[Red House] How to escape from a broken ship

When she came to Zhen's house, Daiyu was mentally prepared, for example, if Zhen's family wanted to give something away... It is also a bad practice in official circles to give away beautiful girls, and it is not a pretext to give it to the hostess.Sending off people in officialdom, especially beautiful maids, is said to be given to the hostess, and then let the maids "share the worries" for the hostess.

The Zhen family's thinking is nothing more than money, power, and women. At Jia Yan's age, grade, and position, they can't afford power. It's useless to be an official and make a wish;

Money... Back when Jia Yan's father, Jia Gongci, was alive, many people knew about the ability to hold fame with one hand and do business behind the scenes with the other.And Lin Yiren is well known: Lin Shangshu's only daughter.Therefore, if a rich man or a descendant of a Hou family, whoever carries a box of gold to give to their husband and wife, that is not a gift at all, it is a humiliation to Hong Guoguo;

As for giving someone away, just looking at the three years of marriage, Jia Boheng knew that he didn't have the slightest intention, and it would not work to send a beautiful maid.They wanted to impress Jia Yan and the king of Chu through Daiyu.Instead of offending Lin Yiren first, then making Jia Canjun look down on him, and finally asking the King of Chu to give him an unworthy comment.

The Zhen family really put a lot of thought into the so-called "replenishment gift" for the young couple, because Daiyu had to admit that she was shocked and moved at the same time when she saw the gift.From her vision and family background, it was easy to see that the Zhen family had invested enough capital in dealing with them.

This is an extremely precious gift. The first piece is a splash-ink landscape painting by Wang Qia, a painter of the late Tang Dynasty; It is less precious, but it is even more precious when it comes to heart. It is a line written by Daiyu's great-grandfather, the third generation Lin Hou, when he was alive: the highest virtue is not virtuous, because it is virtuous; To lose morality is to have no virtue.

Mrs. Zhen sat at the head, and sighed with a smile: "Back then, when Old Master Lin was alive, we were all juniors and had to be gifted with words. Now, giving back to the descendants of the Lin family can also be regarded as returning the property to the original owner. Take it."

Daiyu shook her head: "The elder has a gift and dare not resign. But the younger generation can only accept my great-grandfather's writing, and the other two, please take it back."

The third grandma of Huang, Zhenshi, wanted to speak, but Daiyu said first: "You gave me the gift of your great-grandfather in return. Hard work, how dare you covet such a precious treasure, please forgive me." This can be regarded as watertight, decent and tactful.

Mrs. Zhen just looked at Daiyu deeply, and finally sighed slightly, and asked people to put away the two treasures, and only handed over the words of Marquis Lin to Daiyu.Afterwards, everyone stopped talking about it, and concentrated on feasting and watching the play, which at first glance was considered enjoyable.Jia Yan outside looked at the men of the Zhen family and didn't feel any ill feeling. In all honesty, the men of the Zhen family, at least those who came out to socialize, were not all of the young.

For example, Zhen Xin, the eldest brother of the prisoner Zhen Min and the eldest son of Zhen Pang, the president of the Tiren Institute, Jia Yan twitched at the corners of his mouth, but unfortunately it didn't help much, Zhen Min did too much.And Zhen Xin is still young, not enough weight, judging by Zhen Min's virtue in prison, this elder brother can't control his brother's behavior.As the head of the family, Zhen Pang hated his son so much that he wanted to strangle him to death, but now he is concentrating on finding a way, probably thinking that his son is better for him.It is estimated that he also acquiesced in the debauchery in the prison.

This is how the big family is like this. They have been rich for several generations, and they feel that they have grown up with the country, and everything can pass easily.It's really not possible, there are many children in the family, and if one is given up, one can still count on the younger generation.Therefore, this kind of person always thinks of his own family first, and will do anything to protect the family.

"Should I tell the King of Chu?" Daiyu asked, "Besides, the old lady looked at me very strangely today, maybe she didn't even feel it herself, it seems that she is a little regretful? It seems that I rejected her, yes It's a very regrettable thing."

Jia Yan was sobering up with a towel on his face, and nodded when he heard this: "Yes. Younian, don't forget that we are mainly investigating the situation of the Jiangnan salt industry and land this time. Just like what happened to the big girl, it is not here. A few. Well, there are even some so-called squires who openly demand that girls from sharecropper families go to their house before they are married."

He took off the towel from his face and threw it to the servant girl, Xueyan was frightened by his words, and they were all big and big, at this moment they all looked at Daiyu in fright.Daiyu's face was also not good-looking, so she naturally understood what Jia Yan meant.On the surface, it seems that the squires are vicious, rude, and morally corrupt, but when you look deeper, the local apprentices have annexed to a certain extent, and the squires have a certain force, so the tenant farmers can't even resist the tenants, and they can't resist. They can only endure.

Because Daiyu is the housekeeper herself, she knows some things.For ordinary landlords, he has no control over what the tenants grow or do, and even has to negotiate with the tenants about how much grain to pay.Every year on August [-]th, it is usually the time when the landlord and the tenants and the old people in the household discuss farming matters. If the discussion is not good, it is not uncommon for the landlord's house to be surrounded, or even to resist the tenant in a disaster year.

