The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

The accounts of the state treasury have not been calculated clearly, and the internal accounts of the Rongguo Mansion are even more messy.Ask Jia's mother to estimate that even Jia Amnesty may not be able to have the 35 yuan. Once the owed money is repaid, the Rongguo Mansion will really have no way to live.As a last resort, Mother Jia thought of going to Jia Min.

If the imperial court really wants to urge the payment of the owed money, it should be the head of the household department, and my son-in-law is the secretary of the household department; even if the money cannot be waived at that time, at least it will have to accommodate for a few days, and then slowly find a way.

Now the household department's urging to pay the owed money is spreading. Not only Daiyu knows, but Su Lan and Yinglian also know about it. So when she heard that Jia Mu was coming, Yinglian curled her lips, and Su Lan just said lightly: " Isn't this embarrassing for the foster father?"

Because now Jia Min is giving the gift to the three sisters, and Jia Mu is the elder, the three sisters go with Jia Min to Yimen to welcome Jia Mu in.Also came Tanchun.

Mother Jia saw that the girls from the Lin family were speculative with the girls from her own family. Originally, she wanted to bring Yingchun and Jia Shan together to play emotional cards.However, both Jia Jing and Jia Amnesty stated that if the court was serious about urging the payment of the owed money, they would try their best to pay back the money, and would not let their daughter and Jia Mu come.

Tanchun met the three Daiyu sisters and said hello very affectionately.When he saw Jia Min, he saluted and greeted him very politely and thoughtfully.Jia Min knew what Mother Jia was doing at this time, so she asked her daughters to take Tanchun down to play, and she talked with Mother Jia.

After exchanging pleasantries, without waiting for Mother Jia to speak, Jia Min cut off Mother Jia's thoughts: "If mother still recognizes me as a daughter, and doesn't want to ruin our family, then don't say anything. Mother may come to stay for a while. , or come to relax, I welcome you."

When Jia Min told her off, Jia's mother was quite dishonored, but if she hadn't been desperate, she would not have come to find her married daughter.So Jia's mother couldn't help but said, "Min'er, are you really so disregarding affection?"

Jia Min interrupted Jia's mother with a wave of her hand, "Mother, do you know why Zhou Rui was beaten up by our master when he went to the south of the Yangtze River?"

Naturally, Mother Jia knew about this matter. Because of this matter, Mother Jia was still depressed for a few days, feeling that her daughter and son-in-law were too merciless.Later, when Mother Jia found out what Nanny Chen had done, she couldn't say anything, but said: "You hate Mrs. Wang, and you don't want to accept gifts from her, and you don't want to work for Yuan Chun, because there are other reasons, and you don't know what to do. I can't blame you. But the matter of still owed money, after all, is related to the entire Duke's Mansion, how much of the foundation earned by your father is there."

Jia Min said: "I persuaded my mother not to say what she shouldn't say for the sake of the dignity of the Duke's mansion. Back then, I beat Zhou Rui out not just for personal grievances with the Wang family, but because we, as courtiers, cannot Meddling in royal marriages. Similarly, today I advise my mother not to open her mouth. Opening her mouth is hurting our mother-daughter relationship. This is not because of my personal enmity with the Wang family, but because I am a courtier and cannot violate the court's decision. If the court The decision to recover the owed money must be discussed and approved at the court meeting, and no one can change it. So I said, once the mother speaks, it will trap our master into injustice."

Jia Mu said: "Isn't it because I haven't passed it at the court meeting that I come to you to discuss it?"

Jia Min shook his head and said: "I don't even bother to take care of the housework, I leave it to my daughters, not to mention our master's business? Tell me, why should mother worry about this? Even if the elder brother only has his salary after paying off the debt this time, what's the matter?" I can support my mother, and my mother is indispensable. Even I can't bear my mother's poor life. In the future, we will honor my mother, and our master will not stop me.

My mother looked at me, when Yu'er was six years old, she put aside her family affairs and started to enjoy the happiness of life. She has already enjoyed it for two years at this age.The eldest brother and the second brother are so old, and they are men's family. They have already married wives and had children. They are all grandfathers. The sky is falling, and they should bear it!What is mother worried about?Children and grandchildren have their own blessings, mothers might as well relax and ask their brothers to solve it by themselves. "

Jia's mother was blocked by Jia Min's words and didn't know what to say, but she couldn't find out what Jia Min said.That's right, the son is now a grandfather, so why worry about it?

Jia's mother got nothing in the Lin's house. When Jia Wang heard that Jia's mother had a bad face when she returned home, she knew that going to the Lin's house this time naturally didn't get her any favors.

