Red Mansion: Bastards rule the roost

Chapter 338 Internal and external collusion

For the first time, Emperor Xifeng dropped the news and went to the harem to relax. The past two days were full of news about the impeachment of Jia Cong and Jin Yiwei, which gave him a headache.

"Long live my lord, in my humble opinion, Dang Koubo's move was originally a good intention. It can not only increase the revenue of the national treasury, but also free the Jin Yiwei from having to rely on the Ministry of Household Affairs or internal funds for money and food, and it can even feed the internal treasury.

It's just because these officials colluded with officials and businessmen and refused to do anything for the court. Dai Quan whispered.

Emperor Xifeng snorted coldly: "How come I don't know? If I hadn't seen the benefits of this method, I would have issued an order long ago."

"Your Majesty is wise." Dai Quan bowed and smiled.

Emperor Xifeng sighed and walked to the Queen's Changchun Palace.

"The Emperor is here!" the eunuch at the door shouted in a long voice.

Empress Chen hurriedly came out and said, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty."

Emperor Xifeng raised his hand to help him: "No courtesy. I have been so noisy about the past two days that I came to Zitong to relax."

Empress Chen pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please, I guess it's because of Jia Cong's deposit?"

Emperor Xifeng smiled bitterly and nodded: "This bastard just won't let me live a happy life. Does the queen know about it too?"

Empress Chen said with a smile: "The previous dynasty was so noisy that I heard about it in the harem. My disgraced brother wrote a letter yesterday asking if he would hand over the money."

"Oh? What did the queen say?" Emperor Xifeng asked.

"I said, since it is a matter of the imperial court, if you give me an extra penny, the burden on His Majesty's shoulders will be lighter. Even if Jia Cong takes away Tan Mo? Your loyalty and filial piety have been fulfilled, so I asked him to hand over Yes." Queen Chen said.

Emperor Xifeng was greatly moved. He held Empress Chen's hand and sighed: "If all the people in the world understand the righteousness as well as Zitong, I can rest easy."

The Queen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, please don't be too worried. Jia Cong is not an easy man. Since he dares to take risks like this, he must have a back-up plan.

I heard that Feng Shilang had a good relationship with him and that a huge amount of money was involved. How could the Ministry of Revenue remain indifferent? Your Majesty can relax and let them fight. Another day, you can order Jia Cong to defend himself in court. "

"Fat Feng? This bastard has calmed down in the past two days. I don't know what's the harm in holding it in. Let's just let them go dog-eat-dog." Emperor Xifeng said with a smile: "I have the Queen like a fish in water."

Queen Chen's face turned red and she said slightly angrily: "Your Majesty, what are you talking about in the blue sky and white sun?"

Emperor Xifeng smiled and said: "What I mean is that winning the queen is like winning Kong Ming. Where did the queen go?"

"Your Majesty..." Queen Chen said coquettishly, somewhat girlishly.

Emperor Xifeng felt his heart heat up when he saw it, and said: "I will rest at the queen's place tonight."

Empress Chen said shyly: "My concubine is too old and frail to serve the king. Your Majesty should go to other sisters."

"It's ridiculous. My queen is the most talented and beautiful woman in the world. Who in the harem can match her beauty? If anyone has any objections, I will gouge out his eyes." Emperor Xifeng waved his hand.

Empress Chen was both ashamed and happy, and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty is exaggerating. If you are not ashamed, I am still ashamed. If other sisters hear it, they will laugh to death. Don't say it anymore."

"Haha, okay, just follow the Queen's advice and don't talk about this."

Dai Quan heard the harmonious music inside at the door and breathed a sigh of relief. If the empress was there to help him talk, then everything would be fine.

Suddenly I saw two young eunuchs carrying a large basket of memorials, and they stopped me: "What are you doing? I don't see the emperor busy?"

"If you go back to the manager, this is the note from the bank. Let us report it to the emperor immediately." The two young eunuchs said with a sad face.

"What's the secret?"

"I don't know."

Dai Quan picked up two books and flipped through them. They were all about impeaching Jia Cong.

Throwing it back into the basket, he said: "In the future, you are not allowed to send any information about the impeachment of Dang Koubo. Do you know? Carry it to the military aircraft and let the bachelors look at it first. Your Majesty is not free, so go ahead."

"Yes."

Dai Quan sneered, these bastard corrupt officials have stolen gold and silver, and now Brother Jia wants them to bleed some, it's like digging up their ancestral graves.

With our family here, can we let you be wild? If you are not afraid of wasting pen and ink, just write.
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Because Jin Yiwei's various errands were carried out in an orderly manner, and the North and South Divisions were also operating efficiently, Jia Cong also slacked off.

From being lazy and not going to court, to now simply not going to the Yamen every day, letting Lei Tai, Wen Zhen and others come to report at home when they have something to do.

Every day he just practices martial arts at home, listens to books, and laughs with Baochai and Daiyu.

Of course, it was not the book he listened to from his late daughter, but the history book told to him by Baochai and Daiyu.

The two of them are knowledgeable about the past and present, and they can always draw references from boring historical stories, which greatly interests Jia Cong.

"Yan Can said that eating late every day is as delicious as eating meat; walking steadily and slowly is enough to be used as a ride; living peacefully is no worse than the rich and powerful; being quiet and inactive, pure and self-sufficient, and enjoying it.

It is you, Your Majesty, who orders me to speak, but it is I, Yan Can, who speaks honestly and honestly. After that, he bowed twice to King Xuan and left. "

"This is the story of returning to nature." Daiyu said.

