[Red House] Raiders of life

As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat seeds.

Lin Ning didn't dare to say that he knew Jia's mother very well, but he still had a little bit of it. After all, he was her son in Jia She's life.Although Jia's mother didn't like Jia Amnesty, she looked down upon him.But if you say you want to kill him, you may not have such thoughts.Unless it's time to choose between the two.

But in the current situation, is it necessary to choose between Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng?Although the situation was embarrassing and Jia Zheng was forced into a dead end, it was not necessary for Jia to be pardoned to death.

Lin Ning is not in the capital, but he has put some people in the capital, and has a few eyeliners, but after all, he is not powerful enough to reach out so far.However, some news came back that Mother Jia made a move, and so did Wang, but neither of them was fatal.Jia's mother bribed the servants around Jia She, and wanted Jia She to make a public affair.

Although Jia She is famous for being greedy and lustful, this is not a serious stain. After all, there are many wives and concubines in the house, and there are not a few people who outsource prostitutes to raise actors.But it would be different if there was an affair in public, or even inappropriate things on a more solemn occasion.

As soon as this incident happened, Lin Ning could imagine that the rumors in Beijing would change, and Jia Amnesty would no longer be the topic of discussion in the streets and alleys.He would even say "Jia Amnesty is not worthy of being a noble".

As for Mrs. Wang, I don't know if they conspired with Jia's mother, or they coincided with each other, or they wanted to make things bigger after knowing Jia's mother's plan, and drugged Jia Amnesty's food.It is a drug that causes hallucinations and aphrodisiacs.Similar to five stone powder.

In the end, it seemed that the dose of medicine was too much, and Jia She was a little confused, and rushed out to run the horse with disheveled clothes, so he accidentally fell off the horse. Coincidentally, he hit his head on a big rock. And so he lost his life.

As for whether there is someone else's handwriting in the middle, Lin Ning doesn't know.

Once Jia Amnesty died, regardless of whether the outcome was what Jia Mu and Wang had initially envisioned, at this point, the title was vacant, and no one would see Jia Lian inheriting it.

In the world, there are fathers who die and sons, and brothers who die.However, according to the rules of the Great Wei, it is generally not the case that there is no child, and there is no example of brothers ending up with brothers.Although there are no examples, there is no express rule that it is not allowed.

Therefore, who owns the title depends on the means of both parties.

However, what both sides probably didn't expect was that...the emperor refused to send out the request that the two sides had different opinions.It's not sure that Jia Lian will be the lord, nor can Jia Zheng be the lord.

Things just froze.Although the Jia family still has the plaque of Rongguo Mansion, there is not even a single noble in the mansion.

Now, Mother Jia is in a hurry.It stands to reason that the title passed down from the ancestors is said to be hereditary and irreplaceable. This is what the Tai/ancestor said, and there is absolutely no reason to suddenly deprive it of it without even a title.Although this downgrading is not a level-by-level downgrade.But no matter how much it drops, it will not be reduced to nothing by now.

What is the meaning of the emperor's move?

Thinking this way, the actions of both sides will become bigger.Jia Lian even went to the south of the Yangtze River with Wang Xiluan. One came to Wang's house to cry to Shen Shi and Wang Xifeng, and the other went to Yangzhou to cry to Jia Min.

Lin Ning was an eye-opener.

I don't think about them for a long time, I don't think about them at night, when I want their help now, do I remember?

Looking at Jia Min's face, Lin Ruhai came up with an idea, willing to find a small official for Jia Lian to do practical work.But even though Jia Lian and Wang Xiluan were only married for less than half a year, the influence had already been great, especially since the Min family had also been brainwashed.Besides, how could he himself be willing to lose his title like this?Naturally, he refused to respond.

However, regarding the issue of the title, it can be seen from the behavior of the superior that he is afraid that the emperor has other plans.Therefore, neither Lin Ruhai nor Lin Ning planned to make a move.Even if Shangyi was not considered, with the relationship between Lin Ning and Erfang, it was impossible to make a move.

In desperation, Jia Lian and Wang Xiluan turned around and went to Zhen's house.But I don't know if the Zhen family didn't think much of a six-bedroom girl who married Wang Xin, or if Zhen Guifei's pillow was useless and returned in vain.

