Red House Shoufu

Chapter 261 Attending Banquet at Rongguo Mansion

The heavy snow that started in the middle of the twelfth lunar month has been falling for several days. Although the auspicious snow is a sign of a good year, the heavy snow in the past few days has brought great disasters to the poor people in their families.

The emperor issued an order to the household department and the department office to distribute supplies to relieve the victims.Several empresses in the palace took the initiative to reduce the expenses in the palace and sent the saved money to the nursing home.

As a matter of fact, most of the noble relatives and relatives in the capital naturally did not want to embarrass their own family, and followed the empresses in the palace to donate money and goods, which actually gave a lot of warmth to the poor under the snow disaster.

The brothers and sisters of the Lin family were welcomed into the gate of Rongguo Mansion. After looking at the surrounding layout, they asked curiously, "Cousin Lian, why is the layout so simple?"

It turned out that the Rongguo Mansion was simply decorated today, and there were not even a few red lanterns hung on the eaves of the corridor.

Lin Shu still remembered that when he first entered Rongguo Mansion last year, even if it was just an ordinary day, the Rongguo Mansion in winter would make flowers with colorful silk and decorate the bare flower branches.

Jia Lian blinked at Lin Shu: "Natural disasters and man-made disasters are happening in the country. Your Majesty is worried about money every day. As a courtier, you can only care about your own happiness. I asked the mansion to use the money saved in the name of your mother." Sent to a nursing home."

Great!

Jia Lian has finally matured. It seems that the Second Master Lian of Rongguo Mansion has truly grown into a qualified heir.

The two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and walked into the front hall courteously.

"Nephew, please greet uncle! Please greet Uncle Jing!"

Jia Amnesty was wearing a festive robe, and Jia Jing, who was wearing a Confucian robe, was greeting several guests sitting on the chairs on both sides.

"My nephew is here, come on, I've met some elders soon..."

In the name of his juniors, Lin Shu saluted the elders present, most of them were from the lineage of the founding martial arts, the heads of the princes and men's mansions.

Although Lin Shu was young and his official position was only fourth rank, no one dared to underestimate him.A close minister of the emperor who is serious about the Eight Classics, his future achievements are limitless.

After a round of greetings, Lin Shu accompanied him to the last seat, listening to the group of elders in the front hall gossip about the capital.

Most of these people have left all the trivial matters at home to the younger generation, and they don't go to court very much on weekdays.But their news is very well-informed, and many people from each mansion go around the capital every day to inquire about the news.

It can be said that everyone in the room is their own people, and this group of elders did not intend to avoid Lin Shu, and said a lot of news that even Wang Lun couldn't get to know.

Lin Shu listened to it for a while, which can be said to be an eye-opener. Even the fact that the loyal Wang Gao Yongyi stretched his hand to Liaodong was overheard by this group of people.

As for the crap in Wang Ziteng's house, they didn't bother to mention it.It was the bandits in Miyun Mountain that attracted the interest of these people more.

Men, it's normal to get together to talk about political affairs, but when you talk, you will go wrong and talk more and more. Lin Shu, an "honest gentleman", is a little bit red-faced, and he uses the excuse of going to accompany Jia Lian to entertain guests. left the vestibule.

As soon as the cold wind blew, Lin Shu's initial dryness and heat disappeared.It happened that Jia Lian led Wang Huan to come, and the three of them got together and came to the study of Dongkuayuan.

"Why didn't your father-in-law come?"

Wang Huan and Yingchun are engaged, and the two families are officially related by marriage.There is a banquet in the Rongguo Mansion today, and it is impossible for Wang Qi not to come.

"Forget it, something happened to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Father was called away early in the morning."

Wang Huan's words aroused Lin Shu and Jia Lian's curiosity, only to hear Wang Huan say mysteriously: "This morning, before dawn, the Metropolitan Procuratorate came, saying that Guo Tong, the supervisory censor of Shanxi Province, impeached the prince of the ruling county. Teng, fornicating with the side generals, illegally smuggling, with bad intentions. The memorials for impeachment have all been sent to the imperial court."

hiss!
Guo Tong of Shanxi Road, the fighting chicken in the censor!Lin Shu has been an official for less than a year, and there are no fewer than twenty or thirty people who have heard of Guo Tong's impeachment.

Since this man was sent to Shanxi, from the chief envoy to the unqualified sesame official, no one in Shanxi is not afraid of him.

Lin Shu asked, "What's going on? Even if Wang Ziteng had an affair with a side general, how could Mr. Guo be able to find out such secrets?"

Who is Wang Ziteng?These years the emperor knew clearly that this person was not a loyal person, but he couldn't find any actual evidence.If it wasn't for catching the big fish behind him, even if he didn't want fame, he would have to vacate the prince.

Embroidered clothes guards couldn't find any evidence, so how could they find Wang Ziteng's criminal evidence just relying on Guo Tong.

"I don't know the details, but I heard that people from the Wang family went to Datongwei to do business, and participated in the smuggling with several generals of Datongwei."

Wang Huan patted his thigh: "By the way, that person is the son-in-law of the third master Wang Zisheng of the county magistrate's mansion, called... called..."

Jia Lian reminded: "Is it called Li Yan?"

"Yes, it's called Li Yan. This guy had a conflict with someone in Taiyuan because of a business deal, and he happened to be met by Mr. Guo. After a search, several generals of the Datong Guard were found. No, the impeachment memorial arrived last night. General Secretary."

After listening to Wang Huan's explanation, Jia Lian felt very complicated.This crime sounds scary, but to put it bluntly, it depends on whether the emperor wants to deal with it.

Many nobles in the capital have connections with the frontier army. As for smuggling, most of them have done so.As long as it wasn't about smuggling steel or something related to ordnance, the emperor would turn a blind eye.

For example, Ningrong and Rongfu used the relationship of Yansui Town to smuggle salt, tea, silk and other items into Tatar.The Wang family has a lot of connections in Datong, so the smuggling matter is expected.

"This kind of thing depends on what His Majesty thinks."

Lin Shu looked at the two people with different expressions: "Wang Ziteng has too much influence in the Beijing camp, and His Majesty will not be able to deal with it easily in a short period of time. At least until Hexi is not settled and the north is not settled, it is not appropriate for the Beijing camp to move."

Jia Lian nodded, and he added in his mind: At worst, throw out a scapegoat, for example, Wang Zisheng, the third master of the Wang family, is the most suitable candidate.

Wang Huan asked: "Second Brother Lian is not familiar with this Li Yan? I heard from my father that he was afraid that this matter would involve Second Brother Lian. I heard that this guy was frightened by Mr. Guo, and he grabbed and bit at random. He has already been involved. Went to several Wuxun mansions."

Jia Lian replied indifferently: "It's okay, I stopped all these things in the house two years ago, and I asked myself to apologise, and the fine was sent to the household department."

Lin Shu's idea was to ask for your guilt. The emperor can tolerate your incompetence, tolerate your small mistakes, and even give you a chance to make meritorious deeds.But the emperor will never tolerate you lying to him!
All the things that Ningrong and Rongfu are doing now are placed under the emperor's eyelids openly. Even if Li Yan really bites Jia Lian, the emperor will not believe it.

Wang Huan looked at Jia Lian in surprise, and thought to himself that Lian's second brother really had a hand, no wonder the emperor trusted him so much.The knowledge in the book is not enough after all, it seems that he has to learn it from Brother Lian,
　Let’s get here first tonight, so I won’t stay up late.I have to get up early to go to the hospital tomorrow morning, and continue to update when I come back.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)