Chapter 1,180 Rush to Jinling to rectify the Jia Mansion
As soon as Lin Ruhai heard that the Prince of Jinling was visiting, he quickly ordered someone to invite him.
The Prince of Jinling, after Duke Rong Guo, is one of the most powerful men in the army.
Not long after, a rickety old man with gray beard and hair wearing a military hat followed the housekeeper into the backyard, and met Lin Ruhai who had hurriedly changed into formal clothes.
As soon as Lin Ruhai saw the old man, he recognized his identity. He was the Prince of Jinling. He immediately bowed and said:
"Ruhai pays homage to the old lieutenant. I didn't know that the old lieutenant came, but I missed him from afar. Please forgive me!"
"It's my fault that I came here unexpectedly. I have to ask brother Ruhai for forgiveness!"
Lieutenant Wang smiled and stepped forward to help Lin Ruhai up, and then said with a smile:
"Also, brother Ruhai, please don't call me 'Taiwei'. I am now a sinner at home. I don't mind if I call you a big brother or brother, I will feel happy!"
"The old lieutenant is too modest."
Lin Ruhai didn't dare to take action when facing the old man, and respectfully invited him to the inner hall for tea.
This Lieutenant Wang was born in the Wang family of Jinling and was the leader of the third generation of King Xue Zhong of Jinling Jia Shi.
The four major families of Jinling Jia Shi, Wang Xue and others can still stand today because each generation has a leading figure.
Among them, the first generation of talents emerged in large numbers, led by the Second Duke of Rongning.
In the second generation, although the talents were slightly withered, they were able to maintain their dignity. The leader was the second generation Rongguo Gong Jia Daishan.
By the third generation, the talent pool was withering. Only the current Captain Wang could carry the banner, and eventually he was appointed Minister of the Ministry of War. Unfortunately, he was in the wrong team. Ten years ago, he was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown.
Today, Wang Ziteng, the leader of the four major families of King Xue of Jia Shi, is the brother of Taiwei Wang.
Although Lin Ruhai was highly regarded by the emperor of the day, he did not dare to neglect him in the face of a court giant like Taiwei Wang.
Fortunately, Taiwei Wang always smiled and did not hide his thoughts. He bluntly said that he was here because he was entrusted by the old lady of the Jia family to act as a matchmaker for the new champion Su Mingzhe.
Lin Ruhai had already agreed to the marriage, but now that he saw Taiwei Wang personally protecting the matchmaker, he immediately nodded in agreement and then sent someone to call Su Mingzhe and Sister Lin back.
Su Mingzhe, who was playing, heard the news from his servant that it was Taiwei Wang who came to match him. He couldn't help but tremble, his face turned pale, and he began to feel embarrassed.
Sister Lin looked at Qi Qi and immediately joked:
"Second brother, who is this Captain Wang to scare you into looking like this?"
"How could I be afraid!"
Su Mingzhe secretly cursed himself as a coward before replying:
"Sister Lin doesn't know that this Captain Wang is none other than Sister Feng's father, and also my eldest uncle. He once served as Minister of the Ministry of War. After my grandfather passed away, he also took over the command of the three armies and guarded the nine borders. .”
"If he hadn't supported Prince Yoshitaka Chitose before the war, which angered the Supreme Emperor, and was dismissed from office and ordered to return to his hometown to reflect, now he would definitely be in the cabinet and become a cabinet minister!"
After learning that his uncle was here, Su Mingzhe could only return quickly even though he felt uneasy.
As soon as he entered the mansion, Su Mingzhe tidied up a little and came to meet his uncle.
Wang Taiwei had already negotiated the marriage with Lin Ruhai. When he saw his nephew, he also looked kind and cheerful. He asked if his family was well, and then chatted about common things.
Su Mingzhe felt a little relieved when he saw his uncle's friendly attitude and guessed that he didn't know anything about him and Sister Feng.
The uncle and nephew chatted for a while.
Taiwei Wang looked kind, and suddenly smiled and said:
"Did you know that your aunt once wrote a letter and wanted to match you up with her daughter Baochai? I have seen your cousin. Not only is she beautiful, she is also extremely smart and can run a household."
Su Mingzhe was silent for a moment and then replied:
"Uncle, Sister Bao is naturally smart, smart, talented and ambitious, just like a heavenly being, but I am just an ordinary person.
