Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 105 House of Internal Affairs

Jia Rui turned around the red wall, walked through the narrow path, and came to the Dragon Head Palace.

Jia Rui is now a frequent visitor to Longshou Palace, and all the daughters of the eunuch palace know him.

Therefore, as soon as he appeared in front of the Dragon Head Palace, eunuchs came over to please him and saluted him.

Jia Rui smiled and took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket and threw it over.

The eunuch was very clever to catch it in the air, and then smiled and hit Qian.

"Thank you Lord Jia for the reward."

"Is Eunuch Dai in the palace?"

"Back to Master Jia, Eunuch Dai is serving the Supreme Emperor in the palace."

After hearing this, Jia Rui waved his hands, "Okay, let's go about your business."

After finishing speaking, Jia Rui walked into the Dragon Head Palace as if he had entered his own backyard.

Arriving in front of the main hall, Jia Rui did not dare to leave anymore and ordered the eunuch guarding the main hall to report inside.

After a while, the Supreme Emperor's order came from inside to let Jia Rui in.

Jia Rui tidied up his court clothes, then walked into the hall with square steps.

The hall was empty now, and there was no one there. Jia Rui turned sideways along the wall and walked into the side of the hall.

It's quite lively here, there are seven or eight eunuchs waiting for the Supreme Emperor to play Go.

They said they were playing Go, but they were actually coaxing the Supreme Emperor to play.

The Supreme Emperor actually knew it in his heart, but he really had nothing to do, so it was just a joke.

Jia Rui took a few steps forward and knelt down on the ground.

"Chen Jia Rui kowtowed to the Supreme Emperor, long live long live long live long live."

"Get up, come and see how my game of chess is going."

Jia Rui took advantage of the situation and stood up, then took small steps to the side of the Supreme Emperor, and looked into the chessboard.

Although Jia Rui doesn't know how to play Go very much, Xue Baochai is indeed outstanding in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so under the influence of Xue Baochai, Jia Rui also knows a thing or two about it.

How to say this game of chess now, the fight is very fierce?
However, this chess player who only holds black is really a great master.

This chess player was just right every time, giving White the advantage without revealing it too much. It seemed that the two sides lost after a fierce fight.

Jia Rui almost grinned, he was fooling the Emperor.

Seeing that Jia Rui hadn't spoken for a long time, the Supreme Emperor glanced sideways and saw this guy holding back a smile, so he immediately knew what this kid was thinking.

The Taishanghuang was also boring, throwing the chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard.

"Let's go down here today."

The eunuch who was playing chess with the Supreme Emperor immediately fell to his knees, kowtowed, and then retreated with the chessboard in hand.

Immediately, a court lady came over to serve the Supreme Emperor to freshen up. After washing his hands, the Supreme Emperor sat down on the kang again.

"How is the morning?"

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, this morning court is simply a shadow of swords and swords, but it frightens the minister."

The Taishang Emperor smiled at the corner of his mouth, then pointed at Jia Rui and said, "You monkey that got into Princess Iron Fan's stomach, what else is there to be afraid of?"

It seems that the Supreme Emperor already knew everything about this morning's court, Jia Rui touched his nose in embarrassment, not knowing how to answer.

"Is there anything you want to come here today?" Seeing his embarrassment, the Supreme Emperor changed the subject.

"Go back to the emperor, the minister came here to ask the chief manager Dai for something."

Hearing this, the Supreme Emperor became interested.

I don't know if it's because he's getting older, but the Supreme Emperor is now more and more interested in these trivial matters.

"Oh, I would like to hear if you have anything to ask him for."

Jia Rui glanced at Dai Quan, who was standing beside the Supreme Emperor, opened his mouth a few times, but in the end he still didn't have the nerve to speak out.

"Tell me, I'm here, what are you afraid of?"

Well, my old man, it's because of you that I'm embarrassed to speak. If you weren't here, I would have said it based on my relationship with Dai Quan.

Dai Quan, who was standing nearby, winked at Jia Rui.

Jia Rui immediately understood, and pretending to be embarrassed, said in a low voice: "It's not my elder brother who was in charge of the palace flowers in the past, but I don't know what happened a few days ago, and they were separated. Halfway through, my elder brother was in a hurry, so he could only come to me, but what can I do? Therefore, I can only enter the palace to beg Eunuch Dai."

The emperor laughed after hearing this.

"You have to bother our Chief Manager Dai with such a trivial matter? With your current status in the palace, if you just say hello, do the Ministry of Internal Affairs dare not agree to it?"

Jia Rui lowered his head and said nothing.

Even Dai Quan, who was standing next to him, was a little embarrassed.

The Supreme Emperor also felt that something was wrong, turned his head and asked Dai Quan: "Why, is what I said wrong?" "Long live, although the slave is the head of the harem, he still can't manage the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The Supreme Emperor was a little dazed at first, but finally guessed something and frowned.

The current Ministry of Internal Affairs is actually run by his son, King Zhongshun. Although this guy usually enjoys himself in the palace and does not interfere much with the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, once he speaks out, in the name of his minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, no one really Dare to violate.

