Enter Jia Amnesty from the Red Chamber

Chapter 57 Jia Zheng's Colleagues Daily Life

The funeral of the Wang family started three days after Mrs. Wang made trouble in Jia's mansion.

Vigorous in front of him, lonely and silent behind his death, Wang Ziteng's life just ended quietly.

The funeral was extremely simple, just like ordinary people's homes, there was no ceremony and no incense was invited, this kind of specification was far from worthy of the title on his head, and also not worthy of the official position in front of him.

There were also very few people who came to express their condolences. None of the military subordinates who used to beg for Wang Ziteng showed up now, and those relatives, friends, and official colleagues who were close to Wang Ziteng in the past all seemed to be absent from the appointment.

Not only the outsiders were like this, even the four princes and eight princes who have always been in the same spirit were not present.At least none of the Jia family and the Shi family came to the door, and made it clear that they wanted to sever ties.

Mrs. Wang and Wang Xiluan, who were kneeling and burning paper money in the mourning hall, wept so heartbrokenly that they nearly passed away several times.Especially Mrs. Wang, how ruthless she is to the Jia family as she is suffering now.

Wang Ziteng has been fighting with his life all his life, fighting with his elder brother, fighting with four kings and eight princes, and in the end he managed to get ahead, but was plotted to death by that old bastard Jia She!Mrs. Wang, how can she accept this cruel reality.

The number of hands that came to express their condolences throughout the morning could be counted clearly. This kind of incident not only slapped Wang Ziteng in the face, but also humiliated the Wang family. I can only hate that little bastard Wang Ren is still gloating, and he can't see that the Wang family is going to die. Lonely end.

In the Rongxi Hall of Jia's Mansion, Mrs. Wang knelt in the Buddhist hall with a pale face. She didn't believe her second brother died at all. The first time she received the news, she didn't even dare to tell the old lady or anyone else. She didn't even dare to go to the door to cry, she was afraid that the people in Jia's mansion would deal with her even more severely, and she was afraid that the old woman would want to take revenge on her.

From now on, that little bastard Wang Ren will be the head of the Wang family. Not only will she have no backing in the future, she will even lose her natal family!There won't even be a single person who will visit her!Her future wealth and life are all directly in the hands of the old lady!

Jia Zheng is unreliable!Maybe he would wish that she would die early so that he could find a young and beautiful step-sister!Her backer died, her outstanding eldest son also died, and even the eldest daughter who was going to be the imperial concubine did not end well, and now the only remaining son was taken away by the old lady, what else does she have?How should she live in the future?

Trembling with fright, Mrs. Wang kept chanting Buddha's name, and even Zhou Rui's family, who was standing by and watching, could feel the panic.

Zhou Rui's family has been the consort of Mrs. Wang for many years, and has taken advantage of Jia's house. She was just a big girl in the Wang's house, but she has become the second housekeeper of the inner courtyard in Jia's house. She is not afraid of anyone except Nanny Lai.

But now he is also unlucky with the Wang family. The man in the family was squeezed out of the post of steward and transferred by the master to manage the stables. The younger ones haven't entered the mansion yet, and I'm afraid they won't get any decent jobs later.

Zhou Rui's family sighed silently, their wife's other problems were nothing but bad luck.

If he hadn't taken that step in the evening, and married Mr. She instead of Mr. Zheng Er, how can he try to seize the title now, and the person who is carefully protected by Mr. She would no longer be Mrs. Xing .

The daughter-in-law that the old man found for Mr. She was indeed a scholarly woman, and her family background was also very prominent at the time, but the people raised by such a family background were unable to keep themselves and their sons, and they were useless. Yes, let alone the fact that the Zhang family was exiled by all the families later on.

That's right, the people in Jia's mansion already knew that Master She was not dead. This matter was still issued by the court decree. The Holy Majesty approved Jia She's inspection privilege in the south of the Yangtze River. .

