History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

The Empress Dowager just fell into a coma and never woke up again, the fire of life was already on the verge of being extinguished.

On the sixth day of December, the Empress Dowager died of illness in a coma.

The Taishanghuang was in great grief, his feet were swollen and he had a headache, and then he fell ill.

As soon as the bell of Changchun Garden rang, the people in Yuanmingyuan first took out the prepared mourning clothes and put them on.

Minning brought a group of concubines to the Changchun Garden to prepare for the funeral. As for the queen, she had already come to the Changchun Garden when the Empress Dowager was seriously ill.

The Zi Palace of the Empress Dowager is placed directly in Changchun Garden, this is the order of the Empress Dowager, he hopes to be closer to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager was ill, and the fourth master was by his side to attend to the illness. His brothers brought their family and children to Changchun Garden to mourn for the Empress Dowager.

The national funeral has caught up with the new year, so this new year is not festive at all, and even the people dare not celebrate it.

After the new year passed, the Supreme Emperor was getting old after all, and his illness was gone like a silkworm, and he looked weak, but he still insisted on keeping his filial piety for the Empress Dowager.

Of course, as the emperor, the fourth master can use the day to represent the year, and only keep it for 27 days. Similarly, the Supreme Emperor can also follow this example, but the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager have a deep love for their mother and child, so they made a decree and decided to keep it for a year.

The folks keep it for one year, and they are not allowed to hold weddings and other happy events for a year. As for the clan and various ministers, they only need to keep it for half a year.

Once the new year was over and the first lunar month came, the fourth master had already performed his filial piety, but the Supreme Emperor began to stay behind closed doors in the Changchun Garden, wholeheartedly keeping filial piety for the empress dowager.

The fourth master was worried about the Taishanghuang's body, fearing that he would be too sad, so he stuffed the weird triplets to accompany him, hoping that the love between grandparents and grandchildren could soothe the pain in the Taishanghuang's heart.

After the Lantern Festival, I went to the Great Dynasty and planned the plan for the coming year.

After the reforms in the past two years, the entire Qing Dynasty has undergone major changes. Not to mention that the popularity of electric lights has freed people from the dark nights for thousands of years. Even some cities have begun to postpone the curfew under the lights.

The tractor blueprints scattered in the past two years bloomed everywhere in the Qing Dynasty like that. More and more tractor factories were built, and now tractors have appeared on the market one after another.

Chaotang has accumulated a large amount of diesel oil, just waiting for the tractor explosion in the future.

There are also cars in the capital. This kind of iron box-like car can run without a horse, and has become a Western view of the entire capital.

Compared with ten years ago, the Qing Dynasty is very different.

The people who smuggled into the New World also returned to their hometowns one after another to show off their wealth in the New World, and they left with many people.

Because there is a shortage of people throughout the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court announced a policy last year to encourage children. Regardless of whether it is a man or a woman, as long as they are born, they can be exempted from part of the tax within three years, and can also receive food rewards from the imperial court.

This has greatly attracted the enthusiasm of the common people. Just at the beginning of this year, many newborns were born throughout the Qing Dynasty.

Nowadays, even the court is changing. The fourth master vigorously promotes young people, which changes the atmosphere of the whole court. These young people are more active in thinking and more enterprising.

This year, the fourth master mustered up his energy even more, and planned to continue to push the electricity down, and the tractor followed suit.

Last year, fifty tractors were transported to the New World for farming, and the results were quite good. Planting hundreds of hectares of land was effortless.

The navy stationed in the New Continent not only became self-sufficient, but also transported some of them back to Beijing to feed the Qing Dynasty.

There is also the country of Wa, since Li Wei let go to do it, Li Wei is really capable, and it took two years to hold the country of Wa in his hands.

Nowadays, the Tokugawa family is still in charge in name, but in fact, the entire Wa country depends on Daqing's face.

A large amount of labor was transported to the Qing Dynasty as if they did not need money. The Chinese education started in the Japanese country, and nothing could be seen in a short period of time, but it has gradually changed. At least children have to learn Chinese.

Li Wei is still working hard with the fourth master, planning to build hundreds of children's colleges in the country of Japan, so that the children of the country of Japan can study for free.