Zhou Rui's family said: "Ma'am, this family has long had different ideas. It is very difficult for the wife to go through this muddy water. The burden of the housekeeper should be thrown out by the wife earlier." Zhou Rui was the one to do it because of the transfer of Daku's property. Yes, Zhou Rui's family knew that Rongguo Mansion suffered multiple injuries this time, and the second room would benefit from it.As long as I follow the Wang family, I will still eat delicious food and drink hot food, and I am a decent housekeeper's wife.

As for how much Jia Wang's transferred from the business, Zhou Rui also said, there are four boxes, each box is 5000 taels, a total of 20 taels of gold.80 taels of silver.This is about the bottom of the Rongguo Mansion's money.Zhou Rui also quietly took two gold bricks from each box.A total of 800 taels of gold was converted into [-] taels of silver.

While turning the beads, Jia Wang sneered and said, "It's natural." When the Rongguo Mansion was still rich and honored, Wang's heart was still thinking about the title. For safety.There is still more than 30 taels of debt on the head of the title, let the long house bear it.

On the contrary, Jia's mother is in a rather embarrassing situation now. The eldest son doesn't say anything, but he has been dissatisfied with her preference for the second wife for a long time. When he talks about repaying the money, he wants to check all the accounts of the Wang family over the years; He has always used the excuse of not caring about common affairs, and never got involved in these things. He only let Wang's take the lead in everything, and he just sat back and enjoyed the success.Now I am dissatisfied with Wang, and Wang seems to be dissatisfied with herself.

The youngest daughter, who was originally the most caring, also gradually alienated because of protecting the Wang family.But Mother Jia also felt aggrieved and helpless, her palms and backs were full of flesh, and Wang's reputation would implicate the future of her grandson and granddaughter, what could she do?My daughter is also a mother, why can't I be considerate of myself and ask Wang to apologize and reconcile?

Mother Jia felt that she was a loving mother, but none of her children understood and supported her.

Regardless of what happened to Jia's mother, when Lin Ruhai came back from the Yamen this day, Jia Min complained while serving Lin Ruhai to change clothes: "Mother is getting more and more confused now, and today she came to beg me because of the imperial court's urging to pay the owed money. Let me block it back. Not to mention that the imperial court has not yet issued an order, even if it is finalized, the master can only act according to the rules, so there is still room for change in this matter?"

However, Lin Ruhai said indifferently: "Mother-in-law is just trying to protect the child. If she has any excessive demands, we should just let it go. On the other hand, Brother Jing and Brother Wang have found out that there are many things wrong with Mrs. Wang. The Wang family will definitely be removed from the Jia family tree."

When Jia Min heard this, she was shocked and asked: "What rebellious thing did Wang do to get to this point?"

Lin Ruhai snorted coldly, and said: "This vicious woman is really daring, she is using Wang Ziteng's power to win lawsuits and make huge profits. That Zhou Rui, besides collecting the rent for her in the spring and autumn, also released her rent for her. Usury. There are all kinds of immoral things in it, and I am afraid that I will get dirty if I say it.

In order to seize the land in the hands of the farmers, Jia Wang's master and servant first sent people to destroy the crops in the farmers' fields in the middle of the night. took over other people's land.Tsk tsk, ordinary farmers only rely on a few acres of Susukida to survive, and the Wang family does not lack this, but they are so vicious with tricks, and they are not afraid of retribution.According to investigations by Brothers Jing Nei and Da Nei, the Wang family was forced to die because of this.Just wait and see, in just these two days, brother-in-law is going to make trouble. "

Just from Lin Ruhai's words, Jia Min felt cold all over his body, which was too vicious: "It's not bad, once this kind of thing gets to the bottom, not only the second brother will be affected by it, but even the eldest brother will also be left to run the family. It is a crime of laxity. Cousin Jing is the patriarch, so he must be punished. This is a major event that affects his career, and even the reputation of the Jia family will be ruined. If you become an official, I'm afraid you won't get a good ranking."

In this dynasty's scientific examination, the first thing to look at is naturally the splendor, and the admission is based on merit; but it also depends on the reputation of the students.Not to mention others, if ordinary students want to take the imperial examination, they need a teacher's recommendation, but for those who have a bad reputation, they don't even have a teacher to recommend.Even if Yinzi passed this level, in the future, no matter which level, Qiu Wei, Chun Wei, and palace examinations were reported for reputation problems, his future would be ruined.A serious crime like Wang's naturally cannot stay in Jia's house.

