There is a big problem with my harem [Qing Chuan]

Jia Amnesty's eyes were clear, and he watched Jia Lian calmly. He didn't appear to be ignorant or stupid outside at all.

Since Jiamu's birthday banquet a few years ago, Jia Amnesty's attitude towards Jia Lian has improved a lot according to Lin Ruhai's words, and now the two can be regarded as loving fathers and filial sons.

Regarding Jia Lian's decision, Jia Amnesty had no intention of obstructing it at all, and even breathed a sigh of relief.

"The old lady and the second room are acting more and more. It would be good for you to take your daughter-in-law to Hainan to hide from the limelight." Jia Amnesty was relieved, and seriously said, "I don't need you to be promoted, as long as you do things well, Leave a grandson for Master and me over there, and I will be satisfied!"

"Master!" Jia Lian's eyes turned red, and he couldn't help it, "Why do you pretend to be like this, struggling in the yard next to the stables! In my opinion, it's better to play directly to the emperor. Second uncle can't wait. What qualifications do you have to be an official if you behave in a way that distinguishes between superiors and inferiors?"

"...I promised your grandfather that we would not separate from each other as long as my grandmother is alive." Jia Amnesty had a complex expression on his face.

His father was well aware of the estrangement between himself and his mother's second brother. He was afraid that he would drive the second brother out of the house after his death.

This matter has been buried in his heart for many years, and this is the first time he has expressed his difficulties in front of Jia Lian.

For this, do we have to get that ending in the end?

Jia Lian really wanted to question him, but his position was not worthy of questioning, so he said softly: "Master, don't mention anything else, the only thing my son wants you to decide."

"What's the matter?"

"The second wife's wife sells the family's land and fills her own pockets."

"What?" Jia She's complexion changed wildly, and he stood up in disbelief, "You...you, can you be sure about this?"

"Master, just go to Jiangnan to check this matter!"

"..." There was a lot of hatred in Jia She's eyes, and there was even a slight wave of turbulence.Others can be tolerated, facing the declining status of Rongguo Mansion in the capital, I even pretended to be a rascal and let others ridicule me as the stable general!

But the only thing that matters in this clan absolutely cannot die in the hands of a woman.He slammed his palm on the table, gritted his teeth and said in a hateful voice: "Poisonous woman, really poisonous woman!"

"Master, do you think this is Mrs. Wang's thoughts alone?" Jia Lian mocked lightly, "I'm afraid our good uncle has been preparing for a retreat. If it can overthrow our family, then they will naturally benefit from it. If not, Wang Madame can also save a large sum of money for the An family, so she can live a stable and comfortable life in the future, but we will become the sinners of the entire Jia family!"

Jia Amnesty didn't know, but he was never willing to think about Jia Zheng in this way. In his eyes, Jia Zheng was still the kid with short hands and short feet who followed him and Jia Jing back then, with bright eyes and shouted "brother".

His eyes were complicated, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

"Master, you are kind and soft-hearted, but do you know what Madam Wang asked her niece to do?" Jia Lian couldn't suppress the anger in his heart, and his original calmness had long since been thrown away.

Jia Amnesty looked up at Jia Lian: "What did you do?"

"Feng'er is in charge of the family, and the government has run out of money for a long time. Do you know what her good aunt has planned?" Jia Lian saw Jia She's eyes narrowed into a long line, staring at herself with a little bit of coldness. Only then did he speak slowly, "Let her take advantage of it. What a great way!

Although the imperial court rebuilt the houses after the earthquake, most of the properties of these poor civilians were buried in the ground. As long as there was a minor illness or something went wrong, the family members were struggling on the line of food and clothing.There are people who borrow money everywhere, and Wang Xifeng is the one who lends money. "

Jia Lian closed his eyes: "If it wasn't for my son who had been stared at a long time ago and cleaned up afterward, I'm afraid there would be countless people who hanged themselves... If this matter gets out, what do you think we have to survive?"

Mrs. Wang, no, the entire Second Household, the entire Rongguo Mansion is wishing for Dafang to die as soon as possible!

