Jia Zhen, Uncle of the Red House

　　Dai Quan laughed and said: "Brother Zhen, don't worry. To be honest, our family doesn't recommend that you donate to civil servants. With straight temperaments like us, I'm afraid we'll get angry for nothing. If you go the way of a military officer, it's fine. Inheriting the blessings of our ancestors, secondly, there are two real shortages in Beijing!"

　　Jia Zhen's eyes lit up and quickly asked, "Dare to ask where is the shortage?"

　　Dai Quan stretched out two fingers, "I said that Brother Zhen is a lucky one. Coincidentally, there is one guerrilla general short of the right camp of Jinwuwei in Beijing. The jurisdiction is exactly this part of your mansion. This is a job for others. It is difficult and difficult, but for Brother Zhen, it is very easy. Why? Jin Wuwei inspected Beijing, and he was afraid that the children of the royal family and nobles would cause trouble, and you happened to be a member of the noble family after being a hero. Which one up and down doesn't sell your face?"

　　Jia Zhen listened and nodded: "It's true!" He asked again: "Dare to ask your lord, where is the other one missing?"

　　Dai Quan shook his head and said, "I don't recommend Brother Zhen to donate the other one."

　　Jia Zhen asked curiously, "Why?"

　　Dai Quan sighed: "The other shortcoming is Jinwuwei's Nanying generals, who are one level higher than the right guerrillas. But you know, Nanying is the most difficult place to manage. , Hiding the White Lotus Sect and rebelling against the party, was executed by the emperor and killed the whole family, and then the last sergeant committed suicide. It can be said that it was an ominous place. Which one of the high-ranking officials in Beijing did not break his head and wanted to squeeze in, only There is no one who cares about this Nanying constable. So that there is still no one who has been vacant for more than half a year. "

　　Jia Zhen clapped her hands and smiled and said, "Then I won't join in the fun. I'll donate to the right camp guerrilla! In the future, I will have to ask Lord Neixiang to take care of me!"

　　Dai Quan replied: "We are all old friends, we should. You don't know, the former son Xiangyang Hou came to beg me for his brother's third child, and now he took [-] taels of silver and sent it to my house, only to have it. A guerrilla outside Beijing. Now, brother Zhen, you want to donate is different, write your resume quickly, with my old face, in front of the emperor to ask for the title of right guerrilla guerrilla for you." Jia Zhen heard that, He hurriedly ordered: "Quickly order the people in the study to write down their resumes respectfully!" The servant did not dare to neglect, and after going for a moment, he brought a piece of red paper to talk to Jia Zhen.Jia Zhen saw it and hurriedly sent it off to Dai Quan.When looking at it, it reads:

　　Jia Zhen, a hereditary third-rank Jue Weilie general, is thirty-two years old.Great-grandfather, the former Duke of Ningguo Jia Yan, the ancestor, the former Jingying Jiedushi hereditary first-class Shenwei general Jia Daihua, and the father, Jia Jing, a scholar of Yimao Branch.

　　Dai Quan accepted it, "Brother Zhen is waiting for news from our family. It's just that the donation must be worth this amount..." He stretched out his hand and compared a one and a six.

　　Jia Zhen understood in seconds, [-] taels of silver.In all fairness, this price is fairly fair, and the price of the fourth-grade Taoist platform is also [-] taels, but one is a civilian outside Beijing and the other is a military officer in Beijing, and the difference is similar.

　　So Jia Zhen waved his hand and instructed Huang An to immediately take out [-] taels of cash, because he asked, "I will send the silver to the minister, or should I send it to the Prime Minister's palace now?"

　　Seeing that Jia Zhen was so generous and generous, Dai Quan nodded again and again, "If you go straight to the ministry, you will suffer a loss. Old Zhao Hao, the minister of households, will take care of it."

　　Jia Zhen agreed, and Dai Quan also left. Jia Zhen couldn't keep the money, so she had to send it out of the house.

　　After sending Dai Quan away, Jia Zhen turned back enthusiastically and told You Shi.

　　You Shi also rejoiced: "This time, the master has got what he wanted, and he has become a general with real power in charge of thousands of people!"