Lin Ruhai said: "Who says it's not, so Brother Jing and Brother Da Nei are planning to remove the Wang family from the genealogy, otherwise it will be too late once these things break out."

Jia Min was not in the mood to sympathize with Mrs. Wang, but only felt happy.But she is a girl from the Rongguo Mansion, and she still cares about the reputation of her mother's family, she sighed: "I hope cousin Jing and elder brother will handle this matter quickly, so that the clan will not be involved."

Lin Ruhai said: "What are you worried about? You just don't believe Brother Da Nei, what kind of capable person is Cousin Jing, if Cousin Jing plans this matter, there will be no trouble."

Jia Min felt relieved after hearing this, and privately told Daiyu to pay attention to some news from Rongguo Mansion.

Daiyu has been in charge of the house for two years, and the people in the Lin family who work under her command all obey her. If there are any rumors in the market, the manager will come and go to the girl as soon as possible.

Jia Jing and Jia Amnesty's efficiency was extremely high. On the third day, they heard that the second master of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng, and his wife, Wang, had reconciled.

Divorcing a wife is the most important thing for a wealthy and noble family. Although the reputation of the wife's family is greatly affected, the husband's family is also suspected;But don't think that the rich and nobles are all gods and saints, and there is nothing wrong with them.It's just a dirty thing among the rich and nobles, who pay attention to breaking their arms and hiding them in their sleeves. If the wife causes some disaster that the family can cover, she would rather let her die suddenly than give a divorce letter.Only when a woman breaks the law of the country and involves the family, she will divorce her wife. The Wang family was able to reconcile and divorce, which is an excellent ending.

Because Jia Min explained, Daiyu got the news and went to the upper room to tell Jia Min.

When Jia Min heard that it was He Li, she sneered, "It's a joke in the world that this kind of poisonous woman who has troubled the family is able to get back together."

Daiyu was not surprised: "Perhaps my grandmother only agrees to reconcile and leave for the sake of my second uncle's children, and won't make any concessions. Besides, I still have the face of the Beijing military governor. But my grandmother just can't think about it. As long as the Wang family is removed from the Jia family tree, regardless of whether he divorces his wife or reconciles with him, the Jia and Wang families are already feuding. The Wang family is domineering, and Wang Ziteng will not feel that the Jia family's agreement to reconcile and leave is already a concession. I'm just grateful, and I'll only shame the Jia family for embarrassing the Wang family, and I will definitely wait for an opportunity to retaliate."

Jia Min's tone was quite disdainful: "It's hard to say whether Wang Ziteng himself can escape the law, why are he afraid of offending him?"

Naturally, this is the truth, but if Mother Jia could see such a long-term perspective, she would not be able to tolerate Wang Shi when what happened to Jia Hu back then.The cover-up at that time planted a long-term disaster for the entire Rongguo Mansion.As long as there are still people in the Rongguo Mansion's chief house, the two houses cannot live in harmony.

Ask Daiyu to say that my grandmother wasn't that bad, but she was a little confused in major matters, planting disasters everywhere, and one day it would explode one day.This time, Xu also heard that he was going to implicate the family. If he was not removed from the genealogy, it would cause more damage to Yuanchun and Baoyu, so he finally agreed to let him reconcile.

As for Jia Zheng, he was originally a master who hid behind women's backs to take advantage of everything.In the past, it was favored by Jia's mother, but now it is dominated by the Wang family. Jia Amnesty has enjoyed various benefits.But when the evidence of Wang's loan usury came out, Jia Zheng left a sentence without responsibility: "But it's up to the mother to decide." He didn't have any protection for Wang.

Wang and Jia Zheng reconciled and left, so the key to the treasury must naturally be returned to the long house.If there was no such thing as repaying the money, maybe Mother Jia would still take it personally, but now that the hole is so big, Mother Jia would not accept this mess anymore.Yuanchun and Baoyu have lost their mothers. If their private house is filled in the public house, how will their grandchildren live in the future?

Therefore, it was Sister Feng who finally took the key.Sister Feng has the talent of a housekeeper, and in the past two years, she has managed the East Hospital in an orderly manner.It's just that Rongguo's mansion is scraping three feet now, and they can't count enough money to pay back the money owed to the household department. When Sister Feng took the key, she was very hesitant.

It was Jia Amnesty who said that you are now the eldest daughter-in-law, and you should take the key, so Sister Feng felt relieved to accept the key.

Because there was a lot of rumors about the imperial court's urging to pay the owed silver, the reform of the household accounting reform was finally passed at the court meeting.Of course, the implementation of any reform requires a trial period, even in ancient times.

