The Red Mansions

Chapter 115 Jia Yun, the word Zizheng.

The next day.

At dawn, Jia Yun rode out of the city with two guards.

One of the two guards was Jia Wenlin, the young man from the third room who was the first to rush out on the day Jia Yun clashed with Jia's mansion.

Jia Wenlin's appearance is not good, but she is bold and strong. She is also very strong, with a big shoulder and a thick waist. She is just over 1.9 meters tall, which is considered very tall in this day and age.

The other one is Jia Dazheng, who is also a child of the jade character, but when he was named, he only took the number and did not choose according to the character.

Jia Dazheng was about the same as Jia Wenlin, tall and big, with a hulking back and a ferocious face, the kind that would surely make a child cry at a glance.

These two people also have one thing in common, that is, they have superb martial arts skills, they are more talented in learning martial arts, and they also know the basic tactics of battle formation.

So Jia Yun picked these two at first, used them as fronts, and arranged for them to be the temporary captains of the guards.

Because of the hot weather these days, Jia Yun abandoned the carriage and rode directly, leaving early and returning late, which was faster and more comfortable than riding a carriage.

When he came to a pavilion outside the city gate, Zhou Kun was also riding a horse, followed by two servants.

Since he lived in Jia's family farm last time, he hasn't moved away, not for anything else but to hang out with his own maid.

After the two sides met, they didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the academy with whips.

When we arrived at the academy, the sun was just rising.

Before going up the mountain, Jia Yun told Jia Wenlin and Jia Dazheng to take the horses and follow Zhou Kun's servants to the farm to rest and eat there at noon, and come back to pick him up in the evening.

After going up the mountain, Jia Yun went directly to Zhao Jin.

Zhao Jin was teaching the students. Seeing Jia Yun coming out of the window, he left the school after giving some instructions to the students.

After the two met, they arched their hands at each other, and before they exchanged greetings, Zhao Jin said, "Come with me, the head of the mountain wants to see you."

Therefore, Jia Yun stopped talking and followed Zhao Jin to the main hall in the back mountain.

On the way, Jia Yun remembered the officials she saw last time, hesitated, and asked Zhao Jin, "Master, last time I saw people wearing scarlet official uniforms coming and going in and out of the backyard of the main hall, this is..."

Zhao Jin didn't hesitate this time, and said directly: "They are all high-ranking officials from our academy, but most of them have no real power. In fact, no matter which side is right now, as long as they don't vote for the nobles, they won't have any real power."

"Our academy has a history of more than [-] years, and it is the same age as Da Zhou. Due to various reasons, it has great influence in the local area, but it is somewhat unknown in the center."

"In recent years, many seniors who have been transferred to the center have also made a lot of efforts, but all of them have had little effect, but there is a good opportunity right now."

Jia Yun asked curiously, "What kind of opportunity?"

"Go to the current emperor." Zhao Jin replied, paused, and then added: "But wait until he can really count on what he says."

Jia Yun nodded, and pondered: "Isn't this the icing on the cake? It's not too late to go for refuge at that time?"

Zhao Jin said with a smile: "Although speculation is rewarding, the possibility of failure is even greater. Officials from our academy have always paid attention to safety. This is determined by the nature of the academy's inheritance."

"Perhaps it is precisely because of this that after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperors of all dynasties loved to use officials from our academy to stabilize the place at the beginning of their ascension. On the contrary, it allowed us to lay a solid foundation."

"It's just that in this way, everyone is distributed in the north and south, and the power will naturally be dispersed. We can't form a joint force, so that we have lost many opportunities in the center."

Jia Yun pointedly said: "It should be said that everyone has their own ideas!"

Zhao Jin nodded and said with a smile: "You are right to say that, so these years, the head of the mountain and the others have been trying to coordinate their forces, but people's hearts are unpredictable. It is not so easy to straighten out the history of the academy for more than a hundred years. thing?"

Having said that, the two of them had already arrived outside the main hall.

This time, Zhao Jin didn't ask anyone to inform him, and just took Jia Yun in. Presumably, Jia Yun is now a candidate and registered in the academy, so he is already qualified to enter and leave this place.

Before arriving at the head of the mountain's office, the gentleman in charge told Zhao Jin a place and asked Zhao Jin to take Jia Yun there.

So the two walked to the backyard without stopping.

The backyard extends in all directions, with corridors, corridors, and sidewalks merging with each other. The courtyards are simple and generous, with elegant pavilions, verdant flowers and trees, shaded by bamboo shoots, elegant and unique, and a strong smell of books is everywhere.

Soon, Zhao Jin took Jia Yun to a courtyard. From a distance, one could hear talking and laughing in the living room.