"I see." Jia She's face was livid, no matter how calm he was, he couldn't stop Er Fang from wanting more and more, and getting more and more greedy. What's even more sad was that his old mother knew all this but still pretended not to see it.

After discussing with the father and son, they decided to wait until Jia Lian took Wang Xifeng out of the capital before doing anything. Jia Lian even smiled: "Master, my son has an idea."

"Oh?"

"You said, Mrs. Wang looks down on Huan'er in every possible way. If Huan'er is better than Baoyu, what will she do?"

"After all, Jia Huan is from the Second Household, so why put him out there?"

"Father doesn't know, but the son has seen Huan'er's homework in private. It's ridiculous that the second master thought that Jia Zhu had a compelling literary talent, and that Baoyu was a natural talent, but he didn't expect why Mrs. Wang would not let his concubine study, just face to face I don't want to pretend to be virtuous, just let him dig into the dirty ground."

Jia She's eyes lit up, but he couldn't believe it: "Is that kid Huan'er going to make it?"

"Uncle Lin said that the third term of the Central Academy will start soon, and I plan to recommend Huan'er to let him take the exam." Jia Lian said firmly, "Mrs. Wang wants Baoyu to study in the Imperial College, so we will make her have to Let Huan'er go to the Central Academy for the exam. Tsk tsk! I don't believe that Baoyu's straw core can be used for anything."

"This matter is left to my father, so don't worry!" Jia She also laughed loudly, thinking of giving Mrs. Wang some embarrassment, his heart was as refreshing as drinking a bottle of cold water on a hot day happy.

……

September of the 20nd year of Kangxi.

The weather in Guangzhou was extremely hot. Nalan Xingde had lived in the capital all year round, and it was the first time he had come to such a scorching place.

There is simply no way this day can go on!

What Nalan Xingde never imagined was that it would be so hot!And this was not bad, there was actually one of the bodyguards who was going to cross the ocean with him because of seasickness, he was left halfway, and he was asked to return to the capital to report on his duties, and the rest of them boarded the big ship and went to Guangzhou.

Along the way, the weather became hotter and hotter. Thinking of what the guide said, the sea would be hotter, and Nalan Xingde's heart was mostly cold.

When we arrived in Guangzhou, the long-awaited officials from the Shipping Department of Guangzhou came forward.The director of the Shipping Department was Fu Lun, an old acquaintance of Nalan Xingde. He was originally a postman from the Ministry of Household Affairs, but he was promoted and moved to the Shipping Department of Guangzhou Prefecture.

The Department of Shipping is a newly opened department this year, and there are very few staff members, so Folun simply came to greet him by himself if he had nothing to do.According to the etiquette, it should be a reception banquet, but with a trace of sadness on his face, Folun sent the group directly to his mansion.

He invited Nalan Xingde and several persons in charge to enter the study together, and after sitting down and drinking tea, Fu Lun said with a heavy expression, "Everyone, it's not that I'm in trouble, but now I want to buy from the merchants in Guangzhou Prefecture." It is really difficult for ships to go to sea."

"What's going on here?" Nalan Xingde was surprised.

Fu Lun's face was serious: "Rong Ruo, before I came here, I thought it was just a very simple and common thing. But after I learned about it from these merchant accounts, I realized that the situation on the sea is not right! Those Westerners are not as good as us. You're so humble and domineering in the capital, but you're so domineering and domineering on the sea!"

Nalan Xingde's pupils shrank slightly: "What happened?"

"You also know that I was assigned to the Department of Shipping, and I started to coordinate and manage the incoming and outgoing ships and inspect the incoming and outgoing goods. But what is the use of my management? Now these merchants start from Guangzhou, and they will inevitably run into each other within two days of going to sea. The ships of Western countries...and these are not robbers at all, but organized and disciplined warships!"

Flon was preoccupied: "Not only that, the spies we placed in the merchants also reported that these Westerners also asked the fleet to issue a list of names. If they fail to pass the verification, they will be regarded as spies and directly kill less than a hundred people. They have all been mastered by Westerners!

