[Red Mansion] Sir, I'm a rough man

After sending Jia Zhen away, it was Jia's turn to confer titles. Although he was now in the midst of filial piety and could not hold a big banquet, the guests who came to congratulate him always had to be entertained.

After several days of excitement, the Ministry of Rituals sent newly made court clothes, taught the etiquette rules, chose a day, and entered the palace to thank you.

When the dust settled, Jia Wan began to clean up the Ningguo Mansion in a big way. After everything that should be disposed of was cleaned up, he took Xichun back from the nunnery and managed the internal affairs. Only then was he liberated.

After this trip, Jia Wan felt that he had lost seven or eight catties, but compared to the current leisure and comfort, the tossing and tossing for more than a month was completely worth it.

"Grandpa Jia," Liu Xianglian held the teacup, touched the teacup in his hand, and said with a smile, "Congratulations, our Second Master Jia is now a third-rank official in the imperial court!"

Jia Wan let out a "puchi" laugh, and said: "A third-rank official and a third-rank noble are two different things, okay, a third-rank official, that is a real court official, an important minister of the country, and my mentor is only a third-rank now. As for the third-rank noble... "

"Uncle duke," Jia Wanshu said, "the first three are all super-grade, the viscount is the first-grade, the baron is the second-grade, and these fifth-class lords are already as numerous as crucian carp crossing the river in the capital. What kind of character is a General Wei Lie of the third rank?

"Why do you think that at the Rongguo Mansion, the Second Uncle Zheng is involved in all major and minor matters? Apart from the fact that Uncle Xi is not doing his job properly, it is also because Uncle Xi has a third-rank noble on his head, which is really nothing in front of a fifth-rank official."

Liu Xianglian said in surprise: "But I see that the people in your mansion are not very majestic on weekdays?"

A letter of recommendation from Jia Zheng can find Jia Yucun a real shortage of the fourth rank, and Wang Xifeng can fiddle with the lawsuit by finding a servant to pass on the word.

Jia Wan said: "The prestige depends on who is in front of it. Now that the Jia family's talents are withered and there are no successors, it's just relying on the little connections left in the past, and relying on the power of the Wang family."

Wang Ziteng has now been promoted to the nine provincial capitals, and he is a great official in the frontier. The Wang family's momentum has grown so much that even the Jia family's waist has hardened a lot.

Liu Xianglian said with a smile: "What kind of talents are withered and have no successors. Have you forgotten that your surname is Jia?"

Jia Wan sighed and said, "To be honest, I can understand the feelings of Uncle She and Big Brother very well now."

He said: "A few days ago I looked at the accounts and found out that the family business that our ancestors built for our family is really good. Only the Ningguo Mansion family has an annual income of 5 to [-] taels in cash. It’s about the same amount, and Rongguo Mansion has even more... As long as this kind of family is not as defeated as big brother, it will be enough to eat for several lifetimes even if you lie down."

20 taels of silver is enough for a medium-sized family to spend a year. What is the concept of 10 taels?

Those marquises and earls in the capital seem to have high titles, but most of them earn a few thousand taels of silver a year. As long as there are more weddings and weddings for relatives and friends, they can’t move around. In comparison, Jia’s mansion is really rich. It's no wonder that Jia Zhen often mentions those poor officials and nobles outside in a disdainful tone.

There is a steady stream of money in the family, a small title that sounds good, strong in-laws on the outside, and capable family members to take care of the housework... What else is there to pursue in life?

For the past few days, he eats and sleeps every day, punches and relaxes his muscles and bones when he has nothing to do, reads a few idle books when he is bored, or bullies and bullies the little fat cat at home. A little bit ambitious?

Even Liu Xianglian couldn't bear to see his unpromising appearance, she shook her head speechless, suddenly remembered something, said: "You went to thank the emperor earlier, and you met the emperor? What did the emperor say?"

"How can I say it?" Jia Wan said: "I don't know how many people line up to see the emperor every day, if everyone who comes to invite An Xie En just gossips, the emperor doesn't even need to go to the harem.

