Yongzheng period

The beloved imperial concubine has no airs of overwhelming others, and her clothes are not so rich and flamboyant. Although she has no makeup on her face, she is already unparalleled in beauty, and there seems to be a ray of melancholy between her brows, adding to her temperament , with a gentle and approachable look.

I only heard Daiyu ask her one after another, 'What is your age? ''How is the family background? ’ or ‘Who else is in the family? ''Have you ever learned anything? ', Gao Xiyueju answered one by one, "Today there are eight out of ten concubines. My father is Gao Bin, a weaving company in Suzhou. There is still a brother in the family. The servant girl is stupid and has only learned one or two pieces of music." Seeing this, Daiyu was satisfied with being polite and not arrogant or impetuous. Even Concubine Duan Gui who was standing by the side softened, and her impression of Gao Shi improved a lot.

"He's really a lovely boy," Daiyu said to Concubine Duan, "My sister treats Si elder brother very kindly."

"I only have him as Cheng Huan's knee, so naturally I have to take care of it." Duan Guifei sighed, with a sad face, "Speaking of which, I've been very uneasy recently because of this girl."

"Oh? What's bothering my sister?" Daiyu glanced at Gao Shi, wondering, "It can't be that the fourth elder brother and sister have a quarrel?"

Concubine Duan said, "It's just some palace words."

"My younger sister has never heard anything." Daiyu smiled slightly, "The rumors and gossips in the palace have always been so unbelievable——Why should my elder sister take it to heart?"

Concubine Duan paused, seeing that Daiyu was so slippery and still refused to bring up the topic, she had no choice but to agree, "What my sister said is very true, I was the one who was abrupt."

"It's just that my younger sister has always admired my older sister's demeanor." Daiyu changed her voice and said softly, "Since my older sister thinks it's a great message, my younger sister can't sit idly by in charge of palace affairs."

Concubine Duan was stunned when she heard the words, and for a moment there was a sense of embarrassment that all her calculations had been seen through, but her face was calm, and she said calmly, "I can trust my sister's ability. It's been a long time since I came out, and I still have important tasks in the palace. Deal with it, so I won’t spare my sister.”

Daiyu pursed her lips and said, "Sister, go slowly, Chunxian, send off the imperial concubine and Gao Gege."

Chunxian went out in response, and Zijuan saw that they had gone far, so she couldn't help but said angrily, "Madam, why do servants think that this concubine concubine has other intentions?"

"Does she want to drag this palace into the water?" Daiyu tapped on the table, thoughtfully, and suddenly asked, "Zicuckoo, do you think Tangli is more like Gao's, or Gao's is more like Tangli?"

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Changchun Palace came forward and killed some of the most powerful servants who were jumping, and the fourth elder brother sent someone to seal 50 taels of silver and send it to relatives outside Tangli Palace. There is no follow-up to these ripples; the queen mother is getting more and more old, mentally weak and unable to intervene in the affairs of the harem, and the second is minor illnesses and disasters. Ning Gong recharged his energy and stored energy, and only focused on training and teaching the seventh elder brother; although the fourth elder brother got the Gao family as he wished, there was a rift in the relationship between Duan Guifei's mother and son, and now he still can't do without the support of Qi Jia's family, and promised to marry his wife Concubine Duan Guifei never allowed the birth of a concubine before Fujin, and Honglifu made friends with Yinger frequently, trying to trick Yanxi Palace out of her.

The most impatient one became the honorable person: Although she would not break contact with Xiaoqi in private, she was also afraid that her child would be won over by the Queen Mother, and then her future would really be hopeless.

At the end of March, Yongzheng was ready to order the boss and the second to take the officials from the two criminal departments of the household department to copy the Jia family and others: the main reason was that the Jia family owed money to the palace treasury. A large number of silver taels with the word "Zhen's House" written on it, a stack of paperwork with the various governments at the beginning, two boxes of real estate title deeds, and another box of borrowed notes are all evidence of illegal profit taking. This is a serious crime, boss Second, he dared not go private, first locked all the people together with Mrs. Wang and other female family members involved in the case into the prison, and finally made a list of the stolen items from Jia's house and all the evidence and presented them to Yongzheng.