This matter has been raging for a year, until May of the following year.Qin Keqing died suddenly, and Jia Yuanchun became a concubine.The emperor seemed to remember that the title of the Jia family had been delayed and hadn't been arranged yet. With a wave of his hand, he gave Jia Lian a third-class general.

Qin Keqing and Jia Rong have just become engaged, and have not yet married.Jia's...

Are you dizzy?

Lin Ning rolled his eyes violently, at this moment Qin Keqing was not married yet, and she hadn't gotten into trouble with Jia Zhen yet, so the Jia family really had the guts to kill her like this!But with Jia Mu's mind and vision, this is not surprising.

It's just that this decree is interesting. Jia Yuanchun became a virtuous concubine in one fell swoop from a female history. It stands to reason that such honor should be due to the infinite grace, but it is above the title. The emperor avoided Jia Yuanchun's father and gave it to Jia Lian instead.

Jia's mother wanted to use Qin Keqing to seek a title for Jia Zheng, not to mention nothing, and let Jia Lian take advantage of it.

Especially, in this way, it is reasonable that the title of title has been determined, Jia Lian's mansion belongs to Jia Lian, and Jia Zheng should move out separately.But Jia's mother refused, and suppressed it with filial piety, so that Jia Zheng still lived in the mansion.But Jia Lian and Wang Xiluan didn't know whether it was because they were afraid of Jia Yuanchun in the palace, or for some other reason. They had been fighting to the death before, but now they compromised.Just let Jia Zhengyi move out of Rongxi Hall.

Lin Ning sighed after seeing the things in this circle, and it really didn't make sense, and he didn't know much.At first, Wang Xiluan and the Min family could think of using rumors to coerce Jia's mother and tarnish Jia Zheng's reputation, but Lin Ning planned to think highly of them, but in the end...

The play was so anticlimactic that it made Lin Ning lose interest all of a sudden, but soon, it was impossible for him to be interested in watching the play again.Because something happened to Jiangnan.

After several days of heavy rain, the river swelled and the floods were severe.A large area of ​​Jinling, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Yangzhou has suffered greatly from it.The city is in a state of distress, and the outside of the city is even more of a vast ocean.

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"Quiet! Everyone be quiet and listen to me! The reputation of the Wang family is here. As long as my Wang family does not collapse, there will never be a situation of food shortage!"

Wang Ren stood on the high platform, yelling at the top of his voice, comforting the panic-stricken people, while reminding Qinghe and other people who made the human wall not to hurt the people, and be careful not to hurt themselves.

The Wang family had a lot of prestige in Jinling. Although it was not Lin Ning who came out to speak, he was also the young master of the Wang family. Therefore, many people agreed. Under Wang Ren's comfort, they gradually calmed down.

When the crowd dispersed, Wang Ren rushed into the storeroom at the back of the supermarket, and saw Lin Ning asking people to carry rice bags while listening to Bai Zhang.

"The slave has found out clearly. I don't know who let it out. Now everyone in the city knows that the government's granary has been destroyed and the court has no food available. So everyone panicked. Several rice and grain stores in the city were run on by the people. Two families were robbed, the Wu family and the Meng family were backed by the Zhen family, and they were very powerful. People from the yamen were invited to beat the people out, but several people were injured. Some people in the crowd said that our family is the richest. As far as this supermarket is concerned, let’s not talk about rice grains, even other white flour, beans and other things are enough. That’s why everyone came to our house.”

Lin Ning nodded, and Wang Ren took advantage of the gap to step forward and said, "Father, everyone has left."

Lin Ning saw his sweaty head, handed him a handkerchief, patted his shoulder, "Let's go!"

The two walked all the way to the refugee camp, and saw Tu Mingyuan leading a pair of guards to set up a porridge shed to cook porridge.The people who were so angry just now, filled with righteous indignation and wanted to grab food, are waiting in line with bowls under the watchful eye of the guards.

Lin Ning passed the crowd, went straight to Tu Mingyuan and saluted, "My lord."

At this time, there is no need to pay attention to these empty etiquette, Tu Mingyuan raised his hand and glanced at him.Lin Ning understood, and took Wang Ren to a tea shed.It is said to be a tea shed, but it is simpler than the tea sheds next to the general mountain road.It's just a place to clean up and set up a table for Tu Mingyuan to sit and rest.Even the tea is also the ordinary crude tea.

