The Legend of the Long Room in the Red Mansion

Someone proposed to go back to the government, so it was natural to put it on the agenda for discussion.When Xichun woke up the next day and heard about it, her first reaction was to agree, she was really tired yesterday, if she really wanted to be like this every day, she might as well go back home and hold back her boredom.

Seeing that someone agrees with her opinion, Xiangyun said to Tanchun very happily: "Look, we are two to one now, you have to follow us."

Tanchun still wanted to procrastinate, so he said, "Have you asked Sister Lin? It might be two-on-two."

Xiang Yun left as soon as he said he would, and said, "I'm going to find Sister Lin right away."

Tanchun stopped him immediately: "If you go first, if you don't keep it together, you will be lobbying for your idea in private. It's not fair. Let's wait for Sister Lin to come by herself."

Xiangyun said: "It's fine, just ask someone to go over and have a look. If she comes, we will go to greet the eldest lady right away. But I am still sleepy." Then he yawned and hurriedly used the handkerchief Cover up.

Today everyone was thinking about greetings, so they woke up very early and didn't dare to sleep too much. Daiyu came here not long after, they were out of line yesterday, so they dare not neglect today. When Yingchun comes in, everyone is ready , I can't see a trace of sleepiness coming.

Yingchun took the lead, and everyone greeted Mrs. Xing together.Mrs. Xing took them to drink tea in the main room outside, because Jia Amnesty hadn't woken up yet, so she was bound to lose her temper if she was afraid of waking him up.Not long after, Jia Cong also came, bowed next to each other, and told everyone that the elder brother was going to court, and left first, telling them not to go to pay his respects.Yingchun agreed, and sent someone Haosheng to take care of Jia Cong back, and asked the kitchen to deliver a food box. She wanted to serve Mrs. Xing with breakfast, but she sent her back with a smile.Yingchun went to Lingshayuan with all the sisters for breakfast, and then repeated yesterday's schedule to learn the rules from the foster mother.

Another day of torment passed by, and Xiangyun really couldn't take it anymore. After class, Daiyu, who couldn't straighten up, yelled to go back to Jia's mansion, and asked her to agree with her and Xichun.Unexpectedly, Xichun is young and adapts quickly. Yesterday and today, she has almost adapted, and now she still has the energy to pester Yingchun to go to the garden.The scenery of the Water Fun Garden is indeed unique and lovable. Xichun wanted to paint a picture, so she begged Yingchun to take her there again.

Xiangyun is also interested in visiting the garden, but she just doesn't like to learn the rules, and she can't let go of the scenery of the Ning family's garden.Tanchun took the opportunity to pull Daiyu away and let her sit aside to rest. Daiyu smiled gratefully, leaned on the kang table, and closed her eyes to rest.

Yingchun took Xichun to get paintbrushes and other utensils. Yingchun had plenty of these things, piled up in the study and hardly used them. Now that Xichun wants to paint, she has as many paints and brushes as she needs.Yingchun loves to play chess the most, followed by reading, and occasionally learns the piano from a female teacher, and is not very interested in painting. Most of the sisters in the family love to recite poems and write, and only the youngest, Xichun, likes to paint.Yingchun also thought about whether she would give these painting utensils to Xichun because she didn't need them, but after thinking about it, she gave up. There is simply nowhere to draw.For a moment, I thought of the busy garden that was being repaired. I wondered what would happen there after visiting the nobles. If it wasn't sealed up, could Xichun go in and draw a picture occasionally.The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and he felt sorry for the youngest sister, and his desire for them to go back as soon as possible was shaken again.

Xichun was very happy to see the painting utensils and paints in the room, clapping her hands to pick them up, forgetting about getting up early and saying she wanted to go home.Xiangyun is now isolated and helpless, and he is reluctant to part with the scenery in the garden, so he hesitates.Only Tanchun, with the intention of learning more about the ups and downs of eyebrows from the nanny, insisted on not saying anything about returning home.

