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Chapter 203: Being Disdained (please subscribe)

"When you come to the house from now on, can you please stop talking about those things that annoy my father?"

Lin Daiyu frowned slightly and said in a sharp and dissatisfied tone: "Every time Brother Huan comes over, my father's mood will be depressed for a while, which is not conducive to recovery!"

"It's unfair, Sister Lin!"

Jia Huan found it extremely funny and exaggerated: "I didn't cause the trouble outside. I'm just a sounding board. Sister Lin, don't blame a good person wrongly!"

"I don't care about this. Anyway, every time you come over, my father is in a bad mood!"

Lin Daiyu said angrily: "Otherwise, if there is any bad news in the future, you will stop coming!"

"It makes me look like a god of plague!"

Jia Huan chuckled and said lazily: "If Sister Lin really says that, I won't be too lazy to come here in the future!"

"That's the best!"

Lin Daiyu angrily turned around and left, much like a child who was afraid of being discovered by his parents when he did something wrong.

Tsk, I’m disgusted!

Jia Huan chuckled and shook his head, but he didn't take Lin Daiyu's harsh words to heart.

Of course, if Lin Daiyu refused to give up, he would not be polite.

He speaks in a strange and eccentric manner, and goes straight to the heart, as if no one can do it.

"Master Huan, don't blame the young lady, the young lady also cares about the master!"

Lin Daiyu's voice was not deliberately lowered when she spoke. It happened that the old housekeeper Lin's ears were still sharp and she apologized when she left with Jia Huan.

"It's just human nature, it doesn't matter!"

Jia Huan said indifferently: "It's just that it's been a few years since Sister Lin returned home, and she's still looking so arrogant, which is not very appropriate!"

You don’t have to be worldly, but you have to at least know the ropes.

Old Butler Lin was a little embarrassed and couldn't say much about his young lady.

Indeed, Lin Daiyu's cold and aloof temperament is not very lovable.

At that point, Jia Huan stopped mentioning Lin Daiyu and just treated it as just a coincidence.

Return to the big study room of Rong Mansion and inform Mr. Zheng of Lin Ruhai’s decision.

Master Zheng was silent for a long time, and finally said in a waning tone: "That's the only way it can be!"

Obviously, the psychological construction had been done before this, otherwise he would not have accepted such a result so quickly.

It can only be said that the position of right minister of the Ministry of Rites is still enviable and people want to fight for it.

Lin Ruhai acted too transparently, making people subconsciously ignore his skills and abilities, and wanted to seize greater benefits from him.

If it weren't for the current intention, it wouldn't be easy for anyone to do it!

Lin Ruhai quickly took advantage of the situation, saying that he was not in good health and it was not appropriate to continue to serve as the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, so he resigned from this position.

Now he pretended to care about Lin Ruhai's health, and then he took the initiative and arranged a real idle position for Lin Ruhai - the Minister of Taichang Temple!

Originally, according to the etiquette, Taichang Temple was responsible for the emperor's sacrifice, and there were still several opportunities to shine every year.

It is a pity that Daqian was not the former Ming Dynasty, and the responsibilities of Taichang Temple were gradually usurped by the Ministry of Rites. At present, it is just an empty government office. If there is no dispute, it will be a pure retirement place.

Of course, the Minister of Taichang Temple was a third-rank official, and the emperor also gave Lin Ruhai a part-time job as the right deputy imperial envoy, so he was still nominally a second-rank official.

I originally thought that Lin Ruhai had taken the initiative to give in, but now he should be satisfied.

As a result, when Dai Quan left the palace, he took the initiative to call Jia Qiang of the Ning Mansion to come over and talk, and revealed a very bad news: Lin Ruhai is now expected to serve as the salt transport envoy for the Lianghuai River!

Damn it, what's the difference between this and being the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor?

It's so deceiving!

When the news reached the Rong Mansion, Master Zheng lost his temper in a rare moment.

"Master, let's take the initiative and muddy the water completely!"

Jia Huan suggested: "Just push the important ministers under you to the top!"

When he said this, there was an unabashed smile in his eyes, as if he was going to watch a good show.

The current emperor should stop thinking blindly by himself and let the cabinet and courtiers help share the worries.

Rongfu and Lin Ruhai regarded the position of Salt Patrol Censor as a scourge, but other officials did not have such an attitude. They were probably eager to take on such a lucrative job.

As long as he can successfully stay in office for a year and survive the dissatisfaction of the current emperor, he can easily earn astonishing benefits of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

If you have good means, earning one million taels a year is not a dream.

The so-called money attracts people's hearts, even the important officials in the court are inevitably tempted and want to try it.

Anyone who reaches a high position above the third level, who doesn't think that he is the most special person?

If they knew that there was such an existence as the 'Children of Destiny', they would definitely feel that they were one of them.

that's the truth!

Rongfu and Lin Ruhai took the initiative and recommended several important court officials to serve as salt patrol censors or salt transport envoys for the Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers.

All of a sudden, there was quite a stir in the court.

Just as Jia Huan guessed, only one or two of the recommended important ministers took the initiative to express their unwillingness to accept the kindness, while the rest showed no reaction at all. Jia Huan occasionally heard that these guys had made some moves in private, but he didn't know what the result would be?

