Chapter 44 The 44th day of being transformed into Jia's mother

"So what if he wants to make a fuss? It's his fault." Jia Baoyu looked indifferent, "It's good enough that he doesn't have to face the lawsuit."

Mrs. Wang looked at Baoyu in surprise, "...What nonsense are you talking about!"

"Madam, if there's nothing else, I'll leave first. I have to pay my respects to my grandmother." After saying that, regardless of Mrs. Wang's expression, she turned around and walked out.

He was actually not stupid, but he never took it seriously.

The incident with Yuanchun had a great impact on him, especially the changes in the court caused by him, which made him feel like he had opened the door to a new world.

After that, he rarely began to pay attention to family affairs, so he witnessed the rapid decline of the Zhen family. For a moment, he was actually a little frightened.

Qin Zhong told him that he should be ambitious and not mediocre.

He had memorized a lot of the Four Books and Five Classics in his dreams in the past two years.

...

But he was still confused and hesitant, until one day he wandered in front of the Lin Mansion. The Lin family is located in Laohuai Hutong. This area is full of aristocratic families in the past, but now it has declined, but it is not accessible to ordinary people.

"Huai" is a symbol of the three ministers and prime ministers, implying a smooth official career.

But how smooth one is, there are also ups and downs. However, even so, there are still people who come one after another, and this "Laohuai Hutong" is the first choice for Hanlin.

Perhaps because of this confusion, he got off the horse at the Lin Mansion. He was led by the servant all the way to the outer study of Uncle Lin. It was not until he sat down and drank a sip of tea that he realized what he had done.

He put down the teacup and was about to say goodbye, but heard Uncle Lin comforting him, "Don't care too much about Yuanchun."

Baoyu looked at Lin Ruhai when he heard this, and Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "It's just a joke from a naughty boy. The emperor won't take it to heart."

"But the emperor demoted my sister's position as a concubine." Baoyu said.

Lin Ruhai sipped his almond tea and sighed, "Your Majesty needs someone to speak up. Building a separate house, extravagant and extravagant, the emperor's behavior is unacceptable... Your Majesty knows all this, but the order was issued by the retired emperor and the empress dowager, so it's hard for His Majesty to refute it. He can only place his hopes on the court officials. Unfortunately..."

He nodded at Baoyu, "Unfortunately, you spoke up."

Baoyu was stunned.

"Think about it, although your sister was demoted to a concubine, the whole family has not been actually punished." Lin Ruhai drank the almond tea and put down the teacup.

Baoyu cleverly filled it up.

"The emperor has been on the throne for less than five years, but he is a rare wise ruler. He wants to do something for the people of the world, he wants capable officials, he wants humble families to be able to become officials, but there are more than one or two obstacles, and it is impossible to achieve it overnight."

Lin Ruhai sighed, "The current emperor has set his sights on Jiangnan, not only because he wants to control Jiangnan, but also because Jiangnan has always produced talented people. But if he moves to Jiangnan, he will inevitably clash with some aristocratic families. Among them, the Zhen family has the old concubine dowager behind them, and the old concubine dowager is quite favored by the retired emperor. The affairs of Jiangnan have been delayed again and again."

"This time, if the empress dowager had not helped the current emperor to stop the retired emperor, and if the four kings and eight dukes had not helped, the situation in Jiangnan would not have been resolved so quickly."

"What about the censor and the current emperor..." Baoyu was still a little confused.

"The emperor is annoyed by the current emperor's presumptuous decision, but now that things have come to this, he can only vent in vain." Lin Ruhai said, "However, the old man is still the wisest. A letter of grace will make the court officials grateful. As for those imperial censors, they are just cowards. They don't want to offend the emperor, but they also want to leave a good reputation. So, they came in droves after you opened that hole."

Baoyu felt that what he saw and heard in the past had changed in an instant.

Although Lin Ruhai was vague in some places, he was actually very straightforward. There are two factions in the court, one is the emperor, and the other is the new emperor.

The new emperor wants to take action in Jiangnan, and the salt policy is a loophole, but because of the emperor, he can only win over the four kings and eight dukes. He remembered that when Rong's niece's wife in the East Court passed away, the string of wagtail incense beads given to him by Beijing Wang Shui Rong was given by the emperor.

Jiangnan was in turmoil overnight. Although the emperor didn't say anything, he was obviously very dissatisfied. That's why he showed favor to important officials.

This is like the intimidation of the new lion king by the teacher king in the lion group.

Seeing Baoyu come back to his senses from his contemplation, Lin Ruhai stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late, go back early." When he walked to the door of the study, he thought of something, "Remember not to let any third person know what I told you today."

Baoyu nodded repeatedly, watched Lin Ruhai walk away, and then said goodbye and left.

In fact, if Lady Shi had not been kind to him and Daiyu, Lin Ruhai would not have said so deeply to Jia Baoyu. And if Jia Baoyu had not happened to come to the Lin Mansion in a daze, and looked lost, he would not have mentioned this.

It can only be said that fate meets fate.

It was also from that day that Baoyu had other ideas about his life.

He used to think that the "official career economy" in this world was just a group of people who "seek fame and reputation", just like the group of "death remonstrance" censors, who used the dirtiest ideas to flaunt their nobleness, which was completely ridiculous.

He wanted to come innocently and leave cleanly.

However, Qin Zhong left cleanly, but he looked back at his mediocrity.

He told him that he had to do something. He didn't want to do what his father said, to establish himself and make a name for himself, to bring honor to his family. This was not the meaning of his life. 

