The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Daiyu straightened up and continued to walk towards the Furong Courtyard.Shui Lan just said a few words, but the amount of information is already large enough.

The first sentence is "She doesn't seem to have any deficiencies." This she, of course, refers to herself.Just looking at this sentence, Shui Lan may have passed through or been reborn.After all, I had deficiencies in my previous life, and it was clearly written in the original book.

But the second sentence "Could it be related to her that the prince is not down?" is not like the information that a simple time traveler can get.Although in the original book there is a cryptic mention of Yizhong Lao Qiantui who did something bad, it doesn't say which year the prince's bad thing happened.

If Shui Lan is just a traveler who has read the original book, then the prince's bad things before Qin Keqing's funeral are in line with the original book, and Shui Lan will not feel strange because the prince has no bad things now.Therefore, Shui Lan knew about the bad things of the previous prince two years ago.Then, Shui Lan may be a reborn person.

There is also a possibility that Shui Lan, like himself, is a reborn person after time travel.

Daiyu narrowed her eyes slightly: This is interesting, now I know that I and Shuilan both know the past life, I don't know how many people are like me?

After receiving this shocking news, Daiyu quickly recalled her previous life. Shui Lan was the second son who married the second prince.At this moment in the previous life, the crown prince had already been imprisoned, but the second prince was still in the limelight. Even inside and outside the court, people felt that the second prince was very likely to become the new crown prince.So, when did Shui Lan get married in her previous life?

But even if the second prince of the previous life fell later and the ending was not good, then Shui Lan's ending can be imagined.If Shui Lan is a reborn person, then she also knows the Ninth Prince who finally ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in her previous life.Shui Lan is accompanying the thirteen princesses, is there a reason for this?

It's a pity that I didn't know Shui Lan in my previous life, and I don't know if she had the experience of being a companion for the thirteen princesses, so it's hard to speculate whether Shui Lan's companion for the thirteen princesses was like this in her previous life, or if she was Shui Lan. After Lan was reborn, she deliberately approached the Ninth Prince.

When we got back to Furong Courtyard, Chun Shan and others had put out all kinds of melons, fruits and snacks, and the girls were talking together.Seeing Daiyu coming, Su Lan said: "Yu'er came just in time, today is so lively, we have to think of a way to play, wouldn't it be fun to sit like this?"

Daiyu sat down, took a sip of the tea that Xueyan handed over, and said with a smile: "That's really good. My sister suggested this way, so I have a draft in my heart. You might as well talk about it and listen to it."

For a girl from a scholarly family, boudoir games are nothing more than that.Or couplet poems or shefu, some for both refined and popular tastes are name tags drawn.

Tanchun reacted quickly, knowing that his sisters were not good at writing poems, but he wanted to propose a flower name tag, as if he was timid among the ladies again, so Tanchun interjected: "I heard that sister Lin is good at calligraphy. I said I want to see Sister Lin's good words. It's so easy to come today, can you show me Sister Lin's calligraphy first?"

Yingchun is good at chess, but not good at poetry. She was worried that she would not know how to deal with it today. When she heard that Tanchun came out to make a rescue, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Among these girls, Baochai is considered to be of low birth, and even Liu Xiangyu is not as good as it is.But Baochai was conceited of her talent and wanted to show her strengths. She wished that everyone would get together to write poems together, but Tanchun took over the conversation, and she was slightly disappointed. Naturally, Baochai was generous and decent, without showing anything on her face.

Daiyu glanced at Tanchun and knew that she was a caring person who was trying to find a way out for herself.For girls in ancient times, their fate was almost determined by their aunt, and Tanchun's aunt was like that, so Daiyu would naturally fulfill her, so she said with a smile: "It's okay to watch, just don't laugh at me."

Since she came back, if she is free, Daiyu's three favorite pastimes are reading, practicing calligraphy and playing chess.Read books to increase knowledge, practice calligraphy to exercise patience, and play chess to exercise logical thinking.As far as Daiyu's handwriting is concerned, it combines the essence of hard training in the last few years in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion in the previous life and the two years of hard work in this life, and the writing is getting better and better.But Daiyu didn't want to show off, so she just ordered someone to show Tanchun a few letters. She had already ordered Xueyan to find a name autograph, and then took out the chess board and painting utensils from the study, and said, "Sister Tan likes it." Read the characters, tell her to read, let's enjoy ourselves."

Because of playing too many games, the ladies in the room were quickly distracted.Yingchun and Su Lan set up a chess game; Tanchun went to see various famous calligraphy posts in Daiyu's study;Daiyu drew name tags with the rest of the ladies, and the maids also joined in the fun.

