Aristocratic family's career in the Red Chamber

When Tu Youhao sent Tuyi to Beijing for the second time, Jia Huzhen and others followed Liu Yiyong and had already learned a lot about calculating money and rations, and entering accounts. Jia Hu gained a lot of insight from the doorways in the department that can only be understood by being in it.

For this reason, Jia Hu really thanked Liu Yiyong, so when he received the earthen ceremony from Tu Youhao, he took some good things and sent them to Liu's residence without thinking about it.

When I saw Liu Yiyong the next day, he thanked Jia Hu and was a little embarrassed: "Zi Fang, why are you so polite? The things you sent yesterday are not cheap, right? I just taught you a few things. These come, I accept this, I feel ashamed."

Jia Hu didn't take it seriously, and didn't know if the barracks had been running a lot recently, and she also learned to put Liu Yiyong's shoulders on her shoulders, and said with a smile: "What a good thing, it's some Jiangnan soil rituals sent by a friend, full of them. As for the box, I don’t use it so much. If you borrow flowers to present to Buddha, you can keep it if you give it to you. If it’s easy to use, you can use it.

Seeing that he really didn't take it seriously, Liu Yiyong's heart slowly fell, and he turned around and said happily to Jia Hu: "Don't talk about it, I don't care about the other things you sent, just That Jiangnan double-sided embroidery, my mother, it’s such a big piece, and the embroidery is so delicate, my mother-in-law’s eyes are straightened when she sees it, and she stays there all night, as if looking at the embroidery will make her hungry ... I am here, thank you for your sister-in-law."

Jia Hu laughed loudly: "Brother Liu, Brother Liu, I usually see you in the yamen, holding a ledger and holding a pen, yelling five times and six times. Time. Madam sister-in-law is satisfied, so are you satisfied?"

"Bah." Liu Yiyong blushed from being teased by Jia Hu, pulled his hand off, and spat, "What do you know, you unmarried brat, how dare you play me here when you're crazy."

Jia Hu couldn't help laughing: "Brother, are you ashamed? Don't worry, men and women love each other. Although I'm not married, I still know a thing or two about this matter. This is to praise you and your sister-in-law. It's a pastime." You, don't worry about it."

Liu Yiyong became more and more embarrassing, and hurried away: "You don't have anyone you love and care about, how do you know this love, the deep affection between husband and wife? It's okay, I'll be happy if you don't stay here, let's go!"

Jia Hu didn't know why, Tu Youhao's figure suddenly appeared in his mind, he was startled, Jia Hu quickly shook his head, and let go of the sudden thought, seeing that Liu Yiyong couldn't hold back anymore, he took the opportunity to leave leave.He and Liu Yiyong just met and chatted. Liu Yiyong still has some errands when he turns back. If he doesn't leave, he will really disturb people's work.

Today is Jia Hu's rest, but he has nothing to do, so he plans to go to Liuli Street to shop for things. Just now, he didn't think that Tu Youhao hadn't come to his senses, but he got a lot of things. After returning to Beijing, I can't be so polite, can I?What does it look like? !

Jia Hu instinctively ignored the fact that he always valued these reciprocal gifts. When he first received Tuyouhao's soil instrument, he didn't think of the weirdness of it at all. He just thought about things that Tuyouhao would like in his mind.

Pens, inks, papers and inkstones, antique calligraphy and paintings, these things are enough in the palace, no matter how good the things outside are, can they be better than those in the palace?Jia Hu thought to himself, why not give him some everyday ones, he seemed to like the waist pendant he gave him last time, let's see if he can find some good ones this time.

Jia Hu strolled in the courtyard and walked on the street, and occasionally saw a good shop, so he went in to have a look. Unfortunately, he couldn't find what he wanted, and he saw a set of bamboo-shaped tea sets from Jun Kiln in a Yage, with bright glaze. , the shape is perfect, thinking that with Tu Youhao's tea-loving temperament, he must like it, so he bought it, which is the end of the half-day journey.

Just as he was about to leave for the home, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye. Jia Hu hurriedly stopped the driver who was about to drive the car, turned over again, watched the man go away from a distance, pondered twice in his mind, and hurried to the other road. Walking, sure enough, at the crossing, I saw that person was going back and forth, Jia Hu walked quickly, and then drove over from another road, Jiang Jiang saw that the person smiled and joined a group of people, and then they went together Go down another street.

Jia Hu didn't care about it, and followed quietly, knowing that there must be hidden guards guarding this person, so he didn't dare to get too close, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, he followed the path and quickly arrived in front of the person.It's simply that the people over there are walking all the way, leisurely and leisurely, not like Jia Hu's intention to walk all the way, otherwise, Jia Hu might not be able to catch up with him.

Jia Hu didn't wait for anyone to enter the destination, and went into the Zhuyi Teahouse by himself--on this street, this teahouse was often used by scholars and students to talk about state affairs here, and occasionally noble officials came. Lin Zhong is very famous, Jia Hu is betting that the destination of the group is the teahouse here, if the bet is right, he will come first, so that no one will suspect that he has other purposes afterwards, if the bet is wrong, it is just He's just out of luck.

But the fact is that his luck today is really good.

Sitting on the corner seat, drinking tea quietly, Jia Hu looked out of the corner of his eyes at the pedestrian who kept a low profile and didn't even go up to the second floor. He just found the worst seat near the door and the corner, which looked inconspicuous It was amazing, but Jia Hu knew that in that corner, it was just right that he could see and hear all the movements in the lobby.