Even if I pass, as long as the Western fleet does not pass, these merchant ships will have a dead end. For this, I have to agree to those merchants that cooperate with the Western fleet to go to sea! "

The expressions of all the people present changed greatly.

"Everyone, me! Now, if you are allowed to sneak into the team and go to the sea... I'm afraid I don't know how you died!" Fran sat down heavily, propped his head on his hands and growled in pain, "Say To put it bluntly, I am the director of the Shipping Department, responsible for all affairs, to put it bluntly, I am a puppet in the hands of those Westerners, and I am used to make stamps!"

"Where is Prince Kang's warship?"

"Prince Kang is busy dealing with Taiwan affairs, and besides, the warships on both sides are not from the same country..." Folun said with a bitter face, hesitated for a while, and then said in a low voice, "It's not just this, I always feel that they are planning something now, The situation in Guangzhou is not right!"

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Nalan Xingde had a doubt.

Folun got up, walked behind the screen for a while, and then took out a stack of lists and handed it to Nalan Xingde: "This matter is really strange, very strange! The English, French, and Dutch who are here now They all hope that we will increase the purchase of opium, and they are even willing to assist and protect ships going out to sea for this purpose, which is really incredible."

Judging from the list, all merchants involved in opium sales can always be arranged by Western warships, and even the local transaction volume in Western countries is much higher than that of merchants who do not participate in opium sales.Therefore, from the beginning, only three or four commercial firms participated in the sale of opium, and now eight or nine commercial firms in Guangzhou prefecture participate in the sale!

"Is there any problem with this opium?" Nalan Xingde asked with a frown.

"I have already inquired about the medical hall, and the ingredients and production methods of the opium transported in the past few decades are almost the same, and the purity is even better than before.

The problem is that in the past, these things were sent to medical clinics for use, and only a few boxes could be used in a year, but now Westerners prefer to use them with tobacco. "

Folun shook his head. He was naturally very aware of this abnormal situation, and ordered several medical clinics to conduct inspections, but none of them found any problem with the opium.

Nalan Xingde had a terrible headache.Reason told him that everything in front of him was normal, but there was always a string playing in his mind, telling him that something was wrong... But after thinking about it, he still couldn't think of a reason for a while.

"... Let me see it this way, first write this matter in the memorial and report it to the emperor, and ask the emperor to ask the imperial doctor from the imperial hospital to verify it?" Nalan Xingde pondered for a while, and then spoke slowly.

"This..." Folun hesitated, "There is no proof, if there is no problem, wouldn't it be..."

"I don't think I'm afraid of ten thousand, just in case. If this Westerner harbors evil intentions, it may be too late for us to find out!" Nalan Xingde shook his head and said firmly, "I think the emperor will not blame us."

Fu Lun gritted his teeth cruelly, Rong Ruo is the emperor's favorite minister, what he said is definitely right.Now that he had made up his mind, he discussed with Nalan Xingde, and instead of going to sea in a hurry, he contacted the guards and hurried back to the capital with samples of opium.

When the opium fell in front of Kangxi, Kangxi's heart was filled with turmoil, and he slapped the table heavily: "Okay, what a Westerner!"

Unexpectedly, he has already had evil intentions so early, thinking of using opium to harm the people!Kangxi's eyes were full of anger, and regardless of Liang Jiugong's hesitant eyes, he wanted to order a ban on opium transportation when he was so angry.

"Your Majesty." Liang Jiugong asked softly, "Why are you so angry? Isn't this opium..."

"Huh?" Kangxi frowned and looked sideways at Liang Jiugong.

"Isn't this stuff always available in the medical center? It can refresh your mind after smelling it, and many people in the palace are using it." Liang Jiugong was full of question marks, and couldn't help asking in a low voice in front of Kangxi. .

Kangxi's expression was blank, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses. He stared at Liang Jiugong in disbelief, and his voice was extraordinarily sharp: "What did you say? Someone in the harem is also using it?"

