Master of Karma in the Red Chamber

In the carriage, there was a moment of silence before Qi Shengao spoke slowly.

"The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is dead."

Yan Liang suddenly remembered that some time ago, Wu Min frequently went to see the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.It is expected that the death of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials must have nothing to do with Wu Min.

Seeing that Yan Liang didn't express his opinion, Qi Shen raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "You expected it?"

"Since the emperor let all the ministers stay at home, he just doesn't want more people to participate in this matter. Why should I bother with others, looking for trouble when I have nothing to do."

"You seem detached, but now that I've come to look for you, it means you can't escape, don't you care?" Qi Shengao asked.

Yan Liang shook his head, "I don't know what happened so far, I'm afraid I can't help much."

"Kang Kang's rebellion." Qi Shengao spit out four words concisely, to get to the point.

"En." Yan Liang turned his head to the side, staring absently at the scene outside the window screen.

"Well, are you okay?"

Yan Liang still didn't look at Qi Shengao, he just said: "If you rebel, just clear it up, it's very simple."

"To put it simply, now that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is dead, it is difficult to distinguish the true and false performance evaluations of many officials. In the future, the court will not be able to appoint people on their merits. Isn't it a mess?"

Yan Liang looked at Qi Shengao in puzzlement.

Qi Shengao sighed, and began to explain carefully, "After King Kang was expelled from the Northwest last year, there was a change, and the emperor knew about it. The reason why he didn't touch it was to see what he would be like. Which forces, and whether there are courtiers involved with him."

"You want to have a family." Yan Liang briefly concluded.

Qi Shengao smiled helplessly, pointed at Yan Liang, "That's what it means."

"Then?"

"And then, thanks to you, I was able to discover that Wu Min was also in contact with him. The two joined forces with Kang Wang's old department, as well as more than a dozen officials from the household department and the military department, the governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and the general Zhenyuan who was guarding the northwest to conspire against each other. The Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Gao Qiuman, was caught by Wu Min for embezzling because he abused his power and privately changed the performance appraisal of officials. Rebellion is death or not. Rebellion is death. The choice follows Kang Wang.

Wu Min asked Gao Qiuman to take advantage of his position to include a private letter of borrowing money in the official documents sent by the Ministry of Officials to officials everywhere. The specific content is naturally nicer and more tactful. Emperor Gao was far away, and no one dared to take the risk of reporting.In short, because of the power of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, these small officials generously donated money and handed over some money, 80 taels per person, and 500 taels for 5 people.There are tens of thousands of officials large and small across the country, even if only [-]% of them pay money, how much money do you think there will be in total? "

Yan Liang nodded, "A few 10 taels is enough to besiege the capital as a Yulin cavalry."

"These people are disguised and come to Beijing in batches."

Yan Liang also expected this. If he didn't do this, it would be impossible for these 5 people to appear outside Beijing quietly.

"Fortunately, something happened to your family a few days ago, which reminded me that the gates of the city were strictly guarded, and all people entering the capital were not allowed to bring horses and weapons. This prevented the Habayashi cavalry from mixing into the interior of the capital."

"That is to say, when the matter came to an end, you didn't expect it to get out of control and lead to the current situation." Yan Liang concluded.

Qi Shengao nodded feebly.

Yan Liang still felt that something was wrong, "Even if some situations are unexpected, you have already known about King Kang's rebellion, and it is impossible to be unprepared. Although the [-] feathered cavalry who are pressing the border outside the city are brave and good at fighting, they can fight against three, but As long as the sage makes all the preparations in advance, it will be a breeze to deal with these youngsters."

"Indeed. The soldiers and horses outside the city are not enough evidence. The Holy Majesty has already prepared enough troops and horses to encircle and suppress the rebels. Now he has not moved, but he wants the rebels to relax their guard and show their feet."

Yan Liang understood that the emperor was planning to take the opportunity to lure the snake out of the hole and catch them all.Of course, it is not ruled out that the emperor may know about the name, and wants to take the opportunity to defraud the holder, or completely destroy the things hidden behind the list.

