Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 207 Someone is causing trouble again

The next day, Jia Rui walked around the Longshou Palace, and then pretended to go to the Ministry of Personnel.

After coming back, he reluctantly went to Rongguo Mansion in person.

The masters of Rongguo Mansion have been waiting for news about Jia Rui for a long time. As soon as he entered the mansion, several people got the news and prepared to welcome him.

Jia Rui just entered the side door and before entering the second door, he saw Jia Zheng and others standing there waiting for him.

Jia Rui was shocked and rushed over to salute.

Jia She, who was standing next to Jia Zheng, passed directly over Jia Zheng and helped Jia Rui up first.

"My dear nephew, is there any news?"

Jia Rui stood up, sighed and said, "There is news, but it's not good news."

Jia Zheng knew that this was not the place to talk, so he quickly led Jia Rui and others into the outer study.

Afterwards, the guests and hosts were seated, and the waiter served fragrant tea.

"My dear nephew, what is going on?"

"Does our Rongguo Mansion have any conflict with King Zhongshun?"

When he mentioned King Zhongshun, Jia Zheng's face became a little ugly, and his eyes became a little erratic.

Although Jia She said he didn't care much, the affairs of Rongguo Mansion could not be hidden from his ears.

"Baoyu offended Prince Zhongshun some time ago."

"Hey, it seems that this is the case."

"Is it a way to be loyal and obedient to the king?"

"That's right. People from the Zhongshun Prince's Palace personally went to the Ministry of Personnel to say hello. One of the chief officials of the Ministry of Personnel did not dare to disobey, so they changed Jia Lian's position."

After hearing this, Jia She stamped his feet angrily, then stared at Jia Zheng angrily and said, "Look at the good things your precious son has done."

Jia Zheng lowered his head without any rebuttal.

Looking at Jia Zheng's look, Jia Rui was a little embarrassed.

Jia Rui still respected the head of Rongguo Mansion and felt a little grateful.

"Uncle Pardon, you don't have to blame others. The worst thing you can do is let Jia Lian stay there for a while. After the weather calms down in a few days, I will move him to a better place."

What could Jia She say? This was the end of the matter, so he had no choice but to agree.

When Jia Rui came out of Rongguo Mansion, he didn't go to the capital camp in the suburbs anymore. He went home directly, treating it as a day off for himself.

Let’s talk about Jia Lian who is still in Shandong.

He waited there for four or five days before the letter from home was delivered.

When Jia Lian opened the letter, he felt like it was a thunderbolt.

He originally thought that with the strength of Jia Rui and their Jia family, he could be given a better place no matter what, but when he opened it, he found that it was the family's precious egg, and he had offended no one more powerfully, not even Jia Rui. There's a solution.

What's even more terrible is that he has been here for more than ten days. If he stops here any longer, he will not be able to take office on time. By then, let alone becoming an official, I am afraid he will have to be exiled on the spot.

Therefore, he did not dare to stay any longer and immediately ordered the official ship to set off.

Since the time given by the court was relatively tight, Jia Lian could not take the safer land route and could only go to Hainan by sea.

You must know that sailing is a dangerous thing in this era, let alone on the sea.

If Jia Lian can reach Hainan safely along the way, it will be considered a good deed for his ancestors.

Let’s not talk about Jia Lian, let’s talk about Jia Rui.

On this day, as usual, he corrected the memorials on behalf of the Supreme Emperor in Longshou Palace.

The world has been going well recently and there have been no major events, so the number of memorials sent to the Supreme Emperor has decreased a lot.

Therefore, Jia Rui can usually correct all the memorials in one hour.

This day was no exception. Less than an hour after entering the Dragon Head Palace in the morning, the memorial was almost finished.

Jia Rui stretched and picked up the last memorial on the table, thinking he could get off work early today.

But after he started the memorial, he frowned.

It turned out that this was a memorial sent by the governor of Gansu to ask for relief.

The memorial stated that there was a severe drought in Gansu this year, and the people who had no harvest were displaced. They requested the court to issue relief grains immediately to calm the people. Otherwise, there might be changes in Gansu.

You must know that there was a riot in Gansu a few years ago, and Jia Rui personally put it down. If there is another riot by the victims, it will be troublesome.

However, the matter of the granary of the account opening department is not something Jia Rui can decide.

So, Jia Rui quickly came to the side of the Supreme Emperor holding the memorial.

"Your Majesty, urgent report from Gansu."

The Emperor was stunned for a moment. If there was an urgent matter in Gansu, he should travel eight hundred miles to rush it.

Once the eight-hundred-mile rush is started, the journey will be smooth, and even the palace will not be able to hinder it.It will be sent all the way to the desk of the emperor or the emperor.

If it happened in the middle of the night, the emperor would have to be woken up.

But judging from Jia Rui's appearance, Gansu took the usual reporting route this time and did not go [-] miles to rush.Although he was confused, the Supreme Emperor still took the memorial and opened it to take a look.

The Supreme Emperor frowned and took in the whole fold, and then sighed, "Gansu has been in a lot of troubles in recent years. We just experienced a hailstorm and a drought that is rare in a hundred years. The people are really suffering." ”

However, the Emperor is not too anxious, because the weather has been good in the past few years, and the granaries in other places are quite sufficient.

