[Red Mansion] Let's listen to a general's order

"Duke Rong Guo is worrying too much." Bi Daxia, who was ignored, said.

He said in a strange way: "The son of the world came into the palace with General Xiao Jia, and the eunuch Feng, the supervisor of the Zhidian, has already arranged the seat. Duke Rong does not need to be afraid of losing his reputation, and Mr. Zheng does not need to be wronged. This is the palace. Is it a place where you can come and leave as soon as you say! Unexpectedly, Mr. Zheng’s rules are still not improved at all, I’m afraid godfather will be unhappy when he finds out.”

Jia Zheng could never forget this feminine and vicious face.Whoever was slapped severely by someone just now will definitely remember it fresh when he sees that person again within a quarter of an hour!

"The banquet is about to begin. The prince has not yet entered the table. When the time comes, Eunuch Feng blames us, and our family can't afford it. Mr. Rong Guo, don't make it difficult for our family!" Bi Daxia glanced at Jia Zheng with disdain, and turned coldly at Jia Daishan said coldly.

After all, ignoring Jia Zheng's pale face with fright and Jia Daishan's flushed face with anger, he said politely to Jia Amnesty: "My lord, please follow me this way."

Jia Amnesty felt secretly refreshed, and raised his hand to Jia Daishan on the surface, "Master, the son will be seated first with Da Xia."

The two passed Jia Daishan and Jia Zheng one by one, and walked to the front seat.

In this palace banquet, every seat is famous, which not only reflects the status, power and reputation of the guest, but also includes the favor of the emperor.The farther you go, the closer you are to the emperor, the more you will be trusted by the emperor.

Said that it was Emperor Wen of Zhou, if it was not arranged by Feng Jing, the supervisor of Zhidian, Dai Quan nodded, Jia Lian's seat was not set on the side of Chao Wenwu, but on the side of the imperial relatives and nobles.And it's quite high, even higher than Jia Daishan, the Rong Guogong, in the top ten.

If it was said that Jia Daishan was able to sit in this position by relying on his status as first-rank Rong Guogong, then the young Jia Lian obviously got this seat by relying on the holy family of Emperor Wen of Zhou.

"Xingchen!" Countless civilian officials who thought they were upright shook their heads after noticing this scene.

And the ignorant and fearless Jia She took Jia Hu to sit down triumphantly, while trying to sit upright so as not to embarrass his younger brother.

After a while, Jia Lian entered the seat led by Bi Yun himself, turning a blind eye to Jia Daishan, Jia Zheng and his son who were on the side.This not only made Jia Daishan and his son angry, but also made the first prince and sixth prince who had been paying attention to him since he entered the palace frown.

"Brother, this Jia Lian's brother is in harmony with his father's looks, and his relationship with Jia Daishan is even colder. Even if Jia Daishan nods, I'm afraid this kid will not be willing to marry our bright pearl." The sixth prince Li Tianrong said worriedly .

The eldest prince Li Tianhuang was also a little worried, but seeing the gesture of Jingtai, the head of the hundred officials, he had no choice but to comfort his younger brother, and he seemed to comfort himself by saying: "What are you afraid of? Our family's bright pearl is noble, beautiful and beautiful, and has a clever mind. It is his great blessing that this boy has the opportunity to be the Lord, how dare he refuse!?" Mingzhu is his only legitimate daughter, and also his favorite daughter, he only hopes that this daughter will be happy and happy for the rest of her life.

"Furthermore, according to my grandfather's words, as long as my father decrees a marriage today, this kid will have to marry if he doesn't! At that time, you and I won't be able to bring this kid into obedience!" Li Tianhuang had already made a plan in his heart. There are one hundred and eight plans on how to adjust and teach this future son-in-law.

Li Tianrong praised and said: "Brother, Bi Yun personally brought this kid into the palace just now. Tsk tsk tsk! Bi Yun hasn't done such a small job for many years."

Returning to business, Li Tianhuang, who left behind his daughter-in-law, is the eldest prince who has been head-on with the prince for decades: "It seems that this kid is either closely related to Bi Yun, or has already formed an alliance with the inner court." Those old foxes in the inner court finally I couldn't hold back anymore, I was afraid that the crown prince would attack them if he sat in that position, and it was not in vain that these brothers unanimously added fuel to the crown prince.

