Red Mansions Become Baochai

Xue Pan's kung fu in riding and shooting.As long as Xue Pan is willing to work hard, study hard and practice hard, when he is 15 years old, he will be given a post in the Beijing camp, and his future will be taken care of by him.

After receiving this letter, Master Xue and Mrs. Xue were overjoyed.

The couple originally looked at their son's temperament and expected him to rely on Jinshi to become an official. Xue Pan really doesn't seem like someone who can study quietly; With good training and more support in the future, Xue Pan finally has hope for his future.

When Xue Pan heard that he would no longer need to continue to learn stereotyped essays, he would learn martial arts instead. He was so happy that his mouth was crooked, and he walked with the wind. The mother practiced her hands.

Although he is a boy, he has not learned martial arts for a long time. He was beaten by Zhenniang several times and screamed for mercy. A few of them also like to watch the two of them fight for fun.

Xue Pan is the most face-saving, so he had to hide in his small courtyard, silently practicing the moves taught by Officer Ai, hoping that one day he could beat Zhenniang and regain his position.Thinking that one day I beat Zhenniang with three moves and two moves, my sister looked at me adoringly, my parents praised me all over my mouth, and felt that my body was not so sore after practicing for a long time.

Just when Xue's house was reconciling internally and externally, and only hoped that Mrs. Xue would give birth to Lin'er safely, a major event suddenly occurred in Jinling City.

It turned out that the Zhen family in Jinling didn't know if it was stolen or for some other reason, but they actually copied the house by themselves.It caused a lot of discussion among the people in the city, all talking about the big family's private scandal.

The atmosphere in the officialdom is also unpredictable. The Zhen family used to have a lot of power, and no one would dare to provoke it on weekdays. Recently, many imperial officials came to participate in the performance. The momentum was getting bigger and bigger, and several imperial officials wrote letters one after another, alleging that the Zhen family was corrupting ink, handing over the prince, and privately harvesting ginseng outside the customs.

What's even more weird is that the emperor didn't order all the memorials, but just kept them.Anyone who is well-informed in the officialdom can guess that the Zhen family has lost their Sacred Heart, the defeat has already been revealed, and the sky in Jinling is about to change.

Baochai knew that the Zhen family and the Xue family had no special friendship, but with the strength of the Zhen family, the Xue family was in business in Jinling, so it was inevitable that they would have some contacts, not to mention the fact that the Zhen family and the Jia family were old relatives, and this was going on and on. Yes, if someone talks about it, the Xue family might be involved too.

Xue's father didn't care about his illness, so he put on his clothes and wrote the letter under the lamp, and asked someone to send it to his younger brother quickly.Each big family in Jinling sends out waves of people every day to inquire about the news, and the rumors in the city are getting tighter and tighter. Master Xue immediately ordered several big managers to be cautious in their words and deeds.The pawnshop of Xue's family took money, and as long as the value was higher than 500 taels, the courtiers would not dare to accept it no matter how rare it was.

Aunt He's inner house is strictly controlled, except for those who are in charge of purchasing, the rest of the family members are not allowed to go out at will.She also knew that the eldest grandma of the Zhen family, Mrs. Yang and Mrs. Xue exchanged handkerchiefs, and because she was afraid that Mrs. Xue would not be frightened, she only kept the matter of the Zhen family from her.

Within two days, the chief steward of the Zhen family begged to see Master Xue. Baochai didn't know what he had said to her father, but saw that the chief steward's face was very bad when he left, and another servant said that when the steward came, Followed the two carts, and took them back when they left.

Baochai suddenly remembered that when the Jia family was raided, one of the charges was to conceal property for the Zhen family.At that time, the Xue family was not involved.

Presumably there is father controlling outside, and mother is pregnant.There is an aunt guarding the inside and outside of the house, and even the gifts from others have to be checked carefully one by one to see if there is any letter entrained. With such care, no one would dare to pass it on privately under her nose and accept the things from the Zhen family. , I was a little relieved.

Just when people in Jinling City were panicking, the Chang'an Jing angel arrived with an imperial decree. The Zhen family went out of the customs to buy and sell ginseng without permission.

The emperor also ordered the governor of the area to cooperate with the Jinyi Army to strictly investigate the money and food owed by him, and to arrest all the family members of Zhen Yingjia who were in charge of housework and property, as well as the cronies of Zhen Yingjia's president's yamen of the Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education, etc. Family properties, shops, money lenders, etc., will be collected by the governor and the official officials.

Jiangnan is the most affluent place in the world, the officialdom here is turbulent, and it is nothing new for officials to be arrested and questioned.

It's just that the Zhen family covered the sky with one hand in Jinling, which finally provoked the emperor's wrath. His family operated in Jinling, and it has survived for decades.Now when the building collapses, even the fallen bricks and stones will hit many people.The emperor issued an order to condemn the Zhen family, and the personnel and affairs affected were undoubtedly an earthquake in Jinling's officialdom.

What was even more tragic was that when the Jinyi Army entered the inner courtyard to search, the old lady of the Zhen family was frightened and died unexpectedly.Hundreds of people from Zhen's family cried and mourned and shocked the whole city. After Mrs. Xue knew about it, she shed tears for half a day thinking of the benefits that Mrs. Zhen had treated her.

