Red Mansion Taoist

Chapter 271 Competition
The next morning, Jia Qiang did not get up early.

Emperor Jingwen was imprisoned in the East Palace. There was a morning court before, which was presided over by two cabinet bachelors. However, the morning court without the emperor was of little use. From today on, there will be no morning court.

Jia Qiang is one of the few people who can sleep until after sunrise on ordinary days.

When he went to the palace, he no longer went to court, but directly entered the cabinet.

Of course, although the ministers did not have to go to court, they had to do their work. The documents that needed to be submitted were handed over to the eunuchs at the gate of the palace, who sent them to the cabinet.

When Jia Qiang was about to arrive at the cabinet, a prince came directly opposite.

The reason why he recognized him as the prince was because the person opposite was wearing the same clothes as Li Hongkang.

"But Master Jia in person?" Jia Qiang was about to pass by, but she didn't expect the prince to take the initiative to ask.

"Exactly!" Jia Qiang stopped and nodded.

"Fifth Prince Li Ling has met Scholar Jia!" Fifth Prince Li Ling solemnly saluted Jia Qiang.

This road leads to the cabinet. The cabinet has not yet opened its doors. The fifth prince Li Ling is coming from the opposite side. How can he appear here!
"I heard that Third Brother said that he and Master Jia are good friends. Is this true?" Fifth Prince Li Ling then asked.

Now that the cabinet handles government affairs, even if such information is submitted, it will be rejected directly. It is impossible to send it to Emperor Jingwen, or even to the Supreme Emperor.

"There are capable people behind these three princes!" Jia Qiang heard Xu Xu's whisper next to her.

"Let's distribute today's tasks!" Archmaester Tian's voice sounded, and there was no more noise from the cabinet.

After distributing the zhezi one by one, Jia Qiang discovered an interesting thing. Emperor Jingwen was in confinement, and the number of zhezi was much less than before.

They were used to seeing intrigues in the officialdom, but they had never seen the Fifth Prince Li Ling's methods, which surprised all the scholars.

This is an excerpt from the fifth prince Li Ling, who I just met today. The fifth prince Li Ling serves as a doctor in the Zhejiang Qing Li Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs. In the excerpt, he put forward a set of opinions on the population statistics of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Bachelor Xu was not strong enough to speak out about this matter, so he just complained in private.

"The cabinet time is up, I can't stay any longer!" Jia Qiang said goodbye with a smile, not wanting to say more.

"Okay, the opinions given in these three folds are to be implemented accordingly. If you have no objections, please report it to the Supreme Emperor!" Academician Tian said after taking back the three folds.

Perhaps because of the absence of the emperor, the scholars had less scruples. They discussed the competition among the three princes in the cabinet, and all of them were not optimistic about the fifth prince Li Ling.

Walking into the cabinet, I found that most of the bachelors were here.

Jia Qiang was startled. He did not expect that the fifth prince Li Ling would ask so directly.

Not long after, another note came to him.

This set of opinions comprehensively points out and corrects the current loopholes in household registration management by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

The fifth prince Li Ling looked at Jia Qiang's back and smiled proudly.

He did not believe that the other party met by chance. The palace was so big that even a prince would not be able to live in the palace.

But the problem is that such a maintenance management system cannot be summed up without working in the Ministry of Industry’s Maintenance and Cleaning Department for more than ten years.

"Everyone, don't rush to deal with official business. There are still three folds here that need to be announced to you!" Academician Tian took out three more folds and said.

"Hahahaha!" Suddenly, all the bachelors in the cabinet burst into laughter.

"That's not what Third Brother said. He said that you had a great time chatting with him!" The fifth prince, Li Ling, felt relieved after hearing this, and he added.

The Supreme Emperor is old and has low energy. He can only intervene in some important government affairs.

It can only be said that there is really no one in the royal family, and the fifth prince chosen is so low-level.

He handed out three copies of the booklet and asked them to circulate among the scholars.

In fact, there is no need for him to say it. Who in the cabinet has seen these three documents and does not know the fishiness in them.

The last excerpt he saw was the excerpt written by Li Hongkang. Li Hongkang also put forward his opinions on the examination of meritorious service of the Ministry of Personnel.

"They stopped me just now, it was also an accidental encounter!" Xuexian Zhao followed.

"The fifth prince stopped me and said it was a chance encounter!" I heard Xu Xuesheng say.

He carefully looked at the maintenance management system. To be honest, if this management system is implemented, it will have a big impact on both construction safety and material consumption.

The first thing Jia Qiang got was the seventh prince's treasure. The seventh prince was a doctor in the Ministry of Industry's Camp Repair and Cleaning Department, and he actually came up with a camp maintenance management system when he first took office.

