Reincarnation of Soul Cultivation 2

Because this "seasonal epidemic" was not a real epidemic, after the government successively moved people with symptoms of the epidemic out of the city, gradually no one in the city showed any signs of infection.As far as the government is concerned, the epidemic is under control this time.

As for the sick people outside the city, some died, and some recovered slowly. As long as there were no troubles, the government didn't really care.Just to prevent the recurrence of the epidemic, those who have recovered their health are temporarily prohibited from leaving Zhuangzi, and they are still allowed to stay honestly in Zhuangzi.

Because there are many officials' children and wealthy slaves in charge of affairs, there is no shortage of rice, grain and charcoal that should be supplied.

Anyway, it is also provided by the family members or the main family of those who are sick. This is to ensure that their families will not lack food and clothing when they are recuperating, and the government will not suffer.

The children of the Lin family don't go to school for the time being, they stay with Jia Min, and their mother supervises their studies.

From Yuanchun, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun and other girls of the Jia family, we can see the beauty of the girls of the Jia family. Leaving aside the men of the Jia family, the girls of the Jia family have read a lot of poetry and books.What's more, Jia Min's status is higher, she is the first daughter of the Duke, and her upbringing is even more outstanding.

Therefore, it is not a problem for Jia Min to teach Daiyu to read, or enlighten Lin Jing.

Although Lin Jing once passed the second-best jinshi examination, he is familiar with the enlightenment reading materials, but he is not irritable, just think of it as reviewing the past to learn the new.

Lin Jing did not receive real family education. As Jia Cong, he was a concubine in his life and could not get the support of family resources. Later, the family fell into decline.

When I was a farmer, I was a child from a poor family, and I really studied for the imperial examination to become an official.

Even if you have been in the Hanlin Academy, you have read the huge collection of books in the Imperial Academy;But studying as a child of a scholarly family feels different.

The Lin family was born as a Marquis, so they should be closer to the noble family.However, among the nobles who are mostly warriors, the Lin family was born as a literati.

When the ancestors of the Lin family followed this dynasty to fight the world, they were also counselors and civil servants in charge of logistics, not military generals who went to war on the battlefield.

The gap between civil and military made the Lin family not very close to other noble families, but it was easier to communicate with those scholars who entered the imperial examination.

But on the other hand, compared to the traditional scholarly family, the Lin family is a noble with a title, and is especially trusted and favored by the emperor. Even if the Lin family's children are good at reading, they can directly become officials without the imperial examination.This made it difficult for the Shilin class to truly regard the Lin family as one of them.

The Lin family has been passed down for several generations, and the heirs are not sealed. After several generations, they have never been powerful in the court, and they have never been feared by others.

What is there to be afraid of?There was always only one or two Lin family members serving as officials in the imperial court, and they didn't even have any clansmen who could support them.

Because they are not feared, the Lin family is not too crowded out, and they get along well with noble families and the scholar class, but they are not included in the core of the two forces.

For example, the center of Xungui is the four princes and eight princes.

But there are many centers for scholars, there are factions divided by different academic schools, and there are also factions divided by regions of origin, and further subdivided, there are also groups of the same year and the same subject.

The world has been at peace for a long time, and there is no place for warriors to use their talents. Although the nobles are still "expensive", they are no longer the core of the court.

The core of the imperial court was controlled by the literati. Although the various factions fought endlessly, it was always in the hands of the literati who passed the imperial examination.

Because the Lin family is not associated with any faction and has never had many children, if something happens, they can't rely on any side, so they can only concentrate on being loyal to the emperor on the dragon chair.

Therefore, the Lin family has always been the emperor's candidates for training as confidantes.

This is also the reason why Lin Ruhai was able to marry the Jia family, and was regarded by the emperor as his confidant.

If he hadn't seen that Lin Ruhai would be reused, how could Jia Daishan, who was in the emperor's heart at that time, be willing to betroth his prostitute daughter to Lin Ruhai who had no title?Of course, the more important thing is that at that time, Jia Daishan wanted the Jia family to change from military to literary. In order to let his descendants have the support of civil officials, he made his eldest son and eldest daughter marry the scholars of the scholarly family.

