[Comprehensive Wear] It's hard to be a princess

Time passed quickly, and it was already the 34th year of Qianyuan, and Lin Hai was appointed to be the censor of salt inspection in Yangzhou.

In the past, Yanzheng was managed by Zhen Yingjia, but this guy hooked up with several princes and jumped between them repeatedly, or in other words, he thought he was jumping repeatedly, but in fact, several princes just used him as money Bag, thinks he is just a fool, trying to please everyone.The Zhen family also had no choice. After all, the concubine Zhen's family is not the only one in the palace. According to the normal way, Concubine Zhen should already be Concubine Zhen at this moment. As a result, because of the two beauties who were sent to the palace later, Although these two did not come from behind, one conferred the concubine Concubine Ying and the concubine Ying concubine. The concubine gave birth to a princess, who is only a little over a year old now, but concubine Ying gave birth to a prince named Tu Jingsheng. Concubine Zhen later gave birth to a prince, but due to various accidents during the concubine Zhen's pregnancy, she gave birth to a sick prince. Emperor Qianyuan felt that the child was too sick, so at the beginning, he didn't even have a name, but just named it His nickname was Ah Fu, and later he was simply called Tu Jingfu.

Compared with Tu Jingyu, Tu Jingfu is a lot more annoying. Tu Jingyu was born peacefully, even if there were occasional discomforts, it would be fine after a few days of recuperation, but Tu Jingfu was born weak, If the child can't take the medicine, he has to ask the nanny to take the medicine and then drink the nanny's milk, but the effect is not very good as you can imagine.Therefore, Tu Jingfu has always been sick. Concubine Zhen felt that this sick child came at an untimely time, but after all, it was the flesh that fell from her body. Later, she felt quite guilty about this child. A lot of energy was put on this child, so naturally he was not as obsessed with the grace as before.Although Emperor Qianyuan said that he felt sorry for her motherly heart, but your love is so strong that you are planning to make some further moves. The child cried and made a fuss over there, and the nanny couldn't coax her, so she had to carry the child to find her mother. This is very unpleasant.As an emperor, he doesn't have the idea of ​​widowed child-rearing. These days, men don't take part in raising babies. There are so many nurses in the palace, who can't help them, so, under normal circumstances, these The children would not disturb Emperor Qianyuan's interest, but Tu Jingfu was an exception. Concubine Zhen was really worried that if she didn't pay attention, the child would die young.

Although such times are rare, Concubine Zhen's favor is naturally much less. Under such circumstances, what can the Zhen family do?In particular, Tu Jingyu was really well-fed by the East Palace. As soon as he could walk, he followed his eldest nephew Tu Yunzhao. As for Tu Jingfu, the Zhen family had no confidence in this grandson.However, they felt that Tu Jingyu was following the East Palace. If the East Palace collapsed in the future, Tu Jingyu might not have a chance. With such thoughts, they wanted to provoke other princes to die with Tu Jingchen.

In short, the Zhen family and the princes are actually using each other, let alone anyone else.But for Emperor Qianyuan, it was inevitable that the Zhen family was coerced by several sons, so that the salt tax fell into the hands of several sons.Emperor Qianyuan was very considerate of the Zhen family. Although the Zhen family said that there was a concubine in the palace and two grandchildren of the prince, Concubine Zhen was a little girl with no ideas. Both grandchildren were still young. They were originally slaves of the royal family, so naturally they couldn't refuse the princes.

But the problem is that Emperor Qianyuan has always spent money lavishly, and the Lianghuai salt tax has always been the main source of the court's taxation. The money from the salt tax should have gone into the national treasury, but in the end most of it fell into the hands of the princes and other stakeholders. Here, the treasury will have no money.The problem is that in such a large country, floods and floods occur almost every year. Although relief may not be necessary, tax reductions and exemptions are necessary, otherwise public resentment will inevitably arise.In short, the imperial court has been living beyond their means for a long time and cannot make ends meet.What's more, Emperor Qianyuan, in order to show his benevolence, has allowed the noble officials of the clan to borrow money from the treasury over the years.But there are so many clans, and everyone came to ask Emperor Qianyuan to be an official, so where would the court still have official positions and place those scholars?Therefore, Emperor Qianyuan allowed them to borrow money from the treasury, and then use it to buy property. Naturally, the property can have a certain amount of income when they turn back, and it can't be higher than the salary of an official.Later, this kind of grace spread to the imperial court. After all, the imperial court salary is limited, and the officials are always at odds. In order to maintain the dignity of the officials, these officials cannot be asked to accept bribes because they have no money. Therefore, you can Let them borrow money from the treasury to tide over the difficulties temporarily, and then just pay back when they have more money.

