The Weight of the Red Mansion Walks the Road of Life

Chapter 86

The sage said that when the water is clear, there will be no fish.

It's just that there is always a limit to everything, if the water is completely muddy and turns into a swamp, the fish probably won't be able to survive.

In the early years when Sheng went on the southern tour, the Zhen family's pick-ups cost a lot no matter how you look at it, and the Zhen family's foundation was not enough for such expenses, so they had to borrow a lot of money from the national treasury for this purpose.It's not that the Holy Majesty is ignorant of the difficulties here, so the Holy Majesty is also sympathetic to the Zhen family, and deliberately placed his family in such a fat position as Jiangnan Weaving. Those who have borrowed from the national treasury, by the way, the Zhen family can also take this opportunity to accumulate a little family property.

In other words, the Zhen family's ability to embezzle money from the weaving job is considered something that the Holy One acquiesces. Although Lin Ruhai's booklet seemed a bit shocking, it can at best prove that the Zhen family's greed has reached a bit too much It is inevitable that it will make His Majesty feel unhappy, but if you think about it carefully, it may not really hit His Majesty's lungs so much.

At present, the country is still in a state of peace. In the case of no major emergency expenses, although the national treasury is not very rich, it can be considered that at least there is no shortage of money to the point where it is difficult to live.The Holy Majesty is not young anymore, and he is not as vigorous as when he was young. When encountering many things, he would rather be violent than radical. He only wants a happy ending and does not expect to expand his territory.

——Everyone knows that although weaving does account for a lot of tax revenue, it is not that the court has other sources of tax revenue, and even weaving in the whole country is not limited to Jiangnan.The national treasury originally had some silver reserves, unless there was a time when a large sum of money was needed, otherwise there would be no big trouble if there was more or less tax every year.

The national treasury collects a lot of tax revenue every year, which is more than enough to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court, and the biggest additional expenses are mostly on disaster relief or military affairs.However, as the Holy Majesty is getting older, he no longer has the vigor and ambition in military affairs that he had when he was young and was full of expectations for the coming of all nations. He only wants to be successful.As for disaster relief Sang Tou... The direct consequence of the vast territory of this country is that there has never been a year where the weather is smooth and peaceful. The sales are also not small, but this matter is always psychologically prepared at about the same time every year, and the household department can also estimate and raise one or two in advance. No big deal.

The only difference is that the trust in my heart has been wiped out a bit. If the Holy Majesty originally indulged the Zhen family because of his love and trust for the Zhen family, but now only Mrs. Feng Sheng's love for protecting the Zhen family when she was young is left. .

Unlike the Lin family's direct reference to taxes, the booklet Xue Pan handed over directly talked about the people's livelihood in Jinling under the Zhen family's rule, which undoubtedly poked his lungs hard.

A ruler is never afraid that the people under him are greedy and incompetent, but he is really afraid that people will be greedy, bold, incompetent and cruel.To put it bluntly, this weaving is actually an errand that is not easy to cause disaster, let alone in Jiangnan, which has always been affluent. From the very beginning, when the emperor placed the Zhen family in the weaving position, he did not let Zhen Those who went to catch the people's livelihood had already acquiesced to the fact that the Zhen family's ability to be an official is actually very ordinary, and they don't seek merit but no fault.

What the Lin family handed over can only fully prove that the Zhen family is really incapable, while the report sent by Xue Pan shows that the Zhen family is not only greedy but also extremely mean to the people, that is, the wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River are more able to bear it. The officials forced the people to rebel.

——Everyone knows that the Zhen family is so mean to the people as a non-local parental official, isn't it because the Holy One trusts them, in other words, it is corrupting the reputation of the Holy One in disguise.

And if it is said that before the Holy Majesty was thinking of using the eldest prince for various reasons, even if he didn't intend to entrust the country, he always wanted to give Tu Mingyan some capital, so that even if he and his brother had a bad relationship, there would always be something in the future. Something to lean on.But now that the matter of the Zhen family is being dealt with like this, no matter how much the sage loves this son, he will inevitably hesitate.

Whether the prince can stand out or not, his family is actually a very important factor, especially for a prince like Tu Mingyi whose political foundation is already built on his family.Before, the Holy Majesty was able to favor Concubine Zhen and the First Prince because of the Zhen family, but now he can vent his dissatisfaction with the Zhen family on the First Prince.

----split line----

Xue Pan's father has passed away for many years, and no one can tell whether he has put water in the errands secretly explained by his superiors. After all, the dead are the most important, and this matter is really old enough that the Holy One is too lazy to bother to research the tricks here. .

As long as Xue Pan is available.

As the person who recommended Xue Pan said before, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, at least for this first job, Xue Pan is still doing well.

