[Red House] Ban'er's Road to Imperial Examination

Hearing that the business of Jia Yucun would be detrimental to the owner, Zou Cheng's eyes were fascinated, and a chill radiated from his whole body, but soon he was concerned about Wang Yue's presence, so he restrained himself. Wang Yue lowered his head and stretched out his hand Holding his forehead, pretending to be overwhelmed by alcohol, he secretly rejoiced in his heart. Fortunately, he and his grandfather had met many important people in his previous life, so he was able to remain calm under the aura of Zoucheng, without being able to see his flaws. Even if the students from the farming family were prepared in their hearts, they might show one or two flaws.

Zou Cheng quickly regained his composure. He heard Wang Yue say that Jia Yucun was an ungrateful person. Although he took this matter to heart and made up his mind to find out his details, in fact he did not. I think this matter is too important.

Everyone in the officialdom is for himself, let alone a benefactor, even a father, son, teacher and student may betray for their own selfishness, let alone an ordinary alliance relationship?

The basis of their mutual trust is nothing more than common interests and reputation, but if one day, the benefits brought by betrayal are far greater than the benefits of cooperation, and that person does not care about bearing infamy, betrayal will happen.

So from the beginning, they never expected Jia Yucun to be so loyal, but if Jia Yucun really has a record of ungratefulness, then this person cannot be trusted, but this does not mean that the cooperation between them ends here That's it, it's just to be more careful in the future, it's best to hold his handle and be more careful in doing things.

And even if Jia Yucun had such shortcomings, they had to support them. The Wang family had too few allies now.

The Jia family, Xue family, and Shi family who were also born in the big Jinling family are no longer useful. They all rely on the Wang family to give them support, and they can't help the Wang family at all.

As for the four kings and eight princes back then, it was because Emperor Tianzheng said that he needed to use the five elements to suppress the luck of the Great Qi Dynasty, so the four kings who were sealed up were not the generals with the highest merit. They all named kings with their surnames. The king of Nan'an, whose five elements belong to fire, took the surname of Bin; the king of Beijing, whose five elements belonged to water, took Shui as his surname; the king of Dongping, whose five elements belonged to wood, took Mu as his surname;

The eight princes under the four kings are actually the most credited. It's just that everyone reluctantly accepted the decision of Emperor Tianzheng for the stability of Daqi. Years of constant friction, the contradictions between the four kings and eight princes have become deeper and deeper, and the noble family that was supposed to be connected with each other is getting farther and farther away.

In fact, many people guessed that this was the method of Emperor Tianzheng, deliberately causing conflicts among the nobles in order to maintain the imperial power, but they may not be able to find out if they know it. They could vent their anger on the famous Tianzheng Emperor, but they could only resent each other, and had to fall into the trap of Tianzheng Emperor.

The same nobles cannot support each other. As for Qingliu, they respect the nobles even more. As for the military academy back then, Emperor Tianzheng originally started from the south, and most of the big men in the army were also from the south. Without the intervention of a small earl of the Wang family, the princes and nobles who are inserted into the military academy do not have to worry about future generations at all. They can live a good life only by relying on the connections left by their ancestors. How can they feel the suffering of the Wang family?

It is true that the Dong family can be valued by the emperor, and now it has climbed to a high position, but after all, its strength is too weak. He must have his own strength above the court, so that he can go further and sit more firmly in the court battle .

The reason why he supported Jia Yucun at the beginning was because of Jia's family's face. Later, it was because Jia Yucun was rewarded for his ability to handle affairs, but now it was because of his ability.

If what Jia Yucun did was not too much, then the boss would at most give him a warning, and those who should support should still support it.

Although the young master in front of him is very disdainful of Jia Yucun, but at present his energy is not as good as Jia Yucun's. No matter how much the boss appreciates him, he will not give up Jia Yucun's chess piece that has improved because of him.

Not to mention that the reason why the boss appreciates him is only as a force that can be cultivated. He and Jia Yucun should have the same status in the heart of the boss, but they have the same surname Wang, so they are closer.