Liang Jiugong wiped the sweat from the corner of his forehead, his face was full of doubts: "Your Majesty, this, this opium is used in the medical clinic, so it is naturally available in the palace. As far as the slaves know, there used to be old concubines in the palace who brought it." When smoking tobacco!"

These words made Kangxi stunned. The horror of opium is particularly vigilant for later generations, but it is just an ordinary drug for people of this era. Its pain-relieving effect is particularly outstanding, and it is quite popular.

Kangxi rubbed his forehead and knew that his reaction was too big, but it was probably because people from overseas countries knew about the addictive nature of this opium that they had to mess up their brains and wanted to make a lot of money in the mainland to sell and use it.

"Send Li Yu over here."

"Yes." Liang Jiugong bowed and retreated.When he walked outside, he couldn't help but wiped his cold sweat. Could it be that this opium is a great harm?A few days ago, one of his disciples sent a copy, saying that someone outside the palace respectfully asked him to try something new.Liang Jiugong shivered subconsciously, determined to go back and deal with this thing!

Li Yu came in a hurry, Kangxi waved away the other people in the hall, and described to him about the addiction of opium.

"Your Majesty, does this thing really have such an aura?" A trace of surprise flashed in Li Yu's eyes, and she couldn't help asking curiously.

"That's right, this thing is terrifying. If you become addicted, your family and relatives won't care. You can do whatever you want! So you have to be careful and don't make any mistakes!"

Kangxi repeatedly urged him to make sure that Li Yu really took this matter to heart before he said in a deep voice, "I want you to search the entire harem, and if anyone has secretly used opium for a long time, they will all be sent to the Punishment Department for withdrawal treatment. Some people can't stand it..."

"Just kill it!" Li Yu answered with certainty.

"...I'll show it in the harem to show everyone the consequences of smoking opium." Kangxi glared at Li Yu angrily.

Li Yu, the eunuch, didn't know what kind of stimulation he had received. Since he found out that the path of torture had gone astray, he didn't know where he had gone. He wanted to deal with everything first.Different from his feminine and secretive appearance, his temperament is careless like a warrior who doesn't use his brain.

"Yes!"

After ordering Li Yu, Kangxi was still worried, and called the hidden guards to tell them to pay attention to the princes and princesses, and beware of anyone attacking the princes and princesses.

Two days passed.

Both Yinreng and Yinti have now entered the Guozijian to study.He went out early in the morning and didn't return to the palace until dinner, so he was very busy.

But today, Yinreng had some doubts hidden in his heart, frowning deeply, thinking carefully about what's wrong with his recent behavior.

Suo'etu was busy with errands and only met him twice in the carriage on the way, and there was no Hesheli concubine in the harem to get close to him, and he didn't do anything other than go to the Imperial College with Yinti to study every day.

But the palace people around me have been changing very frequently recently...

Yinti was a little restless.Since that incident happened back then, the rules of reading were completely changed by Kangxi, haha ​​beads were returned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the number of accompanying students was reduced from four to two.

The first phase of the Guozijian experimental class has a total of 20 people including Yinfeng and Yinti.The number of people is small, and the eyes of the masters are becoming more and more capable. If you want to be dazed or want to do small tricks in private... Hehe!

Therefore, when Yinti was in a daze, he was immediately caught by today's lecturer. He had a gentle attitude and asked carefully: "Brother San, why are you in a daze today?"

"Master, I'm sorry." Yinti apologized honestly, and hesitated after pondering for a while, "The student's companion was suddenly dismissed, I'm just a little worried..."

The lecturer smiled awkwardly, he was naturally not clear about this matter.This is the emperor's will, the emperor did not say it clearly, even if there is one missing or another servant, everyone just pretends not to see it.

On the other hand, Yinreng cast two surprised glances—could it be more than just beside him?He took a closer look at the two companions beside Yinti, and it turned out that Nalan Renqing, the concubine Hui's family, was not there, and was replaced by a strange boy whom he had never seen before.

