The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Sure enough, early the next morning, Patriarch Xue went to the household department to handle errands.Lin Ruhai knew that Daiyu had accepted the Xue family's letter, and also knew how Daiyu replied, and had expected that Patriarch Xue would come.Then he told the little official who was on an errand that if the Xue family wanted to see him, he would bring him here.

This was the first time Patriarch Xue saw Lin Ruhai in the household department.After seeing the ceremony, Patriarch Xue saw that Lin Ruhai had no intention of dismissing the subordinate officials, so he froze there not knowing what to say.

Seeing Patriarch Xue in a daze, Lin Ruhai pointed to a stool and said, "Sit down, Mr. Xue. If you have any business, you may as well speak up."

The word "official affairs" was used extremely well, coupled with Lin Ruhai's attitude of saying everything to others, Patriarch Xue knew that there was no chance to speak alone with Lord Shangshu today.

After organizing the language, Master Xue said: "Master Lin, I heard that the sea trade business is also included in the imperial court's monopoly. I came here to ask if private businessmen want to operate sea trade, whether they should follow the usual practice and submit an application. It can only be operated legally after the issuance of Haiyin.”

In fact, the salt and iron monopoly in this dynasty is not officially arranged for all links of product production, processing, and sales. It is just that merchants who can participate in the salt and iron business are all qualified after the imperial court audits, which is also convenient for the imperial court to manage uniformly.

In terms of maritime trade, firstly, the imperial court cannot organize such a large caravan in a short period of time; secondly, it is impossible for the imperial court to seize the jobs of all those who rely on this line of business after setting up a franchise.Whether the imperial court will build an official fleet in the future is another matter, but it is certain that private businessmen will be allowed to participate legally.Patriarch Xue is equivalent to asking nonsense.

Lin Ruhai didn't dislike Patriarch Xue's question knowingly, so he replied very officially: "Now the Haimao Yamen is listed separately and is under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education. Mr. Xue is asking the wrong person. If Mr. Xue is interested, he should go to the Haimao Yamen for consultation. If there is nothing else, I still have business to do here, so I won't let Mr. Xue talk."

After Lin Ruhai finished speaking, he immediately issued an order to evict the guest.

It was such a simple meeting, and the discussion was about business, no matter who came, they couldn't fault Lin Ruhai.In order to prevent other imperial merchants from following suit, all of them came to see Master Shangshu.Afterwards, Lin Ruhai also told the small officials in the household department who were in charge of contacting the imperial merchants that if anyone consulted with the Haimao people, he would inform them and tell them to go to the Haimao Yamen.

Patriarch Xue originally came here today with 'sincerity', but Mr. Lin didn't give him a chance to meet alone during the whole process, and he couldn't give out the silver ticket.Thinking about it later, even if a person like Lin Shangshu had the opportunity to meet alone, he might not accept any gesture from himself.

In the eyes of others, Patriarch Xue has hit a soft nail, and Patriarch Xue also walked out of the household department with a rather disappointed expression, but after returning to the car, Patriarch Xue couldn't help but smile, and ordered to go directly to Haimao Yamen .

For some tricks, a stupid person will even feel annoyed at the other party's arrogance after listening to it in one ear and out in the other; but a smart person will perceive the opportunity inside after hearing it.

For example, in the previous conversation between Lin Ruhai and Patriarch Xue, Lin Ruhai had a completely business-like attitude, chasing people away after speaking, with a bit of arrogance.The colleagues from the household department saw it, and some felt that Lord Shangshu's move was normal, while others felt that Lord Shangshu was unreasonable.

But Patriarch Xue didn't think so. Yesterday, the Xue family got a reply letter from Miss Lin.Patriarch Xue came to the household department today mainly to find out whether Miss Lin's reply yesterday was from Shang Shufu or Miss Lin's personal remarks.The difference here is huge.

So today Patriarch Xue came and saw Lin Shangshu, which is enough to prove that Lord Shangshu also meant the same thing.Otherwise, I just came here for consultation, Master Shangshu can let the little officials below dismiss me, why bother to talk nonsense with me?

The conversation between Lin Ruhai and Patriarch Xue was indeed nonsense. Now that the trial operation of the Haimao Yamen has been finalized and the regulations for the trial have come out, Patriarch Xue can look for relevant notices or newspapers by himself, there is no need to come to the Ministry of Households to ask.Just want to ask and go to the wrong Yamen, this matter is under the control of the Haimao Yamen.

Dealing with smart people is like this. You think he didn’t say anything or do anything. In fact, he said what should be said and did what should be done. The key is whether he can understand.Patriarch Xue is naturally a smart person, and immediately rushed to the Haimao Yamen without stopping.