Zhao Jin first asked the book boy who was guarding the door to report, and when the book boy came back, the two were taken into the living room.

As soon as Jia Yun jumped into the living room, a look of surprise appeared on her face. It turned out that the guest sitting below was Xu Renzhi, the governor of Beizhili whom he hadn't seen for a few days!

Seeing the way he talked and laughed with the head of the mountain, the fool knew that the two knew each other very well.

"Could it be that Xu Renzhi wants to use the head of the mountain to prevent me from taking the exam next year?" This thought flashed through Jia Yun's mind.

But if Xu Renzhi is really like this, he is afraid that he is thinking badly, even if the head of the mountain comes forward to do his work, he will not agree.

To put it bluntly, although he was studying at Qingshan Academy, he was only a student.

The head of the mountain confiscated him as an apprentice again. Although Jia Yun should still respect the head of the mountain, but if he dictates the major events of his life, then don't blame himself for turning his face and denying others.

With an idea in mind, Jia Yun cheered up, and before she had time to think about it, she and Zhao Jin went forward to salute the head of the mountain, and then saluted Xu Renzhi.

After the ceremony, Shanzhang Zhuo Zhenyuan said with a hearty smile: "Jia Yun, Brother Zicheng has already talked to the old man about your matter, and the old man will not and is not qualified to meddle in this matter. He is just watching as a witness." .”

Xu Renzhi nodded, and said with a smile: "The two things you mentioned, the old man racked his brains, and basically came to a conclusion."

"Let's not talk about the first thing in advance. I called you here today to talk about the second thing. There is someone you need next door. You decide the specifics. I believe you will not be disappointed."

This made Jia Yun confused, not knowing what the two of them were trying to sell, so she had to follow the book boy to the next room.

Pushing the door open, I saw a senior eunuch in his thirties and forties, with good features and a beardless face, quietly flipping through a book.

Hearing the movement, the eunuch looked up at Jia Yun, put down the scroll, and said with a smile: "The Miscellaneous Family is the Dai Ming Palace's in-charge power!"

Jia Yun's heart moved, she secretly thought that Xu Renzhi was awesome, her face remained calm, and she quickly stepped forward to salute, "Student Jia Yun, I have met my father-in-law."

"Hehe, don't be too polite, just sit down and talk." Dai Quan said with a gentle face, and after Jia Yun sat down, he said, "Actually, the miscellaneous family knew the name of Second Master Yun a few months ago."

Jia Yun showed doubts, and Dai Quan explained: "A few months ago, Mr. Xue's family in Jinling sold a masonry coffin to a worthless godson of a miscellaneous family."

"Afterwards, the miscellaneous family did some investigation and found out that it was the second master Yun who asked Mr. Xue to sell the coffin."

Speaking of this, Dai Quan smiled, cupped his hands in the direction of the capital, and said: "After the miscellaneous family went back, they found an opportunity to report this matter to the Long Live Lord, and the Long Live Lord said a good word at that time."

Jia Yun stood up and saluted, and said, "Thank you for your kind words, father-in-law."

"Hehe, it's nothing more than a little effort." Dai Quan said very politely.

Then, he straightened his mind, restrained his smile, and continued: "Second Master Yun, I think what is the so-called Zajia coming to meet you today, don't you need to say more?"

Seeing Jia Yun nodding, Dai Quan said, "Okay, let's stop going around in circles and get straight to business."

"As for the Xue family, when the Long Live Lord came to the throne, I didn't blame them anymore. I'm too lazy to talk about the reasons. You just need to know that Xue Chengwen had already obtained the forgiveness of the Long Live Lord before he died, and that's fine."

Jia Yun was startled, and said to herself, "Baochai's father, my dead father-in-law?"

Think about it for a while, and then he's no longer surprised.

He once heard Xue Baochai say that although her father and cousin were both businessmen, they were also full of knowledge.

Jia Yun didn't doubt it either, after all, if he could teach Xue Baochai, a daughter who could compete with Lin Daiyu in the Red Mansion and was erudite, it goes without saying that Xue's father was knowledgeable.

In addition, Xue Baoqin and Xue Biao, the brothers and sisters, are also talented, polite people, and Xue Pan is the only one in the entire Xue family.

As for Xue Pan, it is due to his nature and has nothing to do with teaching. His nature is a mess, and no one can teach him well.

Therefore, it is only normal for Jia Yun's father-in-law to be able to make plans at the critical moment of the Xue family.

But obviously, Xue Baochai's father and uncle didn't tell Xue's family about their plans before they passed away. Why not, I don't know the reason.

