The Red Mansions

Chapter 102 "List of Honorable Mentions"

The two were talking casually, and before they knew it, it was afternoon.

He heard a commotion outside the courtyard, but it was Qin Ye who had returned.

Jia Heng couldn't sit still, so he walked out of the flower hall with Qin Zhong, walked under the eaves, and looked up to see Qin Ye.

Qin Ye was dressed in court clothes and a black black gauze hat. He had just returned from the Ministry of Industry, and his face was tired. Qin Ye was in the Ministry of Industry as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and he was usually very busy.

"My son-in-law has met Mr. Yuezhang." Jia Heng bowed and said with cupped hands.

Qin Ye glanced at Jia Heng with complicated eyes. Today, he was working in the Office of the Secretary of the Ministry of Industry. He met his colleagues and friends. Zhu Yuanmao was in charge of the engineering department. This gentleman suddenly congratulated him, which made him a little puzzled.

After careful questioning, it turned out that it was the decree issued by the cabinet in the morning, and it was passed to the six departments. When this colleague and friend saw the name Jia Heng on it, he suddenly remembered the invitation he received the day before yesterday.
"But Jia Heng is just a side branch of Ning Kingdom, how did he become a noble? Moreover, Jia Zhen was imprisoned in the Jingzhao Yamen prison the day before yesterday." Qin Ye was puzzled and felt that he wanted to ask his son-in-law.

Is it a blessing or a curse?

Qin Ye said: "You don't need to be polite, the old man has something to ask you."

Jia Heng was surprised when he heard the words, looked at Qin Ye, had some guesses in his heart, and said, "Master Yue Zhang, please ask."

Qin Ye nodded, first entered the flower hall, sat down, the maid served tea, looked at Jia Heng with complicated eyes, and said, "My son-in-law, what happened to the title of Ningguo? Why did you inherit it?"

When Jia Heng heard this, his face paused slightly, and his heart was as expected.

Emperor Chongping's imperial decree came very quickly.

His father-in-law knew about it. Obviously, Emperor Chongping's decree had been delivered to six departments. This is... an imperial edict?
At this moment, the bead curtains rattled, and a soft voice sounded, "Ningguo title?"

Qin Keqing picked up the curtain and walked out, first saluted her father, then looked at her husband with a pair of beautiful eyes in doubt, and said softly: "Husband, haven't you been expelled from Ning Kingdom?"

Qin Ye: "???"

Jia Heng said: "The variable is here. It is the will of the emperor, and I don't know if it is possible to get rid of the membership."

The more Qin Ye listened, the more confused he became, and he asked, "What is expulsion, what is the meaning of the emperor?"

Jia Heng looked at Qin Ye and explained: "Earlier, Jia Zhen was convicted of colluding with thieves and bandits to rob Keqing. The Jia family thought it was me and wanted to expel me."

As soon as this remark came out, Qin Ye's complexion changed suddenly, and he said, "Why didn't you tell the old man about such a big matter? Being expelled from the family is just a joke, Keqing, do you know?"

Qin Keqing said: "Father, my husband told me that this matter is originally a fault of the Jia family. My husband already has a solution. Even if he is expelled from the clan, it's all right."

Qin Ye's face froze when he heard the words. Looking at his own daughter, a sentence suddenly came to his mind, a married daughter is a splash of water.

Jia Heng said again: "The Holy Majesty can't bear the loss of the Jia family's title. In addition, the young son-in-law wrote a manuscript, which fell into the eyes of the Holy Majesty. The day before yesterday, he was summoned to the palace to ask questions. My son-in-law doesn't know why."

Speaking of which, the imperial decree of Emperor Chongping was issued quite quickly, but what about the twenty bolts of Su brocade?

Why did it take so long to ship?

Su brocade was a special offering sent to the palace by the weaving Zhen's family in the south of the Yangtze River. Although twenty pieces were not worth much money, they were a gift from the emperor anyway.

Hearing this, Qin Ye was speechless for a while, and suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Manuscript, what manuscript?"

Jia Heng said: "The manuscript of the Three Kingdoms should be available on the market in two days."

