Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 312

The news that the Supreme Emperor ordered Prince Nan'an to be the commander of the navy quickly spread throughout the court.

The powerful people immediately became excited.

Over the years, although the Supreme Emperor was nostalgic for the past, he has not stopped suppressing the powerful, but only left room for glory and wealth for these people.

Among the four princes and eight princes, except for the Jia family, which was once again shaken up because Jia Rui was promoted and Jia Zheng was appointed governor of Hainan because of Jia Rui, other families also began to slowly decline.

Even King Beijing, the most prominent among the four princes and eight princes, is now just enjoying his time in the court.

But this time, the Supreme Emperor made an exception and asked Prince Nan'an to take charge of the navy. Does this mean that the Supreme Emperor began to reuse veterans and powerful officials like them again?
Thinking of this, the heads of each family became excited. In the past few days, they passed news to each other or had wine and banquets. In fact, they were connecting with each other and wanted to get some benefits from this.

And this wind also blew to Ningrong Street.

Just say that Jia Zhen, who had been doing nothing at home, almost jumped up with joy after hearing the news.

Jia Zhen has been doing nothing at home since Jia Rui usurped her position as patriarch.

In the past, he could still play with his wife and maids, but since he fell ill this time, he didn't know why, but he couldn't do what he wanted.

Therefore, besides throwing tantrums at home, Jia Zhen is also drunk. He can only relax all day long when he is in a daze.

But this time after receiving the news that the Prince of Nan'an County had been entrusted with an important task, Jia Zhen seemed to have found a new goal in life, which was to make a lot of money as a high official.

However, he also knew his status, so he came to Rongguo Mansion and met Jia She, who was also doing nothing.

Jia She is not like Jia Zhen who has nothing to do every day. On the surface, Jia She seems to have nothing to do, but in fact he is busy.

In the morning, I go out to the antique market to see if there is anything I like. In the afternoon, I go to have wine with my friends and visit the brothels. In the evening, I come home and have another drink, and then I spend the day messing around with my little wives. Very fulfilling.

On this day, Jia She returned to his small courtyard drunk again. He had just changed his clothes under the service of Mrs. He walked slowly to Jia She's side.

"Sir, Uncle Zhen from Ningguo Mansion would like to see you."

"What is he here for?" Jia She muttered, and then ordered someone to take Jia Zhen to the small study to wait.

Jia She, on the other hand, ate the sobering soup for a while and then came to the small study with the help of the maid.

As soon as he entered the small study, Jia Zhen came over diligently and took Jia She from the maid's hands, and helped him to a chair.

After Jia She sat firmly, he asked the little maid below to bring him fragrant tea.

"What are you doing here at this hour?"

"Back to uncle, my nephew has a great event to tell you."

Jia She rubbed his still aching forehead, "What's the matter?"

There was no trace of interest in his tone, but rather some impatience.

"Uncle, haven't you heard yet? The Prince of Nan'an County has taken charge of the navy."

Jia She picked up the tea bowl next to him and took a sip, then said, "What does that have to do with us?"

"Good uncle! Don't even think about it. The Supreme Emperor has begun to re-appoint the Nan'an County Prince. Does that mean that the Supreme Emperor will re-employ us veterans again?"

Jia She's eyes flashed after hearing this. If this is really the case, it would be great news.

If I could get up again with this time, I wouldn't have to look at my second roommate's face to live my life.

However, Jia She still had some basic sense. He knew that he could not make the decision on such a big matter, so he wanted to talk to the old lady at home first.

"I know about this. You can go back first. I will get back to you in a day or two after I have figured it out."

Seeing that Jia She was already interested, Jia Zhen said nothing more, bowed and left.

After Jia Zhen left, Jia She couldn't sit still. He didn't care about the time and left his courtyard directly and went straight to Jia Mu's Rongqing Hall.

When they came to the outside of the yard, the little maid outside the door immediately shouted: "The great master is here", and then raised the door curtain to let Jia She in.

At this time, Jia Mu had already had dinner and was sitting in the room chatting with some old ladies!
As soon as Jia She entered the door, the old ladies who were talking immediately stood up and saluted Jia She, then bowed and left.

Jia Mu was a little angry that Jia She had disturbed her interest, and asked with a sullen face: "It's so late, what are you doing here?"

With a shy face, Jia She stepped forward to give Jia Mu a shoulder and said, "Mother, my son heard that the Prince of Nan'an County was reactivated by the Supreme Emperor. Do you think this is a good thing for our old ministers like the Four Kings and Eight Dukes? "

Mother Jia was stunned for a moment, and then I closed my eyes.

Jia She became a little anxious when he saw that Jia's mother had not spoken for a long time, "Old mother, please say something!"

