Turning the tide in the Red Chamber

Chapter 92 [092] Jia Chen investigation meeting Daiyu
Under everyone's amazed and envious eyes, Jia Chen gave the order to thank him.

He had promised to escort Daiyu down to Yangzhou in the snow, but now he has received an imperial decree, which just happens to take care of both public and private affairs.

Dai Quan looked at Lin Daiyu who was standing beside Jiamu, and said with a smile:
"The last time our family met you for the first time, we were very close. It is really fate that we can go to Yangzhou to visit your father today!"

The last time Dai Quan saw Lin Daiyu, he wanted to adopt her as a foster daughter. This time he went south to see Lin Ruhai, and he happened to discuss this with Lin Ruhai face to face.

Lin Daiyu gave a blessed gift:
"It's my daughter's honor that Mr. Neixiang pays attention to him! It's the honor of our family and the Lin family's honor for Mr. Neixiang to travel across mountains and rivers to visit my father. On behalf of my father, my daughter would like to thank Mr. Neixiang for his kindness!"

Seeing Dai Quan treating her granddaughter so courteously, Jia's mother beamed with joy.

But what surprised her even more was that Jia Chen was appointed as the imperial envoy.

Jia Chen is only thirteen years old, and he is only a fourth-rank military officer. It is really gratifying to be so highly valued by His Majesty. It is not only the honor of this kid himself, but also the honor of the Rong family, the Jia family!

Seeing that Jia Chen's future is limitless, Jia's mother thought to herself, maybe her granddaughter does not have to marry Baoyu, Jia Chen is also a good choice.

At this moment, Mother Jia looked at Jia Chen not only with admiration and love, but also with a trace of awe.

Because Jia Chen is now an imperial envoy, if His Majesty comes here in person, his status will be more noble than her, a first-rank wife!
After exchanging pleasantries with Jia's mother, Dai Quan privately showed Lin Ruhai's secret letter to Jia Chen.

After Jia Chen browsed, he was slightly surprised.

Unexpectedly, Yangzhou has become so chaotic.

Moreover, it is no longer a problem of chaos.

There are officials colluding with Japanese pirates and bandits, harming the public and benefiting private interests, using power for personal gain, and at the cost of local chaos and people's livelihood, carve up, burn, kill and loot with Japanese pirates and bandits.

In order to test Jia Chen, Dai Quan did not go with him all the way, but deliberately stayed a few days late, so that Jia Chen could solve the chaos in Yangzhou's officialdom by himself.

But in order to protect Jia Chen's safety, Dai Quan secretly ordered Jin Yiwei's deputy commander Suzaku to send a hundred Jin Yiwei to follow Jia Chen secretly.

As an imperial envoy, one should have a lot of dignity. Three hundred royal guards of honor escorted Jia Chen to the south of the Yangtze River.

However, Jia Chen did not go directly to Yangzhou, but went to Jinling City adjacent to Yangzhou.

Jia Chen first made official articles in Jinling, which is Yingtianfu.

Jia Yucun, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture, is in charge of Jinling.

For this insidious, treacherous and cunning official villain, Jia Chen came up with a countermeasure on the road.

After reading the imperial decree to Jia Yucun, Jia Chen was polite on the surface, but said tentatively:

"Brother Yucun, Your Majesty read the transcript of Master Lin, the censor who inspected salt, and Long Yan was furious, and ordered me to thoroughly investigate the official chaos in Jinling Province.

I see His Majesty's furious situation, if I don't investigate and find out the truth this time, it will definitely not end.

I don't know much about the situation in Jinling Province, so I hope Brother Yucun can help. "

Yingtian Mansion and Yangzhou Mansion both belong to Jinling Province, and they are close relatives of each other.

Jia Chen concluded that Jia Yucun must know many secrets of Yangzhou officialdom.

The situation in Yangzhou's officialdom was complicated, and Jia Yucun naturally didn't want to get involved, so he politely refused:

"Your Imperial Envoy is ordered to ask the subordinate officials to assist, and I will do my best to do what I can, but I am not very familiar with Xu Luan, the prefect of Yangzhou, and I know very little about what he did.

Besides, the Imperial Envoy also knows that I have been in Yingtian Mansion for less than a year, and I usually devote most of my energy to official affairs, and I don't know much about Yangzhou's officials, salt merchants, and banditry.

If the imperial envoy wants the clues of Xu Luan's crimes from the lower officials, the lower officials really don't know anything and can't talk about it, ashamed, ashamed! "

This official speech was perfectly spoken by Jia Yucun.

He just wanted to protect himself blindly, he didn't want to offend Xu Luan, and he didn't want to side with Jia Chen.

Although his expression was calm, in fact, Jia Yucun's heart was already fluctuating and he was shocked.

Unexpectedly, when Jia Chen was only thirteen years old, he was appointed by His Majesty as an imperial envoy. What a great honor it is?
But Jia Yucun bullied him when he was young, not to mention that Xu Luan, the magistrate of Yangzhou, was backed by important officials from the court and the central government.

