Reincarnation of Soul Cultivation 2

Concubine Zhen is the emperor's favored concubine. The love she received in the palace can be said to last forever. Even if she is not young, the emperor still has a kind of affection for her that no one else has.In addition to having sincere feelings and nostalgia for the Yuan Empress who died young, the second most important woman in the emperor's heart is probably Concubine Zhen.

Under Ai Wu Ji Wu, the emperor also doted on the two princes born of Concubine Zhen Gui.Among the two princes, compared to the eighth prince who has a bad personality, the fifth prince is not only favored, but also highly valued.

This may be a true favor for the fifth prince, or it may be a means for the emperor to balance the power of the crown prince.

After all, the prince was granted the title when he was young, and he was very favored in his early years.But now the prince has grown up, but the emperor is getting old, and now the relationship between their father and son is becoming increasingly tense, and it is no longer what it was before.

And the emperor's love and reuse also gave the fifth prince the ambition to be different from the prince.

Therefore, among the princes, apart from the eldest son and the third prince, the fifth prince also gathered a group of forces to participate in the battle for the heir apparent.

However, compared to the mother clan of the eldest son of the emperor and the third prince, who had quite a lot of influence and background in the court, the mother clan of the fifth prince did not have any influential court officials in the court.

The Zhen family is just a local snake in the south of the Yangtze River, and the advantage they have is nothing more than the affection between the old lady of the Zhen family and the emperor.Concubine Zhen is favored in the palace, but the emperor is considered a wise emperor, and will not allow concubines to interfere in politics. Although she is favored and influential, she cannot reach the court.

Therefore, compared to the other two princes, the only advantage that the fifth prince has is the large sum of money that the Zhen family provides him every year.

This money is all the silver that the Zhen family scavenged from the salt, weaving, and tea administrations in the south of the Yangtze River.

Originally, the emperor gave the Zhen family favor and convenience in order to let the Zhen family collect money to pay off the debt owed to the court, but the Zhen family had no intention of repaying the money at all, but used the money to support the fifth prince's seizure of the heir apparent.

In their minds, as long as the fifth prince succeeds in becoming the next emperor, wouldn't the debt be cancelled?

In this way, how much the Zhen family can provide to the fifth prince each year depends on the game between the Zhen family and the officials in charge of salt, weaving, and tea administration.

When encountering officials who are afraid of the Zhen family or being bribed by interests, the Zhen family can be said to do whatever they want, and the money they can get will be more.

Although this kind of officials are prone to accidents, and many people end up beheading and ransacking their homes, they are officials who are running water, and the Zhen family is iron-clad.

Perhaps it was because the emperor had too much affection for the old lady of the Zhen family, and he always had a thick filter when looking at the Zhen family, so killing those corrupt officials, the case was considered closed, and it never affected the Zhen family, making Zhen Home is getting bolder.

On the other hand, the imperial court was in a huge deficit, and the emperor also needed the salt tax every year. His thinking of a wise king did not allow him to sit and watch the corruption in the south of the Yangtze River, so he sent Lin Ruhai, his confidant, to manage the salt administration, and other officials. The confidant is placed in an important position in the south of the Yangtze River to restrain the Zhen family.

Since Lin Ruhai became an official of the Salt Administration, although the Zhen family can still get some convenience, it is far worse than before.But the Zhen family also knew that they had done too much in the past few years, and this Lin Ruhai was specially sent by the emperor for this reason, so the Zhen family did not dare to do anything to Lin Ruhai for the time being.This is not to be afraid of Lin Ruhai, the salt government censor, but to be afraid of the emperor behind Lin Ruhai.

The Zhen family could tolerate Lin Ruhai for a while, but the fifth prince couldn't.

Since Lin Ruhai became the censor of Yanzheng, the money he received every year has decreased a lot, which in his opinion is that Lin Ruhai is against him.

So he sent a letter to the Zhen family, asking the Zhen family to teach Lin Ruhai some lessons.

The Zhen family was in a difficult situation. On the one hand, they were worried about touching Lin Ruhai and angering the emperor. On the other hand, the fifth prince was the hope of the Zhen family. Naturally, they did not want to go against the wishes of the fifth prince and make him feel bad for the Zhen family.

So Patriarch Zhen discussed with his confidants, and they decided not to attack Lin Ruhai himself, but to attack his inner house.

The emperor pays attention to Lin Ruhai, but not his wife and children.

And the death of Lin Ruhai's only son was regarded as a dead queen, and the blow to him was not insignificant, so the fifth prince could be regarded as an explanation.

Yes, the Zhen family planned to attack Lin Jing, but they did not plan to join Jia Min.