　　Jia Zhen said: "It took ten or twenty thousand taels of silver, and all the hard work of the past six months was sent to the palace!"

　　You said with a smile: "Our family is running smoothly now, seeing that the family business is becoming more and more prosperous, and now that the grandfather has donated an official, it is a happy event! A little money, the concubine makes Yindie and the others work harder, and they will earn it back in a few months. It's gone!"

　　Not to mention what happened in the Ning Mansion, Dai Quan got Jia Zhen's money, first asked the little eunuch to transport [-] taels back, and brought the cash directly into the big house.

　　He asked where the emperor was, and a little palace maid replied: "Everyone is reviewing the memorial in the Nuan Pavilion of Daming Palace."

　　Dai Quan laughed and sorted out his clothes in front of Daming Palace. He just hunched his waist and carefully entered the Warm Pavilion.The emperor wrote dragons and snakes on the imperial case, and asked without raising his head, "Where did you go?"

　　Dai Quan hurriedly knelt down from a distance, took a few steps on his knees and kowtowed and replied, "If you return to Long Live, the servant is returning from Ningguo Mansion."

　　"Ning Guofu?" The emperor stopped writing and said in surprise, "Jia Concubine's house? What are you doing there?"

　　Dai Quan crouched on the ground, kowtowed again in fear, with a smile on his face: "I dare not deceive long live. I just asked for a servant for Jia Zhen's cousin Jia Zhen a few days ago, and wanted to donate an official position, today is for the sake of on this matter.”

　　The emperor put down his pen, walked up to him, kicked Dai Quan with his foot, "Okay, get up!"

　　Dai Quan laughed and got up, "Thank you for your grace!"

　　The emperor put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "You just brought back the money, so the negotiation is done? Tell me, what official did you sell behind your back?"

　　Dai Quan hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed again, shouting, "Long live the injustice! Even a servant with [-] courage would not dare to deceive the king!"

　　The emperor scolded impatiently: "You old servant, I still don't know how much you weigh? If I hadn't been loyal to you for so many years, I would have taken your head on this one!"

　　"Thank you, long live!" Dai Quan squeezed out a few tears and wiped them with his sleeve.

　　The emperor didn't care too much, these minions used to cheat and play tricks, and if they beat them from time to time, they would go to heaven.The emperor looked at Dai Quan, and there was a glint in his eyes.

　　"What official did Jia Zhen donate?"

　　Dai Quan hurriedly replied, "The donation is for the guerrilla of the right camp of Jinwuwei."

　　The emperor took a few steps to the door and sneered, "How much did he donate?"

　　"One..." Before the words could be said, Dai Quan broke out in cold sweat and hurriedly changed his words: "[-] taels of silver."

　　The emperor turned around and said with a smile, "You're a sincere servant!" Dai Quan breathed a sigh of relief and almost said it.

　　The emperor looked at the cold sweat on Dai Quan's forehead and said, "Instruct the cabinet to order Jia Zhen to be a general of the Jinwuwei Nanying Battalion." After that, he left the warm pavilion and set up the Fengzao Palace.

　　Leaving Dai Quan's face bewildered, "How can you be a guerrilla general in the Nanying army?" Dai Quan sighed, "It's done!" Silver moved to the palace, and then went to the cabinet to pass the decree.

　　Inside the Fengzao Palace, the emperor who was over fifty years old smiled and said to Jia Concubine: "Yuanchun, I promoted your cousin Jia Zhen today, how can you thank me?"

　　Jia Yuanchun was at a young age, and shyly fell into the emperor's arms, "Thank you for the grace of the emperor!"

　　The emperor laughed and hugged Yuan Chun.

　　After a moment of tenderness, Yuanchun saw that the emperor was in a happy mood, and then he said with doubt: "Qi, the emperor, my concubine's cousin Jia Zhen, has always been inactive in the country, and has not much ability to save the world and the people, and now His Majesty has rewarded him with an official position. I missed the emperor's big business."

　　The emperor stroked his beard and was surprised, then smiled and said, "It's all for your own sake."

