Emperor Ning Kang waited for Jia Lian to leave, then asked 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. of.

He saw clearly that when he summoned King Duan just now, it was called to appease him, but in reality he was beating him. On the contrary, when he met Jia Lian, he held up the beating of Prince Duan to Prince Duan, which might have provoked a conflict between the clan and the nobles, but he held it up high and put it down gently.

So Dai Quan said with a cheerful smile: "I can't see the difference between Jia Tongzhi, but His Majesty seems to think highly of him. To be able to catch His Majesty's eyes, he must be a rare person. He is a talented person."

Emperor Ning Kang sneered: "Do I value him? Humph, that's not bad, but what I value more is his identity.

You 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 things from him unless it was a confidential matter. Even a lot of information that Emperor Ning Kang obtained 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 it to Emperor Ning Kang. Emperor Ning Kang was curious and sent someone to investigate Jia Lian. However, the results obtained made Emperor Ning Kang a little disappointed.

The second time was a very small thing. Jin Yiwei secretly reported that the Jia family of Rongguo Mansion seems to have had contact with Uncle Zhang's family of Linzi recently.

These two families were not considered a great family, at least to the emperor.

However, these two families have exactly one characteristic.

The Jia family is a double-gong family, and has a high status among the many distinguished families who founded the country.

The Linzi Bofu is one of the representative families of the new aristocracy!

At that time, these two families made several big news because of their marriage. There were few high-ranking families in Beijing who 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.

It so happened that 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 Ning Kang was originally good at many thingsBeing included.

Now Emperor Ning Kang probably noticed that Jia Lian actually had two identities. As the grandson of Duke Rong and the close grandson of Uncle Linzi, if Jia Lian is used as his own, I am afraid he will 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 affects His Majesty, but I think that no matter what his identity is, he can be useful to Your Majesty. It's useful, it's his great blessing."

Emperor Ning Kang didn't care when he saw Dai Quan making fun of him. At this time, Dai Quan only needed to be a microphone for him. .

"It's a pity that although he has a good background, it is still unclear whether he can be used for great purposes."

Emperor Ning Kang sighed again.

With Jia Lian’s status, if he is used well, he can maximize the role of the nobles of the court at the minimum cost. Otherwise, even if what happened in the fourth prince's house today might cause conflicts between the clan and the nobles, he would not personally deal with it.

It is enough to send a big eunuch.

The reason why I personally summoned Jia Lian was to see if Jia Lian was of any use.

If he really is a loser, 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 responses, 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. Instead of Jia She, who is the elder and has inherited the title, he is in charge? What's going on?"

The emperor originally didn't pay much attention to the gradually declining honours, such as Jia's family, but now that he thinks about it , just ask.

Dai Quan smiled and said: "Your Majesty is right, his family's situation is really special.

Mrs. Rong Guotai liked it, so she did not live in the main hall. Instead, Jia Zheng, a foreign minister from the Ministry of Industry, lived in the main hall and took care of her mother day and night.

What is rare is that the family is in harmony and does not live in the main hall. There was no turmoil due to the dispute over family property or title, which can be regarded as a strange event in the sect."

Dai Quan actually knew more about the inside story, but he only revealed it. Tell Emperor Ningkang about the situation that everyone knows.

After hearing this, Emperor Ning Kang snorted: "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 Tao... 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 a family changes."

Emperor Ning Kang originally wanted to say as the saying goes, "Heaven"There are no two days, and there are no two masters of 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 family background of the Jia family, he had no intention of taking care of it. He knew that Jia Zhenghe Jia She. Although Jia Zheng is just a middle-aged man in his eyes, he is much better than the eldest son of Rong Guo Gong, who has a very bad reputation. Naturally, he cannot have the intention to support Jia She.

It suddenly reminded him of the different evaluations of Jia Lian by the world.

From this point of view, since the situation in Rongguo Mansion is so complicated, it might be possible to explain why Lin Ruhai’s evaluation of Jia Lian Excellent, but the people in Beijing are generally the opposite.

It turns out that he only recommended Jia Lian to him because he thought Lin Ruhai had selfish motives or was temporarily deceived.

According to Judging from the results of his personal inspection just now, there were many discrepancies in the rumors in the capital, and Lin Ruhai's evaluation was more realistic.

In this way, he couldn't help but doubt that when Jia Lian was in the capital, he was Deliberately showing a bit of naughtiness?

As one of the many princes of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Ningkang is very familiar with this taste!

If family affairs are not peaceful, the children will suffer more. He didn’t know whether Jia Lian was hiding his clumsiness intentionally, or whether he was just trying to protect himself, or whether he was enduring the humiliation and planning to regain the family property for his father...

He hoped it was the latter.

So. If so, 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 just wanted to make sure that Jia Lian was not A waste is enough, the other things are not important. If Jia Lian can do the job well in the future, the problems of Rongguo Mansion will be solved for Jia Lian with just one sentence.

As for what Jia Lian said about Lin Ruhai...

Emperor Ning Kang was a little embarrassed. He was very satisfied with Lin Ruhai as the salt inspector for several years and really didn't want to replace Lin Ruhai.

But if Jia Lian did not lie, he would just let it go. If something happened to Lin Ruhai, he would not want to see it.

After thinking for a long time, he ordered Dai Quan: "You 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 his face and said to the eunuch standing at the door: "Tell the unimproved thing to come in! ”

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