Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 559 Persuasion
The death of the little emperor did not cause much turmoil in the capital. After all, if a puppet dies, it is dead, and no one pays attention.

On the issue of the successor, an agreement was quickly reached.

They did not make her son the emperor as Concubine Jing wanted, but asked Jia Rui to wear the yellow robe because a country could not live without a king for a day, nor could a young master be the emperor.

Jia Rui spends these days playing with his wives and concubines in Prince Wu's Mansion, but he doesn't let go of the matters in the court at all.

On this day, he was lying in Qingwen's arms, eating the cherries that were delivered to him.

Qin Shun quietly came in from the outside, and then slowly came to Jia Rui's side, "Your Majesty, Shen Wence, the cabinet scholar, wants to see you."

Jia Rui opened his eyes and looked at him, and then said: "Let him wait in the flower hall, I will be there right away."

Qin Shun immediately withdrew after hearing this.

Then Jia Rui stretched, straightened up, and said helplessly: "Don't you think this court can give me a break?"

Although he complained in his mouth, his actions were honest. He stretched out his hand to let Qingwen and the maids dress him, and then left in a hurry.

Qingwen sent Jia Rui out of the yard, then returned to her room and asked the little maid who was following her: "How is Xiren doing lately?"

"Go back to grandma, Wu Wang's family is ready to marry the Xiren girl."

Qingwen smiled slightly, and then took off a golden cicada from her head.

"I always feel that the weight of this thing is wrong. It seems to be empty inside. Go and ask the manager what's going on." Although Qingwen had a smile on her face, her eyes were cold.

The maid looked at Qingwen, then carefully took the golden cicada and left.

Besides, Jia Rui left Qingwen's place and hurried to the flower hall. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Jia Yucun following Shen Wence.

After the two of them saw Jia Rui, they immediately got up and knelt on the ground to kowtow to Jia Rui, "I have seen the prince."

Jia Rui nodded, helped them stand up, and then sat in the middle to receive the fragrant tea handed over by the maids.

"If you are not in charge of the overall situation in the cabinet, why are you here?" Jia Rui asked in a pretentious manner.

After Shen Wence and Jia Yucun looked at each other, they knelt down at the same time.

"Your Majesty, there is no master in the world today. Please, for the sake of the people, please ascend the throne and sit in the palace."

Jia Rui was furious when he heard this and threw the teacup in his hand towards the two people.

Of course, Jia Rui had a good sense of proportion. The teacup just hit them between them, causing the two of them to splash some tea, but the fragments did not touch them at all.

"It's ridiculous, nonsense. Your Majesty has been so kind to me. Aren't you doing this to frame me into injustice?"

After saying that, Jia Rui didn't care about the expressions of the two people, and went directly outside and shouted: "Wangcai, get these two pieces of shit out of here."

After hearing Jia Rui's words, Wang Cai, the guard outside, immediately waved his hand and led several guards in, and blasted Shen Wence and Jia Yucun out of Prince Wu's Mansion.

At this time, Jia Rui was no longer as angry as he was at the beginning. He asked the maids to clean up the debris on the ground, and asked for another cup of fragrant tea, and sat there to taste it slowly.

After being driven out of Prince Wu's Mansion, Shen Wence and Jia Yucun looked very embarrassed. Not only were they covered in dirt, but their clothes were also torn.

The two people came outside and looked at each other. Instead of being depressed, there was a smile on their faces. It turned out that the purpose of the two of them today was to test Jia Rui's attitude.

If Jia Rui is really loyal, he would make such false statements in front of the two of him for the sake of his own reputation. I won't spare two people lightly.

But today, the prince just asked someone to drive him out. He looked embarrassed, but he was neither demoted nor punished. He just raised the board high and lowered it gently.

Now the two of them understood Jia Rui's thoughts.

The two people happily got on the sedan and went straight to the cabinet. As soon as they entered the cabinet, they saw another cabinet minister, Xu Biao, circling around the room anxiously.

"What's wrong? Why are you so anxious?" Jia Yucun was in a good mood and his tone was relaxed.

"Oh, you two are finally back. Concubine Jing in the palace has urged you several times." When Xu Biao saw the two of them, he hurried forward as if he had seen a savior.

Shen Wence made a sound, then pursed his lips and said, "This lady can't wait any longer."

Jia Yucun stroked his goatee and said mockingly: "She is still dreaming about spring and autumn!"

Although Xu Biao was honest, he was not a fool. From the words of Jia Yucun and Shen Wence, he also heard something unusual.

Just as Xu Biao was about to ask, Shen Wence interrupted him directly, "Where are the others?"

"The two of them went to the imperial mausoleum."

It turned out that the little emperor was young and Jia Rui had not yet built an imperial mausoleum for the little emperor. When the little emperor suddenly died suddenly, things became troublesome.

Now Jia Rui basically doesn't care about anything, so Shen Wence can only arrange for two cabinet ministers to personally supervise and build a decent imperial mausoleum for the little emperor in the shortest possible time.

This means that now the imperial court has ample finances and there are tributes from the vassal states, so it can still sustain itself. If the imperial treasury was empty during the period when Emperor Xiang came to power, I am afraid that he would not even be able to get the money to build a mausoleum for the young emperor. .

However, there are good and bad aspects. Since the imperial tomb must be built as quickly as possible, the quality will definitely not be able to keep up.

But it is an imperial mausoleum after all, so the superficial work has to be done. Therefore, the two cabinet ministers do not go home now, and live directly in the imperial mausoleum, just to supervise the people below and control the quality of the project.

There is nothing we can do about it. Although the atmosphere in the court has improved a bit after several rectifications by Jia Rui, it has not been completely reversed. Corruption still occurs from time to time. The cabinet ministers are also afraid that people below will interfere with the imperial mausoleum. Also do tricks.

Now that there are two cabinet ministers sitting there, the people below should be able to collect some.

Shen Wence nodded and then sat on the main seat.

"Today, a little emperor cannot continue to support him. If he dies at a young age like Emperor Daxing again, then the court will really be in turmoil."

Xu Biao nodded, and then said: "That's what I said, but Concubine Jing doesn't seem to think so!"

Jia Yucun blinked, and then said: "Why don't we go into the palace together and persuade the princess to abandon her family and the world for the sake of the common people?"

Shen Wence naturally knew that Jia Yucun's words were impossible to achieve.

After all, how could he give up the throne that he was about to obtain?

(End of this chapter)