Baochai is a caring person. After reading a few pieces of Daiyu's calligraphy, and then looking at Daiyu's study full of books, she secretly sighed in her heart that she is indeed a lady of a scholarly family, so she also played with Daiyu and the others by drawing flower names. .

After all, the more people playing with name tags, the more lively they became. It didn't take long for Tanchun, who was reading calligraphy, and Jia Shan, who was watching paintings, to be attracted. Yingchun and Su Lan stopped playing chess after a game.Everyone gathered in one place, you sign and I sign, take out to explain, make a few jokes, and the time passes without knowing it.Someone sent one after another to ask the girls to go back, and the crowd dispersed.

Because Lin's family was originally the family of the Marquis, the family of the concubine's mother, and the Jia's family was the family of the Duke, both Lin Ruhai and his wife had a wide network of contacts, so many people came to this family banquet.Even a clan wife with a little less ability may not be able to do so properly.

What's more, on the day of the banquet, many wives saw it, and Jia Min certainly talked with everyone and didn't worry about anything.Therefore, the family banquet for Shangshu's promotion was organized by the three girls of the Lin family, and was witnessed by many people.After this banquet, the three girls of the Lin family gained some fame.Needless to say, it goes without saying that Miss Lin, the two daughters adopted by Mrs. Shangshu, has the same appearance, bearing, and ability.

Daiyu has no plans to get married in this society, so she doesn't need to care about these things, but having a good reputation will be of great benefit to Su Lan and Yinglian in the future.The so-called non-marriage of the bereaved mother and the eldest daughter in the world is firstly because they are afraid of punishment, and secondly, isn't it also because they are afraid that the bereaved mother and the eldest daughter will have no one to teach them, and they will not have the ability to control the inner curtain?Su Lan and Ying Lian's reputation of being good at giving and giving is good for them.

Although the sisters were fully prepared for today's banquet, there were so many chores to be arranged, and the sisters were all tired, so they said a few words in one place, and then went to bed.

On the contrary, Jia Min was more relaxed and full of energy, so he said to Lin Ruhai: "There is no trouble today, so it can be seen that our daughters are very good."

Lin Ruhai laughed and said, "Why are you talking about this today? Didn't our daughters show their abilities today?" Although Yinglian and Su Lan are adopted daughters, Lin Ruhai seldom talks to these two daughters. Please see you when you are safe.But Yinglian and Daiyu have been studying together for a year, so Lin Ruhai naturally knows that she is smart; Su Lan is the daughter of Su Hanshan, and she is excellent only in her genes.

Jia Min said: "Hi, daughters, I know as a mother, that's not what I'm going to talk about today. Although the daughters are good, after all, Lan'er and Yinglian haven't organized a Zhengjin banquet before, so how should we organize this banquet? It was Yu'er who did the most. But Yu'er didn't take credit at all. Whenever any wife or wife praised her, Yu'er said that she discussed it with her sisters. It can be seen that Yu'er has a big heart.

What's more, after lunch, the girls relaxed together, and when talking about what games to play to pass the time, Yu'er arranged the piano, chess, calligraphy, paintings and flower name tags.The girls have their own strengths, and some of them are not good at poetry. If the couplet poems are elegant music, it will inevitably make the girls who can't write poems look bad.With such an arrangement, Yu'er resolved all possible embarrassment invisibly.Yu'er is really the most thoughtful girl I have ever met. "

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "Isn't it a good thing that Yu'er is generous and thoughtful? Why does Madam speak of this in a worried tone?"

Jia Min sighed: "Although the three daughters are all good, Yu'er was born to me after all. After all, I prefer her more in my heart. Mr. Dongpo also said that I only hope that the girl is stupid and rude. I am worried about Yu'er after all. Those who are able work hard and hurt her body. Yu'er's body is not good when she is young, although Liu Langzhong has taken care of her and everything has been fine in the past few years, but the foundation of Yu'er's body is weaker after all."

Lin Ruhai nodded Jia Min's forehead, and said, "You're just worrying about it. Tell me, Yu'er is talented, so she may not feel tired. It's like the same gentleman giving lectures. If you have a high talent, you can understand it after listening to it a few times. It’s true, people with less talent have to study hard day and night. To learn the same skill, those with poor talent are tiring, while those with high talent are easy. It’s the same with doing things. Ordinary people feel that worrying about tiring things can get twice the result with half the effort, so it’s easier.”

Jia Min was reasonable, and said with a smile: "I was worrying too much. If you are really worried about Yu'er, you should train Lan'er and Yinglian well. With the help of your sisters, Yu'er will naturally relax."

Lin Ruhai said with a smile: "That's the reason, of course, but this can't be heard by others. We were sincerely planning for our daughters, hoping they have a good future, but if the servants listen to this, it will provoke Lan'er , Yinglian and us had a rift, so it's not interesting."