Not mentioning the conversation between Weng and his son-in-law, it is said that Lin Zhixiao brought a few servants of Ningguo Mansion, and came to Jiaheng's mansion on Ningrong Street in a hurry. Woolen cloth?"

Qingwen blinked her eyes, Guazi's face was full of doubts.

Lin Zhixiao quickly changed his words: "Qingwen, is that Uncle Heng?"

"Today is Gui Ning's day. Young master accompanied grandma back to her mother's house." Qingwen pinched a strand of hair that fell on the front of her breast, and raised her smooth and white chin.

Lin Zhixiao heard the words, and while ordering the servants behind him to go back and report the news, he said, "Where is your mother's house?"

Qingwen shook her head lightly, looked at a large group of people in Jia's house who were in a hurry, and said: "I don't know about this."

After speaking, he twisted the water snake's waist and left.

Lin Zhixiao secretly cursed this little hoof, even Lin Zhixiao, who was known as deaf and dumb, was enraged by Qingwen's arrogance.

Fortunately, a servant caught Bi'er, the maid, and asked, "Little girl, do you know where your grandma's family is?"

Bi'er thought for a while, and then gave an address.

Lin Zhi didn't talk too much nonsense, and took the little servant to go in a hurry.

Qingwen walked under the eaves of the corridor, watched Lin Zhixiao go away, curled her lips, every time this man came to see the young master, nothing good happened, she just didn't say anything on purpose.

Jia Mansion Ancestral Hall——

"Where's the patriarch?" Jia Zheng asked with a frown as he asked the boy who came trotting all the way.

"The patriarch went to Ning with his wife?"

"Guining?"

The members of the Jia clan had weird faces when they heard the words, Gui Ning?When you come back, you will be in charge of the Ningguo Mansion?

Mother Jia also sighed, feeling a sense of powerlessness in her heart.

Now that the imperial decree has been issued, the destiny is hard to disobey, but she has other ideas.

The title will be inherited by the other gangster, but the huge family property of the East Mansion cannot be taken away by the gangster. There are some things that must be explained to the gangster in advance.

Ningguo Mansion is not only a title, but also the deed of the field and house, and the business of the village shop. It can be said that these things were originally integrated.

The inheritance of the ancients was a double inheritance of identity and property, while the inheritance of later generations only inherited property.

Jia's mother's current thinking is that the title of title is the emperor's father's will, which is already cheap enough for Jia Heng to obtain. If even the family property accumulated by Ningguo's lineage falls into the hands of the other side, Ningrong and Rongfu will definitely be in trouble. .

At this moment, it's not just Mother Jia who thinks this way, even Jia Amnesty who is at the side has a gloomy face and a surge of anger in his heart.

He will never allow this promise to fall into the hands of that yellow-mouthed kid!

Mrs. Wang's face also had a dark complexion, her knuckles were white with the hands holding the Buddhist beads in her sleeves.

Whether her precious jade can inherit the family business of the West Mansion is even a question, and now the East Mansion has been completely given to Jia Heng like this?
It's just...it's unfair.

Sister Feng's jade face is faint, Danfeng's eyes are flowing, observing the words and expressions, obviously also saw the importance of this, and said in her heart: "Even if Jia Heng receives the imperial decree and becomes a noble, there will still be troubles!"

Youshi pursed her lips tightly, and sighed inwardly. After Jia Heng took over the title and entered the Ningguo Mansion, she would also be kicked out of the Ningguo Mansion, right?
Everyone in Jia's mansion had different thoughts for a while.

Dai Quan watched from the sidelines, sneering secretly in his heart, the people from Jia's mansion were trying to get ahead of Xia Shouzhong who was beside the empress, and he thought Eunuch Dai didn't know?

Qin Mansion, in the flower hall——

After hearing what Jia Heng said, Qin Ye was silent for a while, and asked solemnly: "My son-in-law, you are in the eyes of the emperor now? What's the next step?"

He has been in the ups and downs of his official career for half his life. He was close to sixty years old, and after several twists and turns, he became a doctor in the Ministry of Industry.

