Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 12 Shuangri Xuankong
After saying goodbye to Xue Pan, Jia Rui went to Rongguo Mansion again.

After announcing that he wanted to see Jia Zheng, word came out that Jia Zheng was in the yamen today, and if he had something to do, he would come back the next day.

At this time, Jia Rui had no choice but to go home dejectedly, and then told his grandfather what happened today.

After Jia Dairu listened, he sighed repeatedly.

He also felt that his family was poor and did not show filial piety to his boss, which is why he made things difficult for his grandson.

But the family is like this, what can he do?In the end, he could only take a few books from his study room and send them to Jia Rui's room for him to hold his feet temporarily.

The rules in the palace are so complicated that Jia Rui can understand them all in one day, so he read the book all night, which made his head drowsy, but the effect was not good.

There was no other way. In the end, Jia Rui could only wash his face in the morning, put on the suit of armor he received yesterday, and go to work bravely.

When they arrived at the small room outside the palace, they found that dozens of dragon guards were already standing here.

After that, someone sent dozens of halberds from the backyard, and then, led by a leading eunuch, they entered the palace gate, walked around the palace for a long time, and finally arrived outside the Dragon Head Palace.

Here, I changed classes with dozens of original Longjing Lieutenants.

Since Jia Rui was a newcomer, the leading eunuch did not embarrass him like Huang Bingcheng did, but only arranged him at the side of the corridor, which was considered a relatively leisurely and unobtrusive position.

Under normal circumstances, Jia Rui needs to be on duty here until night, and then wait for someone to change shifts.

But until the afternoon, Jia Rui stood there with his heart full of hunger. There was a burst of noise in Longshou Palace, and then Luan Jia was placed on the square in Longshou Palace.

After that, the leader Long Jinwei hurriedly greeted Jia Rui and others to come to guard beside Luanjia.

After a while, a group of people came out, led by an old man who was in good spirits.

From this look, this old man should be too emperor.

The old man was not wearing a dragon robe as Jia Rui thought, he was just wearing a lavender home clothes.

Surrounded by a group of eunuchs, they came down to the Luanjia, and then helped the eunuchs onto the Luanjia.

Then the whole team started.

Jia Rui was like a wooden man, holding a big halberd and following behind the team, slowly leaving the Dragon Head Palace.

The group quickly moved to the junction of the harem and the vestibule, and arrived at the Imperial Study Room.

When the team came to the imperial study room, there were already a bunch of people standing here, the leader was a young man in his 30s wearing a yellow dragon robe, this should be Emperor Xiaokang.

After Luan Jia stopped, Emperor Xiaode quickly took a few steps forward and knelt on the ground.

"My son came late to pick up the driver, please forgive my father."

With the support of the eunuch, the Supreme Emperor sitting in the Luanjia got off the Luanjia, looked at the emperor kneeling below, smiled and said:
"Why are we so polite between father and son? Let's get up and talk back."

Only then did Emperor Xiaokang dare to stand up.

But what happened next made Jia Rui, who was standing aside, frown.

It turned out that only the leader Long Jinwei waved his hand.

Jia Rui was immediately surrounded by other dragon guards and entered the imperial study room, then drove out all the guards in the imperial study room and took over the defense of the imperial study room.

After all this was over, the Supreme Emperor took Emperor Xiaokang into the imperial study slowly.

This time, I don't know if Jia Rui was lucky, but his position turned out to be a very conspicuous place, standing at the door of the inner and outer rooms of the imperial study.

Here you can see clearly everything about the Emperor Taishang and Emperor Xiaokang in the Imperial Study Room.

The current Emperor is sitting on the dragon throne, and Emperor Kant only dares to wait cautiously.

"I heard that you are going to attack the south?"

Emperor Kant's face changed, but he calmed down immediately.

"Returning to my father, the south is a place where my dynasty pays a lot of taxes, but the aristocratic family is rampant, and the people are struggling to survive. The tax money collected every year is getting less and less. If this continues, the court will not be able to make ends meet."

After hearing this, the Supreme Emperor frowned, then picked up the tea bowl next to him and took a sip.

"That's what I say, but these aristocratic families all made great contributions when our dynasty was founded. If we push each other too hard, our father and son's reputation will not be good by then."

"Father, for the sake of the great cause of the country, and for the sake of future generations, let the minister bear the burden of this infamy." When Emperor Kangde said this, his eyes were firm.

Fortunately, the person standing outside the door was Jia Rui. If it were an ordinary citizen who heard the emperor's words, he would definitely shed tears of gratitude.

But now Jia Rui can be considered a member of a wealthy family and is within the range of the emperor's attack, so he feels bitter and sweet in his heart now, and he doesn't know how to express it.

"Hmph, you take the responsibility. I'm afraid if this continues, my ancestor's empire will be destroyed in your hands."

After hearing this, Emperor Xiaokang quickly saluted continuously and said "dare not".

The Supreme Emperor calmed down his anger, and then continued: "We can take care of the tax and silver matters slowly. There is no need to be so anxious. What if it causes a civil uprising?"

Emperor Xiaokang's face was now gloomy, but he could only say: "What the father said is that my son is too anxious."

"Okay, this matter is settled."

After the Supreme Emperor finished speaking, he stood up, and a little eunuch next to him hurried over to support the Supreme Emperor.

Then the Emperor walked out, but before leaving the imperial study, he stopped and said without looking back: "If you encounter such a big event in the future, even if you don't tell me, you must discuss it with the ministers below. Bar?"

After saying this, the Supreme Emperor left the Imperial Study Room.

And Jia Rui followed closely behind the Supreme Emperor, and escorted the Supreme Emperor to Luanjia after leaving the royal study room.

Jia Rui didn't know that Emperor Xiaokang, who had been respectfully sending the Supreme Emperor out of the imperial study room, was already livid when he returned to the imperial study room, and almost yelled at him.

Emperor Xiaokang sat on the dragon throne. The more he thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved. He was regarded as a useless emperor.

At the beginning, the Supreme Emperor was in poor health and he still had some real power. He did not expect that as soon as the Supreme Emperor recovered, he would immediately take back all his power.

Especially military power, which was firmly held by the Supreme Emperor.

There are also cabinet bachelors and others, all of whom can be promoted only after receiving the nod from the Supreme Emperor.

In the past few years, although he said that he had tried his best to support civil servants, he was still obviously inferior to the Supreme Emperor in terms of strength, so he had to endure it secretly.

"Where's Xia Shouzhong?"

Following Emperor Xiaokang's question, an old eunuch immediately appeared next to him.

"Your Majesty, what are your orders?"

"Has the money from Yangzhou been delivered this year?"

"Back to the Emperor, this year's salt merchant's tribute has been sent to the Emperor's inner treasury."

Emperor Xiaokang nodded silently.

The money was not easy to come by. He sent his confidant Lin Ruhai to stay in the position of Salt Patrol Censor for several years, and then he secretly convinced these salt merchants to pay him more than 100 million taels of silver every year.

Only by relying on these money, I can slowly infiltrate the court, so that I can have some right to speak, otherwise I am afraid that even a puppet is stronger than myself.

Xia Shouzhong, who was standing next to Emperor Xiaokang, glanced at the emperor and opened his mouth several times as if he wanted to say something, but finally closed it.

"Old slave, if you have anything to say, say it directly. Why are you hesitating?"

(End of this chapter)