The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

The two family dinners broke up badly, and the girls all felt bored. They were lazy for a long time, unable to cheer up, and did not have a small gathering again.Every time Yingchun came back to the mansion to say hello, he came in a hurry and walked away in a hurry to avoid bumping into Jia Baoyu, and then remembered the previous section.Although it is said that the Yingchun girl who is supported by someone now does not care much about how the people in power in the Rongguo Mansion treat her, but it is better to avoid being scolded once.Fortunately, Jia Baoyu also has the advantage of not suing behind her back. She was scolded mercilessly by Yingchun that day, and she only cried herself, regretting that another innocent and good girl slipped into the circle of economic career , There is no need to change from pearls to fish eyes.After being so self-noble for a while, I wrote a few satirical poems and forgot them.

The Rongguo Mansion is building a family-speaking garden at a critical moment. Once the nobles in their family are promoted to concubines, there are many more families who are willing to borrow money.Baoling Hou Shi Nai's family tightened their belts and squeezed out 5 taels. Wang Ziteng also sent someone to borrow 10 taels when he was in office, but he did not forget to ask for an IOU. Zhendu was a little hesitant, not knowing why Yuanchun was promoted again. She was afraid that she would take revenge on Ningguo Mansion after being favored, so she simply sent the title deed of Huifang Garden, indicating that this garden is their home It was dedicated to the empress, and I don’t want it anymore after the family visits are over, but the actual money is not paid.The idea is to comply with Ning Shan's request, and make sure not to offend this capable brother, and on the other hand, not to offend the Rongguo Mansion too much, at least not to let the man in the palace have reason to hold grudges against them.Another fool who likes to bet double. The gambling products of Ningrong and Rongfu are indeed generally bad, but they have no self-knowledge.

Jia Zhen, who has no self-knowledge, came to Ning Shan. Now that he has been promoted to a noble, he has tasted the sweetness of following Ning Shan, so he wants to get an official with real power to do it.He didn't ask for a senior official, but said that he wanted to do something practical. After all, if Ning Shan hadn't given Ning Shan's idea, he might not get a chance to show up once in ten years, and he couldn't sit still. Waiting at home for disaster relief to transport silver and rice, he wondered if he could be a small official in the sixth department like Jia Lian, and it didn't matter if he was a fifth or sixth rank.

Ning Shan stared speechlessly at the flattering Jia Zhen in front of her. She couldn't figure out why he thought he had the ability to influence the appointment and dismissal of officials. It was a coincidence that Jia Amnesty and Jia Lian were able to get their official positions. They were the first to return the money from the treasury. In addition, Jia Zheng was dismissed, and the two of them only got two small officials. Now Jia She, a member of the Ministry of War, Wai Lang, is no different. He spends all day drinking tea in the yamen and reading the mansion newspaper. As long as there is no war, he will never be promoted for the rest of his life. It's not even his turn to get seniority.And once there is a war, he will definitely be the first to go home when he is sick. Jia She is a very self-aware person. In peacetime, he dares to come forward and make troubles. If there is a big event, he promises to be the first to hide. The highest priority is not to get in the way. in principle.

Jia Lian did well in the household department, but this is due to his good at diplomacy, his ability to observe words and demeanor, and he is really talented in numbers. Now he has been promoted from a sixth-rank chief to a fifth-rank member. According to him, the doctors in the household department threw him the account books that they were responsible for, and they were so tired that they just wanted to go home and sleep every day, and they didn't even have the interest to hug their wives.Although Wang Xifeng was a little dissatisfied, it was better than him being energetic and going out to have sex, so he endured it.

Jia Zhen hoped that Ning Shan could support him again, not asking for highs, just like Jia Amnesty, who could sneak into the yamen and sit down.

Ning Shan thought for a long time, then suggested: "How about I send Jia Rong and Jia Qiang back to the Beijing camp to practice, and you will follow?"

Jia Zhen hesitated. He had seen what Jia Rong and Jia Qiang did in the Beijing camp. The two young men were tortured so badly. He, a middle-aged man, should not get involved. Yes, so as not to toss broken bones.So, he licked his face and smiled apologetically, "Brother Ning's idea is of course a good one, I'm afraid I don't have the foundation at all, and I don't have to hinder others when I go." If it is really necessary to train, he would rather go to the Dragon Guard Training, at least I still have the title of deputy commander, so it shouldn't be too miserable.

Ning Shan also thought of his Captain Long, and thought it would be good to find something for him there, so she said to him: "You might as well tell the emperor that Captain Long has been loose for a long time and is out of order. , should be pulled out for training, just to support the appearance in the future, at least not worse than Luan Yiwei."

Luan Yiwei is the pioneer who carried the sedan chair, flag, and fan for the royal family. Like Long Jinwei, it is a good place for noble children to show off. There may be more appearances. For example, when the emperor is going to worship the heavens, when he is going to worship the ancestors during the Chinese New Year, or when the emperor is going to inspect his mausoleum, etc., Luan Yiwei is needed.What Ning Shan wanted was to let Jia Zhen figure out her own idea to weave Long Jinwei and Luan Yiwei together, and mix the two together, so that Luan Yiwei can do less work, and Long Jinwei can also do a little work. , should be compatible.

Jia Zhen's mind is not slow, and when Ning Shan said it, he also thought it through, and immediately thanked her, and hurried home to write the notebook.Now that he is a second-class man, he can also pass the paperwork at the court meeting, but he has to think carefully whether it is better to hand the paperwork directly to the emperor, or to pass it to the emperor in a detour.If you say that this kind of situation with two masters in a family is troublesome, if you please one, you will inevitably offend the other, like their Ningguo Mansion, which is Jia Zhen's one-spoken house, so comfortable.Thinking of this, Jia Zhen couldn't help feeling a little sympathetic to the person on the dragon chair, and deeply felt that his current life is not as comfortable as Jia Zhen's.

