Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 10 Dragon Forbidden Captain

The person who really controls the entire expenditure in this Rongguo Mansion is Mrs. Wang.

To pay such a large sum of 500 taels, without Mrs. Wang's nod, even Wang Xifeng, the housekeeper on the surface, would not be able to pay the money.

Therefore, soon a little maid reported to Mrs. Wang in the three small principal rooms behind Jia Zheng that she wanted to pay 500 taels of silver.

"Why do you have to pay such a large amount of money?" Mrs. Wang was a little reluctant. After all, the current Jia Mansion is different from before, and it is a bit stretched in terms of expenditure.

The eldest maid, Jin Chuan, smiled slightly, and then said, "Grandpa Jia Dairu has come to beg for an official position for his grandson Jia Rui."

"This is even more inappropriate. In this way, we will not only need money, but also favors."

"Madam, you don't know, there is a hidden secret in this."

"What is it?"

"I heard that the old man took out his family heirloom and dedicated it to our master. The Qing guest in front of him saw it and said that it was a treasure of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period. A compensation of 500 taels of silver."

Mrs. Wang is also from the Zanying family, and she has seen some treasures, but she heard that they were treasures from the Jin Dynasty, and she knew that they made money this time.

So I didn't say anything more, and approved the note on the spot.

Besides, Zhan Guang withdrew 500 taels of silver from the account room and left Jia's house, but he quickly took out 300 taels of it and sent it back home.

Then Zhan Guang came to Dai Quan's mansion outside the palace with 1000 taels of silver and Jia Zheng's name card.

The Jia family and Dai Quan were old acquaintances, they both belonged to the natural family of the Supreme Emperor, so they had a close relationship.

Dai Quan just came back from the palace today, and was about to drink a cup of tea to rest, but the little eunuch outside came to report, saying that the Jia family sent someone to see him.

"Let him come in and talk." Dai Quan said lightly with his eyes closed.

After a while, the little eunuch led Zhan Guang into the hall.

As soon as Zhan Guang came in, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the eunuch Dai Quan above.

Dai Quan didn't even open his eyes, he just asked: "What's the matter with your master ordering you to come?"

Zhan Guang hurriedly replied: "There is a young man in the family who has some martial arts skills, but he has never made it to the top, so Master Jia Zheng ordered me to look inward, beg for mercy, and arrange an errand for him."

After finishing speaking, Zhan Guang held Jia Zheng's name card and Jia Rui's resume with both hands above his head.

Dai Quan opened his eyes slightly, looked down, and then waved to the little eunuch next to him.

The little eunuch quickly stepped forward to take the things, and then held them in front of Dai Quan with both hands.

Dai Quan took it with one hand and took a look. The top one was Jia Zheng's name card.

Then he flipped through it and suddenly paused. It turned out that under Jia Zheng's name card was a stack of banknotes, about 1000 taels in total.

Dai Quan finally had a smile on his face.

"It just so happened that there was a vacancy, and now the hundred-member Long Jinwei is short of two members. Yesterday, the brother of the Marquis of Xiangyang came to beg me, and now he took 500 taels of silver. No matter what, seeing his grandfather's sake, he responded indiscriminately. There was one vacancy left, but who knew that Yongxing Jiedu envoy Feng Fatzi came to ask for donations from his children, so I didn't have time to answer him, since it is ours. If the child wants to donate, then give it to our family.”

After saying this, he handed Jia Rui's resume to a young eunuch beside him.

"Send it to Lao Zhao, the hall official of the Ministry of Officials, and say that I will pay homage to him, get a ticket for Wupinlong Banwei, and give me a license. Just fill in this resume, and I will exchange the money tomorrow."

The little eunuch quickly took Jia Rui's resume, and then hurried away.

Then Dai Quan picked up the tea from the table and took a sip.

Zhan Guang knew that it was Dai Quan who was bringing tea to see off the guests, so he hurriedly bowed, and then retreated respectfully.

