Detective in the Red Chamber

Just a plaything?

If it is really just a mere plaything, it would be easy to handle!

But during the inquiry just now, what Sun Shaozong cared most about was not that 'Tao Zhu Jinbei' used the casino as a medium to have a channel of circulation between the market, but the plausible remarks of the scribe.

It can be traced back to the legacy of ancient times, and recently there are gentry for it, and even the great Confucianism of the Imperial Academy, said the words 'I would rather eat without meat than hide without shell'.

So far, this "Tao Zhu Jin Bei" has obviously developed a set of theories, a set of theories that can make some people believe in its "inner value" - and with the theory as the basis, it will greatly increase its deceptiveness and appeal.

Even in the modern society with advanced information, there are still many people who are blinded by this specious theory, let alone the ancient people who have never been exposed to the 'financial bubble'!

Therefore, if you just sit back and watch it spread, the consequences will be really incalculable.

Thinking of this, Sun Shaozong shook his head slowly, "Whether I am worried or not, there is nothing wrong with taking precautions in advance to prevent the situation from getting out of control."

"But my lord."

Lin Delu hesitated and said, "Buying and selling such playthings is not something that is expressly prohibited by the imperial court. If we come forward to prohibit it, I'm afraid it's because of an unknown teacher?"

Wei Ruolan also questioned, "There are many similar items on the market, and no one has ever ordered such playthings to be banned in the past dynasties. I'm afraid it's a bit inappropriate for Sun Zhizhong to set a precedent in the past?"

Even Qiu Yunfei couldn't help curling his lips and said, "The Laoshizi Jinbei was only sold for 500 taels of silver. I saw a cricket jar the size of a palm the other day, and it cost a thousand taels!"

tsk~

Although Sun Shaozong had long expected that everyone might not agree with his opinion, but faced with all the opposition and doubts, he couldn't help but waver—maybe, he was really worrying too much?

Apart from other things, isn't it true that crickets, fighting cocks and other playthings are inflated to the sky?

But I didn't see any social problems caused by it.

but……

After all, Sun Shaozong is used to hearing about the dangers of financial bubbles. Even though he doesn't know much about the causes and results of its formation, he is naturally more vigilant than others.

Therefore, after hesitating again and again, he still insisted, "I don't want to ban it explicitly, but I just want to send someone to investigate first, to see how this thing is circulated, whether there is anyone secretly manipulating it, and how many people are involved in it."

Wei Ruolan immediately asked, "What if there is no one behind the scenes, and the people just like it spontaneously?"

"If no one controls it..."

Sun Shaozong hesitated for a moment, and said firmly, "If there are a large number of people involved, we should also find a way to remind the people, don't overestimate the value of this thing, and don't listen to the rhetoric of 'only up but not down', blindly Stock up on this."

Wei Ruolan obviously disapproved of this approach, but she was too lazy to argue with Sun Shaozong, so she cupped her hands and said, "Since Sun Zhizhong has made up his mind, there is no need to discuss it with us anymore. I still have official duties to attend, so I leave!"

After saying that, he turned around and left the main hall.

Seeing this, Qiu Yunfei was just about to follow suit, when he suddenly saw Wei Ruolan come back from the outside and reported, "Sun Zhizhong, Han Fu Yin and Jia Fu Cheng summoned you and me to go to the inner hall immediately. discussion."

Discussion in the inner hall?

Since it was Han Anbang and Jia Yucun's joint call, Sun Shaozong naturally did not dare to neglect, he hurriedly tidied up, and rushed to the government office together with Wei Ruolan.

In the inner hall, besides Han Anbang and Jia Yucun, Fu Shi, the judge of Qianliangtong, and Zhao Liben, the judge of miscellaneous things, were also present in the hall. Zhichuang.

This should be regarded as the "enlarged meeting of the Standing Committee" of Shuntian Prefecture.