Then he counted with his fingers: "From the day before, you should pay attention to your diet, don't eat cold food, and don't eat food that is easy to bloat. When you get up at dawn the next day, you can't drink water or eat liquid food, and then dress like A bridegroom official seemed to set off, handed over a sign at the gate of the palace and waited, after being led in, queued up at another place and continued to wait, finally it was his turn, went in and kowtowed at the gate far away, and listened to a few hard words , I didn’t even see what the emperor looked like, so I went back.”

While chatting, Yuzhan hurried in and said, "My lord, the two masters over there in the West Mansion invite you to discuss matters!"

Liu Xianglian got up and said: "It's almost time for me to go. The first batch of goods arrived at the Rouge shop yesterday, and it's already on display. It will open tomorrow... Remember to come and visit."

Jia Wan agreed, and he didn't need to change his clothes. He put on a big cloak and went out with him.

When we arrived at Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng, Jia She, and Jia Lian were already waiting in Rongxi Hall, discussing something cheerfully.

Although Jia Wan had a title on him, he could be the king in Ningguo Mansion, but here, everyone is his elders, invited Ann, sat down at the lower head, and said with a smile: "What's the happy event at home?"

It really is a happy event.

Not to mention the official words, the general idea is that the emperor attaches the most importance to filial piety. Because of his filial piety to the emperor and empress dowager, he thought that the concubines and concubines in the palace could not fulfill their filial piety when they left their parents. On the sixth day, the family members of Zhunjiaofang enter the palace to greet them.

Then the Supreme Emperor said that if he entered the palace to greet him, he might not be able to fully appreciate it, so he also issued an order-"Anyone who has a home in Chongyu other courtyard that can be stationed in the pass for defense, may wish to invite the inner court Luanyu to enter his private residence."

In short, the emperor's concubines, those who have a garden at home, can ask for an order to go home to visit their relatives. It doesn't matter if they don't have a garden, they can build a garden and visit their relatives...

Now I am looking for Jia to play here, just to discuss the matter of building a garden.

This is the Grand View Garden that Grandma Liu visited?I thought it was dropped by his butterfly, but I didn't expect it to still be there. To be honest, Jia Wan is quite curious, but...

"The two uncles and nephews feel that this matter is inappropriate."

The smiles on the faces of Jia Zheng and the others suddenly turned into astonishment.

What an honor it is for the noble concubine to go home to visit her relatives?Never before.

They thought that Jia Wan would be as overjoyed as they were after hearing this, but who knew that he was not only unhappy, but also opposed?

Jia Wandao: "Your Majesty loves the people like a son. Since he ascended the throne, he has often reduced the expenses in the palace to help the victims of disasters. If we spend a lot of money on construction and extravagance for the sake of visiting relatives, it may violate the original intention of the emperor and the emperor. .”

If you have a garden, you can take it back and have a look. If you don’t have a garden, why do you have to slap your face and pretend to be fat?

Jia Zheng said: "Nephew, you are young and have too little knowledge.

"Although the emperor is frugal, he is filial to his relatives. This move is the compassion of the emperor. It is a kindness that has never been seen in ancient times. I am grateful for it. The emperor is only happy. How can you be surprised?

"Now that Concubine Zhou and Concubine Wu's homes have been selected and started construction, we should be careful."

Jia Wan is speechless, who is too shallow?

It has happened more than once that the current emperor and the Supreme Emperor successively issued decrees. Every time it seems that the father is kind and the son is filial, but in fact there is a hidden mystery.

Yuan Chun stayed in the palace for many years, and she was just an ordinary female official. Now it is the emperor who made her a concubine out of the ordinary. Why are you responding to the emperor so eagerly?

Why bother to spend all the money and invite disaster?

It's just that among the three people in front of him, one is rigid and only knows foolishness and loyalty, the other is greedy and violent, and only wants to have fun, and the remaining one is more in control than him... How can he tell them these "rebellious" words?

And it also involved a Wang family, Yuan Chun was Wang Ziteng's niece, so he made it clear that the garden had to be repaired accordingly.

Just shaking his head should not.