This is actually not a bad thing, it is similar to that kind of relief type of interest-free loans, but the problem is that interest-free loans generally have an audit mechanism, but there is no audit mechanism for borrowing money from the treasury, and there is no repayment the term.Therefore, everyone felt that the money was not borrowed in vain!After all, this is the benevolent government of the Holy Majesty, so we can't chase after us when the time comes!Therefore, in the beginning, everyone still borrowed money for house repairs, borrowed money for family emergencies, and borrowed money for buying land and property. Later, they borrowed money to buy antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and even borrowed money to hold courtesans, actors, and concubines... so that they couldn't help but borrow money. Borrowing money becomes a social outlier, and those who don't want to borrow have to borrow a few hundred or even a thousand taels to make a point.

In short, in this way, the treasury will release more money owed, but no one has the intention to pay it back. After all, if you pay it back in a sneaky way, what do other people think? Will it suddenly become a target of public criticism? ?In addition, there are a group of princes and clans who took the lead in borrowing money, and they should pay back the money first. Therefore, although the national treasury is not free to run around, it is also in a situation where it cannot make ends meet.

Emperor Qianyuan couldn't bear this face to collect debts, so he wanted to return the salt tax.He dismissed Zhen Yingjia's official position in the salt administration, and then appointed Lin Hai as the salt inspection censor, and let him preside over the Lianghuai salt administration.

Lin Hai actually didn't want to take over this hot potato, but he couldn't help it either.He was unlucky. He was originally a censor. When his official career was on the rise, Lin's mother got seriously ill and passed away. Jia Min fainted at the funeral and found out that he was pregnant afterwards. Unstable, in order to prevent a tire slippage, Lin Hai temporarily left Jia Min in the capital, and helped the soul to return to his hometown to observe his filial piety. It was not until Jia Min gave birth to a child, and the husband and wife reunited after the child was one year old.However, Lin Hai was delayed for more than two years because of this. After returning to Yushitai, although the original foundation was not in vain, it was not solid.Emperor Qianyuan needed someone who didn't get along with all the princes and had a certain influence in the south of the Yangtze River to be the salt censor and to rectify the salt administration. After a circle in the court, he found that Lin Hai was very suitable. He offended a bunch of princes, who are also natives of Gusu, and the Yue family is the Jia family. The Jia family and the Zhen family can be related a little bit, and they also have a certain influence in the south of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Lin Hai's past can be regarded as Protect the Zhen family.

Since Emperor Qianyuan had this idea, Lin Hai was unwilling and unable to resist the order. In the end, he had no choice but to accept this hot potato honestly, and then ran to Rongguo Mansion, begging his father-in-law to show him a clear way.

Jia Daian didn't expect Lin Hai to be involved in such a fatal matter. The Zhen family told the Jia family that they were old relatives, but in fact, this relationship was oblique. The Zhen family clung to the Jia family and married one of Jia Yuan's The niece of the Jia family, so these years, the Jia family has also been treated as in-laws.Therefore, Jia Daian actually knew a thing or two about the Zhen family's plan.Jia Daian felt that the Zhen family's heart was higher than the sky, and their lives were thinner than paper.It would have been fine if Concubine Zhen had been favored all the time, but even though Concubine Zhen had a favor, it was mediocre.With the speed at which Emperor Qianyuan likes the new and dislikes the old, in just a few more years, Concubine Zhen will be able to spend her days quietly in the harem.Under such circumstances, the Zhen family actually expects the emperor's grandson to be born in the family, isn't this a joke!

Although Emperor Qianyuan had the idea of ​​protecting the Zhen family, but the Zhen family was trying to kill themselves, and wanted to take advantage of the fire!However, is it possible for ordinary people to extract chestnuts from the fire?It can't be said that they are the pioneers of the king, and they are directly used as cannon fodder to be wiped out.However, if Lin Hai wants to preside over the salt administration, he cannot do without the Zhen family. The Zhen family has formed a huge network of interests through the salt administration in the past few years. It's back to its previous appearance, and I don't know how many people will jump their feet. The so-called cutting people's fortunes is like killing their parents. Lin Hai's past is really uncertain!

However, Lin Hai is his son-in-law after all, and his daughter gave birth to a son for the Lin family, and the Jia family is counting on the Lin family to support the Jia family in the matter of imperial examinations in the future. Wouldn't it be great to send your own children to attend classes by the way?Therefore, Lin Hai really had to do a good job with the patrolling censor and make achievements.

"It's not easy to be in the position of patrolling salt censor. How about this? I still have some people in my hand. Although they have retired a long time ago, they also followed me on the battlefield back then. Let them follow you as guards first! "Jia Daian pondered for a while, and said, "I will write a few more letters, and you will come to the door with these letters later. These people are old friends of the Jia family. They should give me, an old man, some face. Over there, it happens that the holidays are coming, so I will send a letter to see if they are smart or not!"

Lin Hai hurriedly expressed his thanks, and Jia Dai sighed: "Anyway, you have to think about it, you still have Min'er and the child, what if you call Min'er and the child in case of an emergency! So, let's go Jiangnan, although the emperor's order is important, it is even more important to protect oneself, understand?"

Lin Hai got up again and bowed down to the end: "Thank you father-in-law for reminding me, son-in-law will keep it in mind!"