Survive in the world of Red Mansions

Time flies, and soon it will be the winter of this year. Lin Hai also signed up early, resigned from the post of inspector and censor, and at the same time asked the emperor for leave, hoping to send his late wife Lin Jia back to Suzhou before the end of the year burial.

Although the letter of resignation has been approved, the person who will take over Lin Hai’s Yanzheng position has not arrived yet, and it is not known who it is, but these are not Lin Hai’s concern, because Lin Hai’s leave of absence has been approved by the emperor, and Lin Hai has to do it now The most important thing is to take advantage of this time to send Jia Min to his hometown in Suzhou for burial, and then return to Yangzhou to handover with the newly arrived Xunyan Yushi.

Because there are two aides sent by him today to assist Lin Hai in the affairs of salt administration, so Lin Hai's work has not been affected by the departure of the two aides, Zhao Ze and Li Tuo. After failing to win, he returned to Yangzhou again and still worked with Lin Hai, so Lin Haiyan's political affairs were still the same as before.

One more thing, because of the confinement of the third prince and the demotion of Lady Zhen, the Zhen family has kept a low profile in Jiangnan for the past year. Although they still claim to be the number one family in Jiangnan, how to say, their methods of doing things are not as good as before. The arrogance also made the officials serving in Jiangnan more or less relieved.

For Lin Hai, if he hated the Zhen family, he definitely hated it, not to mention how much trouble the Zhen family had caused him in the salt administration affairs, even the assassination incident more than a year ago also had the shadow of the Zhen family.But the current Zhen family, not to mention Lin Hai, even the current emperor, has nothing to do with the Zhen family, and can only endure and wait, let alone Lin Hai, a third-rank official.

Yangzhou and Suzhou are not far apart, because this time it is the burial of the soul, and the coffin follows the road, so the journey along the way is not fast.Fortunately, although the temperature is a bit low now, the weather was fine all the way. Lin Hai led Lin Rui, Lin Daiyu and several big maidservants each took a carriage. Sitting in the carriage, apart from suffering from some bumps, everything else fine.

The town officials who passed by knew the news that Lin Hai was going to pass by. After they rested at the inn, several officials came to visit early, hoping to meet Lin Hai, a third-rank official in the dynasty.Although Lin Hai was impatient to socialize with these officials, he should not easily offend these people. Even if he was a county magistrate of the seventh rank, who would know that he did not have his own network, so he could only send people away in a good manner.

Lin Rui sat in the car, opened the window, and stretched out his head to look at the carriage behind Lin Daiyu and the others. After looking at it for a while, he sat back and said softly, "Oh, there are some rules here that are really perverted. Everyone is a lady, take a seat." Pay attention to the car, if you want to look outside, you don’t dare to look openly, and you have to sneak a look.”

"The social environment is like this. What can I do? But it's more strict when you are a girl, and these rules will be looser after you get married. Let's rest at the inn today, and you should be able to go to your ancestral home in Suzhou tomorrow afternoon. "

"Is our Lin family's ancestral house in the same place as Lin Yun and Lin Xu's family?"

"Well, almost everyone in that village is surnamed Lin, and the ancestral home of the Lin family is also in the village, but now some clansmen live in the town. Lin Xu, the youngest son of the patriarch who came to Yangzhou a few years ago, do you remember? , I failed the last imperial examination, but this year Enke got a Jinshi, but the ranking is not very good, and now I am still waiting to continue to take the exam organized by the imperial court, and I want to test for a good scholar."

"Lin Xu is not very old. It is quite good to be able to get the second place in the second general examination. Both the college exam and the township college have to be taken in the place of origin. Do I have to go back to Suzhou for the exam in the future?"

"According to the rules, this is the case. However, if you want to take the exam in the capital, you will have to spend an extra procedure. It is very simple. You are only 8 years old this year, and it is still early to take the exam!"

"Well, the last time I went to the capital, I had to go back and forth by water, and I felt very uncomfortable. Now that I am traveling by land, I realize that traveling by car is more uncomfortable than taking a boat. Thanks to the fact that Yangzhou and Suzhou are not far away, they will arrive in four or five days. How can people live far away?"

"You kid, be self-sufficient. There is also a carriage for you. Many people here walk on their feet. You are much better than them!"

"Just talking, Dad, let me sleep on it, the time is really hard!"

"..."

