Chapter 195 Lin Ruhai Is Promoted

"This salt merchant incident, I think all the memorials on your majesty's desk are impeachment memorials.

Lin Ruhai said in a very calm tone, but there was a hint of sarcasm between his eyebrows.

How could these salt merchants be so big without the transfer of interests from the court behind them?

It's nothing more than Lin Ruhai played a trick of killing first and reporting later, causing the backers behind the salt merchants to suffer a hidden loss.

After all, the evidence seized from the salt merchants of poisoning court officials or colluding with private salt dealers made Lin Ruhai's actions reasonable and no one could find fault with it.

"Maybe not. "Lin Chen had a different opinion.

When the confiscated salt merchants' property entered Li Zhao's inner treasury.

This emperor, who was so short of money that he was jealous, would certainly protect Lin Ruhai, and even let him go further.

Based on Lin Chen's understanding of Li Zhao, he might even reuse Lin Ruhai.

Just looking at Lin Ruhai's appearance, the other party had already thought about resigning from office and living in seclusion.

As the saying goes, there is great terror between life and death, which can also make people see the world clearly.

Fame, wealth and honor are all passing clouds.

It's just...Lin Daiyu is still young, or Lin Ruhai will not close his eyes even if he dies until he sees his daughter find a good home.

Suddenly.

Lin Ruhai asked Lin Chen: "I heard from Yu'er that General Lin has a good relationship with the Jia family? "

Jia Mansion?

Lin Chen was startled when he heard this, but he nodded.

As Lin Chen expected, the next question Lin Ruhai asked him was about Jia Baoyu.

After all, before he came, Lin Ruhai planned to entrust Lin Daiyu to Jia Mu, intending to make this marriage happen.

Now.

In Lin Ruhai's opinion, this young man in front of him is really extraordinary!

If Yu'er is entrusted to him...

"It is the fate of a rich and idle person."

Lin Chen thought of Jia Baoyu's character in the original book, and spoke in an inexplicable tone.

"Rich and idle person?"

Lin Ruhai frowned slightly when he heard Lin Chen say this.

He had also heard rumors in Yangzhou that Jia Baoyu was born with a jade in his mouth and was naturally intelligent.

When asked again, Lin Chen smiled and said nothing.

It would be better to wait until Lin Ruhai returned to the capital and met Jia Baoyu in person.

"Well. "

Lin Ruhai sighed, and just as he was about to say something, he coughed a few times and his face turned pale.

"Censor Lin, although the poisonous insects in your body have been removed, you should also pay attention to self-cultivation."

Lin Ruhai heard this and remained silent. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head and whispered: "Is it really because of the Japanese invasion that General Lin led his troops to the south of the Yangtze River this time?"

Yes.

Lin Chen led nearly 20,000 Yulin Guards to the south of the Yangtze River, claiming to be on guard against the Japanese invasion along the coast.

However, Lin Ruhai was a smart man who had been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and he saw the difference at a glance.

Is it necessary to transfer troops from the capital to the south to prevent the Japanese invasion?

"It can't be said. "

Lin Chen's answer was even more straightforward.

Seeing this, Lin Ruhai stopped asking questions, as he already had the answer in his mind.

The two of them talked, and no one else heard it.

Originally, Lin Ruhai had thought of giving Lin Chen a name.

But Lin Chen declined.

Indeed.

Before he left, Lin Ruhai looked at him with the eyes of a father-in-law looking at his son-in-law, which made him feel quite uncomfortable.

"Still looking, everyone has gone far away."

Lin Daiyu looked at the fleet that had disappeared, but heard her father's jokes in her ears, and her earlobes turned red.

"Father~"

This was more of a spoiled act when her thoughts were exposed.

Lin Ruhai laughed at this and shook his head and said, "We'll have a chance to see each other again in the capital in the future. "

As he said this, he seemed to have thought of something and turned his head to look towards the capital.

Lin Ruhai's guess was correct.

The incident in Yangzhou caused a great uproar in the entire Jiangnan and the capital.

As a lone minister of the previous emperor, Lin Ruhai has not cultivated any students or old officials in these years.

If it weren't for this incident, the court would not have remembered that there was such a person.

This time, the four salt merchants were confiscated, and countless censors immediately impeached him for his cruel means.

Li Zhao originally planned to protect Lin Ruhai and let He continued to serve as the Imperial Inspector of Salt to keep the money bag.

But when the salt merchants' millions of assets were deposited into the warehouse, Li Zhao became jealous.

This is a capable minister!

Choose a day.

Then an angel left Beijing and came to Yangzhou to read the decree of Lin Ruhai's promotion.

The decree probably said that Lin Ruhai had worked hard and made great contributions in Yangzhou over the years.

Now he has discovered a major smuggling case of salt merchants, which has made great contributions to the court.

He was promoted directly from the fifth-rank Imperial Inspector of Salt to the third-rank Guanwendian Doctor, and also a scholar of Longtu Pavilion.

The subsequent appointment will be discussed after returning to Beijing.

Such an honor directly made Lin Ruhai a popular civil servant.

When this news spread in Yangzhou, countless salt merchants breathed a sigh of relief.

This killer is finally leaving.

Only Jia Lian, who had been free and happy for several days, was stunned.

Didn’t they say that Lin Ruhai was seriously ill and was about to die?

How could he be promoted?

At the same time, the Jia family was also a festive scene today.

Not only did they celebrate Lin Ruhai’s promotion, but also the eldest daughter of the Jia family, Yuanchun, served as a female historian in the Queen’s palace!

As early as when the Jia family was not in decline, Jia She’s eldest daughter, Yuanchun, was sent to the palace, hoping to be favored by the emperor and become a concubine.

In this way, the wealth of the next two generations of the Jia family was preserved.

However, once you enter the deep palace, it is like a deep sea.

Even a woman like Jia Yuanchun can only endure the hardship.

The difficulties are not to be told to outsiders.

Fortunately.

Jia Yuanchun survived.

Being able to become the Queen's Lady Historian means that Jia Yuanchun has been favored by the Queen.

The chances of being favored by the Emperor himself will be much higher.

However.

How could the insects in the Jia Mansion know Li Zhao's considerations?

Wang Ziteng served as the governor of the Beijing Camp during the period when Zhao Kuangyin was the commander of the army to conquer the Later Jin.

Therefore, the status of the Jia family's daughter who was related to the Wang family in the palace was mentioned just now.

"These merchants are so rich?!"

Li Zhao and Shangguan Wan'er counted the confiscated property that Lin Ruhai escorted to Beijing and took a breath.

Shangguan Wan'er remembered that when she was chatting with Lin Chen, the other party inadvertently mentioned the rules of dynasty cycles.

"Your Majesty, the Li Tang was rich, but the rich were the aristocratic families, gentry and landlords."

"This is very true!"

Li Zhao's eyes lit up when he heard it.

If a few more illegal merchants were seized, the problem of an empty treasury would be solved.

As someone close to Li Zhao, Shangguan Wan'er knew Li Zhao very well.

You could tell what he was thinking by looking at his face.

However.

Shangguan Wan'er remembered something Lin Chen had told her.

"Your Majesty, before leaving Beijing, Lin Chen said that Shanxi merchants were secretly smuggling salt, iron and weapons to the Jurchens in Liaodong."

Randomly seizing merchants would definitely make everyone in the court feel insecure, and Li Zhao's reputation would be ruined.

But if there was a legitimate reason, the ministers would not be able to accuse him of anything.

"Is this true?!"

Li Zhao's face turned cold when he heard Shangguan Wan'er say this,

"Immediately arrange for the internal guards to go to Shanxi to investigate. If the matter is true..."

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