dream of red mansion

Chapter 260
"Emperor Shengming!"

In the South Study Room of the Daming Palace, Cui Wenlong, the former Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the current cabinet minister, said to the Emperor Zhengqing who was behind the case with a full face of joy.

Although Cui Wenlong is an extremely personable minister, he looks obviously different from the other ministers in the cabinet, he looks much younger.In fact, he is indeed younger than He Shanbao, Fang Shou, etc., but only in his early fifties.It is quite rare to enter the cabinet at this age, not to mention unique.Therefore, he wholeheartedly loyal to Emperor Zhengqing who appreciated and promoted him.

After the court drama ended, Emperor Zhengqing was supposed to accompany the Supreme Emperor's Luanjia to serve him.It's just that the Supreme Emperor sympathized with him after a busy day and ordered him to go back to the palace to rest earlier, so that he was free.

At this time, looking at Cui Wenlong who was looking at him respectfully, Emperor Zhengqing smiled and said, "Oh, Cui Aiqing knows my intentions? Why don't you tell me."

Cui Wenlong was the only person who got into the cabinet when he took the throne, and he was the only one.Cui Wenlong did not disappoint his painstaking efforts. Over the years, he has really helped him with a lot of things. Otherwise, with the Supreme Emperor still alive, he would be overwhelmed by all the old ministers.

So, he doesn't mind showing some respect to those who work for him.

Cui Wenlong put away his smiling face, and said seriously: "The emperor's actions today, in my opinion, have at least achieved four goals."

Emperor Zhengqing was surprised, and said: "Oh, tell me." He didn't expect so much.

Cui Wenlong said: "First of all, for the grand birthday of the Supreme Emperor, the Emperor personally took care of everything and prepared it properly, which fully demonstrated your pure filial piety. I believe the Supreme Emperor must know this.

Secondly, when the Supreme Emperor showed his love for Jia's son, the emperor immediately gave him a lot of grace and added high-ranking officials to make him enter the court. This is the best move! "

"Tell me."

"First, there are many rumors in the ruling and opposition circles, saying that since the emperor took the throne, he has neglected many veteran officials of the Supreme Emperor, especially the nobles headed by the four kings and eight princes who have given the Supreme Emperor's favor... ..."

"It's just nonsense! They are all greedy for pleasure and don't think about making progress. Is it possible that I will confess them? If they can be like Rong'er, why can't I tolerate others?"

Emperor Zhengqing said quite angrily.

"What the emperor said is very true. It's just that everyone's words make money, and we have to pay attention to this fallacy. Just like today, if the emperor insists on favoring Jia Qing, he can effectively combat this kind of speech.

After all, Jia Qing is the queen of the dignified Hachiko.Now that the emperor has shown his intention to reuse him so much, among other things, at least the descendants of the Taishanghuang and the four princes and eight princes can see clearly the emperor's mind.

In addition, there is another point, does the emperor know that Jia Qing is the closed disciple of Elder Fang Ge? "

Emperor Zhengqing obviously didn't know, and said, "There is such a thing?"

"It is true. If so, Lord Fang will definitely be grateful to the emperor Long En."

Emperor Zhengqing didn't want to have such a relationship, so he couldn't help being a little happy.You must know that although Fang Shou was the latest to join the cabinet, Cui Wenlong couldn't compare to him in terms of qualifications or prestige among scholars in the world.This is also the reason why he went all the way to transfer Fang Shou to the cabinet in the first place.

It's just that Fang Shou is quite stubborn, perhaps also called the arrogance of a literati. Although he is grateful for his "kindness to know you" and has indeed done a lot for him over the years, he seems to be reluctant to fight for power in the court into too deep.When discussing politics in the imperial court, they always discuss the matter according to the facts, adhering to the public heart.

Of course, Emperor Zhengqing did not blame him for this.If Fang Shou was a superficial literati, he would not treat him so attentively.

Now knowing the relationship between him and Jia Qing, hehe, it seems that being kind to Jia Qing is not necessarily a compromise to the Supreme Emperor. Jia Qing may be his man, Emperor Zheng Qing thought in his heart.

Seeing that Cui Wenlong said hesitantly: "Just one thing, I am a little worried. The emperor transferred Master Fang's eldest disciple to the capital half a year ago, intending to make him serve as the military envoy of the capital, and at this time he made an exception to promote Jia Qing is in charge of the Ministry of Military Affairs, the military counselor. It may cause Mr. Fang to suffer criticism from the government and the public, and it will be detrimental to Qing's reputation..."

Emperor Zhengqing knew what Cui Wenlong meant, and he meant that Fang Shou's intention to win over was too obvious and not in line with the rules.But he didn't care, instead he sneered and said, "Criticism? Then let them criticize. As long as Sun Da has the courage and ability, when the time comes in the future, why not both master and apprentice join the cabinet?"