Although Jia Min had an ordinary relationship with the Lin family in Suzhou, they were all dead, so there was nothing to worry about.Furthermore, Lin Hai is considered to be the one with the best development in the official career of the entire Lin family in Suzhou. In the past, the two parties had normal contacts, but now looking at Lin Yun who is the fourth bedroom, Lin Hai seems to be willing to support his clansmen. Even Lin Xu is now staying in the capital temporarily. Beijing Linfu.So the next day, when Lin Hai and his party were about to arrive at the ancestral house in Suzhou, the patriarch Lin Qing personally brought his son Lin Chang to greet him.

Seeing the patriarch kissing himself, Lin Hai hurriedly led Lin Rui out of the car, "Ruhai pays respects to the patriarch, brother Qing, how can I trouble you to come here in person?"

"As the head of the clan, I should be like this. Thanks to you for taking care of my kid in the capital. The time I saw you more than ten years ago, you sent my concubine back to her hometown for burial. I didn't expect that you would come back so soon." One time to help the spirit return to the hometown, alas!"

"It should be. I am also very pleased that the tribe can be promising. This is my nephew Lin Chang, right?"

"Nephew Lin Chang pays homage to Uncle Hai!"

"Don't be too polite!"

"Nephew Lin Rui paid a visit to Uncle Qing and cousin Chang!"

The ancestral house of the Lin family in Suzhou was informed in advance because Lin Hai and his group were coming back, so when Lin Hai and his group arrived, although the ancestral house of the Lin family was still old, it was cleaned very clean, and they only stayed for a few days anyway. , there is really nothing to pay attention to.

After Lin Hai and Lin Qing returned to the old house of the Lin family, many people from the clan came to see and say hello.

Lin Qing saw that Lin Hai and the others had just arrived, and there were a lot of things going on here, so he temporarily took other clansmen to leave, and told Lin Hai, and held a banquet at home for the Lin Hai family in the evening.

After all the greetings had gone, Lin Hai could go back to the back.Taking advantage of this time, Lin Daiyu had already arranged the accommodation for the group. When Lin Hai and his son returned to the courtyard where they lived temporarily, the hot water was ready.

When Lin Hai and the others came back from the banquet at night, when they were finally able to rest on the bed, they not only sighed, "There are so many etiquettes in ancient times. After sitting in the car for a few days, you can't rest right away when you arrive. You have to say goodbye, son. , do you want to take a rest tomorrow morning?"

"No, this body has finally recovered because of daily exercise. It's only been a few days on the road this time? Dad, do you want to get up early tomorrow morning?"

"Well, go to bed early, there are still many things to deal with tomorrow."

The next day, Lin Hai asked someone to check the date, and it was time for him to be buried three days later.Lin Hai himself didn't pay much attention to the date, and hoped to arrange the burial when he arrived at the place, but the people here valued these things, so he had to follow the rules.

All the sacrificial supplies for the burial, the housekeeper knew that they had been prepared properly, so there was nothing wrong with Lin Hai.In the countryside, men and women don’t pay much attention to defense, and girls don’t need to wear veils when they go out, so these days, Lin Hai took Lin Daiyu and his brother, besides visiting these local tribesmen, they took their siblings in four Playing around, and went to a Zhuangzi in the nearby Lin family to play for a day.

Not to mention that Lin Daiyu is the first time to come into contact with these things in the countryside, even Lin Hai and his son. In the previous life, they had been living in the city and went on vacation. It's totally two different things. The family of three have been enjoying themselves a lot these days.

On the day of the burial, Lin Daiyu and Lin Rui put on filial piety again, cried a lot, and it was over.It has been four years since Jia Min passed away. No matter how many thoughts and sorrows there are, they will slowly fade away with the passage of time.Not to mention Lin Rui who had no feelings for Jia Min, even Lin Daiyu calmed down the next day.

Lin Hai stayed in the old house in Suzhou for another two days, hosting a banquet in honor of the clansmen who came to help when Jia Min was buried this time, and thanked them for their help.In addition, some land for offering sacrifices to the Lin family was added, and another sum of money was used to repair the ancestral hall.In the end, Lin Chang was also entrusted to ask Lin Chang to find someone to repair the Lin family's ancestral house. After dealing with these, Lin Hai and his party returned to Yangzhou.

"Xiao Rui, you have also been in close contact with people from the Lin family these days, how do you feel?"

Sitting in the car with nothing to do, and shaking it around, he couldn't read a book, so Lin Hai asked Lin Rui what he thought of the Lin family.

"Although the ancestors of the Lin family are said to be a scholarly family, there are too few people who have become officials. Except for you, Dad, there are no other people who are of the sixth rank.

All the clansmen, some of them are a little bit selfish, but none of them are treacherous and evil people, and the clansmen who are more responsible still account for the majority.Here, if you want to get ahead, you have to study and take the imperial examination, but from the current perspective of the entire Lin family, although they have their own ethnology, not many people have achieved fame.

