Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 227
Jia Rui and the three others stopped caring about Xu Biao and let him go.

Sure enough, within a short while, Xu Biao came back in disgrace.

This time he said nothing and continued to sit in his seat and began to review the memorial.

However, he found that the memorial on his seat was different from when he left.

When I first left, there were mixed memorials from various ministries, but now there are only some unimportant departments left, and all the important departments are gone.

Although he was angry, no one was seeking justice for him now, so he could only endure it for now. After leaving the cabinet, he would go to the Yizhong County Prince's Palace. Why didn't he believe that he had no place to reason?

In this way, the day's work ended in a strange atmosphere.

After Xu Biao left the cabinet, he rushed to the Yizhong County Prince's Palace without stopping.

He was a regular visitor here, so the eunuch at the door did not stop him. Instead, he invited him to the outer study and asked him to wait.

Xu Biao was also considered a cabinet minister, so Prince Yi Zhong did not keep him waiting. Prince Yi Zhong came over in a hurry without even having a cup of tea.

When Xu Biao saw Prince Yizhong arriving, he quickly stood up and saluted respectfully.

Prince Yizhong nodded, then sat on the main seat, and then waved his hand for Xu Biao to sit down.

After sitting down again, the young eunuch brought fragrant tea.

Prince Yi Zhong picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, then frowned and threw it aside.

Since the conflict with Jia Rui, he has been considered by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Now the various materials that the Yizhong County Prince's Palace should provide are much less than before, and the quality is also much worse.

Many times, the Yizhong County Prince's Office had to spend its own money to purchase from outside.

Although sometimes some good things can be purchased, those real high-quality products cannot fall into the hands of Prince Yi Zhong.

Because although Prince Yizhong said he had established a foothold in the court, he did not dare to make friends with foreign officials like other civil servants.

Because his identity is different from others, if he dares to do this, the Supreme Emperor will not be able to tolerate him even if he wants to stand him in the ring with the emperor.

After all, even if the emperor wanted to intervene in the affairs of other provinces, the Supreme Emperor would strongly intervene, not to mention his Yizhong County Prince.

Prince Yizhong put down his tea cup and said softly: "It went well in the cabinet today, right? That guy Jia Rui didn't give you any power, right?"

When Xu Biao heard this, he became excited.

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry to tell you, Jia Rui is simply lawless. He directly deprived his subordinates of the right to review the memorials of the two major departments of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Husbandry."

Prince Yizhong also frowned after hearing this. He had not expected this situation.

"Doesn't he have anything to say? Isn't he afraid of others interfering with him?"

"Your Majesty, Jia Rui said that I am not familiar with the situation and I want to let you study for a while."

Prince Yi Zhong knocked on the table next to him and began to think about it in his mind.

Is this really because Xu Biao is incompetent?Or is Jia Rui deliberately suppressing it?
After thinking for a while, Prince Yi Zhong had no results. After all, his political experience was still shallow.

"Then what do you mean?"

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask your Majesty to contact a few colleagues to file a memorial to impeach Jia Rui."

Prince Yi Zhong rubbed his forehead in annoyance.

The guy in front of him didn't know how much the Emperor trusted Jia Rui, but he, the King of Yizhong County, knew it.

If you want to impeach Jia Rui, I am afraid that not only will it fail in the end, but it will cause a lot of trouble.

Moreover, it would leave a bad impression in the Supreme Emperor's heart, causing him to lose another layer of trust that was already low.

You can't do this kind of thing.

"Okay, you just joined the cabinet. Jia Rui asked you to study for a period of time. It was also for his own consideration and for the stability of the court. If he still doesn't let you review important memorials in a few months, we will impeach him again by then. He has become famous as a teacher."

Prince Yizhong was trying to deal with Xu Biao.

Xu Biao also nodded helplessly. The King of Yizhong County has said so, what can he do?All we can do is wait a few more months.

After all, he is now weak and alone. After a while, when he has established a firm foothold in the court and has some power, it will not be too late to attack Jia Rui.

In the end, Xu Biao left the palace in a hurry while the king of Yizhong County was serving tea to see off the guests.

Let’s not talk about Xu Biao going home depressed, let’s talk about Jia Rui.

He is not as depressed as Xu Biao. He had a very happy day today.

After leaving the cabinet, he walked out of the palace in all directions, and then returned home in a grand manner, accompanied by his family and guards.

When passing Ningrong Street, Jia Rui became interested and asked the team to walk slower. He looked at the hawkers along the street and the lives of the people, and he felt a little emotional in his heart. He was one of these people back then, but now he is Very different from their status.

Just when Jia Rui was thinking wildly, he suddenly saw a burst of chaos in front of him, with constant yelling and wailing.

Jia Rui frowned and said to Wangcai on the side: "Go and see what happened." Wangcai quickly separated everyone and ran forward quickly.

When I got there, I saw a group of people shouting and carrying a stretcher, walking towards Ningrong Street.

Wangcai, the leader, also knew that it was Jia Rong from Ningguo Mansion.

