The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

After the meal, Shen Jia arranged for someone to take the three brothers-in-law back to their rooms. All three of them drank too much. At this time, the quality of one's alcohol could be seen. The eldest brother-in-law fell asleep peacefully, and the second brother-in-law was reciting poems to the bright moon Fu, the third brother-in-law danced happily in the yard with a handful of three in his hands. Although it was neither fish nor fowl, Zhao Zhang was quite happy to see it.

Father Shen said embarrassingly, "I made you laugh."

"No, they are very fresh." Zhao Zhang bowed his hands to Shen's father, and followed Shen Jia to the main courtyard.

Shen's father had some doubts, but he couldn't ask them face to face. When he returned to his room, he asked his wife, "Why did Zhao Zhang stay at our house at night? Wouldn't it be convenient to send someone to take him back? Besides, there's no reason to let a guest live in the main courtyard. Isn't there no room?"

With a guilty conscience, Shen's mother smiled awkwardly: "Their brothers and sisters have a good relationship, and it's rare for the two of them to get together, so there must be endless things to talk about."

"That's true, but the Zhao family...is it supposed to be a relative of the emperor? Do you know which family he belongs to?"

"This... I don't know, why don't you ask Jiajia tomorrow?"

"Forget it, no one from a noble family doesn't dislike our family. What do we have to explore? Your three good sons-in-law are a little embarrassed today, and they will be beaten up when they wake up tomorrow. With this temperament, it will be the same when they go out in the future." causing trouble for the family."

Shen's mother asked in surprise: "Yang Sen also made a fool of himself?"

"He's pretty good. He took care of everyone all night, but he's a little... a little too attentive. My father-in-law doesn't have a good face. After all, he's a merchant, so he's a lot shorter in status."

Shen's mother continued to laugh awkwardly. She especially wanted to say that although the three decent sons-in-law were not promising, her son found them a particularly promising daughter-in-law. To this day, Shen's mother still feels unreal, thinking that these two will not last long. Who really dares to talk about love with the emperor?

Zhao Zhang also drank a lot, and when he walked halfway, he deliberately fell on Shen Jia's body. When I was thirsty, I wanted to kiss Shen Jia. If there were no servants following me, maybe I would have kissed Shen Jia for real.

When they got into the room, Zhao Zhang finally stood up straight by himself, but he wanted to take a bath. Both of them were sweating all over in this hot day, so they really should take a bath, so Shen Jia ordered someone to carry two buckets of hot water into the bathroom. .

It's not that he hasn't thought about building a bathtub or connecting a hot water pipe, but there are so many servants in the family, and there are people who carry the bathtub and hot water, so he hasn't bothered.

When two buckets of hot water were brought in, Zhao Zhang insisted on using the same bucket with him. Two adult men were squeezed into one bucket, unable to lift their legs, and the water lost half in an instant. Zhao Zhang was not honest. , had to challenge the difficult moves, and when the two came out of the bathtub, Shen Jia became the one who couldn't walk, and was carried into the room.

It was really comfortable to blow the fan at night, but when she woke up the next morning, Shen Jia found that she had a stuffy nose, her nostrils were tightly blocked, and she could only breathe through her mouth.

"Look at the good deeds you have done!" Shen Jia accused Zhao Zhang of not covering him with a quilt last night, because it was hot, and the quilt could not be covered when the two of them were sleeping. .

"You are too squeamish, obviously I was lying outside facing the wind, and you kept hugging me to keep warm last night, how could you get the wind chill?"

Shen Jia gave him a blank stare, how did he know?He sniffed and said in a thick voice, "Maybe it's because I haven't caught a cold for a long time. A few minor illnesses a year are good for your health."

"I won't get sick if you're wrong." Zhao Zhang said casually, and Shen Jia scolded him twice, "You can't talk nonsense like that."

"Okay, as long as I didn't say it, I sent the envoy of Hongyuan to show you, shall I?"

