Jia Yujing of Red Mansion

Chapter 87 Xu Shan joins the Forbidden Army

Jia Qiong and Jia Qiong rode fast all the way, and in just three days, they had arrived in Jinling from Hangzhou.

His aunt and his party, who set out a month earlier than him, arrived a few days later than him.

Jia Qiong's home in Jinling is a three-in house by the Qinhuai River, not far from Wuyi Lane, and across the Qinhuai River is the Confucius Temple.

Wang Hun helped to keep an eye on it for more than half a year before he found this house that he thought was just right and bought it for 500 taels of silver.

I don’t know who spread the news, but Jia Qiong’s residence in Jinling was quickly exposed.

Jia Qiong thought about it later and guessed that the news was leaked during the transfer of the house.

On the second day after he arrived home, the Jia Mansion began to bustle, with various people coming to visit every day.

Relatives, family friends, squires, wealthy businessmen, students and members who could not be reached by eight poles, the door of the Jia family was almost broken down by these people.

Some of these people came to seek friendship, and some came to ask for poems.

At first Jia Qiong was patient in receiving them, but later he found that more and more people were coming, making it impossible for him to do anything.

In the end, he was forced to do nothing, so Jia Qiong hung up a sign in front of the door saying "We are closed to all guests" and no one was coming. Only then did he stop.

However, it was unrealistic to see everyone disappear. Just two days after the retreat, someone whom Jia Qiong didn't like to see very much, but who he couldn't help but see, came to visit.

In the flower hall, Jia Qiong and Jia Yucun sat opposite each other.

Born in Jia Yucun, he had a round waist and a thick back, a broad face and a square mouth, sharp eyebrows and starry eyes, a straight nose and a straight cheek, but he had a good skin.

As the prefect of Yingtian, Jia Yucun had long known that Jia Qiong settled in Nanjing.

He has always regarded himself as a disciple of the Jia family, so naturally he wanted to make a good friend of Jia Qiong, the most outstanding disciple of the Jia family.

There were so many people visiting Jia Qiong in the past few days that he, a magistrate, was afraid of being criticized and didn't have the nerve to come immediately.

In the past two days, I saw that there was no movement in front of Jia's house, so I put on my casual clothes and went to the door in the afternoon.

Jia Qiong didn't have the slightest fondness for a villain like Jia Yucun who followed the crowd and repaid kindness with hatred.

However, as the magistrate of Yingtian, he came to visit, and it would be too disrespectful for Jia Qiong to miss him. It would be better to offend a gentleman than a villain.

There will be plenty of opportunities to deal with him in the future, there is no need to start a grudge with him now.

Therefore, Jia Qiongxu and Wei She gave the magistrate enough face.

Jia Qiong said: "Originally, I planned to visit you at your residence after a few days of leisure.

I didn't expect you to come to my place first. It's really rude. Please forgive me. "

Jia Yucun smiled heartily and said: "Brother Yujing is famous all over the world. Brother Yu has long wanted to get to know you, but unfortunately we have never had the opportunity to meet you.

So I took the liberty of visiting you today, please don’t be offended, my dear brother. "

"You can just call me by my name, my dear brother. I really don't dare to do it."

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The two chatted for a long time, during which Jia Yucun vaguely expressed his intention to help him in the government examination.

Jia Qiong pretended not to notice and didn't pick up on him, and Jia Yucun was wise enough not to mention it anymore.

With a nasty guest like Jia Yucun, there will naturally be guests that make Jia Qiong happy.

Wei Minzhong and Tong Zhuoyao were two of the eight people who lived in Jia Qiong's house in the spring of that year. They were also the two with the best grades. They both passed the second-level exam that year and had to be selected as Shujishi.

They interned in the Hanlin Academy for three years. After the expiration of their term, they achieved excellent results in the examination and were awarded the post of reviewer of the Hanlin Academy. Now they are all studying history at the Nanjing Hanlin Academy.

On this day, they came to visit together, which greatly surprised Jia Qiong and ordered people to prepare for the family banquet.

After three drinks, the atmosphere became more lively and everyone started chatting.

Jia Qiong asked: "Did you see Senior Brother Dachun and the others when you were in Chang'an?"

Tong Zhuoyao nodded and said: "I see, Brother Dachun is the second best student in high school. He really came from behind.

