[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

If someone else said this, Daiyu might just laugh it off, and her own mother would ask... This made her feel heavy.Jia Min could tell what the girl was thinking at a glance, and she sighed: "But you are still young, so there is no need to be in a hurry. Besides, look at Yan'er's house and ours... don't be in a hurry."

Daiyu originally thought that her mother wanted to see a doctor, pray to Buddha, and even take a concubine, but she didn't expect her mother to just mention it briefly and stop talking.They were all concerned about her feelings, but in this way, she felt even more troubled.This incident made Daiyu, who was always bright and happy, feel like being fried in a frying pan.

In fact, it wasn't Jia Min's whim, but Lin Hai thought of this matter. It's been a year since his daughter and son-in-law got married, and he thought that he would be able to embrace his grandchildren... But when Jia Min came home and said that he mentioned this matter, The daughter was a little disappointed, Lin Hai said: "Why do you think of mentioning this matter, our girl is very thoughtful, what should I do if I think too much?"

"Oh, who brought it up to me these days, who sighed at night and said why there is no news!" Jia Min curled her lips: "I said master, who said this?"

Lin Shangshu was speechless, he said all these words, Jia Min looked at him and sighed.Sitting next to her husband, she sighed: "To tell you the truth, I'm actually worried. On Yan'er's side, our family is not a family with prosperous children. If there are no children, we will have concubines and other concubines in the future. It would be nice to have a child."

In fact, this is also Lin Hai's hidden worry, but he thinks more about it. He and Jia Min are getting older day by day, and Jia Yan's character is trustworthy, but not having children is always a hidden danger.It is said that the servants of the family, if the master’s family always has no children, it is inevitable that people’s hearts will fluctuate: without a little master, it means that they will be like floating weeds in the future, and they will be unstable.

In this case, if someone bribes them, there is a high chance that someone will take the risk.

If you just want to be happy, of course it doesn't matter, who cares if you have children or not.In the previous generation, there was also the saying of plum wife and crane son. Even among the three unfilial piety, having no descendants is not the one that ranks first.

But for a person, if he has plans in the power field and does not want to die in the power field, then having children is also a very important part of it. Even if there is only one child, although it is worrying, it is also A reassurance.Lin Hai rubbed his forehead and leaned against Jia Min. They are old married couples, and both of them understand what's on their minds.Jia Min doesn't need to say more, and Lin Hai doesn't need to say more, let's take a look.

The most important event in April is the appointment of the concubine by the king of Chu. Although Jia Yan still doesn’t understand why the emperor doesn’t directly confer the concubine on the concubine, he has to give birth to a child... Maybe the emperor’s thoughts are too profound for him to understand. The family members of the officials, Daiyu also attended the small banquet after the canonization, and the wife of Shi Zhaoji, the principal of Yushi Zhongcheng Procuratorate, also came to the palace.

It was the first time that everyone gathered together to congratulate Mrs. Yu on his enthronement. Lin Hai is Zhao Ji's senior in the examination room.Mrs. Zhao Ji also knew Jia Min. Now that she saw Daiyu, she was naturally willing to take her for advice.As an elder, she sincerely gives advice, and Daiyu also sincerely accepts teaching.The old and the young got along pretty well, Dai Yu looked at Yu Shi who was still humble and introverted, and sighed: "Sure enough, Your Majesty and the noble concubine chose the concubine for Qi Ye. The princess's character is really neither arrogant nor rash."

"Hehe," Mrs. Zhao Ji smiled inexplicably, "Yes, Your Majesty is really worried about the King of Chu, lest... Hey, girl Younian, it seems that the family members of King Yan and King Qi are here to congratulate you Bar?"

She obviously didn't finish her sentence. Although Daiyu didn't ask more questions, she was careful. She observed carefully. Although Princess Yu was neither humble nor overbearing, she couldn't explain why she was obviously lacking confidence.Only when the little Huangsun Mu brother was carried out, did she have confidence on her face. Daiyu recalled for a while, that Yu's sister in the past was not like this.

"Ms. Zhao is also an old man, and my mother-in-law probably knows about it," Jia Yan said in a low voice with Daiyu in the car, "You know the mother of Princess Changle, right, the first queen."

They were on the carriage to Zhuangzi in the suburbs of Beijing. After the canonization, the king of Chu would take the princess to live in the suburbs of Beijing for a few days, Jia Yan and Daiyu accompanied him.Daiyu nodded: "I know, they died early one after another. His Majesty mourned unceasingly at that time, and was unable to attend the funeral due to illness, so he issued an edict."

"It's good that you know, but," Jia Yan's voice became lower, after all, this is a private talk about the royal family, "but Brother Meng Gui mentioned to me in private that the old concubine told him when she was alive, because she was afraid of him. Being framed by the people from the Duke's Mansion, the old concubine told him that the relationship between His Majesty and the Empress is not good."