The new yamen has a lot going on, and He Wenshi, as the censor who patrols the sea, is actually the head of the new yamen, and now he is too busy to keep his feet on the ground.

But Lin Ruhai is still He Wenshi's immediate boss, and He Wenshi often has work exchanges with Lin Ruhai.Lin Ruhai mentioned something to He Wenshi before: When you arrive at the place, if there are merchants interested in operating sea trade business, they would rather spend more time and carefully review the qualifications of each merchant, and don’t exclude some good potential merchants because of prejudice. .For this reason, Lin Ruhai also specially went to the Emperor Taizong and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials to win over a few more subordinates for He Wenshi, and there were also many officials and minor officials at all levels assigned by the Songjiang Sea Patrol Yamen.

He Wenshi originally admired Lin Ruhai's ability to have both integrity and tact, and because of this, Master Lin was able to achieve the position of a minister.He Wenzhen is himself, he has talent, but he feels that he is not as good as Lin Ruhai in dealing with things, and his previous career is also extremely unsatisfactory.

Lin Ruhai's words directly convinced He Wenshi even more, Master Shang Shu really acted properly.To say that this kind of newly established yamen is a first-class vacancy. As the governor of maritime trade, if Mr. Lin allows himself to take care of everyone without violating the laws of the country, it will not matter.But Lin Shangshu didn't say a word like this, instead he made himself rather tired and determined to be fair and just.He actually went to the imperial court to win a lot of manpower for the new yamen. He Wenshi had nothing but admiration.

When Patriarch Xue found He Wenshi, He Wenshi had already received Lin Ruhai's instructions not to miss high-quality merchants.

The Xue family is a veteran imperial merchant who got a job in the household department when the ancestors established the country, and also has the title of Ziwei Sheren, which is more dignified than ordinary imperial merchants.Naturally, He Wenshi didn't turn away Patriarch Xue, nor promised to give the Xue family any preferential treatment.I promised that if I could go to Songjiang, I would seriously review the qualifications of all merchants, and I would definitely be fair and just.

Yes, this time He Wenshi has a lot of power, because most of the merchants engaged in maritime trade are located along the coast, the imperial court decided to choose the best merchants to locate in Songjiang Mansion, and He Wenshi will be the gatekeeper.After the list of merchants is selected, it can be played to the court.With the establishment of a new yamen, there must always be enough real power to allow all parties to pay enough attention to the new yamen and fully cooperate.Therefore, He Wenshi can actually decide which merchants are eligible to participate in the maritime trade.

Patriarch Xue knew it well after receiving such a promise.With the Xue family's shipbuilding skills alone, even if they can't get the qualifications for sea trade, they can always get the qualifications related to shipbuilding.After coming out of Haimao Yamen, Patriarch Xue felt reassured and boarded the car back home.

However, Patriarch Xue was also tired after running two courtyards today, and looked exhausted.

Except for Xue Pan, Mrs. Xue and Baochai were all very nervous. Seeing Patriarch Xue coming back, they rushed forward to greet him.

Patriarch Xue gave a general account of today's events.Mrs. Xue looked disappointed, and Xue Pan said: "These officials and masters are too much, making people run around without giving an accurate answer!"

Patriarch Xue said angrily: "Shut up!" Xue Pan also closed his mouth.

Patriarch Xue asked Baochai again, "What do you think, Baochai?"

Baochai said: "Shangshu Lin and Mr. He are both honest and fair people. Since Mr. He said that the sea trade qualifications will be admitted fairly, as long as our family does its part, there will always be a chance." Patriarch Xue nodded, Announced to pack up things and choose another day to go south.

After such a toss, the Xue family finally made up their minds.But now He Wenshi is still doing various preparations in the capital, and he doesn't know when the Songjiang patrol office will be erected.But no matter what, Patriarch Xue, who has shipbuilding skills, is sure to get the qualification for maritime trade.

Mrs. Xue was still not at ease, but fortunately Baochai explained, so Mrs. Xue didn't say anything.Xue Pan, on the other hand, just had a few noble children come to make friends and was having fun, and then he heard that he was going back to the south, or to Songjiang, which is completely unfamiliar, and he was inevitably dissatisfied.

It's just that Xue's family is still packing up here, and Xue Pan's new friends don't pay any attention to him.It turned out that the Ninth Prince's Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion also knew about Patriarch Xue's visits to the Ministry of Households and patrolling the Yamen. In other words, Lin Ruhai also got to eat the fat of shipbuilding, and they had nothing to do in vain. .