But this intimacy can't make the boss change anything for him.

But if Jia Yucun really did something unfavorable to his boss, then he must be careful of the Wang family's revenge.

"Young master, I don't know what exactly Jia Yucun did? Young master, I don't know. The big man you mentioned has some relationship with the master. If you can find out the secret of that big man, it will be very beneficial to the master. After all, the master belongs to you." Uncle, if something happens to my master, I'm afraid it will also involve you, and I hope that the young master can help out a little because of blood kinship, and tell the matter."

Wang Yue waved his hand, and suddenly he was full of pride. He smiled and said, "What's the matter, it's my honor to be able to do things for uncle."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice again, and said: "Mr. Zou has been with uncle for many years, and he should know the rules in the officialdom. Like that dude, although he committed the crime of murder, it is because of the power behind him that he is not What kind of evil consequences will there be? Among them, the disposal is nothing more than forcibly suppressing the family, so that the family can no longer sue. The family will not intervene easily. The other is to find someone to take the blame. According to the law of the court, if a slave hurts someone, the master just pays some money! It’s nothing more than spending some money, it’s considered a waste of money to eliminate disasters, and even if it’s found out in the future, everyone has nothing to say.”

Zou Cheng nodded and said, "That's true."

This decree is clearly stipulated by the imperial court's law. Although the punishment for this crime is more serious than that of the previous dynasty, it is indispensable for the children of everyone.

Because this rule is often used by the children of the big family to get rid of crimes, and once such a case is encountered, the officials in the court will rarely make a fuss about it, because no one can guarantee that the children of his family will not Make such a mistake, if you turn over other people's case today, there is no guarantee that someone will not use the same excuse to plot against you tomorrow. When encountering such a case, everyone will basically choose to turn a blind eye and close one eye. Easy to pursue.

It is said that when Emperor Tianzheng made the law in the imperial court, he intentionally revoked this law, but with the cooperation of civil and military officials in the court, he still went with him, and the punishment was much heavier, but for the big family, these punishments How can it compare to the lives of my own children!

Seeing that Zou Cheng agreed with his words, Wang Yue's mouth curled up into a smile, and he said even more proudly: "Since Jia Yucun was raised by my uncle, Mr. Zou should know him very well, then you know , What is the sentence that Master Jia of Jia Yucun gave to that dude?"

The matter of Xue Pan's beating to death was handled by Zou Cheng at that time, the letter to Jia Yucun was also written by him, and the letter returned by Jia Yucun was also read by him first, so he is naturally very clear about this matter .

I heard from Jia Yucun that he had already put the crime on the kidnapper, and only said that it was because the kidnapper was making trouble for profit, which caused the two families to fight indiscriminately, and accidentally killed him. The Feng family burnt and buried a lot of money. Now there are only a few old servants left in the Feng family. The people who came here are all distant relatives. The reason why they sued the yamen is to extort more money. As long as the money is enough, there will be no need to Worry no more.

Zou Cheng was naturally satisfied with such a verdict, so he went back to Wang Ziteng and said that the matter had been settled and there was no need to worry anymore. Now it seems that there was some omission in the original verdict?

Seemingly seeing the doubt in Zou Cheng's eyes, Wang Yue smiled again: "Mr. Zou, do you know how Jia Yu Village made the judgment? It should be settled. The prisoner has already suffered from an unknown disease and died after being pursued by the deceased. In addition, the prisoner was sentenced to pay the family a lot of money, so the matter is closed."

Hearing this verdict, Zou Cheng already understood that something was wrong. How could this human life lawsuit be resolved with the theory of injustice and cause and effect? died, but in fact Xue Pan is still alive and well.

If he hides his name from now on, goes away, and doesn't make a fuss, it's all right, but his boss's nephew is so high-profile, he never thought of hiding it, but he felt complacent, and never concealed it outside.

This matter is not a secret thing in the capital, as long as someone with a heart does a little research, they will be able to find out the loopholes in it, and it will be very detrimental to the owner if they are exposed at that time.