After Dai Quan mentioned a sentence, he continued: "All these years, the Lord Long Live is thinking of Xue's ancestor's contribution to the Great Zhou, so that Xue's family is still a businessman in the Ministry of Households, with money and food from the family, and purchases miscellaneous materials. .”

"As for the Xue family's deterioration year after year, that's not what Long Live Lord should pay attention to."

"The reason why the miscellaneous family talk so much is because they want to have a close relationship with Second Master Yun. As long as the Xue family does not seek rebellion, Long Live Lord will ignore them."

"As for Mr. Xu, when he came to visit Lord Long Live yesterday, he said that he wanted to find a backer for the Xue family's business route. Lord Long Live did not refuse, so he sent a miscellaneous family to talk to Second Master Yun about this matter."

Jia Yun cupped her hands and said, "Thank you father-in-law for explaining the students' confusion, but before talking about the business route, the students still have some secrets about the Xue family and the father-in-law's representative..."

So he confessed to Dai Quan that Xue Pan might be set up to order his servants to beat people to death, and he himself became a "living dead".

It is better to say this matter sooner rather than later. In the past, the emperor did not pay much attention to the Xue family, and Xue Pan's beating to death only ended in Yingtian Mansion in Jinling, so the emperor naturally did not know the inside story.

But in the future, after he pays attention to the Xue family, he will definitely investigate carefully and send people to monitor every move of the Xue family, and Xue Pan's identity will bear the brunt of it, and they will definitely be discovered by them immediately.

At that time, if you want to explain it, then the explanation becomes a cover-up.

After Dai Quan heard the ins and outs, he slapped the table and stood up, his face was cold and he said: "What a four kings and eight men!"

Why is he angry?Because he was sent by the emperor, and it was also for the sake of the Xue family's property.

But the emperor still has face after all, and eating will not be ugly.

After all, the Xue family has meritorious service from their ancestors, and they still have a little bit of love with the royal family, so the emperor at most sent Dai Quan over to earn a lot of money through the Xue family's trade route to fill up the internal treasury.

This matter had to be kept secret, otherwise the money would not belong to the emperor himself if it was earned and transported to the treasury.

But the behavior of the Jia family, the Wang family and others is obviously similar to that of Ming Qiang, but they are more secretive because they care about their relatives.

They didn't kill him, but they erased him from his household registration and made Xue Pan lose his inheritance rights. It can be seen that as long as the time is right, they can use various methods to make Xue Pan obediently take out his family wealth.

Although it was done by the Jia family and the Wang family, to Dai Quan, it was done by the four princes and eight princes.

The four kings and eight princes had no way of dealing with the new emperor. They relied on standing behind the Supreme Emperor and cultivated party members to make the new emperor restrain him everywhere. Government orders were obstructed and powers were restricted. Dai Quan, as the new emperor's confidant, knew it all.

In the past, it was fine if they didn't know about the Xue family's affairs, but now when they knew that the four kings and eight princes were going to rob the Xue family's property, Dai Quan wanted to stop it with all his strength, and let the Xue family be used by the new emperor.

After thinking for a while, Dai Quan said to Jia Yun: "Second Master Yun, don't worry, the miscellaneous family will definitely report this matter to the emperor. The issue of Mr. Xue's household registration will definitely be handled properly in the future. It can be regarded as a little sincerity of the miscellaneous family."

"As for the Xue family business route, the Zajia will not be beating around the bush. This is what the Zajia thinks. In the future, the Xue family business route will still be operated by the Xue family. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will increase the purchase share of the Xue family, but the Zajia will demand [-]% of the Xue family every year from now on. Profit sharing."

"Of course, so many dividends, the miscellaneous family will not take it for nothing. No matter what happens to the Xue family in the future, the miscellaneous family will do their best to protect them. Even if four kings and eight princes want to trouble the Xue family, the miscellaneous family will deal with them to the end."

After hearing this, Jia Yun groaned for a while, then shook her head and said, "It's probably too much. Now the Xue family seems to be very big, but it basically doesn't make any profit every year, and it's even still living on its old capital. All the business routes are in a state of loss."

"To reverse this situation, a large amount of investment is necessary. Therefore, the students think that the Xue family can give the father-in-law [-]% of the profit at most in the future. This is the bottom line. If there is more, there will be no way to talk."

"Besides, before we cooperate, my father-in-law has to do something for Xue's family."

Dai Quan asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

Jia Yun said: "Help the Xue family clear up the cancer in the commercial roads."

Then he gave a general introduction to the specific situation of the Xue family, giving Dai Quan a preliminary impression.

After hearing this, Dai Quan sighed and said, "It's really audacious, these people have embezzled as much money as miscellaneous people!"

