Red House Shoufu

Chapter 336 Dismissed from office

This conflict came and went quickly, but the degree of tragedy made the surrounding crowd dare not look at it more.

Five or six of Lin's and Jia's personal soldiers died, and many were seriously or slightly injured.Fortunately, Gao Wanjiang's men arrived in time to kill those desperate fanatics.

When Jia Amnesty arrived with his men, the guards at the city gate were also ordered to come.After Lin Shu entrusted Daiyu to Jia Amnesty, he went to the imperial city to plead guilty.

He said it was easy when he killed Nabochen Nagon just now, but in fact it was very troublesome.It is impossible to escape punishment if you are close to the holy family. After all, the court is not the emperor's decision alone.

"Why did you kill him? At worst, lock him up and find an excuse to send him back to Uzang."

The emperor was also half-dead by Lin Shu, who was kneeling on the ground, and there was no good way to solve the matter for a while, so he called Zuo Lan, the commander of the embroidered clothes guard.

"Go and find out why this Bochen Nagon made his mind on Rong Jia."

Zuo Lan bowed and replied: "I have just sent people to investigate. The only clue so far is that Boqin Nagong had a meeting with Zhang Siwei, the chief minister of Shanxi who came to Beijing to report on his work a few days ago."

"Zhang Siwei?"

Lin Shu remembered what Wang Momo had told him when he returned to the capital, that Xia Jingui from the Xia family once blocked Daiyu when Boqin paid tribute, and stoked the flames aside.

Even the vision of Daiyu's birth was revealed by him. Apart from the Lin family and the royal family, not even the people in the Rongguo Mansion knew about it.

How did she know?
"My lord, Master Jiumozhi, the abbot of Qincha Temple, led dozens of foreign monks to sit quietly in front of the Great Chu Gate, asking the lord to give justice to them and severely punish Bachelor Lin."

As soon as the little servant who reported the report finished speaking, the emperor angrily threw the paperweight over, and it fell to the ground with a bang and broke into several petals.

"Let the Ministry of Rites persuade them to go back..."

The little maid shivered from fright, but still dutifully reported again: "If you want to return to the emperor, the Ministry of Rites has sent people to persuade you several times to no avail. Yun, Guanglu Temple's normal Lingchao... A total of 21 people jointly impeached Scholar Lin for killing Uszang Dharma King, fearing that the border will not be peaceful, and request the emperor's sanction."

The emperors are familiar with these names, and they are either members of the Eight Great Families of Shanxi Merchants or those they support.Including Zhang Siwei, they all fought with Lin Ruhai on salt policy for many years, and later they even stumbled on Lin Shu's salt drying method.

Although he knew that there was nothing good about this group of people, he also knew that the most important thing for the imperial court now was stability, even if it was only superficial stability, he had to persist until the Northwest was pacified before slowly settling accounts.

"Listen to yourself, how much trouble you have caused! Don't you think about the consequences when you do things? Everything can be handled by me. Why are you in a hurry?"

Lin Shu straightened his body, took off the official hat on his head and put it on the ground, then respectfully kowtowed to the emperor: "It is better for the criminal officials to kill Bochen Nagong than to do it yourself. This Bochen Nagong dares to come Threatening the Northwest Rebellion in the capital is to see that the imperial court cannot take care of the three-front war. The guilty minister will surrender himself to the prison in Shuntian Mansion..."

"What is the crime? What is the surrender?"

The emperor reprimanded: "A few days ago, I discussed with Elder Wei Ge and asked you to preside over the formulation of the mutual market strategy, and they started to attack you... What do you think their purpose is? Isn't it just for money? As soon as the big mutual market opened , their advantage of smuggling is gone. The quick money is easy to make, how could they be willing to follow the rules?"

I haven't heard any news about these things in the cabinet every day, but the Shanxi Merchants faction has already made continuous moves, and the moves are aimed at themselves, which shows its great influence in the court.

"Declaration, Lin Shu mistakenly killed Uszang Dharma King, although it is understandable, but must be punished, go to Lin Shu Zhan Shifu Shao Zhan Shi, Hanlin Academy Attendant and Lecturer, cabinet walker, 3000 sticks, confinement in the mansion, You are not allowed to step out of the house without an edict. A fine of [-] taels will be paid to the Chinchak Monastery for the funeral of King Bochen Nagong.”

The emperor had gotten used to the feeling of being persecuted by his courtiers over the years. He suppressed the anger in his heart and made a concession.

The imperial decree was soon issued by the cabinet. Although the monks who sat in protest outside the Great Chu Gate and those who impeached Lin Shu were very dissatisfied, the birds and beasts all dispersed when the Dragon Guard came out murderously holding a sword.