Jia She was furious and said, "Since my nephew is unwilling, then we won't force it, we just need to find another place outside the city!"

Walk away.

They have already measured everything, as long as they add part of the Huifang Garden in Ningguo Mansion, plus the east side of Rongguo Mansion, it will be three or four miles long, and it is enough to build a garden. Playing here, I hit a snag.

So they broke up unhappy.

Jia Wan also has a big head. The concubine in Yuanchun is the glory of the entire Jia family. If the Rongguo Mansion insists on repairing the garden, it is unreasonable for him to do nothing. But let him spend money to cause trouble, and he is really unwilling. willing.

I had to make up an excerpt overnight, and sent it to the palace early the next morning.

Then in the afternoon, the imperial decree arrived.

Not many people came, three eunuchs and four guards.

The attitudes of the seven people were very kind, with smiles on their faces, and their words were polite, but when Jia Wan saw that two of the guards were holding long sticks in their hands, he felt a little nervous.

Bring the whole family together, set up an incense table in the main hall, and receive the order.

The imperial decree is quite long, from the first sentence to the last sentence, there is not a single sentence that sounds good, the whole text is reprimanded, such as young and ignorant, out of discipline, nonsense, and irresponsible comments on government affairs... Finally, the sixty boards are reprimanded .

It turned out to be a board!

When Jia Wan sent the booklets up, he knew that he would be punished, grounded, fined, even deposed, but he never thought that he would be punished, and only punished.

In his life, his father was a Taoist priest, and he had never met him a few times. His master was a gentle man, and he was punished by copying books when he made a mistake. If you have, you will be spanked with a board instead.

With a stinky face, he lay on the bench.

Jia Rong was extremely clever and approached several of the superiors, and the considerable amount of money rolled into their sleeves calmly, especially those two holding sticks, which were extraordinarily rich.

Seeing them accepting the money calmly, Jia Wan was determined.

As for the kind of board that Jia Rong was on, let alone sixty sticks, it doesn't matter if it's six hundred sticks.

The two guards holding the cane looked at each other, stepped forward with a smile, and stood beside Jia Wan on the left and right. Both of them looked good, with a dignified appearance and a tall and straight figure, only one was slightly taller and the other was slightly dark. It also showed two canine teeth.

Huya smiled and said, "I offended my brother."

Take the lead in turning over with a stick.

Jia Wan heard that something was wrong, but thinking of the legends about these people, he was reassured. Such a "craftsman" person can control his strength with ease. It's just scary...

"Uh!"

The severe pain exploded from the rear hip as if it was bursting. Jia Wan was caught off guard, unable to hold back a muffled groan, and almost broke the leg of the stool with too much force.

Jia Wan's face turned green: Damn it hurts so much!

It was only because he had too much confidence in these people and Yinzi that he realized something was wrong when the stick was about to hit him, and it was too late to react... Even if he had time, he didn't dare to move.

Just gritted his teeth to hold back his breath, and before he could catch his breath, the tall stick fell down just in time.

"Well!"

The stick fell half on the wound and half outside the wound. He trembled from the pain, almost jumped up, and fought with the two bastards!

Damn, how dare you take money with such a heavy hand!

very painful.

The third stick, the fourth stick... fell one after another in a very rhythmic manner, each stick hurting more than the last.

"Clap! Clap! Clap..."

The eunuch passing the decree counted unhurriedly, and the tone made Jia Wan want to take off his shoes and stick them on his face.

Dozens of people in Ningguo Mansion watched silently as the head of the family was beaten on his stomach, Xichun was already crying, Yuzhan wanted to jump up and block him, Youshi turned his head and didn't dare to look, Jia Rong's calf was on the sidelines trembling.

"59...sixty...bi!"

It was finally over, Jia Wan lowered his head, his hair and eyes were covered with sweat on his face, and he could only gasp in pain.

"I'm sorry," the round-faced one was still smiling, and his two small canine teeth glistened, "It's not that my brother doesn't take care of you, there's nothing you can do, it's the emperor's intention."

fart!At the beginning when Jia Rong was beaten, although there was not such a big battle, it was imperial decree and guards, only two servants came, but it was not the same as the emperor's intention, why didn't you see such a brutal beating?