Since she had already finished talking about "Spring and Autumn", Daiyu started to talk about "Warring States Policy". Baochai sat aside and smiled and nodded. Qingwen, Qianxue, Xiangling and others were all sitting on the pony, listening to Daiyu's words with relish. story.

Jia Cong leaned on Daiyu's embroidered couch, thought about it, and said with a smile: "Sister Bao, what do you think of Yan Can?"

"Of course he is a scholar who regards fame and wealth as floating clouds." Baochai said.

"If a person has integrity, he should be like Yan Gu." Daiyu said. Jia Cong shook his head and said: "Yan Can can't even bear the scorn of words. He must not be able to bear greater humiliation, right?"

"That's natural." Baochai and Daiyu said.

"The humiliation of the crotch is lighter than the humiliation of words, which is more serious?" Jia Cong said.

"Of course the former is a hundred times heavier." Baochai said.

"According to Sister Bao and Yan'er, Han Xin must be a lowly man who is greedy for fame and wealth and has no integrity." Jia Cong said with a smile.

"You are sophistry." Baochai and Daiyu said in unison.

"You two girls have never been in the officialdom, so you don't understand the truth. It doesn't matter if Yan Can is not an official. What kind of official can a person like him, who is mentally obsessed with hygiene, be?

I don't think he can even be a county magistrate. The celebrities in the history books may not have any real abilities. "Jia Cong said.

Daiyu refused and said angrily: "Is it true that only despicable people can be good officials?"

Jia Cong thought of Fatty Feng and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Maybe this is really the case. What do you think the purpose of becoming an official is?

Is it to show one's noble morality and high integrity, or to govern the country and let the people live a good life? "

"This... naturally the latter is more important." Daiyu was not ignorant of the reason.

"Exactly. If you can have both, that's great. If you can't have both, you can only choose the latter. Needless to say, shouldn't I say more?"

"That's exactly the reason." Baochai nodded.

"Yan Can just puts his own honor and disgrace above the country's people, and he feels happy about it. You, King Xuan of Qi, have offended me, so I quit.

And where do they put the officials who have endured each other and dedicated themselves to the country? This is why I said that being a good person will not make you a good official. "

Bao and Dai thought for a while, and they realized that it was indeed the case. Being an official only wanted to be comfortable, but also had to have meat to eat, cars to live in, and beauties to live in. They couldn't bear any grievances. How could such a good thing happen? The emperor didn't even think about it. So comfortable.

Jia Cong said: "For example, Han Xin, if he killed the ruffian in anger back then and paid his life for him, would there be any achievements in the future?

For example, Li Taibai wrote poems well, but what was the use? Politics and poetry writing are two different things. According to his emotional intelligence, once he became an official, he would just be a weak official, being manipulated by his subordinates. "

"What does emotional intelligence mean?" Daiyu asked.

"Well...that's the way to behave."

Baochai pursed her lips and smiled: "Cong'er, you are also a world-famous talent, but you don't look down on Shixian Taibai?"

Jia Cong said disdainfully: "I don't care if he is talented or not. I am the first-class scumbag in the country, and I am in charge of the world's robes. Who is Li Bai? Compare him to me."

"Your arrogance is on par with Li Bai's." Bao and Dai couldn't help but spat when they saw his arrogant look.

"Of course, I know that you worship Shixian. Considering your face, if I meet him, I will reward him with a large sum of money, so that he can freely travel around, drink and have fun." Jia Cong said with a smile.

"Pooh."

"Master Cong, the old lady has invited me." Suddenly I heard Hu Hui coming to deliver a message.

"What's wrong?" Jia Cong said lazily.

"More than a dozen family friends came to see the old lady and ask for the third master's words."

Jia Cong chuckled. He had already expected that these poor devils would kill their whole family by charging them a few coins.

"Sister Bao and Yan'er will continue talking when I come back."

"It's your turn to speak." The two said in unison.

"Okay, okay, you really won't suffer at all."
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"Congratulations to the old ladies and ladies."

"No need. Brother Cong, for the wives of these family friends, there is some kind of guaranteed gold and silver that you Jinyiwei collected. Please ask me for a favor and see if you can get it done. You can explain it to the wives. "Jia Mu said.

Mrs. Niu Jizong said: "Uncle, you know the situation of our family. Thanks to your kindness, we started the business of Shenxian Liquor House. It has only been a little better in the past two years.

Now I suddenly have to pay one month's interest, which amounts to tens of thousands of taels. How can I afford it? Please hold your hand high, we will always be grateful for your great virtue. "

Mrs. Liu Fang said: "Uncle, for the sake of being of the same lineage as the founding of the country and being family friends, I beg you to be merciful.

I'm not afraid of your jokes, but as long as my family has the power, we can't be so shameless as to ask you for favoritism. It's really a difficult family situation..." She actually shed tears as she spoke.

"We are too, please let me be kind to you." Zhong Gaoming said sadly.

Jia Cong laughed, dismissed the servants, and said, "Madams, why should you worry? I am close friends with each of your families, how can I be so merciless?"

Everyone was overjoyed and said, "Thank you very much, Uncle, for your kindness."

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Each of your families only has a few thousand or ten thousand taels of silver, so it won't be of much use if I collect it. However, at Uncle Ho's house, each family has tens of thousands.

Therefore, I would like to ask all the ladies to go back and bring a message. This is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. I also ask the heads of the families to give their full help, so that everyone will not suffer a loss afterwards. "

All the ladies in charge were human beings. They already understood and nodded in agreement with smiles. They also thanked Jia Mu and flattered her.

Jia Mu was so happy that she was talking and laughing with them.

Jia Cong had already said goodbye and left. He didn't have time to argue with a group of aunts.

(End of this chapter)