Lin Shu's official position was basically all the way to the end, leaving only a zero-hour official position with no rank or rank to be ordered by the imperial court.Of course, Wen Sanjie is still there, and the lintel of the Lin family is finally preserved.

Lin Shu, who had been beaten twenty times, was sent home by Wang Qi, who was guarding the gate of the palace, and he was lying on the bed and bandaged with wound medicine.

There are also unspoken rules for this fight. For a person like Lin Shu who has never lost his holy family, how can the people in the palace be honest? Although it looks bloody, it is actually not as bad as Jia Zheng beat Jia Baoyu that day .

Sitting in Lin Shu's bedroom, Wang Qi listened to the whole story, frowned and said, "Zhang Siwei is more difficult than Wang Ziteng. He is ruthless, but also unparalleled in wisdom. The hind legs, as early as the Longsheng period, entered six films."

After taking the medicine, Lin Shu felt that his hot buttocks became cooler, and he lay on the bed and said to Wang Qi: "Although the Eight Great Masters of Shanxi Merchants are the fetters of Zhang Siwei's official career, they are also the ladder for him to become an official. Most of his political achievements have been obtained at a high price, relying on his family wealth and salary alone, not to mention rectifying the city defense, he can't even repair a canal."

When Zhang Siwei was in charge of the county government, he was indeed done a lot of practical things by the people.Such as renovating water conservancy, rectifying city defense, repairing county schools, persuading farming and persuading mulberry, every time they leave office and are promoted, the people under the rule will send Wanmin umbrellas and other things.

There was even Wan Yanxin, a country veteran, sent to the capital to let Zhang Siwei's reputation spread throughout the world.But behind all this is the massive gold and silver support of Shanxi merchants, which also expanded the sphere of influence of Shanxi merchants.

Every time Zhang Siwei went to work as a parent official, the shops of Shanxi merchants opened there. Even in Sichuan and Sichuan, there were Shanxi merchants operating businesses such as fur, silk, and grain.

Datong is close to the grassland in the north. Whether it is Tatar or Oirat, the smuggling caravans of Shanxi merchants are constantly exchanging tea, salt, pig iron, silk, etc. Bring ginseng and medicinal materials back to Dachu...

This time, the Tatars and the Great Chu established an alliance to open up the mutual market. Shanxi merchants originally wanted to push Zhang Siwei into the six departments, and then tried to control the officials who presided over the mutual market. Host the mutual market between the two countries.

They couldn't find a breakthrough in Lin Shu himself, so they attacked people around him, such as Ningrong and Rongfu and Lin Shu's biggest weakness, Daiyu.

Weng and his son-in-law gradually outlined the cause and effect of these recent events, and Lin Shu ordered Fuquan to arrange for people to investigate.

"You just stay in the mansion recently and don't go out. Every dharma king of Uzang has a lot of fanatics. Your majesty's confinement of you in the mansion can be regarded as your protection."

Wang Qi had already figured out why the emperor dealt with Lin Shu in this way, and he warned: "Yu'er should not go out these days, and be careful of those fanatics trying to trick Yu'er. Someone from Osmanthus Xia's family will teach me a lesson. At the gate of the imperial city, I saw the imperial concubine sending the maid out of the palace..."

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Osmanthus osmanthus Xia's family is in Fucaifang near the west city gate. Most of the people living here are merchants, and Xia's family is the largest one in the workshop.

Xia Jingui was frightened to death by the fight in the afternoon, and the first thing she did when she got home was to take a shower and change clothes, because she was incontinent.

Sitting in the main hall of Xia's family, Zhang Sisi reprimanded Xia Jingui, who was pretending to be a lady: "You can provoke Lin's daughter too? You dare to appear in front of the Lin family in a grand manner, for fear that the Lin family won't notice you, right?"

"Uncle, I just want to add fire to those fan monks. The Lin family has suppressed the original vision for so many years. The rumors must be true. An ordinary woman who attracted the vision of a hundred flowers blooming, maybe it is a witch ..."

Xia Jingui's jealousy is very strong, especially when she thinks she is as beautiful as Daiyu, but because Daiyu has a good father and brother, she has got the imperial gift of the county magistrate that other women dream of, how can she not be jealous.

This time I learned that my uncle Zhang Siwei wanted to use Daiyu to cause a conflict between Lin Shu and the Dharma King of Uszang, so he gloated and wanted to add fuel to the flames. It would be best if he could see Daiyu being taken to Uszang without help The place where the birds don't shit.

As for how the vision of Daiyu's birth was discovered by Shanxi merchants, to put it bluntly, it was a matter of more money and less money.

Money can turn ghosts around. Shanxi merchants have been operating in the palace for decades, and they bought off several maids in the palace in their prime.