The old patriarch's sons, Lin Chang and Lin Xu, are considered very good, but although Lin Chang also has a reputation for juren, he has not continued to pass the exam. I don't know if it is because he will take over the position of patriarch in the future and it is inconvenient to leave home, or something else The reason, in short, now seems to stop at raising people's names.

Therefore, on the whole, the Lin family, as a scholarly family back then, is indeed not in decline now. "

"Hehe, Xiao Rui has seen a lot in the past few days. The patriarch and the others, when they were in Lin Ruhai's grandfather's generation, because they stood in the wrong place in the battle for the throne, their team suffered a difficult time back then. Although There was no ransacking of the family, but almost all the officials in their branch were demoted and returned home, and many of their family properties were confiscated, so they could only live on the sacrificed land."

"Father, how do you know, and how come Lin Ruhai and the others haven't been affected?"

"These things have been passed down from generation to generation. It's only been a few generations. How can you not know? Lin Ruhai's branch and Lin Qing's branch take a different route. Lin Qing's branch It is from the text, the ancestors of Lin Ruhai started their family with martial arts. "The ancestor of Lin Ruhai once attacked Liehou." It was sealed to the third generation, and then another generation was inherited, and then Lin Ruhai passed the exam on his own. It can be said that Lin Ruhai's family has perfectly transformed from a family of military generals to a family of scholars of Qingliu civil officials.

The Lin family has undergone a perfect transformation. Back then, Jia Min married Lin Ruhai, not entirely because of Lin Ruhai personally. Families of military generals and families of civil servants rarely marry.However, the marriage between the Lin and Jia families back then should be due to the needs of both parties. Although the Lin family had transformed from a family of military generals to a family of scholars, when it came to Lin Ruhai, his father died young, leaving only orphans and widows. The lady of the Duke's Mansion wanted to take advantage of the power of the Rongguo Mansion; as for the Duke's Mansion, Jia Daishan probably also wanted to move from the family of military generals and nobles to the family of scholars, so he would favor Jia Zheng and find someone for Jia Min. Lin Ruhai, who was born in the imperial examination, was considered a low-level marriage when Jia Min married Lin Ruhai.

Personally, I think that the Lin family achieved their goal by marrying Jia Min. Lin Ruhai had just become an official. Although he had contacts left by his father, it cannot be denied that there was some influence in the Rongguo Mansion.It's a pity that Rongguo Mansion didn't get any benefits in this regard. After all, Jia Zhu was a better student and died young. The later Rongguo Mansion didn't have the opportunity to use Lin Ruhai's resources in civil servants. "

"According to what my father said, the Jia family has suffered a loss? In fact, the most important thing is that Rongguo Mansion has no successors now. The Rongguo Mansion has contacts with some noble families in the past. Their family doesn't pay much attention to this aspect. Li Wan's natal family also He came from Guozijian, but do you think the Rongguo Mansion attaches great importance to this in-law? Their family is still immersed in the glory of the Guogong Mansion in the past, and they feel that the scholars are poor and look down on them."

"Rui'er is also right. The Suzhou Lin family mentioned earlier, if at other times, a family had three famous people, it would be quite good. However, it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country, and the Jiangnan style of writing has always been at its peak. So Juren's fame is not very valuable anymore, and you can see the current situation of the Lin family, which can only be regarded as a scholarly family that has not yet fallen."

By the time Lin Hai and his party returned to Yangzhou, Chen Wenran, the new patrolling censor, had already arrived.

Lin Hai and Chen Wenran carefully handed over the work. Both sides checked the account books on the salt administration again and again. Lin Hai didn't want all of his own people to leave. One day, someone would be caught as a pigtail because of this. Lin Hai took the trouble to transfer all the accounts. Check the items clearly, and let Chen Wenran's signature and painting be postponed before he can rest assured.

On the other side, Lin Zhong was outside and Lin Daiyu was inside, leading the servants of the Lin family to pack and pack all the furniture and belongings for delivery to the capital.

It wasn't until the Lin family got on the boat going north that they calmed down. The journey went smoothly without encountering a frozen canal. By the time the Lin family arrived in the capital, it was already the nineteenth day of the twelfth lunar month.

Lin Hai didn't care about other things, so he freshened up at the post station near the outskirts of Beijing. Before Lin Rui and the others went to the city, they went directly to the palace to meet the emperor.

The author has something to say: The Lin family has finally come to the capital!

In the future, Lin Rui's roles will increase, and there will be more descriptions about the Jia family.

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