This kind of feat of handing over military power to Jia She is very unwise in the eyes of the court ministers. Even if Jia She has never been a soldier, it is a fleet, and it can quickly enter the fleet of the capital. If Jia Amnesty really rebelled, it would be a very serious matter.

But the Holy Majesty did just that, and ordered to go to Jia's house, and let Mrs. Jia take the whole family to Jiangnan.

This approach hit everyone's heart even more. Why is this, Your Majesty?Even Jia Daishan might not be able to make the Holy Majesty so relieved. How could Jia She, such a quiet old dandy, make the Holy Majesty not even plan to keep a second hand!

Everyone in the world knows that the elder of the Rongguo Mansion is stupid and filial. As long as the old lady is still in the capital, she is not afraid of Jia She's rebellion. At least from a righteous point of view, he will lose first.

Here the Wang family is still going to the funeral, and over there Jia She is radiant when he comes back to life. This reversal is indeed unexpected.There is no doubt that in the contest between Wang Ziteng and Jia She, Wang Ziteng lost too badly.

Outsiders are somewhat curious about how the Grand Master She survived from under the artillery, and how he successfully killed the veteran who broke out from the battlefield. You must know that there is a huge gap between the two sides on the bright side.

After receiving the news that Jia She is not dead, no one can shake the old lady's position in Rongguo Mansion, and everyone serves with trepidation, but the old lady here is not as kind as before, no matter how much more effort they put in than before, But no matter how difficult it is to get rewards and appreciation.

Master She, who was far away in the south of the Yangtze River, took office, and Jia Zheng and Jia Lian, who were also in the old house in Jinling, also arrived at their respective yamen on this day.

The two grandsons of the fifth old man's family suffered a lot in prison. They had a lot of whip marks on their bodies, and they lost a lot of weight. The chubby people now look not much heavier than Jia Lian, and they don't need to walk anymore. Hum Chi Hum Chi.

The two of them had indeed learned similar lessons in prison, and they were yelled at by the five old masters for two full days when they came out, and they were qualified young men who followed Jia Lian. Jia Lian asked him to go east and they didn't dare to go west, and they usually robbed him by virtue of their status Minnu didn't dare to mention such things again.

Seeing that the two of them are so obedient and so familiar with Yangzhou, as soon as Jia Lian arrived at the yamen, he couldn't wait to pull them out to work. The shops in the corners have not been collected, let alone other data. If this continues, the whip and board will be exchanged for him.

He didn't think at all that the Elder Master would be punished lightly!

The two brothers are named Jia Dai and Jia Mao. The older one is 18 years old and has just been married for a few years. The younger one is 15 years old and has only been married for more than a year. The deeds of the master, the admiration is like a torrent of rivers.

I thought it was a tricky job, but after hearing Jia Lian's words, it was necessary to count the business situation of all the big and small rouge shops in Yangzhou.The two brothers looked at each other, although they didn't understand why the Elder Master would arrange such a task, but these things are such a big deal to the dandies, if you go to any building and ask a little, you can hear a lot of news.

After the two brothers took this task, they split up and started to act. The younger Jia Mao went home to ask the shopkeeper, and the older Jia Dai went to the flower boat houses to ask the old bustards.

Jia Lian had nothing to worry about, and after these few days of anxiety, he finally calmed down, and at least he wanted to take care of his own yamen.

Jia Lian didn't want to waste time when the new official took office, so he simply sorted out the paperwork left by the previous one and took a good look at it.

Jia Lian, who had never been a real official before, suddenly wanted to be in charge of a magistrate's yamen alone, and a master was indispensable.This person has not been changed, it is still the one left over from the previous one, with a small mouse beard cut, short stature and shrewd face, it seems that he is not an easy person to deal with.

This master stayed in the magistrate's yamen for nearly ten years, during which time he sent away four prefects in Yangzhou, counting Jia Lian, this is the fifth magistrate he followed.

But this time Jia Lian is obviously different from the previous ones, because Jia Lian's surname is Jia, and Jia Lian's father is the head of the Rongguo Mansion. Today's Jiangsu governor, those in the past are not as big as the current one.

