Red Mansion: After being expelled from the family, I was granted the title of Marquis of Mobei

Chapter 21: Use this to test cadres?

However, this time, Emperor Yongping also planned to take strong measures to rectify the situation.

TMD, there was no great victory in Mobei before, and I couldn’t touch you for the sake of stability.

Now that we have won a great victory in Mobei, if I still can't touch you, then this battle would have been fought in vain.

After thinking about it for a while, Emperor Yongping directly replied to Lin Ruhai, asking him to do it freely.

After the approval, Emperor Yongping also thought about who should be sent to lead the troops and take charge.

However, this person cannot go there immediately. He has to wait until chaos appears in Jiangnan, and then go there directly in the name of suppressing the rebellion.

If these people don't bleed a little, they won't feel the pain.

After some thought, Emperor Yongping had a suitable candidate in mind and then continued to handle government affairs.

The next day, in a restaurant in Shendu, Jia Zhen was having dinner with Dai Quan, an old eunuch from the Daming Palace, with a forced smile on his face.

Jia Zhen said very respectfully.

"Eunuch Dai, I will not say much about my gratitude. I will trouble you to take care of Miss Yuanchun's affairs. I also hope that you can report this to the Emperor Retired and fulfill our Jia family's wishes."

"This is just a small token of my appreciation, not a tribute. Please accept it."

Dai Quan looked at the brocade box and a smile appeared on his face.

"Master Jia, look at you, you are still so polite to me."

Jia Zhen said with a smile.

"Look at what you said. I can't let you worry in vain. This is all due to you."

"I usually want to honor you, but with so many people around you, I don't have the chance."

"It's so rare that I finally asked you out, you should let me express my feelings."

After hearing what Jia Zhen said, Dai Quan was very pleased.

Eunuchs are a very interesting group.

As physically disabled men, their personalities are somewhat distorted.

The vast majority of eunuchs have two characteristics.

The first is greed for money. Because eunuchs are destined to have no descendants, they have to be greedy for money to leave a way out for themselves.

The second is revenge.

As disabled people, eunuchs are inevitably looked down upon by others.

As the saying goes, the more you lack something, the more you value it, so eunuchs have a very strong desire for revenge.

Therefore, people like Jia Zhen, who not only gave Dai Quan face but also benefited from it, were naturally very much liked by Dai Quan.

Dai Quan nodded slightly and said.

"In that case, we are ashamed to accept it."

"Master Jia, just wait and wait for good news."

"Well, it's getting late. His Majesty must be served by someone. We have to go back to the palace."

After hearing this, Jia Zhen smiled and said.

"Okay, I'll send you off."

After respectfully sending Dai Quan onto the carriage, Jia Zhen's face was filled with a smug smile.

It was such a relief to earn this ten thousand taels of silver. It was easily earned by eating a meal and flattering the emperor. After watching Dai Quan leave, Jia Zhen also got on the carriage and returned to Ningguo Mansion. He couldn't wait to tell Jia She the good news.

However, what Jia Zhen didn't know was that in the carriage, after Dai Quan opened the brocade box, his face suddenly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Because there was only a silver note worth one thousand taels in the brocade box, Dai Quan was extremely annoyed.

I have to pay two to three thousand taels of silver to resell a fifth-grade vacant item.

If your Jia family wants to manage the affairs of the concubines in the palace, you should at least have 40,000 or 50,000 taels, not to mention 70,000 or 80,000 taels.

What the hell do you mean by giving me 1,000 taels of silver? You use this to test the cadres. How many cadres can't stand this test?

You said it was a little token of your appreciation, but you really only gave me a little. Did I give you too many smiles?

Dai Quan was so angry that he tore the 1,000-liang silver note into pieces, then picked up the brocade box and threw it out through the curtain.

"You sons of bitches, you still want to manipulate concubines, just wait for us."

After returning to the palace, Dai Quan transferred Jia Yuanchun from her current Shangyi Bureau to Siyi under the Shangfu Bureau without saying a word and asked her to be responsible for washing clothes.

The specific departments within the palace can be divided into six bureaus and twenty-four departments.

The Shangyi Bureau is responsible for etiquette teaching.

The Shangfu Bureau is responsible for managing the clothing seal treasure.

Jia Yuanchun was originally the Dianzan of the Shangyi Bureau, mainly responsible for leading ladies from both the inner and outer courts to meet the imperial concubines. It was a very respectable position.

Dai Quan directly sent Jia Yuanchun to the laundry house, where she came into contact with the lowest-ranking palace maids who were responsible for washing clothes. He directly sent Jia Yuanchun to the lowest level.

This is Dai Quan's power. Although the retired emperor was under house arrest in the Daming Palace, in order to make the retired emperor stay there peacefully, Emperor Yongping did not impose any other restrictions except restricting the retired emperor from meeting with court officials and not allowing him to leave the Daming Palace.

Therefore, Dai Quan, the former prime minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, still has some influence in the palace, so it is easy for him to control Jia Yuanchun, a female official.

The reason why the silver note that Jia Zhen placed in the brocade box turned into one thousand taels was naturally because the secret guards lurking in Ningguo Mansion sneaked into Jia Zhen's study and took away the silver note, leaving only one thousand taels.

Jia Zhen felt that his study was safe and nothing would go wrong, so he did not check it again before giving the brocade box to Dai Quan. This was why Dai Quan was so furious after receiving the 1,000 taels of silver note, thinking that he was insulted and despised by the Jia family.

Of course, the Rongguo Mansion was completely unaware of this. After receiving the good news from Jia Zhen, they were already eagerly waiting for Jia Yuanchun to be promoted to a concubine.

In the next few days, Rongguo Mansion began to decorate with lights and colorful decorations.

The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day when Jia Lian, the eldest grandson of the eldest branch of the Rongguo Mansion, marries Wang Xifeng, the eldest daughter of the Wang family.

The Wang family was originally related to the Rongguo Mansion by marriage. Jia Zheng's wife, Lady Wang, was from the Wang family and was the sister of Wang Ziteng, the current head of the Wang family.

In addition, the Rongguo Mansion is now in decline, while Wang Ziteng has risen to prominence and taken the position of Jiedushi of the Beijing Camp.

Therefore, Rongguo Mansion also attaches great importance to this marriage with the Wang family.

The Rongguo Mansion started sending out wedding invitations early on. The Four Kings and Eight Dukes and other founding fathers all received invitations from the Rongguo Mansion, and there was a joyous atmosphere throughout the Rongguo Mansion.

In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Early in the morning, the wedding procession from Rongguo Mansion set off with drums and drums.

As a noble family of dukes, the marriage of the eldest grandson of the Rongguo Mansion must be held in a grand manner.

The wedding procession alone, including the ceremonial guards, the band and servants, numbered more than a hundred people.

The yamen runners of Jingzhao Prefecture sprinkled water to clean the streets and helped maintain order, showing great respect.

Immediately, Jia Lian was wearing a bright red wedding dress, his face full of joy.

As the groom, Jia Lian is still very happy today.

Jia Lian had also seen the bride, Wang Xifeng, who was very beautiful. When he thought that he would be able to go to Wushan with the beauty tonight, Jia Lian felt happy.

(End of this chapter)