Baochai is a mermaid

Wei Chi got the banknote, thinking what a rake for making money, it would be a pity to transfer him to the capital.

Suddenly remembering Xue Baoer's trust and reliance when he asked him to do things, Wei Chi put away all his thoughts just now, thought for a while, and asked as if chatting: "This money can solve the urgent need of the court. Master Lin has contributed a lot." No, I wonder if you have any thoughts on your future career?"

This sentence obviously meant to give him a promotion, but Lin Ruhai didn't even dare to say it, as if he didn't understand, he cupped his hands in the direction of the palace and said: "Eating the king's salary, sharing the king's worries, the minister is in Yangzhou Being an official is just following orders and not daring to take credit for it.”

If someone else said that, Wei Chi would definitely think it was self-effacement.

But Lin Ruhai's expression was serious, and he didn't mean to play hard to get.People have to believe that these words are what he thinks in his heart. He is really loyal to the emperor and patriotic, and he really intends to devote himself to the court and die, without expecting anything in return.

Wei Chi is not afraid of the gang of veterans in the cabinet, nor is he afraid of powerful officials like An Guogong. He is always able to handle them well because they all have plans.

If you have a picture, you have a weakness.

If you can negotiate conditions, you can say anything.

This reminded Wei Chi of his "Master" Meng Rang's favorite saying - stand on a wall and stand strong without desire.

A pure minister like Lin Ruhai who has no desires and demands is the most difficult to deal with.

That's why Lin Ruhai was able to achieve "a single leaf among thousands of flowers without touching his body" in the long-sleeved Jiangnan officialdom, and was able to accumulate such a large amount of private money for the emperor bit by bit.

At the beginning, Lin Ruhai was able to be selected from Lantai Temple, where there are many talents, and let him go to Yangzhou alone to make money for himself.

Wei Chi's next words are hard to say.

The outer study suddenly fell into silence, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward. Lin Ruhai got up to leave without knowing it, but Wei Chi spoke at this moment, still in a gossiping tone: "I heard that Mrs. Lin's daughter is in the capital. At my grandfather's house?"

Lin Ruhai thought that Wei Chi would definitely investigate him, but he didn't expect that he could investigate so carefully in a short period of time, and even found out about the female family members of the inner house.

One must know that even though the guardian is in the capital, his messy reputation has already been spread in the Jiangnan official circles. In addition, he used to walk around the palace in Lantai Temple, and he has heard some gossip about the royal family.

For example, the men in the Wei family love young girls, and when the girls reach the age of Ji, they are like yesterday's flowers.

His Daiyu is only seven years old this year, and she was born with such a color, could it be...

Lin Ruhai was startled, no matter how hard it was to keep calm on his face, the eyes that looked at Wei Chi became sharp, like a knife's edge.

Wei Chi was scratched by the eye knife, but the corners of his lips hooked up almost imperceptibly, it seemed that he had made the right bet again.

"Master Lin, don't get me wrong, I am also entrusted by others."

Wei Chi smiled: "Mr. Chenghui, who is raised by the eldest princess's side, is the eldest daughter of the Xue family in Jinling, the niece of Mrs. Wang of the Rongguo Mansion. She often accompanies her mother to the Rongguo Mansion as a guest. She has some friendship with the young lady. It can be regarded as... ...hand the handkerchief."

Wei Chi thought about it and continued: "It seems that Ling'ai is not living well in her grandfather's house. Mr. Chenghui accidentally heard that I was going to call the adults to Beijing to report on my work, so please ask me to find a way to transfer the adults to the capital so that the old man can be transferred to the capital. Master Lin, father and daughter are reunited."

Lord Chenghui?

Far away in Yangzhou, Lin Ruhai didn't know who Mr. Chenghui was, but he knew that Mrs. Wang of Rongguo Mansion and the eldest wife of Xue's family in Jinling were direct sisters. This Mr. Chenghui must be the daughter of Mrs. Xue's family.

Suddenly thinking of the letters Daiyu wrote to him, which often mentioned the care of Mrs. Xue's family and the cousin girl, Lin Ruhai finally believed it.

Daiyu clearly said in the letter that everything is fine, so why did the Lord Chenghui say that she was not doing well, and directly asked Lord Jian Guo to transfer him to the capital to be an official?

Back in the day, his mother-in-law was so kind to him and married his favorite youngest daughter against all opinions, and his brother-in-law Jia Zheng also cared for him a lot.

After Jia Min passed away, he decided to keep his filial piety for his first wife and never remarry for life.The mother-in-law was shocked to hear that, and was distraught, but in the letter she wrote, she still kindly advised him not to get into a dead end. If he wanted to, he could just observe a filial piety for three years, and definitely couldn't kill the heirs of the Lin family.

He was also afraid that it would be difficult for him to marry Daiyu with his lowly official position, and he was also afraid that Daiyu would suffer when his stepmother came in. He wrote several times asking him to send Daiyu to be raised by him, and said that he didn't have to worry about Daiyu's dowry.

Even if Lin Ruhai was killed, he didn't believe that his mother-in-law's family would treat Daiyu badly.

But as the saying goes, a golden nest and a silver nest are not as good as your own doghouse. Of course, the mother-in-law and brother-in-law will not treat Daiyu lightly, but Ningrong and Rongfu have a large population, and there are more maids and servants. Miss Biao showed her face.

