The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 37
The silver moon hangs high, and the night is as cool as water.

The night was getting darker, but at this time the streets of Ningrong were still very lively.

Huge lanterns illuminated the entire Ningrong Street brightly, and maids and servants dressed in red and green walked back and forth.

The gates of Ningguo Mansion and Rongguo Mansion are all open, and there are more than ten gates at the gates to welcome people who are so busy that they don't touch the ground.

For Jia Jing's Marquis Banquet, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zhen originally discussed that they would have a three-day banquet, call all the old contacts in the past, hold a banquet in the Ningrong Second Mansion, and then invite officials and guests in the Ningguo Mansion (male guests), Rongguo Mansion invites only diners (female guests), and then puts up a flowing banquet on the side of Ningrong Street, whoever comes can sit and eat and drink at will.

Only in this way can it appear that Jia's mansion is a card!

Such extravagance and extravagance, showing off wantonly, made Jia Jing's scalp tingle.

The Jia family just climbed up from the pit of decline, and they put on such a grand and luxurious scene, who is this for?So ostentatious, who will you mess with if they don't mess with you?
Therefore, after Jia Jing learned of the plan of the Jia family's banquet guests, she immediately rejected it.

It's just that Jia Jing didn't expect that such a plan of attracting enemies and hatred was unanimously approved by Jia's family from Jia Mu to Jia Rong. They all thought it was very good, it should be so.

Pulled by such a group of teammates, Jia Jing sighed deeply. There is a long way to go to completely pull out the mess of the Jia family from the quagmire!

In particular, Jia She and Jia Zhen actually wanted to let Lai Da Lai Er and Lin Zhixiao's family take the lead in the end, and the servants of Ningrong and Rongfu joined forces to celebrate Jia Jing.

Regarding this, Jia Jing asked directly, "Where is the reason why the master asks his servants for money? Isn't it afraid of being laughed at if you say it?"

Jia She was ashamed and panicked.

In the end, under Jia Jing's insistence, the Jia family decided on a one-day banquet, and the guests to be invited were all old relatives of the family, or colleagues and neighbors, and those who were far away would not be invited first.

There was a lot of voices, and there were staggered toasts.

Jia Jing followed Lai Da into the main hall of the Ning Mansion, and what came into view was such a noisy and lively scene.

Seeing this, eight words suddenly flashed in Jia Jing's mind:
It was full of friends and relatives.

Seeing Jia Jing coming in, the voices in the hall stopped suddenly, and then a group of people came up to meet them.

There are Niu Jizong, the grandson of Zhen Guogong Niu Qing who is now the first-class uncle, Chen Ruiwen, the third-rank general Weilie, the grandson of Qi Guogong Chen Yi, and the third-rank Weiyuan general Ma Shangde, the grandson of Ma Kui, the ruling male...

The rest include the descendants of various county kings and marquis mansions, etc.

These people, together with the Jia family, Ningrong and Rongfu, together constitute the founding noble line of the Great Zhou Empire!
Jia Jing greeted them one by one.

Because in terms of seniority, these people who came here are all from Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng's generation, and Jia Jing can only be regarded as a junior among them, but those who can come today are all on good terms with the Jia family, and naturally no one is in Jia's family. Putting on airs in front of Jing made him really salute.

In addition, Jia Jing can be said to be the top position among the people in the hall, and he also commands the third battalion of the [-]th regiment battalion in Gyeonggi Province. When laughing, you always have to look up.

Jia Jing exchanged a few words with everyone, and then was held back by Niu Jizong to sit on the seat, "A year ago when the vanguard of the Zhenbei Army fought against the Tatars, Lord Hou bravely killed the enemy's commander, but he saved my family's ineffective The second one lives."

"Niu Shibo is so called by nature," Jia Jing said with a smile, "During the years when I was in the Zhenbei Army, it was thanks to the second brother of the Niu family who took care of me. When I left the Zhenbei Army, I also agreed with the second brother of the Niu family. The two families have to move around a lot, who would have thought that there will be so many things once they come back!"

"Naturally, the two families will have to move around a lot in the future!" Niu Jizong nodded and smiled.

