[Red Mansions] Lord Hou's daily routine

Lin Jian saw Emperor Chengsheng standing in front of the window with his hands folded, he hurriedly looked away and knelt down to salute Emperor Chengsheng.

Emperor Chengsheng was over fifty years old, but due to proper maintenance, he was still in good spirits, ignoring the faint silvery white on his temples, Emperor Chengsheng looked as if he was only in his early forties.

Emperor Chengsheng had already seen Lin Jian coming through the window pane. Hearing Lin Jian's words at this time, Emperor Chengsheng turned around and looked down at Lin Jian: "It's pretty fast. I didn't go back to see you first." father?"

Emperor Chengsheng didn't call out, so he asked Lin Jian to answer on his knees. His voice was deep and low, but his expression was unpredictable, and there was no sign of happiness or anger.

Lin Jian said: "Return to the Holy Majesty, according to the rules, ministers are imperial envoys, and should first enter the palace to return orders."

After Lin Jian finished speaking, he hurriedly took out the imperial envoy's seal and presented it with both hands.Deping, the personal eunuch in front of Emperor Chengsheng, hurried over and took the seal of the imperial envoy. Under the watchful eyes of Emperor Chengsheng, Deping respectfully put the seal of the imperial envoy on Emperor Chengsheng's imperial case.

Emperor Chengsheng looked away and looked at Lin Jian again: "It's rare, you still remember the rules. I thought that you, the fearless Marquis of Wannan, didn't take those rules seriously."

Lin Jian said: "I don't dare. There is no rule without rules. I always remember my duty as an imperial envoy and never dare to go beyond it."

"Don't dare to go beyond?"

Emperor Chengsheng frowned and did not distinguish between emotions and anger, but he laughed angrily at Lin Jian's words, "What else do you dare not go beyond?"

"When I was young, I dared to fight with Xiaojiu, and later I dragged Xiaojiu to accompany you to make troubles everywhere. You dared to take Xiaojiu to the roof of Qinzheng Palace to look at the stars. There is nothing in this world that you dare not do ?”

Lin Jian lowered his eyes silently: "That's because I was ignorant when I was young."

Seeing him pretending to be obedient, Emperor Chengsheng snorted coldly: "I was ignorant when I was young, but now I am?"

"I think you understand everything in your heart, and you are doing something bad on purpose."

Lin Jian didn't say a word.

Emperor Chengsheng didn't expect Lin Jian to answer, he pointed at Xiao Yu: "Xiao Jiu told me that the Yangzhou case is entrusted to you, and you will definitely handle it well for me. I thought, you have always been capable Outstanding, although I know that you have been naughty since childhood, but you can make me feel at ease when it comes to political affairs. I am also willing to give you this opportunity."

"The result? You went to Yangzhou for two months, and you see what you have done yourself!"

Lin Jian glanced at Emperor Chengsheng silently, and blinked: "I have lived up to the entrustment of the Holy Majesty, and I have indeed settled the case in Yangzhou."

"you!"

Emperor Chengsheng sat down at first, but when he heard Lin Jian's words, he couldn't help standing up again, "I knew you when I saw you in the hall a year ago, and your stubborn temper will never be changed. You and Xiao Jiu Lie, I went to southern Anhui for a few years, and after all, I made a name for myself. Your father is mad at you, but I admire you a little. You are right, you have settled the case in Yangzhou, but you gave I have a big problem!"

Emperor Chengsheng walked up to the imperial case, pointed to the two piles of memorials on the case table and said, "Before you returned to the capital, the memorials to impeach you flew into the Palace of Qinzheng like snowflakes. This stack is to sue you for destroying The rules do not respect the law, and you willfully use the privileges in your hands to hand over the seals of the imperial envoys to others without authorization, but you have left your post without authorization and failed the holy grace; Reporting to the imperial court after the money was transported away, you are despising the imperial court and deceiving the emperor."

"Xiaojian, they want me to punish you severely. At least they will not allow you to return to Wannan, and at worst they will dismiss you and investigate you."

Lin Jian said: "All the ministers did not know, but the Holy Majesty knew why I did this. The matter of the real account book is very important, and only by such an arrangement can there be no leaks. As for sending the money to southern Anhui, I know that I made a mistake. But I can only do this. If the money is sent to the household department, Wannan will not be able to keep it. I don't want the Holy One to waste all his efforts, and I don't want the soldiers in Wannan to wait for silence."

Xiao Yu, who had been kneeling honestly, couldn't help but said at this time: "Father, you know Xiaojian's temperament best. He acts recklessly but is cautious. He deliberately released the news that the money was sent directly to southern Anhui. There is a reason for the incident. Father is the son of Shengtian, so he will definitely understand Xiaojian's intentions."

Emperor Chengsheng glanced over: "Don't talk. Did you ask you to kneel and reflect on your past?"

Emperor Chengsheng took a deep look at Lin Jian, walked to the imperial case and sat down, looked at Lin Jian with a scrutinizing gaze for a long time, and then said lightly: "Your two mistakes are not for the officials to see, You are left to me."

"You sent the fault to me with your own hands. What you want is not to punish, but to fulfill me."

Emperor Chengsheng's voice was faint, but the smile that slowly spread on his face was vicissitudes and far-reaching, "Most people in the court can see my intentions. I never thought of hiding it, but everyone either pretended not to know." , or shrink back, only you are willing to act as a pioneer. What you did in Yangzhou was straightforward, and you were not as scruples as Lin Ruhai, but you are indeed a suitable candidate. I am interested, you are interested, and what you want is fulfilled, I can allow you. But Xiao Jian, you have to understand that this road is not easy to walk, and originally, the person I first fell in love with was actually your father."

The founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the four kings and eight princes contributed a lot.

When the Tai/Zu emperor was still there, the four princes and eight princes were all fine and there was no problem.But at the time of Emperor Chengsheng, the ancestors left one by one, and the descendants of the four kings and eight lords were not as good as one generation after another. As the Great Zhou became stronger and stronger, and internal and external troubles were slowly cut off, their power was intertwined, and even threatened the imperial power. Sometimes, they can still influence the decision of the emperor.

From the day of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, military generals had power over civil officials. This was not a normal court situation.When it came to Emperor Chengsheng, even though Lin Hong intended to restrain himself, the four kings and eight princes never intended to restrain themselves. The civil servants of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and even Concubine Yu's father, Prime Minister Yu, were too suppressed to hold their heads up.

Emperor Chengsheng knew that if it continued like this, the consequences would be disastrous.At the beginning of his ascension to the throne, he had thought of cutting off the four kings and eight princes, but he was busy with the war in southern Anhui and Lingnan and had no time to clone himself. In addition, no one in the court could compete with the power of the four kings and eight princes, so he wasted until now.

The appearance of Lin Hong ignited Emperor Chengsheng's thoughts again.

The descendants of the four kings and eight lords enjoy peace and peace, and they are not willing to conquer Lingnan and Anhui again. It is Chengsheng Dili who helped Lin Hong accomplish things under extremely difficult circumstances.

It took Lin Hong several years to accomplish this, and he became a general of the dynasty. Naturally, there was a conflict of interest and power between this new general and the old four kings and eight princes.

Lin Hong and others absolutely obeyed Emperor Chengsheng, and only they could contend against the power of the four kings and eight princes.However, with Lin Hong's health problems, the emerging military forces could no longer overwhelm the forces of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes in one fell swoop. To relocate the border and ban the sea in southern Anhui, to reduce the number of troops, all in order to weaken the power of generals who are absolutely loyal to Emperor Chengsheng.

But Lin Hong was no longer available, and Emperor Chengsheng was reluctant to tire this great general who had devoted his life to Great Zhou, so he had to find another suitable candidate.But the burden of this matter is too heavy. A civil servant with a family background cannot do it without courage, and a courageous military general without a background cannot afford it, so we can only shelve it for a while.

Even if Emperor Chengsheng used Lin Ruhai, it could only deal with the Yangzhou salt class shortage case. If he wanted to move the Wang family, Lin Ruhai would have to think again and again.Not to mention that Tanhualang, who was valued by Emperor Chengsheng, was seriously ill and died soon.

Lin Jian smiled: "I will remember what the Holy Majesty said. With the Holy Majesty taking care of me, the road is very wide, and I don't think it is difficult to walk."

Since then, the monarchs and ministers have reached an agreement, and Emperor Chengsheng raised his hand: "Get up."

After a pause, Emperor Chengsheng raised his hand at Xiao Yu again, "Get up too."

Emperor Chengsheng was angry that these two boys had caused him such a big trouble, but he had seen the intentions of these two boys early in the morning, and was grateful for Lin Jian's loyalty to the emperor and protecting the country, so he was reluctant to criticize him any more.

Emperor Chengsheng called the two of them to get up, but fell into deep thought again. Lin Jian and Xiao Yu didn't dare to talk too much while waiting side by side. After the cigarette curled up in the copper sparrow stove had circled around a dozen circles, Emperor Chengsheng finally got up. He raised his eyes and said softly: "I will deal with this matter myself. You have worked hard all the way. Go back and rest."

Xiao Yu was about to retreat with Lin Jian, but before he could go far, he was called back by Emperor Chengsheng.Emperor Chengsheng said that it's autumn and it's cold. He heard that Concubine Yu had a cough yesterday, and he couldn't get away here. He asked Xiao Yu to take a look at Concubine Yu for him, and said that he would go there at night after he finished handling the government affairs. Visit Concubine Yu.

Lin Jian left the palace alone.

In recent years, Mrs. Qiao has become fond of gardening flowers and plants. She also likes many kinds of flowers and plants. The flowers and plants planted in the west garden are not very rare, but there are flowers in full bloom all year round, and the garden is full of evergreens. Undefeated lush trees.

The other places are full of autumn, only the west garden is still full of greenery, the autumn wind blows, not only the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus, but also the faint fragrance of unknown flowers lingering around the nose.

Lin Jian returned to the West Garden, planning to meet Lin Hong and Mrs. Qiao immediately, but as soon as he entered the door, a servant greeted him: "Master, madam said, you can take a shower and change clothes first when you come back. After packing up, go to the flower hall and meet again."

Lin Jian sighed softly, his mother was really considerate.He was covered in dust, and he longed for a good wash.

It took Lin Jian some time to clean himself up, and he went to the flower hall to meet his parents after being refreshed. Because he had the promise of Emperor Chengsheng, he felt relieved and couldn't help but walk a little more lightly.

But when he got to the flower hall and saw Lin Hong's face, Lin Jian couldn't help pursing his lips again, and slowed down his steps.

——His father's complexion is not very good, just like he beat him a year ago because he lied to others, there is a bit of anger in the depression.On the other hand, Qiao Shi looked at him worriedly as before.

Lin Jian thought in his heart that it was not good, could it be that he played too much this time, and his father was so angry that he wanted to beat him again and teach him a lesson?