Jia Mu slowly opened her eyes and looked Jia She up and down, "Who asked you to gossip like this?"

"It's Brother Zhen from Ningguo Mansion."

There was a hint of understanding in Jia Mu's eyes, "I knew it was him."

"Mother, is something wrong?"

"Haha, he wanted to climb up, but he couldn't find an excuse, so he asked you to find out."

After Jia Mu said this, there was a hint of disgust in her eyes, "Brother Zhen is living a good life now. He has a position in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but he doesn't make much, and others don't dare to look down on him. How can he be so popular? Not as good as a snake swallowing an elephant?" Jia She touched his forehead, and then said: "Okay, my old lady, let's talk about our own family affairs now. What do you care about Jia Zhen? Just tell me whether I have a chance. Bar."

Jia Mu looked at him coldly, and then said decisively: "You don't have a chance."

"Why is this?" Jia She said a little unhappy.

"Don't even think about it. Your second brother is now the governor of Hainan, and Rui Ge'er is the chief minister of the court. Our family has become so rich, how can the court let you hold an important position?"

Jia She opened his mouth to retort, but he didn't know what to say.

"If you want to be a small official, of course there is no problem, but think about it, you are also a first-class general. If you were asked to be a seventh-grade county magistrate, would you be willing?"

"Of course I don't want to." Jia She blurted out.

"That's okay, so I would say you should just stay at home and have fun, and don't get involved in these things."

After hearing this, Jia She felt a little aggrieved, but he soon felt relieved. Since he followed the prince to do that thing, he no longer thought about getting ahead.

This time it was just because Jia Rui was the chief minister of the dynasty, so he wanted to try his luck. Since there was no chance, he simply didn't want to.

"Is the son confused, or the mother sees things further."

Jia Mu quickly realized her situation after receiving Jia She, and she felt a little relieved.

Although his eldest son has been somewhat disabled over the past few decades, he still retains some of his qualities from back then.

"Okay, you go back and rest." Jia Mu yawned and started to chase people away.

Seeing that his mother was tired, Jia She also hurriedly left.

After Jia She left, Jia Mu was no longer interested in chatting with the people below. Just when she was about to let Yuanyang make a bed to sleep, a little maid shouted from outside again.

"The wife is here."

This is Mrs. Wang coming again.

Jia Mu sighed, why are there so many things going on at home, one after another? She, an old woman, can't have two days of leisure at such an old age?

"Call in."

With Jia Mu's words, the little maid outside dared to lift the door curtain and invite Mrs. Wang in.

"Didn't you leave after dinner? Why are you here again now?"

Mrs. Wang first bowed to Jia Mu, and then said hesitantly: "Old lady, my health has been weak these past two days, and I can't manage the house anymore, so I want to hand over the responsibility of housekeeping to Feng Yatou again."

Jia Mu was stunned for a moment. Didn't Mrs. Wang look forward to being the head of the family before?Why should I hand over my rights now?

However, Jia Mu understood what was going on as soon as her eyes rolled.

It seemed that the family was in too much of a deficit, and she couldn't hold on any longer, so she wanted to get rid of this mess as soon as possible.

To say that the only one in this family who can bear this burden is Feng Yatou.

Only her outer body can support the entire Rongguo Mansion to continue living such a luxurious life.

"How much have you lost these days?" Jia Mu asked directly.

Mrs. Wang was startled, then opened her mouth, but said nothing for a long time.

"to be frank."

Mrs. Wang had no choice but to tell the truth: "I have lost a total of more than 3000 taels of silver in the past four or five months."

Jia Mu was shocked when she heard this. It meant that they would lose 800 taels of silver every month.

"Why are the expenses so high?"

"Old lady, the harvest of our farm is getting worse and worse. It would be good if we don't pay out money every year to appease the customers. There will be no profit at all. As for the shops in Beijing, they can't make ends meet. I'm the owner of the house. In the past few months, I have only received less than 700 taels of silver."

Jia Mu suddenly sat up from the bed and stared at Mrs. Wang with red eyes, "The village leaders said that the harvest was not good, so you believed it?"

Mrs. Wang sighed, "So what?"

Mother Jia was so rebuffed by this sentence that she was speechless.

She was stunned for a long time, and then said to the mandarin duck on the side: "Go and find Feng Yatou."

Mrs. Wang breathed a sigh of relief, finally putting this mess behind her, and she felt much lighter.

Yuanyang listened to Jia Mu's words, left Rongqing Hall, and walked forward to the small courtyard where Wang Xifeng was.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the yard, they saw that their yard was locked.

Yuanyang is a little strange. Why does Wang Xifeng go to bed so early? Doesn't this fit in with her usual schedule?

(End of this chapter)