodded and said, "Sure enough, it's strong enough. After all, I haven't competed with you yet."

Qi Haokang and Zhenyuan are Wu lunatics, they compete with everyone they meet, but they have never heard of anyone who has ever competed with Xiao Ze. The guards around Xiao Ze are also one after another, and they always take sedan chairs when they go out. Xiao Ze had been on the battlefield and seen him riding a horse and carrying a gun, Jia Zhu definitely didn't think he was capable.

"Why haven't you tried it before?" Xiao Ze's eyes were full of smirks: "If I don't practice hard, how can I be 'in the upper hand' every time, huh?"

Jia Zhu glared: "What kind of competition is this called? No, when I feel comfortable, the two of us have to make gestures."

"Okay, when the time comes, you say that I will accompany you no matter what, come on, let me take a look first, I've seen your stomach almost sink in these two days." Xiao Ze stretched out his hand to touch Jia Zhu's stomach, and finally I was honest at first, and after a while, I started to walk down.

Jia Zhu turned over, then tilted her head and took a look at Xiao Ze: "Where did you find it? It's sunny, and you're not afraid of being bumped into."

Xiao Ze rushed over, and smiled: "Never mind him, bumping into me can also make him invisible, but you gave up the back, are you inviting me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Zhu turned over abruptly and pushed him away, and ran out briskly, looking at the direction, Xiao Ze's face turned blue, he was running towards the latrine!

At the door, Fangcao was fetching water and wanted to come in. When the door opened, she almost bumped into her. When Fangcao raised her head again and saw that the uncle had run away, she turned her head and saw Xiao Ze. She hurriedly lowered her head, holding water in her hand, Neither is saluting, nor is not saluting.

"Go over there and have a look at him later, don't fall into the latrine!" Xiao Ze gritted his teeth and said, this brat aroused his anger, and he ran to squat in the latrine again.

Fangcao hurriedly went into the house to put the water away, thinking about Xiao Ze's instructions, let her go, how dare she go to the house of a girl, not to mention the few of them in the spring rain a while ago, she didn't want to take care of them this time Come on, the Princess has no choice but to ask her to come, well, she should ask the Princess.

So, Fang Cao ran over to ask Na Ren Tuoya for instructions. After hearing this, Na Ren Tuoya raised her eyebrows, laughed and stretched out her hands to rub Fang Cao's head. Why is this child so naive, "Don't worry about the prince, his head is convulsed , let’s not go crazy with him, come and show me this, you told me how to describe this flower.”

Naren Toya didn't know what happened recently, but she was very interested in embroidery. She studied Fangcao all day long, but she didn't have any talent at all. Fangcao didn't have to do anything at home at this time. It was taken by Narentoya.

Fangcao passed by and saw that Narentoya's drawing was horrible. Narentoya held the pen, while Fangcao held her hand and taught her stroke by stroke, watching Fangcao's white and tender neck In front of her eyes, Narentoya began to scratch her heart.

A few days after his escort returned to Beijing from the Summer Resort, Lin Ruhai returned to the capital with his family to report on his work. Jia's mother was looking forward to it. As soon as she heard the letter, she urged someone to pick it up. In the mansion, apart from Jia Zhu who was on errands and couldn't come back, the children were waiting in Jia's house to see Mo Xuan's cousin and little cousin.

Mrs. Hu was here because she was in good health, and she was talking to Mother Jia. The girl came to report that the aunt had arrived. As soon as the door curtain was opened, Jia Min entered the door, and everyone's eyes were attracted by the baby in the nurse's arms. Not only the children's eyes didn't blink, even Jia Mu and Mrs. Hu couldn't stop watching.

At that time, Xiao Moxuan was not such a rarity. Mother Jia couldn't help but said while watching: "This child has grown up like this at such a young age. If it grows up in the future, it will be terrible. This girl has something. Luckily, I picked the most beautiful place for you and Ruhai to grow."

Lin Moxuan, who was already six years old, looked at his younger sister who was so rare, and when he entered the door, he looked serious and serious like a little adult, and he also rolled his eyes with a smile, and talked about all kinds of things about his younger sister when he was with Jia Lian.