However, no matter how much they thought, they could not overcome Shi Taijun's words, and when they came back from the garden, the Jia family's mother-in-law asked to see her, saying that Shi Taijun had sent them to pick up the girls.It turned out that all the girls had left home, and Jia Baoyu had no one to play with, so he clamored for all the girls to go back.

The first day was better. Shi Taijun used Jia Zheng as an excuse to trick Jia Baoyu into going to school.He had an excellent partner in school, named Qin Zhong, and he thought it would be a good thing for the two of them to study together, so he went happily.Unexpectedly, Qin Zhong was seriously ill at home and hadn't come to school for many days.Jia Baoyu skipped class and went to see him at home, only to find out that he was terminally ill, and with his last breath, after talking to him a few words, Xiao Ran passed away forever.Jia Baoyu wept bitterly and mourned bitterly, and when he returned to the mansion, he was also unhappy.Shi Taijun learned that he helped dozens of taels of silver, and prepared another funeral ceremony, and asked Baoyu to hang the paper, and he was sent to the funeral for burial only seven days later.Jia Baoyu mourned and mourned, and became more and more depressed. Shi Taijun's heart ached so much that he asked someone to bring the girls back, and chatted and played with him.

Mrs. Wang sent Lin Daiyu away for three days and was about to bring her back. She was very reluctant in her heart, and she tried to find a reason to shirk it. She only said that it was too late today, so why not send a post tomorrow to explain the reason and then argue.On the one hand, they sent people to Lixiangyuan to call Xue Baochai who had come back, and asked her to accompany Baoyu to relieve boredom.

As a result, Shi Taijun was not happy, and forced Mrs. Wang to leave and asked someone to pick her up, and even sent a decent woman in her yard to go with her.Mrs. Wang was unwilling but did not dare to directly reject Shi Taijun, so she reluctantly sent someone to Ning's house.

The women of the Jia family dragged their feet, and when they arrived at the Ning's house, Ning Shan just came home from the yamen. Seeing these women, she didn't have any reason to call them in.Yingchun came to receive her, and when they heard that Shi Taijun had summoned them, everyone dared not delay, and asked the servant girls to pack up their packages quickly and prepare to pedal back home.Although Xiangyun got her wish, Xichun was unhappy. Yingchun promised to pick her up next time to play, and said that she would keep the unfinished paintings for her. It would be better when she came again. After leaving, he saluted Jia She, who waved his hand and told them not to disturb Ning Shan, everyone agreed with breathless breath, bowed and left, boarded the car one by one and went back to the residence.

When I went back, I found out that it was Baoyu's friend who died, and he was unhappy, so he asked them to play with him for fun.Xiangyun and Baoyu are the best, they care about her very much, and they don't feel that Shi Taijun's order is contemptuous of them, so they agree.Although the others were worried, they didn't dare to reveal it and followed suit.

Yingchun sent everyone away to go back to Ningshan, saying: "It seems that we have thought too much, and no one deliberately mentioned the garden and money." OK, very sorry.

But Ning Shan didn't think there was anything wrong with thinking more: "I'd rather believe it. You know the temperament of that family better than me. I'd rather be said that the heart of a villain judges the belly of a gentleman, and I don't want to suffer out of nowhere. .”

Yingchun lowered her head and blushed a little. After all, that family was her family. Although she knew that there were all kinds of bad things, she couldn't speak out.Because Ning Shan has the memory of her previous life and was adopted early, she doesn't pay much attention to Jia's family. However, Yingchun can't criticize Rongguo Mansion as he likes.

Ning Shan looked at Yingchun and bowed her head silently, knowing that she didn't want to criticize the Jia family, so she waved her to go back.Yingchun hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "If so, I mean, if the sisters don't mention that matter, can I invite them to play again in the future?" Guixiu established a friendship, but after all, it didn't take long, and the girls in Ningguo Mansion were always on her mind.But they are indeed quite outstanding, if they really enter the circle of ladies in Beijing, they are all the most talented and beautiful.