Now that the Habayashi Iron Cavalry has been summoned to the capital to rebel, it can be explained that what is hidden behind that list is not the Tiger Talisman of the Habayashi Army Iron Cavalry.So what Wu Min said to him that day was half true and half false.It can be seen from this that Umin is not very sure about this matter, and he himself is just guessing and spying.

Considering the importance of U Min in the whole rebellion incident, Yan Liang can even conclude that Kang Wang himself is not sure where the real list is.The reason why he used the banner of King Shun was nothing more than to make a name for himself and add more wings.

"Where is Wu Min, is he still in Beijing?"

Qi Shengao shook his head.

"He has always been witty and intelligent. He must have noticed the difference between you long ago, so he did the thing of asking the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to tamper with the roster of officials' performance appraisal."

"You mean, he probably expected that this operation would fail. Because of the extensive involvement, it will definitely cause a large number of official gaps. Once the performance appraisal book is changed, if the imperial court inadvertently arranges Yu Dang into a major position, he can still make a comeback Opportunity."

"That's right." Qi Shengao pondered for a moment, staring into Yan Liang's eyes very nervously, "I'm still afraid of one thing, if Kang Wang's rebellion fails this time, it's within his plan, and everything is just paving the way for his future. Stepping stones. If so, it would be too scary!"

"Wu Min's wisdom is indeed different from ordinary people. If you have doubts, he must have done so. Maybe he has been dormant for several years, waiting for this day." Yan Liang said.

Qi Shengao thought for a while, and was slightly puzzled, "But there is one thing I don't understand. He is obviously a smart man, and he must know that the Holy One has a good way of governing the country. , so he became the minister of the Ministry of Industry, how amazing! Given time, with his wit, he may even become the Prime Minister of the country in the future, why he chooses to take such a dangerous road now."

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace, Yan Liang got off the carriage, followed by Qi Shengao.

The two then walked side by side.

After passing through the palace gate, Yan Liangfang said to Qi Shen: "He must not have done this for the sake of the powerful. If you have time, you should ask someone to investigate his background carefully, and you will have the answer."

Qi Shengao was stunned for a moment, then nodded, keeping it in mind.As he was walking, he had many thoughts running around in his mind, but he couldn't let it go, so he summoned his followers and threw him the token on his body, ordering him to investigate Wu Min's life experience immediately.

When the two arrived at Yong'an Hall, they were immediately summoned by the emperor.

The emperor sat on the dragon chair with a solemn expression, and when Yan Liang, Qi Shengao and Qi Shengao knelt down and had time for a cup of tea, Fang shouted to them to get up.

The emperor's gaze fell on Yan Liang all the time.There was a difference between monarch and minister, Yan Liang kept nodding his head slightly, his attitude was neither humble nor overbearing.

"Raise your head and take a good look at me," said the emperor.

Yan Liang looked up.

The emperor got up from the dragon chair, walked up to Yan Liang, and looked at him, "I think Qi Shengao must have told you about what happened along the way."

"Yes, my lord."

"What does Jia Aiqing think of the death of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials?"

"I still don't know how the Minister of the Ministry of Officials died." Yan Liang replied truthfully.

"I didn't ask you this. Of course, he was killed by Wu Min's people to silence him. I'm asking you, what can you do about him tampering with the official performance appraisal roster?"

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is in charge of all the affairs of the Ministry of Officials, and others have no right to interfere. If Gao Shangshu really intends to tamper with the performance appraisal book, and has planned it for a long time, the rest of the Ministry of Officials should have nothing to do." Yan Liang replied.

The emperor frowned even deeper. With his hands behind his back, he lingered in front of Yan Liang twice, then suddenly waited for him viciously: "Jia Yanliang, don't you know how to read a physiognomy? Why didn't you see that there was something wrong with him? "

"I can only see that he will die because of committing crimes soon, and I have no way to see what bad things he has done. Besides, I have already told the emperor that my facial recognition skills are occasionally inaccurate. , I’m afraid that talking nonsense without evidence will lead to accidental injury.”

"Your Majesty, this matter is the responsibility of the minister. In fact, Lord Jia had already mentioned to the minister what was wrong with Wu Min at that time, but because of the deep friendship with Wu Min in the past, the minister was self-willed and thought that he must be a smart person. He did such a stupid thing, so he didn't take it to heart. How could he ask someone to investigate later, only to realize that something was wrong." After Qi Shengao finished speaking, he knelt down and apologized.

