Reincarnation of Soul Cultivation 2

The old lady Zhen herself has never done any evil, she is neither short of money nor lack of power, not only because of the super-grade edict of "Feng Sheng Madam" personally enshrined by the emperor on her body, but also because of the emperor's southern tour. Every time, I ordered Zhen's family to entertain Zhang Luo, and accompanied me around.

This caused Jiangnan's reverence for this lady Fengsheng from officials to common people. Mrs. Zhen already had everything, so she didn't need to do anything outrageous.Everything you want can be obtained in a fair way, and you can go straight, so why do you want to do evil?

She herself takes pity on the poor and cherishes the old, and treats her kindly. From time to time, she does some good deeds such as feeding rice porridge, laying bridges and repairing roads.

She is by no means a bad person.

Mrs. Zhen has two sons and a daughter, and the daughter is a noble concubine in the palace, let alone for the time being.

Her two sons, Mr. Zhen and Mr. Zhen, are also people who have seen the world. They receive filial piety from wealthy merchants such as salt merchants, or directly attack Jiangnan's tax banks with the emperor's acquiescence.As for covering the sky with one hand in the south of the Yangtze River, at first some officials took the initiative to pay tribute to the Zhen family and want to establish a good relationship with the Zhen family.Later, for the sake of money, for the sake of the fifth prince, it was the Zhen family who wanted to win over those officials in the south of the Yangtze River who were useful to the Zhen family.

If the Zhen family only had two children from their heirs, then the Zhen family might be moths in the imperial court, but the reputation among the people would not be too bad.

Because they still look down on the common people's three or five acres of land, there are many beautiful girls in Zhen's mansion who want to climb high, and the high-end lean horses given by salt merchants are also raised in the outer house, and they really can't afford to rob civilian girls. things like that.The Zhen family's vision has been spoiled by the little family property of ordinary people, so how could they pay attention to it.

The Zhen family's eyes are all on the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River and the prince's succession, and they will not be so low-minded as to bully the common people.

What's more, the Zhen family was favored by the emperor, and they accompanied the emperor several times. At least the masters of the Zhen family looked gentle and refined on the outside, and they would not be the kind of stupid and vicious people who chased small profits.

If the Zhen family is rigorous in running the family, then the only people who know the details of the Zhen family are probably those in the Jiangnan official circles. The Zhen family may have a good reputation among the people, because the women and children of the Zhen family have indeed done a lot of charity during the festivals. thing.

It's a pity that Zhen's family has more than a dozen other households besides the two families of the first wife.

What kind of family was the Zhen family in the past?It is an ordinary common people's family, probably considered to be in a good family in an ordinary family. Only when Mrs. Zhen was young can she take good care of her postpartum and be healthy, otherwise she would not be selected as the prince's nanny.

The selection of wet nurses by the imperial palace among the people is from the common people. As long as no one in the family breaks the law, and the wet nurses are in good health, and they bribe the eunuch responsible for the selection with some money, they may be selected.

Being a nanny in the palace is much more rewarding than being a maid in the palace. Not only is the income rich, even the masters of the palace will not punish the nanny at will.

This is also the custom. At that time, people valued wet nurses and treated them like ordinary servants.

The nanny's salary is generous, and if she does well, she may always be by the master's side and serve as the master's confidant, and the whole family will follow the master to prosperity and prosperity.

Among them, the one who pays the most is Mrs. Zhen, who is treated as close as a relative by the emperor, and even Zhen's family has been loved by the emperor.

The poor of the Zhen family suddenly become rich, and they have jumped from ordinary civilians to people with official orders and official positions. Even if the official position is false, according to common sense, it is inevitable that once they are proud, they will become rampant and make some jokes.

Fortunately, Mrs. Zhen has seen a lot in the palace. If she had no ability, she wouldn't have such a good relationship with the emperor.You must know that the general prince and princess are equipped with four nurses at the beginning. If the masters are not satisfied, it is not uncommon to change to ten or eight nurses.

The emperor had so many wet nurses, and the other wet nurses were unknown after the emperor ascended the throne. Only the Zhen family followed the emperor, and their status continued to rise.This already speaks volumes about Mrs. Zhen's ability.

The power and wealth of the Zhen family all come from Mrs. Zhen, so her status in the Zhen family is detached, even the elders and men in the family will not disobey her wishes.

Under the control of Mrs. Zhen, the Zhen family has completed the transformation from a commoner to an official family, and no big jokes have been made.Not only that, but with her experience in raising princes in the palace, she trained her two sons and one daughter very well, making them very capable outside.

At least her two sons are in Jiangnan officialdom, and they are both good and bad in dealing with people, which is remarkable.Accompanying the emperor several times, and making such a big scene, I have never had stage fright.

