Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 397 Undercurrent

Jia Rui's official ship landed in Tongzhou, where a large group of servants from the Dingxi Hou Mansion had already been waiting.

The news of Jia Rui's return has been sent back through the court's inn. These people in Dingxihou Mansion were specially arranged by Xue Baochai.

As soon as Jia Rui got off the official ship, a familiar-looking boy hurried over and knelt down on the ground and said:

"Greetings, sir. I will succeed in no time and be promoted step by step."

Jia Rui was very happy with the boy's auspicious words: "Give him a few taels of silver."

Wangcai, who was following Jia Rui closely, looked at the boy warily, then took out three, four or two years old silver from his arms and threw it over.

"Thank you for the reward, uncle."

"Did grandma ask you to come here?"

"Reply to the uncle, after receiving your letter, the aunt will immediately send us over to wait for you."

"Are the carriages ready?"

"It's ready."

"Okay, let's load the car." After Jia Rui finished speaking, he returned to the official ship.

Wangcai, who stayed in the local area, looked at the young man in front of him and said fiercely: "But be careful, if there is any mistake, I will skin you."

After saying that, he snorted and left.

Only then did the boy dare to stand up straight, then looked at Wangcai's back and spat hard.

In fact, many of the servants in Dingxihou Mansion were very dissatisfied with Wangcai.

This guy has followed the Marquis for the longest time and holds the most important position without letting others touch him. Isn't this blocking the way for others to make progress?

Jia Rui brought back a lot of things this time, and many of them were heavy metals. Therefore, more than 20 boys, with the help of hundreds of soldiers, loaded everything into the truck until night.

Only then did Jia Rui come out of the cabin again.

He looked at a dozen large cars and felt joy from the bottom of his heart.

These are all your own capital. Whether your family, future generations, or if there is a problem with this empire, you will need these things to support you.

"Prosperous wealth?"

"Young man, what are your orders?" Wangcai, who was under pressure, immediately appeared next to Jia Rui.

"Don't follow me back to the capital. Take two hundred soldiers and these boys with you and send your things back to our house first."

"Young man, do you understand?"

After saying that, Wangcai wanted to turn around and leave to pack his things, but was stopped by Jia Rui again.

"Why are you so anxious, you bastard? I haven't finished speaking yet?"

Wangcai hurried back and knelt down again.

"This time when I go back, I keep a low profile and quietly return the things to my house. It is a great achievement."

"I understand, little one." Wangcai replied respectfully.

"Well, let's go do some work." Jia Rui said softly.

At this time, Wangcai dared to bow respectfully, bowed and retreated below, and then directed his soldiers and servants to escort more than a dozen carriages to the capital slowly.

Jia Rui looked at the leaving carriage with a smile on his lips.

With so many carriages and so many people guarding them, no matter how low-key it is, it is impossible for the news to spread.

It seemed that in a few days, he would be chased by Li Wanneng and his group of censors again.

But that's exactly what Jia Rui wanted.

If he achieves the feat of destroying the country and remains humble, then even if the Supreme Emperor has 100% faith in himself, the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty and the emperor will keep an eye on Jia Rui even more.

Instead of just leaving a loophole for them to bite, as long as you have the trust of the Supreme Emperor, it won't be a problem.

In this way, he will leave himself with a reputation of being unable to achieve great things and only being corrupt.

Then the emperor's side would relax their vigilance against him. After all, in the history of the Chinese dynasty for thousands of years, there has never been a person who was greedy and did not know how to make concessions, who could succeed in plotting to usurp the throne.

After seeing off the carriage carrying the jewelry, gold and silver, Jia Rui rested for another night in Tongzhou.

Then he went ashore again, took the remaining soldiers, and slowly returned to Beijing.

Just as Jia Rui imagined, Li Wanneng's side got the news just as his dozens of cars of gold and silver jewelry arrived in Beijing last night.

Li Wanneng didn't believe it at first. After all, the Jia Rui family's wealth was already unparalleled in the world, and it was impossible for him to continue to be so greedy.

However, after repeated verification, Li Wanneng finally believed that Jia Rui's greed was boundless.

You said that you already have so much wealth, and the rest of us will never be able to catch up with you in three lifetimes. You still don’t know how to serve the imperial court, and you are still so greedy. Why do you think you are?

Sometimes Li Wanneng really doesn't understand what these corrupt officials are thinking.

Although he didn't know what the other party was thinking, Li Wanneng hurried into the palace that night.

It was already time to light the lamp, and at this time the emperor was still writing furiously in front of the Long Book Case.

This emperor can be said to be the most diligent one since the founding of this dynasty.

He started criticizing the memorial almost as soon as he opened his eyes, and didn't stop until late at night.

"Long live my lord, Li Wan, the censor of Zuodu, can ask for an audience outside the palace gate."

The emperor put down the pen in his hand and rubbed his wrist, "It's so late, what is he doing here?"

The emperor was also very strange.

You know, before dawn tomorrow, you will have to go out with all the ministers to welcome Jia Rui.

Looking at the current time, it's not long before departure. If you're not ready to rest, what are you doing here?

Although he felt strange, the emperor still allowed Li Wan to come in. After passing many checkpoints, Li Wanneng finally arrived at the Hall of Cultivation of the Heart.

After performing the courtesy of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times, Li Wanneng immediately took out his folding book from his arms and handed it over.