"Ah?" Daiyu was really shocked. After all, she had heard this kind of news from her father. When it comes to talking about it, the court ministers are the most gossiping people.However, what Daiyu has always heard is that His Majesty has a deep love for his wife, and the emperor really likes his daughter Princess Changle very much.

Jia Yan leaned on the armrest of the seat: "Daughters are always my own daughters, and father and daughter are deeply related. As for the sequence, I'm afraid it's really a bad relationship. By the way, what I want to say is that it is said that the sequence is when the Queen Mother is alive. It was appointed for His Majesty, the original wife, and it is said that she dared to fight against His Majesty back then." He spoke humorously, and Daiyu also listened with relish, this was the first time he heard the news.

"According to what you said, the emperor intends to confer the title of concubine, from husband and wife, the original spouse, to meritorious service in childbearing?" Daiyu couldn't laugh now, "Is it necessary?"

Jia Yan spread his hands, so he said that the emperor had absolutely no good memories in his marriage life, at least the marriage life with the so-called "original wife".This method is to try to suppress the patriarchal power that the princess relies on, and tell everyone simply and straightforwardly: Everything about Princess Yu comes from the little emperor's grandson. At this moment, the emperor's grandson is the eldest son of King Chu, but her own concubine The status is discounted in the eyes of everyone.

Is this to prevent the princess from having too much influence on the King of Chu, or from being in the middle palace in the future?Daiyu shook her head, she was in a mess, no wonder she was the most confident when she was in contact with other concubines. "A lot of people can see this, right?" She said: "Yu Shangshu has no objection?" After all, it is Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, his eldest granddaughter is being manipulated by the emperor like this, he is really resigned.

It must be known that Princess Yan and King Yan are fighting and fighting, and her background is not as good as that of Yu's family.

But Jia Yan told her with a smile: "Who do you think Yu Shangshu is? The Yu family was taught like this, three obediences and four virtues. You only met Princess Yu a few times before, right? Because the girls of the Yu family rarely go out, and their family doesn't encourage girls to go out. Children go out to socialize. The so-called chastity is the most important thing. Even if a woman has no talent, only the word chastity is enough. The original words of the Ministry of punishment."

At this point, Daiyu was only slightly uncomfortable, not surprised at all.Speaking of it, Rongguo Mansion actually doesn't have much contact with the outside world, no matter in the south of the Yangtze River or in the capital city, whether girls can go out to socialize or not depends on the wishes of the family.If the elders prohibit or restrict, they can only be obedient. In this regard, boys are better than girls.

Even if it was Baoyu, if he said he would go out, he would go out with a servant, but the Sanchun sisters could only ask their brothers to bring something back.The difference between men and women, this is probably the most obvious point, in fact, they are not as good as girls from common people in the market.

"Lin Yiren immediately likes children."

They have been in Zhuangzi for two days. Jia Yan wants to accompany the King of Chu to discuss matters, and Daiyu goes to Princess Yu to see Mugeer besides taking a walk.In the past, she didn't like delicate children very much, but now looking at Mu Ge'er, she thinks that white and tender children are actually quite cute.Concubine Yu also likes to chat with her. Since Li Ruren bought off the people around her, the people around Concubine Princess have been replaced by the concubine and the king of Chu.

Daiyu smiled and said: "I never thought about it before, but now that I see Mugeer, I think children are really cute." On her white and tender face, her eyes were like black pearls inlaid on a white jade plate, and she smiled at him. Will smile at you too.Seeing such a child, I feel relaxed, the little baby has a carefree smile.

"When my sister has a child, maybe she won't see it that way." Yu said with a smile: "I still like it, but I still have to worry about it. When the child grows up, there are more things to think about. " Daiyu smiled. Just as she was about to speak, she saw someone coming outside to salute and greet the princess.

Six beautiful women of different shapes came in to greet the princess, and bowed to Daiyu to salute.Daiyu backed away, bowed slightly and nodded, yes, these people are Muge'er Manyue and after Yu's concubine, the emperor chose a group of girls from good families, even low-level officials' families, for the king of Chu To be a concubine.

Two of them were already pregnant, and the king of Chu said that he had no children, and when he said it was time to have a child... Daiyu looked at them, and then at Mrs. Yu, only sighing secretly.There was no panic in Yu's expression, even if the concubine's child was born, he was also the grandson of the emperor, but he was one year younger than her son, and the status was even worse.

The emperor was only worried that his son would have too few heirs, so he only gave concubines, but did not give them titles.Daiyu remembered Jia Yan's words, what experience did the emperor sum up in his marriage life with his original spouse, which made him so worried about Queen Chu's house.Using this method to check and balance the power and prestige that a decent daughter-in-law may have, the painstaking efforts are speechless and ridiculous.

"Are we going back to the city?" Daiyu returned to her homestead, and saw Jia Yan instructing the servants to pack things.Jia Yan looked worried, and replied: "Here, let's read the residence newspaper."