The Xue family left earlier than He Wenshi and other court officials.After all, after the imperial court monopolizes the business, the threshold for being able to operate a maritime trade business will be higher. In order to facilitate management, the imperial court will not grant admission qualifications to too many commercial firms.To win the competition, the Xue family still has many things to prepare in advance.

It wasn't until Xue's family left Beijing that few people in the Lin family came back to it except Lin Ruhai and his daughter.

Now that the dust has settled, the Lin family will also do a small review.At this time, Lin Ruhai advocated that the children should learn a little bit.Although Lin You is younger, it goes without saying that he is a boy; Su Lan and Yinglian are growing up day by day, and they are getting closer to the age of marriage, so there is nothing wrong with letting them know that the officialdom is dangerous.

But talent is really different from person to person, and it cannot be forced.Lin You, Su Lan, and Yinglian are all smart children, but Daiyu's political insight and talent are far from Daiyu. How much they can comprehend depends on them alone.

Although the rest of the Lin family didn't know the details of Lin Ruhai's discussion with Daiyu, they followed up on what happened in the capital, so there was no need to repeat them one by one.

Just talking about the matter of the Xue family this time, Jia Min sighed: "I always couldn't figure out why Yu'er made friends with that Xue family girl, but this time I understand it. I just support what Yu'er wants to do in the future. "

Su Lan also turned her head to look at Daiyu: "Yu'er, don't tell me you're a god? If you think Xue's family will eventually turn to foster father?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head and said, "Why did the Xue family take refuge with me? They support the new measures of the imperial court, and they understand it themselves. Regardless of whether scholars, farmers, businessmen, or businessmen support the imperial court, the imperial court always knows." In one sentence, the six members of the Lin family all understand it.

This kind of family meeting is naturally not served by servants, so there is no need to be so cautious when speaking, but this is also a kind of speaking technique. It is said in the daily chat, let the children experience it by themselves, and form a habit, so as to avoid troubles outside in the future. From the mouth.

Su Lan smiled and said yes.

Daiyu just took over the conversation and said: "I don't think about it. I don't know that the shipbuilding technology really belongs to the Xue family, and I don't know the final choice of Master Xue. The final choice of the Xue family is entirely up to them. I just did my part and acted frankly. I never lied to anyone, and I never induced Miss Xue's inclination in matters of maritime trade. But any smart person knows that a gentleman is far from a villain. If you are confused, no one can save you."

Indeed, if you want to say what Daiyu did, Daiyu did nothing.The girl from the Xue family wrote to say she wanted to visit the Lin family, but Daiyu gave her a favor just once.The Lin family never mentioned a single word about shipbuilding to the Xue family, nor did they accept bribes from the Xue family.Daiyu just showed the Lin family's gentleman style at the right time.

"Then Yu'er, have you ever thought about being frank and frank, but attracting tricks from villains?" Jia Min asked.

Naturally, she had thought about it, and even Daiyu knew Baochai's character clearly, and she was quite a bit of a sweetheart.But in one life, who can only contact the gentleman and not the villain?

So Daiyu said: "In the affairs of the world, where there is yin, there is yang, and where there is a gentleman, there is a villain. That is, how many people are selected by the court officials, and there are virtuous and sycophantic officials. Although the way of a gentleman cannot be completely eliminated The villain is scheming, but following the way of the villain is a failure from the very beginning."

What else could Jia Min say, she just sighed: "In terms of magnanimity, I obey Yu'er."

Even Su Lan, Yinglian, and Lin You seem to have realized something.

After some time, He Wenshi, the sea patrol censor, brought the imperial decree and the newly formed maritime trade yamen team to the south of Songjiang Prefecture, and officially started the various tasks of the maritime trade franchise.

Not long after He Wenshi and his party went south, the team that went to Jinling to handle the case returned to Beijing.Originally, the inspection team going south to handle the case was the first to complete the errands in Songjiang Mansion, but this time the team went south to inspect all the coastal provinces, which was extremely short of manpower.After the errands in Songjiang were done, the team going to Songjiang was recruited again and continued southward.

Instead, a team of people who went to Jinling to handle the case raided the royal family in Jinling, executed many members of the Wang family who had committed many crimes on the spot, and returned to Beijing with key witnesses.

After the royal family in Jinling was confiscated, many old cases came to light, and the verdict in Wang Ziteng's case was approaching.

Wang Ziteng's crimes are too numerous to record, according to the sentencing by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it must be a capital crime, but there is nothing to describe.But this time he went south and caught an old servant of the royal family. The old servant revealed another crime committed by Wang Ziteng: killing his brother.