Isn't this Jia Rong on duty at Long Jinwei?Why do you have time to fool around here?

Wangcai hurried forward to stop everyone, and then asked with a shy belly: "What's going on? The chaos here has disturbed our uncle, do you still want to die?"

Jia Rong didn't dare to be rude when he saw Wangcai. Everyone knew that the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister's door was not to mention that Wangcai was Jia Rui's confidant.

He got off his horse and walked forward. He bowed to Wangcai first and then said, "It turns out you are Wangcai's housekeeper. Why do you have time to go shopping here today?"

Wangcai gave a slight salute to Jia Rong, then straightened up and said, "It turns out to be Uncle Xiao Rong!"

Then Wangcai asked bluntly: "What are you doing? It's so noisy. Our uncle was originally very interested in watching the street scene, but you all disturbed it."

When Jia Rong heard Jia Rui's name, she immediately became interested.

Although he is still a member of the Dragon Guards, he has not been promoted for such a long time and is still the fifth rank.

Who would believe this if told?
Therefore, Jia Rong has long wanted to get rid of Jia Rui's relationship, but Jia Rui has been busy and has no time to see them, so he has never found a way.

Now isn't this a coincidence?So he took a few steps forward, took out two banknotes from his arms, and stuffed them into Wangcai's hand.

"Steward Wangcai, I haven't seen my uncle for a long time. Please make arrangements so that I can fulfill my filial piety in front of my uncle."

Wangcai held the two banknotes in his hands and glanced at them, knowing that they were 100 taels each.

This is not a small sum of money. If used, it can buy five or six acres of land near the capital.

Therefore, Wangcai immediately had a smile on his face, "Uncle Xiao Rong, this is not a big deal. Please wait here for a moment and I will go and inform you."

Wangcai smiled and turned around and walked towards Jia Rui, but he was stunned for a moment when he was halfway there. It turned out that Jia Rui asked him to go find out the information, but he was just collecting the money and forgot about everything else.

But it was too late to go back now, because Jia Rui was watching not far away, so I could only bite the bullet and get close to Jia Rui.

"Uncle, I just met Uncle Xiao Rong."

Jia Rui glanced at Wangcai angrily. Looking at him like that, he knew that this guy must have received money from others.

Jia Rui is still very tolerant of Wangcai. After all, he is the boy who followed him when he was down and out. As long as he doesn't make any principled mistakes, Jia Rui is not prepared to punish him.

"Then you asked what happened just now? Why is there so much chaos on the street?"

Wangcai lowered his head and said with a smile: "I'm afraid that I can't explain clearly, so I want Uncle Xiao Rong to come over and tell you in person. This will also save me from passing the news in the middle. If I say something wrong, it won't be a delay." Is it your business, sir?"

Jia Rui shook his head, "You, you, know how to use these little tricks. If you had grown a little better, I would have sent you out to be the county magistrate."

After hearing this, Wangcai curled his lips, and then said respectfully: "Uncle, I don't want to be a county magistrate, and I don't want to leave the uncle."

These words are true words of prosperity.

In Wangcai's heart, what's the point of going to a remote rural area to become a county magistrate? He is now considered a prominent figure in Jia Rui Mansion. Even the third and fourth grade officials in the current court have to call him brother when they see him.

If you go outside and have to bow down to Shangguan, how can you only be at home in Jia Rui's house?
Jia Rui was not prepared to care about this unmotivated guy anymore.

"Okay, stop mumbling and let Jia Rong come over."

Wangcai finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Jia Rui didn't mention it anymore, and then trotted to the front of Jia Rong.

"Uncle Xiao Rong, my uncle asked you to go over and reply."

Jia Rong immediately followed Wangcai to Jia Rui's horse with a smile on his face.

As soon as he saw Jia Rui, Jia Rong immediately knelt down and said, "My nephew kowtows to my uncle."

"Get up and talk back!"

Jia Rong stood up quickly and carefully, and then stood honestly in front of Jia Rui's horse.

"What's wrong with you leading a group of people making a lot of noise?"

Jia Rong quickly moved forward, and then lowered her voice and said something to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui was sitting a little high on the horse and was a little far away, so he couldn't hear clearly, so he said loudly: "If you have anything to say, say it loudly, and why can't you carry someone on your back?"

Jia Rong was startled and quickly raised her voice and said, "Uncle, it was Uncle Xue Pan who was beaten."

Jia Rui frowned, who has the courage to hit Xue Pan?

As Jia Rui became more and more powerful, Xue Pan, his uncle, also began to tremble. Now he didn't even have to go in person to do business. He let the people below hold his name card, and everything went smoothly.

As for the people below fooling him, it is not as serious as before. In the past, people regarded him as a fool, but now everyone knows that they have to stay safe, otherwise if Jia Rui finds out, none of them will survive. of.

Therefore, now Xue Pan not only has a prosperous business in the palace, but also has good harvests from other businesses at home, unlike before where he could not make ends meet.

(End of this chapter)