The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 385 The Day of Restoration Returns [Part [-]]

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Fast forward to June 27th.

Early this morning, Aunt Zhao ran to Qiushuangzhai and complained to Tanchun.

But it turned out that she saw Mrs. Wang and Jia Zheng falling out again, and thought that she still had a chance to take over again, so she didn't come to the garden for the past few days to catch wind and shadows, and devoted herself to please Jia Zheng at home.

Unexpectedly, after Jia Zheng lost his handle, he would not let in oil and salt. The way he looked at Aunt Zhao was no different from looking at dead objects—even a little more impatient.

So after hitting a wall in succession, Aunt Zhao could only temporarily give up her plan to enter the palace for the second time.

But she was always restless, so she came to Qiu Shuangzhai to complain in every possible way, and asked by the way if she had ever caught Mrs. Wang's fox tail.

Regarding Aunt Zhao's complaints, Tanchun has always listened to her left ear and right ear, until she heard her urging her to ask about "the great cause of catching rape", and then she cheered up and persuaded: "My wife has completely fallen out with the master now, and there is no possibility in a short time." Moving back to live, why should this auntie make troubles again? How about..."

"Why not?"

Aunt Zhao sneered: "Although she moved to the garden, who would dare not take her seriously? But what about your mother? I have only moved back for a few days, and those snobs don't look right at me. I don't know how to say sarcastic words behind my back!"

In the end, she gritted her teeth and said ruthlessly, "If I don't completely trample this prostitute down, I won't be able to enjoy my day!"

Hearing that she was not clean and kept calling Mrs. Wang a prostitute, Jia Tanchun frowned subconsciously, but didn't bother to persuade her anymore, so she changed the subject and asked, "Is this what Auntie is talking about today?"

"if not?"

Aunt Zhao imitated Jiao Shun and spread her hands together: "If it wasn't for this matter, would you think that I am happy to see you and shake your face?"

"Humph~"

Tanchun still looked suspicious: "But how did I hear that the dog thief is resting at home today, between you..."

"Is he taking a bath today?"

Aunt Zhao's eyes lit up, and then she wondered again: "I don't even know about this, why do you know?"

"Of course I heard it from Sister Lin. Now she has to go to Jiao's house to visit Sister Xing almost every day. She is very clear about the things there."

"嘁~"

Hearing Lin Daiyu's name, Aunt Zhao couldn't help snorting. Logically speaking, she should hate Baochai more who was close to Mrs. Wang, but in fact she hated Daiyu more than Baochai.

This is because Sister Lin has always had a clear distinction between likes and dislikes. Not only does she not look good on people she doesn't like, but she often ridicules them face to face—and Aunt Zhao happens to be the kind of person she dislikes the most.

Although Baochai is close to Mrs. Wang, she is always kind on the outside.

Therefore, when she heard Lin Daiyu's name, Aunt Zhao couldn't help but said in a strange way: "This girl who has never been out of the court goes to the single man's house all day, what does she look like? If I were Miss Shi, I'm afraid I would have annoyed her by now!" "

"That's why mom likes to think in crooked ways."

Although Tanchun was not close to Lin Daiyu, he couldn't see Aunt Zhao's accusations of slander, so he immediately changed the topic and questioned again: "Auntie really didn't know that he was taking a rest today?"

"What are you thinking, you bitch?!"

Aunt Zhao said angrily: "The sisters in the kiln only pick up guests at night, am I not as good as them?"

This metaphor...

The reference standard is really low.

But Jia Tanchun's heart was touched by accident, thinking that the two times he was actually killed by...

Immediately, I couldn't help feeling ashamed and annoyed, and said with a cold face: "Mom has nothing else to do, you should go back to serve the master earlier, if you can coax the master to let you move back to the main room, wouldn't it be worse than intrigue all day long?" What a bargain!"

In fact, Aunt Zhao couldn't sit still, so she shook her face and said, "You treat me as a rare thing to come here? You should hurry up and investigate the matter of the prostitute. If there is no result in a few days, I will come by myself!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Tanchun to reply, he twisted the waist of the water snake and walked away.

When she got home, Aunt Zhao was still restless, pacing back and forth in the bedroom for a while, looking at herself in the mirror for a while, and finally muttering to herself: "This matter has to be found at the root." , and maybe we can get something out of his mouth."

She didn't know that Jiao Shun and Xiu Mu were fine, but now that she heard that Jiao Shun didn't have to be on duty today, it felt like grass had grown in her heart—because Jiao Shun was Mrs. Wang's 'lobbyist', she scolded Jiao Shun for the past few days. Shun has eight hundred sentences if not one thousand, but now when he thinks that the thief is at home, his heart is full of pits and valleys, and it is all because of Jiao Shun.

After making up her mind, Aunt Zhao immediately called Jia Huan, saying that she had heard that Jiao Shun had sent some novelties to the garden—this was not entirely a lie, both rickshaws and tricycles could be considered novelties— Ask Jia Huan to go to Jiao's house to see if he is prepared this time.

