With Mr. Pardon helping behind the scenes to deal with possible troubles in the Rong Mansion, Lian Er can concentrate on his duties at the Hubu Yamen.
Even if he is only a minor official of the seventh or eighth rank, as the powerful department in charge of money, food, household registration, and tax collection among the six departments, he is still very busy every day.
It has to be said that Lian Er is really talented in money and food management, as well as human sophistication. Not only did he quickly gain a foothold in the Hubu Yamen, but he also gained the attention of his superiors.
There is no way, the Hubu Yamen needs people who can really do things. In fact, it is no different from the Gongbu Yamen.
Moreover, yamen affairs still have a certain degree of professionalism.
If you don't know anything about account books and money and household registration management, you won't be able to get started even if you want to do something.
Seeing that Lian Er was getting along like a fish in water in the Hubu Yamen, his future was quite bright.
According to Jia Rong, at least there won't be any obstacles until the fifth-grade doctor succeeds, unless Lian Er fails to live up to his expectations and is captured in an accident midway.
Compared with Lian Er, who was prospering in the yamen, Master Zheng Er's official career was as ordinary as ever.
Taichang Temple is really a place for raising idle officials.
Even for large-scale palace banquets or sacrifices, departments with overlapping functions are used to help share the processing, so you can have as much free time as you want.
By the way, Master Zheng is actually quite leisurely and at ease.
He doesn't have much practical ability, and would rather just sit in the yamen all day long and do nothing.
Putting it in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry is definitely a move that will attract people's attention. It is the norm here in Taichang Temple.
All in all, Mr. Zheng Er has adapted well and his energy and spirit are much improved.
I heard that he was quite satisfied with the current situation, so naturally he was quite unhappy with the big and evil Wang Ziteng.
If Wang Ziteng does not know, there are several idle yamen in the imperial court, even a fool would not believe it.
But this guy didn't want to help the second master in politics to move over.
In the end, it was the clan's efforts that allowed him to live a leisurely and comfortable official life. How could it be possible if he didn't have any resentment in his heart?
After all, Mr. Zheng Er has been sitting on the bench in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry for almost twenty years.
If he had been transferred to the Qingxian Yamen as an errand earlier, he would have been able to reach the ranks of fourth- or even third-grade senior officials even if he had to wait for seniority.
If you really become a third-grade official, even if you are the chief officer of the Qingxian Yamen, coupled with the status of the head of the Rong Mansion, the intimidation power will not be comparable to that at the moment.
Because of this incident, Mrs. Wang suffered a lot from Mr. Zheng.
I heard that Mrs. Wang is also quite dissatisfied with her brother Wang Ziteng.
If Mr. Zheng loses his temper at her for no reason, she will naturally be unconvinced.
The problem is, it is true that Mr. Zheng is not good at speaking, but at the meeting at the ancestral hall, Jia Rong made the secrets very clear.
Mrs. Wang may not have heard it, but the confidants around her will definitely not not hear it.
Then, Mrs. Wang will definitely know it through narration.
The situation in the inner residence of Rong Mansion can be said to be quite strange.
As a person with a transcendent status in the mansion, Jia Mu naturally needs no further explanation.
On loan, in terms of her status outside, as the stepmother of the Pardon Master, Mrs.
As the head wife, Mrs. Wang, only has a mediocre fifth-grade pleasant official body, and she can't use it at all.
This is also the main reason why Mrs. Wang likes to stay at home and is unwilling to go out to socialize.
Once they go out, the ladies reveal their imperial identities, and Mrs. Wang is often the last one. How could she be able to bear it as time goes by?
It can be said that aside from the fact that Mr. Zheng is a fan of officials, Mrs. Wang is actually most concerned about Mr. Zheng's official rank.
If possible, how could Mrs. Wang be unwilling to go out and socialize?
Is it really fun to stay in the house for many years?
As a result, her brother, whom she regarded as her greatest support, actually played tricks behind her back to prevent Mr. Zheng from taking the path of promotion in the Qing County Yamen.
That is to say, at this time, Wang Ziteng had already dragged his family and took a job in a certain place, otherwise Mrs. Wang would have to go back to the Wang family several times to cause trouble.
Judging from the fact that the second master from Zheng was transferred to Qingxian Yamen and her rank was easily raised, if she had been transferred earlier, I am afraid that her official status would not be lower than the fourth rank at this time.
These are the essence of what Qin Keqing extracted from the sieve-like information in Rong Mansion.
Now, it is rare for Jia Rong to return home early, so Qin Keqing naturally wants to talk about it carefully when he seizes the opportunity.
There are some things that are not easy to say to Mrs. Zhao, nor are they easy to talk about with Mrs. You.
After all, Qin Keqing's seniority is there, whether it is Jia Mu, Mrs. Wang, or the adult men in Rong Mansion, they are all elders.
There is still a certain risk in gossiping about them.
It would be no problem to talk to Jia Rong. With Qin Keqing's shrewdness, how could he not see that her husband Jia Rong was determined to revitalize the Jia family in the capital, and he must be interested in some things in Rong Mansion.
After all, there is someone like Jia Mu in Rong Mansion, and there are two officials working in the Yamen, so the potential cannot be underestimated.