Apart from Li Tianhuang, it is not difficult for the other princes to come to this conclusion.Only the crown prince didn’t care. First, from his point of view, no matter how powerful Bi Yun was, he was still a domestic slave. It’s not unusual for a domestic slave to lead guests to a seat. Second, even if they unite, so what, he is the prince of a country. , Don't they dare to commit the following crimes! ?

Ninth Prince Li Tianlang's face was dark and gloomy, causing Eighth Prince Li Tianjin and Tenth Prince Li Tianying to keep looking for topics, so as to coax this stingy younger brother (brother) back.

Among them, the fourth prince, Li Tianyan, was most annoyed.

If he had stood by Jia Lian's side from the beginning to the end in front of Gongsun's mansion that day, now he could not eat the fat of Jia Lian and the Twelve Inspectors in front of his eyes, but he couldn't eat it!and……

He was estranged from Feng Zizhi for no reason... No, it's time to call Dugong Feng.

He drank a glass of wine without feeling happy or angry, and only his clenched hands under the table, with veins exposed, could see his mood.

As for the Seventh Prince Li Tianjie?

He just looked at Jia Lian tacitly and nodded slightly.

Jia Lian withdrew his eyes and concentrated on chatting with He Qi and other generals who fought together.

In addition to dishes, wine is naturally indispensable, not to mention the slim and graceful court kabuki and maiko.

"The emperor is here!"

"I'm waiting to see the emperor!"

Emperor Wen of Zhou, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, said calmly, "Everyone is flat."

"New Year's Day is celebrated, and the festive season is called Changchun. Today we don't talk about state affairs, we only talk about Fengyue. You can drink as much as you like, and don't be restrained." He flicked his sleeves and said with a hearty smile.

"The minister waits for orders."

well!If Niu Jin was still there, he would have laughed honestly and said: "I will never return drunk tonight! How can this kind of small cup be so satisfying!? Change it to a big bowl! Come here! Come on!" Lao He, Mr. Wang, each drink three bowls first! Whoever dares to lose face, don’t blame my old bull’s ax for not recognizing people!”

Thinking of his old brother who had followed him for many years, Emperor Wen of Zhou suddenly lost interest.

Dai Quan winked and signaled the palace people to start the banquet.

With all kinds of delicious food and wine presented by the palace people, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, and graceful court dancers also performed on stage.

"The beauty in the lead can dance well, but the one next to her in green is not so good." Jia Shen commented seriously while watching the singing and dancing.

Jia Lian didn't bother to pay attention to him, and picked Jia Hu up on his lap, holding vegetables for him.

Although there is no explicit regulation, the ministers rarely bring their children under ten years old to the palace for a banquet in the previous court.One is because they are afraid that the children will be ignorant, and if they start to cry during the banquet, they will offend Tianwei; second, because the children are still young, they can't take care of them too obviously, and they will make people laugh for nothing.

Only Jia She, a dumbass, and Jia Lian, who almost treated the palace as their own, dared to bring Jia Hu here, causing a lot of surprised looks from the people around them.

"General Zhao Lie really cares about my nephew!" Ninth Prince Li Tianlang said in a strange way.

"Lian's nephew is born intelligent, generous, sensible and caring, so Lian can't help loving him a little bit." Jia Lian said after slowly holding a piece of fresh fish for Jia Hu.

"You!" Li Tianlang almost jumped up, which was obviously a mockery of his petty temper, not even as good as a child.

Li Tianjin and Li Tianying's hands under the case, one left and one right, firmly pressed his thigh, preventing him from getting up.

In addition to the father and other brothers at the banquet, all the powerful and influential civil and military officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty, as well as the nobles of the emperor, were also present. The younger brother (brother) must not lose his composure!

"I don't know who is Nephew Ling's teacher? Mr. Wen Tao is knowledgeable, proficient in the Four Books, and is good at teaching his disciples. He is full of friends. He has a lot of friendship with me. If General Jia prefers Mr. Wentao, I can recommend Nephew Ling. Go to study under his sect." Li Tianjin had a gentle face, as if she was sincerely planning for Jia Hu.

