Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 592 Mantis blocking the car
Jia Rui stood up and walked around the Yangxin Hall for a few times. Then he sat on the kang again and told an unknown young eunuch beside him: "I will go to Yanxi Palace for lunch today and let them prepare it." ”

The little eunuch quickly kowtowed, then left to deliver the order.

Next, Jia Rui continued to criticize the memorial as if nothing had happened. As for the Suzhou memorial, Jia Rui threw it aside as if he didn't care at all.

And all this was seen by Lao Li.

He was relieved at this time. It seemed that his master did not pursue this matter too much.

It turns out that this matter has something to do with Lao Li.

This was not because he was embezzling, but because one of his nephews, Li Fu, was doing business in Suzhou and purchased a large amount of fertile land there.

Because of his relationship with Lao Li, this guy developed a arrogant character.

Before Jia Rui's reforms, he relied on Lao Li's connections to prosper in Suzhou City, and even several Suzhou prefects had nothing to do with him.

However, with the implementation of Jia Rui's sharing of grain and the increase in commercial taxes, his income dropped sharply.

This guy couldn't stand it anymore, so he simply united with the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou to resist the imperial policy.

Originally, the wealthy businessmen in Suzhou didn't want to follow this guy, but he moved out his uncle, Lao Li, the eunuch in charge of the inner palace.

Now everyone was emboldened, so they gathered their family servants and drove away the Suzhou magistrate who came to take office this time.

Of course, they didn't dare to go too far, so they still paid part of the food and salary, but it was based on the share before Jia Rui's reform.

This part of the money and food has spontaneously entered Suzhou's treasury.

As for General Suzhou, he had already been bribed, and for the sake of Lao Li, he did not interfere too much.

Of course, General Suzhou also has a bottom line. He has agreed with these people that the Suzhou magistrate must not cause any harm, otherwise, he will not miss the old relationship.

In this way, these Suzhou businessmen acted together and started a riot when the Suzhou governor took office. The Jiangsu governor's entourage killed fifteen people. If the Suzhou governor hadn't been merciful to these people, he might not have been able to escape Suzhou. city.

With such a big incident happening, Deputy Li was a little scared and quickly wrote a letter to Lao Li, asking Lao Li to mediate in the court to suppress the matter.

Of course, along with the letter came one hundred thousand taels of silver.

After receiving this letter, Lao Li was so frightened that he slid from his seat to the ground.

He didn't expect that his nephew would be so bold.

Others don’t understand Jia Rui, so doesn’t he? This master was so ruthless that no one would survive if he disobeyed his wishes.

Now let alone give Lao Li one hundred thousand taels of silver, even if I give him one million taels, I would not dare to take this job.

So Lao Li Zhi quickly wrote a letter to his nephew, asking him to find a scapegoat quickly, and then returned the one hundred thousand taels of silver.

Sure enough, just as Lao Li's letter was sent, the cabinet documents were delivered to Jia Rui.

Lao Li watched from the side and saw that the master was already angry. Although he did not deal with the matter at the time, it would never be over.

Now Lao Li's only hope is that his nephew's matter will not involve him. Otherwise, his bright future will be over, and he may even lose his life if he makes trouble.

After correcting the memorial, Jia Rui slowly came to Yanxi Palace accompanied by several eunuchs and maids.

At this time, Hua Lan and his maids were waiting for Jia Rui at the entrance of Yanxi Palace.

Although Hualan was just a concubine at this time, she held considerable power, so in the harem, except for Xue Baochai, everyone else gave her three points.

After Jia Rui carried Hualan into Yanxi Palace, he played with Hualan in the side hall for a while, and then started to have lunch. After finishing the meal, Jia Rui took Hua Lan to the palace to take a nap.

It was not until evening that Jia Rui stretched himself out of the palace.

Then Jia Rui no longer stayed at Yanxi Palace. He left Yanxi Palace and went to Longshou Palace to pay his respects to the two elderly people.

At this time, Hua Lan put her clothes back on under the service of the palace maid, and sat on the main seat in the side hall.

She lazily took the fragrant tea brought by the palace maid, took a sip and put it aside.

"Let our people go to Suzhou to find out what happened there?"

"Your Majesty, I will give you your orders now."

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished speaking yet. Why are you anxious?"

The palace daughter immediately stood respectfully beside Hua Lan again.

"In addition to the matter in Suzhou, the Suzhou general cannot be left behind. This guy actually stood still when the Suzhou prefect asked for help. There must be something fishy."

The palace maid hesitated for a moment and then said: "General Suzhou and the Emperor conquered the Southern Barbarians, and he is a meritorious minister. If we investigate him, the Emperor will not be angry, right?"

Hua Lan said softly: "Don't worry about it. Whether he is punished or not is the emperor's business, and whether he is investigated or not is our business."

The palace maid knew that she had said too much, so she quickly apologized, and then I withdrew and went to deliver the order.

Hua Lan sighed softly, this palace maid can no longer be used.

What a pity, it took a lot of effort to train her herself.

Then Hua Lan clapped his hands, and three more plainly dressed cleaning maids walked in from outside.

After Hua Lan glanced at them, he casually pointed to the one standing in the middle and said, "From today on, you will serve me."

The body of the selected palace maid trembled, but she did not show any joy on her face. Instead, she respectfully said the blessing and stood quietly next to Hua Lan.

The other two people looked at her enviously, and then left with great satisfaction.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the court seemed to have forgotten about Suzhou.

During this half month, there were no officials in Suzhou, and it became a state of anarchy.

At this time, all officials with some knowledge knew that the matter was serious.

If after what happened in Suzhou, the emperor sent people to understand the situation and organize reconciliation between the two parties, then maybe the board would be raised high and fall gently.

But now the emperor seems to be indifferent to Suzhou's affairs. This is obviously the calm before the storm.

Now all the wealthy businessmen and workshop owners in Suzhou were scared and began desperately looking for connections.

But the court officials who had been close friends with them in the past did not see them, and no one took any of the money they sent.

These people finally realized that the situation was unstoppable, so some people wanted to sell their property and run away secretly, but no one dared to take over their property. Even the Suzhou general who had been brothers to them a few days ago also had second thoughts.

In order to make up for his mistakes, he sent his elite spies to tightly block the roads from Suzhou to other places. Ordinary people would not care about passing by. Once these wealthy businessmen and their families thought about it, they would be driven back immediately.

The Suzhou general also wanted to protect his wealth and life in the thunderstorm that would come soon. As for his official position, he did not dare to think about it.

(End of this chapter)