But this time when he was in trouble with Jia Rui, the people below him didn't have the courage. It must be that something happened to his precious son again.

However, this stupid son of himself doesn't have this kind of scheming, and I'm afraid he has been taken advantage of again.

After thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor closed his mouth and sighed.

"Decree, Jia Ruijin is the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Jia Rui next to him was stunned for a moment, he was only here to intercede for Xue Pan, why did he have another official position?
Moreover, this official position is not ordinary. Since King Zhongshun usually doesn't care about things, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is equivalent to the director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Moreover, even if King Zhongshun has always been in control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he, the deputy general manager, has room to speak. In order for King Zhongshun to run things smoothly without Jia Rui being around to cause trouble, he can only give Jia Rui some rights.

The Supreme Emperor didn't want to reprimand his son clearly, so he simply gave Jia Rui an official position so that Jia Rui could arrange for his uncle.

"Chen Jia Rui thanked the Supreme Emperor Long En."

Jia Rui is very grateful to the Supreme Emperor now, and the Supreme Emperor really regards him as one of his own.

Now this arrangement almost puts Jia Rui on the same footing as his son.

Seeing that Jia Rui was so moved that he almost cried, the Supreme Emperor felt very relieved.

"Okay, why is a grown man crying and crying? Just take the imperial edict and take office."

The eunuch Bingbi next to him had already written the imperial edict, and the eunuch using the palm seal used his seal. Then Teng copied one copy, one of which was sent to Jia Rui, and the other was kept in the inner palace for archives.

Holding the imperial decree, Jia Rui happily left the Dragon Head Palace, and then went straight to the House of Internal Affairs.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is mainly responsible for the daily supply of the royal family. Even the supply and demand of the princes' palaces in Beijing have to be involved in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is the fattest and most oily government office in the world today.

Moreover, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is related to the food and other safety of the Emperor, the Emperor, and the people in the royal family, so it cannot be controlled by those who are not closest to the Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor appointed Jia Rui as the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. It can be said that he has put half of his wealth and life in Jia Rui's hands.

Why do you say half?Because there is another position that is also very important, that is, the Minister of Internal Security.

It can be said that the Chief of the House of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Internal Guards, one controls the civil affairs in the palace, and the other controls the military affairs in the palace.

Just like the leader of the Qianqing Sect that Jia Rui serves, it is actually a functional department under the Minister of Internal Security.

However, since the Supreme Emperor did not want to embarrass the emperor too much, the position of Minister of Internal Guards has been vacant.

The general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was held by King Zhongshun. He was both the son of the Supreme Emperor and the younger brother of the current emperor. Both sides could accept it. This allowed King Zhongshun to secure his position as the general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Jia Rui happily came to the gate of the House of Internal Affairs, and saw a few lazy guards standing here, and there were eunuchs or ordinary people coming and going.

Needless to say eunuchs, these ordinary people who come in and out should be the imperial merchants of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

As soon as Jia Rui approached, the originally lazy guards immediately became energetic, and one of them, a young one, stopped in front of Jia Rui.

"My lord, what are you doing here?"

It's not that the person in front of him has no eyesight, Jia Rui is wearing a court dress, and he is the second-rank Minister of the Household Department.

The person in front of him was a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he did not dare to offend the court officials of the second rank.

Jia Rui gently dragged the imperial edict in his hand and said, "The Emperor ordered me to take up my post at the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"Then I don't know if your lord is in any position?"

The young guard had no doubts about the imperial edict in Jia Rui's hands, because this was the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and no one would dare to falsely pass on the edict here.

"Emperor Ende, the Supreme Emperor, ordered him to be the deputy chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The little guard in front of him shivered with fright after hearing what Jia Rui said, and immediately knelt down and said:
"Young boy, please come and see the deputy general manager."

Jia Rui nodded slightly, then passed the guards and went straight inside.

In fact, what they just said has already been spread inside, so as soon as Jia Rui walked to the square, a dozen officials and eunuchs hurriedly gathered to this side.

Jia Rui swept his eyes and saw that these officials and eunuchs were all fat and white, and they looked like they had been pampered for a long time.

Maybe these officials didn't know much about Jia Rui, but the eunuchs were working in the palace, so they were well-informed.

Some eunuchs even met Jia Rui when they were working in the Dragon Head Palace, and they knew that he was a popular person in front of the current Supreme Emperor.

In addition, Jia Rui was already the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs after he had just received his report.Therefore, they didn't dare to offend even more, and they all knelt there in a dignified manner.

Standing in front of the group of people, Jia Rui said with a smile, "We are all colleagues, so don't be so polite, let's all get up."

The officials and eunuchs who were kneeling below stood up, and then surrounded by Jia Rui, they entered the inner hall.

Since Jia Rui is only serving as the deputy manager this time, there is no need to hand over, so everyone introduced each other, and then stood below and listened respectfully to Jia Rui's instruction.

Jia Rui knew that the Ministry of Internal Affairs was not an ordinary place, it was intricately intertwined, and it would affect the whole body, so Jia Rui did not intend to touch the interests of these people.

(End of this chapter)