hotmtlnovel Chapter 480 Jia Daishan’s back-up plan
Chapter 480 Jia Daishan’s back-up plan
Chapter 480 Jia Daishan’s back-up plan
It gets dark early in the winter moon, and shortly after Chen hour, apart from the imperial guards patrolling the city, there are only watchmen banging their clappers to tell the time.
The lights in Rongxi Hall have been brightly lit for a long time. The old lady has been in a bad mood recently because her son-in-law Lin Ruhai and his family plan to move back to the Lin family house that has been packed up some time before the end of the year.
She held her grandson Mo Geer, who could already say some refrains, and complained to Lin Ruhai and Jinse about their "cruelness."
At the beginning, the old lady's friendship with Lin Moyu, the cheap grandson, was just a matter of face, but she couldn't resist the fact that this brother of the Lin family was so popular.
The three-year-old baby was white and plump, and her facial features were 70% to 80% similar to those of her sister Daiyu, which made the old lady happy.
The Lin family only has two siblings, Daiyu and Moyu. Jinse also understands that the closer her children are to the Ningrong Jia family, the smoother their future life will be, so she often carries Moyu to Rongxi Hall to visit the old lady.
It was a coincidence that when Brother Mo opened his mouth to speak, the first word he shouted was "zuzu". This made the old lady happy for a long time, thinking that this child was destined to be with her.
With Brother Mo's likability, and the old lady having already thought about it, knowing that this brother of the Lin family was hard-won, and that Jinse was the one who was saved by her daughter Jia Min, gradually, she felt her last trace of Jinse. The awkwardness and prejudices disappeared with the wind, and Jinse was treated like half a daughter.
After Yingchun got married, Lin Ruhai once told her that she wanted to move back home, but the old lady blocked her with words.
Now when she heard Lin Ruhai mention this matter, the old lady hugged the chubby Brother Mo and began to wipe away her tears.
"If you want to go back, go back by yourself and leave Brother Mo to me. This child is the closest to me. If I haven't seen him for a day, I feel like there is a missing piece in my heart, and I can't even sleep well."
Brother Mo frowned when he saw the old lady wiping her tears and holding the half-eaten snack. After a moment, she pursed her lips and raised the half-eaten snack high, with a reluctant and determined expression.
"Zuzu, eat cakes and don't cry~"
puff~
The old lady looked at the little expression on Brother Mo's face, and the reluctance and boredom in her heart dissipated a lot, and she kissed Brother Mo's little face.
"Brother Mo is so good. If Zuzu doesn't eat it, you can eat it yourself."
She put the snack back to Brother Mo's mouth and let him nibble slowly. She turned around and sighed and said, "Forget it, I won't stop you. Just move here before the year comes. Then I will Ask Lian'er to go over and help. And...boss..."
"Ah? Old lady, you called me?"
Mr. Pardon was slumped on the Taishi's chair in a daze when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He didn't wake up from his dazed state for a while.
The old lady rolled her eyes at her eldest son: "Don't wander around every day. Ruhai has to go to the Yamen every day. Since you are free, you should worry more."
"Son, this is not just wandering around..."
Mr. Pardon really wanted to explain it, but after thinking about it, he really couldn't find a reasonable reason. In the end, he could only nod his head: "Okay, my son will remember it."
He responded to the old lady and then turned his gaze to Lin Ruhai: "Brother-in-law, I remembered that the original bodyguards of your family were probably old, old and crippled. You pick some people, and I will ask the third child to Take it with you to practice. The wind in the capital never really stops."
Lin Ruhai couldn't tell the pun.
These days, he has felt that a new storm is brewing inside and outside the government. The resistance to the New Deal is also increasing. Some people even secretly made up the theory of a reform trio.
Among the three people, Zhou Jiong, the chief minister of the cabinet, ranked first, Lin Ruhai, the minister of household affairs, ranked second, and Xu Jin and Xu Qingteng were not ranked higher than him, only ranking third.
As for Jia Cong, who really encouraged the emperor's reform, because he was always making troubles and was young, he was considered to be his spokesperson, Lin Ruhai, and was the one who was ignored.
The new coup law, as long as this matter is involved, danger is inevitable.
Lin Ruhai heard the meaning of Mr. Pardon's words, looked at him cryptically, nodded and said: "Thank you, big brother. Tomorrow I will ask Lin Fu to go to Zhuangzi to pick some people. Then I will trouble big brother to help me train." Here comes a group of people who can be used.”
Master Pardon waved his hand: "It's all a family saying thank you. Originally, there was Lin Yatou's princess guard, so I didn't need to worry about it. But you also said that next year, the child and hairpin will be given to Brother Cong and the others. The wedding is done, and when they go to live in the Marquis Mansion, you will be short of people..."
"Huh? Brother Cong and Yu'er are moving out after their wedding? Why don't I know about this?"
