[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

"Qingjiayan has been raining continuously for days, and it has only cleared up a few days ago. Just now at the court meeting, the holy majesty also talked about the Qingjiayan matter. The holy majesty said that after the crown prince left, the flood in Qingjiayan has been relieved. If today is a beautiful day, then Things are much better now than before.”

Lin Jian smiled slightly and said, "I don't know where Your Highness got the news that the crown prince's disaster relief in Huaiyin is not going well."

It was really hot in the camp in summer, and Wang Duan felt hot even in two layers of single clothes. He felt uncomfortable for Lin Jian when he saw Lin Jian covered in armor. Hearing Lin Jian's words, King Duan gently shook his palm fan The corner of the lips also evoked a faint smile.

"If Commander Lin only reads the mansion newspaper, then the mansion newspaper will not say that the prince's water control in Huaiyin is not going well. But this news is not written in the mansion newspaper, it is not written in the memorial book, and it will not go around in circles." , There will always be a gust of wind to blow those news into the capital. If the emperor doesn't say anything, it doesn't necessarily mean that he doesn't know."

Duan Wang said softly, "After I returned to the capital, I worked with the prince on errands for a few days. The prince's ability to handle affairs is beyond reproach. However, Huaiyin/Flooding is too serious, and it is not easy to rescue and control the flood. The flood is no longer happening, but there are many people in this disaster, and there will be a big plague after the big disaster. The king heard that the plague is rampant in Huaiyin, and five or six out of ten people have been infected with the disease."

"The crown prince takes the lead and takes the lead in everything. He does everything by himself. He lives with the victims of the disaster all day long. Commander Lin and the crown prince have a deep affection. I should also remind you that if the crown prince gets sick because of this, how should the government and the public deal with themselves?"

"Furthermore, in the area of ​​Huaiyin, there is also a lot of turmoil in the case of the teaching. There are many people who don't know the situation and make trouble. The prince should be cautious and careful. If he accidentally angers them, I'm afraid the situation in Huaiyin will be even worse. .”

Lin Jian said with a smile: "Your Highness is right. The Crown Prince is an auspicious person, and His Highness Kuang also said that the Crown Prince's ability to deal with affairs is beyond reproach. Even if the situation in Huaiyin is complicated, I believe the Crown Prince can handle it."

Having said that, King Duan couldn't find any news about the prince from Lin Jian's mouth, but he talked about the Rushi religion in Lingnan.

King Duan came to Xishui camp to meet Lin Jian, and he came here for the troubles caused by Ru Shijiao. Whether it was in Duzhong, Huaiyin, or Lingnan, Duan Wang never deviated from the Rushi teaching, but Lin Jian But he didn't take up much of King Duan's words. King Duan lamented that the teaching had caused chaos everywhere. Lin Jian either said he didn't know, or said that the local officials would deal with it.

Just like that, Duan Wang talked with Lin Jian for nearly half an hour before leaving.

After King Duan left, Qian Ying came in to clean up the tea bowls, saw Lin Jian picking up the city defense map that had been put aside to look at, and asked, "This city defense map is in the hands of the young master, do you want to send it back?"

"Prince Duan has already seen it, why send it back?"

Lin Jian looked at the map of the city defense carefully, and after confirming that there was nothing unusual, he rolled up the map again and put it in the paper tube where he kept the map of the city defense. They have praised you for being smart, he can remember this city defense map at a glance, and it is meaningless to send it back. I will try to change it later, then Commander Qin will send someone to fetch it, and then tell him."

"Now I'm very busy, and I really don't bother to negotiate these matters with him. Afterwards, it will be changed. You can just send someone to send the message to the generals who are patrolling and deploying the defense."

Qian Ying agreed, and then said: "This matter of city defense was not originally an errand for King Duan. After these few contacts, King Duan should know that the young master is not the kind of person who will change the established plan at will. After taking the city defense map, Baba came to our camp on horseback to ask the young master to change the city defense?"

"Is it possible that Prince Duan really wanted to take a look at the city defense map?"

"Except Commander Qin and the young master who know this city defense map best, even the generals don't know the overall situation. If something happens, we will be the first to think of King Duan. The subordinates always feel that King Duan will not be so confused. "

Lin Jian drank all the herbal tea in the cup, squinted his eyes and slowly waved the cattail fan in his hand, "Of course Prince Duan is not confused."

"Do you think he really came here to change the city defense map?"

Lin Jian said, "Perhaps he has this intention and wants to try his luck to see if he can change it. But his real intention is not on this city defense map."

"You were serving in front of the tent just now, and you have heard what King Duan said. He kept mentioning the teachings, saying that the previous years were peaceful, but so many things happened this year, and that the people discussed in private, saying that this year The times are not good, so there are so many troubles, do you think he is just gossiping and complaining?"

"Neither. He is trying to draw out my words. He hopes that I will accept his words every word, but if I agree with a word, I am afraid that he will bring it to the crown prince. You know, there are only a few cases this year. Things are different from previous years. One is that the Holy Majesty canonized the crown prince; the other is that the Holy Majesty canonized the noble concubine as the empress; the third is that the Empress Dowager led King Duan back to Beijing from Mount Wutai."