Of course, neither Mrs. Wang nor Wang Xifeng's aunt and nephew are fuel-efficient.
If the other members of the Rong Mansion are living a step-by-step life, Wang Xifeng is definitely the one who lives the most tiring and turbulent life.
As expected, Mrs. Wang did not hand over the authority of the inner house, but only gave Wang Xifeng the authority to handle chores.
As for the most important warehouse key, it is still firmly in Mrs. Wang's hands.
In other words, as long as there is a certain amount of money and material expenditure, Mrs. Wang must nod her approval.
Wang Xifeng, on the other hand, was caught up in the struggle with the cunning family in the mansion and could not extricate herself.
Having a son from a Rongfu family is definitely synonymous with arrogance.
There is no way, not to mention that after almost a hundred years of reproduction, the intertwined relationship between the children in the family is so complicated that it can be said that pulling out the carrot will bring out the mud.
Just because Jia Mu had been indulgent for decades, she allowed the prominent families in the house to have children, all of whom were extremely violent and violent.
It is not an ordinary difficulty for Wang Xifeng to control and manage the internal affairs of the back house.
If you create a little stir, you may disturb the cake of someone who has a child.
Not to mention Wang Xifeng, even Qin Keqing, with the support of Mrs. Zhao, Youshi and Jia Rong, took almost three months to completely control the miscellaneous affairs of the inner courtyard.
This is just a chore in the house, and involving things outside will only make it more complicated.
Wang Xifeng only had Mrs. Wang's verbal support, and Lian Er was too preoccupied with the Hubu Yamen to take care of her.
It is conceivable that in order to firmly control the authority assigned by Mrs. Wang, Wang Xifeng fought fiercely with the son-in-law and the wife in charge of the palace.
She only has the title of housekeeper, and the marriage contracts of her children are all in the hands of Jia Mu and Mrs. Wang. Even if she wants to drive them away, she can't do it.
If he wanted to use tough tactics, he would go to the old lady's house and cry at the door of Rongqing Hall. The old lady adhered to her so-called charity, so Wang Xifeng had to stop.
What worries Wang Xifeng the most is that the public's money is about to dry up.
However, no matter whether it is the old lady, Mrs. Wang, or the pardon master and the second master Zheng, all the expenses are indispensable.
That is to say, Lian Er knew the situation of Gongzhong and had extra income, so he basically never took any money from Gongzhong. However, he would not be able to hold on for long.
Even though Lian Er had warned him in advance, Wang Xifeng still felt his scalp was numb.
Originally, the couple had already discussed that the public house was the public house, and Wang Xifeng would never take money from her own family to fill the hole in the public house.
Unfortunately, I don't know whether it was because of Quan, wanting to be charming, or because of other considerations, Wang Xifeng completely abandoned her previous decision.
Perhaps it was to show off his own skills, or perhaps he wanted to use this to completely control the power within the Rong Mansion. In short, Wang Xifeng embarked on the same path as the story of the Red Mansion.
She began to use money from her dowry to subsidize the public expenses.
Wang Xifeng did not discuss this matter with Lian Er, but quietly told Qin Keqing, which could be regarded as a way to vent her unhappiness.
Qin Keqing was quite surprised when he heard the news. He never expected that Wang Xifeng would choose to do this.
It can be said that apart from gaining a good reputation on the surface, she gained no actual benefits from doing this.
It's not that she didn't persuade her, but unfortunately Wang Xifeng couldn't listen at all.
Maybe, what Wang Xifeng wants is the glory of face, and he doesn't care about other things at all.
Qin Keqing told Jia Rong all these secret information.
I also hope that Jia Rong can say hello to Lian Er in advance, so as not to expose Lian Er's dissatisfaction in the future.
At present, Lian Er's future is quite good.
As a good best friend and good sister, Qin Keqing still hopes that Wang Xifeng's life will get better and better, but does not hope that anything will happen to her marriage.
"You must save face and suffer the consequences!"
This is Jia Rong's evaluation of Wang Xifeng's move.
"Listening to what you said, is it possible that the Xifu side did not hand over the management rights of the farm and the shops in the city to Aunt Feng?"
Considering the friendship between Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng, if they both have relevant authority, how could they not communicate privately?
Once Wang Xifeng heard about Qin Keqing's rectification methods, it was impossible to remain indifferent.
Damn it, if you think about it in the story of Red Mansions, the many farms in Rong Mansion are like the origin of disasters. Every year there is one disaster or another. It is simply inexplicable.
You must know that the land in the Duke's palace is the legacy left by the first generation of the Duke and the second generation of the heads of the two houses.
Due to the powerful position of the first-generation Duke and the second-generation head of the family, the farms left behind were all first-class fertile land, and they were all located in good locations.
How could it be possible that the disasters suffered year after year were not caused by the deception of the farm stewards below?
With Wang Xifeng's temperament, how could she endure being fooled by her servants?
The only explanation is that the property and store management rights of Rongfu Gongzhong did not fall into her hands at all.
Sure enough, Qin Keqing shook his head and said doubtfully: "I don't know what's going on. The Rong Mansion didn't hand over the management of these to Feng Lazi. It's not easy to intervene even if you want to..."