Tu Mingyuan didn't care, motioned Lin Ning to sit down, and said, "When I came back from outside the city, I heard that there was chaos in the city. Fortunately, Lord Hou was there to support it."

"The Wang family has lived in Jinling for generations, and they still have some prestige in the city, and the common people are willing to sell this face."

This is an understatement, Tu Mingyuan didn't know that if it wasn't for Lin Ning's reputation and reputation in Jinling, Lin Ning had dispatched all the staff and servants of the Wang family to maintain order on the street, and if he let it go, he would lose everything How can this matter be resolved so quickly?

Civil unrest is the most difficult to solve.Only Lin Ning has the courage to bet on the Wang family and kill a turmoil in its infancy.

Lin Ning secretly sighed, the reputation of Tsinghua Garden these years, and the preferential treatment of the staff by the Wang family, and the occasional donations to the poor people in the city, Wang Dashan's reputation is not for nothing.

"It's not easy."

Lin Ning frowned.Of course it's not easy.Both salt and grain are the foundation of the country, and salt melts when it meets water.Therefore, the construction of the salt warehouse is extremely elegant from the site selection to the materials used.But just like this, Yangzhou was also in chaos, and the salt warehouse was damaged. Fortunately, Lin Ruhai rescued it in time. Although part of it was melted, two thirds remained.Finally, there will be no big trouble.

Although the construction specifications of the granary are not comparable to that of the salt warehouse, they cannot be flooded casually.What's more, although the flood was violent and there were many corpses floating on the surface of the river outside the city, the inside of the city was relatively better.However, the grain transportation envoy Siyamen in the city is in a mess.The government granary was washed away by the heavy rain, and the rice grain was completely destroyed.Even the rescued ones were shattered after soaking in water for a long time.

What's more, after the rice grain was destroyed, it was the magistrate and the grain transportation envoy who rescued it together.The salvaged grain was mixed with soil and was not usable at all.There are many more, which are said to have been washed away.

The inside of the city is not as big as the torrents outside the city. Although there are heavy rains, there are also collapsed houses, but most of them are civilian homes.How could a solid granary collapse so easily?Even if it collapses, the amount of rice grain mixed with the soil is obviously not much, and it is obviously too far from the amount of stored grain, which does not match at all.

It's just that the magistrate, the grain transportation envoy, and the people in the yamen all insisted that they were washed away.It rained heavily in those few days, and I couldn’t even see the road clearly. When I stepped on it, the water was below my ankles, and there was a lot of garbage on the water. Who would care if there was washed away rice in it?

It is not impossible to say that the food was washed away and disappeared.

However, the timing was too coincidental, and several wealthy merchants in the city had a lot of food in their houses, and they took this opportunity to hoard their goods.Moreover, even though such a big incident happened, the magistrate and the grain transportation envoy were anxious, but they were not worried about being blamed by the court.

Especially today's civil unrest.

They just took advantage of Tu Mingyuan's departure from the city and aimed at the Wang family...

A stern light flashed in Tu Mingyuan's eyes, and he slapped the teacup on the table, "It's a good idea to make money by taking advantage of natural disasters!"

How can you not be angry?How many people died?How much did it hurt?How many families were ruined and their wives were separated?Those businessmen don't ask them to share the country's worries, but they can make a fortune from the government's disaster relief and the people's life-saving food, so what?

There are also magistrates and grain transportation envoys. In their positions, they should have worked for the well-being of the people, but what did they do?

The Zhen family, the Zhen family!Now the Wu family and the Meng family that are the most noisy in the city are all members of the Zhen family.Not to mention that the grain transport envoy is the son-in-law of the fourth wife of the Zhen family!

Although the Zhen family only had the position of Jiangning weaving doctor on the surface, its power far dominated the south of the Yangtze River, with the power of Concubine Zhen and the fifth prince, no other family in the south of the Yangtze River could match it.

Tu Mingyuan sighed, suppressing the overwhelmed desire to cut off the Zhen family, and asked, "How much rice is left now?"

"Wang's family doesn't have a rice store, only the supermarket sells rice. Wei Chen asked someone to clean it up. The remaining stock, calculated according to the current amount of porridge, can last for three or four days at most."

Three or four days... three or four days later?

Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice.In previous years, disasters in other areas depended on the transportation of grain from the south of the Yangtze River.But now that the south of the Yangtze River is in trouble, if the food stock is still there, the crisis can be solved.It's just that now... there is still some food in Beijing.However, the capital city is not close according to this. The river was flooded a few days ago, and the waterway was impassable.The tide has only gradually receded in the past few days, so it will take seven or eight days.

