Survive in the world of Red Mansions

Now that there is a tacit understanding of the marriage with the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, Lin Rui's marriage is basically settled. Although the purpose of giving the marriage has not yet been finalized, but if someone asks Lin Hai for information about his son, Lin Hai just refuses , He only said that his son's affairs had been settled, and when the time came, he would naturally inform everyone of the good news.

Since Lin Daiyu returned from her natal home that day, when she went to another house for a banquet, she no longer stared at the unmarried young girl of the right age, and she also had more thoughts. Chatted with some girlfriends and exchanged gossip about the capital.

After Lin Rui went out to play a few times with Li Feng, the son of the Zhongshun Prince's Mansion, his influence on the son of the Prince's Mansion was much better.Although the eldest son Li Feng often hangs out with some dudes of aristocratic families, he is still a decent man.

Although these dandies who hang out with Li Feng like to have fun, they are not the kind of troublemakers, they will not do anything on the street, bully the good people, they just go to brothels/houses/houses for drinks occasionally Flowers and wine, but not too much, and will definitely not cause any scandals.

Of course, Lin Rui suspected that Li Feng might have done it on purpose for taking him to the brothel. He probably thought that he was just a teenage boy who would be at a loss in the face of this situation, and then wanted to make a fool of himself.

Since Prince Zhongshun finds him as his husband-in-law to the princess, it is impossible not to investigate him at all, and he will definitely know that he has never been to these places.Although it was the first time to go to these places, Lin Rui's performance was very natural and sophisticated in the eyes of others, not at all like a young man who was looking for fun in this kind of place for the first time.

This ancient brothel can't be compared with those modern clubs and nightclubs. Although Lin Rui was young in his previous life, he was taken to play by his cousins. The party is much more bold and straightforward, so it is not stage fright to deal with it when Li Feng takes it to play for the first time here.

Li Feng invited Lin Rui several times in a row, and Lin Rui behaved as usual, following Li Feng's gang of dandies, seeing this, he somewhat understood what was going on.However, Lin Rui and Li Feng didn't make it clear, and the others had no choice but to pretend that they didn't know, but since then, they have been more polite to Lin Rui.

The current emperor knows from Prince Zhongshun that since Prince Zhongshun found someone to reveal to the Lin family that the two families were married, Lin Hai has not continued to show his son any more. This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the two families on this matter. , the current emperor is also thinking about finding a suitable time to bestow marriages to the two families.

Lin Rui's marriage can finally be said to have been confirmed, but because he has not passed the Ming Road, Lin Rui will not care too much about the Zhongshun Palace now.After all, he is not a 15-year-old boy. No matter in his previous life or in this life, he has seen too many big families using marriage to protect the interests of both parties. For marriage, for the future partner, that kind of expectation cannot be said at all. , but expectations are not high.

Whether Li Jingya, the little princess of Zhongshun Palace, is gentle and elegant or tough and domineering, Lin Rui doesn't care too much. Of course, Lin Rui still doesn't know the name of the little princess. It's better to ask about the younger sister, not to mention that the marriage has not yet been granted, even if the decree of the marriage has come out, it is not easy for Lin Rui to ask the little princess about a girl who is about to marry, even if the girl to be married is his unmarried wife the same.

After the snow fell a few days ago, the weather cleared up, and there were no bad consequences.Officials and aristocratic families don't care about the severe cold. Instead, they are very interested in admiring the snow and plum blossoms. Even ordinary people just feel a little colder, and nothing else.

It's a pity that this situation didn't last. The second snowfall in the capital has been falling for several days in a row, and it hasn't stopped.The entire streets of the capital were covered with a thick layer of snow, and there were often rows of people shoveling the snow, but it didn't help. The snow on the road had just been shoveled, and after a while, it was white again.

In this kind of snowstorm, it is inconvenient for these officials in the inner city to go up and down, but it is enough to pay more attention to these, but ordinary people, especially some poor families, will suffer when they encounter such heavy snow.