Seeing Jia Yun looking straight at him, Dai Quan came back to his senses, his old face blushed, he coughed, and said, "Okay, this matter will be dealt with by Jin Yiwei, and it will be settled a year ago."

Jia Yun cupped her hands and said, "Then please leave it to the father-in-law. After the matter is completed, the Xue family only needs 200 million taels of silver as the capital, and the extra silver will be regarded as the father-in-law's tea money."

"Hehe, the miscellaneous family will not be polite." Hearing this, Dai Quan smiled like a chrysanthemum.

After laughing, he murmured: "The share Erye Yun said is that the miscellaneous family is the master. Within ten years, only [-]% of the profit will be shared, but after ten years, the miscellaneous family will share [-]%. This is also the bottom line of the miscellaneous family."

Jia Yun thought about it, who would know what the world would be like ten years later, so she nodded and agreed.

After the matter was settled, Dai Quan stood up and said goodbye. After all, as the chief executive, he had a lot of things to do.

When he reached the door, he stopped again, turned around and said, "In a few days, let Mr. Xue go to the south of the Yangtze River with the people dispatched by the miscellaneous family. If it goes well, he can find an official position then."

Jia Yun thanked, "Thank you, Eunuch."

Dai Quan nodded and walked out.

Jia Yun stood there thinking for a while, and after finding nothing wrong, she went back to the living room next door.

Jia Yun thought to herself: "Hasty, if I knew in advance that the emperor had eliminated his grievances with the Xue family, then I wouldn't have to put forward conditions for Xu Renzhi. Now it seems that the two conditions were really easy for him to fulfill. "

Sure enough, when Jia Yun arrived in the living room, Xu Renzhi asked him to go to the official department to listen to the election tomorrow.

In fact, according to the rules, it takes a certain number of years for a person to be elected to the Ministry of Officials, and it all depends on luck. Sometimes waiting for more than ten years may not necessarily lead to an official vacancy.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were many shortages of officials such as prefectures, prefectures, counties, and magistrates. The electors were limited to more than three years of election, and they could be appointed magistrates, prefectures, general judges, Tuiguan, and county magistrates.

But now, as long as they are not in prison, those who ask for advice are ordinary juren, and they are not qualified to confer official positions.

In fact, the Yebu audition selection is often a last resort choice in the case of failing in the number of examinations, but there are still many candidates flocking to it, hoping to obtain an official position through the audition selection.

But when he came to Jia Yun, he was very sure that as long as he went to the Ministry of Officials to listen to the election, he would be able to get an official position very quickly, and he would be sent far away, otherwise he would be sorry for Xu Renzhi's troubles.

Now it seems that Xu Renzhi's move to prevent himself from participating in the examination next year has succeeded.

Jia Yun is not a person who breaks promises, and she swallows her words with tears. If the exam is postponed, it will be postponed, at most it will only be postponed for one year.

After Jia Yun personally agreed to go to the Ministry of Officials to listen to the election tomorrow, Xu Renzhi laughed heartily and said, "Jia Yun, you will definitely be grateful for today's choice in the future!"

Believe in your evil!
Jia Yun rolled her eyes. Although she was willing to admit defeat, she was still a little unhappy in her heart. After all, if she can become a Jinshi one year earlier, she can become a master one year earlier.

Zhuo Zhenyuan, the head of the mountain, also smiled, and then asked Jia Yun: "Jia Yun, the old man sees that you are sensitive, studious, smart, honest and kind, and intends to accept you as a closed disciple. Are you willing?"

If this had been mentioned earlier, it would have been easy for Jia Yun to misunderstand that he and Xu Renzhi were in the same boat.

But if I mention this matter to Jia Yun again now, I really appreciate him.

Naturally, Jia Yun would not refuse, it was not important whether Zhuo Zhenyuan could teach him knowledge, what was important was that Zhuo Zhenyuan's prestige and connections would be of great help to him, so he hurried forward to kowtow in salute.

Zhuo Zhenyuan laughed loudly, stepped forward to help Jia Yun up, and said: "Don't rush to leave later, it is better to hit the sun than to choose a day. As a teacher, I will call the Jinshi and Juren from the Academy to watch the ceremony."

Xu Renzhi also interjected: "Hahaha, this old man is one step ahead of Brother Yuan Kun, and got the title of a teacher early on."

Zhuo Zhenyuan smiled and said: "You are a strange teacher. Others want their students to get high school gold medals earlier, but you have to do everything possible to stop him. Jia Yun didn't beat you right now, it is already very self-restraining !"

Soon, as long as the Jinshi and Juren in the academy all gathered together, they came to watch the ceremony.

Then, under Jia Yun's three obeisances, Zhuo Zhenyuan took a word for him: Zizheng.

(End of this chapter)