The old lady sensed something was wrong as she listened. She interrupted Mr. Pardon's ramblings and asked a surprised question.
The Pardon Master scratched his head and asked: "Yes, Brother Cong's Marquis Mansion has been built a long time ago and has been empty. Now that His Majesty has given him the right to open a mansion and build a government office, he has to move there as soon as possible." Handling official business. My son has been busy looking for people for him these days, to see if he can recruit a few worthy people..."
The two sons are more promising than the other, and the older they get, the higher they get. For the sake of his son's future, Mr. Pardon resigned from his official position in the Governor's Mansion and lived the leisurely life of a "retired old man" in advance.
However, after learning that his younger son was going to open a government office, he immediately took the gilded greeting cards from his family and started spreading them all over the city.
Today I went to the British Duke's Zhang's house, and tomorrow I went to the Zhenguo Duke's mansion to talk to Lao Niu, and soon helped Jia Cong create the prototype of the Junhou Mansion.
The old lady was reluctant, but she also understood the importance of establishing a government office.
Jia Cong, the grandson, will eventually move out and live in another house. The officials and subordinates of Yongfenghou Mansion cannot come to Rongguo Mansion all the time to hold a meeting.
"Forget it, let's all go, this old lady can be at peace..."
The old lady said this, but she couldn't help but feel lonely in her heart.
The second girl married into the Liu family, and the third girl will also get married next year. In the past, it was sometimes too noisy, but now that I think about it...
Alas, when I get old, I hate separation the most.
Even though it was just a street away, even if that moment hadn't arrived yet, the old lady still felt that Rongxi Hall was a lot more desolate at this time.
"Who's gone? What happened to grandma?"
Just as he was talking, Jia Cong lifted the curtain and walked in with Daiyu.
The stove in the room was burning brightly. He helped Daiyu take off the coat she was wearing. While preparing warm water for washing, he asked the old lady.
But I heard Master Sheng said helplessly: "It's not about you moving out yet. You have all grown up. If you want to move out and leave home, your grandmother is wiping away her tears reluctantly."
ha?
Jia Cong was a little confused. When did he say he wanted to move out?
"Dad, why doesn't my son know that I'm moving out?"
Ok?
Master Shengda was even more confused and said in surprise: "If you don't move out, what will happen to the Marquis Mansion?"
"Ah, this is the matter~"
Hululu~
Jia Cong washed his face carelessly, picked up the handkerchief and rubbed it casually to warm up his face that was a little stiff due to the cold wind. Then he continued: "It's simple. I'll have someone open a side door in the wall. I would deal with official duties there during the day and stay at home at night."
After saying that, he ran to the old lady and said with a smile: "Grandma, I don't think she needs a pair of bowls and chopsticks for her grandson."
Daiyu also came forward, her eyebrows curved: "Grandma, and me!"
At this time, the old lady was very worried. She tapped Jia Cong on the forehead, took Daiyu's hand and said with a smile: "I am rich, you can afford to support ten or eight more people. "
Jia Cong took advantage of the situation and said: "That's not true. Except for the Queen Mother, no one in the capital is as rich as my grandmother. My grandson has heard about it. The pearl market in the south has sent you several boxes of large pearls. Look how filial your grandson is. "Why don't you give your grandson a few beads?" "You know the best. The beads were just delivered yesterday, so you are already thinking about them."
The old lady was not stingy either. After telling Yuanyang, she quickly brought in a rather large wooden box.
As soon as it was opened, the entire Rongxi Hall lit up a lot, and there was a colorful light.
The old lady is really rich. Mr. Pardon, the head of the family, is not as rich as the old lady.
In order to repay the government's debt to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Jia Cong borrowed 100,000 taels of silver from the old lady to open a pearl cultivation farm in Qiongzhou. After repaying the debt, half of the annual income from the pearl farm went to the public house, and the remaining Half of it has been kept by the old lady.
The net income of tens of thousands taels of silver every year makes Master Pardon jealous when he looks at it...
Yuanyang fetched several exquisite boxes, and the old lady gave them to everyone in the room one by one, including Jinse beside Lin Ruhai.
She said proudly: "You go and choose yourselves, one for each of you."
Tsk tsk~ The pearls brought to the capital by the pearl farm are all top-quality beads. It is a waste to grind them into powder and make medicine.
This thing can be said to be priceless and unique in the capital. The old lady was really happy today, and she even rewarded everyone with pearls worth a thousand taels.
"Then my grandson is welcome, thank you grandma!"
Jia Cong immediately took the lead in picking it up. After loading a box, he helped Daiyu pick it up. Soon, the dullness before Rongxi Hall was gone. The old lady didn't care about money and foreign objects. She held her grandson and pulled her granddaughter and talked. Whisper.
It was not until Master Zheng and Baoyu came back from the Yamen that the whole family gathered together for dinner.