In fact, this trick was passed down by Minning, who learned it from the later Soviet Union, so that all Mongolians learn Russian. After the new generation of children grows up, there will be very little left of the old generation, and Mongolia will not even speak Mongolian. up.

Minning doesn't like the wolf culture in Japanese culture, so he intends to let Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism to reform the thinking of the new generation of Japanese people.

Nothing can trap people's thinking more than Confucianism.

The Taishanghuang's condition improved slightly, Fourth Master no longer went to Changchun Garden to report every day, his mind began to focus on political affairs, and even less people went to the harem.

Minning also has work to do, not only has to manage the construction of electricity, but also has to worry about the railway and control the business in hand.

The general line of the railway has been completed, especially the addition of tractors in the later stage, which can enable the tractors to pull the carriages to transport rails, cement and sand, etc., which speeds up the entry into the city even more.

It is because of the electricity that she holds the household department in her hands in a disguised form, and excludes all the influence of the old eighth. Now the household department has become a place of tigers and wolves, and she keeps an eye on the taxes of various places. Don't be too polite, just throw it in jail, not only will you get back the tax you stole, but you will also have to pay a fine and spend a few days in jail as punishment.

This is the right granted by the emperor to the Ministry of Households. All of a sudden, the various places have become fat in the eyes of the Ministry of Households, and they are being watched closely all the time.

No wonder the household department is so vicious, there are too many departments waiting for funds from the household department, not only railways, but also barracks to replace weapons, and children's colleges are opened in various places, and children aged seven and over are admitted for free to study and so on.

Although there are charitable donations from the common people, these are just a drop in the bucket, and most of them still rely on the appropriation of the imperial court.

With such a huge responsibility on the shoulders of the Ministry of Accounting, why not just keep an eye on the taxes in hand, whoever dares to evade taxes is simply against the Ministry of Accounting.

Tax evasion among the people, once caught with the power of the government, these people will make up the tax.

The difficulty is that local officials reach out to tax revenue. In fact, as long as the income is not enough, it is difficult for the household department to find out.

At this time, the sharp weapon of the anti-corruption team was brought out.

Back then, the anti-corruption team wiped out all the provinces. They didn't kill people, and they directly pursued the arrears. Nowadays, many family members of dismissed officials are still living in poverty, and local officials forcefully confiscated any money they earned.

This kind of miserable day has made many officials take warning for a while.

Most of them are afraid to reach out to the tax bank, but there are always some who are grateful, and it is time for the anti-corruption team to appear.

Generally, nine out of ten people who join the anti-corruption team have to strip off their official skin. The power of the anti-corruption team has already established a reputation in the entire officialdom.

Officials fear it like a tiger, and regard it as the Xichang and Jinyiwei of the previous dynasty.

On this day, the Queen sent someone to invite Fourth Master, mainly for Er GeGe's marriage.

After Er Gege's marriage was finalized the year before last, they were planning to get married at the beginning of this year. Unexpectedly, just in time for a national funeral, the marriage would have to be postponed. However, the imperial decree referring to the marriage has already been given.

If you want to push back, you have to re-issue the imperial decree.

The queen went to invite fourth master to come over, just to ask about this matter.

"...Juniors like Er Gege and the others need to serve half a year of filial piety. The concubine has already asked Qin Tianjian. There will be a good day in August in the second half of the year, and there will be a good day in April next year."

After hearing this, the fourth master said: "The Supreme Emperor has been filial piety for one year. During this period, we should not hold any happy events. We will postpone Er Gege's marriage to next year."

The queen agreed, and then talked about next year's draft.

Fourth master took a sip of tea, his eyes drooped, "No need, next year let each prefecture marry by itself, and the draft will be postponed to the next one."

The queen was a little surprised. You must know that the fourth master had never picked anyone in the last session. If you skip this session, then the harem will be full of old people.

"If you don't choose a talent show, just pick someone from among the court ladies to serve you?"

Fourth master shook his head and said, "No need, I'm busy with official duties, and I don't have time to visit the harem."

The queen closed her mouth in resentment, and it was true. Ever since her grandfather ascended the throne, she really didn't seem to sleep much in the harem.

I heard that even at Concubine An's place, Lord Long Live only goes there for two or three days a month.

As for other people, let's not even mention the shadow of Long Live Lord.