Since it was Lin Ruhai's proposed reform, this trial was naturally carried out at the Ministry of Household Affairs.In order to beware of mistakes, at the beginning, the accounts of the account department were recorded in two ways in parallel, that is to say, each of the old and new accounts was recorded.In addition, the old account of the former household department must be reviewed according to the new accounting method.

As a result, the workload of the household department has greatly increased, and the combined officials of the household department are not enough.

Lin Ruhai had expected such a situation a long time ago, and asked to allow the Ministry of Households to borrow people from the Imperial Academy and Yushitai.First, with the participation of officials from these two places, the work progress of the household department can be greatly accelerated; When the Yamen was stable in the ruling and opposition parties, there were indeed some officials who were quite idle.

There are people who are competent, can supervise the household department, and let the officials who receive the imperial salary have something to do.Such proposals were quickly approved.

With the participation of officials from the Imperial Academy and Yushitai, the work efficiency of the household department has indeed improved a lot.At the same time, many old accounts were also dug out.Because it was the second prince who was walking in the household at the beginning, this matter hit the second prince's power again.

This is not over yet. Within a few days of sorting out the old accounts of the Ministry of Accounts, people from the Yushitai and the Hanlin Academy discovered the problem: the ancestors of many noble families owed money to the Ministry of Accounts, and they have not returned it for decades.

The Hanlin Academy is a noble place, and there is a saying that non-Hanlin officials cannot join the cabinet, but no matter how noble it is, the ordinary officials of the Hanlin Academy are just a group of new scholars who have not yet been appointed.To put it bluntly, even with a salary, they are just a group of intern officials.The intern officials are naturally gearing up to be able to do something, and there is naturally a lot of room for them to grasp the matter of Xungui's old debts.

As for Yushitai, the officials all have their own jobs, and those who can borrow from the household department are a group of relatively marginal people. Seizing the debt owed may be a rare opportunity for them to regain attention. Even more can not let go.What's more, the officials heard the news, and the evidence was in front of them, how could the censors turn a blind eye.Although it was borrowed from the Ministry of Household Affairs, it is his job to play impeachment.

So just a few days after the household department's measures were implemented, the officials brought the matter to the court meeting.There are more Hanlin echoes.

At the court meeting, all honorable persons with real power must go to court.But these people also knew that they owed a lot of money to the court.As soon as the censor reported the matter, many people who owed money in their families turned their attention to Lin Ruhai.

If eyes could kill, Lin Ruhai would probably be turned into a hedgehog.

So going around for a long time, all civil and military officials who owed money to the court were played by Lin Ruhai.

Speaking of which, how did the household accounting reform pass at the last court meeting?There are quite a few people who obstruct this matter, all saying that the accounts will be confused, and the old accounts may be lost during the handover process, etc. These are all high-sounding reasons.

There is only one central idea. It is not that the reform is not allowed, but that it is afraid that mistakes will be made during the reform process and cause losses to the court.

Then Lin Ruhai promised that during the trial phase, two lines will be paralleled, and the new and old bookkeeping methods will be kept in two accounts, both of which will be archived. After the new bookkeeping method is verified to be really good, it will be formally tried.

Those who obstructed this matter had nothing to say, and this matter was finally passed at the court meeting.

As a result, after the matter was passed, Lin Ruhai went to the Hanlin Academy and Yushitai to borrow people on the grounds of insufficient manpower.Of course, when Lin Ruhai stated the reasons for borrowing, he also listed various benefits, so Emperor Taizong approved it.

After the approval, it happened that both the Yushitai and the Hanlin Academy revealed that many people owed money to the Ministry of Households at the Great Court Meeting today.And how did the people from Yushitai and Hanlin Academy go to the household department? Wasn't it forced by those who blocked the reform at the beginning?If you don't force the household department to do two accounts, they won't be so short of manpower.

You force people to borrow money, and the borrower finds that there is a problem with the old account of the Ministry of Accounts, and brings it up to the court meeting to discuss it, which is justified.

Therefore, those who obstructed the reform of the Ministry of Household Affairs were all played by Lin Ruhai, an old fox.

Hubu ranked second among the six, Hubu Shangshu stood very high in the court meeting, and many people including Wang Ziteng are now staring at Lin Ruhai's back. Lin Ruhai is wearing court clothes, Standing straight, as if unaware of the eyes from all walks of life.However, those who owed money in the family felt that Lin Ruhai's court clothes seemed to be embroidered with the four characters "please enter the urn" on the back.Moreover, these urns were all borrowed from Yushitai and Hanlin Academy.

What a sinister and vicious Tanhualang!