In fact, Jia Chen suspected that Jia Yucun had colluded with Xu Luan, so he came to Yingtian Mansion this time to beat Jia Yucun, an old fox in the officialdom, so that he would not look down on him, and then secretly inform Xu Luan, collude, and form an offensive and defensive alliance .

Jia Chen smiled lightly and said:

"Brother Yucun has difficulties, I can understand.

But I am more aware that the emperor trusts senior brother Yucun, otherwise he would not have appointed senior brother Yucun to cooperate with the investigation.Now that I am here in Jinling Province, if I mess up my errands, I am afraid that Brother Yucun will also be involved. "

In fact, Emperor Chongrui did not ask Jia Yucun to cooperate in the investigation, but Jia Chen was an imperial envoy, and if the emperor came in person, the words of the imperial envoy would represent the words of the emperor.

The subtext of Jia Chen's words made Jia Yucun feel like a pain in his back, like a stick in his throat, the more he thought about it, the more pressure he felt.

He originally wanted to remain neutral, but if he didn't cooperate with Jia Chen this time, if Jia Chen's affairs were successful, he might join him in the book and speak ill of him in front of Emperor Chongrui.

If Jia Chen fails, he may be pushed as a scapegoat.

Jia Yucun could tell that if he didn't get on Jia Chen's "thief ship", it would be extremely difficult to get ashore safely.

After thinking for a while, Jia Yucun had no choice but to express that he would do his best to assist the imperial envoy in investigating Yangzhou officialdom.

At the same time, Jia Yucun was secretly startled, thinking to himself that Jia Chen was really a good trick, he forced himself to submit obediently with just a few words!

At this moment, Jia Chen untied the rope around Jia Yucun's neck again.

Jia Chen laughed and said:

"Senior Brother Yucun, don't be nervous, after all, His Majesty cares more about Senior Brother Yucun's attitude towards errands.

This time I was ordered to investigate Xu Luan. Brother Yucun didn't need to do much, as long as he stood in the right place, assisted from the side, said everything that should be said, and the rest would be easy. "

As soon as these words came out, Jia Yucun's heart trembled slightly.

He finally understood that Jia Chen came to Yingtian Mansion this time to "kill the chicken to scare the monkey".

After tightening and loosening, Jia Chen saw that Jia Yucun was already in his hands, so he stopped holding it and said with a smile:
"I heard that Jinling's Fu Sheng is the best in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, I just spent a few days in the city."

Jia Yucun laughed and said:

"Since the imperial envoy has such an elegant mood, the next official is willing to accompany you all the way, to show the friendship of the landlord."

In fact, Jia Chen deliberately released smoke bombs, pretending to be in Jinling for a few days, in order to confuse Xu Luan, the prefect of Yangzhou.

A few days later, Jia Chen rushed to Yangzhou.

Although Xu Luan felt apprehensive about Jia Chen's visit this time.

But he also had some contempt for Jia Chen. After all, he didn't believe that a mere thirteen-year-old imperial envoy could cause any big waves in the land he had cultivated for many years?
Moreover, he heard from the spies that Jia Chen had played in Jinling for a few days, so he despised Jia Chen even more, thinking that Jia Chen was just a playboy and didn't take it seriously.

However, what he didn't know was that Jia Chen wanted to take advantage of Xu Luan's contempt.

After reading the imperial decree to Xu Luan, Jia Chen ordered him to be dismissed for the time being.

Xu Luan's heart trembled, he didn't expect that Jia Chen would be so ruthless that he would be dismissed as soon as he came.

At this moment, Jia Chen pretended to be polite and said:
"In Dazhou, everyone knows that Mr. Xu has made great achievements in politics and meritorious service, so His Majesty sent me, an inexperienced person, just to go through the motions. When the turmoil subsides, Mr. Xu must still be a popular person in His Majesty's eyes."

Hearing Jia Chen's polite words, Xu Luan felt relieved.

Hearing Jia Chen's words, he thought Jia Chen was showing weakness, but he didn't know that this was Jia Chen's intentional reassurance.

In fact, what Jia Chen said was right, if no criminal evidence was found, he could still be reinstated.

Although Jia Chen dismissed Xu Luan from his post, Xu Luan has been cultivating in Yangzhou for many years and has deep roots. He is the local emperor of Yangzhou. , I am afraid that it is difficult to reach the sky, and it is extremely dangerous.

After Jia Chen cleaned up Xu Luan, he immediately rushed to Xunyan Yushi's Mansion to visit Lin Ruhai who was seriously ill.

At this time, under the escort of Jia Lian, Lin Daiyu went home to visit her father Lin Ruhai.

Jia Chen couldn't go home with Lin Daiyu because of his business.

He was thinking of Lin Daiyu in his heart, and wished he could fly to Xunyan Yushi's mansion and meet Lin Daiyu.

(End of this chapter)