Thinking of this, the Empress looked at Fourth Master with strange eyes. Could it be that something is wrong with Long Live Master's body?

There is also a young and beautiful Concubine Nian in this harem, who seems to have been spoiled for a while before entering the palace, so she doesn't know where to throw it away after entering the palace.

In these years, no more children were born in the backyard. The queen's thinking became more and more crooked, and she looked at fourth master with weird eyes.

Fourth master didn't notice the look in the queen's eyes. After discussing this matter, he went out without staying too long.

Not long after leaving the queen's courtyard, fourth master was stopped by a court lady.

"The servants kowtow to the emperor, and the emperor will be blessed and safe."

Fourth Master frowned, thinking that this was another woman who wanted to cling to wealth, "Okay, get up."

The palace maid raised her head slightly, and Su Peisheng, who was behind Fourth Master, thumped in his heart. He never thought that there was such a beauty hidden in the queen's palace.

Could it be that this woman was instructed by the Queen?

Fourth Master was about to take a step forward when the maid gritted her teeth and called out to him.

"Long live, I have a secret story about the former prince that I want to tell you."

Fourth Master stopped in his tracks, turned his head and squinted his eyes to look at her, and Su Peisheng's eyes widened even more, this woman is so bold that she dared to stop Sheng Jia.

First prince, this title is rarely heard.

"You have to think it over before you talk about it. If it's something unimportant, then your life will be in danger." Fourth Master reminded.

The palace maid immediately knelt on the ground, "What I said is true, please ask Long Live Lord to step back, and I will let you explain in detail."

After hearing this, fourth master turned his head to look at Su Peisheng who was at the side.

Su Peisheng immediately persuaded in a low voice: "Long Live Lord, this servant thinks this is deceitful, so it's better to let this servant take this person down." He is loyal to Concubine An, so naturally he looks down on the fox who came in next to him.

Fourth Master glanced at him, ignored his unreliable suggestion, and waved his hand. Su Peisheng had no choice but to retreat to the side with a group of people behind Fourth Master.

Su Peisheng was not too far away, and he could still see the two of them clearly, but he couldn't hear what they were talking about because of the distance.

As soon as this point was mentioned, Su Peisheng was a little discouraged. Since two years ago, he sued Concubine An, saying that Long Live God did not take care of the dragon's body.

In the past two years, he has not been welcomed by Long Live God.

But for Su Peisheng, he still has to say it even after such a visit.

Now he already has Concubine An as his backer, who is in charge of the work and rest time of Lord Long Live.

Every day, it is necessary to ensure that the Long Live Lord has three hours of sleep. Even if the Long Live Lord does not want to see him again, he cannot be removed.

Fourth Master put his hands behind his back and raised his head slightly, "Get up."

After the maid got up, he asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

The second brother has been away from the Qing Dynasty for two years, and these years, there were only frequent news in the first year, but this year until now, there has been no news. At this time, the fourth master suddenly heard that a court lady wanted to tell him about the second brother He is naturally interested in the hidden news.

The maid took a deep breath, as if she had eased her nervousness, before she said, "This servant is from the Rongguo Duke's mansion, and her grandfather is Jia Daishan. During this time, this servant has accidentally learned a secret news, so I want to tell Long Live Lord."

The fourth master frowned, Hong Xi was taken away by the second brother forcefully, why is there any nephew in the second brother's house who is whimsical?

It's no wonder that fourth master thought of this matter. He really doesn't know what else needs to be reported in the second brother's house?

Seeing that the fourth master frowned, the court lady was a little nervous, and said what she wanted to say after stumbling, "The servant girl learned that the prince had an illegitimate daughter who was raised among the people, and was later married back by the Ningguo Mansion as a daughter-in-law. At the end of last year It was found out that she had an affair with her father-in-law, and she was caught and raped in bed. Now this woman has hanged herself. A few days ago, the funeral was held, Hachiko sent the funeral, and Siwanglu sacrificed. The slaves suspected that these people knew the real identity of the woman. To avoid damaging the royal family's face, I risked my life to tell the Lord Long Live."

Fourth Master pursed his lips tightly, staring straight at the maid and asked, "Does anyone else know about this?"

The maid hurriedly said, "Long Live Lord, I don't know anything about this matter in Rongguo Mansion. If it's not a slave and it's wrong, I wouldn't dare to tell Long Live Lord."