In Lin Ruhai's generation, the Lin family has lost their titles, so from Lin Ruhai onwards, the Lin family has been pure literati, and they can only become officials through the imperial examination.Because of this, Lin Ruhai had a teacher in the same year. If he married another girl from a scholarly family, he would be completely on the side of the literati.

It's a pity that Jia Daishan took a fancy to him and chose him as his son-in-law.

The emperor, who regards the Lin family as his disciple, probably didn't want to see the Lin family completely turn to civil servants, but hoped that the Lin family could maintain their status as lonely ministers, so they not only agreed to the marriage, but also bestowed marriages on Lin Ruhai and Jia Min.

Knowing what the emperor meant, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to be the emperor's confidant honestly, and was placed in the important position of patrolling salt censor at a young age.

When the emperor was young, he was majestic and full of ambition, and wanted to be a generation of Mingjun. At that time, he cultivated and reused his confidants.Not only to experience my confidants now, but also to consider the future development of confidants at the same time.

Now that I am getting older, maybe I am out of energy, maybe I have lost my ambition, and I just want to maintain the stability and balance of the court.You will no longer think so much about your confidantes, but put your trusted confidants where you value the most, and let them be your eyes and ears.

That's why it's not easy for Lin Ruhai to be an official.

The emperor didn't have the heart to completely rectify the salt administration, and he was reluctant to dispose of the Zhen family. He just wanted to maintain the stability of Jiangnan and enough salt tax.As long as Lin Ruhai can do this, other emperors will not care so much.Therefore, nature's support and protection for Lin Ruhai is not enough.

In the early years, the emperor also considered sustainable development when employing people.Now he seems to treat some trusted officials as disposable items, and if one is broken, he will replace it with a new one.

For example, Lin Ruhai has been in the position of Yanzheng for so many years, and he has not moved his position until his death. Probably he made it easy for the emperor to use him.

According to the usual practice, serving as an official for three years is a term. For such an important position as Xunyan Yushi, he can serve at most two terms, that is, six years. Lin Ruhai should move his position and replace him.But he just managed to die of illness and did it for nearly ten years.

Among the officials of the Yanzheng, there are also officials who were not corrupted by money and devoted themselves to doing business, but were killed in the end for no apparent reason.After the investigation, some scapegoats were questioned and beheaded, but the emperor behind these people did not get to the bottom of it.

How could this make some officials loyal to the court and the emperor not feel chilled?When you are an official, how can you be careless? You have to do your errands well, but you also have to find ways to protect yourself.

Just like when Lin Ruhai was in the position of inspecting the salt censor, he had to fight with Zhen Jiaxu, and at the same time, the salt tax had to be acceptable, otherwise the emperor would not be able to explain it.

Therefore, Lin Ruhai was not considered a lucky thing for Lin Ruhai to be introduced as his confidant after the emperor got old.It's better to enter the Hanlin Academy step by step, dawdle in the Six Departments until the new emperor ascends the throne, and only if you meet a wise emperor will you be able to show your ambitions.

The emperor is not a foolish emperor, he also has the qualifications of a wise emperor when he was young.But when he got older, he no longer put the people and the government first, but kept balancing.Balance the factions in the court, balance the crown prince and the princes, everything is for him to control all the power, and not let any party dominate.

The Zhen family endangered the local area and embezzled so much tax money from the court, but the emperor didn't really take it seriously.In the eyes of the emperor, the Zhen family had no military power, and secondly, there were no court officials in the court.The Zhen family is looking for some money.In his opinion, the Zhen family is petty, and the harm in it is not worth mentioning.There is no other prince's mother's family whose power is so dangerous that the emperor feels so dangerous that he wants to get rid of it quickly.

Jia Daishan was in the heart of the emperor. He had once commanded the army and served as an admiral of the Nine Schools. He was definitely a figure in the imperial court in the past.

But he died too early, and his two sons had no future, so it can be said that he has no successor.

Therefore, from the perspective of interests, Lin Ruhai did not benefit much from this marriage.