Xiao Daiyu was hugged by the nanny, seeing so many strangers with her eyes, but she was not afraid of strangers, and then saw that there were three baby dolls about her age on the bed, her eyes fell to that side.

Mother Jia saw it, and asked the nanny to put Xiao Daiyu on the bed. It was not good to hold the baby, so Jia Min nodded, and Xiao Daiyu was put on the bed. There were many baby dolls on the bed, and the children were all there look.

Xiao Baoyu's eyes have been straight since Xiao Daiyu entered the room, and she grinned happily when she saw her beautiful sister on the bed. Beside the new beautiful younger sister, with a "what", the small mouth moved up and kissed Xiao Daiyu's cheek.

Xiao Daiyu came to her senses, but she didn't cry. She swung her small fist and slapped Xiao Baoyu on the nose. The baby was weak, but Xiao Baoyu was still young. When the fist came over, Xiao Baoyu crooked Crooked, but didn't cry, and was happier.

These actions can be described as lightning-fast, the children were dumbfounded, and the adults who were talking were all happy to see them. Jia Mu picked Baoyu up and nodded his forehead with her finger: " The older the little guy, the younger sister will know which sister is the most beautiful, look at you, let your father know, it's time to train you again!"

Mrs. Hu also laughed and said: "Don't tell me, our little Baoyu and my aunt's little Daiyu are together, just like the two fairy dolls in the painting. All the beautiful children in the world are in our house." Take it all."

Jia Min also heard that the youngest son of the second elder brother's family was born with jade in his mouth. Seeing him now, he asked, "The name is Baoyu, but the brother who was born with jade in his mouth?"

Mother Jia smiled and nodded, and showed the jade to Jia Min. Jia Min took it in her hand and looked at it. Seeing that there were words on it, she looked carefully and admired it once.

At this time, Xiao Baoyu was being hugged by her grandmother, unable to reach her beautiful new sister, she was anxious, her mouth was flattened, and she started crying. Mother Jia hurriedly put him on the bed, and saw him crawling twice, crawling to the little girl. Beside Daiyu, he grinned happily again, and leaned close to Xiao Daiyu, no matter who teased him with anything, he would not get up.

Jia Min handed the jade back to Jia's mother, and Jia's mother asked the girl to put the jade on Xiao Baoyu, and then said with a smile: "This child has a new sister Daiyu, so he doesn't even want his own piece of jade."

Jia Zhu came back at night to learn what happened during the day, thinking about the right and wrong that she had heard in her previous life, and seeing Baoyu's younger brother never leaving the Lin family's little cousin, she couldn't help but think to herself, maybe it's because of the fate of the marriage. It's rare for a child to hit it off from an early age.

Imagining Baoyu's younger brother stealing incense in his head, Jia Zhu regretted that he was not there at that time.

The men were in the outer courtyard, and Jia Lian and Lin Moxuan were also called to eat in the outer courtyard. Among the uncles and cousins ​​of the Jia family, Jia Zhu and Lin Moxuan were the most familiar. , Lin Moxuan has improved a lot in terms of knowledge.

Jia Lian clashed with the scholar, at this time listening to Lin Moxuan's words, he was like a duck listening to thunder, his head ached, he let his head go blank, Lin Moxuan talked for a long time, and saw that the second cousin didn't speak Feeling bored, he changed the subject and talked about some local customs in Jiangnan. Jia Lian had never been to Jiangnan, and now he listened with gusto, interjecting a few words from time to time, and the atmosphere became warmer.

Lin Ruhai will take another job when he comes back from his duty report this time. Jia Zhu heard from Xiao Ze that the emperor intends to ask Lin Ruhai to inspect the salt tax, but now is not the right time, so this time he will probably fill in the vacancies of officials in Beijing. However, it is also possible to study in any term.

Jia Zhu thought to herself, if Uncle Lin replaced the official in Beijing, my aunt would live in Beijing for a longer time this time, and it would be a good thing for the two families to move around frequently. Going to work.

