Tong Jia anecdote

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During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of Household Affairs was accused of corrupting ink. The amount was huge and many important officials were involved.Emperor Longyan was furious and ordered the three divisions to conduct a thorough investigation.After the autumn of the next year, there was a decision.The main culprit and the accomplices were all convicted, those who ransacked their homes, those who exterminated their families, and those who exiled them.

Among them, Tong Jia Ruiyuan, who had served as the servant of the household department, committed suicide because of delaying the supply of food and grass to the Ministry of war, and was charged with delaying the military aircraft.Everyone lamented that Tong Jia's clan was in decline.

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On the carriage outside the Great Wall.

"Brother Jiu, Master Tong Jia's branch has only your blood left. Now you are wanted everywhere from the north to the government outside the Great Wall. You should go back to your hometown in the south of the Yangtze River to escape with the old man." Mr. Tong's accountant in the early years Han Xiannian held on to the reins of Tong Jia Naduo's horse, and the two were in a stalemate.

"Go to Jiangnan? So what if I go to Jiangnan!" Under the bitter cold wind in midwinter, Tong Jia Naduo's bloodshot eyes messed up and said, "If I don't take revenge, I, Tong Jia Naduo, will be a woman. Ama , Erniang——ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh." He fell on the horseback and wept bitterly.

"Ninth brother, it's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late!" Han Xiannian couldn't help crying when he thought about the desolation of Tong Jia and others before they died.

Tong Jia Naduo is the youngest daughter of Tong Jia Rui Yuan. She is the ninth in the family, and everyone calls her "Nine Brothers".

This young lady from a well-known family was different from those Han women who were raised in deep boudoirs. She was born on the grassland and did not return to Beijing until she was eight years old.Since he was a child, he loved to travel and was good at doing business, and he was as good at horse riding as other young masters in the family, especially he loved horses.

After returning to Beijing, I would go out of customs every summer to live on the Horqin Grassland for a few days to escape the heat.

Tong Jia is a manchu family, starting with Ha Chi's first wife, Ha Na Zha Qing, there have been several queens successively.Emperor Kangxi's biological mother Tong Jia Nianjin, Empress Xiaokangzhang and Tong Jia Xianrui, Empress Xiaoyiren of Emperor Kangxi.But since Longkodo was convicted, the family has long since lost its former glory.Therefore, her father very much hoped that she could enter the palace as a concubine and revive Tong Jia's lintel.

And when she came out this time, she fell out with Ama because of the matter of the draft girl, and ran to the grassland outside the Great Wall, and did not return for two years.

But who would have expected that the family would be wiped out during this period, and none of the parents and elder brothers survived.

Thinking about how a few months ago she was a relative of the emperor, the daughter of a first-class prince, and a few months later she became a fugitive with nothing, which shows the impermanence of the world and the danger of the officialdom.

Besides, Han Xiannian is now at the age of knowing his destiny. Tong Guowei, the old man who followed Tong Jia's family when he was young, has been the big accountant in the house for many years until Tong Jia Ruiyuan.

It can be regarded as really watching the young masters and ladies like Tong Jia grow up, but his treatment of Tong Jia Naduo is different from other young masters.

Speaking of which, this is related to the fact that their Han family has not been very popular, and he gave birth to an old man when he was very old.

His son is called Lu Qi, who happens to be the same age as Tong Jia Naduo, and he is also a row nine in the clan.He is busy in Tong's house every day, and looking at Tong Jia Nadu is as fond of seeing his own son.

When she was in her teens, she became interested in abacus and doing business as a child.Her Amatongjia Ruiyuan is busy with government affairs all day long, and she and the younger brother are involved in discipline.

So, from then on, she followed Han Xiannian to learn these ways of doing business every day.As well as bookkeeping and reconciliation, the skills of these accountants are never too boring, and they are listened to and watched with gusto.

At the age of thirteen or fourteen, she was familiar with most of the business transactions inside and outside the house.

Later, Han Luqi contracted tuberculosis, and Han Xiannian was getting old, so he quit his job at Tong's house and went home to accompany his son.

Not long ago, Tong Jia was convicted, and he didn't dare to stay too long in the capital, so he sold his belongings and prepared to return to his hometown in Jiangnan.

But before he left, he was thinking about Tong Jia Naduo who was in Horqin, so he took his son out of the customs to look for her.

"Mr. Han, I will not go back to the south of the Yangtze River with you. It is a capital crime to harbor criminals, and the nine clans will be exterminated." After calming down, Tong Jia Naduo said gratefully while sitting in front of the bonfire.

Han Luqi coughed violently from time to time in the carriage. Not long after he left the customs, he contracted typhoid fever and had a high fever. Now, time is running out.

After a few more days of stalemate, Han Luqi finally couldn't stand it any longer and didn't bring it up in one breath, ending his 19 years of young life.

Because of the long journey and typhoid fever, his body could not be brought back to his hometown, so he could only be cremated on the spot.

The pain of the white-haired man giving away the black-haired man, the pain of losing his parents and brothers, made the two of them numb and relatively speechless.Tong Jia Naduo just watched the fire crackling on Han Luqi's body, as if he had seen through life.

Han Xiannian's hair turned gray overnight, and he looked at Tong Jia Naduo, who was disguised in a gray mandarin jacket, and said, "Brother Jiu, Lu Qi is gone, not many people know about it."

