The Second Master Lian of the Red Chamber

The Lang official who was replaced by Jia Lian was originally because he did not do well in the errand, so he got a low grade in the evaluation, so he asked the official department to transfer him to a remote village to be the county magistrate, which shows how difficult the errand is.

Now Jia Lian has just picked up the mess left by his predecessor, and I don't know if he has the ability to sit firmly in his seat. All the colleagues in the ministry are watching coldly with their arms folded, wanting to see his ability, when they suddenly heard the rumors, they immediately Then he was farther away from Jia Lian.Even Mr. Cao, who often asked Jia Lian to have tea and snacks in the first few days, kept away from Jia Lian's office when he was resting, for fear of making people feel that he had something to do with him.

The six yamen are located in these forty-nine cities, and they have been exposed to them for many years, and there are many people with deep backgrounds among them. Even those who have not been promoted for decades, they have learned to be shrewd by staying here.As the old saying goes, there are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two monarchs in the country.In the past few years when the emperor abdicated, there have been so many turmoil in the palace, and anyone who is not really stupid can see that something is wrong.To say something disrespectful, I am afraid that the old emperor has already regretted it, otherwise he would not want to still hold the power in his hands and want the Holy One to obey his words. The face and the heart are at odds.

As the emperor competes with the sage, the courtiers naturally have to show their backs, or they are loyal to the sage, and there are also some who think highly of themselves or who are old-fashioned. .

As an official, it is a big taboo to please both ends.It's not that these people have morality in their hearts, it's really easy to be a fool on the wall.At that time, not to mention the suspicion and hatred from both sides, even if the method is reused, it will inevitably be a fool.Don't you see that Prince Teng, who used to be full of majesty, it is not an exaggeration to say that the emperor's confidant.But now, even if there is a niece who gave birth to an imperial heir in the palace and is loved and can help the empress take care of the palace affairs, she still loses the military power in Gyeonggi and spends her days idle.

Even if the important ministers are like this, Jia Lian is only a small example, and only by being deeply favored by the emperor can he get a fifth-rank official position, and he dares to be appreciated by the emperor's most beloved loyal prince.Many people don't care whether the rumors are true or not, it's better to stay away from Jia Lian than to turn around and cause trouble to Chi Yu.Of course, there are those who are astute and sense a bit of ingenuity, guessing that someone wants to trip Jia Lian, but that has nothing to do with him, and he is not willing to step into this troubled water.As the saying goes, everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door, and he doesn't care about the frost on others' tiles.

Everyone was waiting to see Jia Lian's excitement, but Jia Lian was not flustered.Following his Xing'er Wanger being excluded in the tea room outside the Ministry of Industry, he just gave them some money to drink tea and listen to books outside, and his colleagues and superior officials alienated him, so he freely followed the old practice, Comparing with last year's progress, I annotate the half-reformed drawings of Yuci Zhongshun Prince's Mansion. I work diligently every day, come before dawn and leave after dark. I see everyone with a kind face. Laugh, no one can say anything bad about him.

After reporting Jia Lian's words and deeds these days, Yang Yuan, who was annoyed by King Zhongshun, couldn't help showing a little bit of a smile.Since Jia Lian was still struggling to hold his breath after exhaling and raising his eyebrows, why couldn't he bear it.The emperor is old, loyal and still young, he just takes it slowly.

Yang Yuan turned around by himself, and he still didn't forget to ask someone to help Jia Lian secretly.In addition, Jia Lian himself did find some unreasonable things in the files recorded over the years, and gradually found some clues.

Speaking of it, Jia Lian's first errand after becoming an official would not be difficult if he followed the old practices of the dynasty.It's just a repair of a royal palace, the Ministry of Industry has done at least a dozen similar jobs, and the regulations are ready-made everywhere.It's a pity that the emperor favored protection. The mansion he bestowed was originally the mansion of an old uncle who had lost his heir. There were several standards that King Zhongshun could not use. King Zhongshun was full of wolf ambitions and refused to bow his head to let craftsmen enter the mansion. rebuild.The Ministry of Industry was caught in the middle, and if it could not be changed, it would be to slap the Holy Majesty in the face, but even the Holy Majesty was not good enough to issue an order to force King Zhongshun, which made the matter stagnant until now, and the Ministry of Industry was in a dilemma.

Jia Lian knew that Yang Yuan was in trouble.Now that the Emperor is still alive, the government and the military affairs are divided into different courts. In some places, Yang Yuan is still a little weak, so it is not easy to directly break up with the Emperor Zhongshun and others. This order must never be followed, but King Zhongshun has been allowed to be arrogant. Being free will also weaken the majesty of the Holy Son of Heaven and make the courtiers dissatisfied.It is the duty of a courtier to share worries for the king.Since King Zhongshun wanted to make everyone unhappy, Jia Lian had no choice but to let him come to the Ministry of Industry with a smile to invite people back to his house.

There are more and more evidences in his hands. Jia Lian still looks like a normal person and goes to the yamen every day to check. When he is resting, he only stays at home reading and practicing calligraphy. During this period, he brought his subordinates to Zhongshun Wangfu twice , was rejected as expected.It seemed that he spent more than a month in vain, and in the end he even went to the Shangguan to ask for a day's leave. It is said that the teacher's family arrived in Beijing, and the disciples had to go out of the city to meet him.