Lin Ruhai learned that Jia Zhu had joined the household department as an errand, and kept saying yes. Jia Zheng, who had always been dissatisfied with Jia Zhu's military position, also rarely smiled with a wisp of beard, very proud.

After asking Jia Zhu a few things about the household affairs, Jia Zhu naturally reported the good news but not the bad news. After saying a few words, he said with emotion: "Looking at the bad times this year, I, Shandong Secretary, don't know what the situation is like this year. Colleagues in the Ministry said that when the time comes to allocate relief food funds, the Ministry will check the accounts and report the figures, and that will be the busiest time.”

Lin Ruhai nodded after hearing this and said: "From hearing this, I know that Zhu'er has learned a lot in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Shandong, although Shandong has experienced some drought these years, the harvest is still good, but Jiangnan is always suffering from floods. The year is not good. This year first Drought, when I returned to Beijing to report on my work, it started to rain again and again. I don’t know what this year will be like. Huguang is looking good this year. I heard that it will be a good harvest. There is no movement in other places. If we really need to adjust grain this year, isn’t it? The transfer from Shandong is the transfer from Huguang, if you choose Shandong, Zhu Er will be busy for a while."

Jia Zhu listened to it and kept it in her heart. When the emperor's decree came down, Lin Ruhai appointed a bachelor of the Imperial Academy. Thinking about the future, Lin Ruhai will not be able to run away as a cabinet scholar.

The Lin family's mansion has officially taken a good rest this time. After all, this time it will be a long stay. Jia Min always goes back to her mother's house, but Jia's mother always sends someone to pick Lin Moxuan over the house. Xiao Daiyu is still young He couldn't come, Xiao Baoyu had been thinking about his beautiful sister, and he had been languid for a long time.

As soon as the family affairs subsided, something happened to Jia Zheng's Ministry of Industry. Ever since the emperor moved back to the palace from the Summer Resort, the Ministry of Industry went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to collect money to repair the palace of the Summer Resort. I don't know if it was the sun It was too hot, or for some reason, the side hall of the main hall that was being repaired caught fire.

Fire is a big taboo, luckily in misfortune, when everyone was rushing to put out the fire, the heavy rain helped a lot. After this heavy rain, the drought since the beginning of summer in Beijing has been completely alleviated.

The emperor's anger was more than half extinguished by the heavy rain for several days, but the cause of the fire still had to be found out, and the entire Ministry of Industry was in a hurry.

Jia Zhu was not worried about Jia Zheng. He had always been insulated from things like corruption of ink. Although his mind was relatively stiff and he couldn't offer any constructive suggestions as the chief official, it was still possible to follow the original rules. I didn't see Jia Zheng's eyes turned blue. No matter what the outcome of this incident was, it would not involve Jia Zheng too seriously.

The work of the Ministry of Industry was like pulling out the radish and bringing out the mud. While investigating all the officials who were present that day, the palace exposed after the fire also completely exposed the shoddy materials used. The officials responsible for the purchase of materials were immediately taken into custody. In the end, Yan Li, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, was finally confessed. The silver taels deducted from the purchase and the filial silver from the emperor's merchants reached a million. The emperor was furious. Once.

Under the impact of this incident, the practitioners on the fire scene escaped a catastrophe. One is that the materials used are flammable and the fire under high temperature has little to do with the people present. The other is that the rain from heaven It is determined to be auspicious, and it is not easy to do serious things. They are just demoted officials, and fined silver.

Jia Zhu only thought that Jia Zheng would not be implicated in this incident, but he didn't expect it to be a great thing. The left servant of the Ministry of Industry was involved in it and was dismissed from office, and the falling pie hit Jia Zheng's head, becoming a A deputy chief.

After Zhao Ningchuan got this letter, he congratulated Jia Zheng, and when only Jia Zhu was left, he smiled at Jia Zhu: "Congratulations to the uncle too."

"Me? Where does this joy come from?" Jia Zhu was puzzled.

"Master Zheng's promotion, next is the promotion of the uncle, just wait and see." Zhao Ningchuan said very firmly.

