Jia Minqi's family in the Red Chamber

But Xue Huan was waiting at home for news from Master Lin Hailin, and he got a reply within three days.

At this time, Lin Hai's family and Han Qi's family just came back from watching the tide.

It is said that the tide this year is bigger than the previous two years, thanks to the fact that the embankment was newly built, and the local county magistrate worked very hard and brought enough manpower to maintain order.

So when Jia Min watched the tide, everything was safe. Before leaving, she watched the tide rushing against the strong and brand-new embankment, and the dense crowd of people standing on the edge of the embankment. She was thoughtful.

With two generations of father and grandfather guarding the northwest, in exchange for the merits of the people in the northwest provinces to stay away from the war for decades, it is enough for the father and grandfather to guide Baoyu in the previous life, so that she can live again in this life.

Then Xue Huan and the rest of the richest men donated money to rebuild the embankment, and the merit they accumulated was enough to prolong his life for several years... It should be that this action saved half of the people in the city.

Xue Huan died early in his previous life, and Jia Min knew little about him.Looking at his behavior now, at least the two things of being measured and not being stingy are absolutely worthy.

Jia Min secretly laughs at herself more and more like to think wildly: Even with the support of his master, he is also a merchant, and he is a donated official. If there is no great opportunity, such as making a fortune from the dragon, he can only stop at the fifth rank.

Perhaps for Xue Huan, he would be satisfied as long as he took this step steadily from businessman to scholar.

In fact, Jia Min's guess was very accurate: Xue Huan did not have the ambition to become a master in one day. Sending a daughter into the palace not only ensures a good future for her daughter, but also hopes to rely on her to take care of her, so that her family will not die after a generation. He was immediately beaten back to his "original shape".

Of course, it's not that he hasn't thought about "Conglong Zhigong" at all... It's just that after seeing the "true colors" of his wife and son, this desire is not urgent at all.

Xue Huan followed the steward of the Lin family into Lin Hai's study.

Greeting each other, after the servant served tea, Lin Hai deliberately waited for Xue Huan to calm down, and then calmly said, "My wife recommended Your Excellency."

The title "Your Excellency" is already unfamiliar.The Xue family and the Lin family say that they are related, but everyone knows that "family" and "old family" are equivalent to no.

Xue Huan is not in the mood to ponder this carefully at the moment, his mind is full of "recommended by insiders"... His wife is the sister of the second wife of the Rong Mansion, how could he not know that the old lady of the Rong Mansion and her second sister-in-law were quite... no Throw your temper!

Xue Huan didn't believe that he was recommended for the sake of his second elder brother and second sister-in-law.

Lin Hai saw Xue Huan's doubts, and said directly, "Brother Han also admires you quite a lot, and the certificate for your commendation has been handed over."

There is a lot of water in these words. After Xue Pan offended Zhen Yingjia, Xue Huan ordered his caravan to do their best in the disaster relief in Taixing, and Han Qi only got the evaluation of "pretty wink", but with Han Qi's uprightness, It will not be ignorant of the Xue family's contribution.

Xue Huan hurriedly said: "Where. It's just a little bit of effort, and I dare not be greedy for merit."

Lin Hai nodded, "The county magistrate of Lin'an is vacant, do you have any ideas?"

The county magistrate of Lin'an... Mr. Han is the magistrate of Hangzhou. Xue Huan suppressed all kinds of ups and downs in his heart, stood up and saluted respectfully, "Ming Gong taught me."

This changed from "Master Lin" to "Duke Ming", and Xue Huan really "has a wink".

As an imperial merchant, Xue Huan must know some news, but he probably has limited knowledge of the situation in Zhejiang and even the entire Jiangnan.Lin Hai didn't want to mention too much at this time, so he said bluntly, "I'll write a letter, and you can take it to the official department."

It's all brought in, if Xue Huan can't run down the county magistrate, give up as soon as possible, and be a royal businessman who can eat and drink with peace of mind.

Coincidentally, Xue Huanque was precisely such a "leader".

After sending Xue Huan away, Lin Hai went straight to the back house.

The father was visiting, and the mother had limited energy due to pregnancy, so Daiyu invited Miaoyu to come over to talk, and at the same time, she did not forget to take care of her younger brother.

So when Lin Hai entered the door, he saw his wife lying on the couch alone, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Lin Hai never asked for comfort, Jia Min got up first, stretched his body lazily, and leaned directly against Lin Hai, "How is it?"

Lin Hai smiled and said, "That's right." He stroked his wife's face, and then asked with concern, "If you have any troubles, you have to tell me. You can't do big things for your husband, but you must share your worries for small things."