In the guardian talisman that has been circulated earlier, there is the existence of the Jia family. The Jia family in Jinling is still just a branch of the clan. The prefect of Jia Lian will inherit in the future, but the direct branch of the entire Jia family. Unspeakable!

With these advantages, this master surnamed Liu would not dare to put on airs. With the power of the Jia family, as long as he recovers, there will be a lot of people willing to support him. If he still shows off, he can leave tomorrow.

While reading the documents, Jia Lian listened to Master Liu talking about the past masters of the magistrate and the current affairs of the magistrate. Ten years of experience made this master Liu know the internal affairs of the magistrate's yamen in detail, and he said it like flowing clouds and flowing water without thinking about it. .

Hearing what he said, Jia Lian thought he had benefited a lot, especially the twists and turns in Yangzhou's officialdom, and the secrets and taboos of various officials' backgrounds. He knew how to deal with them in the future. The investigation cannot be completed in a day or two.

Master Liu is also quite familiar with the matter of the Yangzhou Xunyan Yushi. After all, the Xunyan Yushi is in charge of many people's money, and there are still things in the backyard.

Jia Lian heard that the Lin family had released a group of women and girls around Aunt Jia to the mine a while ago, so she became fully alert and hurriedly sent someone to the backyard to inform her second grandmother.

The Lin family was afraid of retaliation, and they still wanted to hold back the big move.

His family's business is not done by his eldest son. If Lin Ruhai wants to take revenge, he can take revenge on the second master's family. His family is only a single seedling, and he can't afford such a torment.

Wang Xifeng, who cleaned the courtyard in the backyard and arranged for servants, also learned a lot of news.

There are servants stationed in the magistrate's yamen all the year round. They are all official slaves and cannot be bought or sold. At least, in the past, how other magistrates' wives entertained guests, and how they gave gifts to officials from various families, they all knew very well.

It's a pity that these people will not be loyal to any magistrate's wife. This place will change its owner every three years. As long as you work hard, it's useless to be too motivated.

Wang Xifeng didn't fully trust these servants, the ones guarding the important places were all servants of her Jia's mansion.Before leaving, the Elder Master personally warned her, remember to be careful with the things you enter and play with, and there will be accidents in the backyard in the future, just look at the Lin Mansion.

Wang Xifeng, who thinks she has a lot of means, arranged for his servants to clean the house from the inside to the outside a few days ago, not even letting go of the weeds in the garden. clean out.

The room has been smoked for several days, and there is still a faint fragrance when entering the room.

Don't look at the messy pile of boxes when she first entered the mansion, but in less than half a day, Wang Xifeng was able to arrange things properly. The people who followed her were very agile, the luggage and supplies were properly placed in boxes, and the vegetables and fruits were checked. Put it in the cellar for storage. There is still a lot of ice stored in the cellar by the previous term. There is no need to go outside to buy ice this year.

There is no need for Wang Xifeng to do these cleaning tasks by herself. She has now learned the method of pardoning the great lord. She only arranges things, only arranges people to supervise, and then she can go and take a look. Therefore, in the morning, she basically They are all asking the officials and slaves in the prefect's backyard some things, so as to prepare for the next exchanges between the various families.

The Lin family's matter was the first thing she wanted to ask. After all, the Lin family and their family were in-laws, and the other party was an elder, so she had to pay a visit. Hearing that the Lin family released a group of Jia family's slaves, she basically had a good idea.

But she was just looking at the excitement, and she wanted to look at the old lady's face rather mockingly, if she knew that her only son-in-law planned to take revenge on the Jia family, what kind of virtue would she be.

It's a pity that Lin Ruhai didn't do a good enough job. He was as ignorant of the tricks in the backyard as an idiot, that is, if others didn't expose it, if the second wife was there, he might not be caught.