"Come on, a little bit of wind and cold will bother Mr. Court Envoy. It should be said that I am spoiled. The prescription left by Hong Court Envoy last time is still there. I will let someone grab the medicine and take it."

Zhao Zhang didn't insist, but he was allowed not to go to court, so Shen Jia hurriedly asked people to go to the household department to ask for leave. After Zhao Zhang left, he went back to sleep and went to the household department after breakfast.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he had a strong nasal voice, and everyone expressed their concern. When the people from the upper court came back, a piece of news exploded in the household department.

During the court this morning, the emperor specially left an imperial decree saying it was for Mr. Shen. As a result, Mr. Shen asked for leave, so he sent someone to the Shen residence. The content of the imperial decree was to canonize Mrs. It came so suddenly that everyone was surprised.

However, meritorious officials can enshrine his mother and wife. Shen Jia's wife is the county head, so only his mother can be enshrined.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the emperor's compensation to Langzhong Shen. Shen Jia's merits are enough to be promoted, but the emperor suppressed his official position and did not get promoted, so naturally he has to make up for it in other ways.

"Your Majesty, it's nothing if you want to reward Shen Langzhong's mother, but Shen Jia is only a fifth rank, so logically his mother should be a fifth rank." The Minister of Rites stood up and said that the Ministry of Rites did not receive the memorial from Shen Jia at all, indicating that this was the case. It was given by the emperor on his own initiative, and other people's families don't have such good treatment.

Zhao Zhang nodded seriously, "I know, it's just a step up, so as to save you the trouble of getting promoted later."

Everyone suppressed all kinds of feelings in their hearts and praised: "The emperor is wise!"

It was only after Shen Jia returned home that she learned that there was an imperial decree coming to Shen's residence today. It is reasonable for such an important event to invite him to come back and put up an incense table to welcome the imperial decree, but the eunuch who came to announce the decree said that it is not necessary to bother the teacher and mobilize the crowd, it is just a fourth-rank imperial wife, and Shen's mother accepted the decree by herself. Enough.

Shen's father still has a sense of unreality up to now. His wife has a good grade?I will be the only commoner in this family in the future, and the more I think about it, the more I lose my status.

Shen's mother was not very happy either. No matter how you looked at it, it looked like Zhao Zhang had given it to seal her mouth. But thinking of the envy and jealousy of the two mothers-in-law just now, her vanity was greatly satisfied, so she didn't care about Zhao Zhang. That's a little calculation.

"Should we set up a few tables of wine to celebrate such a big happy event?" The old lady of the Zhang family asked sourly. It's lucky that they will salute when they see Mrs. Shen in the future.

"No need, no need, it's just a trivial matter, people will laugh at you if you talk about it." Shen's mother refused. In the future, Zhao Zhang and Shen Jia's matter will cause trouble, and her imperial order will probably come to an end. Now it is publicized, and it will be awkward in the future.

Shen Jia also felt that it was unnecessary, there were many wives of the fourth rank in Chang'an City, it was nothing at all, and it would be glorious if she could give Shen's mother a first rank imperial order by relying on her own achievements in the future.

"Taking this opportunity, I just have something to say to my two in-laws." Shen's mother didn't want to show off, but after the family lived together, the incense smelled bad, and Shen's mother became impatient to entertain them.

"Just say what you want, and we will listen."

"It's not a big deal, it's like this. When my family married our daughters back then, although the dowry was all ready, but at that time because Jiajia had to take the scientific examination, it was not easy to give too much dowry to the girls. I always feel that I owe them, and thank you for your tolerance to them in the past few years.

Now that Shen Jia is promising, she offered to make up the dowry for the three older sisters. Their father and I also agreed that we gave the eldest sister a shop. Considering that your families are different, the second sister and the third You can choose to have a pavement, or you can choose to have a house of equivalent value. You can discuss it when you go back. This dowry will have to go through the road after it is settled. Although it is not much, it is also a little bit of Jiajia's heart. "

Yang Sen knew about this before, so there was no expression on his face, and the other two families couldn't hold back their faces. Some were happy, and some were angry, but now Mother Shen didn't have to worry about their feelings at all. Some things, normally everyone will happily accept, who would not want the benefits for nothing?