"Your Majesty, I received a report from someone below that Jia Rui returned to Beijing this time to transport dozens of carts of property worth at least seven to eight million taels of silver."

The emperor was dumbfounded when he heard this.

You must know that the entire empire's annual income is only 24 to 5 million taels. Jia Rui's annual income is one-third of the national treasury.

To be honest, even the inner treasury in the palace has slightly less silver than Jia Rui.

But where did the money in the palace's inner treasury come from? It was the money obtained by extorting the criminal officials from the Supreme Emperor's servants.

According to the normal income of the palace, there would be no such amount of money in the inner treasury, and two to three million taels would be worth burning incense.

But as for Jia Rui, who has made excuses for collecting so much money in just one trip?

The emperor was also jealous now, "Is it true?"

"Your Majesty, it's absolutely true." Li Waneng said categorically.

The emperor gritted his teeth, slapped the table and stood up suddenly, wanting to say something, but soon he sat down in despair.

He just wants to punish Jia Rui, but what's the use? With the Supreme Emperor supporting him, as long as Jia Rui doesn't rebel, his position will be as stable as Mount Tai.

But the emperor is not willing to let Jia Rui go like this. Even if I can't get your Jia Rui, I will still feel disgusted with you.

After thinking of this, the emperor waved to Li Wanneng, and Li Wanneng quickly walked to the emperor's side.

Then the emperor leaned into Li Wanneng's ear and whispered for a while.

After hearing this, Li Wanneng nodded repeatedly, "Your Majesty is a hundred times more witty than a humble minister."

The emperor smiled and nodded, and then dismissed Li Wanneng.

But the two of them didn't know that their conversation had been sent to the Supreme Emperor.

After all, the palace has been locked, and the emperor actually allowed a minister to enter his heart-nurturing palace. This is a huge event.

The people in the Intelligence Department on the Supreme Emperor's side were naturally very concerned.

Because of this information, the Supreme Emperor was also called up in the middle of the night.

During this period, the Emperor's body suffered another decline, and he could not sleep almost all night long.

Today, after taking the medicine prescribed by the imperial doctor, he was finally woken up by the little eunuch in a daze. He was so angry that he immediately pulled out the little eunuch who woke him up and beat him to death with a cane.

The maids and eunuchs below were very familiar with the Emperor's temper during this period.

Therefore, these people are looking at their noses and mouths one by one, wishing they could become invisible.

After the Supreme Emperor got angry after beating an eunuch to death, Zhao Jin dared to sneak to the Supreme Emperor.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty just secretly invited Li Wanneng to appear."

The Supreme Emperor, who was still angry at first, suddenly became wise after hearing these words.

"What's going on? Have you heard the news?" the Supreme Emperor asked impatiently.

"Go back to the Emperor, the young ones have already heard about it."

As he spoke, Zhao Jin handed an envelope to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor took it and took out the things inside, looked at it carefully, and after a while, he let out a sigh of relief.

Then he took the letter and complained to Zhao Jin: "You said this Jia Rui has no worries about food and drink. Why is he greedy for so much money?"

Zhao Jin below didn't know what to say. I can only mutter in my heart: You are rich all over the world, of course you don't know the importance of money. Those of us who serve others naturally value money the most.

The Supreme Emperor complained, stood up and walked a few steps inside the palace, and finally said helplessly to Zhao Jin:

"You should go to the cabinet to set aside the memorial to impeach Jia Rui during this period, and then keep it in the interim without issuing it."

"My slave understands."

Zhao Jin replied, and then asked quietly: "As for tomorrow's matter, should I send someone to inform Mr. Jia so that he can be on guard?"

"Hmph! This guy has become careless when he goes out. It's good to let him learn a lesson." After the Supreme Emperor said this, there was a trace of ridicule in his eyes.

Zhao Jin immediately bowed his head and stopped talking. He also understood that the Supreme Emperor was making fun of Mr. Jia, but the relationship between the two people did not waver in any way.

After that, while the Emperor was still a little confused, he quickly went to bed again.

Zhao Jin looked at the Supreme Emperor who was sleeping and shook his head gently. In fact, as the Supreme Emperor's personal eunuch, he knew the Supreme Emperor's body better than anyone else.

Although the Supreme Emperor can still tell little jokes, in fact, his health is extremely ill. He can't even eat half a tael every day. He even has to be helped to walk. Sometimes he coughs and stays up all night. .

He also quietly asked the eunuch, but no one there dared to tell the truth, but as the eunuch in charge for many years, he also saw something bad was going on on the other side's face.

Now he should also think about his future. As for who to put his treasure on, he still needs to think about it again.

Zhao Jin left the Dragon Head Palace and stood outside the palace wall. He then called for a young eunuch and gave him a few instructions in a low voice.

The little eunuch was killed and disappeared in a flash.

Zhao Jin decided to take matters into his own hands and informed Jia Rui

This is also because the relationship between the two of them is like a grasshopper on a rope. If one person is unlucky, the other person will not get better.

Although this time is not a fatal crisis, it will make Jia Rui disgraced, so it is good for him to be mentally prepared in advance.

This can be regarded as a favor to Jia Rui. If there is any situation in the future where the horse is short, he can also help him.

　I was so busy yesterday that I didn't have time to update. I'm sorry everyone.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)