Heaven's Martial Fate

Chapter 756 I'm in trouble

In the evening, Lin Ruhai came to the door with a heavy gift.

When Wang Xifeng saw the gift list, with her vision and knowledge, she couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "It's so cool!"

There are 3000 taels of silver alone, and there are some local products from Yangzhou and Jinling, all of which are very valuable.

Looking at the description on the gift list, they are all high-quality products, only a little worse than tributes.

If it is sold on the market, it will be worth at least several thousand taels of silver.

Such a handwriting is naturally called a "trench".

The old lady's attitude was quite enthusiastic, and she said "family" on the left and "my family" on the right, so that Wang Xifeng, who was waiting on the side, almost believed it.

Fortunately, when eating, men and women are separated.

Here, Lin Ruhai is received by the second master Zheng, the second Lian and the elder She of the lower yamen.

If Jia Zhu hadn't gone out to work, he might have had his place.

During the chatter, the conversations were naturally about court affairs, and Grand Master Xie could easily join in with this, which showed that the information channels were quite smooth.

Because of a highly circulated novel "Chen Shimei's Biography", a series of official turmoil was triggered.

Among other things, after hearing the story today, I will naturally conduct some investigations on the recent imperial examinations, and in the end I was severely slapped in the face.

The face of the emperor in the heyday was not so easy to beat.

Today, it is not too obvious, but after several twists and turns, the examiners of the imperial examinations were either dismissed due to accidents, or were transferred to idle yamen, or served in remote villages.

Those Jinshi who were born in the academy, who have a strong family behind them, have basically been rectified.

Regardless of whether people have been wronged or not, in short, there are not a few officials who have been cleaned up in the court and localities.

After several twists and turns, it can be said that Jinshi born in various academies, especially the Southern Academy, suffered a lot.

Although there is no ruthless hand today, it has suppressed a group of scholars and attracted Jinshi from ordinary backgrounds in the academy to artificially create conflicts, and the effect is quite good.

It may be difficult to detect at first, but even fools can see the clues after a long time.

The Xungui military general group was not affected much, and even took the opportunity to make trouble, and made many so-called "rising stars" launched by the civil official group look ashamed, so don't think about it in a short time.

These are naturally the gossip topics that the second master of politics, Lian Er, likes to talk about.

At the dinner table, everyone guessed which academy would be the next wave of unlucky ones?
Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai's attitude is a bit complicated.

He was born as one of the twelve founding princes of the country, but he is also a standard academic department official. It can be said that the current rectification makes him feel a little uncomfortable.

Of course, if you don't like the current rectification, that's nothing.

Having been in the officialdom for so many years, I have a very clear understanding of the filth and darkness of the officialdom.

Everything is driven by interests!

In other words, he was also born in Jiangnan Academy, but when he was in the most difficult time, he didn't see his classmates in the academy reaching out to help him.

However, Lin Ruhai knew that among his classmates in the academy, several of them had quite extraordinary family backgrounds, and they were all powerful gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.

Not to mention the real help, but a few good words from the side can also relieve some of the pressure of public opinion from Jiangnan Shilin.

At this time, the salt merchants in Yangzhou, including the gentry in the southeast, were more tightly bound to the local academies.

The most exaggerated one is Donglin Academy in the Jiangnan boundary, and those guys are even crazier.

But in fact, Lin Ruhai felt only the pressure from Shilin during his three years in Yangzhou as the censor of salt inspection.

Because what he did harmed the interests of Yangzhou salt merchants, it was so simple and ridiculous!
This is also the main reason why he never found a classmate and helped him in the same year when he was the censor of Yanyan.

It can be said that the Ning Mansion's sending a student from the Jia clan to Yangzhou is definitely a timely help for him.

Otherwise, Lin Ruhai is not a stick, how could he listen to the advice of Ning Fu Jia Rong and take great risks to do it?
Of course, he was reluctant to say more about matters related to academies in various places.

"Going to Jin Province now, uncle should do a lot!"

Lian Er smiled and respected Lin Ruhai, and said with a light smile, "If my uncle can perform well in Jin Province, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to enter the cabinet!"

"How much does Lian'er know about Jin Province?"

Lin Ruhai was a little amused, shook his head and said, "It's not that simple?"

"I don't know much about it, but I do know that there are many honorable families, and they all have arrangements in Jin Province, which is already regarded as the world of honorable families at this time!"

Lian Er is in the household department, so the news is naturally very well-informed, and he said directly: "As long as the relationship between the noble families is handled well, isn't Hai Qing He Yan in Jin Province living a relaxed and self-loving life?"

Speaking of this, he continued: "Besides, Brother Rong also has plans over there, and he will naturally help uncle solve the trouble when the time comes!"

"Hehe, then I'll borrow your auspicious words!"

Lin Ruhai was noncommittal, thinking that he didn't treat him very well today, so how could he arrange a good position for him?

The Second Master Zheng and the First Master She were a little confused, but they didn't say much.

To be honest, they didn't pay any attention to the specific affairs of the Jia family.

Otherwise, the remaining six of the eight households of the Jia family in the capital would not be in such a poor state.

As for the layout of Jia Rong, the grandnephew, they didn't bother to pay attention.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food, whether it's the man from Jia's family or Lin Ruhai, the son-in-law and uncle, they are all in a good mood.

At this time, the Rong Mansion, because the Second Master Zheng, Lian Er, and Jia Zhu are all in the officialdom, the momentum is not bad.

At least, it is much better than when Lin Daiyu went to Beijing in the story of the Red Mansion.

Lin Ruhai feels that although the Yue family is not as influential as it was in its heyday, it is still a force that cannot be underestimated in the capital.

In the future, when he takes office in Jin Province, he can get in touch with the Rong Mansion more, which can be regarded as one more channel to understand the situation in the capital.

At this moment, Jia Min sent a maid to tell her that the old lady intended to keep their family to live in Rongfu, and Jia Min asked Lin Ruhai for her opinion.

"Staying in Yue's house is naturally not a problem, but the problem is..."

Lin Ruhai shook his head with a wry smile, and said to the puzzled Second Master Zheng and the others, "It's just that when I had an audience with His Majesty, His Majesty was not very satisfied with what I did in Yangzhou!"

"Right now, although I won't be angry with the Yue family, I still have to avoid suspicion. Please forgive me, my two uncles!"

As soon as this remark came out, the expressions of the Second Master Zheng and the First Master Xie both changed, and they both looked at Lin Ruhai with strange eyes.

They didn't expect Lin Ruhai to see that he didn't get a good deal today, and even suffered?

This matter is not simple, since Lin Ruhai said so, it is impossible for them not to treat it seriously...

(End of this chapter)