I heard a student who was full of grief and indignation at the incident of the enemy attacking the border, patting the table and shouting that the military generals in the court were dead, but no one led the troops to pursue the invading enemy: "I am a great country, but I have called a barbarian many times. For intruding on the frontier, the barbarians and the emperors should be punished, and our generals should also be punished."

You Na's thoughts are radical and justified: "The country raises these generals and soldiers with the sons of the country. It is said that raising soldiers can be used for a thousand days. Now the people on the border of our country are being plundered and killed. These soldiers are useless at all. Manchuria General, isn’t there any useful one?”

While talking, it got a bit too much, some people couldn't listen to it, and said that the person only spoke lightly, and didn't know the difficulties of the country at all: "The Holy Lord is the most sympathetic to the people's conditions. There are so many harvests, how many places are there still floods and droughts, the people are displaced, and the imperial court opened warehouses to relieve disasters, isn’t it a big expense? Six or seven years ago, there were floods in the south of the Yangtze River and drought in the north. The emperor decreed that there would be no tax for three years. Another huge loss of money and food, and now it has only been a few years to recover, but there are still water conservancy, roads, and people's livelihood that need to be spent by the court... The treasury has no money, how can this battle be fought? You don't have food and no money , soldiers are hungry, can they face the enemy on the battlefield? Aren’t you sending people to die?”

"That's right, it's easy to talk about fighting wars. I have withdrawn my troops and returned to the court a few years ago. How many years have passed since the soldiers were disarmed and returned to the fields? How many years have they been recruited again? What about the parents, wives and children at home? The battlefield is ruthless, and there have been many casualties." What should we do if there are too many? The Holy One does not take wars lightly, which is what a Mingjun does. It is admirable and admirable to be sympathetic to the hearts of the people!"

Those who are not convinced are naturally still not convinced: "Then according to your opinion, those people on the border will be killed? They deserve to be burned, killed and looted by foreign barbarians, their homes are destroyed, and their lives are hard to protect?"

Those who don't want to go to war also have their own reasons: "Then why are those ordinary people guilty of being recruited into the army? Swords are ruthless. If there are casualties, how can their relatives be blamed? Do you want the court to use all the money to go to war? What about the cost? Shouldn’t there be a tax increase?”

The fall of the previous dynasty was due to the wars everywhere, the court was overwhelmed, and repeatedly raised taxes on the people. The people were unbearable, so they revolted.Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has kept this lesson in mind and never added any gifts easily.Over the years, I have only heard of tax cuts and exemptions from the DPRK and China, but few have heard of tax increases.

As soon as this remark came out, the main fighters were speechless and could only say: "The people on the border are pitiful. If the court stands by and allows them to be ravaged by foreigners, our country's prestige will be wiped out."

The Zhuhe faction then said, "Does the people of a city matter most, or the people of thousands of people? Is it right to sacrifice tens of millions of ordinary people for the sake of the border people?"

The two sides said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right, and the quarrel was very serious.

A student next to Jia Hu saw that Jia Hu's clothes were elegant and handsome, and he was obviously a scholar, so he pulled him and asked him what he thought: "Brother, when you listen to the argument between the two rooms, do you think there is any reason?"

Jia Hu was not afraid, and raised his voice: "Both sides are right." Someone beside him sneered, saying that Jia Hu was flattering both sides, opportunistic, and without strength of character. , Could it be that the king's land, the people of the world are all the people of the Holy Lord, now the barbarians dare to invade my land and harass my people, it is like someone breaking into our house and bullying my children, which is unbearable, how can we not Fighting, retreating and watching with nothing, seeing the country withered and the people suffering?!"

The main battle faction slapped the table and applauded: "That's exactly the reason!"

"But what about money and food? What should we do if the head of a common people's family is drafted into the army and affects people's livelihood?"

"That's why we need to pay attention to the strategy against the enemy." Jia Hu said loudly, "The barbarians in the north are only tens of thousands. It is said that all the people are soldiers. Could it be that the old, weak, women and children can fight together like a battlefield? With such bravery, the poor in the north, There are restrictions on clothing, food and horses. Why do they plunder my border? It is nothing more than that they are short of food and have to rely on plundering to supplement food. It is still autumn, and they still have some food. If they wait until winter, the ice and snow, and the shortage of food, we don’t need to do it The weather can kill his people!" Jia Hu said with a sneer, "It is true that the number of border troops is insufficient now, but if the people at the border are moved back to the pass, the walls are cleared, and all the fields are burned down, the barbarians will have nothing to snatch. , when it comes to winter, it will be a catastrophe!"

Everyone gasped: "You mean, burn all the fields? Do you know how much food is that?"

Jia Hu only looked at the crowd: "The imperial court's treasury is not rich, it is difficult to quickly gather troops to meet the enemy. There are too few soldiers at the border, and it is impossible to defend against the enemy's attack. The land outside the city is even more difficult to quickly harvest and store. The enemy is going to be taken advantage of in vain... At that time, the two houses will indeed be at war, are we going to let the enemy come back and attack us with the food and grass they robbed from us?"

He resolutely shouted: "Since this is the case, it is better for a strong man to break his wrist and burn all the food and grass first. I will go to the common people and have my own court relief, but the barbarians will have nothing to harvest! Today they rob a bag of rice. One more person will starve to death!"

All the students in the hall were startled, and they were silent for a long time, and suddenly they all shouted loudly: "Okay, that's how it should be!"

"I'd rather burn it than let the barbarians die!"

"It's just a season of food, we are willing!"

Seeing the chaos, Zhou Ruhai who was sitting in the corner poured tea for those seated. The emperor took a sip, read the word Jia Hu, and nodded approvingly: "It's quite decisive!"