Now that the Dong family is deeply trusted by the emperor and has a high position and authority, those people just forbear it, but Zou Cheng can be sure that the whole story of this matter has long been held in the hands of the Dong family's opponents. People will use this as an excuse to attack the boss.

Jia Yucun, how dare he!

He is so courageous, I thought he was a witty guy with good abilities, so the boss prepared to train him well, but now it seems that he is an ambitious guy, and if he doesn't pay attention, he will be backlashed by him. This kind of person can't stay at all!

Hearing Jia Yucun's verdict full of mistakes, Zou Cheng's eyes were fierce. As for the possibility of Wang Yue deceiving him, Zou Cheng never thought about it. Only after seeing it can you judge whether you believe it or not.

He has already made this mistake in Jia Yucun, and now he will never repeat the same mistake.

Taking a peek at Zou Cheng's expression, Wang Yue had already achieved his goal, and pretended to be crazy for a while, and then he collapsed pretending to be overwhelmed with alcohol. place of banquet.

"Mr. Zou, why didn't Brother Yue come back with you?"

Seeing that Zou Cheng came back alone, Aunt Xue asked with a smile, because all the people who came today were relatives of her own family, so they did not separate men and women.

"Young master is drunk, resting in the guest room now!"

"Drunk, sir gave him wine?" Aunt Xue immediately disapproved, and the other wives also showed some complaints on their faces. Zou Cheng smiled wryly in his heart. It seems that this young master is very fond of these female relatives. I really like him, but in just a few hours, these wives and young ladies are already happy with him.

It was inevitable that the wives and ladies were displeased with him, so Zou Cheng hurriedly explained: "Just now I was talking outside with the young master, and the kitchen served drunk crabs and rice balls made with wine, and the young master was greedy for a while, and he ate too much, but he didn't think about it." I can't drink too much, and I'm actually drunk."

Hearing that this was the reason, Aunt Xue and the other women's relatives lost their worry and laughed instead: "This kid, why is he so greedy? It seems that the chef here is so good at sister-in-law's job that he provoked brother Yue. I can't help but eat more."

Bai Shi also laughed and said: "This kid probably has never tasted the dishes in the south, so he doesn't know the importance of them. The rice wine used in this drunk crab is the best rice wine. Even the gentlemen will get drunk if they eat too much. He can stand it." Stay, don't you want to suffer?"

Mrs. Wang said: "He grew up in the capital since he was a child, and he has never been to the south. There is no authentic southern cuisine in the capital. He doesn't know that there are. It's just that there are so many elders here today, but he wants to take the opportunity. Lazy."

Everyone else laughed, because Jia Baoyu grew up in the capital, and had never tasted drunk crabs. Hearing that eating vegetables can make people intoxicated, he immediately became curious, acted like a baby in a hurry, and wanted to eat this.

For today's birthday banquet, there were a lot of things prepared, let alone not expensive things, so Bai asked the kitchen to make them and bring them up. Everyone said it was well done after tasting it, no wonder Brother Yue was greedy.

Without Wang Yue, the birthday banquet continued smoothly. When Wang Yue woke up, the birthday banquet had long since ended. The men were chatting in the study in front, and the women were playing cards in the backyard, enjoying themselves happily.

Seeing that Wang Yue woke up, and seeing that it was almost time, Mrs. Wang and others were about to leave. Wang Ziteng and his wife sent them away one by one. Before leaving, Mrs. Bai had someone prepare a large basket of hairy crabs and a jar for Wang Yue. Yellow wine, said: "Brother Yue wants to eat this, I have a lot of it in the kitchen, all produced in my own farm, it is not a rare thing, Brother Yue, take some back home and cook it by yourself."

Wang Yue couldn't refuse, so she accepted it, feeling a little happy in her heart, it seems that Mrs. Bai had a good impression of him, otherwise she wouldn't have given him this, and I don't know if his performance today can satisfy Wang Ziteng.

The author has something to say: It’s raining again, it’s so annoying, the clothes are basically washed, and there is nothing to wear! !The quilt is also damp, and it feels damp to the touch. When will it be sunny!