Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 73 I can’t stand it, I’m confused

Three days later, Li Qing, who was cornered, finally decided to give it a try and turn his bicycle into a motorcycle.

Under normal circumstances, if you try to convert a bicycle into a motorcycle, you will be lucky if you can only have one wheel left.

Li Qing, who was not willing to end his career as a cabinet minister, made a memorial and eloquently stated his interests and wanted to restore the imperial examination to its old appearance during the Taizu period.

When Jia Lian was called to Zhang Tingen's home, Zhang Tingen personally told Jia Lian what happened at the court meeting today.

However, Zhang Tingen's expression was full of ridicule when he mentioned Li Qingyu's battle with the ministers.

"Everyone in the cabinet was silent at the scene, and all the officials were excited. If it hadn't been for His Majesty's decree to remove the three angry ministers from the hall, all the civil servants would have been arguing all morning."

When Jia Lian heard this big melon, he looked at Zhang Ting'en dumbfounded. Is this a way that anyone can come up with?

Looking at Jia Lian who was subconsciously swallowing his saliva, Zhang Ting'en guessed that he must have seen something. He couldn't help but raise his foot and lightly kicked the man: "This matter has been approved by the cabinet, and His Majesty has approved it for implementation. What do you have to say about this? Want to say something?"

After hearing these words, Jia Lian was stunned again, and wanted to say: Can I answer this question? It doesn’t matter if this master doesn’t want it! Zhang Ting'en didn't think there was anything wrong with making things difficult for students. On the contrary, he was very happy and took care of himself!

Just when Zhang Ting'en interrupted to give Jia Lian a beating, Jia Lian said softly: "Sir, although students can't understand this, it is quite shocking."

Zhang Tingen was stunned for a moment. I'm waiting for your comment on this matter. What do you mean by this?

can't read? Where are you with this fool? Shocking? Oh, this is the truth. Are you inconvenient or unwilling to comment?

"Zhuzi, you are really slippery." After Zhang Ting'en gave an objective and fair evaluation, he added on second thought: "It's not particularly slippery. There is still some truth in it, but it's really not obvious."

Jia Lian also gave Zhang Ting'en a thumbs up objectively, then smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Ting'en responded with a smile, waved his hand and said: "It's good for you to be like this, don't be a teacher." After saying that, Zhang Ting'en felt something was wrong again, smiled bitterly, shook his head and added: "It's different, we are different."

Jia Lian understood Zhang Ting'en's meaning very well. He clearly understood that the purpose of Emperor Chenghui's plan was to attack the Qingyun Academy faction, but he did not say it directly. Even if the relationship between the two is master and apprentice, Jia Lian's handling of the matter is still appropriate in Zhang Ting'en's opinion. This is appropriate, mainly reflected in the occasion. Zhang Tingen's family has a lot of eyes and ears.

The so-called difference has another layer of sadness in it. Jia Lian's background determines that his starting point is higher than that of most people. The same goes for fame. If Jia Lian had a Jinshi background, it would be very easy for him to become an official. At least before the third-grade official, Jia Lian's promotion path would be much easier than Zhang Ting'en's.

Take the Qingyun Academy brawl incident as an example. If Jia Lian had an ordinary background, he would definitely die in an ugly way. Even the incident would not alarm the chief minister. Some people would voluntarily help deal with Jia Lian, who was of an ordinary background.

Jia Lian's background was determined. Not only did no one dare to touch him, he even became Emperor Chenghui's starting point for promoting cabinet adjustments.

Family background plays a huge role for everyone all the time, no matter in any era.

The more a society strives for stock, the stronger the role of family background.

The two masters and apprentices now understand each other more and more. After a short exchange, Zhang Ting'en said what he could say: "The money to repair Qingyi Garden is not enough, the eunuch Dai Quan petitioned to open the internal funds to fulfill His Majesty's filial piety, Xia Shouzhong is in the palace I fell down."

This short sentence contains extremely rich content. Jia Lian's mind swirled for a while before he finally figured it out.

Xia Shouzhong was actually beaten by Dai Quan? From the perspective of power and responsibility, the two of them are not very close to each other.

Well, it was probably Dai Quan who approached Xia Shouzhong in the name of the Supreme Emperor to open internal funds to get money. Xia Shouzhong insisted that His Majesty's order could be used to open internal funds, so Dai Quan slapped Xia Shouzhong in the name of seniority. There is definitely no written endorsement, not even oral instruction. It was probably about the matter of clearing debts at the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Dai Quan was rejected from borrowing money from internal funds in the name of repairing the garden.

Dai Quan, who had established his authority in Xia Shouzhong, was beaten, and then he went to the court to ask for money to repair the garden.

And then, eh? its not right! Why did Zhang Tingen tell Jia Lian about this?

