The eldest son of the red mansion

Chapter 118

Gao Hong was overjoyed to hear his words, but he had no way to meet Wang Ziteng.As long as I saw Wang Ziteng, everything else was trivial, so I thanked Wang Gui repeatedly.

So the two chatted for a while, and Gao Hong explained the general story to Wang Gui. Of course, he only said how hateful Xu Hu was and how innocent Wang Tao was, so Wang Gui had something to say in front of Wang Ziteng.Wang Gui listened to him with a smile, but he didn't fully believe what he said, but since he took money from him, he took it as the truth.Seeing that Gao Hong had finished speaking, he stood up and said goodbye.

Gao Hong hurriedly stopped him, and said: "Master, please go slowly, I still have a gift for my wife." Then he asked someone to take out the huanghuali carved phoenix wearing a peony three-screen mirror stand, and took it out in front of Wang Gui. side back into the box.Let Wang Gui take it back to the mansion and give it to his wife.

When Wang Gui saw this mirror stand, he was really extraordinary. He had seen many good things in the Wang family for so many years, but if he only talked about the mirror stand, there was nothing comparable to it.Taking it back now can be regarded as an explanation to the madam. If the madam says a few nice words next to her, what's the point?

Sure enough, three days later, Gao Hong received a notice from Wang Gui, asking him to meet Wang Ziteng at night.

In the evening, Gao Hong came to the gate of the palace, and saw Wang Gui waiting for him there, so the two entered through the corner gate, and then passed through the third and fifth courtyards, and arrived at Wang Ziteng's outer study, Wang Gui asked Gao Hong to wait outside the door, Go in and report.

After a while Wang Gui came out and asked him to go in to meet Wang Ziteng, but he waited outside the door instead of entering the study.

Gao Hong entered the study room, and saw a middle-aged man sitting behind the desk. He was simple in appearance and deep in temperament, and when he sat there, he rushed towards him with majesty.Comparing this person with Wang Tao is like comparing Fanxing with Haoyue.

Gao Hong knew that Wang Ziteng was in front of him, so he quickly went up and bowed to salute, "Little man, Xuanfu Zhenjun's sacrificial wine Gao Hong pays homage to Lord Wang."

Wang Ziteng was not as unattainable as he thought, but said to him gently: "This is a home, so please sit down quickly."

Gao Hong did not refuse, and said, "Sit down".He sat gently on the chair next to him.

After he sat down, Wang Ziteng said to him with a gentle expression: "I have a general understanding of what you said. Your Jiedushi did not do well this time. The Tatars are sweating profusely. It has been a month, but no news has reached Beijing. This is because my nephew Jia Ke was brave enough to keep the Tatars out of Kaipingwei, otherwise the disaster would have been serious."

Gao Hong got up quickly, bowed again and said to Wang Ziteng: "Our Jiedu Envoy already knew that he had done something wrong, and he felt extremely guilty. That's why he ordered me to come to Beijing to plead guilty to the Lord. Please mediate from the Lord, let us Jiedu to tide over the difficulties."

After finishing speaking, Gao Hong took out a stack of papers from his pocket, the top one was Wang Tao's student posts.You must know that as soon as this post is posted, he will join Wang Ziteng's department, and he will be in Wang Ziteng's trap from now on.

Wang Ziteng took it and looked at it carefully.In addition to the post above, there are some silver notes below, which he didn't look at carefully.

Wang Ziteng was very happy that Wang Tao could send a student post.In this way, their faction has grown a lot.As for the task entrusted by Wang Tao, in his opinion, it was just a trivial matter.Go to Jia's mansion in a few days and talk about this matter from Jia Zheng.Give Jia Ke another chance, and the matter will be over.

Wang Ziteng took the student's post and said to Gao Hong with a smile, "Now that we are a family, don't worry about these small things. I will go to Jia's mansion to say hello in two days. This incident has never happened, but the Jia family My boy, this time he really did a great job, and he repelled the Tatars twice to appease him, otherwise the young man is young and energetic, and he is afraid that trouble will happen."