The person in charge of contacting the Xue family is actually a confidant of the Holy Majesty. Well, Weifu met when he was out of the palace. He was originally the son of an official family, but his father died early. , It also made him implicated and unable to become an official, so he simply took a few hundred taels of silver and came out to separate the family. Now he is still in charge of a part of the hidden power of the Holy One, even if he still has not become an official, he still has some status.

It stands to reason that such a person has experienced and seen many things, and it is not easy to be moved by others, but who knows that the little girl of the Xue family is full of aura and is very cute, so it is rare to say a word for the Xue family , gave the Xue family another chance.

Then Xue Pan stabbed the Zhen family in a daze. Without anyone knowing, to put it bluntly, he was actually trading the Zhen family for his own future.

Of course, whether it is in the officialdom or in the shopping mall, there is nothing wrong with it. In the final analysis, it is still based on profit. If you stab someone secretly, you can get a big benefit. Naturally, there are people who are not afraid and dare to do it. Doing these things, especially for people like Xue Pan who don't know how to be afraid.

It is worth mentioning that even though Xue Pan has indeed improved a lot over the years, Aunt Xue's way of raising children has not changed much.Just looking at how Sister Feng in Cao Gong's works can say things like "Even if she sues for treason, she will be forced to do so", one can know what kind of education the daughter of the Wang family was born with, and Xue Pan, who was raised by the daughter of the Wang family, has a sense of fearlessness. It is not surprising that the simple courage that is not afraid of the earth.

This is actually a kind of fire to the upper body. Fortunately, the Xue family and the Zhen family are both located in Jinling, so they are not sensitive to the emotional fluctuations above.

It is obvious to all how much the Holy Majesty loved the Zhen family before, and it is really impossible to dispose of people easily, even putting aside the affection, it is also a kind of embarrassing thing if the person I liked a lot and was satisfied with made a catastrophe. It has been subtle for a while, and you can't suddenly change your attitude.

But even if the Holy Majesty didn't change his attitude on the surface, the subtle influence in the dark is enough to benefit many people.

For example, the Lin family, who had completely torn face with the Zhen family before.

At first, Lin Ruhai relied on the special channels of Yanzheng and Yushitai to hand over the booklet and gave the Zhen family some eye drops. Because the action was too fast, the Zhen family was caught off guard, but later it was inevitable that some news was leaked out, which made the Zhen family There is room for exploration.

If you don't die from beating a snake, you will suffer from it. Even if the Holy Majesty complained about it, the Zhen family didn't collapse because of Lin Ruhai's impeachment. Naturally, they have the power to do something to the Lin family again.

The so-called good at the top and effect at the bottom, even if Jane is in the emperor's heart and has a prince's grandson by his side, once their family reveals any emotional preferences, many people will naturally be willing to do the same.

Originally, the four kings and eight princes should help the Lin family, especially in the Rongguo mansion. The Zhen family has harmed the grandson of his family's direct relatives.However, Mother Jia was obsessed with the fact that the Zhen family was a family of old relatives, and because of the long distance, Jia Min could not explain everything to Mother Jia. When there are some small conflicts, without even thinking about it, I will write to ask my daughter to persuade my son-in-law not to be petty.

This... Jia Min must not bear it.

Lin Ruhai offended the Zhen family, but Jia Min, who was able to deal with him in the honorable family, had a falling out with her natal family again. Suddenly, she was caught in a dilemma and was attacked by the front and back. In addition, his family was almost extinct. It's hard to listen to people's gossip, it's really not a good day.

Then at about this time, Xue Pan sued the Zhen family for a black case because his sister was suspected of being wronged when he came back from the Zhen family, and he didn't know which string was not set up on the spur of the moment.

Although the Holy Majesty couldn't clean up the Zhen family for a while, he would always take other actions to show his attitude, such as taking extra care of the Lin family who also expressed dissatisfaction with the Zhen family before.

With the Zhen family having no other important officials in the court except Zhen Yingjia, it is impossible to really tear up the face and definitely kill the Lin family-one is that it is the Zhen family's fault that this matter is really dug up, and the other is mainly because of it. Because the Zhen family didn't think it was worth it, they were a little bit shy.In the eyes of the Zhen family, the Lin family has no heirs, and it looks like an extinct family, so they really don't have to worry about anything.But the Zhen family felt that their family had a promising future, and they only thought that hitting the mouse was afraid of hurting Yu Ping'er, so they shouldn't fight with the Lin family, who would be willing to let go.

In this case, the only ones who really have trouble with the Lin family are those who live by looking at the color of the Zhen family. Even if some of them have good official positions, they won't hurt their muscles and bones after cleaning them up. At most, they can make people sigh Lin Ruhai can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart.

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When I turned on the computer at eight o'clock and started to code a new chapter, I realized that I forgot to set the time when I put it in the draft box... Then the obsessive-compulsive disorder said that I wanted to set it on the hour...