After all, Jia Min is the daughter of Jia's family. Apart from the friendship between Zhen Jia's family, Zhen Jia also knows that the emperor still has some affection for Jia Daishan.Although Jia Daishan's two sons did not live up to expectations, they did nothing.But if the Zhen family directly attacked Jia Daishan's daughter, it was hard to say whether it would attract the emperor's attention.So the Zhen family was merciful to Jia Min.

As for Daiyu, in the eyes of the Zhen family, she was just a girl who couldn't pass on the family line. It didn't matter if she didn't move, so she was ignored.

Lin Jing guessed that Jia Min's death in the original plot was probably due to her frailty and sickness on the one hand, and the serious mental blow caused by the death of her only son on the other.Under the double effect, Jia Min gradually became seriously ill, and then passed away.But Jia Min's death was not what the Zhen family expected.

Most of the servants of the Lin family bought by the Zhen family played an auxiliary role, such as spreading news or providing cover.Only Nanny Liu, the dowry beside Jia Min, is an important person.

Because the Zhen family bought this Nanny Liu, it is not enough to pay money.

As Jia Min's nanny in charge, Nanny Liu has also seen the world, and has received many rewards.She is not something that can be bought with mere money.

So the way the Zhen family bought her was to give her only son a bright future.

In fact, Jia Min was really kind to Madam Liu, she let go of her son's status early on, so that he could no longer be a current person, but go out to be a good citizen.

Nanny Liu's son had also been educated since he was a child, but unfortunately he didn't have much talent, and he didn't get any fame.He had to rely on the money saved by Nanny Liu to do some small business outside. With the backing of the Lin family, he was quite comfortable among the common people and lived a very good life.

Nanny Liu should have been satisfied at first, but the Zhen family proposed to donate an official to her son. can be arranged.

This moment made Grandma Liu tempted.

Although her children and grandchildren have no worries about food and clothing, but she is getting old, and sooner or later she will go home to be raised, and her relationship with Jia Min will gradually weaken.When she is gone, it is uncertain whether her children and grandchildren will be able to rely on the Lin family in the future.

If her son can become the magistrate or lieutenant of the county, even if he cannot be promoted for a lifetime, then the lintel of the family will be different. In the future, if the grandchildren can marry into the in-laws, they will be at least low-level officials.From generation to generation, as long as there are children and grandchildren who can get fame in the examination, and with the help of relatives, it is not afraid that the family will not become more and more prosperous.

The Zhen family also said that it was not the Zhen family's own intention to attack Lin Jing, but the noble prince in Beijing.The Lin family offended the prince, it won't last long, sooner or later they will suffer.If Nanny Liu doesn't listen to them, she will just follow the Lin family to ashes in the future.

Besides, if you do something to a healthy adult, it is easy to arouse suspicion from others.

But it couldn't be easier to deal with children who are prone to sickness and premature death. You don't need to use any poison. You just need to lift the quilt after the child is asleep, and open the window of his bedroom at night to let him blow cold air, so that the child If you get sick a few more times and become weak, you will easily die young.

If it is done skillfully, it will not arouse suspicion at all, and there is a high possibility that Madam Liu will not reveal her whereabouts.

She can get a lot of benefits, and if she is careful, there will be no punishment at all. Such a thing can't help Liu Mama not to be tempted.

Because this Nanny Liu is someone close to and trusted by Jia Min, it is even more difficult to guard against, and she will hardly doubt her loyalty, so Nanny Liu is the main executor of this matter.And the other servants who were bribed were just her helpers and didn't understand the overall plan.

For Lin Jing, the servants of the Lin family are easy to deal with, so what should the Zhen family do?Behind the Zhen family, what about the fifth prince who is far away in the capital?

The Zhen family is flourishing, and there are many houses from the direct branches and the common branches. If only a few members of the family are dealt with, will the rest of the Zhen family think that it is the Lin family who is taking revenge, and then completely tear themselves apart from the Lin family and take revenge on the Lin family madly?

It is impossible to deal with the Zhen family as simply and rudely as the servants of his own family, and it is impossible to kill the Zhen family with blood flowing into rivers.

What's more, there is still a big enemy in the capital, as long as the fifth prince and Concubine Zhen are safe, then even if the Zhen family is dealt with, it will be meaningless for the time being.

Excessive handling of the Zhen family has intensified the conflict, and the Lin family may usher in fierce revenge from Concubine Zhen and the fifth prince.

What's more, there must be traces of everything that has been done. If the emperor knows that the Lin family can easily deal with the local snake Zhen's family, he will probably be on guard against the Lin family, and the future of the Lin family will be worrying.