Pian Daiyu is proud and arrogant, and she doesn't bother to complain in front of her elders when she is wronged. If things go on like this, life will be unsatisfactory.

If he stays in the capital, one can be reunited with his family, two can be filial to his dead wife in front of his mother-in-law, and repay his family's kindness to him; , You don’t have to do it yourself, and you don’t have to worry about it day and night.

What's more, the officials of the Jiangnan Salt Administration and Salt Transport Office hated him to the bone. Those big salt merchants were ruined by him, and they wanted to eat their meat and lay their skins on their hands. They stayed in Yangzhou for fear of losing their lives.

His wife passed away, and his only daughter could rely on him. Lin Ruhai originally had the will to die, and was not afraid of plots from officials and businessmen, but now that Daiyu may not be doing as well in Rongguo Mansion as he imagined, she seems to have found a new life. reason to go down.

Not only must he survive, but he must also live well, protect his daughter under his wings, watch her grow up day by day, watch her marry and have children, and in the future he can teach his grandson to read and write.

It turns out that in addition to serving the country faithfully, there are more exciting things to be alive.

After thinking through all this, Lin Ruhai seemed to have walked out of a dead end, and suddenly felt that the sky was high and the earth was wide, and suddenly he became enlightened, and even the guard who sat at the top became friendly.

He stood up abruptly, and bowed to Wei Chi: "Thank you Jian Guo for pointing out the maze! It's up to you to decide whether you will stay or not!"

This is... promised?

How easy is it?

Wei Chi was frightened by him, quickly helped him up, and said with a smile, "What do you think of the Ministry of Household Affairs, my lord?"

Lin Ruhai is very fond of the salt administration and transportation, so it's a pity not to go to the Ministry of Household Affairs.

"It's all at the discretion of the adults." Under the premise of saving his life, Lin Ruhai is naturally willing to continue to do his old job.

Wei Chi ran through the official positions of the Ministry of Households in his mind, and felt that with Lin Ruhai's outstanding talent and amazing achievements, it would not be an exaggeration to give him a chancellor.

Now the Minister of the Household Department is good at spending money, but he can't think of a way to make money. He is frighteningly old-fashioned, which is not to his liking.

The imperial court was so poor that he proposed to give Enke to Wuju, so he could earn tens of thousands of taels of silver to deal with emergencies.The Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War have no objection, but the "God of Wealth" from the Ministry of Finance is there to falter with him about ancestral systems, precedents, regulations, and etiquette.

He directly laughed Wei Chi angrily, and told him face to face: "My father is the ancestral system, which is the precedent. My father is the constitution, and it is also the etiquette. Do you understand?"

Then someone "invited" Hubu Shangshu out of the imperial study room, out of sight and out of mind.

Lin Ruhai, who is square on the outside and round on the inside, suits him very much, but it's a pity that his official position was too low in the past. If he is suddenly promoted from the seventh rank to the second rank, he may not be able to convince the public, and he may not be able to adapt for a while.

Wei Chi decided to wait a little longer, motioned Lin Ruhai to sit down, and said casually, "Then the servant of the household department."

Lin Ruhai almost sat on his ass, and stretched out his hand to support the back of the chair before returning to his original position.

Local officials are transferred back to the capital through various connections. It is considered good if they can be transferred at the same level. It is common to be lower by one level or half a level. Have you heard of any promotion?

Even raising a few levels, I'm afraid it's even a dream.

Lin Ruhai felt that he had to thank Mr. Jian Guo, but someone outside the door suddenly reported: "Master, someone asked the little one to come over and ask you if you are hungry? Do you want to have some supper? I also asked the little one to remind you to stay up late Injury to the body is almost enough."

"..."

Wei Chi knew who this "someone" was as soon as he heard it, and he was "almost done", probably because he was afraid that he would embarrass Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai didn't say any words of gratitude, and saw Wei Chi stood up, and said to him "Go back and wait for the transfer order", and walked out of the study like a gust of wind, he moved so fast that he felt that he was dazzled.

Back in the upper courtyard of the inner house, Xue Bao'er was still awake. Seeing him coming, she hurriedly ordered the servant girl to bring up the sweet lotus seed and lily soup. While calling him to drink the soup, she asked with a smile, "Did Master Lin agree to stay in the capital?" ?”

Holding the spoon, Wei Chi asked back, "Drink the soup first or talk about... Lin Ruhai first?"

Let's see if he is more important or the matter of Lin's cousin!

"Drink the soup first. Of course, drink the soup first. What business is more important than the body of Lord Jian Guo!"

Xue Baoer said superficially, she picked up the soup bowl and blew it on her lips, then pushed the bowl back to Wei Chi's hand: "It's warm, it's ready to drink."

The soup cooked in the small kitchen is always warm when served.

Wei Chi didn't buy it, and stared at the soup bowl: "Is it really warm?"

"Isn't it?" She hurriedly ordered the servant girl to get the spoon, but Wei Chi handed over the spoon in his hand, Xue Baoer caught it, scooped up half a spoonful of soup and put it into her mouth to taste it.

Warm, just right in the mouth.

She raised her eyes to look at Wei Chi, Wei Chi reached out and asked her for a spoon, Xue Baoer obediently returned the spoon to him with an "oh", Wei Chi also took half a spoonful and drank it, and said softly: "It's Wen." of."

Xue Baoer: "..." What's wrong with this.

But for some reason, the roots of my ears slowly warmed up.