Fourth Master stared at her and said, "I already know about this, you need to know what to say and what not to say."

The palace maid hurriedly knelt down and leaned over and said: "I want to report to the Lord Long Live, this servant will never dare to spread this matter."

Fourth master turned and left.

Seeing Fourth Master's serious face, Su Peisheng didn't dare to ask, and just followed him closely.

At the same time, the maid who was left behind slowly got up, she took a deep breath, with an excited expression on her face.

The queen accidentally smashed a cup, "Did you see with your own eyes that Lady Jia stopped the Lord Long Live?"

The nanny below said, "I dare not hide it from you, it is indeed my servant who saw it with her own eyes."

The queen thumped the table beside her resentfully, "If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have brought people into the garden. A few years ago, she was quite honest, but I didn't expect that the first time I brought people into this garden, I would make a fuss." Out of such a moth."

Mammy said, "Mother, since this man has already fallen into the eyes of Lord Long Live, why not just seal him up and send him away."

The queen shook her head and said, "You don't understand, this female official Jia is of extraordinary status, her grandfather is Rong Guogong, she captured Oboi together with the Supreme Emperor, and later made continuous contributions during the peace of San Francisco. Although the mansion is in decline right now, but with a sliver of grace from the Supreme Emperor, once this person enters the harem, it is impossible to get rid of him with just one permanent presence."

The nanny made some comments, "Didn't you still worry that there was no one to serve the Lord Long Live before? Since this female official Jia has become a leader, so what if she does what she wants? As long as she enters the harem, isn't that the same?" Grasshopper after autumn, let your mother handle it!"

The queen was angry, not because of anything else, but mainly because this person took her as a down-to-earth, which simply challenged her majesty as a queen.

The queen can only guard the queen's position. She regards the queen's position as more important than her life, since she does not allow others to challenge her majesty.

That's why she was furious when she learned that Miss Jia had come to fourth master privately.

She just doesn't take her seriously. If other women in the harem find out about this, she won't be able to control the maids around her, and she doesn't know how many people will secretly laugh at her.

"Send someone to bring Miss Jia here!" the queen said to the nanny.

The nanny hurriedly persuaded: "Hey, my master, don't act so recklessly in this matter, why don't you see how the Long Live Lord reacts first. If the Long Live Lord doesn't take people into his heart, this person will Can't let you handle it?"

The empress felt a fire in her heart, and she really wanted to let the fire out, but what the mother said was right now, and she didn't know how the Long Live Lord would react, if she was hooked up by Lady Jia, she would now If you deal with people, you will not have to anger the Long Live Lord later.

Pounding the table angrily, the queen said angrily: "This is you watching me, if Lord Long Live really doesn't pay attention to people, send them to the House of Internal Affairs."

After the fourth master returned, he ordered the people at the sticky pole to investigate.

After this investigation, it was discovered that the woman named Qin Keqing might really be the second brother's illegitimate daughter.

It's just that this person is just the fruit planted overnight by the second elder brother, and for some reason he ends up in the Yangshengtang.Judging from the current situation, the second brother should not know that he has a daughter living among the people.

However, Qin Keqing's true identity may have been found out a long time ago, otherwise she would not have been raised in the Rongguo Mansion since she was a child, and married into the Ningguo Mansion with a single woman when she grew up.

Fourth master also found out that this is also a hard-working person, living a life in name only with her husband, and being taken over by her father-in-law.

In the last twelfth lunar month, someone found out about this affair, and hanged himself in shame and indignation.

After reading what was played in the secret booklet, Fourth Master was so angry that he slammed the table.

These Rongning and Ningfu families are really daring. In the final analysis, Qin Keqing is also considered a member of the royal family, but he was bullied by his servants. He probably didn't know his true identity until he died.

Fourth Master came to Xinghua Village Pavilion, still looking very angry.

Minning put down the ledger in his hand and asked him, "What's the matter?"

Fourth Master slapped the table angrily, "It's really deceiving!"

Minning's eyelids twitched, "Who on earth is making you angry again, making such a big fuss?"

Fourth master told everything that happened today.

When Minning heard Qin Keqing's name, he paused, as if he had forgotten that this era was still mixed with the background of the Dream of Red Mansions.