He buried this matter in his heart, and after class, he dragged Yinti aside: "Aside from this Nalan Renqing, did someone else change by your side?"

"..." Yinti was taken aback for a moment, but his eyes widened in the next moment, "The prince too?"

The two heads touched each other, and carefully compared the names and positions of the two people who had been changed, but they didn't match the numbers at all, and they didn't know why these people were transferred.

Back in the palace, Yinfeng also found a few palace people who were in the same room as the transferred eunuchs and maids to interrogate carefully, but they didn't find out what happened. They didn't make any mistakes, and they didn't get sick. Has someone been removed from all the palaces?

"Prince, I think we'd better ask Huang Ama about this!" Yinti was impatient, and couldn't help jumping because he couldn't tell the reason after asking a few times.

"But..." Thinking that in the previous life, Kangxi also dismissed many servants around him because of trivial matters, and the reason he used was just because he was afraid that he would ruin himself.Yinfeng was a little hesitant, at this moment, Yinfu and Yinmi who were studying in the upper study room also came over when they saw them.

"Third brother, fourth brother!" The two little elder brothers shouted softly.

Seeing the gazes of the two people turn, Yin Mi dared to speak: "Several people from Yonghe Palace have also been removed."

Yinreng and Yinti's faces were heavy, and at the same time, a thought came to their minds: What happened in the palace?

"Prince, let's ask Huang Ama!" Yinti spoke again, aggressively, "If you don't have the courage to ask, then I will go alone!"

"Who do you think has no guts?" If there was a tail behind Yinfeng's buttocks, it must have been straight up at this moment, and a pair of round eyes stared at Yinti, his eyes were full of anger, "Just go!"

Kangxi didn't care much about the four young elder brothers coming to his door.After all, if so many palace servants around the palace were dismissed and replaced all at once without finding out, then Kangxi really needs to study whether there is anything wrong with their little brains.

However, Kangxi is not willing to talk more about the "opium" to his elder brothers. They are young, and it may be bad if the word leaks out!

The situation of opium is serious, but it is much better than Kangxi imagined.In this day and age, the concept of opium as a drug rather than tobacco is still deeply rooted in the minds of the people, and most people only use it for various pain conditions.

Most of the people in the palace were found to have used opium, and this group of people was detained for inspection. However, there are not a few people who have developed addiction due to intermittent use, accounting for about [-]% of them.

What is even more shocking is that there are not a small number of palace people in the Qianqing Palace.

The reason was soon revealed by Liang Jiugong. The grandson of Liang Jiugong took money from outside merchants to sell opium in the palace. He first gave an opportunity, and then sold it at a high price. The business was done well!

Even Liang Jiugong was almost fooled!

These people were placed in front of the doctors of Tai Hospital.These palace people were also extremely timid, most of them didn't know what mistakes they had made, while the doctors of the imperial hospital were kind-hearted, with only a hint of curiosity and doubt flashing occasionally in their eyes.

Most of them didn't take seriously the seriousness of the withdrawal reaction described by the emperor, and they still thought it was just a trivial matter in their hearts.

Those who tried opium but did not become addicted after being detained were detained by Li Yu in the east courtyard of Xiefang Temple, while the rest who had been smoking for a while were sent to the west courtyard of Xiefang Temple.

The entire Xiefang Hall is now tightly surrounded by the imperial guards, and no one is allowed to enter or leave without orders.

In the west courtyard of Xiefang Palace, it has been transformed into single rooms, each room is separated by iron bars, and an addicted patient is imprisoned in each single room; the treatment in the east courtyard of Xiefang Palace is better, these A group of two or three people is arranged in a small room.The imperial physicians lived in other courtyards of Xiefang Hall and waited.

Every hour, the drug boy in charge will enter the east and west halls to record the behavior and reactions of these patients.

The first twelve hours passed, and the people in the East Court just yawned a few times, or fell asleep in a daze, or were listless. He seldom eats three meals, and always looks a little restless.

But the patients in the west courtyard were much weirder. They were restless or swearing, and they never had a moment of peace anyway.