Red Mansion, Second Master Lian is too despicable

Chapter 53 53 Zhang Erhe is anxious
Jia Lian was immediately given confidence by his cousin, and he put down the snacks in his hands and said seriously.

"Uncle like this, when I go to the Yamen now, I recognize the door, but this is Honglu Temple."

Before Jia Lian finished speaking, Zhang Erhe felt that this kid might not say anything if he was instigated by Sun Huanzhen. This Jia Lian was not a man of face. What if he really wanted to make some unreasonable request?
After all, there are outsiders here, and it is really inappropriate to talk about internal promotions in front of outsiders.It's not that Jia Lian can't do it, it just has to be carried on someone's back.

Thinking of this, Zhang Erhe quickly raised his tea bowl and said.

"Oh? You're so well-behaved! It's your first day of reporting. I thought you would play for a few days before you could go to Dianmao, but I didn't expect you to be so active as an official! How about it? How about Mr. Xu, the Minister of Honglu Temple?"

Jia Lian glanced at his uncle. This uncle was really out of tune; he was not active in being an official and had ideological problems.How can such a big thing as serving the people be delayed?

Another one, what do you mean when you mention Honglu Temple Qing to me when you come up?Do you know each other very well? Then this matter will be difficult to handle.

"Well! I haven't seen Master Xu yet!"

Jia Lian didn't know what the relationship was between his uncle and the newly appointed head of Honglu Temple, but Master Xu was obviously not welcome in Honglu Temple, so he hesitated for a moment, thinking about his own position and how to answer his uncle.

After all, it was I, not my uncle, who was going to work at Honglu Temple. I couldn't just stand by my uncle unconditionally just because my uncle found a job for me.

Because this is like a problem that people know about the temperature and temperature of drinking water, and whether it is difficult or uncomfortable is all their own.

I should really weigh how to answer my uncle's question; I should not only let my uncle understand my situation in Honglu Temple, but also show my feelings. What should I do to Mr. Xu that I have not been complicit yet?

Unexpectedly, seeing Jia Lian's hesitation, his uncle became anxious.I no longer look like a guy who has been in the officialdom for many years and is very comfortable with me.

He actually lost his composure because of Jia Lian's momentary hesitation. This is not normal, very abnormal!
My uncle is a person who is cautious in official authority and maintains his own identity.

You must know that every official has something called official prestige. This thing is very manipulative and makes people feel inscrutable, but it does not represent the official's true ability.Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many officials saying the wrong things and acting like idiots at critical moments.

This thing is a matter of temperament, and those who are willing can learn it. All they need to do is lower their voices, speak slower, and not express their opinions easily, but appear confident.

The most difficult one, but also the simplest, is the issue of self-confidence.

For ordinary people, this is too difficult to cultivate, because the south wall seems to be prepared for ordinary people. Under the south wall, as far as you can see, there are all the corpses of ordinary people.

But for officials, developing self-confidence is too simple;

If you don't believe me, take the civil service exam in a small place; either county-level city or prefecture-level city will do; it's best to be from the tax bureau, and then use that skin to go to famous local companies.

Then you will find that money is worthless in the face of power.The way the arrogant wealthy family gets close to each other and kneels and licks each other makes people feel uncomfortable.

Anyone exposed to this situation will develop their self-confidence.

And with a little bit of a man's self-confidence, he will have the confidence not to panic when things happen.

Therefore, Jia Lian didn't understand why he didn't say anything, and why his uncle, who had been in officialdom for many years, reacted so strongly.So he answered carefully.

"It's nothing.?"

Jia Lian stretched his arms for a while, wanting his uncle to express his opinion first so that he could understand his situation.

The uncle seemed to value Mr. Xu more than his nephew Jia Lian. He was so impatient that he asked hurriedly, regardless of whether there was an outsider or not. "Did he encounter any difficulties? Did you make things difficult for him?"

By this he naturally refers to Mr. Xu.

Zhang Erhe was so worried about the person that he had forgotten that Jia Lian had just said that he had not seen this person today. If it weren't for the age difference between the adults, Jia Lian would have doubted whether this guy was his uncle's illegitimate son.

It was the kind that his uncle Bai Yueguang gave him.

Jia Lian was so frightened that his head shook like a rattle.

"No, no, no, I haven't even seen Mr. Xu, so how can I embarrass him!"

Busy trying to clear up the relationship for myself.

However, being obedient and listening, especially the subconscious words can best reflect the situation. Zhang Erhe is only impatient for some reason, not because of his lost IQ.

Jia Lian's words only denied that he had made things difficult for Mr. Xu, but it was equivalent to a disguised admission that Mr. Xu's situation in Honglu Temple was not good.

This made Zhang Erhe ponder.

"Hmm~"

For a moment, the husband's hall fell silent.

Niu Jiadai's eyes turned back and forth between Jia Lian and Zhang Erhe, full of envy.

Look, this is called a powerful family, what are Jia Lian and the others discussing?Those are all major matters involving the power struggle within the yamen. Looking at my own home, what are they discussing every day?
Either the master of the eldest house stole the maid of the wife of the second house, or the aunt missed the concubine's two taels of money, and no one was able to get up to the table.

Jia Lian also looked at Zhang Erhe carefully; why did this uncle become so anxious after just a few words? What a big deal, did it make him not calm down?

Why are you talking about something and putting on such a face that no one can see through?

But Sun Huanzhen's eyes were so playful that Zhang Erhe almost lost his composure.

Others don't know what's going on, but he does.

It is said that the emperor has no shortage of helpers. This is true but also wrong. A helper and a good helper are two different things.There are not many people who want to work for the emperor and be able to see the emperor, get the emperor's approval and then go to work.

Especially the current emperor, the emperor with a personal seal, has very limited rights. Once the emperor's rights are limited, the people he can contact will be limited, and the help he can get will be even more limited.

There are two things we need to know here. The first is that talent is not scarce, especially official talents, who are not top-notch people.

If you don’t believe it, look at the group of people in Han Dynasty’s time. They all came from the same township. If you understand this, you will understand that those who can be the top figures in a township are the capable ministers of the country.

The second is the clan, the clan, and the aristocratic families all know that talents are not scarce, so their way to evade the imperial power is to make the imperial power contact as few people as possible, and even make those who work for the imperial power become a consensus that is devalued by society.

For example, this is where the word sycophant comes from.

(End of this chapter)