Seeing the two chatting very happily, familiar people around them also came to toast one after another.Jia Jing is also unambiguous, the real thing is that no one will be rejected, come to drink one, come to two to drink a pair.

While it was bustling, Qiu Shi'an walked in from the outside.

"It's lively!"

Qiu Shi'an came over with a smile, "I heard that Lord Hou is celebrating here, the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor specially ordered our family to go to the inner library to pick out some things for Lord Hou, and give them to Lord Hou!"

Saying that, he took out a folder from his sleeve, handed it to Jia Jing, and then continued: "Marquis Zhaowu entertains guests, and our family has the audacity to ask for a glass of water and wine by the way!"

Jia Jing first thanked the two emperors in the palace for their rewards, then when she heard Qiu Shi'an's words, she also greeted with a smile: "It's an honor for Jia Jing to be able to come, please sit inside!"

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The dew is getting heavier, and the moon is in the middle.

The banquet in the Ning Mansion had already ended, and in the main hall, only Niu Jizong, Chen Ruiwen, Ma Shangde and others were sitting there, all of whom were the family leaders of the founding line that had never declined, and they also represented the entire founding line of nobles.

In the past, with the situation of the Jia family, they were naturally not qualified to participate in such gatherings, but whoever made Jia Jing of the Jia family rise up and be granted the title of Marquis Wu would naturally have another this qualification.

Sitting at the head is Niu Jizong, the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion has always been the leader of the founding nobles, and Niu Jizong is considered to be the most accomplished among the current generation who are in power in the various mansions. Naturally, Niu Jizong presided over every meeting of the founders and nobles.

"Taking advantage of today's opportunity of Marquis Zhaowu's grand banquet, we will gather everyone together to catch up on the old days, and to communicate with each other." Niu Jizong took a sip of the tea at hand and continued: "After the abolition of the prince back then, although some The two elders of the Jia family committed suicide in exchange for the forgiveness of the palace, but after all, the Supreme Emperor does not rely on trust to found the country as before."

"Not only that, in recent years, the military power of several of our families has also been deprived by the Supreme Emperor intentionally or unintentionally." At the beginning, it was also closer to those military meritorious officials who were entrusted later. There is pressure on both sides, and the founding line is a bit in a dilemma."

"If you want me to say, if it weren't for the great help of the ancestors of our families..." Xie Kun, the grandson of Dingcheng Hou who was the guerrilla general of the Beijing camp at the time, was indignant.

"Speak carefully!" Niu Jizong gave Xie Kun a hard look, and suppressed his subsequent words.

Ma Shangde of the Duke's Mansion asked hesitantly: "However, the attitude of the palace seems to have changed a while ago..."

Niu Jizong twirled his beard and said with a smile: "That's because the palace is slowly discovering now that only our founding lineage is the real good minister who is loyal to the emperor and the country!"

"The ambitions of those newly promoted nobles are not small. The emperor's health has been in poor health occasionally in the past two years, so he can't control them so much, and some people's petty thoughts will naturally emerge."

"As for those civil servants, Marquis Zhaowu, who has been out for a trip, knows the good deeds they have done!" As he spoke, Niu Jizong turned the topic on Jia Jing.

Jia Jing was also unambiguous, seeing that everyone was looking at him, he organized his thoughts and said: "This time I went to suppress the rebellion, I went to the Beizhili area first, and then moved to the north of Shandong. What I saw along the way was really shocking. Under the management of the civil servants, the tamarind horse system made the people of the two places feel miserable, which led to Liu Liu and Yang Hu's outrageous rebellion. It is estimated that the palace also realized that the civil servants were getting too big, so they began to prepare to guard against them. "

"If their sage masters know what these guys who read sage books have done, they will probably jump out of their coffins angrily!" Qiu Liang, who works in the Wucheng Military Division, laughed.

Niu Jizong also had a slight smile on his face, "Now the Supreme Emperor needs our founding lineage to suppress the new nobles, and the emperor also needs our power in Beijing to involve the civil servants. The two majesties probably understood at this time, only our founding One bloodline is truly one with the palace!!"

"No, they have already started to win us over!"

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