The emperor relied heavily on Lin Ruhai in official affairs, but he could not help but favor the Zhen family in personal affairs, so as long as the Zhen family was not too overbearing, it was inevitable that the Lin family would suffer a bit.

There is no reason to speak before the imperial power.Unless the Lin family wants to rebel, who can live in this world without some grievances?

And at this juncture, even if he was dealing with the Zhen family secretly, the fifth prince must easily think of the Lin family that he taught the Zhen family to teach.

Let's deal with the servants first, without the specific person to handle the matter, the Zhen family has nothing to do with the Lin family for the time being.After that, we will look at the situation and deal with it, and take one step at a time.

In this world where imperial power is supreme, unless the next emperor ascends the throne and dislikes the Zhen family, or the Zhen family and the fifth prince fall out of favor with the current emperor, the Lin family can only temporarily withdraw.

Fortunately, Lin Jing knew that the Zhen family would be raided in the future, and Concubine Zhen would only be a Concubine Zhen in the future, not a queen mother, which meant that the fifth prince had no hope of ascending to the throne.With this result, his patience with the Zhen family was worth it.

Of course, if Lin Jing was in a hurry, he couldn't take the flying boat to the capital, and let Concubine Zhen and the Fifth Prince "die of illness" first.

However, this would lead to a big mess. It is difficult to speculate on the consequences of this incident, whether it will have a butterfly effect, and it will be even worse for the Lin family.So Lin Jing would not do as he pleases until she had to.

Lin Jing not only dealt with the bribed servants of the Lin family, but also included some servants with dirty hands and feet.This is to confuse people.

After all, the Zhen family knew who they had bought. If only these people got sick, the Zhen family could easily think whether the Lin family had discovered the Zhen family's plan.

Now that the enemy is out and we are in the dark, Lin Jing doesn't want the Zhen family to be vigilant against the Lin family for the time being.

Lin Jing didn't let go of the steward of the Zhen family who came to buy off Nanny Liu and the others, even with some of the bullying stewards of the Zhen family.

The steward who came to buy off the servants of the Lin family is a confidant of the head of the Zhen family, because this matter needs to be kept secret, but very few people know about it.

On the contrary, there are many servants who forcibly buy the farmland of the common people and bully men and women by relying on the Zhen family.

When Lin Jing dealt with them, he treated them as justice for the heavens.

Of course, in order not to arouse suspicion, Lin Jing prepared a medicinal powder to make it look like he had the epidemic.

For all such severe diseases and epidemics that seem to be contagious, the government has long established a rule that they will be concentrated outside the city and cured if they can be cured.

Of course, Lin Jing has no plans to kill so many people at once, so only those who want to kill Lin Jing will die in the end. Others just leave acne scars on their face and body.

Some people who are not guilty of death will become scarred and unsightly, and they will no longer be able to return to their master to serve them.There is a high probability that this kind of servant will be put on the farm by the master's family to farm, and if he wants to do light work around the master, that is impossible.

Of course, it doesn't make sense that only the Lin family and the Zhen family were infected with the epidemic.

So Lin Jing deliberately searched the whole city, picking out those who committed crimes but were not punished, such as human traffickers, Qingpi who specialize in seducing people to gamble, loan sharks who forced people to death, official young masters who robbed civilian women in the street, etc. .Give them a light or heavy powder.

Depending on the amount of the powder, sooner or later these people will develop symptoms of the epidemic.Although it would appear that there are a lot of people in the Zhen family suffering from the epidemic, but the Zhen family also has a lot of adults, so it is not conspicuous in proportion.

Lin Jing didn't put the medicine powder on the really powerful people, just like the heirs of the Zhen family, because these people would easily get famous doctors, and it was not a real epidemic after all, Lin Jing was also worried that some genius doctors would be able to see flaw.

For example, for the Zhen family, you can't just prescribe medicine to the subordinates, as if the epidemic also specifically picks the subordinates to infect them.So Lin Jing also picked a few offshoots of the Zhen family who were doing evil and gave them medicine powder.

After working all night, Lin Jing returned to her bedroom at dawn and closed her eyes to rest.Fortunately, he has a strong mind and soul, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep all night.

But there were too many people in the city, and after working all night, he only searched a part of the area.It will probably take a few more days to spread the "epidemic" evenly throughout the city.

However, such a large-scale epidemic has appeared in the city, and it is very unfriendly to the local magistrate. I am afraid that the magistrate's evaluation this year will be very low.

However, the magistrate is a student of the Zhen family, and he was able to sit on the position of magistrate only because of the support of the Zhen family. On weekdays, he often shared his nostrils with the Zhen family and caused trouble for Lin Ruhai. No scruples.