The emperor waved his hand, telling Qi Shengao to get up quickly, but he still stared fiercely at Yan Liang.

"Jia Aiqing, can I really trust you?"

"I know what kind of person I am, but I have no shame in asking." Yan Liang only said this.If the emperor chooses not to believe him, he can't force the emperor to believe him.Knowing people is a matter for the monarch, and whether the emperor appoints a person is not a matter of a simple question.

In fact, Yan Liang knew that he already knew how he was in the emperor's heart.And Yan Liang himself is even more numerous.During the day today, he was very happy to see Jia Zheng, Jia Lian's uncle and nephew dissipate their evil karma, and in the evening, he saw Xue Pan's evil karma also dissipated.Everyone seems to have made an appointment, and everyone should be happy together. It can be said that there are many happy events in one day.Including Baoyu whose temperament has changed now, Yan Liang feels that all the men in this family can finally win.As for Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen, although they still have some bad karma, but seeing how they are gradually reforming themselves, as long as this continues, in a few years, there is hope that the bad karma will be eliminated.

Yan Liang was really happy, otherwise he would not have hosted a banquet for these Jia family children tonight.He thought that his promotion and fortune would wait until the next day, but he never expected that someone would come from the palace that night, and it was Qi Shengao who personally lent him to the palace.

So this time, it must be a huge promotion.

"The queen mother's condition has just improved, and she has been talking about those two unfilial grandsons all day long. I can't tell him the truth. The current situation cannot last for too long. I'm afraid that after a long time, the news will inevitably leak to the queen mother. The Habayashi cavalry outside the city must be suppressed. The officials involved in the capital must be arrested and copied as soon as they should. As for those officials in various places who have different intentions and secretly colluded with the old nine, I am alone I won't let it go!"

The emperor's words were sonorous and powerful, and they sounded very fierce, as if they were spoken through gritted teeth, which shows that he was extremely angry.

"However, such punishment will inevitably create a shortage of officials, and the Ministry of Officials needs to select suitable talents to replace them in a timely manner. Some small officials in various places can be randomly selected. However, important positions such as money, grain and military power must not be slack. Arrange people to go up at will." After saying this, the emperor looked at Yan Liang, "I'm planning to let you handle this matter that is likely to shake the foundation of the country."

"I obey." Yan Liang cupped his hands and thanked him.

"From now on, Jia Jingjin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, will be awarded the title of National Teacher, in charge of the appointment and dismissal of civil and military officials of the second rank and lower ranks, and concurrently as the chief of Yushitai, with the right to impeach civil and military officials, princes and grandchildren."

"I obey the order, thank you Lord Long En."

"I will also assign some big inner guards to assist you in investigating the case. But I will not allow you to use your physiognomy skills when impeaching officials, and tell the censors your suspicions, and let them investigate Sort it out, and if the evidence is convincing, report it to me."

Yan Liang agreed one by one.

"Jia Yanliang, starting from today, I will keep my eyes open and take a good look at your ability." The emperor chuckled, and asked Yan Liang to start the matter of selecting officials from now on.

Yan Liang asked someone to submit a notebook with a list of some officials and candidates he had selected a few days ago, and asked the emperor to order these people to leave for the capital immediately.Whether it is good or not, Yan Liang only needs to look at it to know.

After the emperor read the list, he was a little surprised, and then thought again, Ruo Yanliang really has such ability, and it is normal to make some preparations in advance, so he trusts his ability even more.With a flick of a pen, the people on the list were immediately called to Beijing.

In the middle of the night that day, the sky was full of flames in the east of Beijing, and there was a noisy sound from a distance, like a war, like the sound of swords clashing, but it didn't sound like it.The people in the capital who had fallen into a deep sleep woke up, opened the windows and stretched their heads to look around, wondering where the sound came from.

Coincidentally at this time, fireworks were suddenly set off around the palace, and blossoms bloomed in the sky, which attracted the attention of the whole city, and they all went to watch the fireworks that day.

