serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 127 Rumors
The auspicious snow heralds a good year, but this year's snow made the imperial court panic. There was a snow disaster in Gyeonggi. Shuntian prefecture has 21 counties in five prefectures, but [-] prefectures and counties have reported disasters. Many livestock died of freezing. There were even civilian casualties.

Opening warehouses to release grain, distributing porridge, and distributing warm clothes are all secondary. The relief supplies from the imperial court cannot be transported, and officials from the cabinet, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry are all fuming.

The emperor got angry and held a grand meeting yesterday, reprimanded the cabinet in front of all the officials, and even ordered the Ministry of Industry to dredge up the official channels, and if there was a civil uprising, all the officials of the Ministry of Industry would be dismissed and imprisoned.

After retiring from the court, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry led the left and right servants and the ministers of the various divisions out of the city to supervise. Even Jia Zheng went with him and did not return all night.

There was a lot of snow, and there was a vast expanse of whiteness everywhere.

The gate of Ningguo Mansion opened with a click, and then two servants came out with firecrackers on long poles, lit them by the door, and exploded with crackling flames.

Immediately afterwards, the gate of Rongguo Mansion was also opened, and two young servants walked out with crackling firecrackers.

Today is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, which is the northern Xiaonian, and it is a day for folks to sweep dust and worship stoves.

After the new year, the common people think that all the gods have gone to heaven, so there is nothing to be taboo. Therefore, it is a good day after the new year until New Year's Eve. ".

The door to the backyard of Ning'an Hall opened, and Jia Hu came out wearing a cloak and cloak, and walked quickly to the outer study.

In the outer study room, Jiao Da was lying on the ground and blowing air into the brazier. After a while, a large pot of charcoal was burning red.

Another pot of charcoal fire was ignited, Jiao Da picked up the iron tongs and put the red silver frost charcoal into the small stove, and then put the kettle on it.

As soon as Jia Hu lifted the cotton curtain, he saw Jiao Da who was busy. He was startled for a while, then walked in, and said, "From now on, I will let the servants do this kind of miscellaneous work. You just need to rest."

Jiao Da grinned, took the cloak in Jia Hu's hand and hung it on the hanger, and then said: "You can't let the servants come in casually in the outer study. Besides, I can do small things."

Jia Hu smiled, and stretched out his hand, "Please sit down." He walked to the desk and sat down.

Jiao Da hurriedly took out a cowhide envelope from his pocket and put it on the desk, "This is the information sent back from the homes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Imperial Academy, Imperial Academy, Mei Changwen, Wang Rulin and other officials."

Jia Hu took the envelope, took out a stack of intelligence records, and read them carefully one by one.

After reading the last picture, Jia Hu raised his head and thought about it silently. They were all trivial matters, and there was no important information. These civil servants gathered in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Mei Changwen’s house did not do any serious business, but chatting and reciting poems. Fu, and the study of history books and biographies.

I don't understand what they are going to do, no wonder it is said that civil servants have a lot of tricks.

Shi Ding definitely knew something, but he refused to say anything.

Jiao Da said: "Second Master."

Jia Hu came back to his senses and turned his gaze to him.

Jiao Da: "In the past two days, some words have been spread in restaurants and teahouses in Dongxi City, and I didn't realize that something was wrong."

Jia Hu frowned: "What are you talking about?"

"It was first reported from the Taihe Tower of the King of Yizhong County. It was said that the second master had the demeanor of a famous general in ancient times. They were all praises for the second master. It was said that the second master had made great achievements at a young age and had outstanding military talents. What? Invincible and invincible. It was nothing at the beginning, but then the wind direction became wrong. It is said that the second master expanded the territory and expanded thousands of miles, defeated the Mongols, defeated the Manchus, and forced the Ikezhao League to surrender, but it was just First-class Marquis of Jinjue, there must be treachery in the court. He also said that the second master's illness has a lot to do with it."

Jia Hu's face turned blue.

"I had someone arrest a few rogues behind their backs. They said that no one instructed them. The reason for the rumor was that they felt that the court was unfair and couldn't understand the faces of those officials."

"No one ordered?" Jia Hu's face changed suddenly.

Jiao Da nodded, and then said: "It's nothing, I'm afraid it will get worse in the future. If there are any scary rumors and gossip in the streets, it's hard to catch!"

Jia Hu was stunned and didn't say anything for a long time.

It was obvious that someone was setting up a trap, with the purpose of flattering and killing him.

Facing this kind of flattery, I can't remain indifferent, because this kind of flattery will make the emperor jealous.