As long as granaries are opened in various places and grains are sent to Gansu, things will calm down.

"Pass the message and ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to send 200 million loads of grain to Gansu to help the victims."

Jia Rui respectfully received the edict, and Dai Quan next to him quickly ordered the eunuch with a pen to write the edict.

The imperial edict was quickly written, stamped with the royal seal after the Supreme Emperor read it, and was ready to be sent out.

But the little eunuch was holding his body and was about to go out. Suddenly, what did Jia Rui realize?
Something is wrong!

Two days ago, the rent was delivered to my farm in Gansu, and Li Xue Baochai said that the harvest in Gansu was very good.

But why did the governor of Gansu submit a memorial saying that Gansu suffered a severe drought and had no harvest?
There must be something fishy in it?

Originally, Jia Rui was not prepared to interfere in this kind of thing. After all, this was also a way for people below to make money.

But after all, I also have so many farms in Gansu, and I can be considered a member there. You didn't even say hello to me about such a big thing, which means you didn't prepare to give me any benefits.

Since no benefit has been given to me, then why should I protect you?
After thinking of this, Jia Rui shouted: "Wait a minute."

Jia Rui's words shocked everyone in the Dragon Head Palace, especially the eunuch who was about to step out of the door to deliver the order. He stumbled and almost fell.

Then everyone in Longshou Palace focused their attention on Jia Rui, even the Supreme Emperor was no exception.

Jia Rui was a little embarrassed by the people in Longshou Palace, but he still took a step forward and knelt down in front of the Supreme Emperor.

"To report to the Supreme Emperor, I believe this memorial is fraudulent."

The Emperor's eyes showed thinking, "Tell me about it."

"Back to the Supreme Emperor, I once fought in Gansu. If I'm sorry, I also bought some land in Gansu."

There was a smile on the Emperor's face and he nodded gently. He knew very well the number of Jia Rui's fields in Gansu.

At the same time, thinking about the severe drought in Gansu, Jia Rui must have suffered a lot from no harvest.

"Jia Aiqing, is there any difficulty at home? If so, I can support you with tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"I don't dare, my family is still doing well."

Jia Rui replied and quickly continued:

"Some time ago, I sent over this year's rent to Zhuangtou in Gansu. According to Zhuangtou, the weather in Gansu is good and the harvest is very good."

The Supreme Emperor was stunned for a moment, then slammed the table, "Crazy and daring."

As soon as Jia Rui explained this, the Supreme Emperor immediately understood that the officials in Gansu were fooling him.

This is because the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, so he can get a lot of benefits from the court.

In this way, the Gansu side can still collect this year's tax revenue, and the imperial side has a large amount of relief grain. The two items combined are not enough to survive without a few million taels of silver.

Such a large sum of money was enough to feed officials from top to bottom in Gansu Province.

The Supreme Emperor came down from the kang, without even wearing shoes, and walked back and forth several times on the ground. Then he suddenly raised his foot and knocked over a giant porcelain vase.

The Supreme Emperor is actually going crazy now. He thinks that he has never encountered such a thing in all the years he has been the emperor.

Of course, the Supreme Emperor also knew in his heart that Gansu officials were so bold this time. This situation might have happened before, but everyone hid it from him, so it seemed like everything was calm.

This time, these Gansu officials happened to fall into Jia Rui's hands, and Jia Rui had a farm in Gansu, so he saw through their conspiracy at once.

"These people should be killed and no one should be left alive."

The Supreme Emperor roared and beat the thing.

This incident made the Supreme Emperor feel that his intelligence had been insulted, and he became a little angry.

After a long time, the Supreme Emperor calmed down.

Dai Quan and Zhao Jin, who were scared like quails just now, hurried over to help the Supreme Emperor get back on the bed.

After that, he asked the talented lady Gong'e to change the socks of the Supreme Emperor, clean his feet, put them on again, and then stepped aside.

The Supreme Emperor calmed down on the surface, but in fact the anger in his heart did not go away.

Since Gansu officials are making themselves unhappy, they cannot be retained.

But who to send?

The Supreme Emperor thought about all the officials in the court, and finally said helplessly that the one he trusted the most was Jia Rui.

Although other officials can also handle this matter, they will definitely reduce the big issue to the small and the small matter.

After all, they are also civil servants, so they naturally have collusion with these Shaanxi officials, and they may accept bribes, so this matter will eventually go unsolved.

But the Supreme Emperor didn't want to just let it go. How could he make them happy if he wasn't happy with himself?
"Jia Rui, if I ask you to go to Gansu to investigate this matter, do you have the courage?"

Jia Rui immediately fell to his knees and said, "My courage is given by the Supreme Emperor. The more power the Supreme Emperor gives me, the more courage I will have."

"Okay, then you can go to Gansu on my behalf and get rid of all these corrupt officials. If these people really dare to do such things without telling me, there is no need to send them back to Beijing. In Gansu Directly rectify the Fa on the spot."

(End of this chapter)