After about two sticks of incense, the fireworks were over, as was the noise from the east side of the city.On the second day, the gates of the four sides of the capital were opened wide, and a group of soldiers and horses entered the city. There were not many people, only a hundred or so. The leading general entered the palace, and the rest of the soldiers stayed outside the palace.

While Yan Liang was still having breakfast, he heard a message from Qi Shengao's men that the Yulin Iron Cavalry was defeated last night, the bandit leader was killed, and the remaining [-] soldiers surrendered.This time the emperor probably won't be lenient with the Habayashi cavalry again, and will probably dismiss the remaining people directly, so that the Habayashi cavalry will no longer exist in the world.

As for Kang Wang, in the process of fleeing, he was stabbed and died in the forest.Then the soldiers went into the dense forest and found traces of other people, so they followed them all the way, and finally shot Wu Min to death on the mountainside.It is said that Umin had been running desperately when he died, and climbed up the mountain unwillingly after being shot in the back, and finally struggled for a long time before dying.Later, when the soldiers searched the mountain, they found that there was a very secret cave entrance about a hundred feet away from Umin's death, covered with wooden boards and covered with fallen leaves.The cave is just a shortcut leading to the cliff on the other side of the mountain.It's a pity that Wu Min still ran slowly, or he was delayed halfway in order to kill Kang Wang, so he lost his life.

Qi Shengao's people have also verified Wu Min's identity just now.Who would have expected that Wu Min's first father was actually the son-in-law of the former Princess Wanliang.The previous dynasty was destroyed, Princess Wanliang's family was slaughtered, and Wu Min's father was rescued by the nanny and fled to other places.Later, when his father grew up, he carried the family hatred on his back, which was passed down from generation to generation.It is worth mentioning that when Wu Min was 12 years old, his father died of illness. A scholar surnamed Wu, whom his father had rescued before his death, came to adopt Wu Min kindly.Later, the scholar passed the Juren examination, entered the Ministry of Household Affairs, became a small official from the sixth rank, and forged Wu Min's household registration.Later, the scholar surnamed Wu was demoted and transferred to a distant place due to dereliction of duty, and died of illness on the way to his post.Wu Min was sent to the uncle of a scholar named Wu. This uncle was not good to Wu Min. He often beat and scolded him and treated him like a servant.Later, my uncle was promoted to the magistrate of Yuzhou, but for some reason, on the way to take office, a family of more than a hundred people was massacred by bandits.

"It's a bit of a fuss to take revenge because of the old affairs of the previous dynasty." When Qi Shengao saw Yan Liang again, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Perhaps it was because of his ups and downs when he was a child, he became more convinced of his fate. Now, whenever he encounters setbacks, he gradually strengthens his rebellious heart. Now I finally understand why Umin still commits such a crime with his intelligence and dexterity." Stupid thing. He probably expected that everything would not succeed. He only wanted to add chaos to the current situation. If the emperor was furious and overcorrected, causing bloodshed and public resentment, the building would collapse. It's not far away, so he can be regarded as avenging his ancestors." Yan Liang speculated.

Qi Shengao was startled when he heard that, "It's too cruel. You said that the uncle and family of the scholar named Wu really encountered bandits?"

Yan Liang thought of the evil causes of more than a hundred human lives that he saw in Wu Min when he first met him.He smiled helplessly and shook his head, expressing his ignorance.

Qi Shengao sighed, didn't go into it any further, and took Yan Liang to meet those officials who had just been summoned to the capital.He and the emperor still have to wait for Yan Liang to choose the right talent to fill the vacancy.

At the same time, in the Peach Blossom Garden of Ningguo Mansion, the sound of reading is ringing out.Today was when the school was closed, and after returning home to pay respects to their parents, the children wanted to study, so they all came to Ningfu to find Jia Rong and Jia Qiang to review their homework together.Baoyu and Xue Pan were naturally among them, and they were competing with each other as to who would memorize the article first.

Today happened to be the day when the plaque was changed in the Ningguo Mansion. Yan Liang had to be busy with government affairs every day after Kang Wang's rebellion incident, so he had no time to take care of this time, so Jia Zhen took care of everything in the mansion.