For the story of Dream of Red Mansions, Minning has almost forgotten it over the years, and the joys and sorrows of the protagonist in it have nothing to do with her.

At this time, when fourth master suddenly heard that Qin Keqing was Prince Li's illegitimate daughter, Minning was also very surprised.

"Have you confirmed Qin Keqing's real identity?"

The fourth master gritted his teeth and said: "Second brother was really absurd when he was young, so Qin Keqing's identity is true. Back then, second brother drank in Suo'etu's mansion, and got lucky with a maid after drinking. This happened to the second brother who was still the prince at that time. It was said to be a scandal, and in order to cover it up, the maid was bought that night. No one expected that the maid planted jade in one night, and the maid gave birth to a child, died of dystocia, because she did not explain clearly The child's identity and background, the child was sent to the charity hall."

Minning was a little surprised that the fourth master could find out so clearly.

Fourth Master seemed to see her doubt clearly, and explained: "The people at the sticky pole went to Rongguo Mansion to dig out these old things." Rongguo Mansion is just a bamboo fence, full of loopholes.

Minning cleared up his doubts, and then asked Fourth Master, "Then what do you plan to do with Lady Jia?"

Qin Keqing is dead, but with all the bad things about her, it is impossible for the royal family to recognize her identity.

Now that the four kings and eight princes know Qin Keqing's identity, and the King of Beijing still goes to pay homage in person, it can only show that these people are thinking about Prince Li, even if they are not on Prince Li's side, they still hold a speculative interest in Prince Li thoughts.

It seemed that fourth master, the new emperor, still had an unstable position in their eyes.

That's right, the Supreme Emperor is still alive, even if the fourth master ascends the throne, it is still a sentence from the Supreme Emperor's mouth, and he can be destroyed if he says it.

At the time of the previous dynasty, a powerful queen mother could dethrone the current emperor, let alone the Supreme Emperor who had been in charge of the Qing Dynasty for decades.

Not to mention that the Supreme Emperor is a ruthless man who established and abolished the prince. It is not impossible to abolish the new emperor.

However, it is a pity that these people have been far away from the court.

Probably didn't know that the Supreme Emperor really let go now, the reason why the fourth master didn't move those old people was just for the sake of the Supreme Emperor.

He even tolerated Ba Ye, not to mention these little fellows.

In a short period of time, it was impossible for these people to reveal this matter. The only thing fourth master had to do was to seal up Miss Jia's mouth.

The woman told fourth master about this, she just wanted to use it as a cling.

Fourth master also understands this truth, "Give me the position of concubine first, and tell her to shut up."

Minning nodded, and then discussed how to handle this matter.

Just in the words of the two of them, the fate of the female official Jia was decided.

Recently, a major event happened in the harem, which caused the originally calm harem to explode.

A female official in the Queen's Palace was favored by the emperor, and the sparrow was transformed into a phoenix and promoted to a concubine, and she was awarded the title of virtuous and virtuous.

Although this title is quite weird, but with the title of one of the four concubines, it can be seen that the emperor who has many people values ​​this person.

All of a sudden, the women in the entire harem were inquiring about this person's origin.

The queen was furious when she heard this, and thought that after a while, Lord Long Live would forget about this person, but what she didn't expect was how long it took before this person jumped up and was made a concubine.

All of a sudden, all the things that the queen wanted to bury were revealed. Everyone knew that this newly named virtuous concubine was not a good person. She was originally a female official in the queen's palace. Being able to make the emperor make her a concubine, from this we can see how powerful this person's methods are.

You must know that the current master has always been very stingy. Even his first woman, the Song family who gave birth to him two daughters, only got one concubine. On the contrary, it was this female official who came out of nowhere Dengtian sat on the imperial concubine.

How could this not cause a sensation in the entire harem?

The news quickly spread to the Changchun Garden and reached the ears of the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor was immediately furious, not for anything else, but for Xiaohui, the Empress Dowager Zhang passed away less than half a year, although the fourth child, as the emperor, only needs to use the day to replace the month to serve 27 days of filial piety.

But the folks are still in the period of national filial piety. As an emperor, you should lead by example. It is the same thing in private. At this time, blatantly dividing concubines is simply disrespect for the empress dowager, and disrespect for him, the emperor.