I still remember the scene when he hugged Minzhong and cried. "Wei Minzhong said: "Brother Dachun has accumulated a lot of experience, and this is what he deserves.

I heard that the emperor liked his strategy very much during the imperial examination, and he had a chance to win the first prize.

Unfortunately, Zhang Shoufu said that the article was too sharp and not fair enough, so he took second place. "

When Jia Qiong heard this, his teeth itched with hatred, thinking that this was another bad thing done by the Fujian Party.

Seeing that he looked unhappy, Tong Zhuoyao changed the subject and asked, "Yu Jing, I heard that you are going to marry the daughter of Wangge's hometown. Is this true?"

"It's true. I will get married in the spring of next year. You must come and have a wedding drink then."

Tong Zhuoyao smiled and said: "That's for sure, we will still have to have a wedding ceremony when the time comes."

"Then you'd better not come..."

In December, good news came from Beijing.

Xu Shan passed the test all the way, surpassing all the heroes with his skills, and won the first place in the palace examination.

As for his errands, Jia Qiong didn't have to worry about it.

Emperor Longqing loved his martial prowess. In addition, Xushan also ranked first in the literary examination and had made great achievements.

So he was directly appointed as the fourth-grade Zuo Lingwei Zhonglang General, commanding three thousand Yulin troops to guard the imperial palace.

The imperial army of Da Chu is divided into two parts: inner guards and imperial guards. The inner guards who specialize in guarding the inner court are also commonly known as the imperial guards with swords in front of them, and are called dragon forbidden guards.

There are only 300 Longjing Lieutenants in total, all of whom are descendants of the Wuxun family.

They are of very high rank, starting directly as fifth-rank officials.

However, Long Jinwei has a bright appearance, but his combat effectiveness is not satisfactory, so in fact, he has become a decoration.

Nowadays, the work of the internal guards is basically done by the Yiluan Division of Jinyiwei.

The imperial guards guarding the outer court are divided into four parts: the Jinyi Guards, the Yulin Guards, the Shenwu Guards, and the Tiger Guards.

The Jinyi Guards and Yulin Guards guard the Daming Palace, while the Shenwu Guards and Huben Guards guard the Chonghua Palace.

The Imperial Guards are of a lower grade than the Internal Guards.

However, its combat effectiveness is very high, and its soldiers are all brave and capable people selected from the frontier armies from all over the country.

Especially the Yulin Guard, which was a newly built army after Emperor Longqing ascended the throne. It has a strength of 6000 people and will be eliminated every three years.

The combat power definitely belongs to the ceiling of the Da Chu army and is the core combat power of guarding the Daming Palace.

The Jinyiwei Zhang directly controls the bodyguards, the golden drum honor guard, the personal force is not outstanding, and he is doing the job of a personal bodyguard. In a large group battle, he will definitely not be able to compare with the Habayashi Guards.

Therefore, Xu Shan's position is extremely important and belongs to a high-level powerful figure in the Forbidden Army.

The only people in the imperial army who could control him were the pro-military governor and General Yulin.

Xu Shan was directly mentioned in this position, which Jia Qiong never expected.

This shows that Emperor Longqing recognized Xu Shan very much and had trained him as a confidant.

There are advantages and disadvantages to being the commander of the imperial army. Needless to say, the advantages are that you are in front of the emperor every day. If you perform well, your promotion will be as fast as a rocket.

This is actually the same as the Hanlin Academy. The reason why the Hanlin Academy is noble is because they have been serving as servants for the emperor for many years.

Lectures for the emperor, drafts edicts, and even makes suggestions.

They were close ministers of the emperor, so they were naturally promoted quickly. Many Hanlin officials had been minor officials of the fifth and sixth grades for more than ten years, and then were promoted to senior officials of the second grade within a few years.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages. The Imperial Guard has a heavy responsibility and cannot be careless at all, especially in this special period like Da Chu, it is even more sensitive.

Sitting in this position, Xu Shan can only be a solitary minister, keeping a distance from other officials, and it is difficult to expand his network of contacts.

Of course, in Jia Qiong's view, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, but it's hard to say whether it suits Xu Shan, who wants to go to the border to kill the enemy.

(End of this chapter)