Lin Jian didn't continue talking until here, but Qian Ying already understood what he had to say.

"It seems that this year's situation is not good. It is definitely not about King Duan and the Queen Mother. King Duan will not use this to talk about himself. Then only His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Empress Dowager. King Duan mentioned this because he wanted to Should the things taught in this way be blamed on His Royal Highness and the Empress?"

Hearing this, Lin Jian glanced at Qian Ying, there were only him and Qian Ying in the tent, and the guards standing outside were sent away by Qian Ying, Lin Jian knew that no one was eavesdropping, so he just said what he had to say .

"When the Empress Dowager and King Duan returned to Beijing earlier, I mentioned it to the Holy Majesty and the Prince. The Empress Dowager and King Duan served the Buddha in Mount Wutai for ten years. Over the years, the Empress Dowager and King Duan had a very good reputation among monks and common people. They are the Buddhas. The favored people with deep Buddhist ties, such teachings and riots are for the empress dowager to organize the lecture conference, but this fleeting time is not good enough to cause troubles, but it is not something people with deep Buddhist ties like them can get involved in. The year is not good , Disasters happen frequently, and they were put on the emperor before, and they were all to apologize in front of heaven. If they have the heart to put these things on the empress and the prince, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"It's also fortunate that they had such thoughts about Madam at the beginning, and they made a fuss, and told me to seize the opportunity to speak to the Holy One, and the Holy One took advantage of the opportunity to issue an imperial edict, which blocked their thoughts. If not, now I'm afraid the streets and alleys in the city have long been rumors about the Queen and His Highness the Crown Prince. If they really let them succeed, the current situation will be ten times worse."

Lin Jian said, "It is precisely because of the imperial decree of the Holy Majesty that they can't do that. That's why King Duan came to me. He mentioned those things inside and outside the words, trying to attract me to say those words, and then he added embellishments. After returning to the capital, if he spread these words, wouldn’t he still be able to achieve his goal? Now that I’ve seen it, I can’t let him succeed.”

The two of them talked just now, it seemed like they were chatting, but in fact they had separate thoughts in their hearts. Wang Duan was eager to see Lin Jian get caught, but Lin Jian had a bright eye but he couldn't get caught. You can't force it too hard, and you can only return home in the end.

To be honest, this was expected. Lin Jian didn't take Duan Wang's temptation seriously, so Lin Jian didn't tell the truth to Duan Wang just now.

At the Dachao meeting just now, Emperor Chengsheng really only said that the situation of disaster relief and flood control in Huaiyin has improved, and did not mention other things.But Lin Jian had already got the news in private that Xiao Yu's disaster relief and flood control in Huaiyin was indeed not going smoothly.

The weather clears up and the floods are relieved, but after a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic.The victims were properly resettled, with the crown prince in charge, many things in Huaiyin were not lacking, but there were too many victims, and the people who taught them deliberately made trouble. When the plague broke out, Xiao Yu was among the victims.

Xiao Yu was still fine when Lin Jian got the news, but if things go on like this, if the plague is not alleviated, Xiao Yu will naturally be threatened.

In a situation like Huaiyin, it is very easy for someone to fish in troubled waters to frame Xiao Yu. Lin Jian was worried, so he naturally wanted to make people pay attention to Xiao Yu's situation at all times. The people sent to protect him, Lin Jian only exchanged news with Xiao Yu, and never released anyone around Xiao Yu, but Lin Jian still ordered people to secretly protect the Prince's Mansion.

There will be news from Xiao Yu's side every few days, but there has been no news from Lin Hong's side for a long time.

Lin Jian remembered how King Duan had mentioned the matter of Lingnan just now, so he asked Qian Ying, "Is there any news from Master and Madam?"

Qian Yingdao: "Since Mrs. Master arrived at the boundary of Lingnan a few days ago and sent someone to send back the word "Ping An", there has been no news of Mrs. Master for a long time. However, our people in Lingnan also said that Mr. and Mrs. We are privately investigating the matter taught by Rushi.”

In order to prevent people from being aware of their whereabouts, Lin Hong and Qiao's family had told Lin Jian earlier that they could pass on any message on the road, but after entering the Lingnan border, if there was nothing important, Lin Hong and Qiao's family would not pass it on to Lin Jian. news.If there is something to inform, Lin Hong will send the news, and Lin Jian cannot take the initiative in principle.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye, and soon it was the day before the lecture conference.

It was not a rest day, and Lin Jian could not go back to the mansion. After he settled down to work in the camp the next day, he had to take people to the scene of the seminar to maintain order, so he only asked Qian Ying to inquire about the news in the mansion.

Qian Ying said that everything in the mansion is fine, even the Yan family, but Lin Daiyu has not returned to the mansion since she entered the palace, and no news has been sent back to the mansion.

"The letter from the mansion said that not only the third young lady has not yet returned to the mansion, but also the wives who chanted scriptures in the Shouan Palace Buddhist Hall with the third young lady have not returned to the mansion. Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess has never left the palace to return to the prince. government."