After leaving Dai Quan's residence, Zhan Guang let out a long breath.

Today, this matter is over, and I got 300 taels of silver for free, which is really good.

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Besides, Jia Rui waited at home for a day or two before an official sent a letter with official seal and told Jia Rui to report to Long Jinwei within three days.

What kind of official is this Long Jinwei?

The full name of Long Jinwei is "Long Jinwei, the imperial guard who protects the Forbidden Road in the Inner Court". In fact, it belongs to the emperor's imperial army and is responsible for guarding the palace.

But now the guarding rights in the palace are almost all in the hands of the Supreme Emperor. Because of this, Dai Quan, who is a close friend of the Supreme Emperor, can directly interfere with Long Jinwei's personnel affairs.

From this point, it also shows how dangerous the situation of the emperor in the palace is.

Even the guards to protect his own safety are appointed by the Supreme Emperor, and the emperor may not be able to sleep peacefully overnight.

However, it was not up to Jia Rui to take care of these matters. Now he was happily holding the ticket and came to a small courtyard outside the palace.

This is the office of Captain Long outside the palace.

Here I met Huang Bingcheng, the hall official of Long Jinwei.

Huang Bingcheng sat on a chair in the hut, holding the document handed over by Jia Rui, and read for a long time without saying a word.

Jia Rui immediately understood what this guy wanted, but then again, his family was so poor that they were almost eating dirt, so there was no money for bribes.

So I could only grit my teeth and stand underneath and carry it on.

Huang Bingcheng waited for a long time, seeing that Jia Rui didn't say anything, his face became ugly.

But he didn't dare to embarrass Jia Rui, after all, this was a note approved by Dai Quan, if he dared to refute Dai Quan's face, Dai Quan would let him go the next day.

So he could only grit his teeth and mark a few words on the document, and then throw it back to Jia Rui.

Jia Rui held back his breath and picked up the document from the ground, and it turned out that he agreed to join the job.

Moreover, this gave him the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Emperor.

That is, every three days, go to the Supreme Emperor's Dragon Head Palace to guard for one day.

If an ignorant person sees this situation, he will immediately be ecstatic, thinking that Huang Bingcheng takes a fancy to his talent.

But after all, Jia Rui came from modern times, and he also knew some conspiracies and ways to deal with people.

He, Jia Rui, just joined the job, without any etiquette training, so he was placed next to the Supreme Emperor so clearly.

If there is a slight mistake in etiquette, the lowest is to play dozens of boards, and if it is not good, you will lose your head.

It seems that the court official above saw that he didn't give him money, it was revenge for himself, and it also made Dai Quan, his immediate superior, speechless.

However, people had to lower their heads under the eaves. Now Jia Rui could only bite his teeth into pieces and swallow them in his stomach.

"Thank you, Mr. Huang, for your love, I'm grateful for the little one."

In order to prevent Huang Bingcheng from seeing that he already knew his trick, Jia Rui had to kowtow gratefully to the other party with a smile on his face.

Huang Bingcheng smiled, and then pretended to mention something: "Go to the warehouse to get the armor and military uniform, and then take a day off today, and change shifts when you come back tomorrow morning."

After saying that, he waved his hand and asked Jia Rui to exit.

Jia Rui left the room helplessly, feeling a little distressed.

At this time, another newcomer entered the room with a name card, and soon Huang Bingcheng personally sent the person out.

"Brother, don't worry, you can report to me after more than ten days of rest. First, you will be on duty in the corridor, and then I will transfer you to the emperor or the emperor when I have a chance."

The young man also thanked again and again, and then walked away.

Jia Rui looked on and was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.

Seeing that Jia Rui hadn't left yet, Huang Bingcheng's expression darkened, and he said, "What are you still doing here? You haven't received your equipment and went back to prepare. If you miss an errand tomorrow, you have enough heads to chop off. "

Jia Rui had no choice but to smile and salute again, then went to the warehouse to get the armor and clothing, and then went home silently.

(End of this chapter)