　　Yuan Chun had no choice but to press down the anxiety in his heart and try to please the old emperor in front of him in every possible way.

　　In fact, the old emperor was very shrewd. The reason why he gave Jia Zhen a high title was that, apart from the long vacancy of the Nanying General and enough donations, his real intention was that Jia Zhen had hooked up with the old nobles in the past six months and set off a big battle in Beijing. Battle, this made the old emperor a little curious in his doubts.Arrange him in a less comfortable position. If he really has the ability, the old emperor will not begrudge the reward. If he has no ability, he can only blame himself.

　　Ha ha!The old emperor took Yuanchun's hand and smiled meaningfully.

Chapter [-] Appointment of Nanying Generals

　　"Master! Master! Someone is coming from the palace!" Huang An shouted loudly outside the courtyard gate.

　　Jia Zhen scolded and got up from the bed, "What are you yelling at?" He pointed at a little maid, "Go and ask Director Huang, what happened?" The little maid hurried out.

　　Ke Ren, who was on the side of the escort, heard something vaguely. She served Jia Zhen and put on her clothes, "It seems that someone from the palace is coming?"

　　"What?" Jia Zhen grabbed Ke Ren and asked, "Is it true? Haha! You, I have developed!"

　　Ke Ren frowned, "It hurts! It hurts! Lord, you hurt me!"

　　Only then did Jia Zhen realize that she was complacent, so she let go of her hand and said a few words of apology and comfort. She hurried out before waiting for the little girl to report back.

　　After seeing Huang An, Huang An had to say it again: "There is news from the palace that there is the emperor's decree, and the father-in-law who passed the decree will be here, let's hurry up to receive the decree!"

　　"Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and prepare the incense case! Hurry up! Hurry up!" Jia Zhen hurried to the main hall. Before the eunuch who announced the decree came, he rushed to the door again, and was worthy to receive them.

　　But this time it wasn't Dai Quan, but a big eunuch with a raw face. Jia Zhen didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly welcomed them in.Jia Zhen exchanged a few words, and the eunuch asked the little eunuch behind him to hold a plate covered with yellow ling.Jia Zhen was instantly overjoyed, thinking that Dai Quan's work is still reliable!

　　I saw that the eunuch lifted the scorpion, held a roll of Ming Huang imperial decree in the air, and said to Jia Zhen expressionlessly, "Accept the decree!"

　　Jia Zhen bowed and said, "Yes, yes, yes!"

　　Having said that, the little servant had already prepared the incense case, and Jia Zhen and everyone in the house all fell to the ground.

　　"Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said..." The big eunuch began to shake his head and read according to the imperial decree. In the middle, there was a long section of couples six and four parallels. From the speech of the Duke of Ningguo, Jiazhen, all the way to Jia Zhen, what is loyalty to the country? I am very relieved to wait. Jia Zhen was dizzy hearing it. After a long time, she finally said a useful sentence at the end of the imperial decree: "I will grant Erjin Wuwei's South battalion commander, this is your honor!"

　　"Phew! It's finally over!" Jia Zhen took the imperial decree with both hands, and suddenly realized, how could it be the Nanying general?You donated it yourself, but the right camp guerrilla?Jia Zhen was a little stunned, and immediately invited a group of eunuchs to serve tea.

　　After they were seated, Huang An held up a plate of silver ingots. Jia Zhen picked up the little eunuch who had been handed over to the big eunuch, and respectfully cupped her hands: "It's all my father-in-law, you've worked hard!"

　　The big eunuch squinted at the spindles on the plate, and just smiled a little, nodded and said, "Then we will thank the general!" Jia Zhen flattered a few more words, wanting to inquire about the reason why he was enlisted as a general. Thinking that the big eunuch waved his hand, "Our family knows what the general wants to ask, and Eunuch Dai of Daming Palace is our immediate boss! The old man ordered him to tell you a word, the emperor personally decided this matter for you. Okay. Now, the business has been done, let's go!" After saying that, he got up and walked out.Jia Zhen couldn't keep it, so she had to send it out the door.