One of the guards was a little older and had been watching the excitement with his arms folded. He was probably their leader. Now he came up after the fight, squatted down beside him, and said with a smile: "Not bad, it doesn't hurt. Crying for father and mother!"

Jia Wan's face turned black: What kind of bad taste are these people, and they still want to appreciate the fruits of their labor after the work is done?

This carefree meal made him lose the habit of being a wealthy son that he had cultivated for more than ten years, and he didn't even bother to respond to a nice sentence.

The other guy smiled and was not angry, he threw a sign on him casually, and said: "The emperor said, you didn't learn well at a young age, you were idle, you didn't do your job properly, you only know how to make trouble all day long, you need to be disciplined. It hurts so much, report to me at the guards... My name is Chen Xuan, remember!"

He slapped him hard, and said: "From now on, we will be colleagues, please take care of me!"

Stand up.

Jia Wan was covered in a layer of cold sweat, touched something and threw it at him: "Get lost!"

Chen Xuan caught it, opened his purse and looked at it, whistled loudly, threw it and picked it up, and said: "Brothers, there is a treat, let's go drink later!"

Those three joked to Jia: "Thank you brother!"

Just walk away like this.

Jia Rong hurriedly followed to see off, and the rest rushed to carry Jia Wan. Jia Wan waved his hand to tell them not to be too busy. He helped Si Yue get up and limped back to the room.

After a long fuss, Jia Wan changed into dry clothes and lay down on the bed, persuaded Xichun and Youshi to leave, and Yuzhan with red eyes was beside him, sobbing, "Master, what did you say in the book? The emperor is so angry."

Jia Wan lay on the soft bed, snorted coldly and said: "The emperor is not angry, he is in a good mood!"

Yuzhan cried: "It's all here now, and you still say this kind of thing, and when you turn around, you hear it, and it's another beating!"

Jia Wan is really not talking nonsense, if the emperor is really angry, how can he be so measured?

Those two slappers seemed to be extremely ruthless, with their skin torn apart, but they only hurt the flesh, they didn't move their muscles and bones, and they didn't leave any hidden dangers.

That imperial decree seemed to scold him like a dog, but it was like hitting him with a board. It only hurt the flesh and didn't move the bones. However, there was no bad comment related to conduct. Instead, all the faults were attributed to the "young man" Ignorance" on the four words, this matter has been determined in this way.

Jiawan sweated a lot, and even drank a few glasses of water, but the cold sweat went away, and the hot sweat came down again, Yuzhan wiped his face with a handkerchief, and said, "Master, hold on a bit, at least wait for the medicine to boil. Yes, drink before going to bed."

Although her master would drink no matter what he drank, it would be the same as drinking tranquilizing medicine, but... it should still be of some use, right?

Jia Wan said "hmm", before he could speak, he heard people outside say that Jia Zheng was here.

Jia Zheng heard the news at the yamen, and hurried over after learning about it, but it was still too late. Seeing Jia Wan's miserable state, he couldn't help sighing.

Jia Wan was raised in Rongguo Mansion until he was eight years old, and later worshiped Lin Ruhai as his teacher. Although the two were not very close, he regarded this child as his own, and thought he was more promising than Baoyu... But now it seems , although Baoyu is unbearable, at least he is not as capable of causing trouble as he is, isn't he?

Jia Zheng first asked about the injury and the content of the imperial decree in detail, heaved a sigh of relief, and sighed: "The matter of visiting relatives is the meaning of the Supreme Emperor. No matter how unwilling you are, just don't participate, why do you still write a book to defend? Lian' What is good at the top will be so good at the bottom', 'If things go on like this, the top and bottom will become extravagant', the words have come out, aren't you clearly embarrassing the Supreme Emperor?

"The emperor is filial to his relatives, so why not punish him? Fortunately, because of your youth and ignorance, you will only be punished lightly. Your virtuous nephew should take this as a warning in the future and be cautious in your words and deeds."