Now the Jia family needs money and money, soldiers and soldiers, and the Chamber of Commerce still has a lot of food. If they have a high reputation among the people, anyone who sits on that chair will have doubts.

There are also those words that seem to be complaining for themselves, and they want to make themselves proud and complacent through excessive flattery, slowly destroy themselves, and arouse the resentment of others, especially other military generals.

Thinking of this, Jia Hu's eyes fell on the information again.

Jiao Da: "Second Lord?"

Jia Hu came back to his senses: "Yeah." He took a blank piece of paper, picked up a pen and wrote a few lines on it.

After finishing writing, Jia Hu picked it up and blew it up again, Jiao Da said: "Let these rumors spread throughout the eastern and western cities before noon."

Jiao Da took the paper and looked at it, was slightly startled, and then replied loudly: "Second Master, don't worry."

Jia Hu: "After the news spread, arrange for them to leave the capital immediately. Don't be careless."

Jiao Da: "Yes." He turned around and strode out.

A cold light flashed in Jia Hu's eyes, damn it, play public opinion war with me!
Bunch of scumbags!
Suddenly, Lin San's tired voice came from outside the door: "Second Master, I'm back."

Jia Hu stood up: "Come in."

Lin San walked in, his face covered in slush, he took out a cowhide envelope from his bosom, and handed it to Jia Hu: "The letter and marriage letter from the second son of the Xue family."

"You have worked hard, sit down and rest."

Jia Hu took the cowhide envelope, thought for a while, and then shouted: "Come on!"

A soldier walked in.

Jia Hu: "Go and find Xue Pan."

At the feet of the emperor, there is peace and tranquility.

The people outside the city suffered a disaster, but the life of the people inside the city continued as usual.

The New Year is getting closer, and those who have money and those who have no money will come out to buy New Year's goods, and the eastern and western cities are crowded with people at this time.

Snowflakes fluttered down from the sky.

The teahouse and restaurant on the street corner was full of people, discussing something cheerfully.

From time to time, someone came out in a hurry, and then disappeared in the snow and fog.

Zhongshun Palace
study
With a "snap", a tea bowl hit the ground, shards of tea foam splashed everywhere.

The chief eunuch and two young eunuchs standing next to him, as well as the boys who had just returned from the eastern and western cities, all lowered their heads and held their breath.

"Trash! A bunch of trash!"

King Zhongshun grabbed the inkstone on the desk and slammed it onto the ground!
The fragments of that inkstone pool splashed everywhere!

King Zhongshun suddenly coughed loudly.

The eunuch in charge was shocked: "Medicine! Get the medicine quickly!" He hurried forward and beat King Zhongshun on the back.

A young eunuch quickly brought out the medicine from the compartment.

Zhongshun Wang coughed and panted for a while, sat up straight, took the medicine and drank it in one gulp.

Chief eunuch: "My lord?"

King Zhongshun waved his hand: "It's all right." Then he said to the boys: "Go, find the rumour-mongers, and don't come back if you can't find them!"

"Yes." The servants backed out with a bitter face.

Qianqing Palace, go to the study.

"The Criminal Commissioner has checked this matter. These rumors are spread by word of mouth and gossip in the streets, so it's hard to catch." At this point, Dai Quan looked at the emperor, "As for the people talking about the royal family in private...More You can't mobilize teachers and move people, this is... this is the ancestor's instruction!"

Emperor Jianwu's face sank: "It's all for them to ruin the reputation of Zhen and King Zhongshun, and they can't even include the queen mother." He slapped the imperial case and said to the eunuch who was kneeling in the palace: "Check! Let me find this shameless villain!"

The chief eunuch of the Criminal Division: "Yes." He kowtowed, got up and retreated towards the gate of the palace.

Dai Quan took a careful look at the emperor. A few days earlier, the Criminal Division came to report that there were some rumors in the eastern and western cities. After the emperor heard about it, he didn't ask people to investigate.

However, bad news came from the Criminal Division just now. Rumors spread to the royal family, saying that the reason why Jia Hu did not have the title of Duke of the Jin Dynasty was because of King Zhongshun.

King Zhongshun hated the Jia family because of a woman, and has always been against the Jia family. This time, in order to prevent Jia Hu from becoming the Duke of the state, King Zhongshun knelt in the Palace of Compassion and Forced him to die. In the end, the emperor was forced to agree to suppress Jia Hu.

Such rumors are all good, and some rumors are unsavory.

(End of this chapter)