　　The news of Jia Zhen's official appointment, like wings, immediately spread throughout the Rongning Second House.

　　Jia Zhen enshrined the imperial decree in the home temple, as a way to tell the ancestors that we, Jia Zhen, also made a lot of money.Back in the main hall, You Shi Keqing and others stepped forward to congratulate each other, but Jia Zhen did not smile at all.You asked, "Why are you unhappy that you have received the imperial edict today?" Jia Zhen sighed, "I obviously donated to the guerrillas of the Right Battalion, but today I gave me a general of the Nanying Battalion. What is this? ?" The third sister tilted her head and asked, "Is there a difference between guerrilla and general?"

　　Ke Ren pulled the third sister and said with a smile: "The third sister is young, no wonder she doesn't know, this general is bigger than the guerrilla!" The third sister pouted, "Then why are you still crying?"

　　Jia Zhen explained to them with a wry smile: "Although this right camp guerrilla is small, it's a beautiful person, so don't be in charge of it. Although the Nanying general is a big one, it is in the area of ​​Nancheng residential area, where people are cunning and treacherous. The most difficult thing to control is that several generals in succession have all died unexpectedly. Therefore, no one has ever wanted this general. What is more worrying is that the eunuch Dai in the palace spread a message that my appointment was directly decided by the emperor, and I can’t do it. What is clear is that the emperor wants to promote me, or to treat me? There is a difference of [-] miles here, and a little carelessness is a big disaster!"

　　The girls listened and looked at each other. After all, they were all only women in the boudoir. Even if they were more knowledgeable, they couldn't predict what was going on in the court, and they couldn't help but get nervous.You Shi panicked: "Master, why don't we resign?" Jia Zhen looked at You Shi, who was like Xiao Bai, speechlessly, "Not to mention the [-] taels of silver that I spent yesterday, the emperor just now The imperial decree said that if you resign, you will resign? It’s not a good idea to deceive the king, but you will be beheaded!” People say that one pregnancy is stupid for three years, but I’m not deceiving me!

　　Still Keren stepped forward and comforted: "Master, don't worry, if others can't do it, it's not necessarily that you can't do it well. You just treat your previous appointments as the ones who made room for you!" Jia Zhen was taken aback and smiled: "Keren still believes in me as always!" Keren leaned over and whispered: "For us, you have to cheer up!"

　　Jia Zhen held her hands, thinking about what to do next?After becoming an official, I can no longer do whatever I want. Fortunately, I am in the capital, and I have You Shi to take care of him at home. All business transactions are very smooth, and there is no need to worry.

　　Seeing that Jia Zhen was silent, the girls were contemplating, and they all tacitly did not speak.

　　Only the third sister clapped her hands and laughed and said: "In my opinion, if the emperor wants to treat you, you can't run away. Instead of guessing, it is better to think about how to do the errand well! I think, as long as the lord does the errand Well, even if the emperor wanted to treat you at first, he might change his mind in the end!"

　　Jia Zhen looked at the third sister in amazement, making the third sister feel embarrassed, and spat, "What are you looking at?" She suddenly remembered that the future in front of her would be her husband, and her face suddenly turned red.Jia Zhen took Sanjie's little hand, "I didn't expect Sanniang's knowledge to be different!"

　　The third sister tried to withdraw her hand, but failed, she glared at Jia Zhen and said, "How can I have any insight? I will accept my fate for the rest of my life. The worst is to die with you..."

　　"Shut up!" Seeing that the third sister was saying more and more unpleasant things, You Shi stopped and said, "How did you talk to the master?"

　　The third sister pouted, a little afraid of You Shi, but she couldn't help but muttered in a low voice, "I'm telling the truth..."

　　Jia Zhen smiled and agreed: "Sanniang said it's not bad, the important thing now is to do the errand well!" He put aside all his thoughts and pretended to be proud: "The soldiers will block, the water will cover, I will If you don't believe me, I can't cure those bad people!"

　　Jia Zhen was talking to his wives and concubines, but Keqing, Kailuan, and Peifeng were inconvenient to stay for a long time. They were about to retire when he looked up and saw Jia Rong hurried back from outside.

