Chapter 30: The Court

The days passed quickly, Lin Ruhai was reluctant, and he had to start the days of going to the government every day. He is now the editor of the six products, and he does not need to go to the court, but he needs to accompany the emperor every day to review and read the folds, and every insistence of the emperor is that he drafts the edict, in fact, what he is currently doing is the work of the Chinese scholars. Although he was very tired and troubled, he really learned a lot of things, Lin Ruhai knew that the emperor was cultivating him, as long as there was no accident, the emperor would definitely reuse him.

In the previous life, the emperor did trust Lin Ruhai very much, and after he was admitted to Tanhua in the previous life, he stayed in the Hanlin Academy for three years before coming to the emperor's side. This life was advanced by two years, and it was the emperor who also noticed something, so he let him get in touch with the center of political power in advance and began to cultivate him.

Then, in the previous life, Lin Ruhai was appointed as the governor of Suzhou five years later, and began his officialdom career in Jiangnan, and was promoted from the sixth grade to the fifth grade. In Suzhou, he only served one term, and because of his meritorious service in disaster relief, he was promoted two levels to become the prefect of Yingtianfu, and the fifth product became the fourth product. After staying in Jinling for two terms, he was pointed out by the emperor to Yangzhou to be a doctor of Lantai Temple from the second grade, and led the two Huai to patrol the salt imperial history. Looking back, Lin Ruhai's career can be said to be smooth, if it weren't for the great changes in his family, he might have returned to Beijing soon, and his grade would not be lower than that of Zhengerpin.

In this life, after Lin Ruhai fused the memories of his previous life, he became more confident in his future, pursued advantages and avoided disadvantages, his official career would be smoother, although he would avoid dangerous things, but he always understood that he had to be loyal to the emperor, and only loyal to the emperor.

Twenty years after the last life, the prince personally conquered the southeast coast to fight against the bandits, but disappeared for no reason, and the third prince took advantage of the emperor's serious illness to launch a mutiny, and was later killed by the fourth prince with the prince Teng into the palace and saved the emperor. The emperor's deathbed edict was located in the four princes. After the fourth prince ascended the throne, he resigned three times, but the fourth prince was not allowed. After another three years, the prince came back from overseas, and as soon as he came back, he went straight to Lin Ruhai, saying that his disappearance had nothing to do with the four princes, but unfortunately Lin Ruhai was seriously ill at that time, and he couldn't help too much, so he only gave his secret guards to the prince, which was considered to be loyal in the end.

In this life, he was reused by the emperor in advance, and according to the things in his memory, he sent people to Suzhou, Jinling and Yangzhou in advance, believing that he would do better in this life.

Lin Ruhai was in a small room behind the imperial study, watching this piece folded on the emperor's Zhu Approval, thinking about how to draft this edict.

"Lord Lin, the emperor announced that you are here." A little eunuch interrupted Lin Ruhai's thoughts. Lin Ruhai remembered him, this little eunuch was the godson of Shi Gonggong, the chief eunuch next to the emperor, named Wen Xi, who was very clever and likable.

Lin Ruhai entered the imperial study, but the emperor ignored him, but only looked up at him after approving a notebook.

"It's different to be a parent, and the accessories on this body are much better than before!"

"Thank you to the emperor!"

"You are obedient, you will reward her with two jade ruyi in a while, anyway, you have not given a gift yet."

Lin Ruhai hurriedly knelt down and thanked him, "Thank you for the emperor's grace!" ”

"Get up! Let's take a look at this note. The emperor handed Lin Ruhai a copy of the recital.

Lin Ruhai took it and took a look, it was the fold of the household crying poor. "In the past two years, the north has encountered drought and snow disasters in a row, and the tax revenue is not good, the disaster requires money and food, and the reconstruction also needs silver, and the household department is also difficult to do."

"I don't know about these, but such a big deficit, tens of millions of taels of silver, where can I give them silver."

Lin Ruhai bowed his head and was silent, and the emperor continued: "I called you here to hear what good solution you have?" ”

Lin Ruhai lowered his head and pondered for a moment, in fact, he had already taken measures against this matter. "Your Majesty, there is no silver in the treasury, but there are still more than 20 million taels of foreign debts outside!"

The emperor was first overjoyed when he heard this, and then sighed, "Those who owe money are all big families, and they are also people who have meritorious service in the imperial court, and they are afraid to act rashly, I am afraid that they will ......."