Suddenly, Jia Lian's mind was like a bolt of lightning flashing across the night sky.

Coin, it must be coin!

This is about dividing the spoils! If the Supreme Emperor also wants to get involved, the problem will be complicated.

Thinking of this, Jia Lian suddenly opened his eyes, raised his hands, and groped like a blind man, still talking nonsense: "Oh, why can't I see my eyes and my ears can't hear, I want to go home!" There is still soup simmering on the stove in the kitchen at home!”

Seeing such a poor performance, Zhang Ting'en clenched his fists in anger, couldn't help laughing and then unclenched his fists.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs and Your Majesty have reached an agreement. Thirty percent of the monthly coinage income will go to the Ministry of Household Affairs, 30% to the clan government, and 30% to internal funds. Guess who will get the remaining 10%?" Jia Lian has already walked to the door. , Hearing this movement, he immediately stopped and turned around.

"That's okay! Oh, I was really scared to death." Jia Lian said while patting his chest.

Zhang Ting'en looked at this guy and really wanted to give him a good beating to relieve the hatred in his heart. If he thought about it carefully, if he were Jia Lian, that would probably be the same level of reaction, except for idiots, of course.

"Guess, what will your Majesty get from this 10% of the income?" Zhang Ting'en asked another heart-stopping question. Jia Lian immediately tightened his face slightly and said bitterly: "Sir, please let me go. .”

"Boy, you can't be too naughty. It was you who suggested coining coins, and it was also your suggestion that the third prince started tabloids. You really only give suggestions and don't touch any specific matters. Don't call me a gentleman. I didn’t remind you that His Majesty’s eyes have already focused on you. If you want to continue to sway in the future, you are seeking your own death.”

This is a piece of good advice, and it is also the result of looking at the problem from Zhang Tingen's perspective. At this stage, the nobles headed by King Beijing are swaying and profiting from it. In the short term, it was a profit, but in fact it left serious hidden dangers.

"Sir, with the small body of the student now, he can only do some lip service, and he still has to go around in circles." Jia Lian also expressed his meaning very clearly. Now Jia Lian, not to mention in the court, even in the Jia family, That's also a courtesy to accompany the last person.

Jia Lian probably understood that Zhang Ting'en had gone in a big circle, and his final goal was to stand on the Jia family's side. Jia Lian also made it very clear that the choice of the Jia family has nothing to do with me, and I beg the emperor to let me go.

"Study hard and prepare for the autumn. As a teacher, you focus on the future." Zhang Ting'en didn't say it clearly. In fact, he was telling Jia Lian that as long as there are no mistakes, a candidate is safe. No matter who is the examiner, the emperor All ready to give out rewards.

Jia Lian immediately raised his arms with excitement and shouted a disgusting slogan: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, with great achievements, surpassing the three emperors of Germany!"

You see, after struggling with such old things, isn’t this the result of a smooth road to the imperial examination? When I mentioned Dai Quan just now, I almost gave Jia Lian a heart attack. Dai Quan was the eunuch in charge of Long Jinwei.

If the Supreme Emperor or the Emperor suddenly gets mad and gives Jia's family another reward and lets Jia Lian join the Dragon Guard, it will be really hard to cry without tears. If you join the Longjing Lieutenant, you will probably join the army. Jia Lian has abandoned martial arts and followed civil service since his grandfather's generation. This strategy was extremely clever in Jia Lian's opinion, and it greatly reduced the emperor's fear of the Jia family.

Don’t you see, did the Supreme Emperor give Jia Zhengen an official before Jia Daishan died?

(PS: Everyone has their own understanding. You don’t have to accept it, but please understand.)

I am relieved, completely relieved, Emperor Chenghui is giving Jia Lian the green light. Not to mention the fame that comes through the back door, as long as Emperor Chenghui is willing to resign a fellow Jinshi and give him a civil servant, it is not unacceptable for Jia Lian, who is working hard for a short time to get laid as soon as possible.

Jia Lian really had no interest in anything that would bring glory to his family. The upper limit of the Jia family is already very low. Pursuing continued advancement can make people exhausted. The best choice is to maintain the current social status.

Zhang Ting'en was dumbfounded by Jia Lian's actions. Why don't you kneel down and kowtow to the palace?

"Okay, don't yell at me. I've said everything you need to say. Go back quickly. I have a lot of things to do."

Jia Lian hurriedly said goodbye and left. Just as he passed the threshold, he heard Zhang Ting'en add from behind: "Xia Shouzhong leads Long Jinwei to print the eunuch."

Wow, Jia Lian stumbled under his feet and stumbled forward. Thanks to Xiao An's timely support, the vicious dog didn't grab the shit.