And the development of the situation here can only prove that the local gentry is no longer afraid of the force of the tenant farmers. Such landlords may develop like the clans of the Jin Dynasty... This opening cannot be opened. Once opened, there must be bloodshed.

"Your Majesty will not let this matter go." Daiyu said word by word: "Even if the court officials don't think about the people, as long as one or two people with insight will understand the danger here: once it starts, the world will never be peaceful." Day." The powerful does not mean that the so-called Your Majesty and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world, or that the imperial court has become a feudal republic, and the interests of the people can be protected.

You need to know that in the Song Dynasty, when the scholar-bureaucrats and Your Majesty ruled the world, peasants rebelled one after another, and there was nothing but wilderness outside Tokyo; It only takes two generations of work, and their surnames will not be included in the clan annals. From this calculation, it is not as reliable as the family heirloom from farming and reading.

Therefore, even for its own sake, the matter is taken extremely seriously.The good news is that in Jia Yan's observation during this period of time, only the northern mountainous area has this sign, and other places are fine.There is still rescue, there is still rescue, the matter is not yet the worst, Jia Yan comforted Daiyu.

Things have to be prioritized. The Zhen family is also one of the largest landlords in the south of the Yangtze River. If the land under their name follows the current pace, they may be able to catch up with Huangzhuang in another ten years.There is also the Marquis of Donghai, the Huang family already has a lot of land. When Princess Shouchang got married, the dowry Zhuangzi in the south also gave him a lot.As for the four families of Jia Shi Wang Xue, their lands were maintained at a fairly normal amount.

This is probably because three of the four families were ennobled and served as officials in Beijing, and their direct lineages are all in the middle of the capital. It is enough for the people in the old family not to starve to death. Who has the time to give them so many fields.As for Beijing Central, Jia Yan plans to go back and look again. According to his memory, the wealthy family of Beijing Central owns a lot of fields in the suburbs and border areas of Beijing.

And the last Xue family is an imperial merchant. They don't particularly count on land, but value business routes and relationships.Jia Yan flipped through the gift list. Since the Zhen family had invited guests, it seemed that a signal was conveyed that "Jia Canjun and his wife can still get in touch, and the atmosphere in Jinling has eased". Many people came in to give them gifts, such as the Xue family.

The name on the gift list was Xue Bian, and the post briefly stated that he was the second son of the Xue family and the cousin of Xue Pan, the nephew of Prince Teng, the ruler of the nine provinces.This introduction can be said to be a typical example of trying to get closer, but Xue Pan has been exiled, and his cousin wants to see what he does.Jia Yan handed the post to Daiyu, but Daiyu smiled when she saw it: "Not only did he write a post for you, but I also received a post from his sister, saying that he wanted to visit."

Jia Yan said: Do you want to see them?If you think it's okay to meet, then you can. In addition, we are going to return the gift. We are not here to scrape the ground, so we don't want people to talk about it.

Daiyu agrees.

In all honesty, Xue Biao and his younger sister Baoqin look very good, especially Xue Bian. Compared with Xue Bian, Jia Yan feels that this humble and polite young man who seems to be a scholar outside should be the royal merchant of the Xue family. heirs.Xue Gong, Ziweishe's student, was also a serious candidate, but he didn't take the exam again.Xue Biao has also read books, and he has a good chat with Jia Yan, but he still can't compare with Daiyu and Baoqin in the inner room.

Xue Biao's younger sister, Bao Qin, is smart and alert in her speech and behavior, and she and her elder brother followed her father to travel all over the world when she was young. She is not an ordinary girl in a boudoir.This made Daiyu like it very much, and she was not too young to see Baoqin, so she asked if there was someone else?

Baoqin said shyly that her father had made an appointment for her with the son of Mei Hanlin of the Imperial Academy of Beijing in Japan.This year, because of her mother's poor health, only her elder brother took her to Beijing to get married.

Daiyu understood, no wonder she made a special visit to her as an outpost.But Mei Hanlin... who is this?

"It's Mei Cheng, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy," Jia Yan said with a smile, "Mei Cheng, Mei Yuanxin, the old Hanlin." When it was only the couple at night, Daiyu said that she didn't even remember what Mei Hanlin was. which one.Hearing what Jia Yan said, he roughly calculated his age, oh, it turned out to be an old Hanlin.

She said: "A bachelor's degree is the fifth grade. Even if the son is about to marry, this Mei Hanlin is indeed an old Hanlin." Let's put it this way, Lin Hai, Daiyu's father, was not young when he was a bachelor's servant. to 30 years old.And Mei Cheng has passed the year of knowing his destiny, and he is still a fifth-rank official. In this case, why did the second master of the Xue family insist on marrying his daughter to Mei Hanlin's youngest son?

Jia Yan said: "Because the Mei family is a generation of scholars, Mei Cheng's father, Mr. Mei, was the Minister of the Ministry of War. It's just that this generation only Mei Cheng is an official, and he didn't do very well. In fact, he retired last year. But Mei Shu, the youngest son of Mei Yuanxin, will also take the provincial examination with Sun Yingmian and Chu Jingyan this year. He is also similar in age, and he is a good student, not to mention Mei Qing, the eldest son of Mei Yuanxin, is now a Tongzhi in Pinganzhou."

