Emperor Ning Kang waited for Jia Lian to leave, then said to 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.
He could see clearly that when he summoned Prince 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.
Therefore, Dai Quan said with a cheerful smile: "I can't see the difference between Jia Tongzhi and me, but His Majesty seems to think highly of him. To be able to catch Your Majesty's eyes, he must be a rare talent."
Emperor Ning Kang sneered: "Do I value him? Hum, that's not bad, but what I value more is his identity.
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 if it weren't for confidential matters. Even a lot of information that Emperor Ning Kang got 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 Jia Lian to Emperor Ningkang. Emperor Ningkang was curious and sent someone to investigate Jia Lian. However, the result was a bit disappointing to Emperor Ningkang.
The second time, it 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, the two of them happened to have one characteristic in common.
The Jia family has a high status among the distinguished families of the founding of the country.
But the Linzi Prince's Mansion is one of the representative families of the new aristocracy!
These two families made several big news because of their marriage, and few high-ranking families in Beijing 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 happened that both the old aristocracy headed by the Four Kings and Eight Dukes and the newly emerging aristocrats after the founding of the country were all important forces in the Wei Dynasty.
Emperor Ningkang was already surrounded by many people.
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 can be useful to His Majesty, but I think that no matter what his identity is, it is his great fortune to be useful to Your Majesty." ”
Emperor Ning Kang didn't care when he saw Dai Quan laughing. 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 put to great use."
Emperor Ningkang sighed again.
With Jia Lian's status, if used well, he can maximize the role of nobles in 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 would be 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 was really a playboy, no matter how special his status was, he would not give her a second look.
After thinking about Jia Lian's previous memorial and response, 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, rather than the senior resident and the heir to the title. Jia She is in charge? What's going on?"
The emperor originally didn't pay much attention to the gradually declining Xunmen like Jia Mansion, but now that he thought about it, he asked about it.
Dai Quan smiled and said: "Your Majesty is right, his family's situation is really special.
After the Duke of Rongguo, the eldest son Jia She ascended the throne, but because he was not liked by Mrs. Rongguo, he 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 his mother day and night.
What's rare is that the family is in harmony and has not caused any turmoil due to disputes over family property and title, which is considered a strange event in the sect. "
Dai Quan actually knew more about the inside story, but he only told Emperor Ning Kang about the situation that was publicly known to the world.
After hearing this, Emperor Ning Kang snorted coldly: "Parents have always been partial since ancient times. But I don't believe you when you say that the whole family is in harmony.
As the saying goes...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 Ningkang originally wanted to say that as the saying goes, "There are no two days in the sky and no two masters in 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 caring too much. He knew Jia Zheng and Jia She. Although Jia Zheng was just a middle-aged man in his eyes, he was much better than the eldest son of Rong Guo Gong, who had a very bad reputation. Naturally, he could not have the intention to support Jia She.
But it suddenly reminded him of the different opinions of the world on Jia Lian.
From this point of view, since the situation in Rongguo Mansion is so complicated, it may be possible to explain why Lin Ruhai has an excellent opinion of Jia Lian, while the people in Beijing have roughly the opposite.
It turned out that he only recommended Jia Lian to him because he thought Lin Ruhai had selfish motives or was temporarily deceived.
According to 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 Jia Lian deliberately behaved a bit naughty when he was in Beijing?
As one of the many princes of the Supreme Emperor, Emperor Ningkang was very familiar with this taste!
If the family is not in peace, the children will suffer more. I don’t know if Jia Lian is hiding his clumsiness, just to protect himself, or if he is enduring the humiliation and is planning to regain the family property for his father...
He hoped it was the latter.
In this case, 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 only needed to make sure that Jia Lian was not a waste. The other things were not important. If Jia Lian can handle his errands well in the future, the problems in Rongguo Mansion will be solved for Jia Lian with just one sentence.
As for what Jia Lian said about Lin Ruhai...
Emperor Ning Kang felt a little embarrassed. He was very satisfied with Lin Ruhai's tenure as Salt Inspector for several years and really didn't want to replace Lin Ruhai.
But if Jia Lian didn't lie, he would just let it go. If something really happened to Lin Ruhai, he wouldn't want to see it.
After thinking for a long time, he ordered Dai Quan: "Go back and arrange for a capable imperial physician 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 and said to the eunuch standing at the door: "Tell those things that don't grow up to come in!"
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