After Jia Zhen and Youshi asked the master for his idea, they dared to propose that it is not a big deal, but a small one, just a gathering of the clan members, and a small banquet to celebrate.He doesn't see any foreign guests, and doesn't accept any gifts, except for Lin Ruhai.As for the money saved, it will be used in the construction of villages for beggars and orphans.

Near noon, a few firecrackers were set off at the gate of Ningguo Mansion, attracting crowds to watch,

Lin Ruhai arrived first, and then Jia Mu was ill. Jia Min, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Xing arrived later, and the front and back yards were separated from each other.When changing the plaque, Jia Zhen deliberately built a temporary shed at the door for the female relatives because she was afraid that Mother Jia and other female relatives would not see it.

As soon as the auspicious time came, the sound of firecrackers crackled, and the plaque "Chizao Ningguo Mansion" was removed and changed to "National Teacher's Mansion" inscribed by the emperor himself.The three large characters inlaid with gold are strong steel bars, and after being hung up, the gate of the Ning Mansion looks very majestic.

In the afternoon, Yan Liangfang returned.The whole family was still drinking and watching the theater. When they heard that he was back, they raised wine to toast him.

There were so many people that Yan Liang couldn't handle it, so he held up a cup, thanked everyone, and drank it all in one gulp.Everyone wanted to persuade them to drink, but Lin Ruhai hurriedly stopped him and said, "He has to deal with official business in a while, so don't make things difficult for him."

Yan Liang chuckled, and looked at Lin Ruhai pretending to be angry, "You don't need to say that? You ask them, who would dare to toast me a second cup."

When the disciples heard this, they all froze immediately. Some hung their heads, some tilted their heads to avoid looking, and some scratched their heads and giggled.

When Lin Ruhai saw this, Dafa's disciples dispersed.He sat at the same table with Jia Zheng, Jia She and Yan Liang, and the queen said to Yan Liang, "I don't need to worry about it. Look at your Jia family, it's a good one. The population is prosperous, and all the children are motivated. They are knowledgeable and polite. Tune|teach one to compete with one. If my surname is not Lin, but not Jia, I have to choose one of them to be my son."

"Your nephew Lin Mumao is not inferior to them. He was born in a poor family and has never read any books. Now he has only been with you for a few months, and he can speak sentences proficiently. Given time, he must be an out-of-the-group talent."

Lin Ruhai twitched his beard with a smile and thought, "This kid is sensible, he is filial to his mother, respectful to us, and takes special care of Daiyu. Whenever he goes out, he always buys something for Daiyu to play with. For money, you can also weave a cricket cage out of wicker for her. Daiyu is obviously his sister, but now she is coaxed by him every day."

"That's great. If the boys are really educated and educated, and seek to make progress, the girls in the back house will have no grievances at all. It will be the same in the future," Yan Liang glared at Jia She, "find husbands for the girls When you do, put more thought into it.”

Jia Amnesty raised his eyebrows in confusion: "Brother Jing, what do you mean? Why do you only look at me and say?"

"You are the most confused among them." Yan Liang said bluntly.

Unconvinced, Jia Amnesty pointed at Jia Zheng, "He's not much better either."

Jia Zheng hurriedly got up, and bowed his hands to Yan Liang: "In the future, I will have to rely on Brother Jing to raise more points."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said to Jia She: "At least the second brother knows how to follow the right person."

"Hey, second child, how do you rob someone? How many times have I told you that it was me, Brother Jing who I followed first, you have worse eyes than I do." After Jia Amnesty finished speaking, he pulled Jia Zheng to let him Open, he went to salute Yan Liang.

Jia Zheng smiled and didn't argue with Jia Amnesty.Instead, Jia Amnesty became even angrier and wanted to reason with him.The two brothers quarreled for a long time, but it was Yan Liang who called to stop, and the two stopped.

Lin Ruhai stood up and toasted Yan Liang.Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng were not to be outdone, and stood up to respect.Seeing this, Baoyu hurriedly called for everyone to come together.Then they turned into a group of men again, and stood up in unison to toast Yan Liang.

All of them shouted in unison: "Master National Teacher, Ankang!"

(End of the article)

The author has something to say: Thank you jen for feeding mines, and thank you for your company all the time, thank you, bow!