　　Jia Zhen looked at Jia Rong and said displeasedly, "You have to find out about such a big thing in the family from someone else's mouth, so you can see where you put your mind!"

　　Jia Rong didn't dare to talk back, but stood on the side.

　　Jia Zhen asked, "Where have you been?"

　　Jia Rong hurriedly smiled and said, "My son has really gone to work. The Wei family sent someone this morning to discuss the end-of-year dividend distribution. The son saw that his father had not woken up yet, so he made his own decision and went over to find out about the situation. The second uncle Lian, just got the news. My son is here, congratulations!"

　　A dark cloud appeared on Jia Zhen's face: "You mean I get up late, right?"

　　Jia Rong immediately smiled, "How dare my son? Father, you have been working hard for the family, and my son just wants to share your worries!" After she said that, she didn't dare to look at Jia Zhen, and just lowered her head.

　　Jia Zhen nodded, "This business will be handed over to you in the end. As long as you have half of your daughter-in-law's intentions, I will not work so hard. Besides, I will spend more time in Nancheng in the future. If you do anything wrong at home, Careful about your skin!" Then, he glanced at Keqing who was standing pretty, his eyes lit up, and he said, "It's not too long for Xiluan and Peifeng to enter the door, it's not a problem to be idle all the time, just in time. Your daughter-in-law is also the housekeeper and the accountant, so ask them to help."

　　Jia Rong, Kailuan and Peifeng responded quickly.

　　Ke Qing lowered her head, thinking about Jia Zhen's arrangement, and suddenly blushed.Therefore, the more she looked at Jia Rong, the less pleasing she became, and she led the second concubine back to her yard.

　　When Keqing left, Jia Zhen didn't want Jia Rong to always be in front of her, so she pondered for a while and instructed him: "Go to Ni Er and say that I asked him to inquire about the local snakes in the Nancheng area and report back to me. The more careful the better!"

　　Jia Rong took her life in a hurry and hurried out.

　　Jia Zhen looked at Jia Rong's back and sighed involuntarily, "Brother Rong is young after all, you elders should keep an eye on it..." Before she finished speaking, the third sister laughed, and then she whispered again. After talking to the second sister, Keren and Yindie, the four girls covered their mouths and laughed.

　　Jia Zhen said angrily, "What are you doing?"

　　Yindie raised her chest and said, "Master, we are younger than Brother Rong!"

　　Jia Zhen was stunned, and then laughed herself, "Young is good! Grandpa likes young people..." Suddenly, You Shi shot a cold light.Jia Zhen knew that she had said something wrong, and hurriedly explained it in other words.Just as he was embarrassed, another servant ran in and reported, "The old lady over there is invited!"

　　Jia Zhen couldn't take it lightly, took the opportunity to get rid of them, and went out in a hurry.

　　Although the two houses are very close, Jia Zhen has not been there for a long time since Lai Er died.Not only because of Jia She's greed, but also because of Jia Zhen's deliberate alienation.And his attitude directly affects the entire Ningguo Mansion. In the past, the two mansions were really one family, and they were not separate from each other. Now, people no longer communicate with each other. Only the masters of You Shi and Keqing visit occasionally to maintain Live in harmony on the surface.

　　With a little sigh, Jia Zhen came to the gate of Rongguo Mansion and saw Jia Lian coming out.Jia Lian cupped his hands and joked, "Master General, are you here?"

　　Jia Zhen stepped forward and grabbed his hand, "I haven't seen him for a few months. Brother Lian came back from the prosperous place of fireworks in the south of the Yangtze River, and the whole person has become refreshed? Did you take advantage of Feng girl's absence?" Jia Lian Haha laughed, "I'm so busy running errands, how can I have free time? It can't be compared to the big things that Brother Zhen has done at home! After a few months of hard work, I have actually hired two little aunts!" Jia Zhen also smiled: "You still Make fun of me, don't you have Ping'er in front of you? She alone is enough to top them all!"

　　The two brothers have always been friends, and after only a few words, Jia Lian led Jia Zhen directly to the old lady's courtyard.