Seeing his worried look, Jia Wan thought for a while, took out a sign from his arms, and said: "The guard who came to pass the decree earlier said that the emperor thinks that I am idle and not doing my job properly, so I have healed up and reported to the guard... …I don’t know if uncle knows, but where is the guardhouse?”

Jia Zheng looked at the sign and was stunned when he heard the word "Guard Office".

In the official system of big cadres, civil servants rely on imperial examinations to obtain official positions. After winning the imperial examination, they start from the seventh and eighth ranks, and are promoted to the central government step by step. people.

As for the selection of military officers, one is martial arts, and the other is meritorious children. Contrary to civil servants, the promotion speed and future potential of martial arts are far behind that of meritorious children.

The children of meritorious service always start from the imperial guards first when they become officials, and among the imperial guards, the best is the guard battalion.

Although we habitually refer to the people around the guard officials as bodyguards, the total number of guards in the entire Daqian and the real bodyguard battalion is less than 500, and they only guard the emperor.

The rank of the guards is extremely high, even if they are the lowest rank guards, they are military officers of the sixth rank, the third rank guards are the fifth rank, the second rank guards are the fourth rank, and the first rank guards are the third rank. A bodyguard, or enter the center, or be promoted to a local military officer, the real future is boundless.

Therefore, the guard camp can be said to be the Qingyun Road and the Sky Ladder for meritorious children. Every time there is a vacancy, they will be snapped up by people. Only after passing five levels and beheading six generals can they succeed. It is by no means the fifth-rank dragon that Jia Zhen wanted to buy for Jia Rong. The forbidden captain is comparable.

Now, this quota has been dropped on Jia Wan's head out of thin air, and it was hand-picked by the emperor, and the reason is even more ridiculous, "idling around" and "not doing business properly".

Looking at the words "Jia Wan, the second-class bodyguard of the bodyguard battalion" on the sign, Jia Zheng felt a little knocked out.

Not the last class, not the third class, but the second class guard...a fourth rank military officer.

Although Jia Wan has a third-rank lord on his body, it is reasonable to be a fourth-rank military officer, but that is not how it is calculated!

He has been in the Six Departments for so many years before he reached the fifth rank, and this is the one with the highest position in Rongning's second mansion, but Jia Wan, a brat, somehow became the fourth rank after being beaten up?

Your Majesty, what does this mean?Could it be that the note he played with Jia was actually... approved?

Jia Zheng was terrified by his own thoughts.

However, if you think about it carefully, the emperor's board and imperial decree are not like punishment, but more like an excuse, and this board of the guard battalion is undoubtedly a reward.

Immediately, he was even more restless.

Little did he know that Jia Wan took out the sign just to wake him up.

This is of course a reward. Previously, the emperor readily gave the title to Jia Wan, and Jia Wan reciprocated, saying what the emperor wanted to say but was inconvenient to say, and the courtiers dared not say it, relying on the four words "young and ignorant" Speak up.

There may not be substantial and immediate results, but it will greatly damage the prestige of the Supreme Emperor, and such things as prestige play a pivotal role in the invisible tug-of-war of the superior.

How can the emperor be dissatisfied?

Fighting, of course you still have to fight, how can you show the emperor's filial piety if you don't fight?And if you don't fight first, and get someone else to fight, you won't know whether it is light or heavy to strike at that time.

Rewards, even more rewards, why would people see his attitude if he didn't reward them?How to win people's hearts without rewards?

Jia Zheng left in dismay, Jia Wan also drove Yuzhan out, he is not Baoyu, he can use girls' tears as a panacea.

He is just an ordinary person, whether it is Yuzhan or Xichun by his side, not to mention that he can't get comfort, but he has to comfort them...Tired.

The whole room was empty, empty and quiet, not even a cicada or a bird chirping.

Jia Wan lay prone on the bed, resting his head on his arms, poking the kitten sitting on his bedside.

The pain in the buttocks was throbbing, like a fire, Jia Wan squinted his eyes, thinking, fortunately the master is not there, otherwise he would be crying and screaming in pain.

Then his face as the head of the family will be lost. ,,,.,