Daiyu understands, the so-called scholarly generations, where the family is, even if she is not good enough to raise children and grandchildren, the second master Xue also tried every means to let his children lead the second wife of the Xue family to transform.However, "I heard from their brothers and sisters that they brought their families to Beijing. Although I can't ask too carefully, the Mei family doesn't seem to be very enthusiastic about this marriage."

"Of course I'm not enthusiastic," Jia Yan sneered, "If the second master Xue is still here, the Mei family's marriage is not a loss. But the second master Xue passed away, leaving only two brothers and sisters and an old mother. A catastrophe happened. The Xue family is trying their best to climb up this marriage, and the Mei family is not only showing indifference, they probably want to divorce the marriage."

Daiyu frowned, she felt very complicated, if the Mei family wanted to divorce, it was only natural, but they would not keep their promises.After all, it is Xue Pan who is out of tune, so the rest of the Xue family can't have normal weddings and funerals?absurd.

Jia Yan leaned over: "Okay, we don't want them, I just let you know what's going on, if they encounter difficulties after returning to Beijing, let's talk about it. We've been busy for a while, you don't want to talk to me privately ? You don't miss me?" As he spoke, he started to make a fuss again, lying on the bed tossing and turning, making Daiyu say that he missed him.

It's really outrageous for a grown man to act like a rascal!Daiyu tried her best to resist this bad behavior, she persisted, but finally failed, and was defeated by Jia Yan's rascals.

Before Princess Shouchang entertained Situ Kuo, king of Chu, the king of Chu thought that Donghai Hou and his wife wanted to stabilize themselves and plot something.Unexpectedly, they were the ones who hurt the Zhen family and showed great kindness to Situ Kuo. Combined with the transfer of court officials in the past year, Situ Kuo immediately understood that they were starting to be afraid.After Emperor Duanping's [-]th birthday, although there were signs of exhaustion, the general direction was critical, and he was not relentless at all.

Jiang is still old and hot, and he can't accept it. Situ Kuo is also carefully studying his father's emperor's tricks, which can be regarded as benefiting a lot.Before the emperor's decree came down, it was the secret letter that arrived first. Emperor Duanping asked his son to bring his subordinate officials and the inspector censor, and they must confirm Zhen Min's case to death.There must be sufficient evidence, and no one will be left with an excuse to let him die, and it is about the fact that the Zhen family entertained Jia Yan and his wife and gave gifts.

The emperor instructed that the Zhen family might still have back-ups, so they must be careful.

Zhen Min, who bathed and sang in the prison, accompanied by girls from the brothel, had no idea that his end was just around the corner.Shi Guangzhu led a team to hold him and the girl from the Jinling brothel on the spot, and then the prison was sealed off. The prefect of Jinling and other officials, as well as the president of the Tirenyuan, Zhen Pang, were invited to the scene.Zhen Pang almost died of anger on the spot. He really wanted to kill this son, but unfortunately he was pulled away.

The next day, the case of Zhen Min's robbery of civilian women, rape, robbery, and murder was held in court. There were all witnesses and material evidence. Zhen Min was also frightened and confessed.According to the laws of the Great Wu, the prefect of Jinling sentenced him and the gangsters in Zhuangzi to death.The result of the trial was immediately sent to Beijing. If the Ministry of Punishment had no objection to the review, the group of bastards could be chopped off before the Dragon Boat Festival.

The big girl knelt in front of Jia Yan and Daiyu and wailed loudly, thanking them for avenging her grandfather and herself. Daiyu didn't stop her when she fell to the ground, so she would quickly help her up.Slowly comfort her, let her not be afraid, it's all over.The big girl was still sobbing and said that it was all because she was not smart and had no brains to encounter this matter.

But Daiyu told her seriously: It's not your fault, it's that bastard Zhen Min's fault, you just happened to be unlucky.Just like people walking on the road, they may be splashed with dirty water. After taking a shower and changing clothes, it's over. It's not your fault, so don't take it to heart.

Jia Yan nodded. He felt that what the daughter-in-law said was right. It was written in the imperial court law: if a girl under the age of 12 is misbehaving, and then intends to injure her, she must be sentenced to death, and there is no room for change.Based on this, Zhen Min was sentenced to death, and now the Zhen family was in a difficult situation, because Zhen Pang, the president of the Institute of Humanity, was suspended pending investigation due to the fact that Zhen Min could still act recklessly in prison.

Although there are still people who think that the Zhen family can be saved, Jia Yan thinks that the Zhen family is going to be over. He doesn't know that because of the Zhen family, there is indeed a debate in Beijing. This war of words has also made some careful people, such as Lin Hai, Found some bad signs.

The author has something to say:

The laws after the Song Dynasty imposed very harsh sentences on young girls under the age of 12 who were seduced or raped.Seduction is exile to the frontier, rape is hanging, and if it is a violent sexual assault, it will be murdered and must die.