Qin Ye couldn't tell what it was like for a moment.

Jia Heng sighed, and said: "Master Yue Zhang, I didn't want to attack this noble."

When Qin Ye heard the words, his face changed suddenly, and he said solemnly: "My son-in-law, don't do stupid things. The emperor's kindness is great. If you go against the will, I'm afraid that good things will turn into bad things."

Qin Keqing on the side also cast a concerned look.

Jia Heng pondered and said: "Now that the emperor's imperial edict has been issued and spread widely in China and abroad, it is indeed difficult to refuse, but it is not absolute."

At this moment, a servant of the Qin family came from the courtyard, stood under the eaves, cupped his hands and said, "Master, a man who claimed to be the steward of the Rongguo Mansion came outside the door, begging to see my aunt, saying that the angel in the palace has delivered a decree, and let my aunt go to Ningxia." The government ancestral hall accepts the order."

Qin Ye frowned, and said: "My son-in-law, people from Ningfu are here to remind you."

Qin Keqing looked anxious and said, "Husband... the imperial decree, it's not easy to disobey."

Lin Zhixiao is obviously not stupid. He knows that Jia Heng probably doesn't want to go back to Ning Mansion, so he moved out of the imperial decree. No matter how strong you are, Jia Heng, you can't resist the decree, right?
Jia Heng pondered for a while, and ordered: "Let him wait for me for a quarter of an hour, and I will arrive later."

Naturally, he will not be famous for resisting the decree, but it does not mean that he will not express his feelings, express his will to the emperor, and look for a turning point.

Otherwise, the people in Jia's mansion came to him as soon as they beckoned, and left immediately, what did they think of him?

He even had some guesses about what was going on in the minds of the people in Jia's mansion at the moment, most likely he was only allowed to be a nobleman, and the family property of the Duke's mansion should not be touched at all.

Such thoughts...

When the servant turned to go back to Lin Zhixiao, facing Qin Ye's worried eyes, Jia Heng said loudly: "Master Yuezhang, do you have a copy of the memorial?"

Why is his father-in-law also a fifth-rank official of the imperial court, so it is impossible not to prepare some blank memorials in the study for writing.

Qin Ye was stunned for a moment, and said, "What is the son-in-law going to do?"

Jia Heng said: "If the name is not right, the words will not go well. I really don't want to inherit this title, and the people of the Jia family don't want to see it either. Since the two don't match up, they will fight with each other. Although I don't want the emperor to take it back, I just want it Wishing you a clear mind."

He still wanted to try it.

He will try to refuse this title, and even if he can't refuse, he will be able to block the mouths of the members of the Jia clan in the future.

At that time, Li Mi was summoned by Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty to be the crown prince Xianma. Li Mi's expression of love was touching.

He wants to write a "Cijue Table", so what if the will of the emperor is announced to the world?
As long as his memorials are touching, it may not be impossible to change the mind of the emperor. As for the edict being famous both at home and abroad, it is precisely the proof that he does not want to sit and enjoy wealth and honor.

The world will only look up and look up, and can't even say anything about direct invitations, because people don't want such an incoming title.

The history is so clear, it may be another good story, and it may be recorded as follows:

"In the 14th year of Chongping, Emperor Ping Ningguo was convicted of a crime and lost his title. He wanted to attack him with a side branch Jia Heng, but Heng refused to accept it. He is virtuous, filial, and does not seek fame and position. He has been famous all over the world since the beginning..."

In fact, the emperor wants to use him as a sharp knife to deal with the four kings and eight princes and other nobles, will it really work?
He personally thinks it can't be done, Chen Han's military system is corrupted, and it won't last for a day.

In particular, let him push to that position, and let him face the attacks of the members of the Jia clan, this is how the emperor plays chess, regardless of the ideas of the chess pieces.

Then the idea of ​​​​the chess piece is that the big man will gain fame and wealth, hold a three-foot sword, and take it for himself!
As soon as this form is on the table, if nothing happens, the emperor will summon him.

At that time, he had his own way of dealing with it.

(End of this chapter)