Jia Min laughed and said, "I see Lan'er and Yinglian are sensible people, and they won't have such muddled thoughts."

After talking about the daughters, Jia Min said again: "By the way, Mrs. Wang and her sister Mrs. Xue are also here today. I saw the gift from Xue's family. It is quite precious. You said it was a lot of things." Ridiculous? Mrs. Wang harmed us like that back then, but now he has the face to flatter us."

Lin Ruhai said: "Master Xue is also here today, and he specially came to toast me. The Xue family is still on an errand in the household department, so they will come. Whether they come or not, I just handle it impartially. "

The husband and wife talked about today's banquet and then fell asleep.

Not long after the promotion banquet was over, Lin Ruhai took up his post and went to the household department to go to work.

As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official to take office, which means that when a new official takes office, he must do several things to get rid of the current disadvantages, demonstrate his talents, and establish prestige.The usual method is to catch a few early birds to make a raft, and kill the chickens to scare the monkeys.

But for Lin Ruhai, there is no need for these.

The problem of private salt in Jiangnan has been a long-standing problem. For this reason, not only the vast majority of Jiangnan officials have been involved, but even those with integrity such as Su Hanshan have been killed.However, Mr. Lin went to Jiangnan alone, and within two years, he not only solved the big salt smuggling case, but also pulled down Concubine Zhen's mother's family.This official voice and official authority are definitely enough.As soon as Lin Ruhai took office, he hadn't done anything yet, which changed the atmosphere of the household department. Officials at all levels were more diligent, not to mention, even if they were a dawdler on weekdays, they all pretended to be very diligent.

Although there is no need to use people as rafts, the old accounts of the Ministry of Households must be counted.If Lin Ruhai is used to reading accounts, he is very familiar with it.But after reading the clear accounts that Daiyu tossed out later, and looking at the one-page-by-item accounting method in ancient times, I felt a headache.

In the end, Lin Ruhai decided to learn from Daiyu's tabular accounting method and bring about a top-down reform to the household department.

The Ministry of Accounts is in charge of the country's money, grain and tax burdens, and there are so many account books to be recorded. If the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts wants to change the way of keeping accounts, it cannot be implemented with a slap in the face.

Lin Ruhai first drafted a memorial and handed it to the emperor, and then made a table of recent accounts of the Ministry of Accounts, put them together with the original accounting method of the Ministry of Accounts, analyzed the pros and cons of the two accounting methods, and presented it to Emperor Taizong for comparison .

At first glance, Emperor Taizong felt that this form of accounting was very strange, and the new minister was also whimsical.But Lin Ruhai only explained two or three sentences, and Emperor Taizong took a closer look and found out the way, and found that the form accounting method was much clearer than the accounting method used by the Ministry of Accounts, and it was also convenient to check the accounts.So he told Lin Ruhai that it could be discussed at the court meeting.

This table bookkeeping method was modified by Daiyu referring to the excel table of later generations. The serial number, date, reason, unit price, and total are clear, and there is another line of notes indicating other matters related to the account.One line of index marks the number of the file where the voucher of the account is located.

Ming Daiyu said that it is most convenient to introduce Arabic numerals, but Daiyu checked the information and found that Arabic numerals were introduced to China several times, but they were not accepted by the world.Suddenly using a set of numbers like this in bookkeeping at home is too intriguing, so although Daiyu used tables to keep accounts to reform her own warehouse accounts, she changed the Arabic numerals into Chinese characters.

It will be a little more troublesome to review this way, but it is also much better than the usual accounting method.

Fortunately, the reform plan submitted by Lin Ruhai still used Chinese characters to count, otherwise the reform would have been rejected if it did not reach the stage of discussion at the court.

As one of the six ministries, the Ministry of Household Affairs, any reform is a major event, and it cannot be settled by a single book.Emperor Taizong asked the emperor to discuss this matter at the court meeting, which is a trend in itself.

However, if Lin Ruhai wants to promote reform, there is still great resistance.For one thing, the second prince was walking around the household department before, and there were many officials from the second prince's family in the household department. These people did not have the same position as Lin Ruhai.Secondly, Jiangnan is the most affluent place in the world, and most of the job vacancies in the Jiangnan officialdom are people with roots.However, in the past two years of turmoil in the Jiangnan officialdom, many officials have been sacked or relegated, and their clansmen are still officials in the court. Naturally, they will also become obstacles to this reform.

In fact, Lin Ruhai wanted to introduce reforms this time because he felt that the tabular accounting method is really clear and clear. If it can be popularized, it will not only greatly save the workload of small officials in the household department, but also make it easier and clearer for officials at all levels to review. If something goes wrong, it's easier to verify changes.In short, Lin Shangshu has a public heart.