Jia Huan seemed to be overjoyed when he heard this, and jumped out after taking two steps in three.

After watching her son go out, Aunt Zhao's face became more youthful, and she sang a ditty song while dressing up in front of the mirror, but she didn't want Jia Huan to come back listlessly after running away not too far away.

"What's wrong with you?"

Aunt Zhao glanced at her son wonderingly, and seeing his dejected look, she couldn't help but feel her heart pounding, she hurriedly got up and asked, "Could it be that you ran into the master and got scolded? You didn't say you were going to Jiao's house, did you?! "

"What does it have to do with the master?"

Jia Huan sat down on the bed, rubbed the soles of his feet and said in a muffled voice, "I don't want to go."

"Don't want to go?"

Aunt Zhao was even more puzzled when she heard the words, and quickly asked: "Why don't you go? Don't you cherish those novelty toys that Uncle Jiao gave you, like eyeballs? Why, don't you want two new ones? "

Hearing the new toy, Jia Huan's face showed hope, but it immediately turned dark again, and said dejectedly: "What's the use of thinking? At that time, my mother lived in the main room, so he naturally looked at us highly. Now you moved Come back now... I'd better stop making fun of it."

But it turned out that Jia Huan felt that his mother had lost power, and it was impossible for Jiao Shun to please him with toys anymore.

Aunt Zhao couldn't laugh or cry for a while, other people might look up to Jia Huan because of her previous gain in power, but Jiao Shun was definitely not among them.

It's just that it's not easy for her to mention those things to her son, so she put her hips on her hips and pretended to be tough: "What are you afraid of? Although I moved out, my wife didn't move back! You just have to get rid of yours, if he gives you Shake your face and see if I don't spit on him face to face!"

Jia Huan was skeptical, thinking that her mother wanted to save face and suffer, but she couldn't stand Aunt Zhao's repeated instigation, and she was really greedy for those novelty toys, so she dawdled for a long time, and finally went to Jiao's house.

It's just that when he arrived at Jiao's house, he was in vain. Jiao Shun wasn't at home at all. He heard from the left-behind maid that he followed Mrs. Xu to the new house that was being renovated.

…………

Although Jiao Shun went to Zijin Street mainly to attend Aunt Xue's appointment, it was also part of the title to inspect the progress of the construction.

After the sun was high, he followed the Xu family to the Xue family's old house.

Xue Pan had been waiting at the door for a long time.

Seeing Jiao Shun, he grinned and was about to come forward to greet him, but when he got closer, he suddenly covered his mouth again, and he didn't know what the hell was going on in his mouth.

Fortunately, there were Xu's old sisters who came out at the same time. Seeing this scene, they hurriedly explained: "Our uncle just bit his tongue, sister and Mr. Jiao must not be offended."

While she called Xu's elder sister, she also referred to Jiao Shunjing as an adult, which can be regarded as friendship in different ways.

Although Jiao Shun saw that Xue Pan didn't seem to be biting his tongue, he didn't bother to worry about what happened to this idiot, and followed Xu's servant girl to the newly renovated flower hall in the backyard.

Aunt Xue with kind eyebrows and kind eyes was waiting at the entrance of the Flower Hall, welcoming Mrs. Xu and Jiao Shun in affectionately, and waiting for the guests and hosts to sit down. She first looked back at the screen in the corner of her eyes, and then waved her hand to signal Xue Pan to step back for now. It was only then that the reason was straight to the point.

After talking about what happened, she explained helplessly: "You all know Wenlong's temper. He can't control his mouth all the time, so I dare not let him listen to some things."

Jiao Shun knew in his heart that this was not only to guard against Xue Pan's big mouth, but also to prevent himself from setting him up.

But he couldn't care less about these trivial matters.

It's nothing more than arguing about expanding enrollment in the state-owned factories, but why even the imperial merchants are making trouble?
The state-run factories can suppress and perfunctory themselves, but how can those imperial businessmen be willing to let themselves be at the mercy of themselves?
So he hurriedly asked what happened.

Aunt Xue said again: "I asked Wenlong to come forward to investigate these few days, and they seem to be planning to talk about things with Meng Xue..."

Naturally, it is impossible for the imperial merchants to be full of wine bags and rice bags like Xue Pan. In a short period of time, some people have found a breakthrough, that is, the work-study students theoretically study the government-run elementary school, and the government-run elementary school has always been open to the people.
As long as we aim at this point, we can make a clear-cut request that engineering schools should not only enroll students from state-owned factories, but should be open to the private sector, or at least 'partially'.

And this so-called 'part' refers to the imperial merchants who have official status.

According to Xue Pan's words, they have also prepared two follow-up response plans, which are ready to be adjusted at any time according to the feedback given by the Ministry of Industry.