Wang Ziteng's crimes were superimposed and punished so many times that he could be beheaded as many times as he did in this murder case.However, Wang Ziteng's brother, Wang Zisheng, is after all the eldest son of the Earl's Mansion and the heir apparent of the imperial court. Since his death was wronged, the old slave was escorted back to Beijing as a witness, so naturally Wang Zisheng must be given justice. of.

When she got the news, Sister Feng felt dizzy.

During this time, Sister Feng was very conflicted.First of all, Sister Feng hated Wang when she learned that Wang had stolen her child-avoiding medicine; Working together and getting into prison, there is still some estrangement between Sister Feng and Jia Lian.

Until now, the truth about the cause of his father's death came to light, and Sister Feng cried a lot, but her hatred for her father-in-law and relatives of her husband's family gradually disappeared.It is true that Wang Ziteng is his uncle, but that is also killing his father and enemy!

Although the hatred with her husband's family was resolved, Sister Feng fell ill due to a huge blow.

Jia Lian and Sister Feng have known each other since they were young, and they still have a bond of affection. Seeing that many accidents happened to his wife's family, she was quite emaciated. Even if you are a married woman, you will not be involved in anything.Let's take care of brother Wei. In the future, my son will be promising again, and I will earn you back the Fengguanxiapei. Our blessings are yet to come.

Seeing that her husband didn't dislike her family background, Sister Feng was grateful in her heart, so she also made up her mind to recover from her illness and live a good life with her husband without mentioning it.

As for Wang Ziteng and Wang's brothers and sisters, they were sentenced to beheaded and their property was confiscated.Those who can find the sufferer will be returned to the sufferer, and those who cannot find the sufferer will be confiscated.

Before Wang's death, Jia Min and Daiyu went to see Wang once, just to ask themselves that although they were at odds with Wang when they were in the boudoir, after all, they hadn't been together for a few years under the same roof. There is no such thing as a life-and-death enmity.Why did Mrs. Wang start drugging herself to avoid children at that time, poisoning herself.

As a result, Jia Min was scolded by Mrs. Wang, but she also figured out the cause and effect.

What Wang scolded was: "The Lin family has coveted the Wang family's sea trade business for decades. Now that all the organs have been exhausted and all methods are used, they have all succeeded. Why should Mrs. Shangshu show off in front of a death row prisoner?" The unbearable swearing, and knowing this beforehand, she should have directly asked Chen Nai to give Lin Ruhai and his wife arsenic, and some medicine to avoid children.

The Lin family advocated the style of a gentleman, and never involved the struggle of the court and the officialdom into personal grievances, so that they did not expect that the Wang family would hold grudges against the Lin family for so long because of their ancestors.

After the Tai|Zu got the country back then, Wenyuanhou Lin Gong had a long-term vision and mentioned a sea trade franchise, but failed due to various resistances.At that time, the maritime trade business was monopolized by the ancestors of the Wang family. Lin Gong mentioned this, originally considering the overall situation and focusing on the court, but the Wang family felt that Lin Gong mentioned this under the guise of the court to snatch the sea trade. share of business.

Both Lin Ruhai and the Wang family are the grandchildren of the parties involved. Who knew that the Lin family and the Jia family were married, but the Wang family consciously took the opportunity to avenge their ancestors and did all kinds of inhumane things.

Although Wang scolded her own hatred, she didn't feel that she had misunderstood the Lin family until the end of her life.Otherwise, why decades later, Lin Ruhai finally took advantage of it, caused the Wang family to disperse, and finally won the sea trade business.

After Lin Ruhai knew about this, he only lamented that a person needs a heart to live.If it hadn't been for the Wang family's intention to harm others after being released from the Lin family for seven years, many things would not have been involved. After all, the Wang family would not be able to escape the law.

Several major events since the Lin family entered Beijing have been settled. Although Lin Ruhai is still busy, there are fewer open and secret fights like before. Malicious doesn't have to think about court affairs all the time, but also has the mind to stop and think about other things, such as hiring a cavalier. Shoot the master.

Daiyu mentioned this before, but Su Lan and Yinglian were quiet, so they didn't care about it at the moment, and even the two sisters thought Daiyu was joking.

Lin You was very positive about this, but Daiyu stopped him on the spot: "Brother You is still young, if you want to learn how to ride a horse, you have to be at least eight years old, otherwise don't affect the development of your legs."

Lin You refused to accept it, and argued, "My sister is only two years older than me."