This Mr. Wen Tao is not an ordinary person. His real name is Yuan, his given name is Shu, his nickname is Hongdao, and his nickname is Wen Tao.The Yuan family in Runan is known as "students and former officials all over the world". There are a large number of disciples, former officials, and disciples. It can be said that it is the most powerful family in official circles among the four famous families.Mr. Wen Tao has a good temperament and doesn't like open and secret fights in the officialdom. Although he has obtained the honor of Jinshi, he resigned from office and opened an academy in just two years after entering the court to teach and educate people.

If Jia Lian agrees, he owes Li Tianjin a favor; if he refuses, it means that he looks down on Mr. Wen Tao, will offend him and his disciples, and even cause Jia Hu's father to - ─Jia Amnesty's displeasure.

"Lian'er, what are you talking about with the eighth and the ninth?" Zhou Wendi above knew that the ninth son and Jia Lian were not at odds, seeing that they seemed to be confronting each other, he didn't care.But after all, it was the New Year's Eve, and Emperor Wen of Zhou interjected hastily.

As soon as Emperor Wen of Zhou spoke, all the officials and relatives of the emperor, the nobles, shut their mouths unconsciously.Although they were also chatting, they kept paying attention to Zhou Wendi who was at the top.

Jia Lian wiped the mouth of the little Jia Hu in his arms, raised a flamboyant smile, looked at Li Tianlang with a trace of provocation in his eyes, and said: "If you go back to the emperor, the Ninth Prince sees that the child of the minister's family is smart and wants to Give him a horse that is as fast as Ben Xiao!" Li Tianlang's hot spot was hit right away, didn't he become enemies with Jia Lian because his Yulonger (Ben Xiao) was snatched by Jia Lian back then! !

"Oh? Xiaojiu, is that really the case?" Zhou Wendi watched Jia Lian grow up since he was a child, how could he not know that he was talking nonsense, but he didn't bother to expose him.

Because he felt that Emperor Wen of Zhou was paying attention to him, even if Li Tianlang was so angry that he wanted to fight Jia Lian to the death, he could only hold it in his heart, almost causing internal injuries.

Forced to show a smile, Li Tianlang gritted his teeth and said, "It's just a horse, just give it to the young master of the Jia family." After a pause, "That's right! Father, General Zhaolie's salary is too little. !" He actually started to fight for Jia Lian.

Emperor Wen of Zhou naturally knew that Li Tianlang was not sincerely complaining for Jia Lian, so he lowered his voice, "Speak up if you have something to say! Don't hesitate." He couldn't let him live a good year!

As if feeling the impatience from Emperor Zhou Wen, even the musicians and maiko who were playing and dancing stopped.

If it was a big palace, only Li Tianlang's voice echoed: "General Zhao Lie not only has to support the hundreds of personal guards around him, but also socializes with hundreds of officials, the expenses are so high, no wonder there is no money to feed the horses, Even Eunuch Feng Zizhi, the new factory supervisor of the East Factory, couldn’t take it seriously, and truckloads of grass and materials were sent to the back door of Rongguo’s mansion.” Except for forage, the truckloads could be gold and silver.

"Wow!" As soon as the words came out, the audience was in an uproar.

This is Li Tianlang's ruthless attempt to restrain Jia.The implication is that Jia Lian secretly hoarded dead men, conspired against others, made friends with hundreds of officials, and colluded with cronies.

"Your Majesty, General Zhaolie Jia Lian raised the dead, made friends with cliques, and colluded with the courtiers. His heart should be punished! Please decree that he should be dismissed from the fifth-rank General Zhaolie and sent to prison! Hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment!" The officials of the Nine Princes' Party came out and shouted, and the other officials of the Nine Princes' line followed closely behind.The Ministry of Punishment is Li Tianjin's territory, and Jia Lian's fate is self-evident.

But Jia Lian, who was pointed out by thousands of people, didn't take it seriously at all, and continued to carry vegetables and drink, as if he was not the one who was impeached, and looked confident.On the contrary, Jia Daishan and Jia Zheng, who were a dozen or so places away from him, all had pale faces, and they couldn't stop resenting Jia Lian for causing trouble and bringing them down.

