Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 103 Every family has a hard-to-read scripture
Jia Rui supported Xue Baochai, and the husband and wife walked into the inner study.

When he came in, he saw Xue Pan, sitting there evasively, not daring to look at Jia Rui.

Jia Rui glanced at him angrily. If this guy hadn't been kind to him before and was his uncle, he would have beaten him out with his current temper.

Seeing that Jia Rui didn't have an attack immediately, Xue Pan relaxed immediately, then licked his face and moved a chair there.

"Brother-in-law is back, you are tired, sit down quickly."

Jia Rui didn't sit down immediately, but helped Xue Baochai there, sat down first, and then glanced at Xue Pan again.

Xue Pan also had sharp eyesight now, and immediately moved another chair and put it next to Xue Baochai.

Jia Rui just sat down.

At this time, Xue Pan began to serve Jia Rui tea and water, and his attentiveness was no worse than that of the boy below.

Jia Rui was so troubled by Xue Pan's rascals that he couldn't help it. He took the teacup he handed over, took a sip and said:
"Tell me, what's going on to bother your sister?"

Xue Pan rubbed his hands and said coyly: "It's not that I have a good friend who told me that the job of delivering pork to the palace is a good job, so I asked my brother-in-law."

Jia Rui put the teacup in his hand on the table next to him, and said, "Don't associate with him in the future, I think he is trying to harm you!"

"Brother-in-law, you can speak clearly and don't accuse others casually." Xue Pan got a little angry, moved a chair and sat down casually, without looking at Jia Rui.

"You know it's bad to fertilize the meat for the palace, don't others know? Why hasn't anyone fought for it for so many years?"

"Isn't that because their relationship is not as strong as ours? Based on your relationship with the Supreme Emperor, can this little thing be done?"

Jia Rui sighed, and looked at Xue Baochai next to him, seeing Xue Baochai's eyes was also helpless.

"What do you know? You know how many relationships you have to establish to send pork to the palace. You have to take care of hundreds of people. With your temperament, you don't know how many people you will offend. I'm afraid chickens will fly at you."

Xue Pan was unconvinced and wanted to refute, but Jia Rui interrupted him directly.

"Okay, don't mention this again."

Now Jia Rui's official position is getting bigger and bigger, and his official prestige has begun to rise. Xue Pan was stopped in one sentence and did not dare to say anything.

After all, Xue Baochai felt sorry for her brother. Seeing Xue Pantou's dejected and useless look, she gently tugged on Jia Rui's clothes.

"Our family's business is really bad. You can find a way to say something to me."

Jia Rui frowned, "Isn't your palace flower business doing well?"

"Gonghua's business has been divided into two, and the profit has been reduced by half. In addition, other businesses in the family are losing money, and some can't support it."

Jia Rui hesitated.

Up and down in this palace, who doesn't know himself and the emperor's favorite minister?

Who doesn't know the relationship between himself and Dai Quan?
Now someone dares to take half of Xue Pan's business. Isn't this breaking ground on Tai Sui's head?
Jia Rui frowned and said, "I'll go to the palace tomorrow and mention this matter to Eunuch Dai Quan."

After hearing this, Xue Pan finally had a gleam of joy on his face. Although he didn't get the business of selling pork, the return of the palace flower business can be regarded as a little compensation.

Jia Rui looked at Xue Pan with a happy face, and felt that he had to hit him again.

"That friend who gave you advice, don't associate with him in the future. This is pushing you into a trap!"

Xue Pan muttered a few words, but Jia Rui didn't hear clearly, and asked with staring eyes, "What are you talking about?"

To be honest, Xue Pan is really afraid of his brother-in-law now. Hearing my, Jia Rui's unkind tone, he quickly replied:
"I said I got it, and I will break up with him when I go back."

"Yeah." Jia Rui replied casually.

Then I remembered what the Supreme Emperor said about visiting relatives in the palace today. This is a money-making business. If the planning is done properly, you should get a lot of money.

It's better to let Xue Pan do the business, let him get the money, and save him from running around.

Now Jia Rui's mind, as long as Xue Pan can be honest and not go out to make troubles, he will spend time at home, and Jia Rui also recognizes it.

"You have brought in some wood, rockery, and bricks and tiles during this period of time."

"What are you doing with these things? They take up space and don't make money, and you have to pay a huge purchase fee."

Xue Baochai, who had been silent all this time, couldn't stand it anymore. Would his husband still cheat him?
"If you are told to buy, you will buy. Why ask more questions?" Xue Baochai said with a sullen face, staring at Xue Pan.

Now Xue Pan was completely suppressed by the couple, "Okay, okay, don't be angry, just buy the goods."

"That's good. You go back and get ready. I won't keep you here if I have something else to do today."

As he spoke, Jia Rui picked up the teacup on the table and gestured.

Xue Pan was humiliated by Jia Rui, stood up angrily, turned around and left.

When Xue Pan was gone, Xue Baochai said with some worry: "Will I lose money when purchasing wood, rockery, rocks and other items?"