But those who disagree with Lin Shangshu don't think so.Zhen Yingjia was defeated by this Shangshu, and the second prince was robbed of his job. Who knows what the new Shangshu is holding back?All Lin Shangshu's proposals should be opposed.

So such a reform, which is conducive to improving work efficiency and does not harm anyone's interests, was greatly blocked at the court meeting, and the first discussion failed.

Returning home from morning break this day, Lin Ruhai had a look of worry on his face.After dinner, he plunged into the study.

After talking with her mother and two older sisters for a while, Daiyu brought a plate of cherries and said to Jia Min, "I'm going to visit my father."

Jia Min also saw that Lin Ruhai seemed to be encountering difficulties in his errands, so he nodded and said, "Go."

Lin You and Ying Lian were used to their father discussing matters with their elder sisters together. Su Lan just came here not long ago, and was amazed when they saw this situation.But after thinking about it, when my own father decided to give it a go, he also handed over Zhen Yingjia's criminal evidence to himself.It's not surprising that the younger sister is so smart, and the adoptive father is willing to listen to the younger sister's opinion.

Su Lan is naturally a first-class smart woman in the world, but when she organized the banquet a few days ago, she realized that she was not as good as Dai Yuliang, and only then did she realize that there is a sky beyond the sky, and there are people beyond people.The siblings talked with Jia Min for a while before going back to their rooms to rest.

On the other side, Daiyu came outside the big study with a plate of cherries and knocked on the door.

Seeing that it was his daughter who came, Lin Ruhai sent a servant to watch outside the study, and said, "Is Yu'er here?"

Daiyu put down the fruit plate, and said: "The cherries were brought by a fast horse, but they are still fresh. Father tasted good. Even if there are any troubles, you can't lose your luck." Naturally, Daiyu knew that her father was worried about the future. Lin Ruhai also knew that her daughter was more thoughtful than ordinary counselors.

The father and daughter were ruthless, Lin Ruhai let Daiyu sit down, picked a cherry and put it in his mouth, saying: "It's really sweet."

Then, while eating the cherries, he told Daiyu about the fact that the bookkeeping reform would not be implemented.

After listening carefully, Daiyu said: "This is a reform to save everyone's trouble. Since none of them are willing to save trouble, my father will do something else."

Lin Ruhai raised his eyebrows, signaling Daiyu to continue.

Daiyu said: "The officials who can go to court are not well-read poems and books. Anyone who has read books can compare whether the forms are good or bad. Apart from standpoint reasons, I have I feel that they still have worries in their hearts. Find out what they are worried about and strike with precision, and if it hurts them, you don't care about blocking it."

Lin Ruhai's eyes lit up, and he said: "They naturally have pain points, but they just think about everything step by step for their father. Even a small bookkeeping reform cannot be carried out, and there will only be greater obstacles in the next step."

Daiyu said: "Seek the best and take the best. My father made a gesture of hitting their pain points. They naturally made concessions and allowed the reform of the account books. As for the problems found during the reform, they will get rid of the old problems. Left and right are the key points of reform." Push forward, and the beetle will be pulled out, whoever comes first, what does it matter?"

Does it matter who comes first?Daiyu just said a few words, but Lin Ruhai heard the truth of the impermanence of soldiers and the impermanence of water.He laughed and said: "Listen to Yu'er's words, and my father suddenly understood. According to Yu'er, how to find the best, take it, and then take it?"

Daiyu said: "What are the court officials afraid of? Just send someone to pass it on. They dare not ask the Holy One to make decisions about such matters, and no one dares to investigate."

What Daiyu said was that all the officials dared not ask Taizong to make decisions, nor did they dare to make a big public opinion, which was the matter of urging the payment of the owed money.Many noble families owe silver taels from the treasury, and the amount is not small.Because the people who borrowed the silver back then were all hard-working and honorable families, and they borrowed it during the reign of Tai | Zu, and they never reminded them back during the reign of Tai | Zu.

After Taizong succeeded to the throne, he didn't want to lose the reputation of treating old ministers poorly, and he didn't mention this matter. After decades, no matter whether it was the royal family or the people who owed money, they all acquiesced that the money was made by the imperial court. The reward of the old minister.Although these accounts have been hanging in the household department, almost no one takes them seriously anymore.

If the news is released at this moment, saying that the imperial court intends to urge the payment of the owed money, those honorable families will naturally not dare to ask Emperor Taizong to make decisions.As for who released the news, no one would dare to investigate with great fanfare, otherwise the matter would become a big mess and it would inevitably reach Taizong's ears.

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "This method is wonderful."