Li Tianrong wanted to speak for Jia Lian, but was signaled by Li Tianhuang to shut up.There are many good men in Dazhou, and he doesn't have to be his son-in-law with the surname Jia.If you want to marry his bright pearl, you have to be the dragon among the people who are chosen by one in a thousand.And the dragon among people who died halfway is just an immature loach.

After Niu Jin's death, He Qi, the nominal and actual head of the generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty, had a livid face, and rarely reprimanded him unceremoniously: "It's a bunch of nonsense!! General Zhao Lie is a fifth-rank general. There is a quota of [-] personal guards. How can there be a term for dead soldiers! This general has thousands of personal guards, is it because he wants to rebel!?" In public and private, Jia Lian is also a guard.The civil servant even impeached the general for raising dead soldiers!This must not be the first of its kind!Taking a step back today, these civil servants dare to write a letter to reduce the general's personal guards, and dare to use this matter to frame the general for rebellion in the future!

As soon as He Qi opened his mouth, the other military generals, no matter they had foresight or not, still admired Jia Lian, a younger generation, all clamored.

"Hey! This general has [-] personal guards and exercises every day. Could it be that he intends to rebel like the general!?"

"General Jia has only 200 people and he is supporting the dead. I have also been in the army for 15 years. Some soldiers under my command were injured. I would ask people to send silver taels. I don't know how many people have given away! Is this also buying people's hearts and raising dead soldiers? !?"

"These civil servants are using the heart of a villain to save...the general's stomach! When we soldiers are bravely fighting the enemy and defending our country at the border, they are huddled in the capital, eating, drinking and having fun! Now look at us If you don’t like it, you will frame us up out of nothing!!”

Faced with the unanimous denunciation of these five big and three rough generals, ordinary civil servants would not dare to say more.

But what is a speaker?Yanguan is the fighting chicken among civil servants!When facing the military attache, his combat power soared all of a sudden.

The officer turned a blind eye to the anger of He Qi and the others, he uttered an idiom, an allusion in three sentences, and rebuked them for yelling in front of the emperor, for being disrespectful in front of the emperor, arrogantly arrogant, and ignorant of his father.

"General He, all generals, please be calm." Li Tianjie stared at the officer with dark eyes coldly, "Master Zhang, just as General He said, according to the Great Zhou Zu system, there should be two hundred generals from the fifth rank Zhaolie. Personal guard, and General Jia has been thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors at home recently. I don’t know how he made friends with officials? Did you see it with your own eyes? If there is no evidence, it is purely speculation. The charges for this year's evaluation are inferior."

During the period when Jia Lian was confined at home, Emperor Wen of Zhou handed over the Ministry of Officials to Li Tianjie.The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal, examinations, promotions, honors, and transfers of civil servants all over the world. If any prince who is qualified to fight for the big position grasps this sharp weapon, he will definitely be attacked by groups.On the contrary, Li Tianjie, the "unqualified" prince, became fragrant.

At a loss for words, he glanced at Li Tianjin hesitantly.Although it is said to be the Nine Princes' Party, most of the time they do things based on the Eighth Prince's wink.

Li Tianjin frowned slightly, why did Lao Qi help Jia Lian over and over again, what was there between the two that he didn't know?

"Lao Qi has said it, and it's common for officials to hear rumors." The prince still carefully resented Li Tianjie for not giving him face last time, "However, Lao Jiu knows so much about Jia Lian's matter. Clearly, did you send someone to monitor outside the gate of Rongguo Mansion day and night?" Monitoring officials is not something a prince should do.

"The prince is joking, and the ninth brother also heard it from other people. As the saying goes, there are no waves without wind, or let Eunuch Feng go to the court to defend, so that General Zhao Lie can be innocent." Li Tianjin said gently but unquestionably.

It doesn't matter whether it's raising the dead or making friends with officials, it's all false, and the most important thing is to collude with eunuchs.

Emperor Wen of Zhou's eyes darkened slightly, he just treated it as watching a play during the Chinese New Year, let's see what his good sons think: "Leave it to Feng Zizhi."

For many officials, Feng Zizhi, as the notorious new governor of Dongchang, most people only hear his name, but don't see him.

Under the watchful eyes of hundreds of officials, the handsome man looked calm and calm, his long black hair was only tied with an agarwood hairpin, and a small Hetian jade pendant was hung on his waist, and he walked to the main hall step by step central location.It looks like a Gushe real person, with a graceful appearance and a noble spirit.