Although it is said that the dowry belongs to the daughter-in-law's private property, she is now owned by her husband's family. Of course, this property will also be used by her husband's family and will be distributed to their grandchildren in the future.

But Mrs. Jia didn't think so. What she saw was that after the Shen family made a fortune, they wanted to improve the status of their daughter-in-law again and again. Wasn't it because she was afraid that she would neglect her?It's just the elder sister of a fifth-rank official, and she acts like a princess. Do you have to confess her yourself?

However, this dowry was made up in time, and both families sent people out to find a house, but after asking, they found out that the house price in Chang'an City was so expensive that they regretted that their family moved to Chang'an.

No matter where the house that Shen Jia gave his sister was, it would be thousands of taels if they bought it. This is not a small amount. Although they could afford it, they would go bankrupt after buying the house. How would they live in the future?

The two families had their own thoughts, and after dinner, Shen Jia sent Shen's mother back to the room, and handed over a few house deeds to her, "This is two shops and two houses with two entrances. The location is not very good, but One is near the Guozijian, and the other is not far from Wucheng Bingmasi, which was specially chosen for them, regardless of whether they finally decide to choose a shop or a house, both of them will be given to my sister, and one will not be included in the dowry list."

Shen Jia is very thoughtful, women must have private money, and if all the money is put on the bright side, people will worry about it, and they all have children, so there must be private money to supplement the children.

Shen's mother hesitated for a while and asked him: "Tell mother the truth, where did you get the money? How long have you been an official? Not only did your family own property, but you were able to buy so many shops and houses. This is Chang'an City. , I know how expensive the house is."

Shen Jia smiled and said: "Of course our house is expensive, but the one for the two elder sisters is not so expensive. Of course the money is not earned from salary, I borrowed it."

"Nonsense, who can afford to lend you so much money? And you don't have any money and you still have a swollen face to pretend to be fat. How can you live like this?"

Shen Jia thought to herself: That is the day when you have never lived a life of housing and car loans. Who doesn’t enjoy the money first and then pays back the money, and he already has a plan to make money. He originally planned to cooperate with his eldest brother-in-law, but Zhao Zhang was very interested after hearing about it. , Prepare the two to do business together.

This sounds ridiculous, the entire Great Jin Dynasty belongs to the emperor, and the emperor still wants to do business?But the fact is that, no matter how much money the treasury has, Zhao Zhang can’t move it into his own private treasury. His private treasury was inherited from the late emperor. I don't know how much money and treasures have been scattered, and it is definitely not enough to sit and eat.

Shen Jia thinks about it too, and doing business with his boyfriend will be more motivated. Thinking that this is their own business, he even dreams of thinking about various ways to make money.

"Zhao Zhang borrowed it, don't worry, it's not money from unknown sources, and it's not because I was rewarded for nothing, but I really asked him to borrow it, and I even have an IOU."

Shen's mother patted him and said angrily: "Who are you fooling? What is your relationship with that person? He will ask you to pay back the money? You are just fooling yourself and me, you...you Do you really think of yourself as his daughter-in-law?"

Shen Jia rubbed his nose embarrassingly, "If you think it's inappropriate to use his money, then I'll ask someone else to borrow it. In short, these properties have already been registered and the money has been paid. You can give it to the two sisters first." Let them live in peace of mind, they can't stay in our house all the time."

"Of course I know that no matter how thick-skinned they are, they won't be able to live on. No matter how much you think about them, it's useless. They may not be grateful, and they may become enemies if they give too much. I know you are thinking about your sisters, but they are already married. People, they will know how to choose.”

