The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Although Lin Ye and Yuan Lin are still in the capital, the birth of Lin Hai's first grandson made Lin Hai, who is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, very happy for a while, and immediately threw a big banquet. I don't know, I thought he was an upstart!Lively upstart style.

Fortunately, all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River knew that the Lin family was notoriously difficult for the offspring, and it was only in the past few decades that they got better, so it was not surprising.

Before Lin Hai could finish his music, a bolt from the blue came!

When Lin Hai and Kong Jiayi were talking about their grandson, they saw Nanny Tang rushing in from outside the house, and said out of breath, "Master and Madam, something is wrong! Something is wrong!"

I saw Kong Jiayi's beautiful willow eyebrows slightly frowned, and asked calmly: "What's the matter?" Madam Tang has been with her for so long, not to mention that she has become a genius, at least ordinary things are not What made her so anxious must be something serious.

Mother Tang replied while panting: "Just now there was a letter from the capital, saying that the old man is dying, and sent someone to Yangzhou, saying that he wanted to see the master for the last time! The person from the capital is in the side hall , it’s the second housekeeper’s family in the capital, do you see, Master and Madam?”

The old man is dying, this is a major event, and it is not for nothing that the family has a treasure in a year. For the Lin family, if the old man really passed away, it can be regarded as a major earthquake.

"What?" Sure enough, Lin Hai and Kong Jiayi were also taken aback. This is a big deal.

"Nurse Tang, take the second housekeeper to my study." Lin Hai said after a moment of thought.

"Yes!"

When Lin Hai arrived at the study, the second butler was already waiting inside. After greeting Lin Hai, he stood up in Lin Hai's voice.

"What's the matter with the old man? Is he really critically ill?" In other words, although I know that Mr. Lin is old, it's not like this!

"Respond to the old man's words. The old man asked the young man to give this letter to you, saying that you will know it at a glance." He took out a letter from his arms.

Lin Hai took it over and took a look, heaving a sigh of relief. It turned out that Master Lin noticed that the emperor was staring at Jiangnan. He thought that he had been the inspector of salt for more than ten years, and it was time to let someone else do it. Out of tricks to pretend to be sick.

There are also excuses, that is, the news of Lin Hai's assassination was concealed by Lin Shen and Lin Ye, and Master Lin didn't know.Coupled with the fact that his granddaughter-in-law Yuan Lin was pregnant, Master Lin was kept a secret for several months.But this time, when the great-grandson's full moon wine was served, it was revealed!

Those who stab it out will have a grudge with the Lin family and the Chen family.Master Lin was overjoyed and saddened for a moment, his body couldn't take it anymore, and he passed out!

Since the person who came to see the doctor was Lin Chang's brother-in-law Li Taiyi, so this medical record could not be counted at all, and Lin Hai breathed a sigh of relief.As long as Mr. Lin is fine.

Looking further down, it turned out that Lin Shen had written a book for Mr. Lin, hoping to see his last side. The emperor may not know yet, so Lin Hai thought about making a complete play, so he immediately asked someone to write a letter. booklet.As mentioned above, Master Lin is seriously ill, and as a son, I want to send Master Lin to the last floor.Hope the emperor can approve.

The emperor was worried that he would not have a chance to get into Jiangnan's interior, and he had to enter Jiangnan's interior if he wanted to get hold of the Zhen family, so he was very satisfied with Lin Hai's book, and secretly praised the Lin family's knowledge.

Let alone the question of coincidence.It was the understanding of the Lin family that added a little bit to the emperor's heart.A courtier with knowledge.It's better than the courtiers working against him!

The emperor smiled and looked at the book for a moment, then suddenly his face sank. When he thought of the Zhen family, the emperor felt uncomfortable all over. He pointed to the two copies of the book and said to the eunuch who served the pen: "Take them and go with me. Look at the Supreme Emperor."

The Supreme Emperor sighed after reading the two papers, then turned around and asked, "What do you think?"

"Seeing that the old man of the Lin family is about to celebrate his [-]th birthday, he didn't want to fall ill at this time! The old man Lin can also be regarded as a veteran of the three dynasties. The envoy of the imperial hospital has already diagnosed him, but his body is not good. Alright! Mr. Lin is in charge of patrolling the salt censor in the south of the Yangtze River. Over the years, the salt water in the south of the Yangtze River has been turned in on time, and every year it is more than expected by the Ministry of Household Affairs. When the official salt was robbed a few years ago, Mr. Lin organized When the entire Jiangnan Salt Field was rushing to produce salt, nothing went wrong.

The son thought, Mr. Lin has hard work without credit, and the Lin family has been loyal and good for generations. The body of Mrs. Lin is indeed at the time when the oil well is dry, so the son is sure! "The emperor said respectfully, but what he said was beyond words, Mr. Lin's life is not long, even if the Lin family's request is not allowed now, when Mr. Lin dies, the Lin family must keep their filial piety, just don't allow it. Can wait.