The snow was too heavy and the weather was so cold that the snow could not melt in time. Because of the materials, the houses of some poor people were not as strong as the houses of officials and officials. Many houses were crushed by the snow.

It has been snowing for a long time, and it is very inconvenient to travel by car or horse. These days, Mr. Lin Ruilian doesn't go to Mr. Lin's house very often. He stays in the mansion every day, reading and painting, or playing chess and exercising alone.

However, Lin Hai's fate is not so good. The situation in other places is not known for the time being, but the capital city, the suburbs of Beijing and surrounding counties and cities were all affected by the snowstorm. Many houses collapsed, and many people were killed by the collapsed houses. Coupled with the people who died of freezing and starvation, the death toll is even more impressive.Lin Hai looked at the disaster situation and the death toll reported by the officials of Shuntian Mansion, and saw that these heads grew bigger.When encountering such natural disasters, of course disaster relief must be arranged, but wherever disaster relief needs money support.

Money is needed for disaster relief, for the salaries of civil and military officials, clan nobles, for raising the army, for building water conservancy projects, and so on. Money is needed everywhere, but it is a pity that the money in the treasury is tight.When the first emperor was in power, he always adopted a policy of favoring the honorable ministers, and the government was chaotic, and the officials were seriously corrupt. It can be said that today's succession is a mess full of holes. In the past few years, under the current governance, although corruption Corruption has improved, but disasters in various places for several years in a row, coupled with military expeditions, have consumed a large amount of tax money from the treasury.Although this year's taxes from various places have been escorted into Beijing and entered the national treasury, compared with what needs to be spent, the treasury's money is really stretched, which makes Lin Hai have to think twice about the money to be spent on disaster relief.

Lin Hai thought that in modern times, if a certain place was severely affected by a disaster, it would always be advertised that one side was in trouble and all parties would support it. This time, the snow disaster might as well turn to those wealthy families and businesses for alms.

The people of the country have a good name, not to mention those officials and families, those rich merchants, although rich, have always been in a low status. If they can take this opportunity to be affirmed by the emperor, they will definitely be very brave. However, such things must be reported to the emperor Yes, with the support of the emperor.

The current emperor is worrying about the disaster caused by the blizzard, not only because of the dead and injured people, the collapsed houses, but also the follow-up disaster relief, which all have to be paid for.At this time, Lin Hai took this book at this time, and it really came at the right time.

Lin Hai pointed out in the booklet that the heavy snowstorm caused house collapse and casualties, and the number of poor people who froze to death and starved to death in the cold weather is increasing day by day. It is always beyond the reach of the imperial court to rescue the disaster. It is better to call on some merchants, officials and officials The noble family donated money, goods, and food. The imperial court also took this opportunity to build a charity list. This time, if the donation reached the number of families, the names of these donors would be written on it. If there are more donations in the future, it will also be handled accordingly , and if there is a merchant with a particularly large amount of donations, can His Majesty consider rewarding him with a title or a word or something.

Today, I saw the brochure presented by Lin Hai, read it carefully several times, and felt that this is really a good way. Although the money in the national treasury is tight, there are still many rich people among the people. Let them take this opportunity to take out One point, rescuing these disaster victims can be regarded as doing some good deeds for these people.

Lin Hai was called again, and the two monarchs and ministers carefully considered some relevant details, and then the emperor issued an edict and posted it at the gate of the city and other places.

The edict issued by the emperor this time has little effect on some noble officials and families, but it is indeed an excellent opportunity for some businessmen. However, this is the first time the imperial court issued such an edict. Merchants dare not take this head lightly.

Lin Hai didn't care what other people thought when they saw this edict. He was the first to propose this edict, so he always had to be active.Under Lin Hai's instructions, the Lin family donated 2000 shi of rice and [-] taels of silver.After someone takes the lead, more people donate money. In terms of the amount of donations, although they are not very many, a family has tens or hundreds of shi of rice, and hundreds of taels to thousands of taels of silver. Very impressive, these are donated by the families of officials and nobles.