The Supreme Emperor even wondered if the fourth child would not keep his filial piety directly after he died.

The matter of the overlord being angry soon spread to Hong Jing from the triplets. Hong Jing realized the importance of the matter and ordered someone to secretly inform the fourth master.

Fourth Master reacted very quickly, and came to Changchun Garden on the day he received the news.

"My son has met Khan Ama..."

Before Fourth Master finished speaking, the Supreme Emperor put on a face, flicked his sleeves and said, "I'm uneasy!"

The fourth master immediately knelt down, "My son knows that Han Ama is angry, so he asked Han Ama to listen to his son's defense."

The Supreme Emperor snorted coldly, and Hong Jing, who was next to him, took the opportunity to persuade, "Huang Mafa, Khan Amma has difficulties in this matter, and it is definitely not what you imagined."

The Supreme Emperor glared at Hong Jing, "He is your father, so you can speak for him naturally." Then he said coldly to Fourth Master, "For your son's sake, I allow you to defend yourself!"

Seeing Fourth Master kneeling on the ground again, the Supreme Emperor coughed, "Okay, get up, don't play tricks, I won't take that kind of trick."

The fourth master gave Hong Kyung a wink, and Hong Kyung said to the Supreme Emperor with interest, "Huang Mafa, you haven't eaten your lunch yet, you must be hungry, grandson will go to the imperial dining room to have a look, what's the matter?" Meals haven't been delivered yet." Before the Supreme Emperor could speak, he withdrew.

The Supreme Emperor glared at the fourth master. It must be because of the fourth son that Hong Jing found an excuse to leave.

"Is there anything you can't say? Are you going to send Hong Kyung away?"

The fourth master stepped forward to help the Supreme Emperor to sit down on the couch beside him, and then he opened his mouth to tell the reason, "My son has already checked, this person has been provided by the Rongguo Mansion for a long time, and the Rongguo Mansion was previously the second son." Brother's disciples should have learned of Qin Keqing's identity by accident. Later, the second brother was imprisoned, and the Rongguo Mansion was also afraid that the news would leak out, so they directly married him to the Ningguo Mansion. In the end, the married husband was inhumane and was seen by his father-in-law. All of a sudden, these things happened."

"Qin Keqing's identity should only be known by the Rongguo Mansion. It was revealed to the four kings and eight princes in private. Jia Yuanchun should have suspected it a long time ago. After learning of Qin Keqing's funeral, the four princes and eight princes gave him face, so he concluded his guess. Concubine Feng also sealed her mouth."

The Taishanghuang was used to seeing the big world, so he was not angry.

What's more, it's just an illegitimate daughter, so if you don't admit it, you won't be involved in the royal family.

It's just that he didn't expect that this matter had something to do with his injustice, and the fourth child's move was also to wipe his ass for injustice. Thinking of this, the Supreme Emperor calmed down.

"How do you plan to deal with Jia's mansion?" Jia Daishan still has some affection in the Supreme Emperor's heart, so he doesn't want his son to wipe out the entire Jia's mansion at once.

Fourth Master naturally knew what the Supreme Emperor was thinking, and said, "Son, I plan to wait for Second Brother to come back and see what Second Brother's plan is." After all, it was Second Brother's illegitimate daughter.

If the second brother doesn't care about it, this matter is just a minor punishment. If the second brother takes care of it, he just throws Jia's mansion to the second brother to let him vent his anger.

The Supreme Emperor understood what his son meant, and seeing that his son had already retreated a step, he said, "Just do as you say!"

The Taishanghuang explained it clearly, but he didn't know why this matter spread to the people. As the Taishanghuang expected, the people didn't understand the emperor's concubine at this time.

The common people have to observe the country's filial piety for one year, but they don't know that the emperor has finished observing the day instead of the month, and think that the emperor also observes the year just like ordinary people.

In this way, I don't know where it started, and there was a demonic wind among the people, saying that the current emperor is a hungry ghost, and Xiaoqi took a fancy to the maid next to the queen and accepted it as a concubine.

Jia Yuanchun was made a concubine, probably the happiest people in the Jia family.

It was Jia Zheng's birthday, and the whole mansion was full of guests. As soon as the news came out, everyone congratulated him.