What Jia Huan didn't expect was that there were quite a few people interested in the positions of first and second leaders in salt affairs.

The rest of the factions or the top ministers, as well as the important officials who were interested in the positions of Salt Patrol Censor and Lianghuai Salt Transport Envoy, took action one after another to make the court quite lively.

This made the current emperor feel quite depressed.

The main reason why he kept staring at Lin Ruhai was because he thought Lin Ruhai was easy to handle.

In addition, there are also some factors that weaken the power of Yuan Bin's natal family.

It can be seen from the plot of the original novel "The Red Mansion" that Yuanchun's status is the highest among the concubines who were married to the provincial government.

It is not difficult to guess that there must be very few concubines in the harem whose natal family's power is comparable to that of Yuanchun.

The Founding Group must have a tacit understanding that they will not allow all daughters of the right age to enter the harem, and it is not in their own interests. Just one or two representatives will be enough.

At that time, the Rong Mansion had declined greatly, falling directly from the top dignitaries to the second-rate dignitaries.

But even so, today they are still using the means of building the Provincial Courtyard to directly hollow out Rongfu, leaving Rongfu with no room for improvement.

The current Rong Mansion is much more powerful than the Rong Mansion at the same time in the original work.

The second master of Zheng is the boss of Honglu Temple, Jia Lian has also become a fifth-rank doctor in the household department, and there is also Lin Ruhai, a second-rank official who supports him.

Not only that, the strength of Ning Mansion cannot be underestimated.

They are rich, and they have quite in-depth interest ties directly with other founding families and certain forces in the military. Once they break out, they cannot be underestimated.

With these foreign aids, Yuanchun will not be underestimated even today!

If Yuanchun gets pregnant successfully and gives birth to Ryuko, she will naturally be a strong contender for the throne.

Nowadays, people don’t think that their life span is short. You can understand it by referring to the Supreme Emperor who is still old and immortal.

Considering the balance of the harem, if there is an opportunity, it would obviously be a good thing to weaken Yuanchun's support force a little.

Jia Huan did have some guesses about these inside stories. Mainly because in the original work of Red Mansion, he was reminded of the fact that things are so stingy and mean today, so he had to be vigilant and take precautions.

Of course, he would not say such speculation casually, no one would believe it.

Sometimes, Jia Huan couldn't understand. The Grand View Garden in the original novel was the Provincial Family Courtyard and the majestic Royal Courtyard. How could Jia Baoyu and the others be allowed to live there?

It is said that the core members of Rongfu do not understand the rules, but the Rongxi Hall and a series of government-regulated buildings in the mansion are either sealed or no one is allowed to move in. How come they are so confused about the Royal Courtyard?

Another point is that the Rong Mansion spent so much money to build a beautiful garden for the royal family. What is the purpose of it?

That was the entire property of the Lin family, plus all the liquidity of the Rong Mansion. At the same time, they also received hundreds of thousands of taels of silver from relatives and friends.

If all this money is thrown into the officialdom, at least two or three third-grade officials will come out.

It can only be said that the Rong Mansion, as a noble entity, relied too much on the royal family. Anyway, it was difficult for Jia Huan to understand this kind of twisted thinking.

At this time, he was focused on watching the excitement.

There was already a commotion in the court because of Rong Fu and Lin Ruhai's active recommendation.

As he had guessed before, there were a lot of interested officials in the court who were really interested in the two positions of salt transportation envoy and salt inspector.

The funniest thing is that the three important ministers under the current emperor, in order to compete for these two positions, have started the internal fighting mode, and they are fighting passionately in the court all day long.

Even if the current emperor was so angry that he personally intervened, the effect would not be very good.

At this time, the performance of the courtiers clearly explained what it means to have interests that move people's hearts.

Even if you want to suppress it today, it is impossible.

On the other hand, Rong Fu and Lin Ruhai, who took the initiative to recommend people, were free to watch with cold eyes at this time.

In this way, amid the chaos in the court, Lin Ruhai's body was completely restored.

Time slowly came to the early winter, and Jia Huan's mind was not on the court. At most, he would listen to the gossip that happened in the court in the big study.

The situation in the capital area this year is pretty good, with no floods, no droughts, and no locust plagues.

The crops in the eight fields of Rongfu are growing well and were successfully harvested and put into warehouses in the autumn.

Jia Huan didn't play any tricks and honestly sent 80,000 taels of silver to the public servant. Wang Xifeng was so happy that she couldn't help but praise Jia Huan's ability.

What's there to praise?

Jia Huan's own income is tens of thousands of taels in grain alone. With the additional livestock raised specially, the total income is more than what he gives to the government.

It can only be said that the first generation of Rong Guogong was really powerful, and all the eight estates he left behind were a cornucopia of treasures.

As long as the business is done well, the money and food materials harvested are really exaggerated.

"If the old lady and the madam hadn't agreed, I would really want to put all the villages outside the mansion under your jurisdiction, so as to increase the public income!"

In order to show his respect, Wang Xifeng took Jia Lian and invited Jia Huan to have a family dinner. During the dinner, he sighed fiercely.

(End of this chapter)