Everyone knew that Jia Lian worshiped under Lin Hai's family and was Lin Hai's only disciple so far. To respect his teacher and to sell Lin Hai well, Jia Lian's invitations were all reasonable, and the Shangguan had no reason not to.Moreover, this Shangguan also wanted to have a look at Jia Lian's ability, to see if he would be dismissed directly after being appointed for one year, so he even helped Jia Lian to make sense of it from the Shangshu.

Jia Lian didn't ask any further questions, just thanked the Shangguan with a thankful expression on his face. Early the next morning, he took his servants and rode tall horses to welcome him out of the city. convoy.The big housekeeper of the Lin family came to Beijing years ago to clean up the old house built by the old master of the Lin family in central Beijing. There are also clever young men running over to pass on the message.

Hearing that Jia Lian took people outside the city, Lin Hai and Jia Min and his wife were very happy.Jia Lian is a sincere child, and he is filial and courteous. As long as there is something good in these years, he will never forget them. Even the family has turned disaster into good luck several times because of Jia Lian's blessing. How can they not favor the two of them? he.

Lin Hai was more reserved, just sitting in the sedan chair with a smile and stroking his beard, telling the bearer to go faster in a calm tone, while Jia Min's eyes were red, and while sobbing, she told Daiyu that Lin Zhang and Lin Zhang were their second brother Lian. He lifted the curtain and looked forward, wishing he could hold Jia Lian in his arms immediately, so as to see what he looks like now.

The convoy, who was originally worried about the exhaustion of the owner's family, increased its speed in an instant. Jia Lian at the other end also saw the Lin family. He jumped on his horse and trotted up to greet him. When he got to Lin Hai's sedan chair, he dismounted immediately and saluted Lin Hai. He greeted Lin Hai respectfully. The boys who came with him also knelt down on the ground carefully in the back, saying hello to Mrs. Lin.

Such a big battle surprised Lin Hai a little.He calmly cast a glance at Jia Lian, the wicked person, and was about to clear his throat and tap a few words, so as not to make this kid too complacent with too many praises later, when he heard the mother-in-law next to Jia Min shouting, "Lian." Brother" passed.Lin Hai couldn't help but secretly sighed, and when he looked back, he met Jia Min's tearful eyes full of expectation and kindness, and there was a brother Zhang beside him making weird faces, so he had to let Jia Lian go to see him.

As soon as Jia Lian moved his ears, he heard the movement on the cart behind him. He knew that there were his aunt and cousins. He finally got Lin Hai's order, and he ran over like a gust of wind. His peach blossom eyes smiled into crescent moons, and he spoke auspicious words The son said a series of words without any seriousness, but the mouthful of Beijing film made the teary-eyed Jia Min laugh out of tears, lightly punched him, and hugged him into his arms, caressing him for a long time.

This scares Jia Lian, who has long been an adult, out of his wits, and also makes Daiyu Linzhang's stomach hurt from laughing next to him.Daiyu also knew that she covered her face with a handkerchief and hid herself to save some face for her cousin whom she just met, but Lin Zhang, who was a big kid, was very rude, and shaves his face directly at Jia Lian with his fat little finger. He was still laughing and yelling "shame", mocking Jia Lian for being so big and acting like a baby.

It wasn't until Jia Lian's neck turned red that Jia Min released him in relief. He looked up and down carefully, wiped the corners of his eyes and said with a smile: "He's tall and strong, and he looks like a man. It's pitiful, he must have been outside all these years." I have suffered a lot." The children who grew up in the honey pot were always ignorant, but Bao Jianfeng was honed, and Lian'er was so successful, making her, an aunt, both proud and distressed for what he had suffered.

Jia Lian was feeling uncomfortable, worried that he would no longer have the majesty of his elder brother in front of Cousin Lin. Hearing Jia Min's soft words of concern, he couldn't help but wet the corners of his eyes slightly, and the witty words he blurted out also brought tears to his eyes. I choked up a little, and forced a smile and said: "Auntie, this is nothing to worry about. My nephew has been a stingy hob since he was a child. Only when he meets his nephew will he go out and forget to look at the almanac. How can I suffer?" compare notes."

How could Jia Min not understand that Jia Lian didn't want to worry them, and loved him even more in his heart, and felt sorry for his mother's early death, who was lonely and had no one around him.It's just that right now is really not the place to reminisce about the old days, so I suppressed my tears and asked Jia Lian to get in the car with her and go into the city together.

When Jia Lian heard this, he quickly waved his hands.He is already 21 years old, a serious adult man, how can he ride in the car with his aunt and cousin again, it is out of courtesy.But Jia Min didn't listen to him, and kept scolding him for his brains being ruined by studying, and his relatives, and Yu'er was still a little girl, where did these circumspect manners come from, and directly ordered someone to take Jia Lian's horse away, and drove him away with willow eyebrows got in the car.

When Jia Lian sat on the edge of the car door with her neck shrunk, Jia Min turned his anger into joy, smiled and embraced Daiyu Linzhang sister and brother, and lovingly let the three juniors meet formally.After they all met in a serious manner, Jia Min patted Daiyu's arm lightly, and asked softly: "When Yu'er was young, your second elder brother Lian often played with you and gave you many gadgets, which is your favorite?" Your mother-in-law aromatherapy ball was sent by your second elder brother Lian, do you remember?"

In this life, Daiyu has never experienced the grief of her younger brother's death and her mother's death. The Yuxue she gave birth to is cute, not as sick and weak as in her previous life. There is still a look of innocence in her eyebrows and eyes. She lay in her mother's arms and replied obediently: " Yu'er remembered this brother and gave Yu'er many interesting things."