Daiyu took it over and glanced at it, her eyes almost went dark. It was written in the mansion newspaper that Lin Hai, Minister of the Household Department, was impeached and was suspended pending investigation.

"Father-in-law was impeached yesterday, and it was none other than Kang Tingmei who impeached him." Jia Yan's calm surface concealed anger: "I don't know if this kid has tasted the sweetness of impeachment, and now he is full of court like a mad dog." Biting people! He said that his father-in-law had neglected his duties and corrupted ink when he was the Xunyan Yushi, and the most hateful thing was that he brought Donghaihou into it."

Daiyu gasped, and brought Donghai Hou into the discussion, no matter what she said, the emperor would hesitate.If it is said that her father colluded with the Marquis of Donghai, then the emperor would be worried about the power of the Marquis of Donghai. The emperor will not kill chickens and monkeys.

In fact, not only Jia Yan, but also the Liang family and the Sun family were mobilized yesterday, making arrangements in secret, in case the matter would expand and Lin Hai would really get involved.But Jia Yan came back to pack up his things, told Daiyu that something had happened, and took her back to the city. This was what Situ Kuo meant: the husband and wife went back to Lin Shangshu's knees, and it was also the King of Chu's attitude, and he would come forward to protect him when necessary. .

At least it can make some youngsters feel apprehensive when they make trouble.

Salt and iron are the foundation of the country. In the "On Salt and Iron" written thousands of years ago, Sang Hongyang has already explained very clearly the necessity of official management of salt and iron.Moreover, the state punishes those who smuggle salt and iron extremely severely, but this still cannot stop the smugglers.Because the huge profits in this are too objective, it can even be said to be terrible, Jia Yan said to Daiyu.

Lin Daiyu understands the way the imperial court operates and handles housework herself. She also understands the price difference between official salt and private salt.However, as a young lady who came from a famous family and her living standard has never dropped, "knowing that there is a price difference" is still different from "knowing how big the price difference is".After all, no matter how much Lin Hai loves her, Daiyu can't intuitively see some details when her daughter can't follow her around.

"A catty of salt, if it is produced in seaside tidal flats, the imperial court will buy it from the salt households for only ten Wen." Jia Yan said to his wife in detail: "When the court sells it at the government office, the minimum price for a catty of salt is 450 yuan. Wen, the highest is [-] Wen, such as the current price, a catty of salt fluctuates around [-] Wen."

Daiyu understood: "It costs only seven or eight hundred Wen to buy a rough girl or a clumsy boy. Since ancient times, money has touched people's hearts. As long as you leave a little salt and sell it privately, it will be dozens of times the huge profit. Even though the court guillotine is right in front of us, we can’t take much care of it.”

"That's right. From the previous dynasty onwards, in regard to the salt class, the imperial court distributed salt to the salt merchants. The salt merchants were responsible for the purchase and operation, and the imperial court only collected taxes." Jia Yan sneered: "But the salt merchants only care about making money, they don't care about it." Regardless of whether ordinary people can eat salt, the official price of about [-] yuan is enough, but they have to manage it up and down, and these costs are also added to the price. This is one of the reasons why private salt has been repeatedly banned. Kang Tingmei impeached her father-in-law , Said that he deliberately indulged in private salt and enriched his own pockets when he was in the position of patrolling salt censor."

Daiyu wondered: "If that's the case, how did you get involved with the Marquis of Donghai? Weihe also said that the Marquis of Donghai has something to do with my father."

"Haha, there is no need for it." Jia Yan smiled: "Although there are four families in Jinling, King Jiashi, Xue, but only four families were tied together to compete with Donghaihou Huang's family when they were in their heyday. Now the four families are already in decline. Well, Kang Tingmei can kill two birds with one stone, so why bother. These censors, I followed Qi Ye to watch the south of the Yangtze River before, and I don’t believe that they don’t know the situation of Donghaihou’s family, but no one has written a memorial to report to His Majesty!”

Having said that, Daiyu murmured, "Isn't it true that the court has suffered a lot from the salt tax over the years, and the Great Wu has only established a dynasty for three generations, so it is not easy to change such a major matter as the salt administration."Will my father be used as a raft?

Jia Yan was taken aback, what did you say?Taking this matter as a fuss, does the emperor want to reform the salt administration?

"It's not impossible," Daiyu looked at his burning eyes and avoided, "Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi are not all private salt dealers. Besides, I know a little bit about how salt merchants work up and down. Those people sell tens of thousands of taels of silver. Don't blink. Money will never fall from the sky, but it will end up on people who eat salt. People will have no energy if they don't eat salt. It involves the national economy and people's livelihood. It always happens like this, and sooner or later something will happen."

Jia Yan leaned in the carriage, so the emperor did not order someone to investigate after the incident, but asked his father-in-law to lead the household department to sort out the salt affairs data for decades, which is very meaningful.But it is not easy to change this "ancestral law" that has continued from the previous dynasty to the present.