Picturesque Rivers and Mountains in the Red Chamber

Chapter 434 6.5 The meaning of Wu Xun’s top management

Volume VI

6.5 The meaning of Wu Xun’s senior management

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, there was a small courtyard on Gonghou Street, Jia Lian’s outer house.

"Haha, when Ziyang comes over this time, my place is officially open." Zhou Yang was the last one to come over this time. As soon as he walked in, he saw Jia Lian coming up to him with a big smile, "Originally, Brother Niu called everyone to gather together. I was looking for a restaurant, and my brother's yard had just been taken over, so everyone came over to help me warm it up. All the food and drinks were arranged for me.

It's good for you, kid. It's a little later and we're all ready to serve the food and start the feast. You just came here. If brother Wei hadn't explained it to you, the other brothers would have thought that you, the commander-in-chief, didn't come. He was shouting about wealth and forgot about poverty. Brother, you said you delayed everyone for so long, how many fines are you going to punish? "

"Brother Lian, forgive me, have you received the little gift this morning?" Zhou Yang didn't answer the question of the fine wine at all, and turned to another matter, "Jiangnan is far away after all, no matter how fast you go back and forth, you still have to go." It's been more than half a month, not counting the time to do things over there; I have found two helpers from Jinmen, so I can't leave this yard without someone to take care of it."

"Xue Zihao is worthy of Huitong Tianxia. Brother Zhou arranged the matter mentioned by Brother Tianlian the day before yesterday. I also met those two. I am afraid that in the capital, you are the only one who dares to say what kind of 'additional head' it is." Probably. The two of them were talking louder in the yard, and Feng Ziying had already followed them out to greet them, "Even if I leave them at Yun'er's place, I'm afraid they can still be ranked among the top three."

"Brother Ziying is polite." Zhou Yang smiled and cupped his hands, without mentioning anything about the plot. To be honest, the Shenwu General Feng Jialuotuo was like this. He could take half of the responsibility, and even if he had a grudge, he could take revenge. "If you need it, I can arrange it, but I don't know if Uncle Feng can beat people."

"Oh, that's enough for you three. Even if it's sunny outside, don't you feel cold?" At this moment, the voice coming from the living room made Zhou Yang's face change, "Brother-in-law is also really giving this and that. , I didn’t expect that my place would be empty too, and being held in the camp by you for such a long time, I’m almost exhausted.”

"Don't look at me, I don't know." Seeing Zhou Yang's sharp gaze, Feng Ziying waved her hands quickly, "You and your relatives should discuss matters themselves. Outsiders like us can't get involved. Besides, before today, I I haven’t met Brother Wenlong either, so if you have any questions, you should ask them yourself.”

"Didn't Aunt Xue's family come to sit down two days ago and mentioned Brother Wenlong?" Jia Lian quickly took over the conversation, "Brother Wei just heard your sister-in-law mention that he also has time to play, why don't we call together?" Are you here to sit down? To put it bluntly, you have the reputation of being a Qianhu, and even though you rely on Brother Zhou for help, you can't keep it locked up forever, right?"

"Since it's Brother Lian's intention, I won't say anything." Zhou Yang frowned, but still reluctantly agreed. He was worried that something would happen to Xue Pan, so he had been locked up in the military camp. This kind of thing could not be done. Said, what's more, it's almost the Chinese New Year now, so we can't just let him go home and have a look, right?As a result, it slipped out again accidentally.

Jia Lian's courtyard is a typical large one. It has five main rooms with wing rooms, three wing rooms in the east and west, and four reverse rooms except the courtyard gate. They are distributed in three directions from east to west across the courtyard gate. It's about fifteen or fourteen feet long, so the area is really quite large. All the people here today are distinguished people, so the banquet was naturally placed in the main hall of the main room.

There were not many guests, including the younger generation from seven families except Ningguo Mansion, plus Feng Ziying, Han Qi, Wei Ruolan, and now Xue Pan. The seats were basically arranged according to official positions, and Zhou Yang was not polite. He sat directly on the main seat in the middle. Although everyone else had complicated expressions, there was no one who didn't have a good eye.

"Come on, come on, it just so happened that the two 'additional people' sent by Brother Zhou have just arrived. I originally planned to ask Yun'er to send a few people over, but now it saves trouble." Jia Lian's words made the whole audience look weird, and Zhou Yang sent him two servants, who were obviously the people in the house. No one expected that he would be used as a house girl. "You two just came here. I don't know who is good at what, so I just picked the ones I can sing." A few paragraphs.”

"Brother Lian, isn't your yard used as a building?" Zhou Yang interrupted him angrily, "My brothers are getting together, and you still want to have an open party? I think your food and drinks are pretty good. , brothers can just have something to eat and drink together, what do you want them to do here? If any brother leaks, aren't you afraid that the whole capital will know about it? "

Jia Lian frowned visibly, and finally waved his hands to signal the two "additional people" to leave. Xue Pan was even more reluctant to leave, but after someone looked at him, he honestly chose to sit down and listen; fortunately, they were the only ones at the scene. Hobbies, soon as the food and wine were consumed, the atmosphere in the living room gradually became lively.

"Brother Zhou, I have some ideas for calling everyone together this time." Finally, after drinking for three rounds, Niu Ben and the others looked at each other and said, "This matter was indeed done by each family. It’s not appropriate, but the older generation will just deal with it. Can our brothers be let go? If it really takes three generations, who will remember who?"