Since she came back from rebirth, her state of mind has changed, and she has said a lot of thoughtful things to her husband, most of which are things from her heart that she couldn't say in her previous life.Touched by his wife's frankness, Lin Hai also reciprocated, and the couple became closer.

This time Jia Min was no exception, and said softly, "Isn't it because of my second sister-in-law who wants to be the prince's mother-in-law?" After a pause, he said helplessly, "Why don't I know, why doesn't my second brother have the same thoughts? But having said that, besides sending the daughter into the palace, he has no other way to go further."

Lin Hai advised: "Everyone has his own aspirations."

Jia Min replied: "Since my father passed away, the Rong Mansion has not been as good as it has been for a day. I estimate that the Rong Mansion's family property is only around [-] yuan. If you take out this little money, it is enough to donate it seriously. the prefect?"

So Brother Lian has always been a candidate for a co-prescription, if someone incompetent in the court makes a move, he will definitely have to wait, and he will never be able to make up.

Lin Hai specially added, "You have to have connections."

There is a saying that in the three years of the Qing Dynasty, the magistrate had [-] snowflakes of silver. The court did not strictly control the donated officials who only had rank but no real power. It even went to the point of clearly marking the price and buying and selling at will, but the official positions that really hold real power must be reported to the Holy One And the elders of the pavilion, naturally, we will never give it lightly.

Not only does it cost a lot of money, but it also needs to be recommended by people with enough weight, and you also need to have some real skills.

Brother Lian doesn't touch anything, so of course he can't make up for it.Xue Huan's family has millions of dollars, and he didn't make up for it either.

Jia Min said slowly: "That's why I asked the master to help the Xue family. I don't want Xue Huan to stay in the capital and pawn my second brother and second sister-in-law in desperation. My second sister-in-law is so courageous. With my brother-in-law as the backing, I'm afraid I will be more courageous, my second brother has always acquiesced, but he is not involved, and he is not the one who is in the front when something goes wrong."

After finishing speaking, she grabbed her husband's hand and asked curiously, "Why hasn't my cousin Wang moved? This is foreign money delivered to the door."

Lin Hai answered every question, and coughed lightly, "Master Wang and the prince forged friendship in the early years."

A word of "Master Wang" is enough to show the closeness between the master and his cousin. Jia Min understood, "Could it be possible that Sheng Sheng cut off a few princes... Among them is my cousin?"

"That's not true." With Wang Ziteng's rank and seniority, he would not be able to rush to the front. Lin Hai explained, "The few people recommended by Mr. Wang haven't been cleaned up. This time, he can't be alone."

Jia Min smiled and said, "So that's the case." Taking advantage of her daughter's absence, she simply asked all the questions, "Master, do you want to send someone to your side?"

According to Lin Hai's grade and official position, when he is new to a place, he can naturally place one or two cronies to assist him-he will recommend it in the booklet, and the official department will review it before making arrangements and appointments.Usually, the Ministry of Officials will not refute the new official's face.

After all, a bare-bones official came to work, facing many local nobles and merchants, as well as colleagues with different thoughts, I am afraid that even the three fires of taking office will not be helped by anyone.

So far, Lin Hai has only used one of these two places: it was still used on Xue Huan.

Xue Huan had no other backing, and when he came to the south of the Yangtze River to be a county magistrate, he had to rely on Lin Hai wholeheartedly, except for the Zhen family who was probably not counted on.

It is said that although Han Qi has a good relationship with Lin Hai, it is not Lin Hai's wish for him to become the magistrate of Hangzhou—since he escaped with his life, it is best not to splash around in the muddy waters of Jiangnan!Helplessly, Han Qi was upright and refused to flatter his highnesses, and after the disaster, he suddenly fell into the eyes of the Holy Majesty...

As for the remaining places, Lin Hai hadn't made up his mind yet. When his wife asked, he teased, "Do you want your nephew to come to Jiangnan?"

Jia Min said resolutely: "Brother Lian is still far behind. I'm afraid it will harm others and myself." In front of her husband, there is nothing to hide, "I want Brother Lian to join the army. My father’s old acquaintances can still talk, or I can follow the cousin of Shijia’s cousin. I’m not boasting, my two brothers have gone to beg and begged to no avail, but my words are different.” After speaking, my eyes widened with a smile. They all narrowed their eyes, "Whose limelight is this?"

Lin Hai put his arms around his wife, "Why don't Madam bother, I'll take care of such trivial matters for you."

Jia Min was very proud, but still hit the nail on the head, "There's no rush. Don't let them get it too easily, I don't know how to cherish it."

The matter of the wife's natal family, of course... is what the wife says.

Now that he was talking about mobilizing his cronies, Lin Hai also expressed his plan, "The two senior brothers my father pointed out to me in the early years are now magistrates, and their political performance, official performance, and voice are all good, and I don't want them to bother. "

The two senior brothers mentioned by the master are both the sons of the father-in-law's staff. They used to study together with the master in the academy, and successively won the Jinshi.