Thinking about it this way, Wang Xifeng recruited Lin Zhixiao's family and asked her to take care of Lin Ruhai's aftermath, at least send the Jia family's wives to the Zhuangzi, and return those shameless servants to sell their lives. It's eye-catching, the old man said that the old lady and the second wife are likely to come to the south of the Yangtze River, and by that time, these two people probably won't know the methods of the Lin family.

Who told them to do things in the first place, it is only natural for them to want revenge!As a granddaughter-in-law, it's not easy for her to take revenge, but she can go along with the flow and provide Lin Ruhai with a small dagger.

Lin Zhixiao's family was ordered to finish the matter on the same day, and Lin Zhixiao, the butler, deliberately spread all kinds of rumors, making it hard to tell the truth from the fake.Thinking about half a month later, all the rumors should end, and no matter how others try to investigate, they will be in a mess and have no clue.

Besides, at Jia Zheng's place, the Second Master Zheng, who took office for the first day, took care of everything properly, and looked extraordinarily energetic in his official clothes.

The governor of Yangzhou had other thoughts in his heart, and he would not show it on his face for the time being. Hearing that Jia Zheng came to take office, he was waiting for him in the yamen, so moved that Jia Zheng almost cried on the spot.

He has been working in the Ministry of Industry these years, and all the colleagues around him are not very friendly with him. Although he looks down on them, he still feels uncomfortable.

The governor of Yangzhou treated him so courteously, and Jia Zheng wanted to follow him from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing him so excited, the governor of Yangzhou was also shocked. He heard that Jia Min treated him well, so why didn't he show kindness to Jia Min?He obviously came to offer condolences, but since he entered Jinling until now, he hasn't visited Lin Ruhai's mansion to offer condolences.

He had already sent someone to teach him how to do a good job as a co-prefect, but the Yangzhou prefect didn't give him any more time to relax, and directly ordered several other co-prefects to lead him to work. Now the prefect's mansion is very busy, and he must prepare for this year's work. They had to inspect the surrounding river embankments and the spring plowing situation, and the other acquaintances were so busy that they left the ground. They finally looked forward to Jia Zheng's arrival, so of course they didn't hesitate to pull them over to use them.

On the first day at midnight, people arranged things to be done affectionately, and Jia Zheng was so excited that he undertook all the tasks, feeling that he had found his rightful place.

But after making tea and sitting down to work as usual, he was shocked to find that his colleagues gave him the most difficult tasks, such as measuring land and regulating household registration, counting the number of soldiers in the frontier guards, and even the spring plowing and planting seeds. The work of repairing and repairing dams was assigned to him.

It was only the first few missions, and there were still half a stack of missions behind, Jia Zheng suddenly felt his stomach twitch.Jia Zheng's face turned pale and he thought about it.

But he really didn’t have time to continue sitting. These jobs would most likely have to go outside, especially for growing spring seeds. He had to go to the magistrate to get the grain seeds and the documents approving the distribution of grain seeds, and then he had to go to the prefect with the documents. The government came to collect the number of household registration fields, and finally went to the countryside to collect the number of fields according to the number of fields. It took ten days and a half months to go back and forth.

This is not over yet. When the seeds are distributed, we must arrange for people to check the dams and dig out the silt in the river to avoid flooding during the rainy season.

Everything was important work, but when his colleagues arranged for him to be a newcomer, Jia Zheng felt that his leg was about to be broken, and he was afraid that it would not be good if he turned around.

In particular, he had to go to the prefect, which was Jia Lian's territory!Just thinking about it makes me lose face!

What I thought was good at first, but now I am slapped in the face by reality. Jia Zheng wants to refuse, but other colleagues are too busy to even raise their heads. Who cares how he refuses?These things are all about dealing with four kings and eight princes. If he doesn't go, who will he go to?Don't you know that every spring plowing to get rice seeds, you have to fight with the magistrate's yamen?

Now that magistrate's yamen is Jia Zheng's nephew, who else will he go to?

There is also the inspection of the embankment. The people from the Jia family are shocked, so the embankment workers dare not mess around. They will check you carefully and work for you. No one has such a big face when they go.

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