Hearing what Wang Ziteng said, Gao Hong knew that Wang Tao had saved this time.As for Jia Ke's arrangement, he had already discussed it with Wang Tao before coming.Seeing Wang Ziteng's proposal at this time, he immediately stepped forward and replied: "Jia Ke, a thousand households of Kaiping Wei, should record his first contribution in this battle with the Tatars. Our Jiedu envoy thought that we could not bury talents, so we saved our capital and promoted them." For defense, Jia Ke promoted Kaiping Guard to Kaiping Town and strengthened the city wall as an important fortress on the front line against the Tatars. Whether it is offensive or defensive in the future, hoarding heavy troops here will be beneficial."

After listening to his arrangement, Wang Ziteng felt very satisfied, so he had nothing to say when he came to Jia's mansion. As for the other matter of concealing military information and not reporting it, hasn't the magistrate of Xuanfu Town already been dealt with?At the border, these things are not up to the general to decide.

Wang Ziteng thought it was appropriate to deal with this matter. As for the matter of offending civil servants, when did these generals become friendly with civil servants?

So Wang Ziteng served tea to see off the guests, and Gao Hong also got the answer he wanted, so he said goodbye to Wang Ziteng.

Wang Tao's matter was resolved satisfactorily.Although he will face the attack of civil servants, it is just a matter of a small magistrate. With Wang Ziteng standing in front of him, Wang Tao should be safe from danger.

Wang Ziteng went to Jia's mansion the next day, and Jia Zheng met Wang Ziteng in his study.

Wang Ziteng told Jia Zheng about the past few months, and Jia Zheng heard that Jia Ke was in such a dangerous situation.He got angry on the spot, and said to Wang Ziteng: "Brother, I think people in this world have completely forgotten about my Rongguo Mansion. If you don't punish him severely this time, no one will know about our Rongguo Mansion in the future."

Wang Ziteng understood his feelings, but these years, the strength of Rongguo Mansion has indeed declined drastically. If it weren't for some favors from the subordinates of Rongguo Duke Jia Daishan, it would have faded out of the noble circle now.

But at this time, you can’t be impulsive, so I persuaded him: "Cunzhou, now is not the time to be impulsive, and now you should think about how to get the most benefits for the mansion. Although Ke Geer is now Kaiping Wei Qianhu, he is only a sixth-rank man. If you can take advantage of this opportunity, you can be promoted several levels in a row, and there is hope for the revival of the Jia Mansion."

Jia Zheng calmed down and thought about it for the same reason.So he said to Wang Ziteng: "This time the eldest brother has been wronged, but our Jia family still has to put the overall situation first, let's just let it go this time."

Hearing that Jia Zheng had let Wang Tao go, Wang Ziteng smiled, and said to Jia Zheng: "Cun Zhou, it's right to think so. This time Wang Tao also offered compensation. He sponsored the elder brother to be promoted to the defense. He is an official of the fourth rank, and when Cun Zhou sees him, he will have to salute him."

Hearing what Wang Ziteng said, Jia Zheng smiled: "I want to salute him, but I'm afraid he won't accept it."

Now that the two had spoken, they chatted and laughed again, and Mrs. Wang came out to prepare a banquet for them.After they had had a drink, Jia Zheng personally sent Prince Teng to the gate.

On the third day of Wang Ziteng's visit to Jia's mansion, the emperor was in court at the imperial gate, and Wang Ziteng sent Wang Tao's chapter to the emperor without the approval of the senior scholars in the upper study room.

When the emperor read Wang Tao's memorial, he was furious. He never thought that such a thing would happen, and these civil servants were too courageous.The border was attacked by the Tatar Khan for three months, and several memorials of the general at the border were withheld for avenging personal revenge.

Originally, the emperor expressed dissatisfaction with the expansion of the civil servants' power, and was deeply afraid that the tail would not be shaken off, so he could only use noble generals to check and balance. Now the civil servants have made such a big mistake.Then there is no reason not to catch and beat hard.

So the result of this matter was that Liu Yan, a scholar in the study room, was forced to resign from his post, and Jia Ke was awarded an exceptional reward for his meritorious service in repelling the Tatars twice. horse.

(End of this chapter)