Ning Shan didn't pay much attention to the little girls' problems: "You just need to be sensible." Jia Rong and Jia Qiang have also trained for several months, and he has to go and see how the training is going when he has time.If possible, transfer out two small officials and let them stimulate Jia Zheng, saving him from having nothing to do and thinking about the garden all day long.Ning Shan always felt that the Jia family didn't seem like a family who would know how to retreat once they hit a wall. Jia Amnesty inquired about the garden all day long, and he also listened to a few sentences, knowing that their money was not enough, and sooner or later they would fight. The idea of ​​relatives.Although Ning Shan thought she was not related to them and had a cold relationship with them, the more they were like this, the more they wanted to search.Shi Taijun still hasn't forgotten to send people to harass Jia She from time to time, asking for money or antique decorations, Jia She doesn't take away anything, and pushes it all to Ning Shan, saying that he is raised by his eldest son for food and clothing, Ning Shan thinks, Shi Taijun really can't afford everything in the end, so he will definitely find him.

In this case, it is better to act first, depending on which one she values ​​more, the official position of the youngest son or the concubine position of the eldest granddaughter.

In the end, there was still a famine in Shaanxi and Gansu, which was more severe than in previous years, but it was not a major disaster.Both provinces submitted memorials to ask Beijing for help, the emperor was reluctant to open private treasuries, so Ning Shan wrote the memorials to state the current state treasury's current income and total, requesting the release of disaster relief silver and rice grains.The emperor was unhappy, now that the autumn harvest was about to come, and the inventory from the Jiangnan granary could alleviate the famine. Anyway, they have waited for so long, so what's the point of waiting a few more years?Why do you have to use the savings in the treasury, it is all prepared as military pay when the frontier is in an emergency.Now that it is used, in case there is a war on the frontier, how can we prepare weapons and armor?

The emperor rejected Ning Shan's posts twice in a row, so Ning Shan changed his mind and asked him to issue an imperial decree to call on rich and powerful households to donate the food stored at home.Many rich people have old rice in their treasury, and they don't eat it anyway, so why don't they donate it to change their reputation?The emperor was very appreciative of this idea, he only needed to give a few good words to him, and he liked the things that can get benefits without spending money, so he asked Ning Shan to be in charge of this.

Ning Shan glanced at the records in her hand of the expenses of the concubines and concubines' natal families on the family-sentence garden, curled her lips, and said to the emperor: "Please ask the emperor to set a limit, how much food to donate, and what rewards to give? The so-called heavy rewards There must be a brave man, if the rewards given by the emperor are not generous, I am afraid that each family will not donate a lot."

The emperor asked him: "Does Aiqing have any suggestions?"

Ning Shan thought that Jiangnan is the richest, salt merchants and grain merchants are rich, it is best to pick them, and said: "If it is a merchant, it is better to reward the name of the imperial merchant, so that they can do business in the palace in the future; If it’s expensive, why don’t you just give it a sweet-sounding reward without real power.”

The emperor nodded, thinking that it is very cost-effective to exchange this little reward for silver rice.When Ning Shan got the word, she went down to make plans, how to offer rewards to many wealthy businessmen and dignitaries for money and rice noodles.After much deliberation, I felt that Rongguo Mansion was the top bird last time, so it is better to change to Ningguo Mansion this time. Anyway, according to the emperor's stinginess, he would only reward the first one every time, so Jia Zhen flattered him for many days. Isn't it just for a titled official position?Let him be proud for a while, so as to stimulate Jia Zheng, and more importantly, let those Xungui families who are busy repairing gardens and squandering a lot of money to join in the fun have a look. If you want to get benefits, there is a more direct way than building gardens .With so much money flowing into the emperor's private treasury but not doing business, it's better to let him do it and see if he can't get it.