The last time such battles were staged was last year's "Longevity Festival"—could something major happen again?

Sun Shaozong suppressed the suspicion in his heart, first stepped forward to greet everyone, and then sat on the chair on the right side of the koan, forming a pattern with Jia Yucun as the two generals, Han Anbang, the hollow big man's house, in the middle.

After Wei Ruolan also sat down in the hall, Han Anbang said solemnly, "This time, the reason why the government summoned all of you to come here is because the cabinet issued a decree this morning, ordering our Shuntian government to save money for the rich and noble families from now on." The servants will check and confirm their number and origin."

It turned out to be this.

When the "Longsheng old shop gouging out the heart case" was reported to the mansion, Sun Shaozong figured out that Emperor Guangde had the intention to suppress slavery, so he was not surprised.

Jia Yucun is notorious for not expressing his emotions or anger, so naturally he can't see what he is thinking at the moment - but he has only been in Beijing for two years, and there must not be too many servants at home, so there is no need Worried about getting angry.

As for the three general judgments, there were two people whose complexions suddenly changed.

One is Fu Shi, who recently annexed the Ma family's real estate shop and recruited a lot of servants. If we really check the origins one by one, wouldn't the matter be revealed?

The other one whose complexion changed suddenly was Wei Ruolan.

As an emerging dignitary, his family has rapidly expanded its power in recent years, and at the same time it has annexed many servants of dilapidated noble families. This matter may not be a secret in private, but if it is spread out, it may cause trouble. Less criticism.

However, since it was a decree handed down by the cabinet, it shows that several bigwigs in the cabinet and the emperor have reached a unified opinion. As the local officials below, they have no right to object at all. The only thing they can do is to make a remedy as soon as possible.

However, Han Anbang announced the purpose of this meeting, so he said, "This is a big matter, and I would like to invite all adults to express their opinions and discuss a stable charter as soon as possible."

"One is to live up to the entrustment of the cabinet and His Majesty, we must complete this errand; second, we must try our best to be careful, so as not to cause panic among the gentry in the capital."

To put it bluntly, I just want to cut both sides of tofu with a knife.

But it seems that the more you want to please both sides, the easier it is to make people feel different inside and out.

Therefore, his two sentences seemed simple, but in fact they were not so easy, so after he finished speaking, the hall fell into an awkward silence.

In the end, Han Anbang had no choice but to call him by name and said, "Cheng Jia, the officials in the mansion respect you, why don't you say a few words first?"

These words sounded a bit sour.

Jia Yucun was the only one who nodded, and said without hesitation, "Your Majesty Fu Yin just said two points, but I think the second point is the most important. After all, most of the slaves and servants are gentry and honorable, and gentry and honor are the cornerstone of the imperial court." , must not be shaken!"

"good."

Sun Shaozong immediately said from the side, "The reason why the imperial court appointed us to carry out the inspection in Shuntian Mansion, instead of taking the lead from the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs, is probably because it intends to control the scope and does not want to magnify the situation and cause panic among the gentry and nobles."

During the conversation, the two exchanged glances across the koan, and they both showed a bit of understanding.

If Emperor Guangde really had the heart to rectify the trend of slavery, he would not have disclosed the direction of the trend in the mansion newspaper in advance, and he could have ordered the Dragon Guards to conduct a secret investigation before closing the net.

Now, with such great fanfare, entrusting the errand to the Shuntian Mansion for disposal is obviously intended to 'knock the mountain and shake the tiger', rather than really want to thoroughly investigate and punish.

Jia Yucun had obviously seen through this point, so he opened his eyes for the gentry and nobles, and said some favors and cheap words, so as to gain a good impression among the gentry and nobles.

And waiting for cheap things, how can Sun Shaozong let him be more beautiful than before?

Han Anbang's political awareness was a bit off. Seeing the two singing together in front of him, although he felt something was wrong in his heart, he habitually sang the opposite tune: It is the cornerstone of the imperial court, but the decree passed down by the cabinet must not be sloppy!"