During the meal, Rongxi Hall was enjoying themselves, but after dinner, the old lady left Jia Cong alone.
……
Jia Cong helped the old lady go to the inner hall, and Yuanyang was ordered to guard the door.
The old lady then said to Jia Cong: "Originally, your father should have told you this when you were crowned, but now that you have become a holy family and are going to open a government office, it would be better to inform you in advance..."
Jia Cong's curiosity was aroused by the old lady's solemn expression. He sat down obediently and waited for the old lady's follow-up.
But I saw the old lady groping on the bed for a while, and suddenly there was a click, and a hidden compartment was revealed on the inside of the bed, with a seemingly ordinary wooden box inside.
The old lady took it out, then took out her jewelry box, picked and picked from it, and finally took out a hairpin that looked a bit old.
Click, the tail of that hairpin turned out to be a key!
"This hairpin was given to me by your grandfather as a token of love. This box contains the most important things in our family..."
The old lady took out a yellowed booklet from the wooden box and handed it to Jia Cong.
"What is this?"
After Jia Cong took it, he opened it by candlelight: "Cui Jinxi and Zhai Ying of Cining Palace... Bai Peizhi of Longshou Palace... Lou Zhiyu of Yikun Palace..."
hiss~
Incredible!
"These people are all people our family has placed in the palace!"
My God, old lady, what are you doing?
Jia Cong looked at the book in his hand. He could match the names of many people on it.
For example, Cui Jinxi was one of the female officials Empress Dowager Cao relied on most, and Bai Peizhi of Longshou Palace was one of the four stewards around the Supreme Emperor.
This stuff was so hot that Jia Cong didn't know what to say.
In fact, it is an open secret that each government places people in the palace. The emperor knew this matter very well. Every time the palace was cleaned, as long as it was not an enemy spy or someone with ulterior motives, the palace would always turn a blind eye.
For example, after Yuanchun became a concubine, the old lady gave Baoqin the list of personnel assigned to her family.
But Jia Cong really didn't expect that the old lady still had so many secrets in her hands, almost all over the Forbidden City.
"Grandma, didn't you give all the people to your eldest sister before?"
"Sister Yuan has finally married into the royal family. The water thrown out by her married daughter can be regarded as fulfilling the responsibilities of the family. The first thing I have to take care of is naturally you."
The old lady seemed to have made up her mind and said solemnly to Jia Cong: "I know that you have always been separated from me over the years and are not really close to me. I also know that this is the reason why I favor your second uncle and Baoyu. I do not blame you……"
"grandmother……"
"Listen to me!"
The old lady interrupted Jia Cong's words and continued: "Of course your grandfather hired me as Jia's wife. Over the years, I also know that my means are limited. I prefer your second uncle not only because of Baoyu's appearance." Like your grandfather. The most important thing is because I see no hope with your father. You have not experienced what happened that night in the 49th year of Zhaowu, so you don’t understand my fear at all. "
Speaking of this, the old lady couldn't help but shudder.
Even though the Jia family now has one family, two princes, one marquis and three lords, when she thinks of that night in the forty-ninth year of Zhaowu, she feels a biting coldness on her spine.
The wind in Beijing never stops.
The Jia family may have had three more generations of wealth, but this wealth needs a strong man to protect it.
Although Lian'er is also the top being among the children of Gongqing, the one who can protect the entire Jia family is none other than the concubine and grandson in front of her who is not really close to her.
As for Baoyu, well, forget it, just let him be his rich and idle man.
The old lady had been pondering this matter in her mind for some time. She originally planned to take a look and wait, but she didn't expect that the emperor actually gave Jia Cong the right to open a government office.
"Now that you are going to open a government office, it is easy to inquire about the news in the court, and you need available people to help you find out the news in the palace. The Sacred Heart is unpredictable, even if you rely heavily on the Second Saint, you still need to do your best. Maintain this trust. These people have been part of our family for hundreds of years. Today I hand them over to you on behalf of your grandfather, which can be regarded as completing the task he originally entrusted to me!"
Having said this, Jia Cong finally realized the importance of the roster in his hand. He wanted to give evidence, but the old lady raised her hand to stop him.
The old lady solemnly patted Jia Cong on the shoulder and warned again: "Remember, this booklet is known to God and the earth, you know it and I know it, and you are not allowed to tell the third person about it. Wait until the future, and you can pass it on to Your heir!"
Jia Cong asked tentatively: "Grandma, my father doesn't know about this booklet either?"
The old lady pursed her lips and replied after a long time: "I originally wanted to give this booklet to your father, but for some reason, I always felt that your father was incompetent. Now that I think about it, I was afraid of getting into trouble. The heart aperture..."
Monthly ticket recommendation ticket
I’ll stop here tonight and continue tomorrow. Good night!
(End of this chapter)