From the moment Feng Zizhi entered the hall, Jia Lian put Jia Hu from his arms onto the chair, and stared at Feng Zizhi absently.

Perhaps his gaze was too eager, a pair of long and narrow red phoenix eyes met Jia Lian's gaze.

Both of them felt a feeling called electric shock, and the faint sense of aggression in Jia Lian's eyes made the other party's heart skip a beat.

"Slave Feng Zizhi pays homage to the emperor." Feng Zizhi turned his gaze nonchalantly, and Feng Zizhi saluted calmly.

"Officer Zhang is impeaching you for having an affair with General Zhao Lie Jia Lian, and sending several carts of gold and silver goods to the back door of Rongguo Mansion. What do you explain?" Zhou Wendi's words sounded right at first glance, but when you think about it, it makes sense. It can be heard that he thought that Jia Lian had colluded with the eunuchs and plotted against him, and turned into Feng Zizhi, an eunuch who was restless, and wanted to bribe Jia Lian, and even involved Jia Daishan, to further remove Jia Lian's responsibility.

"Your majesty is clear! The slave just sent someone to send the horse grass newly cultivated by the Yumajian to Rong Guogong's mansion, and said that there are countless carts of gold and silver goods. The eunuch Huang Jinhuang, the chief eunuch of the Yumajian, can testify to this." Feng Zizhi He lowered his eyebrows and narrowed his eyes.

"Back to the emperor, I can testify. At that time, I wanted to send people to send the horse grass to the Rongguo Mansion, but I didn't expect that a group of royal horses that were paid as tribute by the state of Ohlos were not satisfied. I really couldn't separate the manpower, so I had to ask Eunuch Feng. Send someone to deliver it. The horse grass on the cart is all from the Imperial Horse Supervisor, how can it be turned into gold? I am afraid Mr. Zhang has a wrong heart and exaggerated the truth." Huang Jin smiled and narrowed his eyes. He clearly scolded Zhang Zhengren for not being as good as his name.

"Eunuch Huang! Jia Lian is a foreign minister! Why does Eunuch Huang give horse grass to feed his own horses!? In this dynasty, the annual salary of a fifth-rank official is 80 taels of silver and [-] shi of rice! And Jia Lian is unmarried and has no need to support a family." , why is it that even the horse grass for raising horses has to be provided by the servants in the palace!! Besides, even if he spent a lot of money, his biological father is Jia Daishan, the first-rank Duke of Rongguo in the dynasty, and even if Jia collects the money for raising the horses himself If you can’t get it out, will Duke Rong not be able to get it out!?” The officials insisted that both Feng Zizhi and Huang Jin were eunuchs in the palace, and that Jia Lian was secretly dealing with them, colluding internally and externally, with evil intentions.

"Please issue an order from the emperor to dismiss Jia Lian from the position of fifth-rank General Zhao Lie and put him in prison! Hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment!"

"My Majesty, the three generations of my family have been favored by the Emperor. Every word and deed is trembling. I am afraid that I will fail the ancestors and the expectations of the Emperor. The minister is not good at teaching the son, which leads the rebellious son to go astray and misbehave. Hope. The emperor spared the old minister's family for the sake of his lifelong loyalty to the country." Jia Daishan could see clearly that it was the Ninth Prince and others' revenge, and the Crown Prince was helping the flames, while the Eldest Prince stood by and watched.Moreover, it is an undeniable fact that the youngest son has a good relationship with the eunuch. For the current plan, he has to give up the youngest son in order to get his family out of this matter safely.Maybe the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince would look up to him at Rongguo Mansion because of his wit.

Jia Daishan knelt down decisively, followed closely by Jia Zheng.

What a pair of father and son who understand righteousness!

Jia Amnesty became anxious, "Master! What nonsense are you talking about? Brother Lian has always been the most..."

"Sin! Don't kneel down to accept the crime!" Jia Daishan saw that his ineffective eldest son was still confused, and the youngest son next to him was watching him with the eyes of watching a monkey show. He was angry and said in a ruthless tone.

"Heh!" Jia Lian played with the white jade wine glass in his hand, sneered, then lifted his neck and drank it down.