Sun Shaozong and Jia Yucun immediately got up and cupped their hands, "Master Fu Yin taught me the lesson."

In my heart, I was quite contemptuous of this guy's EQ.

In particular, although Han Anbang sang the opposite tune, when it came time to discuss the details, he didn't have any "toughness" at all, and he didn't dare to point the finger at those aristocratic families.

So in the end, the result of everyone's discussion was to first use the businessmen with bad reputation to kill chickens and monkeys, and then gradually expand to the homes of gentlemen and nobles-if by then, there are still people who are stupid enough to put the blame on the bright side, then no wonder it goes smoothly Tianfu became ruthless.

In the end, Han Anbang said shamelessly, "In the case of the 'Shenxian San' last time, we Shuntian Mansion handled it properly and made a splash. This time, we must not slack off in the 'Census of Slave Keeping'. It must be better than what we did last time." It's more appropriate!"

Bah~

The last "Shenxiansan special rectification" operation was obviously carried out jointly by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

but……

He habitually took credit, but even Wei Ruolan was offended——in the 'Shenxian San' project, Wei Ruolan and Qiu Yunfei were the two who contributed the most.

Sun Shaozong said coldly and watched from the sidelines, and indeed he saw a bit of displeasure on Wei Ruolan's face. Although it may not be because of this that he will completely turn against Han Anbang, separation and morality are inevitable.

The reason why Han Anbang turned into a hollow boss hall is really no one's fault!

"Brother."

When the meeting dissipated, Sun Shaozong was about to lead Wei Ruolan back to the Criminal Division, but Jia Yucun came over and asked with a straight face, "I heard that you had a conflict with the second brother Lian yesterday?"

Sun Shaozong spread his hands together, "Actually, it's not a conflict, it's just a misunderstanding."

"It's just a misunderstanding."

Jia Yucun's complexion softened a little, and he said, "Although Xian Kunzhong has already got on the towering tree of King Zhongshun, don't forget the root cause—especially your family and Rongguo Mansion have become in-laws, and they should be married to each other." Support is what it is.”

Huh?

Although this is a criticism, there is actually a "show of goodwill" in it, but it has been more than half a year since the two of them parted ways, so why did Jia Yucun suddenly show his goodwill to him?

Could it be that something happened in this government office again, a change that I didn't notice?

Chapter 283 Sensible

Jia Yucun's sudden overtures made Sun Shaozong suspicious for most of the day, and even secretly sent someone to find Fu to listen to him, but unfortunately he still couldn't find Chou Yinmao.

The news is more occluded than political opponents, but it is taboo in official circles!

So after the yamen were dismissed, Sun Shaozong went to Zijin Street by himself, intending to ask Xue Pan to go to Wang Shangshu to find out if there were any recent personnel changes in Shuntian Mansion, especially those related to Han Anbang and Jia Yucun.

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Xue's mansion, they waited in the front hall for a while, but the steward of the mansion came to report that Xue Pan was listening to an opera in Wangjiang Tower and had not returned to the mansion yet.

As soon as Sun Shaozong heard this, he was ready to say goodbye and leave.

Unexpectedly, the steward tried his best to persuade him to stay, "Master Sun, our uncle comes back every day after dark, and today is no exception. If you have nothing important to do, you might as well stay at my house for a while—otherwise you can wait for the uncle." Come back, I heard that the little ones didn't keep you, I'm afraid you must be furious."

Not to mention, with Xue Pan's domineering temper, it's likely that he would really be annoyed by it.

It's still early now, so Sun Shaozong pushed the boat along and stayed, chatting with the gossiping parent who had nothing to do with the manager.

Since it was at Xue's house, the focus of discussion was naturally inseparable from the 'elephant riot', and Sun Shaozong was indeed a little curious about what happened to the two elephants.

