Emperor Ning Kang waited for Jia Lian to leave, then said to Dai Quan beside him: "What do you think of this son?"
As Emperor Ning Kang's most trusted eunuch, Dai Quan knew Emperor Ning Kang's character very well.
He could see clearly that when he summoned Prince Duan just now, it was called to appease him, but in reality he was beating him up. On the contrary, when he met Jia Lian, he held a high position against Jia Lian for beating Prince Duan, which might have provoked a conflict between the clan and the nobles.
Get up and put down gently.
Therefore, Dai Quan said with a cheerful smile: "I can't see the difference between Jia Tongzhi and me, but His Majesty seems to think highly of him. If he can catch His Majesty's eyes, he must be a rare talent."
Emperor Ning Kang sneered: "Do I value him? Hum, that's not bad, but what I value more is his identity.
Don’t you think that his identity is very useful to me?”
Dai Quan smiled and already understood what Emperor Ning Kang meant.
As the general manager of the Daming Palace, Emperor Ning Kang would almost never be able to hide it from him unless it was a confidential matter. Even a lot of the information that Emperor Ning Kang got came from him.
So he knew that the name Jia Lian had indeed appeared in front of Emperor Ning Kang many times recently.
First, Lin Ruhai recommended Jia Lian to Emperor Ning Kang. Emperor Ning Kang was curious and sent people to investigate Jia Lian. However, the results he received made Emperor Ning Kang a little disappointed.
The second time was a very small matter. Jin Yiwei reported secretly that the Jia family of Rongguo Mansion seemed to have had contact with Uncle Zhang's family of Linzi recently.
These two families weren't originally a great family, at least to the emperor.
However, these two families happen to have one characteristic in common.
The Jia family is a double-gong family and has a very high status among the distinguished families of the founding of the country.
But Linzi Bofu is one of the representative families of the new aristocracy!
The marriage between these two families made several big news back then, and few high-ranking families in Beijing didn't know about it.
Now, after many years, there is news that the two families are getting back together, which naturally attracts the attention of others.
For other people, it might just be a topic after dinner, but for the emperor, it had a different meaning.
Now that Emperor Ningkang's throne is stable, it is time to work hard to govern. At this time, he needs the support of as many forces as possible.
Coincidentally, both the old aristocracy headed by the Four Kings and Eight Dukes and the emerging aristocracy after the founding of the country were all important forces in the Wei Dynasty.
Emperor Ningkang was already under the influence of many parties.
Now Emperor Ningkang probably noticed that Jia Lian actually had two identities. He was the grandson of Duke Rongguo and the grandson of Uncle Linzi. If he took Jia Lian for his own use, he would probably get twice the result with half the effort.
Although he guessed Emperor Ning Kang's thoughts, Dai Quan only said: "The old slave doesn't quite understand how Jia Tongzhi's identity can be useful to His Majesty, but I think that no matter what his identity is, being able to be useful to Your Majesty is his great blessing."
Already."
Emperor Ning Kang didn't care when he saw Dai Quan laughing. For him, Dai Quan at this time only needed to be a listener.
"It's a pity that although he comes from a good background, it's still unclear whether he can be put to great use."
Emperor Ningkang sighed again.
With Jia Lian's status, if he is used well, he can mobilize the nobles of the court to the maximum extent at the minimum cost. Otherwise, even what happened in the fourth prince's house today may cause conflicts between the clan and the nobles.
, and he will not deal with it personally.
It would be enough to send a high eunuch.
The reason why I personally summoned Jia Lian was to see if Jia Lian was of any use.
If he is really a playboy, no matter how special his status is, he will not take a second look at her.
After thinking about Jia Lian's previous memorial and response, Emperor Ning Kang turned his head and asked Dai Quan: "I seem to have heard you say that the current Rongguo Mansion seems to be headed by Jia Zheng, a member of the Ministry of Industry, rather than the senior resident and the heir apparent."
Is Jia She in charge? What’s going on?”
The emperor originally didn't pay much attention to the gradually declining Xunmen like Jia Mansion, but now that he thought about it, he asked about it.
Dai Quan smiled and said: "Your Majesty is right, his family's situation is really special.
After the Duke of Rongguo, the eldest son Jia She ascended the throne, but because he was not liked by Mrs. Rongguo, he did not live in the main hall. Instead, Jia Zheng, a foreigner from the Ministry of Industry, lived in the main hall and took care of his mother day and night.
What's rare is that the family is in harmony and there is no turmoil caused by disputes over family property or title, which is a strange thing among the sect."
Dai Quan actually knew more about the inside story, but he only told Emperor Ning Kang about the situation that was publicly known to the world.
After hearing this, Emperor Ning Kang snorted coldly: "Parents have always been partial since ancient times. It's just that I don't believe you when you say that the whole family is in harmony.
As the saying goes...How can one family tolerate two masters? If this is really the case in Rongguo Mansion, it will only be a matter of time before family changes occur."
Emperor Ningkang originally wanted to say that as the saying goes, "There are no two days in the sky and no two masters in the country", but he immediately thought of the Supreme Emperor and knew that it was inappropriate to say this, so he swallowed it.
As for the Jia family's family affairs, he had no intention of meddling too much. He knew Jia Zheng and Jia She. Although Jia Zheng was just a middle-aged man in his eyes, he was a better wife than the eldest son of Rong Guo Gong, who had a very bad reputation.
If there are too many, he naturally cannot have the intention to support Jia She.
But it suddenly reminded him of the different opinions of the world on Jia Lian.
From this point of view, since the situation in Rongguo Mansion is so complicated, it may be possible to explain why Lin Ruhai has a very good opinion of Jia Lian, while the people in Beijing have roughly the opposite.
It turned out that he only recommended Lin Ruhai to him because he thought Lin Ruhai had selfish motives or was temporarily deceived.
According to the results of his personal inspection just now, there are many discrepancies in the rumors in the capital, and Lin Ruhai's evaluation is more realistic.
In this way, he couldn't help but doubt that Jia Lian deliberately behaved a bit naughty when he was in Beijing?
As one of the many princes of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Ningkang was very familiar with this taste!
If the family is not in peace, the children will suffer more. I don’t know if Jia Lian is hiding his clumsiness intentionally, just to protect himself, or if he is enduring the humiliation and is planning to regain the family property for his father...
He hoped it was the latter.
In this case, all the unreasonable things that happened to Jia Lian can be explained.
After thinking about this, Emperor Ning Kang was too lazy to analyze Jia Lian's thoughts. He only needed to make sure that Jia Lian was not a waste, and the other things were not important. If Jia Lian can handle the errands well in the future, the problems of Rongguo Mansion will be solved.
For him, just one sentence can solve Jia Lian's problem.
As for what Jia Lian said about Lin Ruhai...
Emperor Ningkang was a little embarrassed. He was very satisfied with Lin Ruhai's appointment as the salt inspector for several years, and he really didn't want to replace Lin Ruhai.
But if Jia Lian didn't lie and he just ignored it, if something really happened to Lin Ruhai, he wouldn't want to see it.
After thinking for a long time, he ordered Dai Quan: "Go back and arrange for a capable imperial doctor to go to Yangzhou to conduct a detailed diagnosis of Lin Ruhai's physical condition and report back to Beijing as soon as possible."
After making arrangements for Lin Ruhai, Emperor Ning Kang calmed down and said to the eunuch standing at the door: "Tell those things that don't grow up to come in!"