Perhaps it is because the Zhen family still has the protection of their ancestors. The death of the old lady Zhen was heard by the heavens. Today, the government governs the country with benevolence and filial piety. Thinking that the old lady Zhen passed away not long ago, she couldn't bear to add more crimes, so she released Zhen Yingjia and her sons and nephews. Afterwards, the old lady will be transferred to Beijing for punishment.The family property of the Zhen family was sealed, and the money and food owed were deducted to enter the official, and the rest was returned.

First there was thunder, then rain and dew, the emperor was so thunderous and rainy, it was spread all over Jinling City that the Supreme Emperor thought of the love of the Zhen family four times in the early years, so he stood up for the Zhen family.Now those who were waiting to make trouble, those who stood by and waited to reap the benefits of the Zhen family, also shrank in fright.

Baochai heard her aunt and father talk about the changes in the officialdom. The ancients were really shocked at every step of being an official. As long as the whole family is not beheaded, ransacking the house is not a big deal.The two deduced from this that the Zhen family would not be completely defeated. Only Baochai remembered that the Zhen family would recover soon, and there would be a second raid on the house in the future. The Zhen Baoyu she had seen after this stimulation seemed to work hard from now on, and would take the imperial examination in the future. , the Zhen family line has a new vitality.

The fate of the courtiers depends entirely on the favor of the king, and Baochai can only sigh for a while as long as he and his family are safe and sound, whether others are prosperous or miserable.

Mr. Xue is the most particular about being kind and rich in business. Although the Xue family did not come to the funeral of the Zhen family, they also gave a moderate funeral. Mrs. Xue recited the mantra of passing away for a few days in front of the Bodhisattva. mentioned.

Because Mrs. Xue was worried about whether her uncle Wang's family or her aunt Jia's family would be implicated.Baochai stayed by the side every day, helping to take care of her mother, and was reading letters to her on this day.Suddenly someone came to report: the mansion reported that Lin Ruhai, the current doctor of Lantai Temple and inspector of Yanyan, died of a sudden illness while in office. His wife, Mrs. Jia, went back to Chang'an Jing with her daughter's family.The author has something to say: If anyone still reads it, I deserve it no matter how you scold me, bow down and apologize!

Misfortune makes everyone panic

When everyone in the Xue family heard Lin Ruhai's obituary for the first time, they were a little sad.Counting from Mrs. Xue's side, the two families are considered relatives, and they should send people on the road to mourn.It's just that Mrs. Lin left in such a hurry, there was no time to send the funeral or anything.

After a few days, Master Xue thought about the recent situation, and felt that it was the best policy for Mrs. Lin to leave Jiangnan as soon as possible.

The turmoil in the Zhen family this time shook the Jiangnan ground quite a bit.Several local officials were either dismissed or demoted.The large-scale changes of those officials on the stage will naturally start a new round of reshuffle in the division of forces under their hands.

Master Xue has been busy preparing gifts to send off the old ones these few days, so the newcomers have to send posts earlier to meet them one by one.

From the emperor to the courtiers, anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance that those who were ordered by the imperial decree to pack up and leave are almost all veterans of the Supreme Emperor.Most of the newly dispatched officials are not as old and senior as the previous batch of officials who left.Looking closely at the origins of these people, it is found that they are either the old people in the current Qiandi, or the rookies who have been promoted by the Holy One in recent years, all of them can be regarded as his own direct descendants.

It doesn't matter what crimes those officials were convicted of. Now that the Supreme Emperor is recuperating in Zen, the new emperor has ascended the throne.After the dragon chair is firmly established, it is natural to reward those cronies who have made great contributions to the dragon.So the old guys can only make room for them.This Zhen's family also came under fire, but Master Xue couldn't figure out why Lin Ruhai died so young.

Master Xue felt very sorry, the Xue family and the Lin family were also relatives after turning a corner.In recent years, Xue's shopping mall has not often dealt with those salt merchants from the Huaiyang generation.

It's just that the ancestor of the Xue family was Ziwei Sheren back then, so he was well-informed and had a good vision.Before he was alive, he had set up the ancestral precepts, the four things of salt, iron, tea and copper, no matter how lucrative the profit, the descendants were not allowed to do it.

Ordinarily, with the Xue family's capital and local contacts in the south of the Yangtze River, it is easy to buy a few salt fields and collect money on the ground.But the two brothers of the Xue family have worked hard and never messed with this area.

In addition, the Imperial Merchants and the Salt Industry Guild had a lot of local battles, and it wasn't a day or two since they kept trying to keep their heads off each other.As a member of the Imperial Merchant, there are rules for each line of business. In order to avoid suspicion, Master Xue has no deep friendship with Lin Ruhai, the patrol official.

This Lin Ruhai was born in a famous family, he is very popular among scholars in the south of the Yangtze River, and his official reputation is also very good on weekdays.Master Xue has met him several times, and he can see that Lin Ruhai is elegant and has the demeanor of a celebrity.Moreover, there are rumors in the ruling and opposition parties that this Lin Ruhai is the confidant of the present, and this time he is also one of the few officials who has not been warned in the imperial decree. Why did he disappear in office?

Mrs. Xue was also in a complicated mood. She sighed with Aunt He for a long time, and then told Baochai about the Jiafu Kingdom she saw when she was in the capital of Chang'an.