The amount of donations from merchants is obviously much more generous than that of these officials and honorable families, ranging from a few hundred taels, a few thousand taels, or even tens of thousands of taels. Since the edict was issued, in just ten days, the Ministry of Households received The money and goods received were really considerable, 37 taels of silver, [-] stones per meter, and a lot of warm clothes, quilts, etc.

The imperial court also kept its promise and erected a stone tablet outside the Taihe Gate. The names of the people who donated money and materials were engraved on this stone tablet, which is called the Charity List.

All the donations received were only used for this disaster relief. Lin Hai suggested to the emperor that this donation was issued in the name of disaster relief after all, so it is better to save the remaining money and food for future disaster relief.

In this snow disaster, Shuntian Mansion had killed and injured some people at the beginning, but since the imperial court provided disaster relief, the death toll has dropped significantly.In the household department where Lin Hai works, the payment of money, food and clothing is fairly timely and generous.Lin Hai's use of this batch of donated money and goods has borrowed some of the current methods of using donated money, and all expenditures are posted for people to see.

This snow disaster belongs to Lin Hai and his household department. The work is now basically completed, and Lin Hai's work in the Yamen is finally not as busy as before.

It was at this time that the Lin family ushered in the imperial decree of marriage. It happened to be Lin Hai's holiday. When the servant came to the Lin mansion, Lin Hai and his son were playing chess in the study. Tidy up your clothes and come to the front yard together.

Lin Hai came out and saw that it was Dai Quan himself, so he asked Dai Quan to sit down. Dai Quan smiled and said to Lin Hai, "This time our family came here with the order of a saint. Master Lin arranged for Mr. Lin to receive the order together. Bar."

As soon as Lin Hai heard what Dai Quan said, he hurriedly ordered the housekeeper to set up an incense table in the lobby of the front yard, and he talked and drank tea with Dai Quan.Since Lin Hai entered the capital, he served as the left servant of the household department, and now he is the minister of the household department. He has often been in and out of the Qianqing palace, and he is very familiar with Dai Quan.Dai Quan, as Li Min's confidant who has been serving as the head of the Qianqing Palace until now, is definitely regarded as a popular person in front of him today.Dai Quan accompanied the emperor every day, so he naturally knew that Lin Hai could be regarded as the emperor's confidant in his daily activities. With both of them doing it intentionally, the atmosphere was very harmonious.

After the incense table was set up, Lin Hai led Lin Rui to kneel in front of the incense table, and all the servants of Lin's mansion also knelt behind, and Dai Quan held up the imperial decree and read it out.

In the front, there is Lin Hai who is loyal to the country, who will be weak in the first year of his son, and who will choose a virtuous woman to match him. Finally, the daughter of the loyal king, Princess Jingya, is in her boudoir, gentle and virtuous, and Lin Rui, the son of Lin Hai, is a match made in heaven. In order to become a beautiful woman, Princess Jingya was betrothed to Lin Rui as his wife, and so on.

In fact, having said so much, the main meaning is to give Lin Hai's son Lin Rui and Li Jingya, the little princess of the Zhongshun Palace, a marriage, and choose a date to get married.

Although the emperor had already bestowed a marriage, Lin Hai still followed the rules of three matchmakers and six engagements, that is, three letters and six rituals.After receiving the marriage decree, the Lin family called an official matchmaker on the same day, and asked the matchmaker to bring a gift to Prince Zhongshun's mansion the next day. The following horoscopes are very simple, and the housekeeper can handle it with people.

When it was time for Xiaodingli, we could only ask Daiyu and Mrs. Yao to help.Lin Hai's original plan was to let Daiyu go to the Zhongshun Palace, but later he considered that Daiyu had no orders and was of the same generation, which was not enough, so he invited Mrs. Yao to come forward and cooperate to complete the novel. engagement ceremony.

During the Xiaoding ceremony, the two families also agreed on an approximate wedding date. After the Xiaojunzhu and Chichi ceremony were completed, they began to prepare for the big wedding. Lin Rui also had to prepare for another change of his identity.