When Daiyu was born, a hundred flowers bloomed in Yangzhou's Yanyan Yushi Mansion, and they couldn't hide from the eyeliner of Xiuyiwei.Lin Ruhai made a prompt decision and reported the matter to the reigning Supreme Emperor.Later, the royal family saw that Daiyu was weak and normal, and the Lin family's heirs were in difficulty, so they didn't mention this matter again.

After all, Lin Ruhai was loyal to the king's affairs, and finally put his own life in it.The royal family can't be so cruel that they can't even tolerate a weak woman.Moreover, Daiyu is too similar to the emperor's daughter who died young. Under the love of the house and the dark, this secret has been sealed in the secret file of Xiuyiwei.

Xia Jingui spoke eloquently, but Zhang Siwei was extremely tired.He did not participate in the calculation of Lin Shu by Jin merchants, and he strongly opposed it.

In April, when he went to Beijing to report on his duties, Zhang Siwei had already inquired clearly about the situation in the court. Lin Shu did not hold a specific real position in the court, but was taught by several senior scholars in the cabinet.

Now he has gone through the four departments of Jingbing, Hu, Li, and Gong, and has presided over several important military and political affairs. It is obvious that the emperor is training his son to be a minister.

Moreover, behind Lin Shu is not only the contacts left by Lin Ruhai, but also his own friends of the same age, and also the support of martial arts such as Ningrong and Rongfu.

Shanxi merchants have been planning to be the center for these years, and the most important thing to do at this time is to find allies in the capital instead of making enemies.

It's a pity, maybe the elders of the Eight Great Families have stayed in high positions for a long time, forgetting that they are only businessmen after all.Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are the last ones. Even if they are talking about everything in Shanxi, when they arrive in the capital, they are not even as good as a small Daxing county magistrate.

He, Zhang Siwei, is not a vassal of Shanxi merchants, at most he can only be regarded as an ally with an exchange of interests.The status of Lin's daughter in the emperor's heart is still unclear to the principals of the Eight Great Families. Needless to say, the emperor will definitely make a note of it if they do something like this this time, and the Zhang family can't get involved in this matter.

Thinking of this, Zhang Siwei set his sights on Xia Jingui. This niece looks smart, but she is actually a fool.However, the Xia family is the pocketbook of the Zhang family and cannot be discarded for the time being.

"Go back to Taiyuan for a while tomorrow..."

"Why? I'm not going!"

Xia Jingui's voice suddenly rose, what is there in a place like Taiyuan?The capital is so lively, there is no hope for Wang Huan, but there are other handsome men.

Zhang Siwei snorted coldly: "I'm not discussing with you, you have to go! Today you told the secrets of the Lin family and the palace in front of the Lin family, do you think the Lin family will let you go? The people in the palace will let you go You? The Xia family is just an imperial merchant, and the Lin family is the real family of princes. Is it true that the Lin family has nothing to do with you as the daughter of an imperial merchant?"

Before Xia Jingui could respond, there was a commotion outside the gate.

"My aunt, my lady, the emperor's imperial concubine's imperial edict has come to the palace!"

Xia Jingui couldn't leave even if he wanted to. After the servants sent by the imperial concubine finished reading out the decree, four burly nuns came over.

Zhang Siwei still wanted to stop him, but the servant who announced the decree stepped forward and said, "Master Zhang, this time, His Majesty only punished you lightly for the sake of Lord Zhang. If you want to harm the county lord, it is not an exaggeration to exile Qiongzhou according to the law."

"My niece lost her father when she was young, and her family has neglected her upbringing. Can you make a change, and I will take her to plead guilty to County Lord Rongjia."

Zhang Siwei quietly stuffed the purse he carried with him into the hands of the servant: "After all, she is still a child, and she is also a girl's family. If she hurts her face, it will be a problem to propose a kiss..."

But the waiter pushed the purse back, still looking businesslike: "If Miss Xia is a child, what should the Rongjia County Lord who is two years younger than Miss Xia say? My family advises Mr. Zhang, there are some things, don't worry about it." It's better to stick your hands! Hit!"

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped! ...

The nurse in the palace had practiced how long she opened her mouth, and she slapped her loud mouth fifty times rhythmically, which directly made Xia Jingui's face swollen out of shape.

"Master Zhang, don't worry, Nanny Li is an old man in the palace. She has been ordered to open her mouth for 20 years without opening her mouth for 18 years. She is absolutely reasonable. Miss Xia, apply more medicine, and the swelling will subside after ten or eight days. The family will come to the door again until Miss Xia learns how to behave in the world."

Don't say that Zhang Siwei is just a political envoy, that is, the female family members of the Prince's Mansion dare not be presumptuous in front of the imperial concubine who is in charge of the Phoenix Seal.

Yizhi said that he would open his mouth fifty times every ten days, and that he would also copy "Nvrui" and "Nvjie". No matter how insane Xia Jingui was, she was paralyzed by this decree.