Amid laughter, two cabinet ministers came in.

"It turns out he is the fifth prince. I have met the fifth prince!" Jia Qiang returned the gesture lightly.

Jia Qiang bowed and continued walking towards the cabinet.

"The Third Prince and I have known each other since the Imperial Academy. After all these years, we were only invited to meet him yesterday!" Jia Qiang thought for a while before explaining.

There is no more information about the relationship with Emperor Jingwen. In the past, many officials from other provinces wrote in the information. There was nothing important, just to contact Emperor Jingwen and let Emperor Jingwen know about him.

Two other bachelors also said that they also met the fifth prince Li Ling, and they also said that they met by chance.

He shook his head and handed the fold in his hand to another bachelor.

The voices of the scholars were lowered, but they were still discussing the fifth prince Li Ling.

The seventh prince had only been in the Ministry of Industry's Camping and Cleaning Department for a few days, and he was able to come up with such a management system. If it were his own ability, then the seventh prince would be a genius that surpassed Jia Qiang.

What the fifth prince Li Ling said was purely a estrangement, but his method was too immature.

"Well, I was stopped by the fifth prince just now, and we met by chance!" Jia Qiang spread her hands and joined in the conversation.

Neither Tian University nor Deng University wanted to interfere in the competition between the three princes, so they tried to be fair in handling the government affairs of the three princes.

This is the best way to send the document to the entire cabinet for discussion. Even if any of the three princes has an idea, they will not blame someone in the cabinet alone.

It was impossible for everyone to have any objections. The three documents were stamped by Master Tian and Master Deng respectively and handed over to the young eunuch to be sent to the Daming Palace.

Then the scholars began to deal with ordinary government affairs. At first, everyone thought that this kind of thing only happened once in a while.

But who would have known that in the following days, these three princes would write a letter almost every day, in which they would have constructive thoughts on their respective government affairs.

After returning from the cabinet, Jia Qiang wanted to see Master Bai Nian, but Lin Ruhai called her over. "Brother Qiang, pour yourself some tea!" Lin Ruhai pointed to the tea aside and said.

"Father-in-law, is this another case?" Jia Qiang watched Lin Ruhai busy, poured a cup of tea, sat down and asked.

"When did Dali Temple run out of cases?" Lin Ruhai said, putting down the case file in his hand.

Jia Qiang refilled Lin Ruhai's tea and placed the cup in front of Lin Ruhai.

"You didn't participate in the prince's fight, did you?" Lin Ruhai took a sip of tea and raised his eyes and asked.

"You know my situation, can I participate in the prince's fight?" Jia Qiang shook her head and asked.

Lin Ruhai thought about it and agreed. Jia Qiang was about to become a prince, so it was not convenient for her to participate in these things.

"There are rumors that both the third prince and the fifth prince have met you. There are various theories. Some say that you have taken refuge with the third prince, and some say that you have taken refuge with the fifth prince!" Lin Ruhai told what he knew.

"Let them be!" Jia Qiang said indifferently.

"The Supreme Emperor lets the three princes fight. I don't know whether this is good or bad for Da Qian!" Only in front of Jia Qiang would Lin Ruhai talk about government affairs without any scruples.

"Why, isn't it a good thing for the Supreme Emperor to compete for the crown prince in this way?" Jia Qiang asked without seeing the risk.

"There are people in the court and even in the royal family who have taken refuge with one of the three princes. They all want to be ministers of the dragon and receive the power of the dragon. It is better now and the situation is not serious. After a while, I'm afraid it will be troublesome in the middle of the court!" Lin Ruhai explained worriedly.

"With the Supreme Emperor here, there won't be any big troubles!" Jia Qiang looked away and said with a smile.

"But the Emperor's health has been poor. If he hasn't chosen a prince yet..." Lin Ruhai's next words were not spoken, but the meaning was clearly expressed.

Once the Supreme Emperor died and the three princes were still competing, the Daqian court would be in chaos.

"The Supreme Emperor should know this. He is fully prepared!" Jia Qiang couldn't say that she was keeping the Supreme Emperor alive, so she could only explain vaguely.

"I hope so, Daqian really can't stand any more trouble!" Lin Ruhai sighed.

Daqian had just recovered from the Tatar plunder, and something like Emperor Jingwen happened again. If something happened again, Daqian really couldn't bear it.

If Jia Qiang hadn't inspected the northern army and stabilized the northern army, Daqian might have been in trouble by now.

