Survive in the world of Red Mansions

After Lin Rui said goodbye to Sun Jie and the others, they took the people back to the Lin Mansion directly.

As soon as I walked to the front of the Lin Mansion, I saw that there were still some spectators around the door, the smell of gunpowder was still in the air, and the ground was the paper scraps left by the firecrackers.

"Brother Rui," Lin Rui was just about to enter the mansion when he heard a voice calling him from behind, turned around, and saw Xu Jingzhi getting out of the car.

No matter how dissatisfied I was with Xu Jingzhi before, but now Daiyu has married him, so when I see him, I still have to respect him.

"Brother-in-law, you are here, is sister in the car?"

"Well, your sister heard that you won the second place in the list, so she immediately said she wanted to come and see. I just happened to come and see what I can help here. Congratulations to Brother Rui for his good grades this time, better than me But it's much stronger!"

Lin Rui saw that Xu Jingzhi didn't have any bad reactions, but simply congratulated him, so he didn't say much, but expressed his gratitude to Xu Jingzhi for his congratulations.

Lin Daiyu's car went straight into the mansion, and Lin Rui and Xu Jing got out of the car and walked in together. The servants in the mansion saw Lin Rui coming in, and all of them saluted Lin Rui with smiles on their faces.

"My lord, congratulations to my lord for getting the second place on the list!"

Before Lin Rui and Xu Jingzhi arrived in the side hall, they saw the big housekeeper Lin Zhong coming up, bowed to Lin Rui and congratulated Lin Rui, "Master, it's just in time for you to come back. Someone has already sent the steward to give you gifts. Come on, do you want to have a good banquet?"

"The record of gift giving is to ask the second housekeeper to prepare the purchase in advance, just invite a few close ones, and the time is set on father's holiday." Lin Rui turned to Xu Jingzhi and said, "you have something on father's holiday?" Is there any arrangement, if there is nothing wrong, ask my sister to come over to help receive the female relatives that day."

After seeing Xu Jingzhi shaking his head, he continued to say to the butler, "This kind of banquet will bother Lin Boduo. As for the people in the mansion, each person will be paid two more months' money, and the waiters in my courtyard will be paid three months more." months, let everyone have fun."

The two entered the side hall and saw that Lin Daiyu had arrived, "Congratulations to my younger brother for winning the second place in the list. Don't you always like Mi Fu's calligraphy? "Tiaoxi Poetry Volume", the original work of Mi Fu, congratulations on winning the Zhonggui Number two."

"Thank you, sister, but can you stop being the second one all the time! And my sister has prepared such a good gift, it seems that I will try and prepare well."

Xu Jingzhi asked strangely beside him, "Examination? Are you going to take part in next year's examination? Is it too early? Didn't you say you have to wait until the next session?"

"It's going to wait until the next session, hehe, isn't this asking my sister to prepare in advance!"

"Hey, get ready in advance, don't be embarrassing when you fall to the top three and lose face to your father! Don't let me keep mentioning second, and come back with a club next time!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I will definitely study hard for the next three years, and I will definitely not lose face to my father."

"It's good to know! As for Brother Rui, you have won such a big happy event, is there any arrangement in the mansion?"

"Just now I told my brother-in-law that it is not a big deal to invite a few close relatives to congratulate my father when he is on holiday. I need you to help welcome the female relatives then."

"It's okay, not long after something happened to my grandparents' house, it's a bit ugly for us to celebrate here. I went there a few days ago, and my grandmother's health is not very good now."

As expected by Lin Hai and his son, the Jia family finally ushered in the Secretary of General Administration and the Forbidden Army in mid-July, but the final result was much better than what Lin Hai and his son had expected.

It seems that disclosing the things that Wang Xifeng's aunt and nephew did, such as champerty lawsuits, usury, etc., to Jia's mother still did something, although Wang Xifeng and Mrs. Wang did not receive any notice because they were busy building the family's garden. On the face of it, but Mother Jia is also an aging person, so it is impossible not to know the impact of these things on the Rongguo Mansion and the Empress.

After learning about these things, Mother Jia found someone to quietly smooth out these things, and because of the face of the empress in the palace, even though the Rongguo Mansion ransacked this time and confiscated most of the property, Jia Amnesty's title After being seized, he was demoted to common people, the previously rewarded Huangzhuang was taken back, Jia Zheng's position was dismissed, and Mrs. Wang's five-rank and pleasant mandate was taken back, but in the end Rongguo Mansion was preserved as the Jia family's private residence. The mother is Yipin Gaoming's wife, and Li Wan is a chaste wife. The yards of these two people have not been confiscated, and their property can be preserved. This is a blessing in misfortune.

