Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 91

After this day, Wangcai discovered a strange thing, that is, Zhang Tao, who commanded three thousand elites, became more respectful to his master Jia Rui.

In the past, although Zhang Tao was respectful to his master, it was just a matter of face, but this time it was different.

Because Wangcai saw respect and fear for his master from Zhang Tao's eyes.

Could it be that what happened in the cabin yesterday caused Zhang Tao to undergo such a change?

But Jia Rui is now in high spirits, this time going south to Shandong can be regarded as fulfilling two things on his mind.

In one thing, he got 10,000+ taels of silver, and in another thing, he finally had some power to protect himself.

Relying on Zhang Tao and his [-] iron-armored elites, even if the Supreme Emperor is gone, if the emperor wants to find a way out, he can do it himself.

After Jia Rui and others disembarked in Tongzhou, they separated from Zhang Tao here. Zhang Tao took his three thousand elites back to the capital camp and reported to Wang Ziteng.

And Jia Rui brought his servants and more than a dozen cars, and went to Beijing to go home in a mighty way.

Since Jia Rui was still on the emperor's errand, he just stayed at home for a while and asked Xue Baochai to count the finances he had brought back, and then changed into his official uniform and rushed into the palace.

For Jia Rui, the palace is now the same as his own home. When the eunuch in charge saw that it was Jia Rui, he hurried over to greet him.

"Master Jia, you are back from Shandong."

"Haha, after several months of hard work, I finally finished the work of the Supreme Emperor."

After saying this, Jia Rui took it out of his pocket and threw a piece of silver to the eunuch in charge.

The eunuch was flattered to accept the money.

Jia Ruike had never rewarded eunuchs in the palace with money before, this was the first time.

The eunuch even wanted to look in the direction of the sun. Did the sun rise from the west today?
In the past, Jia Rui was really stingy, but he was afraid of poverty.

This time it was different, I came back from the south and made a fortune, so I was naturally in a happy mood, so I gave it a little reward.

Then the eunuch personally brought Jia Rui into the palace, and then came to the Dragon Head Palace.

In fact, as soon as Jia Rui entered the palace, someone reported it to the Supreme Emperor.

So Dai Quan, the great eunuch in front of Longshou Palace, is waiting there with a smile on his face.

As soon as he saw Jia Rui coming, he hurriedly walked a few steps to Jia Rui's side, and said with a smile:

"It's been a hard journey, brother."

"It's not hard work, it's not hard work. It's the duty of a lower official to serve the Supreme Emperor."

Just as he was circling around, Jia Rui took out several bank notes at some point, and then gently stuffed them into Dai Quan's hand.

Who is Dai Quan?He didn't even need to look at it, he just touched it a little, and then he knew that these bank notes were worth no less than 1 taels.

"Brother, what is the relationship between us, do we still need this?"

That's what Dai Quan said, but he didn't intend to push back the bank note in his hand.

"Brother, you have worked so hard to serve the Supreme Emperor. This is a cup of tea for money, and it is also my filial piety, little brother."

"What a shame." Dai Quan put the money in his arms as he spoke.

"Brother Jia, let's go in and talk, the emperor is already waiting."

When Jia Rui heard that the Supreme Emperor was waiting, he didn't dare to neglect, and quickly followed Dai Quan into the Dragon Head Palace, and then to the main hall.

When I entered the door, I saw a pile of memorials on the table, and the Supreme Emperor sighed while approving the memorials.

Seeing this situation, Jia Rui was a little puzzled.

You must know that before Jia Rui left, the Supreme Emperor only read some important memorials, at most four or five in a day.

But now looking at the memorials on the Taishang Huanglong Bookcase, there are at least forty or fifty copies.

How is this going?Why did the Supreme Emperor suddenly become diligent?
Jia Rui couldn't understand, so he looked at Dai Quan beside him.

Seeing Jia Rui's eyes, Dai Quan gave him a helpless expression.