Daiyu said: "It's almost the end of the year, and it's not easy to learn how to ride a horse in winter. I'll be nine years old in the next spring, so I can learn it. If you want to learn, you have to wait until after the ninth year?"

The two siblings were arguing lively, Lin Ruhai interjected, "Speaking of riding and shooting, Young Master Zhuo has been very troubled recently."

The little prince Daiyu only met twice, once on the street in Dongcheng, and once when Situ Zhuo was going to Lin's house to eat Huaiyang cuisine.Later, Situ Zhuo sent several messages to the Lin family, and they were all important messages. Although the acquaintance was not deep, Daiyu also knew that this young prince was a smart and meticulous person.

Daiyu usually doesn't pay much attention to Situ Zhuo's news, and only regards him as an intelligence provider in the palace.At this moment, he turned serious and waited for his father to continue.

Lin Ruhai also noticed the girl's expression, and she talked about what Situ Zhuo had done in the past few months in a casual manner.

In fact, Situ Zhuo didn't do anything out of the ordinary. He was just fascinated by carpentry. He often went to the Ministry of Industry, consulted a lot of related books in the study room outside, and met many skilled craftsmen. He drew and made many weird things Son, also asked the bureaus in the palace to use it for trial.

Originally, phoenix sons and dragon grandchildren are also human beings. Since ancient times, there have been many princes with various hobbies. Emperor Taizong and the crown prince were slightly dissatisfied with Situ Zhuo's fascination with carpentry, but they didn't say anything.After all, Situ Zhuo, a concubine emperor's grandson, ranked seventh in the East Palace, so even if he fell in love with some strange tricks, it wouldn't hurt.At least not with any bad habits.

When Jia Min heard this, she regretted, "I've seen this young prince twice, such an outstanding young man, he's addicted to these things, after all, it's a bit of a delay."

Lin Ruhai went on to say: "This is not a big deal. Recently, the little prince has made some big things, such as a rotatable ladder fixed on a horizontal axis; a large wooden wheel with a diameter of nearly seven feet. The soldiers in the Beijing camp Go up and turn, it is said that many soldiers vomited after tossing."

Daiyu still sat still, but raised her eyebrows involuntarily.

According to his father's description, what Situ Zhuo made was an ancient anti-vertigo space elevator and anti-vertigo rollers.It is used in the training of troops and soldiers, especially in the training of pilots.

Daiyu's expression changes can be said to be very small, but they did not escape Lin Ruhai's eyes. Lin Ruhai also worked in Lantai Temple, and he was better than ordinary people at capturing subtle expressions. Seeing Daiyu raising her eyebrows, she knew that her daughter I heard something again.

After a few gossips among the family, Lin Ruhai called Daiyu into the study.

After taking his seat, Lin Ruhai asked directly: "Yu'er, have you guessed what the little prince's purpose is for tossing these things?"

Daiyu smiled: "Father should have guessed it too."

Lin Ruhai didn't deny it either, and just sighed: "Young people are awesome. Among you younger generations, Yu'er is the most admired by me, and the second is this little prince. The sea is windy and rough. In the future, the imperial court decides to train sailors. We need a group of people who are not afraid of seasickness."

Daiyu didn't answer this question, but smiled and said: "Uncle Jing, you should also pay close attention to the training of the soldiers. There are not many smart people in the world. Uncle Jing allowed the little prince to torment the soldiers of the Beijing camp like this. I can see it too."

Lin Ruhai also raised his eyebrows: "Brother Jingnei is among the dragons and phoenixes, naturally he has insight into the world."

After Jia Jing took over the post of Jingying Jiedu envoy, he changed the rules of the daily drills of the Beijing camp, increased the amount a lot, and made complaints about it.However, Jia Jing was accompanied by the crown prince, he was an honored queen, and he was a new official, so the soldiers in the Beijing camp could only endure it.

Later, after Wang Ziteng was convicted and Jia Jing was formally appointed as the envoy of the Beijing Camp, the training of soldiers became even tighter.If it is a mediocre person, naturally they can't see anything.At that time, the subordinates of the Second Lord Ning Rong had been well trained and known for their strict military discipline. Many people only regarded Jia Jing as the governor of the Beijing camp, but they didn't want to lose the prestige of their ancestors.

But Jia Jing also saw the opportunity of sailing early.

The capital is located in the north, so it can't compare to the coast. If you want to remove the management officers and soldiers to form a navy, the soldiers will have to suffer a lot, and they are not competitive compared with the southern soldiers.For this reason, Jia Jing has given the soldiers swimming exercises, and Situ Zhuo made those anti-vertigo tools, which is a timely help.