The reason why Xue Baochai asked this was because she knew that her family couldn't stand the trouble, and if she lost more money, she might have to mess with her family.

"Don't worry, I won't let him lose money if I tell him to buy wood and rockery."

Then, Jia Rui told Xue Baochai about the emperor's plan to let the concubines in the palace visit their relatives.

Xue Baochai was also a clever person, Jia Rui just mentioned it, and immediately understood what these building materials were used for.You must know that concubines visit relatives is not a trivial matter, and it is natural to have a Chongyu Bieyuan when you go home to visit relatives.

But now where there is such a thing in everyone's home, it has to be built immediately. In this way, materials, artificial rocks and other things are naturally needed.

Sure enough, there was someone in the court who wanted to be an official, and Jia Rui was there to support him. As long as the slightest bit of news about the court was revealed, the family would make a lot of money even if they were doing serious business.

Xue Baochai was completely relieved now.

Then, Xue Baochai personally helped Jia Rui change his clothes, and then went to the back to salute Jia Dairu and Mrs. Wang.

Afterwards the family had dinner.

After dinner, Jia Rui went to the front study on the grounds that he still had some business to do.

After entering the study, Jia Rui coughed, and his personal servant Wangcai rushed over immediately.

"Master, what are your orders?"

"Find a time to go to Rongguo Mansion and talk to Grandma Lian over there, and tell her to buy more wood, rockery, bricks and tiles."

Wangcai rolled his eyes, and then immediately called Qian: "I'll do it now, little one."

Jia Rui nodded, waved his hand, let Wangcai go out, took a book and sat there to read, until the moon was high, then he put down the book and went back to the backyard.

The next day, before dawn, Jia Rui had to get up, put on official uniforms under the service of Xue Baochai and others, and came to the front yard, where eight palanquins were ready.

Today is Jia Rui's first day to go to court, so Jia Rui prepared to ride in the sedan chair according to the rules of civil servants.

In the dark night, the eight-carriage sedan walked out of the mansion, escorted by guards at the front and back, and illuminated by a lantern with a dead wind.

Along the way we came to the palace gate.

After getting off the sedan here, the guards and others waited outside. Jia Rui entered the palace by himself, and then was guided by the eunuch to the court room outside Qianqing Gate.

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the court room, four or five guards from the Qianqing Gate came to salute Jia Rui.

These are today's small stewards, and they are also Jia Rui's subordinates. When they see their immediate superiors, they naturally want to come over to please them.

Jia Rui nodded gently, "You have worked hard, but you must be careful to avoid making mistakes."

Jia Rui gave these people a perfunctory word, then turned around and entered the court room.

When I came in, I heard chatter inside, just like a vegetable market.

Jia Rui glanced around and saw these officials gathered in groups of three or four to exchange their information, and even many shady deals were concluded in this way.

Jia Rui was not familiar with these officials and had no acquaintance with anyone, so he could only stay in the corner by himself.

At this time, Sun Xun, the servant of the household department, came over.

"My lord, is this your first morning court?"

Indeed, although Jia Rui used to be a third-rank country, according to the rules, he should be able to go to the early court, but Jia Rui had never been there.

One is that although he is of high rank, his power is only limited to the palace. The other is that Jia Rui is directly responsible to the Supreme Emperor. The emperor does not want to see Jia Rui's annoying face every day, so he does not recruit him.

But now it's different, Jia Rui is the secretary of the household department, even if the emperor can't see Jia Rui again, he has to let Jia Rui go to the early court.

"Yeah, I didn't expect it to be so hard. I got up in the middle of the night. I packed up and came here quickly. It's still a bit late."

"Sir, you will get used to it gradually." Sun Xun said, with a bit of sadness on his face.

There is a poem that says: The armored general crosses the pass at night, and the courtiers are waiting for the leak.There are no eminent monks in the mountain temple, so fame and fortune are not as good as leisure.

At this moment, there was a sound of clappers outside, and the courtiers immediately stopped talking, and then began to straighten their clothes.

After a while, a eunuch came and led everyone out of the court room, and then entered the Qianqing Gate along the imperial steps.

In fact, the rules of the early dynasty were not so big. The grand scene I saw on TV only appeared when a major ceremony was held in the Huangji Hall, also known as the Jinluan Hall.

There was another saying in the early dynasty, which was called Yumen listening to politics.

That means meeting with important courtiers from various ministries at Qianqing Gate, listening to reports, and formulating strategies for important matters in front of the courtiers.

Entering the Qianqing Gate Hall, Jia Rui felt a little numb because he didn't know which side to stand on.

According to the rules, it should be Wendong and Wuxi, but now Jia Rui has the official positions of both a civil official and a military officer.

Finally, Jia Rui thought for a moment, and now that he had the highest official position as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he might as well squeeze into the civil service side.

After speaking, he came to the civil servant's side, and then looked around, only to see an old man smiling and waving to him, so he hurried over.

"Master Jia, you just need to stand next to me."

Jia Rui saw that this person was kind to him, so he hurriedly asked, "What is your official position?"

"I am the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Shen Jian."

(End of this chapter)