Back then, looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon, the eldest son who finally gave birth died young, how can the master be so full of ambition like now?

Frustrated, he took up the post of Xunyan Yushi again. Without the help of the two of them, the master found a real shortage for the two senior brothers.It has to be said that the father-in-law has a very good vision. These two senior brothers have been promoted successively, and now they have all reached the fifth rank.

The two senior brothers have been writing letters over the years, and the etiquette may not be expensive but very considerate: most of them are local medicinal materials and cloth.Especially a few nourishing patent medicines, which Jia Min took back then were quite symptomatic.

Of course, there is merit protection now, so it is a little useless. Jia Min thought about this, and smiled and replied, "There will always be a day of reunion in the future."

Lin Hai nodded and said: "I want to pick someone in the south of the Yangtze River who is sincerely close to us, why bother to look far away."

Even in the Jiangnan~official~field, it is not uncommon to see officials without strong backing.This move is also in the management and expansion of contacts.Lin Hai knew that he had no brothers to support him, so he could only work harder on his classmates and colleagues.

Jia Min laughed and said, "Master Xue is also lucky."

Lin Hai said earnestly again: "I know you are worried about Yuanchun's marriage, but fortunately, there is a concubine De in Yuanchun to take care of her, so the fifth prince's mother and son will not be able to succeed."

"Two times and three times to bother you, my lord..."

"Concubine De's nephew has already set off to study in the south."

After hearing this, Jia Min also breathed a sigh of relief, "The debt of favor is the hardest to repay, and it's best if it's early."

Lin Hai laughed and said, "Concubine De is also from an honorable family," and she is a descendant of honor, which is a little stronger than Rongfu. "My children and grandchildren want to study, so it is more convenient for me to come here after all."

Thinking about Lin Hai, the flower hunter, and thinking about the two teachers standing behind him, it is reasonable for Defei's family to be more eager: Although Defei has a lot of weight in the heart of the sage, she is in her early thirties and has only one child at her knees. A princess... Concubine De is naturally very happy to form a good relationship.

However, two months later, Xue Huan had already received the documents from the Ministry of Officials, and his family went south to take up his post.

Mrs. Wang waited for a long time, but did not hear any good news.Jia Zheng met the fifth prince many times in the yamen, and the nobleman's attitude towards him was the same as before.

Just when Mrs. Wang felt that she might be happy in vain, the concubine of the Fifth Prince unexpectedly came to the door again, asking Yuan Chun first, then the unmarried girls from the Rong Mansion, and finally asking Daiyu carefully...

Mrs. Wang was a little unhappy, but she didn't dare to show it, "Our cousin girl is still young, she studied and worked hard with her parents in the south, and her knowledge and intelligence are no worse than men's."

The fifth prince's side concubine smiled slightly, "As expected of a girl from Tanhualang's family."

Who cares about your girl's talent and appearance?We are the fathers of the girl who has his eye on it!If Jiangnan had a friendly feudal official to cover it up for him, how could the arrangements and hard work of His Royal Highness and Brothers for many years go to waste in one fell swoop!

Sure enough, the Rong Mansion and the Lin family were not very close... Anyway, the goal was achieved, and the side concubine got up to leave.

Sending away the fifth prince's side concubine, Mrs. Wang couldn't hide her annoyance: The fifth prince's concubine might not be able to become a concubine.She thought about it for a second, if the fifth prince is not successful, there is still an unmarried little prince—it is true that Concubine De has changed from a female history official to serving the Holy Majesty, and Mrs. Wang has also broken her family's dream of being an uncle.

Although she was reluctant, she had to go back to her mother's house to discuss with her sister-in-law-it's a pity that the elder brother is away working at this time, at least he can only meet during the New Year's Eve... Anyway, the younger sister can't let the younger sister take the lead!

Li Wan has seen Mrs. Wang's words and deeds these days, and he does not forget to write to her husband who is studying in the south of the Yangtze River.

When Jia Zhu saw the letter, she let out a long sigh: Mother, why bother!

At the same time, in the study of the Lin Mansion in Hangzhou, Lin Hai looked at the letter on the case and shook his head.

Jia Min laughed and said, "If you look at it again, it won't bloom."

Lin Hai muttered, "Why did Master Fantai choose Ding You?"

This lord of Fantai used to have high hopes, and also had a lot of quarrels with the Sun family, but the past few years have changed.

Fan Tai Ding You, the Holy Majesty intends to ask him to fill this vacancy. Of course, there are two words "temporary generation" in front of the official title... This is a bit tricky, because this position is destined to face the Sun family of the prince's mother.