"Take good care of your wounds. I'll go find someone to see if there's anything else I can do..."

……

Most of the people in the officialdom are good people, especially those who can get along in the capital.

Lin Shu seems to have been deprived of his official position, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is still Jane's figure in the emperor's heart.Hanlin Daizhao, a rankless official position, is the most important. As long as Lin Shu is still Hanlin Daizhao, then he will still be a close minister of the emperor, and maybe one day he will be revived again.

Lin Shu was grounded by the emperor and hit a board. It was not convenient for everyone to visit him in person, but they also sent gifts of condolences.

Sitting in front of the window, Daiyu was talking to Lin Shu who was lying on the bed, while recording the greeting cards and gifts.

"Why does this piece of thinking give such a heavy gift?"

Daiyu opened the gift list and exclaimed: "One plant of Liaodong 50-year-old ginseng, three plants of [-]-year-old ginseng... There are many medicinal materials, the value... It's impossible to forget."

"Zhang Siwei has a strange mind. There must be a reason for him to do this."

Lin Shu asked: "Do you see if he left any letters?"

Daiyu flipped through the post and the gift list, looked carefully and shook her head: "There is nothing."

However, she remembered the plot in the storybook again, picked up the post and observed it carefully, and found a not-so-concealed interlayer in the post through the sunlight.

"Huh? Brother, there are layers in this post!"

Picking up the knife and making a stroke, a piece of paper fell out from the inside, on which was written: Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan, and Kong conspired together, be careful of Concubine De.

After Lin Shu finished reading the note, he couldn't help guessing whether it was true or not.Needless to say, he already knew that the previous eight Shanxi merchants conspired to use it to take away the position of presiding over the mutual market.

So is the following sentence, "Be careful with the concubine De, true?"
The concubine Xue was born in the Xue family in Jinzhou, and her father Xue Yao led the Jinzhou Guard Commander Tongzhi, which can be regarded as a military family.The Xue family was an old man when the emperor was still in the hidden residence. In the fourth year of Zhide, he gave birth to the emperor's seventh son, who was named one of the four concubines by his concubine Jin.

Xue Yao has been staying in Jinzhou for these years, and there has never been any bad rumors. She can be regarded as an honest person with all her duties.Concubine De's reputation in the palace is also good, she doesn't fight or grab, and she takes care of her son every day or raises flowers and plants.

For such a person, Lin Shu couldn't think of why Zhang Siwei told him to be careful.

Daiyu asked: "How about I tell Nanny Zhang? Do you want to tell Your Majesty about this?"

Lin Shu shook his head, and handed the note to Daiyu, asking her to reseal it into a post and hide it.

"There is no close relationship. Concubine De is one of the four concubines. Not only does she have a princess under her knees, she is also the mother concubine of the seventh prince. There is no real evidence, and I don't know whether it is true or not. How can I tell His Majesty?"

"Then what should I do?" Daiyu also became a little worried, if Concubine De really had a problem, wouldn't the Lin family be in danger if the pillow wind blows too much in front of the emperor.

She talked about her worries, which made Lin Shu laugh.

"Silly boy, who is His Majesty? Have you ever seen His Majesty allow the harem to interfere in the government? Besides, we are not in the palace..."

Lin Shu was not worried about what Concubine De would do to him, the current emperor had very righteous ideas, even the Supreme Emperor could not influence the emperor's thoughts, let alone a concubine.

The front court and the rear palace are basically two lines that don't intertwine much. Even if Concubine De has a real problem, it's just passing on the news and inquiring about the secrets in the palace.

Yuanchun has been in the palace for so many years, and she has been promoted to be the head of the four concubines, but she has never seen her father beg for an official position.If Concubine De dared to be a demon, with the current emperor's temper, Yeting Palace would be her home, maybe even Xue's family would send her to Qiongzhou to dry salt.

However, Lin Shu was still concerned about this matter, and he invited Nanny Zhang to inquire about Concubine De's situation.The old lady in the palace is now caring for the elderly in the Lin family, and there is no need to hide some things.

After listening to Lin Shu's question, Nanny Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Concubine De has been almost invisible in the palace these years. If it hadn't been for the birth of the seventh prince, many people in the palace would have forgotten the Changchun Palace." There is also noble Xue living there. The old slave doesn’t know much about Concubine De, but it was rumored back then that Concubine De was not actually born of Xue’s mother Su, but her biological mother was the daughter of Qu, who was exiled in Liaodong... "

　Thank you Jun Moxi for your reward!
　　Tibetan Lamaism can no longer be written, and today a chapter was closed because it involves religion, so it can only be skipped temporarily.

　　Stop here first, and continue tomorrow.

　　good night!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)