After listening to the emperor's words, the Supreme Emperor glanced at the two papers, and then sighed after a while: "The emperor is right, after all, the Lin family has been loyal and good for generations, but the position of the inspector of the salt censor, the emperor sees..."

To say that in the Jiangnan officialdom, Lin Hai is definitely one of the officials who satisfied the Supreme Emperor the most.After all, a capable and loyal person would be liked by any emperor.And most importantly, Lin Hai knows the bottom line.

Sitting in the position of inspecting the salt censor, it is easy to make money. Lin Hai is still a very clean official and never asks for money from the salt merchants.He often puts on a celebrity style to prevent others from taking bribes.But even so, he still bought properties worth nearly 8 to [-] taels in Yangzhou. In fact, this is only a small part of the income in Yangzhou in the past few years.Many things, such as large pieces of jade bonsai, coral, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, etc., are piled up in the warehouse and there is no time to appreciate them. Small pieces of jewelry and jade are also piled up in the warehouse besides a few pieces for decoration. inside.

Yanguan is a fat vacancy that everyone envies. Since Lin Hai was released to the outside world, he has been in the south of the Yangtze River for more than ten years as a patrolling salt censor. Basically, with his current official position, his annual income in money alone exceeds [-] yuan. The value of various treasures here is probably more than three times that.

Lin Hai didn't dare to buy too many properties, for fear of being caught in the eyes of interested people.These are now purchased just so that they don't look too different.If you are the only one who has not purchased any properties, then you are the most dazzling, so you have not carefully managed these properties.

It was because of this reason that Lin Hai went to hook up with Xue Gao. Thinking about it, the Lin family spent a lot of money every year, but they earned more.Unable to do so, Lin Hai even spends part of the money every year to buy fields and land next to the ancestral house, and then arrange reliable family members to take care of it.

Although antique calligraphy and paintings are valuable, they can't make money with money. When Mr. Lin went south, he bought enough fertile land in Jiangnan, so Lin Hai didn't dare to buy land in Jiangnan for fear of attracting others' attention. But the sacrifice field is different. Firstly, the sacrifice field also has income, and secondly, the sacrifice field is not included in the family property even if the house is ransacked. It can be regarded as a way out.

It is well known that Lin Hai is a member of the Yanzheng government. In the past, the Lin family even attacked the Marquis, so they can be counted as descendants of aristocratic families. If they say that the Lin family has no money, they must be pretending to be 13, but even if it is well known, it should be low-key.With a strong family background, it doesn't matter if you are rich for a while, but you can't always show that you are very rich. The income of the Yanzheng is not the salary issued by the court, it is gray income.

Therefore, in order to set up some income-generating industries now, after a few years, the Lin family's life will be supported by these industries.At that time, even if some people were really jealous, they would not say how much Lin Hai was greedy in the salt administration, so that he can still be so rich these years.It can only be said that the Lin family is very far-sighted. When they were rich, they bought all the land in Zhuangzi, and now the income can still support them.

Having wealth in front of you is nothing, the point is to be forever rich and honor for a long time.

I have to say that Lin Hai played very well.

In the position of Xunyan Yushi, the income of 30 taels a year is appropriate. This is still a situation where he does not accept bribes very much. If he is a bit more ruthless, it is not a big problem to earn 70 million taels of silver a year.

Therefore, although the emperor is greedy for this position, he knows that it is not the time for him to do whatever he wants, so he said to the emperor, "I don't have any good candidates for my son at the moment, but the time is tight, so I want to approve the Lin family first." Please tell me."

The Supreme Emperor pondered for a moment and nodded, "It turns out that this is the case, let Zhen Yingjia concurrently take the position of inspecting the salt censor, and I am talking when you choose a good person." But the Supreme Emperor suddenly remembered that the huge pile of debts of the Zhen family, what to say Back then, the Supreme Emperor came up with such a trick in order to stop the development of the Zhen family, but the purpose was achieved, but the effect was a little bit harsher, and the Zhen family suffered a serious deficit!

Today's Supreme Emperor regrets a bit, and feels that he shouldn't have dealt with the Zhen family so harshly back then, remembering that the old lady Zhen is doing well!That's why he thought about giving the position of Xunyan Yushi to the Zhen family, so that they can pay a deficit in their lifetime, so that they won't end up with a ruined family in the future.

It's a pity that the emperor couldn't feel the good intentions of the Supreme Emperor.

When the Supreme Emperor said that Zhen Yingjia would be appointed concurrently, the Emperor's hands clenched into fists under the table.

The Zhen family, the Zhen family again.

The emperor didn't understand, what is the benefit of the Zhen family, or what kind of hallucinogenic drug the Zhengui concubine gave the Supreme Emperor, so that the Supreme Emperor could treat the Zhen family in the future.

But thinking of what he just said, the emperor's fist loosened again. It would be good to let Zhen Yingjia take the role, but he could better understand the actions of the Zhen family. Anyway, the emperor has made up his mind that the Zhen family is a pest of the country and must be eradicated.The left and right Zhen family only have two or three years to jump around, so what if they follow the emperor's wishes.