"Brother Niu, it's not that I don't want to help. In fact, according to the rules, the actions of the uncles are not wrong, but no one thought that this time there would be such a big mess." Zhou Yang looked at the last seat of Jingpei Chen Yejun, Han Qi, and Ma Xin really don't want to meddle in other people's business, "If the late emperor was here, at most a few reprimands would be enough, and even this point can be saved, but now" the wine table was silent for a moment, Even Xue Pan, who was careless and drank a lot, didn't have the guts to speak up. This incident directly sacrificed an emperor. How many people are not allowed to vent their anger on the royal family?The relationship between Zhou Yang and the royal family is indeed very good, but there is no need for them to take such a big risk, just to save face for others, the investment and return are completely out of proportion.

"Brother Zhou, of course Brother Niu and I understand what you mean." Seeing that Niu Ben was blocked back, Liu Dong could only answer, "We don't dare to plead too much. Can you please say a word for me? When a few young people get a chance, they don't say anything about their position, they just say that they are allowed to perform meritorious service and be sent to the Prince of Beijing to listen to them. Even the lowest Qiu Ba is fine."

Zhou Yang frowned, and then he understood what Wuxun's senior management meant. Chen Ruiwen, Han Chuan and Ma Shang were all hopeless, so they had to focus on the younger generation first, because these three families all had a policy that "the third generation is not allowed to use it." This rule must be broken. As long as three people are sent to the Pingbei Army, it will not take long to "make meritorious service". According to convention, it is difficult to say that there is a real shortage of more than [-] households. Don't go too far when trying [-] households, general banners, etc. Simple.

"Brothers, you all know what happened to me. If you want to break it off directly, you can only say that you are overthinking it." Zhou Yang first glanced at Chen Yejun, who was worried, and after thinking about it for a long time, he still had no choice but to speak. With this person here, if he is completely It would be too unkind to refuse, "Don't think about bothering Prince Beijing, there is no chance, or to be honest, there is no chance.

In this way, I will talk to His Highness Yongchang for you and see if you can be given the title of fourth-class guard (seventh grade) by Long Jinwei. I don’t expect to do anything now. His Highness will soon ascend the throne. Naturally, the next step will be the big wedding, and there will be at least two amnesties for the world in two or three years. You will take the opportunity to go to the four princes' houses. The hard-working princess and the concubine will take the lead, and the family members of each family will pray to the queen together. There is no need to do the rest. Did I say that? "

The eyes of all the disciples lit up and they all smiled. This method is actually not unusual. The difficulty lies in the first step. Without this step to get an official position, even if there is a chance to plead for mercy in the future, the most they can do is get a "pardon". Not to mention the delay of two or three years, we will have to start all over again in the end. If we consider the changes in the past two or three years, it is difficult to say what the outcome will be.

"Brother Zhou, let's go!" Chen Yejun sighed softly, and did not mention the title of "junior brother" again. After speaking, he picked up the wine bowl with three ounces and drank it all in one gulp, followed closely by Ma Xin and Han Qi. After the three of them finished drinking, they didn't say anything more. They stood up and left directly, obviously going back to discuss with their adults.

"Brother Ziying, where are you?" Four people took care of three of them, but the remaining one was too ugly. Zhou Yang stopped being pretentious and asked Feng Ziying directly.

"My place is too special, so I won't bother Brother Zhou." Feng Ziying picked up the wine bowl with a wry smile, and just looked at his expression, and everyone understood that the Feng family had greeted the Supreme Emperor. There must be some arrangement; it’s just that outsiders have no way of knowing the specifics.

Since Feng Tang was arranged to be "promoted" to the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, Qi Jianhui easily played both soft and hard ways, taking control of the Imperial Forest Army, and finally revoked the name of the Imperial Guard Army. The entire defense force in the palace is collectively called the Imperial Forest Army. Qi Jianhui was naturally promoted from the original "commander envoy" to "commander", and then he just needs to clean up slowly. Feng Tang and Feng Ziying are all out of place, but they won't be abolished directly.

"Oh, you just can't take any time off. How can I be like my brother? If I hadn't been pressed on the head by my brother-in-law." Xue Pan saw that they all looked like they were "lucky", and he complained disdainfully, but he didn't finish his sentence. Being pressed by someone's gaze, I had no choice but to pick up the wine bowl and drink it all in one gulp, saying with a flattering look on my face, "My brother-in-law is right, my brother-in-law is right."

"Ziyang, Brother Wenlong is a brother-in-law, so why do you insist on suppressing him?" Jia Lian was also drunk at this time, and said with dissatisfaction, "Anyway, the Xue family has a lot of money, but also Can you miss that little expense? Besides, if he returns home, won't it save you trouble? "

"Second brother Lian, brother Wenlong is not only my uncle, but also the head of the Xue family in Jinling." Zhou Yang looked at the others. Although they were confused at first, they all understood after hearing these two sentences. The remaining Jia Lian and Xue Pan were still confused, so they had no choice but to continue explaining, "The Xue brand is the property of the Xue family, and my younger brother can at best be regarded as the trustee.

If there is someone who does not know how to kill him, or kidnaps or controls him, ask him to sign some documents or notes, and he will be able to handle the matter with the Xuezihao. Even if the younger brother disagrees, he will not be able to get it from the government. To win the lawsuit, last time in Jinling, he almost let Jia Yucun plot against him just because he was competing for a maid. How could the younger brother dare to rest assured? "

"It turns out that the prefect of Jinling committed suicide because of Brother Zhou." Liu Dong smiled slightly, picked up the wine bowl and drank it, "If you have the guts to scheme against Brother Wenlong, he is indeed a fool who doesn't know how to die. I heard that he is a fellow clan member of the Jia family?"

After saying this, Zhou Yang and Jia Lian frowned at the same time, and the atmosphere at the scene became obviously colder. After that, everyone started chatting about romantic affairs, and no more serious business was said.

(End of this chapter)