The old lady Zhen is a shrewd and capable person, and she also cultivated a concubine Zhen who is deeply loved by the emperor.

It can be seen from this that the old lady Zhen has thoroughly figured out the emperor's preferences, and let Concubine Zhen always do things in line with the emperor's wishes.Otherwise, Concubine Zhen would not be able to go so far just because of the old lady Zhen's relationship with the emperor.

For example, the emperor often misses the queen mother who died young, but when the queen mother's natal girl enters the palace as a concubine, the emperor will treat her natal girl differently because of the queen mother, and treat her very favorably, but he is not very favored.

The emperor was relatively free-spirited in the harem, and he did not have any respect for the daughters of important ministers who had made contributions to the court; he did not have any preferential treatment in terms of status and treatment for girls from families with whom he had affection.

But the long-lasting favorites in the palace must be those empresses whose temperament and way of dealing with people are in line with the emperor's preferences, such as Zhen Guifei.

At that time, people valued sons over daughters, and Mrs. Zhen raised Concubine Zhen so much to suit the emperor's preferences and aesthetics, so she would not neglect the education of her two sons.

Under the upbringing of Mrs. Zhen, the children and grandchildren of the Zhen family's descendants will definitely not make mistakes in talking about etiquette, and they are no worse than those of the aristocratic family.

The Zhen family was originally a commoner, and so were the members of the Zhen family.However, the Zhen family's heirs are Fengmao, which can be regarded as a big family. Even if they are common people, the big families live together in one place, so they are not easy to be bullied by outsiders.

All this changed after the Zhen family gave birth to an emperor's wet nurse.

The main reason is that Mrs. Zhen's husband's family suddenly became rich and wealthy.The contacts were all officials, wealthy businessmen rushed to give gifts, and even the emperor's southern tour would stop at Zhen's house temporarily.The Zhen family also gave birth to a noble concubine and two princes one after another.

These supposedly high-ranking figures are all so close to the Zhen family, and the clansmen in other rooms of the Zhen family can't help but be dazzled by the wealth.

It's a pity that the power and wealth belong only to the old lady Zhen. Relatives of the Zhen family come to fight the autumn wind, and they can get a lot of money.From the point of view of the Zhen family's wife, it can be regarded as having done the favor of a relative.But in the eyes of the Zhen family members who envied and hated Lizhi in their hearts, they obviously didn't get enough.

It's a pity that the power and wealth belong to the direct branch. No matter how kind-hearted Mrs. Zhen is, she will not distribute all the family's money to those members of the Zhen family who are not related to her by blood.

The members of the Zhen family didn't get much benefit from the Zhen family's descendants, and they automatically comprehended the skill of "fox pretending to be a tiger". They took advantage of the power of the Zhen family's descendants to bully those unreliable civilians, set up various names, and took advantage of it. Take their money, take away their land, and if you meet a beautiful daughter-in-law or girl, maybe they will let their family members pay off the debt.

The Zhen family's descendants bribed many Jiangnan officials, and the actions of officials, large and small, would always give the Zhen family some face.In disputes like this between the Zhen family and ordinary people, it is often others who suffer.Just because of the Zhen family's surname, the government will inevitably favor the Zhen family because they are afraid of the Zhen family.

Relying on these low-level methods, the Zhen family members gathered a large area of ​​land in the south of the Yangtze River.Of course, they were worried that Zhizhi would turn against them, and would not take advantage of the situation for them to use. They also paid tribute to the land and property to Zhizhi.

The Zhen family is not strict in governing the family, the members of the Zhen family bully men and women, and the stewards of the Zhen family are not far behind, and they have committed countless crimes among the people.

With these stewards and servants lying to each other, the masters of the Zhen family's direct branch basically don't know much about the evil deeds of the tribe and the stewards among the people.I don't know that in the hearts of ordinary people, the reputation of the Zhen family is worse than that of the stinking ditch.

The main reason is that the masters of the Zhen family all look upwards, and they want to bribe officials, withhold taxes, deal with disobedient officials, and work for Concubine Zhen and the Fifth Prince.How can the Zhen family care about what the clansmen or the stewards have done?

Mrs. Zhen may be a shrewd and capable woman who wanted to make her children and grandchildren rich and prosperous, so she gave her two sons and one daughter a good education.But she is getting old, and now she is enjoying wealth and honor, so she doesn't care much about the family affairs anymore, and her two sons are basically in charge of the Zhen family affairs.