"Originally, according to my uncle's intention, the two elephants were to be cut into pieces - but our girl said that the two elephants were also forced by 'people', not the culprit, so I only let the uncle Kill that dog, and find another mahout to tame it."

Hearing the steward mention his own girl, Sun Shaozong couldn't help but recall that day when he ran like a wolf with Xue Baochai on his back.

It is said that Xue Pan has the appearance of "Concubine Yang", but when Sun Shaozong saw her for the first time that day, she was only tall and well-proportioned, far from Li Wan's bouncy body—until she was dangling on her back Only then did I realize that every part of her body was soft and soft, as soft as if she had no bones!

Coupled with that body that can be broken by the body, but I don't know what it is like to be under the body...

But at the same time that Sun Shaozong was thinking about things, there were people in Xue's inner house who were restless.

This person is none other than Xue Pan's mother, Aunt Xue.

Just now when someone reported that it was Sun Shaozong's visit and he was waiting in the living room for the uncle to return home, Aunt Xue had a lot of distracting thoughts in her heart.

Since she was rescued by Sun Shaozong that day, her opinion of Sun Shaozong has changed a lot, and she even had the idea of ​​recruiting him as her son-in-law.

After all, Jia Baoyu has now made it clear that he will not marry Lin Daiyu in this life. With his stubborn temperament, even if his sister, Mrs. Wang, makes the decision, Aunt Xue feels that there is little hope—wouldn’t it be a waste of time for her daughter to continue to quarrel like this? youth?

And although Sun Shaozong did not have the aura of "uncle of the country", he was also a young talent who was famous in the officialdom, and his daughter could be called a man of talent and beauty.

Especially his own son admired him very much, if they could really get married, they wouldn't have to worry about Xue Pan making mistakes in the future.

Considering these many benefits, how can Aunt Xue not be tempted?

only……

When I mentioned it to my daughter that day, Baochai brought up the old story again, which seemed to question her character.

This made Aunt Xue very troubled, because she really didn't know whether Sun Shaozong revealed his real surname when they met for the first time, or whether she had misunderstood something.

Judging from the situation of the last few meetings, there is a great possibility of misunderstanding - but when they first met, Aunt Xue still vividly recalled Sun Shaozong's rude appearance to Meng Lang.

or...

Try him again?

As soon as this idea popped up, it grew like weeds, so that Aunt Xue couldn't figure out whether she wanted to test Sun Shaozong's character, or to show off her seductive demeanor that had been hidden for a long time in front of a strong man. .

Maybe it's both!

After all, she has been a widow for more than ten years, and her daughter-in-law and son have been doing nonsense all day long, so she has accumulated a lot of impulses that cannot be expressed to others.

In short, after making up her mind, Aunt Xue quickly dressed up in front of the bronze mirror.

I was in a dilemma between the 'red tulle skirt with dropped shoulders' and the 'sapphire blue floral corset', when someone behind me asked curiously, "Mom, what are you doing?"

Aunt Xue was so frightened that she almost tore the skirt. Looking back, she saw Xue Pan was shaking his head, looking at her with a puzzled face, and blurted out, "Why did you come to the backyard? What about Mr. Sun?"

"Let's go."

Xue Pan said carelessly, "Second brother entrusted me with some things, so I went home for dinner."

left already? !

Aunt Xue looked at the low-cut and deep-necked imitation Tang Palace skirt in her hand, and felt empty and indescribably depressed.

The book does not go into details.

But it was said that Sun Shaozong left Zijin Street, but he didn't really go home for dinner, but went around and went to a small courtyard nearby.

After knocking on the door a few times, someone inside responded crisply, "Who? Who's knocking?"

"It's me, Sun Shaozong."

After Sun Shaozong gave his name and surname, the door of the room immediately opened to the left and right, revealing the charming little face of Third Sister You.

But it turns out that this place is the temporary residence of the You family's mother and daughter.