How did that happen? The Supreme Emperor actually gave up the Dragon Guard for the sake of 10% of the coinage? Or was it because Dai Quan violated a taboo by beating Xia Shouzhong that Emperor Chenghui was given the opportunity to capture him?

Jia Lian was really confused. After being called here today, he received too much information.

Could it be that it is really because of the butterfly wings? No way, where did I get so much energy?

Isn’t this a big change? In the original work, Dai Quan was still able to sell his place as a forbidden dragon officer at Qin Keqing's funeral.

Why did you come to my place and directly replace Xia Shouzhong as the palm eunuch?

Could it be that Dai Quan in the novel was able to continue to control Long Jinwei because Emperor Chenghui didn't want to get him down, but because he didn't have an opportunity. Didn’t the time traveler Jia Lian just have Zhang Ting’en as a teacher and come up with some bad ideas? Oh, and even had a fight with Fang Shaobai and others. What derived from this was that Fang Baiyi was dismissed as prime minister.

Because of the debt, the relationship between Emperor Chenghui and the Xungui Group headed by King Beijing was tense. After Fang Baiyi was dismissed as prime minister, seeing the emperor's prestige at its peak, the Xungui Group made a compromise with the emperor after profiting from it? As a result, the balance of power changed, and Emperor Chenghui once again seized the opportunity to capture Dai Quan?

Isn't this right? In the original work, when the wedding ceremony was held in Yuanchun, the Supreme Emperor was still fighting with Emperor Chenghui.

Jia Lian returned to Dongkuoyuan with a confused look on his face, still chanting: It can't be done, it shouldn't be done, it should be damned.

At this time, the housekeeper suddenly appeared in front of him and said loudly: "Oh, young master, why are you back?"

Jia Lian continued to look confused, young master? Who are you talking to? Looking back, there was no one else there.

"Second Master, Second Master Lian, I'm here to talk to you." The housekeeper reacted quickly and quickly corrected the title, thinking: I'm worried!

"Don't scream in the future. Rong Guofu is no longer the Duke of the country." Jia Lian finally regained his composure and quickly corrected him.

This title is not random. What if others misunderstand it?

"Yes, yes, this is what the second master taught me. The young one is also anxious, something big has happened." The housekeeper hurriedly explained further, and when he saw that Jia Lian's face was fine, he had no intention of slapping him in the mouth, but looked over calmly, He quickly explained further: "Prince Beijing has passed away, and the eldest master has passed. I asked the young one to wait here, and I will hurry over when you come back."

Died? Rumble, there was a thunder in Jia Lian's mind, everything was cleared, no wonder! Things are completely straightened out!

This coincidence is such a coincidence.

The whole thing was like this. Dai Quan beat Xia Shouzhong for the money to build the garden. Initially, it was just to test Emperor Chenghui's bottom line. Unexpectedly, Emperor Chenghui had already made a plan and directly took out the benefit of 10% of the coins to silence the Supreme Emperor. The key is that at such a point in time, the old King Beijing died, and this guy, King Beijing, and his faction were immediately thrown into chaos.

Then the Supreme Emperor, who was supported by the Xungui Group in the debt clearing incident, faced Emperor Chenghui's counterattack at the critical moment. He seized on Lord Dai Quan's matter and removed Dai Quan from his position as eunuch of the imperial eunuch. All we can say is that the timing of King Beijing's death was too coincidental. Perhaps the news reached the palace when the two emperors were tugging at Dai Quan.

Changed, everything changed, Emperor Chenghui regained the upper hand in the arm wrestling with the Supreme Emperor.

In the original time and space line, there was no coin minting, and there was no matter that Fang Baiyi was dismissed.

The two changes combined led to the current result.

So, is the Supreme Emperor really dormant?

Jia Lian thought it was impossible. How could a person who had held power be willing to stay away from it?

The struggle will continue in the future, and the Supreme Emperor will have other cards to play.

The general trend will not change, it is difficult to change. The word "filial piety" alone is enough to make the Supreme Emperor invincible.

unless…….

Thinking of this, Jia Lian shuddered.

Well, no, with Emperor Chenghui's acting style, he couldn't do such a cruel thing.

Even if Rong Guofu is copied from the original work, Jia Zheng is still there. No matter what the reason was, he didn't kill him, right?

"Well, I'll go back when I go back to change my clothes." Jia Lian agreed, and he really wanted to go this time. After all, he was the heir to the Rongguo Mansion, so he had to go there for reasons and reasons, otherwise his reputation would be ruined. This is completely different from Jia Lian not playing with other second generations. This is the so-called gift! It is the foundation of social morality.

After packing up and changing into plainer clothes, Jia Lian went out.

Far away, before reaching the Prince's Palace in Beijing, I heard earth-shattering cries.

(End of this chapter)