Afterwards, Jia Rui and Dai Quan knelt down to salute the Supreme Emperor.

After hearing the voice, the Supreme Emperor put down the pen in his hand, looked up and looked down, and finally smiled.

"Jia Rui is back, you've done a great job this time."

"I don't dare. It's all the Supreme Emperor who guides me well and trusts Wei Chen. This makes Wei Chen make some progress."

"Don't be humble. This time Shandong can be calm, and you have the greatest contribution."

As he spoke, the Supreme Emperor closed his eyes and thought for a moment, then said:

"On the side of the Ministry of Finance, this time I have caused trouble for you. I have already punished the Minister of the Ministry of Accounting, so there is still a position of Minister of the Ministry of Accounting vacant. Go do it."

Jia Rui, who was kneeling below, shivered in fright.

What kind of official is this household minister?This is the great steward of the world.

The sea of ​​money that passed through the hands of Shangshu Hubu every day has disappeared. As long as he uses his brain a little bit, the world may be in chaos.

Therefore, Shangshu of the Ministry of Households and Tianguan of the Ministry of Officials are the two most important departments of the imperial court.

As for the fact that the Ministry of War seems to be more important than these two departments, in fact the Ministry of War does not have the power to mobilize the army.

Therefore, among the six ministries, the most powerful ones are the Tianguan of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Ministry of Households.

Now the Supreme Emperor directly made Jia Rui the Minister of the Household Department, which is a step up to the sky.

Although Jia Rui is now a third-rank official and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is a second-rank official, it seems that he has risen two levels from the third-rank official to the second-rank official. In fact, the power is very different.

Seeing Jia Rui's dumbfounded look, the Supreme Emperor also laughed a little.

In fact, the Supreme Emperor didn't want to push Jia Rui to such a high position all at once, but he felt helpless.

It turned out that after handling the government affairs for a month, the Supreme Emperor discovered that the emperor was very infiltrated among the civil servants.

Many of the ministers in the six volumes were originally my own loyalists, but now they have all become swingers.

How could the Supreme Emperor accept this?

I'm dead, your emperor can do whatever you want, but when I'm alive, your emperor can only act as a puppet for me in front of me, sheltering me from the wind and rain, and working hard for me, but it is absolutely impossible to want any rights.

However, the Supreme Emperor doesn't trust other people very much now. After all, many of the ironclads he thought he used to think have become fools. Who else can he trust?

Therefore, the Supreme Emperor scanned all these civil servants, and found that there was no one he could use, so he had no choice but to push Jia Rui out.

Now the Supreme Emperor trusts Jia Rui the most, and only Jia Rui is the Minister of the Household Department, so the Supreme Emperor can rest assured.

Therefore, the Taishanghuang had to rush the ducks to the shelves and let Jia Rui be the Minister of the Household Department.

Jia Rui only hesitated for a moment, and immediately knelt down on the ground in tears of gratitude, "I thank the Supreme Emperor Long En, I have nothing to say, I can only do my best and die."

After saying this, Jia Rui also started to choke up.

The Taishanghuang sat on the dragon chair, looked at Jia Rui below, looked grateful, and felt very relieved.

Not in vain to promote him.

"Okay, why are you crying at the big man's house? You are tired too. Go back and rest. After three days, go to the household department to show your face. After the Chinese New Year, you will officially take office."

Jia Rui choked up and wiped away tears, "I thank the Supreme Emperor Long En."

Dai Quan, who was kneeling next to him, got up at some point, took a volume of imperial edict from the Longshu table, and handed it to Jia Rui.

"Lord Jia, this is the imperial decree from the Supreme Emperor to appoint you as Minister of the Household Department, it must be accepted."

Jia Rui quickly knelt down and took the imperial edict respectfully.

In the end, Jia Rui kowtowed to the Supreme Emperor gratefully, and then left with the imperial decree.

(End of this chapter)