Shen Jia knows very well that it is not easy for women in this era, especially after marriage, when the daughter-in-law becomes a mother-in-law, the sons and daughters grow up, and they are a little bit promising, then it is considered that all hardships have come to an end, and those who suffer are too many. Domestic violence, those who are abused by their mother-in-law, and those who are favored by men and concubines destroy their wives, if either the husband or the mother-in-law is bad, their life in their husband's house will be difficult, and Shen Jia also wants them to be more confident.

Shen Jia returned to the main courtyard, and just sat down when he heard rumors that the second aunt had come, so he hurriedly invited people in.

It was the first time for Shen Ling to enter Shen Jia's yard, and she didn't look around curiously. After sitting down, she looked at him and smiled slightly, "Our Jiajia has really grown up, and has become a man of indomitable spirit, that's great! "

Shen Jia blushed and said, "Sister, you just now realize that I'm an upright man?"

"Although you were very sensible in the past, after all, you were only a student who devoted himself to the imperial examinations and had to be supported by your parents. Now it's different. You are already the pillar of our entire Shen Jia."

Shen Jia was embarrassed by her compliments. His second sister had never talked much since she was a child, and she had the weakest sense of presence at home, but Shen Jia always knew that she was a sensible and good woman.

"Okay, let's not talk about this. I came to tell you that I am going to choose a shop. I know that my eldest sister's shop is about to open. No one in our family can do business. I will rent out the shop when the time comes. With this Income, at least you won’t starve to death in the future.”

Shen Jia asked curiously: "Then you have found a place to live?"

Shen Ling smiled and said: "You really worry about it. The house is something that my husband's family has to consider. Of course they have the final say on where to live. After all, the house is surnamed Jia, not Shen. I really want them to live in my dowry house." I'm afraid they won't be able to sleep at night."

Only then did Shen Jia realize that she almost did something bad with good intentions, and with the pride of her second brother-in-law's family, she really would not want to live in a house under the name of her daughter-in-law.

"Okay, you're right."

Not long after Shen Ling left, Shen Peng also came. She looked around after entering the door, and found every place fresh. At first, she thought that Shen's residence was already very luxurious, but now she saw Shen Jia's courtyard, and then realized that her brother is really It's not the same.

"Jiajia, tell Third Sister the truth, are you taking bribes? Are all the furnishings in this room authentic? Where did you get so much money?" After satisfying his curiosity, Shen Peng began to worry about Shen Jia's future.

"Don't act foolishly just for the sake of a better life. Many court officials have died of greed, and the serious crime is the extermination of the nine clans. We are not afraid of married girls, but you have to think about your parents."

"Don't worry, if you are not greedy or robbed, you are on the right track."

Shen Peng made it clear that he didn't believe it, but it was hard to say anything, but he couldn't help but say that he wanted a house, "I know you want to take care of us, but in fact we have a good life. Now that you are an official, you are taking care of your brother-in-law again." After finding a future, the Zhang family is very grateful to you, they will not treat me badly, you take back the house and shop, and you will have a family soon, you have to leave something for your younger siblings."

Shen Jia went over and hugged Third Sister, patted her on the head as she did when she was a child, and said, "Don't worry about me, just take care of yourself, and keep everything I can give you. At worst, I won't give you anything in the future. I'm down and out, you come to help me again."

Shen Peng is right after thinking about it, "Then I want a shop, I'm not afraid of your jokes, originally I wanted a house, your brother-in-law went out today, and when he came back, he said that the house price in the capital is too expensive and he can't afford it. The place to live is really a big problem to solve."

"Then why did you change?"

"I thought about it. The Zhang family is troubled by the house. The shop belongs to me. If you need money in the future, I can return the shop to you. If it is a house, the Zhang family can't be moved out."

She is very thoughtful, her younger brother is very generous now, but who knows what will happen in the future?The dowry is in her hands, and she can give it to whoever she wants in the future. If the Zhang family refuses, what can they do with her?

"I see." Shen Jia sometimes thought that she must have done too many good deeds in her previous life, so God let him be reborn in the Shen family. The three older sisters loved him very much, and his parents were also kind and reasonable, and let him He has found a perfect boyfriend, and no amount of money will change him for such a day.