If the Ministry of Industry actively cooperates, then of course hello, hello, everyone; if the Ministry of Industry refuses to agree, then it will invite wealthy businessmen from outside to build momentum. At that time, it will not be partially opened, but will be completely opened to the outside world.

tsk~
Hearing this, Jiao Shun squeezed his chin hard, with a gloomy expression on his face.

Most of the second half of the news was deliberately released by the imperial merchants, in order to force the Ministry of Industry to give in. How did Lu Xun say: If you want to open a window, you must advocate that the roof should be pulled off.

To be honest, it is not impossible for the imperial merchants to enter the game, and it is even a good thing to operate properly-for example, they can make full use of the resources of the imperial merchants and reduce the imperial court's constraints on engineering.

But the problem is that the timing is wrong now!
The Ministry of Rituals is clamoring for work-students to take the imperial examination, but here they are expanding their enrollment with great fanfare. Isn't this poking at the human lung tube?
Even if the Ministry of Rites is willing to agree, Ke Dao Yanguan, Hanlin Academy, Guozijian, the headquarters of noble literati, will never sit idly by.

However, these things are only for the imperial merchants, and they have no meaning at all.

On the surface, the appeal of the imperial merchants is to fight for an opportunity for the "children of employees" under their banners to cross the class, but in essence, they are just worried that the people below will cause trouble, which will affect their own business, so they have to put on a look. Looks like it's for everyone's benefit.

As long as the posture is sufficient, they don't really care about the result-as long as they are not excluded and others get admission places.

Thinking about it in the dark, maybe they still hope that the engineering school will be abolished, so as to completely cut off the "external heart" of the people below.

After thinking about it carefully, Jiao Shun is really a bit embarrassed.

Don't agree, the imperial merchants must show some attitudes in order to appease the subordinates. When the time comes, he, the actual founder and direct leader of the 'work-study system', will inevitably bear the brunt of it.

You must know that even with the support of the Jia and Wang families, the Xue family is still not the most powerful in the imperial merchants. If these people unite, how can a sixth-rank master be able to resist it?

Not to mention, they still want to hook up with wealthy private businessmen—it is said that they are wealthy private businessmen, but which big businessman does not have the backing of Mr. Ge, Shangshu, and Taiwei?
If it is really set on fire by these people...

But if he actively promotes this matter, he will definitely be attacked by scholars, and the intensity may be far greater than when Jiao Shun first joined the job.

After all, it was the emperor's special decree, and he also had a hereditary title, which was a special case that barely complied with the rules.

But now once the engineering school officially expands its enrollment, and even opens it to the public, it will turn an exception into a routine.

And since the enrollment of work-study students has been greatly expanded, will the number of graduates who are awarded officials be expanded?If it does not expand, would it be necessary to squeeze so many related households into a single-plank bridge?

If you follow up with the expansion of the quota...

Wouldn't that be equivalent to creating a new mechanism for selecting officials in addition to the imperial examination?

This is the fundamental battle between life and death!

At that time, let alone Jiao Shun's small shoulders of the sixth grade, even the emperor may not be able to bear it - when Emperor Longyuan wanted to promote craftsmen on a large scale, wouldn't he be pushed back by the ministers?
He thought about it for a long time, until Mrs. Xu reminded him that Jiao Shun remembered that he was still a guest at Xue's house, so he hurriedly got up and said, "Thank you for reminding me, madam, but this is a big matter, my nephew may have to think carefully before he can answer. At that time, I will entrust my mother to deliver the letter!"

After finishing speaking, he exchanged some polite words with Aunt Xue, and hurriedly left Xue's house with Mrs. Xu.

As soon as Jiao Shun left, Xue Baochai appeared behind the screen.

Seeing her daughter frowning her beautiful eyebrows and looking out the door thoughtfully, Aunt Xue quickly comforted her and said, "Since he said that he would send us a letter in two days, we should just wait for it, and don't even think about it." Too much, lest you get tired and sick again."

Xue Baochai shook his head slightly: "I'm afraid he already has an idea in his heart, but he just refuses to tell us clearly for the time being."

After a pause, he sighed again: "It seems that my thinking is too simple, I'm afraid this matter will involve a lot."

Although she was extremely intelligent, she had been exposed to business matters since she was a child, and she didn't have a thorough understanding of the officialdom, so she didn't correctly judge how much impact this matter had on Jiao Shun at first.

As soon as Aunt Xue heard this, she remembered her daughter's comment that Jiao Shun likes to take risks and feared that there would be disasters in the future, so she hurriedly asked with concern: "Then brother Shun will be all right?"

Xue Baochai shook his head slightly again: "It's hard to say, but since he has made a decision, he should have a way to deal with it."

This is, of course, a word of relief.

But at the same time, her previously vacillating mind suddenly became more at ease.

Although the Bao brothers are ineffective, the Rongguo Mansion is always safe.

But for the Xue family right now, what is more important than stability?

(End of this chapter)