"The emperor can first find a person of high moral integrity, analyze the pros and cons with him, let him take the lead in returning the silver owed to the treasury, and then give a reward, such as the imperial village or the mountain, and someone will follow suit."

"But who is the best choice for this first person, this is likely to become the target of public criticism!"

"What does the emperor think of the Jinling Zhen family?"

"You mean my nurse's house?"

"Yes, the old lady of the Zhen family is close to the emperor, and the emperor is looking for her in person, she will never refuse, and she ......"

"His eldest son is in charge of the salt administration!"

"Besides, his family owes the most money."

The emperor closed his eyes and leaned on the chair, as if he was asleep, and after a long time, the emperor sat up straight, stared at Lin Ruhai and said: "Your courage is not small, you know that it is my nurse's family, you dare to pit!" Aren't you afraid that I'll annoy you? ”

"Weichen only thinks of sharing worries for the emperor, and only doing things that are beneficial to the emperor and the court, the emperor is a Ming monarch, and Weichen himself is not favoritism, so he is not afraid of the emperor's blame!" Lin Ruhai looked into the emperor's eyes, and his eyes were clear.

The emperor suddenly burst out laughing, "Good, good, good!" You go and draft two secret decrees, one for Mrs. Zhen and one for Zhen Yingjia. Go ahead! ”

"Wechen obeys!" Lin Ruhai saluted and withdrew from the upper study.

After Lin Ruhai left, the emperor asked Gonggong Shi next to him while drinking tea, "This Lin Ruhai is really shrewd!" ”

"The minion thinks he's a newborn calf!"

"You know what! He wanted to think what I wanted, and helped me make a determination that I couldn't make all along! ”

"The emperor's vision is naturally good, the slave is stupid, only the emperor will do whatever the slave says!"

"Humph! You old fox! Go and choose a larger, high-yield imperial village to come out, how can I give my nurse some comfort. ”

"Hey! The minion will do it. Shi Gonggong walked out of the imperial study.

Gonggong Shi asked Wen Xi to pick up the booklet of Huangzhuang, and he went to Lin Ruhai's office. Lin Ruhai looked up and saw that it was Gonggong Shi who came, so he hurriedly got up, "Gonggong Shi, why did you come in person, but what else did the emperor want?" ”

"No, the miscellaneous family is just here to see you." Gonggong Shi wore a kind smile on his face. "When the miscellaneous family was still the crown prince, they followed the emperor every day to listen to Master Lin's lectures. After a few years, Master Lin is no longer there, and you have become a Tanhualang. ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Shi, who is still thinking about my father. Over the years, Ruhai has also received a lot of care from you, and Ruhai is grateful. Saying that, Lin Ruhai was about to salute, but was stopped by Gonggong Shi.

"The miscellaneous family has been greatly favored by Elder Lin, and it is appropriate to take care of you, the life of the miscellaneous family was saved by Elder Lin, and now that he is gone, how can he take care of the only descendant of his old man. Not only the miscellaneous family, but the emperor is also the same for you. The emperor is still very lenient with his ministers, and he generally does not want to be too harsh on them, but the premise is not to touch the emperor's bottom line. ”

Lin Ruhai bowed to this Gonggong Shi and said, "Thank you Gonggong Shi for your advice." ”

Gonggong Shi hurriedly helped him up, "This can't be helped, how can the miscellaneous family be such a big gift." You can rest assured, the emperor admires you very much, and trusts you very much, and once said to the miscellaneous family that your talent and learning are not yet able to catch up with Master Lin, but your talent is not up to the people who have been in the officialdom for many years, saying that you have the ability to enter the cabinet and worship the prime minister. ”

"The emperor's great kindness, such as the sea, will be repaid wholeheartedly. Shi Gonggong is good to Ruhai, and Ruhai will also be remembered in his heart. ”

"Okay, you're busy, the miscellaneous family will go first!"

After Gonggong Shi left, Lin Ruhai fell into deep thought: in his previous life, although he had also been taken care of by Gonggong Shi, Gonggong Shi had never said this to him. It must be, what the emperor said changed Gonggong Shi's attitude towards him.

Lin Ruhai guessed well, it was precisely because he saw the emperor's trust and love for Lin Ruhai, surpassed the old lady Zhen who had taken care of him since childhood, saw the emperor's reuse of Lin Ruhai, and saw Lin Ruhai's bright future that Gonggong Shi would take the initiative to approach him.