Jia Zhu raised her eyebrows, pondered for a long time, but thought of one thing, and said to Zhao Ningchuan: "Now I am in the Shandong Division, but I don't know anything about Shandong's affairs. If you want to hand it over, you can do it without any mistakes. Whether the harvest is good or mediocre, or the harvest is poor, if you can’t see the real thing, it’s not accurate. I hope you can clarify for me.”

Zhao Ningchuan listened to Jia Zhu for a while, then nodded with a smile: "I've made a note of this, and when I have news, I'll let you know."

Jia Zhu nodded and said, "Excuse me, sir."

The author has something to say: Little Baozi Daiyu that everyone has been calling for a long time, hey, let Xiao Baoyu play a little hooligan~~

No.80 The fourth time, Mr. Xue brought his two sons to Jinglin, and Mrs. Lin was obsessed with old things

Not long after Jia Zheng was promoted, Jia Amnesty received a letter saying that Xue Zhong, the master of the Xue family, was going to Beijing soon with his two sons, Xue Pan and Xue Qiu.

The entry of Xue's father and son to Beijing is closely related to the matter of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The imperial merchants in the Ministry of Internal Affairs are all radishes and pits. Others can't squeeze in if they cut their heads. As a matter of fact, the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to re-approve the imperial merchants.

Most of those who were closely related to Yan Li, the deputy chief executive, were stripped of their titles of Imperial Merchant, and the vacated quota immediately made merchants from all over the place move their minds.It wasn't the Imperial Merchant who wanted to get the title of the Imperial Merchant, the Xue family who was already the Imperial Merchant was now supplying food through the relationship of Jia Amnesty, but this time they wanted to expand the scope and aimed at the spices of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Now the head of the House of Internal Affairs is the fifteenth prince Xiao Yuan. Jia Zhu was Xiao Yuan's attendant at the beginning. During the southern tour, people also heard that Jia Zhu and the fifteenth prince had a good relationship. Xue Zhong came to Beijing this time. To consolidate the cooperative relationship with Jia Amnesty, secondly, to start from Jia Zhu and use Xiao Yuan's east wind to squeeze into the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The second reason for the Xue family to come to Beijing is because of Mrs. Wang's thoughts. Now that the Wang family has completely left the capital, the contacts in the capital for these years will naturally fade away. Let's not mention other people, but the relationship between the Jia family is broken and cannot be broken. Yes, otherwise it would be cheap for Shijia!

Wang Ziteng failed to live up to expectations, and Wang Zisheng wanted to guard his hometown in Jinling, so Mrs. Wang moved his thoughts to the Xue family and asked the Xue family to go to Beijing to find out the current attitude of the Jia family. If it was possible, the two brothers Xue Pan and Xue Qiu would be left behind. One of them is in the capital, and in the name of studying, the relationship is connected again.

Mrs. Wang originally intended to bring Xue Qiu alone to Beijing, but Aunt Xue disagreed, so she insisted on bringing Xue Pan with her. Ever since Xue's father and son left, Mrs. Wang kept saying in his heart that Xue Pan should never be in the capital. Don't make trouble, otherwise it will be a waste of his thoughts.

On the Jia family side, Jia Amnesty got the letter first, and Jia Lian and Jia Cong knew about it. When the two brothers heard that two cousins ​​were going to Beijing, they came to ask Jia Zhu one after another. After all, Jia Zhu was the only one who had seen these two brothers. of.

Jia Zhu heard this, and remembered that Xue Qiu, who was a concubine, was a clever child during his southern tour, but Xue Pan had never seen him last time, but listening to Uncle Xue's in-and-out meaning was not a worry. But now I don't know if there have been any changes after this period of time, so I can't say much, so I just said: "I have only met once and never got along with each other, but I don't know what kind of character it is. When the time comes, brothers Here we are, we have been together for a long time, so we will naturally know what kind of person we are."

Jia Lian and Jia Cong stopped asking, and went to ponder on their own. Jia Lian thought that Xue's family was an imperial merchant, and the two brothers knew how to run a business no matter what. At that time, they could ask for advice together, but Jia Cong was pondering.