Having been sympathized by a well-known dandy in Beijing, if the emperor knew about it, he didn't know how he would feel.However, the Taishanghuang was pleased by Jia Zhen's suggestion, especially seeing the emperor's unsuspecting face, the Taishanghuang was in a better mood.

That day, after listening to Ning Shan's suggestion, Jia Zhen went back and thought about it for several days, but she finally gave up on using her own shitty writing style to write the scriptures by hand. Quan came forward and used him to test the Taishanghuang's reaction.

The Supreme Emperor enjoyed everything that put him in front of the Emperor, especially Dai Quan who received 1000 taels of filial piety from Jia Zhen and said very beautifully: "Baron Jia told the slaves that he knew that he was promoted to the rank of a saint. He was not allowed to enter the palace to thank you for the merits of his ancestors, so he told the slaves to tell the saint that he kowtowed to you at home. He also said that he hated himself for being incompetent, unable to serve the saint, neither being able to fight in the battlefield, nor I can't guard the capital, but I'm just doing my duty and loyalty, and I'm content to do some trivial things for the saint. The slave thinks that it's a good idea for Baron Jia to train the Forbidden Captain Long. Think about it, when the time comes, the emperor There is only Luan Yiwei there, but you, the saint, have Luan Yiwei in front of you, and Long Jinwei in the back, and the scenery is even more beautiful, isn't it beautiful!"

The Supreme Emperor twitched his beard, and said as a matter of course: "It should be like this. How can you treat the emperor like a widow when you go out? This fourth child is unfilial. When will he think of the widow? It is useless to give birth to him and raise him." Strength, in the end, is not as filial as the descendants of the old minister's family. You go to spread the word, saying that the widow wants to order the Dragon Guard to serve in the palace in turn, and save the small family all day complaining about raising hundreds of people for nothing but not being able to send them Useful." Dai Quan knelt down to listen to the oral order, and after complimenting him, he went to deliver the order.

The emperor listened with reluctance on his face. Almost all the three hundred Dragon Forbidden Captains were bought titles. Each position ranged from one to two thousand dollars. Still a minority.If they are to be used in this meeting, they will have to be paid.Although the salary of Long Jinwei is not high, it is also real gold and silver, and this group of people are no better than the forbidden army and the hidden guards, and they are loyal and loyal. The shield doesn't even have to be hand-held, so why should he keep it?

But the Supreme Emperor likes to trouble him the most, if he doesn't agree, it will definitely not work, and the Supreme Emperor is happy to use an excuse to scold him for being unfilial, so Ning Shan, who is almost omnipotent in the Emperor's heart, was called to the imperial court again.

After listening to the emperor's nonsense complaints, Ning Shan was really speechless.How stingy is this that he doesn't even want to pay the salary of three hundred Dragon Guards?How the Supreme Emperor abused him when he was a child, and how he developed the temperament of a miser, is really a strange thing in the palace.

Long Jinwei, a mere fifth rank, only costs 90 taels of silver a year, and 500 dendrobiums of imperial rice. Even if the money for raising money is counted, it is only [-] taels per person.His beloved Zhou Guiren is worth more than this price for a phoenix robe, right?What's more, this is such a rare opportunity to win the honorable children from the Supreme Emperor to his camp?The old man of Xungui's family is facing the emperor, but his son and grandson support the present. Without other people's tactics, their family will fight to weaken their power. If the emperor wants to take power, shouldn't the most important thing to do is to divide the powerful ministers?

Taking a step back, even if the differentiation is unsuccessful, there is nothing to lose if you try, but once it succeeds, it will be full of nails around the Supreme Emperor.Even if only one-tenth of the three hundred Dragon Guards were recruited, that would still be thirty ear gods.

Ning Shan was stunned by the foolishness of the cheapskate emperor.If he could, he really wanted to die again to see if he could go back to his previous life. At the beginning, although Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty was full of anger and rebellion, at least he didn't kill himself stupidly.

Ning Shan didn't reply for a long time, the emperor was very dissatisfied and urged him: "Is there anything you can do? Don't just ignore the widow's words? Or do you want to report to the Supreme Emperor?"

Ning Shan came back to her senses, the corners of her mouth twitched: "I'm thinking about returning to the emperor."

The emperor forced to ask: "Have you figured it out?"

Ning Shan lowered her head to prevent the emperor from seeing the unconcealable contempt in his eyes: "I feel that there is nothing I can do but follow the emperor's wishes. Anyway, there are only 300 people, and now most of the debts owed by the household department are returned. Such a small salary is still ample.”

The emperor loves Yinzi very much, he has long regarded the household department as a private treasury, of course, his private treasury cannot be the household department: "If this is the case, what is the use of asking you to come?"

Ning Shan twitched the corners of her lips, and casually gave a solution: "It's better to replace some of the imperial troops and transfer them to the previous court to protect the emperor, and the vacancies in other places will be filled by Captain Long, not only for the emperor's order, but also for the concubine to visit his relatives." Isn’t there a shortage of people to clear the way? It’s just that they can be used, and it saves the number of recruiting Luan Yiwei.”

The emperor made some calculations and found that this was indeed possible, so he eased his face, praised Ning Shan a few words, and sent him to kneel down without giving him a word of reward.

Ning Shan walked out of the hall and looked up at the clear sky. The so-called untimely birth meant that he was so unlucky to meet a stingy and stupid emperor who thought he was smart and noble and could turn clouds and rain with a wave of his hand.