, not worthy of her at all!"
Listening to the tone, Wang Taiwei realized that this nephew was interested in that niece, and he immediately laughed and said:
"You guys just care too much about the rules of the world! However, I don't care about your young affairs! Baoyu, I will go back to Aurous Hill tomorrow. You have a drink with me tonight and let me see how much you drink! "
"My uncle wants to drink, so my nephew will accompany him!"
Su Mingzhe called the housekeeper of Lin Mansion and asked him to arrange a banquet.
By the time Lin Ruhai got the news and came over, Su Mingzhe and Wang Taiwei were already blushing and thick-necked from drinking.
On the second day.
Lieutenant Wang rode away, followed by Su Mingzhe.
However, during the banquet last night, Su Mingzhe promised Wang Taiwei that he would go back to Jinling as a guest with him, and he had to accompany him today.
It's not far from Yangzhou to Jinling. We set out in the morning, passed through Zhenjiang, and arrived the next day.
At Taiwei Wang's request, Su Mingzhe first lived in Wang's house.
On the second day.
Su Mingzhe then gave his name to the Zhen family, the Shi family, the Xue family, and the Jinling government office, and prepared to visit them one by one.
Among them, the relationship with Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, is relatively casual.
That night, Su Mingzhe went to the government office to "unify" his thoughts with Jia Yucun.
One day passed.
Su Mingzhe went to visit the Zhen family again.
Everyone says that the four major families in Jinling are the local "official protection talismans".
In fact, the largest family in Jinling is not the Jia family, let alone the Wang family, but the Zhen family, the president of Jinling Provincial Tiren Academy.
The official position of the head of the Zhen family is "President of Imperial Envoy Jinling Provincial Tiren Academy", and is also commonly known as "Jiangning Weaving Bureau".
Nominally speaking, the Jiangning Weaving Bureau was an agency assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Jiangnan to manage imperial merchants.
In fact, the Zhen family was in charge of all the Emperor's espionage and intelligence departments in the Jiangnan area.
In addition, the Jiangning Weaving Bureau in charge of the Zhen family has an annual revenue of more than 10 million taels, which belongs to the emperor's pocket.
It can be said that when compared with the Zhen family, Jia Shi Wang Xue is directly shorter than others.
Fortunately, the Zhen family has a good relationship with the four families of King Jia Shi and Xue.
When Su Mingzhe came to visit the Zhen family, the old lady of the Zhen family, the "Merciful Lady", insisted on betrothing her three girls to Su Mingzhe as his wife.
There are now three girls in the Zhen family.
The eldest girl had married Prince Shuirong of Beijing a few years ago and is now the Princess of Beijing.
The second girl participated in the talent show this year and became the concubine of the eldest prince, Prince Cheng.
Nowadays, there is still a third girl waiting to be married.
When Su Mingzhe heard that the old lady wanted to match him, he quickly explained that he had already made an engagement with the Lin family, so the old lady had to give up.
After finally saying goodbye to the hospitable Zhen family, Su Mingzhe went back to Jia's old residence.
When he arrived in Jinling on the first day, Su Mingzhe had already summoned the Jia clan members through Wang Taiwei.
As a direct descendant of Duke Rongguo, and with his status as the number one scholar, the old man of the Jia family did not dare to neglect him.
When Su Mingzhe rushed to the mansion, all the twelve-fang clan members who had stayed in Jinling from Jia's mansion arrived.
Su Mingzhe had no feelings for these tribesmen, so without being polite, he directly used the "soul-taking technique" to find some troublemakers and identify some talents, and put them all aside for the time being.
Su Mingzhe first rewarded each household of those mediocre tribesmen with land and silver, used the "soul-obsessing technique" to persuade them, and told them not to cause trouble.
After the mediocre people left, Su Mingzhe made some plans for those talents.
As someone who is determined to rebel, he must have talented people at his disposal.
Su Mingzhe recruited these talents and assigned them jobs one by one.
In the end, Su Mingzhe put a "spell" on those troublemakers and let them go to the Jiajia mine to fend for themselves.
Organized the Jia family
, returning to the Wang family, Su Mingzhe received news from Marquis Baoling, saying that Marquis Baoling himself had gone on a tour abroad and could not come back for the time being. Su Mingzhe went to visit the historian's house and would be received by Mrs. Baolinghou.