"By the way, Yu'er is pregnant. Your mother-in-law will move to the garden these days, and Yu'er will also live in the garden and take good care of her!" Lin Ruhai explained as he thought of Lin Daiyu's pregnancy.

"This is going to trouble my mother-in-law!" Jia Qiang would not refuse, he said with a smile.

"You remember, Yu'er's second son's surname is Lin!" Lin Ruhai reminded.

He had always remembered Jia Qiang's promise. Now that Lin Daiyu was really pregnant, he was afraid that Jia Qiang would forget.

"Of course, this has been agreed upon a long time ago!" Jia Qiang replied with a smile.

"One more thing, Yu'er is pregnant now. What she means is that you have taken concubines recently, and brought Miaoyu, Yunfei and Zhujun into the room, as well as Yu'er and your personal maid, you must give them names. Serve!" Lin Ruhai said again.

He shouldn't be the one to talk about this matter, but there isn't even an elder in the Jiahou Mansion. He is Jia Qiang's teacher, and he is the only one who can give Jia Qiang some advice.

"Wait a little longer, wait until Sister Lin gives birth to a child, and then take a concubine after she has her first child!" Jia Qiang had already made plans for this matter, and he expressed his decision.

Lin Ruhai glanced at Jia Qiang in surprise, not expecting Jia Qiang to be so attentive.

This decision showed respect for Lin Daiyu and also reduced future troubles in the mansion.

Generally, in large families with rules, the eldest wife is not allowed to take concubines unless she is pregnant. This is to prevent concubines from giving birth to children before the eldest wife.

But many times, men cannot control themselves. There are many men in Daqian family who take concubines and have children before marrying their official wives.

There were always beautiful women in Jia Qiang's house, but Lin Ruhai could see clearly that Jia Qiang treated those women with courtesy, which was commendable.

"You make the decision on this matter. You are the only one left in your lineage. You need to have more children to make your family prosperous!" Lin Ruhai reminded.

Even though the Jiahou Mansion is now a big family with great power and power, it is very dangerous that there is only one man, Jia Qiang, in the huge Jiahou Mansion.

Perhaps in Jia Qiang's generation, with his strong strength, he can ensure the prosperity of Jiahou Mansion.

But in the next generation, if the number of people is still small and the abilities of the descendants are insufficient, problems will arise in the inheritance of Jiahou Mansion.

Take the current Lin Mansion as an example. If it hadn't been for Jia Qiang's appearance, according to the history in the Dream of Red Mansions book, after the death of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, Lin Daiyu could only take her belongings and join the Rongguo Mansion.

The Lin Mansion was divided among the Lin clan, the property Lin Daiyu brought was swallowed up by the Rongguo Mansion, and Lin Daiyu herself died of illness.

If Lin Daiyu had a few more brothers, the result would be completely different.

Jia Qiang shook her head and sighed. In this era, even the father-in-law persuades the son-in-law to take a concubine.

Returning from the Lin Mansion, he went to Master Bai Nian's courtyard and studied Buddhism for another hour.

After leaving Master Bai Nian, it was getting dark, and he went to the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the Grand View Garden. Unexpectedly, Lin Daiyu was not at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion. According to the maid at the Xiaoxiang Pavilion, Lin Daiyu was at Tubi Villa.

Jia Qiang came to Tubi Villa again and found that Tubi Villa was extremely lively.

Except for Qin Keqing, the other girls are here, eating around a round table.

"Brother Qiang is here, I have saved your seat, sit down quickly!" Jia Min saw Jia Qiang arriving, smiled and waved.

Jia Qiang was not polite, she smiled and sat in the empty seat, next to Lin Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu was putting a mouthful of fish into her mouth, but she suddenly felt nauseated, and she quickly turned around to vomit.

Jia Qiang reached out and patted her on the back, and at the same time injected a 'healing technique [advanced]' energy into her body, hoping to relieve her discomfort.

"I'm fine. For some reason, since I came back from Xiangshan, I often vomit when eating!" Lin Daiyu didn't vomit, she just felt nauseous, and she said with a slightly pale face.

Jia Qiang frowned. He had used the 'Healing Technique [Advanced]', but it did not relieve Lin Daiyu's discomfort, and her face remained pale.

Not to mention the vomiting, even if someone is stabbed, as long as he does not die on the spot, this 'healing technique [advanced]' can also make his body recover.

While she was thinking about it, Lin Daiyu picked up another dish and felt nauseated and vomited after taking one bite.

Jia Qiang was at a loss for a moment. He really didn't know how to deal with this situation.

"Brother Qiang, prepare some light food. This is morning sickness. If you eat more, you can always find something that Yu'er can eat!" Jia Min explained.

(End of this chapter)