Ningguo Mansion was not so lucky. The entire Ningguo Mansion was confiscated. The Huangzhuang that was rewarded at the beginning was taken back. Jia Zhen’s title was also taken away. At the same time, she was exiled for many crimes. Shi, stepmother Youshi, and Xichun live together.

Lin Hai felt lucky that Rongning and Ningfu could get this result in the end, and the Lin family also saved a lot of trouble. No matter what, they have a place to live, and there are quite a few private houses of Jia Mu. After a while, some unnecessary servants will be abolished, and the life of the Jia family will definitely not be a problem.

However, judging from the current situation, it is not very good. The first and second families are now fighting for face for Jiamu's private house.In the past, Mother Jia left all her private house to Jia Baoyu, because there was a piece of property left by the Rongguo Mansion. Although Jia Amnesty and others in the Dafang had objections, if Mother Jia insisted, for the sake of filial piety, the Dafang might be fine. .But now in the entire mansion, apart from Li Wan, a chaste woman, who has some private houses, only Jia Mu's private house has been preserved, so people have to rely on this property and live on this money. Under such circumstances, Jia Mu wants to Leaving the vast majority of the private house to Jia Baoyu, how could the people in the big house back down?Even Li Wan had the same thoughts about Jia's mother's private house. Jia Lan was the eldest son and grandson of the second room. Could it be that Jia Lan had no share in the old lady's private house!

Lin Rui didn't care about Jia's affairs for a period of time before the exam, and now hearing Lin Daiyu's advance, he couldn't help asking curiously, "Compared with the other families, my grandfather's family is much better, sister, what did you do just now?" Say, is there something wrong with grandma?"

"Well, I heard that my grandmother was in poor health, so I went to see it. After I went there, I realized that the two uncles are now fighting for the grandmother's private house. The old lady's poor health is also popular with the two families. It's like this now, and the two families are still fighting every day, but I'm just a junior after all, so I can't say these things."

"If you want to solve the matter of your grandfather's family thoroughly, the best way is to divide your private house early while your grandmother is still there. Even if you want to favor cousin Baoyu, it's better to be fair. Both of them are sons and grandparents. It's not good to choose one, and it might be better to separate the two uncles by the way."

"Grandmother is still here, and she is always reluctant to separate the two sons, but even if grandma doesn't want to, she will have to separate sooner or later. There is nothing to say about the grandparent's house. Aren't you going to visit the teacher and the house teacher tomorrow? Is the gift ready? If there is no suitable one, send someone to pick it up from me."

"Well, I know. When my father comes back, I'll ask what I should give him."

"Jingzhi, sit down with your brother for a while. I'll go and see sir. It's okay. I'll go back later. I'll have dinner with my husband at noon."

"Well, you go, I'll wait for you to go back together." Xu Jingzhi stood up and helped Lin Daiyu to walk outside.

"Sister, I'll stay here today. Your yard has always been cleaned every day."

Lin Daiyu looked back at Lin Rui, and said with a smile, "It's not too far away, I'll just go back later, Jingzhi, don't send me off, I'm just going to see Mr. Qiu."

Lin Rui and Xu Jingzhi returned to the side hall, and Xu Jingzhi said, "Zeng Hua, the teacher of your provincial examination this year, and Zeng Jie, the former magistrate of Yangzhou, are brothers. If you want to meet his wishes, I'm afraid you have to spend a little time."

"Usually it's antique calligraphy and painting, or a brush, ink and inkstone. Later, I'll ask my father Zeng Hua's preferences, and then decide what gift to give."

"Mr. Fang Yu doesn't know much about it. Mr. Zeng Hua's reputation as an official has been good all these years. It's also a blessing for you this year."

Even though Lin Rui has been here for so many years, he still doesn't quite understand the importance that this era attaches to the relationship between the teacher, the room teacher and the same year.In this era, the relationship between teachers and students, room teachers and students is very close, including the relationship between students in the same year is also very close.

Between the teacher in charge and the student, or between the teacher and the student, because of an exam arranged by the court, the relationship between the two is closely linked.Where possible, seat masters and room masters will also support their disciples as much as possible and turn them into members of their own faction.

Because disciples will not easily betray their instructors and room teachers, a natural alliance between the two has been formed at certain times.The disciples can move forward more easily because of the support of the master, and the master can increase his power because of the support of his disciples. The two complement each other and both sides can benefit, which makes this kind of The relationship is more closely linked together, even the emperor sometimes can't do anything about it.

As an emperor, of course he doesn’t want to see this kind of situation happen. What he wants is that all his officials should serve him, and all those who take part in the imperial examinations should put him first, be loyal to him, and be loyal to him, so there is an emperor again. The student's statement.But is it all as the emperor wished? Looking at the examples of corruption and bribery in the past dynasties, it is obvious that the name of the emperor's disciple is not easy to use, but it is not as good as the relationship between the teacher and the disciple.