When Shen Jia went to court the next day, the wind and cold were still not healed, but a little wind and cold was too embarrassed to ask for leave every day. As soon as she entered the palace, she received many congratulations. The family moved from the countryside, so I don't think much of it, and now she is also Mrs. Gaoming, so she is a member of the same circle.

Shen Jia didn't agree, and only said that her parents were not in good health and shouldn't be overworked, but if there was a chance, she would still come to bother her.

"Shen Langzhong is just too polite, forget about other things, you must send us a wedding invitation on the day of your wedding, otherwise we will treat it as if we don't know each other when we meet in the future."

"sure."

Shen Jia walked all the way into the hall, and met many officials on the way. He is the emperor's favored minister. Although many people are willing to make friends with him, many people look down on him. There are also a small number of people. Today, thanks to the emperor's blessing, he has conquered some people.

"The emperor is here... If there is something to announce, nothing to leave the court..."

After three shouts of long live, Shen Jia thought to herself when she heard the familiar opening words: If the court really retreated as soon as it started, what would it be like?Peace in the world?Still besieged?

His mind was wandering, and Zhao Zhang was too far away to see what he was doing, but he could tell from the drooping head that he was not listening carefully.

Sometimes the contents of the court meeting are really boring and incomprehensible. Zhao Zhang always occupies his high position and no one dares to look up at him and then deserts. Sometimes he observes what the courtiers below are doing, and sometimes thinks of something interesting Nope, like now, he was just guessing what Shen Jia was thinking.

Yesterday, I gave an imperial order to Mrs. Shen. Shen Jia is going to stay to thank you for a while, so I just happened to chat about business matters. If the important court officials who are busy working for the common people know that the emperor actually wants to open a shop and start a business , It is estimated that the expression will be cracked.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." Xu Shoufu yelled twice without responding, and was about to raise his head when the emperor said flatly: "Well, just do as Shoufu said."

Xu Shoufu secretly heaved a sigh of relief, he thought the emperor didn't agree with him. When the new emperor came to the throne, he played a very important role in the cabinet. Although the emperor was ruthless, he would listen to him in political affairs.

However, as the new emperor came into contact with more and more political affairs, and had his own opinions, his words were not so effective. Fortunately, in the past few years, he has cultivated his own power. Once more than half of the ministers in the cabinet agree, The emperor is not easy to refute.

"The heat is coming to an end, and the biggest thing after autumn is the harvest. This year, the weather will be smooth, there will be no floods in the south, and no drought in the north. This year should be a bumper harvest, right?"

The courtiers naturally want to sing praises to the emperor's sage rule. This one says that the people can live and work in peace and contentment because of the emperor's benevolence, wisdom and martial arts. The other says that the emperor's martial arts and martial arts are for the people. God is reluctant to see such a wise king. When the people suffer, it will be a good year.

After listening to the nonsense with a blank face, Zhao Zhang continued, "Since this is the case, the world is ordered to reduce the grain tax of all thirteen provinces by [-]% this year, so that the people will have a prosperous year."

Man Chao's voice disappeared in an instant, and the huge Jinluan Hall was quiet. Shen Jia regained consciousness from the fugue, and looked at everyone blankly.

"The cabinet drafted the decree and dispatched horses to convey it to various places. At the same time, the local inspectors sent people to monitor the grain collection. If any official dares to enrich his own pockets and embezzle the imperial grain, I will let him never see the sun in his next life!"

The minister who was about to stand up to oppose silently withdrew his feet, lowered his head and dared not speak. Most of the time, Zhao Zhang did not lose his temper, but once he lost his temper, someone in the court would have to be unlucky, and no one would I'm so stupid to touch the mold at this time.

But just when everyone thought this matter was going to end like this, a clear voice came from behind the crowd, "Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate!"

Everyone was shocked. Those standing behind were all petty officials. Who dared to question the emperor's decision?