The old lady called the eldest master, the second master Zheng, and the party involved, Lian Er, to Rongqing Hall to discuss countermeasures. Lian Er received a lot of scolding from the eldest master.
But what’s the result?
No result!
The official position of Chain Two was officially appointed by the Ministry of Personnel. As for the task of going to Jiangnan to investigate, it was assigned by the cabinet, and the Rongguo Mansion had no right to refuse!
As for Lian Er’s refusal to accept the appointment?
It's impossible, he doesn't have the guts.
Let's not talk about the official position of the head of the Criminal Department, but Lian Er obtained it with the method of making honeycomb briquettes and the opening up of the capital market. Otherwise, it would be simply a stupid act.
Another thing is that the official position in charge of the Ministry of Punishment was helped by the nobleman who took over the briquette business. If he dares not to accept it...
This is too disrespectful. Do you have any complaints about the exchange?
Just kidding, even Lian Er would not dare to do this kind of slap in the face.
Even if Rongguo Mansion offends that noble man, it will not even try to please him.
Therefore, Lian Er was forced to go to Liangshan this time. If he didn't want to go to the muddy waters of Jiangnan, he had to bravely go there.
But going to Jiangnan here is very dangerous.
It is said that the assassination of Lin Ruhai, the censor of salt patrol in Yangzhou last time, aroused great anger and immediately sent the imperial envoy to Yangzhou to investigate.
As a result, an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court took an official ship and had an accident before arriving at Jinling. A collision occurred on the canal.
Unfortunately, the imperial minister was thrown directly into the water. When the accompanying guards rescued him, he was already unconscious and almost burped.
The escort hurriedly disembarked and sent the imperial envoy to a nearby town for treatment. Although he was revived and out of danger, he fell ill for a long time and was unable to set off for Yangzhou for inspection.
When the news spread back to the capital, there was another uproar.
As long as you are not a fool, you will understand that the imperial envoy must have been tricked. Otherwise, although the canal water surface is not wide, no idiot would dare to directly ram the official ship.
Obviously, someone did not want the imperial envoy to arrive in Yangzhou smoothly.
Such behavior is simply a slap in the face of the current generation and the imperial court. It is unabashed and extremely bad in nature.
Now that the situation has become really popular, we must immediately send a confidant to take over as the imperial envoy to replace the previous unlucky guy and rush to Jiangnan to investigate the situation.
But at this time, the emperor took action, and directly vetoed the current proposal in the name of caring for his veterans. He believed that the previous imperial envoy minister was very good, and there was no need to go to war to cause unrest in the local area just because of an accident.
Is this a bit of an accident?
I heard that I was very angry now, but I had no choice but to hold my nose and admit it.
However, the imperial minister who fell into the water was unlucky and was still recuperating in the towns along the canal. He received severe reprimands from the present every now and then, and his life was very painful.
When things have reached this stage, anyone who is not a fool knows that the situation in Yangzhou is definitely not very good.
Maybe even the emperor is involved!
Anyone with a little bit of political sensitivity will not easily get involved in the muddy water of Yangzhou's salt policy.
This is also the main reason why the Rongguo Mansion wanted to fish out Lin Ruhai, the Yangzhou salt inspector, but never took action and was hesitant.
If you are not careful, you may fall into the battle between the emperor and the present, and the consequences are quite unpredictable, and you may be shattered into pieces.
The imperial envoy, who was recuperating halfway, didn't know whether he was really tricked or whether he was a drama he made up and directed. In short, his illness kept recurring and he never recovered.
It’s amazing that time has dragged on for more than a year!
By this time, it was obvious that I had lost patience.
I don’t know how to negotiate with the emperor now. I directly sent an investigation team headed by the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment. After meeting with the unlucky imperial minister, they rushed directly to Yangzhou.
Looking at that posture, there is no intention of giving up until everything is investigated.
Unfortunately, Lian Er became a member of the investigation team out of nowhere.
Whether it was him or the big bosses of the Rongguo Mansion, they were naturally reluctant to let him get involved in such troubled waters, but now they even wanted to go back on their word, but they lacked the courage and confidence.
To put it bluntly, letting Lian Er join the investigation team is because he thinks highly of him.
At present, the investigation team is attracting the most attention. No matter what they do, they will receive attention from the current generation, the big bosses in the court, and many officials and dignitaries. If Lian Er dares to refuse at this time.
hehe……
It is very likely that there will be no future.
Under such circumstances, if Wang Xifeng dares to cause trouble and create conflicts for Lian Er, he will be seeking death and stabbing the lungs of the old lady and the eldest man.
Obviously, although Wang Xifeng was very dissatisfied with Lian Er, it was obvious that Feng Zhiruo's instinct and worry about Lian Er's future made her temporarily put aside her dissatisfaction and did not cause any conflicts.
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In the small garden pavilion in the main hall of the General's Mansion, brothers Jia Lian and Jia Cong were separated by a small stone table, looking at each other in an awkward atmosphere.
"Third brother, this time my brother has been tricked by you!"
Lian Er looked depressed and complained: "If it weren't for your bad idea, my brother wouldn't be in such a dangerous situation this time!"
"Brother Lian, please don't blame me. Didn't you agree?"
Rolling his eyes, Jia Cong was determined not to take the blame, and said slowly: "Besides, the investigation team is attracting everyone's attention. If there are still people who are bold enough to take action, I really won't be afraid of crazy revenge at all costs. After all, I am the emperor with the right name!"
Ignoring Lian Er's surprised look, he said leisurely: "This time may be a good thing for Lian Er brother. As long as we can successfully complete the investigation task, I'm afraid I can take a step forward in the Ministry of Justice after returning to Beijing!"
When he talked about the Ministry of Punishment, he had the urge to laugh.
I originally thought that Lian Er and the nobleman who accepted the briquette business were exchanging the position of head of the household department. To be honest, it was quite consistent with Lian Er's abilities.
Unexpectedly, he was taken to the Ministry of Justice as the chief officer, just like a joke.
Although it was difficult to ask too many questions, Jia Cong almost guessed the answer after seeing Lian Er's uncomfortable expression when he mentioned the Ministry of Justice and his evasive eyes.
It is estimated that the noble man who took over the briquette business was dissatisfied with Lian Er's procrastinating attitude before finally agreeing, so he took advantage of it.
Of course, even if he is just the head of the Criminal Department, it is still a good position for Lian Er, at least much better than the head of the Rites Department.
As long as you handle your errands conscientiously, have the ability to deal with people as a second-level person, and have the resources and contacts of the Rongguo Mansion, you will have the opportunity to get the position of a fifth-grade doctor within three years.
When that time comes, Lian Er's status, both in officialdom and in the government, will be completely different.
Of course, the premise is that he can get through the trouble of going to Yangzhou to investigate the salt policy, otherwise everything will be false and he will completely stay away from officialdom in the future...