It was at this moment that Lin Ruhai showed him a different court. 

He saw the changes that the current people and another group of people wanted. 

Baoyu said he would pay his respects to the old lady, and he really went to pay his respects to the old lady, but he ran into Jia Lian on the way. 

Jia Lian came to report the progress of the restaurant to the old lady. 

When the two arrived, the old lady had just learned about the progress of Jia Yucun's case. 

"Why are you two here together?" 

Before the two could answer, Yuanyang came in at this time, "Grandma, look at what's going on. I heard that Huan Ge quarreled with Ying'er, who was next to Bao Girl, for a few dollars..." 

Seeing the two men, Yuanyang's words suddenly stopped. 

"Jia Huan, that "little frozen cat", I haven't seen him for a long time. " 

"The quarrel with Ying'er was about losing money. ' 

'Speaking of which, the little frozen cat is very afraid of Wang Xifeng.' 

... 

Baoyu sat down and ate preserved fruit. "Why don't you say anything?" 

Yuanyang hit himself, "It's my fault. This is not what you men should listen to." 

"Why can't you listen? Sister Yuanyang, please tell me." Jia Lian also instigated. 

Yuanyang looked at the old ancestor, and the old lady nodded, "You said, why did Huan go there? They must be in chaos there." 

"That's not the case. There are no classes in school these days, so he must be free." Yuanyang said, "He played a few rounds of cards with Ying'er, lost money, and refused to pay. Ying'er made him cry." 

The old lady frowned, but talked about something else, "I forgot to ask how his father managed the private school. It seems that Huan has not made much progress." 

Yuanyang: "I don't know about that."

Baoyu drank a cup of tea to relieve his greasiness, "I know that the master has sent away a few gentlemen who don't do their job earlier, and also gave a few words of advice to the old master. But the effect is not very good. I heard a few days ago that he plans to set up a reward and punishment system, and send away a few bad students."

"This is a good idea. Why didn't you do anything earlier?" The old lady looked down on Jia Zhen and Jia Zheng for their unreliability.

Baoyu and Jia Lian looked at each other, but neither of them responded. It's not that they didn't know, but did they want them to say in front of the ancestor that your second son suddenly found that the eldest son was capable, and began to work recklessly?

Jia Lian hurriedly changed the subject, "Grandfather, I came here today to tell you a happy event."

"What happy event?" The old lady's attention was indeed diverted. The key point was that she was just asking casually and didn't care about the answer.

Jia Lian took out a red invitation card, "Look, our first restaurant is almost ready. I was just about to ask you when it will open. I also need to ask your kitchen cook to take charge for a few days. The new cook needs to be trained for two days."

The old lady was really happy. She took the invitation card and saw that there was no date filled in.

"Have you chosen a name?"

"No, I'm waiting for you to choose one." Jia Lian said attentively.

"Then put it aside for now. I'll think about it and tell you. As for the kitchen, you can go by yourself." The old lady said, "By the way, how is Jia Qiang doing?"

"Very good, he manages our small opera troupe and runs errands for me. He is quite efficient.

" "Grandma, I also want to ask you for a job." Baoyu suddenly interrupted, making everyone stunned.

The old lady was surprised, "You always ignore these things?"

"Even the sisters have their own shops, so I want to play with them too." Baoyu said deliberately. In fact, he saw that Lin Ruhai, who was born as a third place winner, had to deal with economics when he became an official, which meant that this thing was at least not bad.

But the old lady almost rolled her eyes after hearing his words, "You'd better study hard, otherwise your father will teach you a lesson again."

Baoyu curled his lips, "He is not free now, he is looking through the booklet of construction engineering, thinking about innovation."

"Oh" the old lady didn't understand, she glanced at the screen quietly.

"Did I hear it wrong, the hypocritical want to innovate civil engineering?"

"Haha, is this the joke of the century?"

"What has stimulated Jia Zheng?"

"Speaking of hypocritical, it should be a combination of Jia Zheng and Jia Jing."

"Who cares, just look at his pedantic appearance, if it's not hypocritical, then what is it?"

"Now he is not pedantic anymore, and he actually wants to innovate technology."

"Has he been criticized by his superiors for not doing practical things?"

"The key is, can he do it?"

...

After a quick glance, the old lady finally understood what Jia Zheng was going to do.

But looking at the row of question marks on the Internet, it is easy to know that everyone is not optimistic about him.

"Grandma, please agree to me." Jia Baoyu held the old lady's hand and shook her back to her senses.

This is also a sudden whim and unreliable. The old lady thought, "Wait a minute, let me think about it."

"Grandma, how about letting Brother Bao follow me for a few days." Jia Lian suddenly said.

Baoyu's eyes lit up and he looked at the old lady.

The old lady was almost blinded by his little eyes, and her arm was shaken again, "Okay, okay, you can do it yourself. Don't blame me if you are caught by your father."

"No, grandma. By the way, grandma, can I transfer Mingyan to my side?" Baoyu asked carefully.

[Author has something to say]

I fell asleep while coding.

These two chapters have Baoyu's transformation and the competition between two generations of emperors, and the coding was bumpy. The dynasty in "A Dream of Red Mansions" is already the end of the world, so Baoyu (or Cao Gong) sees corruption everywhere, no future, and can't find a way out.

Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are not his best choices.

But if the highest ruler of this dynasty is still trying to change, this dynasty is not the end of the world. Will Baoyu enter the official career for that glimmer of hope?

Maybe, he will.