Sword of the Red Chamber from Heaven

Chapter 50 The Second Prince's Revenge, Lin Ruhai Faces Saints (Please recommend! Please collect!)
There is an unpredictable situation in the sky, and people will be banished.

In the capital, in a magnificent mansion, there were three or four people standing under one of the gazebos, talking and laughing happily while pointing at the group of koi in the Taiye Pond beside them.

If there were officials above the fifth rank here, they would definitely be surprised, because all of these people were important members of the Sixth Ministry, and they all had real power in the Ministry.

Sitting on the stone bench in the gazebo was a young man in high spirits. He was wearing a golden python robe. He heard something an official beside him said. He slammed the stone table hard, his face a bit gloomy.

Suddenly, the young man gave a cold smile, and only heard him say: "Lin Ruhai!! This prince will never end with you!!"

This person is none other than the second son of Emperor Mingkang—Chu Gan. His biological mother came from the Zhen family in Jiangnan and was granted the title of Concubine Li. Over the years, he was ordered to participate in the political affairs of the court. Concubine Li also began to help her son plan and win over the court Tang Zhongchen, her natal family spared no effort to help her nephew.

The Zhen family was the mastermind behind the transportation of official salt by water in the south of the Yangtze River, and half of the money they got flowed into the capital and into the pocket of the second prince.

More than two months ago, Lin Ruhai directly brought the matter of salt transportation to the imperial court, and produced a lot of evidence, which caused a sensation in the court. It was considered to have overturned all the layout of the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and the private salt business was directly cut off. , hurt their bones, once the illegal salt business was stopped, most of their income was cut off, and it would be foolish to want to use money to open the way like before.

Seeing that Chu Gan was furious, the servant girls in the gazebo quickly lowered their heads, for fear of attracting his attention and becoming the second prince's target to vent his anger.

At this moment, a man with a goatee beside Chu Gan chuckled, and shook a folding fan in his hand unhurriedly, "Your Highness, don't be angry, there is a saying that wild fires can't burn out, and the spring breeze blows again." Sheng, even if it is Lin Ruhai who exposes this matter, so what? In the south of the Yangtze River, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. The capital must be out of reach. The one who can hold back and not stretch out his hand! At that time, we only need to push the hand behind, and the matter of salt luck, isn't it still up to us?"

Hearing this, Chu Gan's face softened, and he sighed softly, "Master Wen Song said, I'm just angry, and a good business will make Lin Ruhai, a stubborn, recalcitrant person It's messed up! The good situation is probably going to come to a halt now!"

Hearing Chu Gan's words, the remaining three people were a little bit embarrassed. Chu Gan was right, but the actual situation is really like this. Chu Gan has always used money to open the way. There are several people in the court who don't like money, so this Recruitment has always been unfavorable. Now that the capital chain is broken, doesn't it directly interrupt the current good form?

At this time, a man standing by the Taiye Pool turned around and said to Chu Gan: "If the second prince feels angry, there is a way to get you out of this bad breath, so that the court Those people in the hall know that we are not easy to mess with!!"

Chu Gan looked over when he heard the words, his face beamed with joy, and he stretched out his hand to signal, "Come quickly!!"

The man chuckled, his face a little wretched, "I heard that Lin Ruhai has no children, only one daughter, and his wife died young, so it can be said that he has only one relative by his side, if it is Your Highness~"

Although he didn't finish speaking, Chu Gan already understood what the other party meant, and his eyes flickered twice, "It's not that the prince never thought about what Wen Liang said, but Lin Ruhai is now a lonely family with only this one in his hand." The handle, he is the confidant of the father, the father will never agree to this matter!"

The corner of the man's mouth twitched, and there was a trace of strangeness in his eyes, "I remember that the position of the side concubine of His Highness is still vacant?? As long as the person is in our hands, I am not afraid that Lin Ruhai will not give in to that stubborn donkey!! What do you do when the time comes? , how your highness wants to vent your anger is not up to your highness's will, if your highness doesn't like it, even if it's an accident, it's not too difficult!"

Hearing this, a somewhat rich man next to him sighed softly, "Wen Liang, in this way, I'm afraid I'm going to die with that old guy Lin Ruhai!!"

The man named Wenliang chuckled, "Jingde, do you think we have a good relationship with that Lin Tanhua now?? He overturned Yangzhou and messed up Jiangnan, and he has long been on fire with us! "

Chu Gan put his hands on the table and knocked regularly, his eyes showed a little excitement. Although the method was not very honorable, it could indeed help him out of the anger in his heart.

"How old is Lin Ruhai's daughter now?"

Chu Gan's voice came from the pavilion, and several people looked at each other and shook their heads. Although they knew that Lin Ruhai had a daughter, they didn't even know how old she was.

Chu Gan looked at them, frowned, and guessed that most of them didn't know the specific situation, so he said again: "Old Jiao, go find out how old Lin Ruhai's daughter is, and where is she now?"

An old man with the appearance of a butler outside the pavilion bowed to accept the order, and left without saying a word. Inside the pavilion, the previous conversation and laughter resumed.

On the other side, under the protection of soldiers from the Daying Camp on the outskirts of Beijing, Lin Ruhai and the personnel from the Third Division came to Daming Palace to report the Yangzhou illegal salt case.

As soon as he entered the hall, before a few people knelt down, Emperor Mingkang waved his hand, "My dear friends, please forgive me!! The Yangzhou case, you have worked hard to solve this case in a short period of time, my heart I am so relieved!! My heart is so relieved!"

When they heard this, they didn't dare to take credit for it, and they cupped their hands and said, "It's all thanks to His Majesty's blessing, I just traveled a little longer!"

Hearing this, Emperor Mingkang nodded in satisfaction, "I can tell clearly whether merit is merit or demerit is demerit. Lovers have worked hard and made great achievements. They not only swept away the ills of Yangzhou's officialdom, but also brought back real money. Dakang's predicament is really my timely rain, and it is also our Dakang's timely rain!!"

After hearing Emperor Mingkang's heartfelt words, several people bowed their hands again, "Your Majesty praises it highly, it is my honor to be able to serve His Majesty and contribute to Dakang!!"

Emperor Mingkang laughed, and said that he would present the reward in public at the court meeting tomorrow, so he asked the officials of the third division to step down, leaving only Lin Ruhai here.

Lin Ruhai knew that Kangdi had something to ask, so he didn't panic, but the old god was standing below.

"Hey~Ruhai!! These years, you have worked so hard!!"

Emperor Ming Kang looked at Lin Ruhai, who was only about forty years old, his beard and hair had turned white, and he could vaguely see what he looked like back then, but he was too old, and he felt mixed feelings for a while.

Lin Ruhai cupped his hands, "It's the duty of a minister to share the worries of the country, the common people, and the emperor, so what's the point of such hard work!"

Emperor Mingkang was a little bit worried. Not only did Lin Ruhai bring him millions of taels of silver every year, but this time he even brought back [-] million taels in one breath, which solved his urgent needs and allowed him to have spare energy to deal with the situation this year. , The merit is great.

"Ruhai, tell me about Yangzhou!"

(End of this chapter)