The thoughts of the old lady of the Zhen family are no different from what ordinary people think of the Zhen family. Now, for the Zhen family, it is further likely to become the emperor's natal family, with the title of Duke Cheng En.Taking a step back, there are also two grandsons who are princes and princes, at least rich and honorable.This was also her original intention of sending Concubine Zhen into the palace. Originally, old lady Zhen was worried that the power and wealth of the Zhen family depended on her. Once she passed away, her children and grandchildren would have no one to rely on.Now Concubine Zhen is able to stand up, and has two princes and grandchildren. Even if she is gone, the children and grandchildren are not completely helpless.The old lady Zhen can feel at ease, so she doesn't care much.

In order to help the fifth prince seize the heir, the Zhen family's first wife made the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River muddy for money, which can be said to be a disaster for the country and the people.And the stewards and clan members of the Zhen family have committed countless crimes to the Zhen family.These are the causes and effects of sins that Mrs. Zhen cannot erase no matter how many Buddhist scriptures she reads and how many good deeds she does.

When the old lady Zhen heard the news of Zhen Yingjia's death, she fell into a coma with grief, and then fell ill.

But probably because her fate has not yet arrived, Mrs. Zhen did not die of illness, but lay on the bed and began a long recuperation.

When she was sick in bed, Mrs. Zhen did not forget to investigate the cause of Zhen Yingjia's death. After learning that it was an accident, she blamed Zhen Yingjia's death on the servant who followed Zhen Yingjia to serve her.

This would probably anger anyone.Reasonable people will probably send these people away far away, and they will be completely out of sight.It is not uncommon for unreasonable people to directly kill these servants.

The servants who serve the master to go out are supposed to protect the safety of the master.What's more, it happened that the master was drunk and did not walk steadily. Originally, when Zhen Yingjia was drunk, the servants should help him to walk, so that he would not fall and get hurt after getting drunk.

It's a pity that under the command of the puppet particles, Zhen Yingjia broke free from the support of the servants, stepped on the ground and rolled down the stairs, directly breaking his neck.

Under the upbringing of Mrs. Zhen, the first wife of the Zhen family pays attention to a charitable family tradition, and rarely beats and punishes servants.Dissatisfied servants are all fined to Zhuangzi, and it is rare to even sell them.

The servants of the Zhen family were bold and acted mischievously outside. It cannot be said that there was no influence of this loose family tradition.The masters are too benevolent, and they are not strict with the servants. Naturally, there are bold servants who dare to do evil and make profits in the name of the master.Because the benefits are attractive and the cost of doing evil is very low, it is basically impossible for the masters to find out what they have done, and even if they find out and get punished, it will not be very serious.

But this time, the old lady Zhen was very angry and ordered to kill those servants who followed Zhen Yingjia.

Because of the epidemic, Zhen Yingjia's original confidantes and a few servants who were familiar with her died and scattered.It's been less than half a year since he promoted a few new confidants, and now he's being shot by Mrs. Zhen again.

Now, Uncle Zhen's many handover tasks, secret exchanges, and some private transactions and friendships are not easy to do.Even if Uncle Zhen and Second Master Zhen are in touch with secrets, they still need to be done by subordinates to contact others for specific matters.

The Zhen family will hold a funeral for Zhen Yingjia first, and then the elder brother will have to observe mourning for three years, and the second brother will also decline in September.A lot of things have to be delayed, and Mrs. Zhen's physical condition is also worrying.

Uncle Zhen has to keep a filial piety for Zhen Yingjia for three years. During these three years, he can't do many human relationships.Even Master Zhen Er has to mourn for his elder brother for a year.Even if this kind of mourning is not as strict as keeping filial piety, it is not good for banquets and gatherings in public places.

So even if the second master Zhen stepped forward and took care of the affairs outside the Zhen family, the affairs of the Zhen family would be delayed a lot.

The Zhen family had too many things to deal with, so for the time being, they forgot about teaching the Lin family.Even if Uncle Zhen and Second Master Zhen knew the Fifth Prince's order and knew that Zhen Yingjia planned to do something to Lin Jing, they couldn't care less about it right now.

Because the matter of teaching the Lin family was just to please the fifth prince, it was of no benefit to the Zhen family itself, and Lin Ruhai himself would not be touched anyway.It may also change Lin Ruhai's attitude from being an adversarial and cooperative person to an outright enemy of the Zhen family.The Zhen family is in troubled times, and they really don't want to be troubled at this time.

If the handover of power and connections is not handled well now, the Zhen family's power will be scattered, and the Zhen family's interests in Jiangnan will not be guaranteed.This is a major matter related to the interests of the Zhen family.

The Zhen family was busy with their own affairs and left the Lin family aside for the time being.

Lin Jing also stopped attacking the Zhen family for the time being.If accidents happen to the Zhen family all the time, someone should suspect something is wrong.