Tu Mingyuan gritted his teeth, "Could it be that you really want to charge a high price for food from them?"

The Wu family and the Meng family did not directly say that they would sell it to the imperial court at a high price, but the rice prices of the two rice and grain shops are surprisingly high, but there are some families in the city who do not have enough food or have damaged a lot of food. Buy.In this way, it has faintly become the current market price of Jinling.If the imperial court wants to buy grain, it will inevitably be a little bit jealous.However, Tu Mingyuan could use his own name or the prestige of the imperial court to oppress them, so that the two families would be willing to sell them to the imperial court at a par price.

However, behind the Zhen family is the fifth prince.If Tu Mingyuan used this trick, there is no guarantee that the Party of Five Princes would not make use of the issue, saying that Tu Mingyuan competed with the people for profit and used power to suppress them.

What's more, the Zhen family is a local snake. If the Wu family and the Meng family are unwilling, Tu Mingyuan is only a county king now, so there is really nothing to do.After all, the Wu family and the Meng family have never broken the law.If you don't want to sell your own things, what's wrong with you?

If you offend a third prince, the Zhen family will rely on the fifth prince, and they will not be afraid or take it seriously.How about offending the court?Hehe, Tu Mingyuan doesn't have Shang Fang's sword, so what Tu Mingyuan means and what the emperor means at this moment can't be equated.

Lin Ning said: "My minister has a way. If my Wang family can get a large amount of grain at this time and sell it at a low price, they should be in a hurry."

Tu Mingyuan was taken aback, "Can you get it?"

Lin Ning shook his head, "No."

Tu Mingyuan understood that he didn't need to be able, he just needed to convince the Zhen family that they had it.Although the situation in the south of the Yangtze River is critical, it will only take seven or eight days. As long as there is a batch of grain to stabilize, the grain in Beijing will almost arrive in eight days.Ruo Linning has a batch of rice grains that can be resold to Tu Mingyuan at a low price to help Tu Mingyuan tide over the difficulties.Then the grain of the Wu family and the Meng family will naturally accumulate and cannot be sold.

Therefore, it wasn't Tu Mingyuan who was in a hurry, but them.

Tu Mingyuan thought to himself, this method is not impossible, it's just...

"They are not fools, they will definitely investigate first. How can we convince them?"

Lin Ning smiled, "I don't have any food, but there are many sacks of food. They can't check every bag, can they?"

Tu Mingyuan was taken aback for a moment, looking at Lin Ning, the two of them said the words "falsely speaking" at the same time.

Tu Mingyuan relaxed, stood up and said, "This matter will be handled by my people."

Lin Ning didn't care, and Tu Mingyuan should take care of it.Although there is a way, it is not so easy to operate.

As for the magistrate and grain transportation envoy, and whether the grain was really washed away by the flood...

This is not about Lin Ning.

Probably because he had an idea in his mind, Tu Mingyuan beckoned his cronies to come over and whispered some instructions. After feeling better, he turned around and chatted with Lin Ning about the flood.As he talked, he couldn't help but sigh that the court has not been easy in the past few years.It's not that there's a drought here, it's that there's such a flood.

Seeing that the atmosphere is not bad, although the topic is a bit heavy, it is not nervous.Wang Ren, who had been standing behind Lin Ning, said for the first time, "There is a lot of drought in the north and a lot of water in the south. It would be great if they could complement each other."

Lin Ning was taken aback, looked at Wang Ren, "What did you say?"

Wang Ren became apprehensive, glanced carefully at Tu Mingyuan, saw that his expression hadn't changed, he didn't seem to be angry, and thought about what he said was not wrong, said: "I... did I say the wrong thing?"

Lin Ning shook his head, "What did you just say complement each other?"

Wang Ren was puzzled, "I said that the south is flooded and the north is droughty. It would be great if they could complement each other. I just said casually, how can such a thing be possible. I..."

Lin Ning was secretly delighted, and waved his hands again and again, "No, no! Maybe it's not impossible!"

There is a lot of water in the south and little in the north. If possible, it is also possible to borrow some water.

Isn't that what a great man of a generation said?

Lin Ning got up suddenly, "Go to Gewuyuan!"