Mrs. Wang is the happiest. Her daughter has become a concubine. In this mansion, even the old lady has to take a step back.This made Mrs. Wang, who had been oppressed by her mother-in-law for a lifetime, feel elated, and felt that she would turn over and be the master from now on.

When the Rongguo Mansion celebrated together, Lin Yuan in the imperial city also received a letter from Jiangnan.

The person who sent the letter was his clan brother's confidant, Lin Yuan stroked his beard after reading the letter, and then said to the visitor, "The clan brother has already handed over his niece to his Yue family, why do you ask me to help take care of it? "

The man said, "My lord, my lord is also afraid that people will leave the tea. There is only this young lady in the Lin family. You must know what happens to an orphan girl holding a huge family fortune."

Lin Yuan flipped through the list below, which recorded antique calligraphy and paintings as well as nearly 500 million taels of cash, "Brother, are you going to make two-handed plans this time?"

The visitor replied: "My lord has explained that these are all rewards for you. Even if they fall into the hands of my lady, she will not be able to keep them. My lord has already made a plan. I have saved some money in a bank in Yangzhou, which is enough to guarantee the return of my lady." I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life." He said, and took out a passbook from his pocket, "This passbook is kept in the name of the young lady, and the deadline has been set, and it can only be taken out when the young lady gets married."

Lin Yuan took the passbook and looked at the 200 million yuan in it. If calculated as silver, it would be more than 20 taels, and more than 20 taels are indeed enough to spend a lifetime.

He immediately understood the painstaking efforts of his clan brother, and giving him most of the family wealth was also asking him to give a guarantee to ensure the safety of his daughter.

It seems that the clan brother is also well aware that he is not very optimistic about the Yue family.

Lin Yuan put the passbook and the letter on the table together, raised his head and said to the person, "Okay, I'll take over this matter, anyway, the clan brother only has such a bloodline left, I promise to make arrangements for the person."

The next day Lin Yuan took the money and presented it to his master.

Lin Yuan's identity was given by his master, and he alone could not guarantee this distant niece. After all, it was a Duke's mansion, and he did not dare to fight recklessly without an official position.

So he chose to donate the money to the master, hoping that the master would see the money here and help the clan brother protect his daughter.

When Minning learned of his intentions, she didn't want to get involved in this matter, but she really lacked money, and the five million taels was enough to open thousands of children's colleges.

"You keep the antique calligraphy and paintings. These will be used as the dowry of Lin's daughter in the future. As for the silver, it will be donated by the Lin family to the court. I will ask the emperor to give Lin's daughter a duoluogege, and give two nuns for education." Presumably with these, it is enough to protect Lin's daughter."

Lin Yuan knelt down and kowtowed gratefully, the Lin family could get a title of Duoluogege for no reason, it was not just for his sake.

Otherwise, who can buy a title for 500 million taels?

Once the niece becomes Duoluogege, she can be regarded as having something to do with the royal family, and Jia's family can only make offerings for her.

Coupled with the fact that there are two foster nuns watching, they will not allow the Jia family to bully her.

In the future, as long as the niece doesn't kill herself, it will be enough to walk sideways in Jia's mansion.

That night, Minning handed over the money to the fourth master, and by the way, asked for an imperial decree to enshrine Lin's daughter as Dorogege.

Sealing a dorogege is just a matter of hands for fourth master.

What he noticed was that Lin Ruhai, the patrolling salt censor, had only been operating in Yangzhou for more than ten years, yet he had saved such a large sum of money.

"Speaking of which, Lin Ruhai is also a pure minister. If he hadn't been attacked by the second brother and the eighth brother a few years ago, this person would not have died at a young age."

The reason why Lin Ruhai's health is so poor is because he was poisoned in his early years.

After all, this person is also a capable person, and the Supreme Emperor can safely place him in the important position of Xunyan Yushi, which is enough to see this person's ability.

Minning didn't expect that Fourth Master would pay attention to where the money came from, and said, "I heard that the Lin family has some roots, and the money may not all come from being in office."

But the fourth master said, "Even if it's not all, just 100 million taels is nothing. Lin Ruhai, a loyal minister, can get such a large sum of money, so what about the others?"

Minning immediately understood what fourth master meant, he meant the salt administration!