As he spoke, he burst into tears again, "Just pretend like this, and go back to the south of the Yangtze River with me. Lu Qi was with me in Beijing since he was a child, and his old family didn't know him. There are still some businesses in the family. You must still have the heart of revenge. It depends on your own ability."

Tong Jia Naduo pondered for a moment, then knelt down and bowed down, "Ama's mother is gone, and my husband lost his beloved son again—from now on, I will take care of my husband until the end of his life!"

So, one old and one young, went south to the south of the Yangtze River.On the boat going south.

Hong Xiao, Tong Jia Naduo's personal maid, was holding a razor in her hand, her eyes were red with red circles, "Let's find a place to hide our names, why don't we? This servant knows that you hate Qi Jia's cousin very much."

"Oh?" Tong Jia Naduo with her hair loose, sneered and turned her head to look at Hong Xiao, who usually doesn't talk much, then stared at herself in the bronze mirror and said word by word: "I don't hate anyone. It's just that , Tong Jia's room can't just end like this!"

Hongxiao has served her for so many years, think about how she was thinking about Qi Jia's cousin at that time, and she had nothing to say.If you say you don't hate it, who gave you that piece of jade that you are holding tightly in your hand at this moment?

"When Ama Erniang left, I couldn't—" Tong Jia Naduo clasped the bronze mirror in her hand, and pulled the hair on her forehead. Hurt, the beginning of filial piety. I have no parents, and my head was shaved—I am Han Luqi.”

A few months later, Jiangnan Han Mansion.

"Third Master! You're back." The butler had been waiting at the gate for a long time, and when he saw Han Xiannian and his party coming back, he sent the servants inside to inform the eldest grandma, and greeted him.

This is Tongjia Naduo's first visit to Jiangnan.

She knew that for so many years, relying on the influence of Tong Jia's family in Beijing, the Han family had done business in silk, tea and medicinal materials in Jiangnan Guang, and established some family businesses.But I didn't expect that it was the aura of such a wealthy party.

As a result, the gloom that had been stuck in my heart for many days also changed slightly after arriving at the destination.

Besides, the Han family, although it is a large house, has only three houses in total.

The uncle of the mansion passed away in the early years, and the eldest grandma in the mansion is the elder, who manages the food and clothing expenses in the mansion.On the head of the big house, the young master is sent to Shandong as an official, and he doesn't come back once a year.Both aunts are also married.

On the head of the second room, the second master was a playboy since he was a child. When he was young, he had a quarrel with his elder brother and went out to live alone in other houses. Now, except for sharing the family's bonus on New Year's Day, he rarely comes to the house.There are four sons and a daughter under her knees.

As for the third master, Han Xiannian, when he was young, he followed Tong Jia's family as an errand in Beijing, and the business outside the Han family was always handled by Sanfang.

The third grandmother at the head of his family was emptied after giving birth to her son Han Luqi, and she passed away when the child was less than one year old.Now that Han Luqi is gone like this again, it's no wonder that Han Xiannian is disheartened and doesn't care much about anything. He is completely different from the busy accountant that Tong Jia Naduo remembered when he was a child.

Now that Tong Jia's family has been wiped out, the Han family's support for many years is gone.The whole mansion seemed lifeless, not to mention, even the business outside was in debt every month, not as good as before.

"Hey, my son, let the aunt have a look!" The grandma of the Han family had sharp eyes, and she saw Tong Jia Naduo standing behind Han Xiannian at a glance, and pulled her down to look at him, "This is the ninth master, Lu Qi, right?" ? This child has been raised in Beijing since he was a child, and he met him once when he was seven years old. Now it seems that he looks the same as when he was a child, but he doesn't look like him when he was a child. Thanks to the blessing of his ancestors, he came out so well."

"This is the eldest grandmother of the long room, called 'Auntie'. Sister-in-law, since the child is grown up, she took the nickname 'Tong Jiu', so I can just call her Brother Jiu." Han Xiannian introduced in a deep voice.

"Hey, Brother Jiu, it will last for a long time, and it will be auspicious." Zhang Luo said inside and outside, "Quickly serve the third master and the ninth young master to clean up the dust, and invite them to the second master's mansion. Just say that the third master brought the ninth young master home."

Tong Jiu lived in a courtyard by herself, and the servants had prepared hot water for a long time, and Hong Xiao waited on her to take a bath, washing away her tiredness from many days.

Tong Jiu leaned on the tub with her head up, her hair hanging out, stroking her bluish forehead with one hand and stroking the water with the other, thinking, "I didn't expect that the Han family is so big."

"In my servant's opinion, the eldest grandma of the Han family, a ladylike family, is capable enough to manage such a large house." Hong Xiao gritted her hair. Let’s go up and do some business. We need to put more thought into everything. After all, we are new here, and we are dependent on others.”

"I know, don't worry." Tong Jiu covered his face with a warm handkerchief, and said sullenly, "Is it Han Luqi who was burned on the grassland that day? It was Tong Jia's Ninth Miss."

When changing clothes, Tong Jiu played with the warm handle and asked Hongxiao, "How about making a finger puller?"

Hong Xiao tied the buttons on the gown for her, and when she heard her question, she glanced at it, "You can make it if you like it. Don't you need to fasten this one?" When she reached the top button around her neck, Hong Xiao stopped her hands .

Tong Jiu looked around and said, "This will be our home from now on. Fortunately, it is also a place to live. According to the appearance of the capital, it is very busy. Let the boys build a kang for me. I am not used to sleeping on this bed. "

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