But Jia Min is good at reading poetry and books, quick thinking, and Lin Ruhai's temperament is compatible, and the relationship between husband and wife can't be better.Even though they took several concubines for the sake of their children, the relationship between the couple has not deteriorated.On the contrary, after having Daiyu and Lin Jing, Lin Ruhai no longer has to get close to his concubine's room for the sake of his heirs.After several years of neglect, the concubines also understood Lin Ruhai's meaning, and all became honest.There is no way to be dishonest, the status of concubines is really low, since they have no luck to give birth to children in the years before the mistress gave birth, then there is no need to count on it.

On this day, Lin Ruhai went down from the yamen and returned home, and the whole family had dinner together.Then Lin Ruhai and Jia Min sat together, listening to Daiyu's childish endorsement standing in front of them.

Lin Ruhai stroked his beard and praised her with a smile, which made Xiao Daiyu very happy.

Daiyu has a good temper for being a teacher. After being questioned by her parents, she dragged her younger brother Lin Jing to recite the poems that Daiyu taught him today.

Lin Jing was dragged by Daiyu to talk about poetry and books. On the other side, Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were also chatting.

While Lin Jing was coping with her sister's teachings, she was still listening to her parents chatting with her ears up.

Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were chatting about the epidemic.

This is the only major event in the city now, not to mention several stewards and servants of the Lin family, as well as Jia Yucun, the teacher hired by the Lin family, all got the epidemic, so they couldn't help but not care about it.

"The magistrate's yamen reported today that all the people who got the epidemic, except those who died of serious illness, have all recovered. However, there are scars on each face and body."

"It's a good thing to be alive, leaving scars is better than losing your life," Jia Min sighed.

"Tomorrow, the magistrate's yamen will count the list of cured patients. We will know which of our family's stewards and servants survived. But we still have to come up with a charter. How to arrange pensions for the dead servants, how to live The people who come down have to rearrange their jobs. I heard that the scars left by the disease are very ugly and scary. These people can’t stay in the mansion to serve, let’s put them on the farm.”

"Master, don't worry, I will make arrangements. Master, don't forget to inquire about Mr. Jia's situation. Does Mr. Jia have any family members?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "It is said that the family members are all in their hometown. It is a pity for Jia Yucun, after all, it is a second-best Jinshi, and it is said that he was dismissed because he offended the Shangguan. The timing is right, and the court will re-activate some dismissed officials next year. When the time comes, he will be able to re-enter the court and be an official. Now that the epidemic is encountered at this time, even if he is cured, as long as there is a scar on his face, he will never be an official again."

The imperial court pays attention to decency, and the law stipulates that people with scars on their faces and disabilities cannot take part in the imperial examination and cannot be civil servants.

Of course, the military attache will be more relaxed, because the military attache will inevitably suffer from scars and disabilities when he goes to the battlefield to fight.

"Then, does the master have any plans for Jia Yucun?"

"If he loses his life, there is nothing to say. If he is cured, he may not be able to be a teacher at home anymore. Prepare some money for his family and send someone to send him back to his hometown. You make arrangements."

"I see." Jia Min nodded, and then asked Lin Ruhai, "Will the imperial court pursue this epidemic?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head, "Although the epidemic was so powerful and many people were infected, not many people died in the end. Most of the people who were infected survived. Although there were scars on their bodies, as long as their lives were still alive, they would be able to survive in the court. It doesn’t seem like a big deal there.”

"So has the government investigated the cause of the outbreak?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head with a wry smile, "Everyone knows that the epidemic was spread from the Zhen family, and the first patient who died was also the steward of the Zhen family. But who dares to investigate? The prefect doesn't care about it, and you expect the officials below to go to it." Do you want to investigate? Who knows where the servants of the Zhen family came into contact with the source of the disease? If the government doesn't investigate now, after a while, they will never be able to find out."

Lin Ruhai was dissatisfied that the government had fooled the matter, but Lin Jing was very satisfied when she heard the news.After all, this is a fake epidemic caused by him, and it cannot withstand further investigation, so it is a good thing to fool the past.