Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 55
And the situation is not as bad as Jia Lian thought. My uncle still needs Jia Lian to support Mr. Xu!How could it be possible for Jia Lian to be wronged so easily?

The uncle whose painting style has changed forced to put on a scheming look and said.

"Oh, what Master Xu has done can make everyone in Honglu Temple angry and resentful!"

Zhang Erhe still had some hope for this Honglu Temple Minister;
A dull-minded scholar has lost his mind for reading. At most, he just wants to save face and enjoy himself, and he can't do anything big.

But he didn't want Jia Lian to nod wildly.

"Yeah, yeah! To say you are angry and angry is an understatement!"

Jia Lian was deliberately trying to scare his uncle. He now gave Jia Lian enough time to think. Jia Lian understood that only the more severe the situation was, the more resources he could invest in the rescue, and the more benefits he would get.

As for the truth, it doesn't matter. I don't know it anyway, it's all just hearsay.

The situation was indeed as Jia Lian expected. Hearing what this nephew said, his uncle, who was holding Zhizhu in his arms a second ago, almost jumped out of his chair.

"What! Tell me, what is this guy named Xu doing?"

Zhang Erhe doesn't think that Jia Lian dares to lie to him. This kid was promoted by himself and he definitely doesn't have the guts. But Jia Lian said so, which shows that the situation may be much more serious than he thought.

It doesn't matter what his last name is Xu, but if it affects the emperor's plan, the Zhang family will be completely ruined.

The cousin on the side smiled even more meaningfully when he saw his uncle like this.

This officialdom is an invisible network, and the people in it are just knots on the network. It's just the position and the size of the knot.

My cousin is from the school clan camp, but these camps are intertwined with each other. No one has relatives and friends from a few clans, aristocratic families, Qingliu, eunuchs, and noble families.

Gray is the background color of officialdom. It is not simply black or white. Don't think of officialdom as white and flawless, and don't think of officialdom as pitch-black.

But in the final analysis, his own interests represent the interests of the camp, and the interests of the camp affect his own interests. Seeing the misfortune of his uncle from the eunuch and the sycophant faction, my cousin is naturally satisfied.

But if the uncle can provide some benefits, then it is normal for him to help his relatives but not to take care of the family. If he can help his uncle within the limit and get some benefits by the way, he will not be criticized.

So my cousin smiled, covered his almost unbearable smile with a tea bowl, and interjected.

"Oh, this old Xu was a Jinshi conferred by the Supreme Emperor during his reign. He devoted himself to writing history and checking history books for decades in the Hanlin Academy. He wrote quite a few good articles while serving as an official. How come he got to Hong Kong? But the temple is holding back people!"

My cousin meant to give Jia Lian some guidance. Fortunately, Jia Lian had gone through various power structures during the days he came to the Red Mansion and understood what his cousin meant.

If the Imperial Academy is equivalent to a centrally organized school, then the Hanlin Academy is equivalent to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Engineering.It's just that many administrative functions overlap between the two.

In the eyes of my cousin, the translation of Mr. Xu's resume is that he was lucky enough to get a master's degree in his early years, so he joined the archives of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was responsible for copying newspapers. He spent half his life writing nonsense articles to scare people away. It was a lifetime of work. Academic, a guy who somehow gained real power.

It seems that Master Xu is not popular in my cousin's heart.

This gave Jia Lian more room to play.

"Uncle, you don't know that Honglu Temple used to be a harmonious place when Mr. Zhang was here. Mr. Zhang was a capable person and won a lot of benefits for Honglu Temple." Jia Lian said, thinking about the time when he was a child. The official fooled himself into a state of daze, and then learned to show it to his uncle.

"Hmm~"

Speaking of this, Jia Lian deliberately hesitated for a while. The hesitation of the Honglu Temple official aroused Jia Lian's curiosity, and Jia Lian also wanted to use this trick on his uncle!
As expected, my uncle asked hurriedly.

"What happened next? If Bing Jing Huo Jing is too big, what kind of trouble could it cause?"

Seeing that his uncle was really anxious, Jia Lian understood that the heat was coming and said in one breath.

"That's it. Uncle, don't underestimate this. Other yamen use the scattered silver as a pastime, but everyone in Honglu Temple depends on the silver to live!"

Jia Lian, who was speaking, tried his best to describe the importance attached to this silver by everyone in Hongjun Temple as if it were life and death.Then he started pouring dirty water on Mr. Xu.

"That's not the key. The key is that once Mr. Zhang leaves, the benefits will stop. The new Mr. Xu doesn't have the ability to ask for benefits, but he is still enjoying the previous treatment!"

Obedient, Zhang Erhe finally understood. This person named Xu was like a new official in Hongjun Temple, arrogant and arrogant, but he was contradicted by everyone.

Seeing his uncle gritting his teeth, Jia Lian continued to add fire.

"If the subordinate officials cannot do it, Master Xu will either scold or hold him to account. This will make everyone in Hongjun Temple miserable, and everyone is plotting how to get rid of Master Xu!"

Jia Lian learned what the clerks at Honglu Temple said to fool him, and used it to fool his uncle. At the same time, he added some fuel and jealousy, and described Honglu Temple as looking for someone who could fill the hole. Get rid of this Master Xu.

Because this is more logical.

Jia Lian could see through the two sons who were fooling Jia Lian, so it was unrealistic to expect them to fool his uncle.

It's better to make it clear in advance. Honglu Temple is completely dark and there is no clean person at all. And the new Mr. Xu doesn't understand the rules, which makes Honglu Temple unable to hold on and is about to explode.

Then he taught his uncle how the little official was fooling him about his current situation, and his uncle, who could understand it himself, would naturally understand it too.The rest depends on how uncle will deal with the Hongmeng Temple matter.

Whether his uncle is wiping Mr. Xu's butt to gain benefits or ruthlessly adjusting the power structure within Honglu Temple, it is not something Jia Lian can control.

However, no matter which choice, there are always benefits for Jia Lian.Because whether my uncle is fighting for welfare or adjusting the power structure, the benefits will not fall behind Mr. Xu and himself, his own pair.

So, it doesn't matter what my uncle does next.Just wait for the results.

And this answer really made Zhang Erhe tangled. If it is true as Jia Lian said, then fighting for welfare for Mr. Xu is the easiest way.

However, this method only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. What Zhang Erhe wants is someone who can control Honglu Temple and prepare for Honglu Temple to transform from a fringe organization to a real power department in the future.

And a leader who succumbs because of exclusion will definitely not be able to control the situation.

(End of this chapter)