After finishing speaking, he probably also knew that this kind of tone should not come from a rational and calm king. He glanced at Cui Wenlong who bowed his head and said nothing, and changed the subject: "Tell me your last point."

Cui Wenlong listened, sorted out his thoughts, and said: "The last point is my own opinion. Although Jia Qing is young and comes from a wealthy family, he is quite different from others.

From the humble minister's point of view, the emperor can take him into his pocket and train him. Perhaps, he will become a capable minister in the future.

The most important thing is that right now he may be able to do one thing for the emperor."

Emperor Zhengqing narrowed his eyes and asked, "What's the matter?"

"About Lin Ruhai's play"

Jia Qing thought about the whereabouts of Wu Xian'er and others all the way, and soon arrived within the range of Rongning Second Mansion.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and there were only a few vendors on the street who had finished their work late, pushing their carts to go home, looking a little clean.

"Huh? That person was Jia Rui just now?"

Jia Qing rode at the front, and suddenly saw a figure jumping out from the opposite side of the street, behind Ningguo Mansion, [-] paces ahead, hurriedly going forward, Er, turned into a small gate behind Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Qing recognized that it was Jia Dairu's house, but he didn't see the figure running past clearly, so he asked Wang Shun who was getting off his horse.

"It seems to be Master Rui. It's so late, what is he doing in the mansion over there?" Wang Shun also asked suspiciously.

When Jia Qing heard this, he suddenly seemed to think of something, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he reined in his horse, lowered his body, and said mysteriously: "You follow him quietly, see what he is doing, come back and tell Me. If someone in the mansion over there asks about you, just say that I called you, and only tell Second Lord Bao not to forget to come over here tomorrow, and then go to my teacher's mansion to attend lectures together. "

"Good."

Although Wang Shun didn't understand why Jia Qing wanted to know Jia Rui's whereabouts all of a sudden, he didn't argue, agreed and followed Jia Rui's direction.

Here Jia Qing led the rest of the people into Ningguo Mansion through the back corner gate.

"Second Master, what is this?"

After entering the mansion, seeing that Jia Qing handed over the words bestowed by the Supreme Emperor to the woman who was waiting for orders, obviously intending to bring them back to Yipintang, Lai Sheng couldn't help reminding.

Jia Qing said: "What?"

"Second Master, the characters bestowed by the imperial pen are to be put into the ancestral hall, and the characters "Jun" will be used as plaques later. You."

Jia Qing said displeased: "I just got something, can I take it back and have a look?"

Lai Sheng said embarrassingly: "Okay, of course, Er Ye just take it back and look at it."

Only then was Jia Qing satisfied, and said again: "As for making the plaque, you should arrange someone to come first, and I'll let you take a look at it later, don't damage it, it's worth a lot of money, I'm worried that you won't be able to pay it back." rise!"

Lai Sheng was rather uneasy when he said it, and said: "Second Master was joking, how dare the little one break it? I'm afraid that the sum of my wealth and life will not be enough to pay for it."

He has already seen that Jia Qing probably has no intention of enshrining it in the ancestral hall
After explaining to Lai Sheng again, after arranging work, Jia Qing went back to the mansion surrounded by maidservants.

Those who wanted to go to You's courtyard only heard the servant girl say: Grandma is in the second master's courtyard.

So, I went straight to Yipintang.Sure enough, not only Youshi, but also Qinshi and their respective maids and servants were in Yipintang. When Jia Qing entered the courtyard, he saw such a large group of people.

"It's just to go out for a meal, and you come to my house in such a hurry to look for it? You are the master's grandma, so naturally you can go anywhere, but it's just hard for the girls in my yard! It's so easy that I'm not there for a day, and I could have stolen it. You are a leisurely person, who knows that you will still have to serve others!"

Jia Qing said to You Shi and Qin Shi dissatisfied.Originally thought that he would be retaliated, but who knows, they just looked at him without saying a word, their eyes were full of jokes.

Jia Qing was taken aback and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Talking and looking at other people.Xie Luan didn't speak, and went to pick up the things in the woman's hand, Pei Feng pouted, looking a little unhappy, even Cui Liu standing in front looked at him with a funny face.

Youshi laughed and said: "It turns out that the second uncle is afraid that the girls in the courtyard will be tired, so it's hard to bother! If the second uncle feels that there is a shortage of people in the house, ask someone to tell me, and I will assign it to the second uncle." Why go out and look for it by yourself?"

Jia Qing was even more puzzled, and said uncomfortably, "What am I looking for?"

He made up his mind in his heart that if these bastards dare to team up to tease him, he must treat him well. Just as he was thinking about it, he saw Youshi and Qinshi each moved a position to the two sides, revealing their backs situation.

Jia Qing suddenly turned off his thoughts.Because behind the two of them, two pretty girls stood among the colorful Ningguo Mansion women, their faces were red, and they seemed a little embarrassed.

It was the big and small Shuang'er who disappeared with Wu Xian'er.

(End of this chapter)