Lin Hai is in a good mood today. Although he also knows that his son's level is very good, but the result has not come out, he is always a little worried. Now that the list is out, his son can be ranked first. This is indeed a happy thing .

After returning home, I was even more happy to see Lin Daiyu returned to her mother's house.Lin Daiyu deliberately found an opportunity to avoid Lin Rui and Xu Jingzhi, and told Lin Hai about Lin Rui's marriage.

"She is the eldest daughter of the Mo family, the left servant of the official department. She is 13 years old. I have met her before. I inquired about my younger brother's marriage, it seems that they are very fond of Rui'er, father, what do you mean?"

Lin Hai knew a little about Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Officials, but he was not a yamen after all, and he only had a general understanding. It was impossible to know about his daughter, so he could only ask Lin Ran and the others to inquire about the specific situation of the Mo family in private. They also asked them to find out how the eldest daughter of the Zha Mo family behaved in private.

"Think about it first, don't worry too much, I'll ask Ruier what she means."

Although both Lin Hai and his son wanted to keep Daiyu to live in the mansion, the women here are not as free as married women in modern times, so they went back to Xu's house with Xu Jingzhi in the end.

At the same time in the palace, Prince Zhongshun reported to the emperor what the emperor had entrusted him to do, and after he knew it, he just dawdled and refused to leave. Seeing his younger brother like this now, he had no choice but to say, "Sixth brother, the time is about the same." Now, if you have nothing to say, go home."

Prince Zhongshun struggled for a long time, but he still said, "Brother Huang, what do you think of the son of Lin Hai, Minister of the Household Department?"

Today, he still takes good care of his younger brother. The Sixth Prince had a good relationship with the current one before he ascended the throne. After the former emperor abdicated, the Sixth Prince has firmly supported the present, and he can handle the tasks entrusted to him by the present day. , so after the emperor ascended the throne, he promoted his county throne to prince, and he was willing to give Zhongshun a face on weekdays.

The emperor also knew that his younger brother was a bit absurd at times, men and women were not taboo, in addition to a lot of concubines and concubines in the whole mansion, there were also many actors and male pets, but no matter what, he couldn't show his respect to the son of an important court official. Let's do it!

"Imperial brother, I don't interfere with the actor and male favorite you raise, but it is absolutely impossible for you to attack the children of the courtier's family. Especially Lin Hai, just such a son, who was raised like a jewel like a treasure. You got No.2 in the township examination, you have a bright future, don't think about ruining others."

"Brother Huang, where are you thinking of, why are you ruining others? I want Lin Hai's son to be my son-in-law!"

When Prince Zhongshun heard what the emperor said, he couldn't laugh or cry at once, and quickly argued that no matter how bad his reputation was, he still had a sense of propriety, and it was impossible for him to do such a thing as attacking the son of a courtier's family.

The emperor felt that his younger brother liked Lin Hai's son as his son-in-law, and felt that he couldn't accept it all of a sudden, but he still asked, "Why do you think that Lin Hai's son has a better family background than the Lin family in Beijing? Could it be that those families are not suitable?" of?"

"It's the meaning of the princess. I think it's good when I think about it. The Lin family has a simple population. After entering the door, there will be no troubles. He himself is motivated. According to the current situation, a Jinshi will not be able to escape in the future, although he is a bit low-married. But if you marry low, you won't be bullied."

Listening to what Zhongshun said today, thinking about it is also the same reason. Apart from the low status of the Lin family, there is nothing wrong with it. The entire Lin family is now only Lin Hai and his son. There are fewer people, so there are not so many troubles.

Since he ascended the throne, this younger brother has been sticking to his duty. Except for the things he confessed, he has never done much. Now that he has this intention, he specially greeted himself in advance.As for Lin Hai, since he came to Beijing, he has been doing his best and has not interacted much with other ministers, so it is not bad for his younger brother and the Lin family to be honored.

"As far as I know, Lin Hai is already looking at his son. If you are interested, you should make a decision as soon as possible. You can find a suitable person to send a message to Lin Hai. Don't let him know about it. Let's take a look at it early. Your side Give me another kick, and it won't be good to be a bully at that time!"

"I understand, thank you, brother!

The princesses of the royal family cannot marry into the family of important officials of the court, just like them, princesses and county masters of the prince's family rarely marry into these families. Although their children's marriage can be decided by themselves, it does not have to be through the emperor, but this time the princess sees After being selected by the Lin family, Lord Zhongshun still decided to consult with the Lin family after discussing with the emperor in advance.

Now that the emperor agreed, Prince Zhongshun bid farewell to the emperor, and returned to the palace to report the good news to the princess.