"A total of 120 three pieces of red gold jewelry, complete with jewels. Thirteen pearls, two light gold plates, two pairs of gold bowls, two gold bowls, forty gold spoons, eighty silver bowls, and twenty silver plates Two ivory tendons with three inlaid gold, four gold-plated holding pots, three pairs of gold-plated folding bowls, two saucers, 76 silver saucers, 36 silver wine cups, 36 pieces of black fox fur, six pieces of green fox, mink fur 20 pieces, [-] pieces of yellow fox skins, [-] pieces of lynx skins, [-] pieces of hemp leaf skins, [-] pieces of lime skins, [-] pieces of gray fox leg skins, [-] pieces of caramel sheepskins, [-] pieces of raccoon skins, Two sets of fox legs, [-] yuan for a small white fox skin..." Yongzheng sneered again and again, "It really deserves to be the home of Zhongming Dingshi, which is an eye-opener for me!"

Yinfeng and the officials of Dali Temple shrank their necks and did not dare to answer. Although there was a rumor all over the city that "Jia is not fake, white jade is the horse for the hall", but he did not expect to be so rich, even the prominent and respectable stewards were so rich. Oil, I don't know how much ink is greedy.

He also heard from Yongzheng, "The Zhen family, the criminal officials in the south of the Yangtze River, has already subdued the law, and there is no need to add more troubles. Only these officials need to be carefully screened."

Everyone answered, "Yes."

The rest of the paperwork left by Jia's mansion are all the princes, sons, party officials, Yinreng intentionally mixed up and picked some people out, and he was hesitating how to talk to Yongzheng in private, who expected Yongzheng to take aim at him With a glance, he added, "This matter will be managed by Prince Li."

"Yes, Your Majesty's Order." Yinfeng immediately breathed a sigh of relief, he ignored the rest of the things he wanted, and began to think about screening the officials listed on the list.

After discussing this matter, Yongzheng took out those interest-lending bills and asked, "Who is the main culprit of this interest-lending? And what is the reason for those illegal substances?"

Zhen Yuandao, Minister of Dali Temple, came out and said, "My Majesty, these tools were obtained from Jia Wang's house in the East Newspaper of Rongxi Hall. The prohibited items should be the rewards received by the ancestors of the Jia family when they received the emperor's favor." , there is nothing wrong with it. Jia Zhengyan didn’t know about these borrowings, so he might have done it privately, but Jia Wangshi and his entourage would deny it to death.”

"Don't admit it to death? Then these borrowed tickets fell from the sky?" Yongzheng snorted coldly, "This Jia family is also very interesting. The eldest son is still there, let the second son be the head of the house, not to mention, even the housekeeper's wife He has the guts to lend interest, but Jia Zheng, as the head of the family, is very confused!"

Zhen Yuandao secretly confided that the Jia family was a mud bodhisattva crossing the river this time, so he didn't dare to say anything more, and then he heard Yongzheng's order, "The people of the Jia family should be locked up first, and the rest of the family will be searched before it is too late to interrogate."

Yongzheng said categorically, "Cut the grass and root out, I will uproot it this time!"

A few days later, the only remaining two of the four major families: the Shi family and the Xue family were also raided, and Xue Pan was still carrying a murder case. After following the vine, another group of local officials suffered, and the Jia family added another crime; , Only the deceased title was cut off, most of the family property was scattered, and many family officials with related connections were investigated. Officials under the third rank of the capital were almost completely changed. The straps weren't even enough for the cells.

The more Yongzheng checked, the more angry he became. He said that the emperors in history loved to confiscate one item. The salaries of officials in the Qing Dynasty were lower than those in the Ming Dynasty.Later, seeing that the investigation turned out to be a bottomless pit, Yongzheng finally called a stop, and ordered a group of students from the Inspectorate and the Imperial Academy to temporarily supervise the matter, ordering officials who were corrupt and owed a small amount to fill up their own accounts, and they did not kill them all.

On the Jia mansion's side, even Jia Lian, who had been separated from the mansion, was implicated and was suspended and sent back to Beijing to be retained by the Marquis.As soon as Jia Lian returned to Beijing, he went to Jia's mansion. In the past few days, no one was in charge of the mansion, and it was a mess. It was common for servants to flee with their belongings.After Jia Lian returned to Beijing, he took Wang Xifeng to Jia's mansion to visit and take care of trivial matters. Finally, Jia's family got a stable backbone.

When Tanchun got the news and hurried back from Sun's house, all he saw was depression and desolation.

The waiter saw that there was no porter in front of the gate, and that the stone lion squatting in front of the gate had been moved by someone, so he couldn't help saying bitterly, "...Grandma, look...how the house has become like this !"

Tanchun was also terrified, but his tone was calm, "Servant, go knock on the door."

The waiter went away in response, and after knocking heavily several times, he heard a voice from a young servant, "Here we come--!" When the door opened, the two parties were dumbfounded when they saw the tools.

Lai Wang'er said in a daze, "You are... you are the elder sister of the servant! Could it be that the third girl is back?!"

Shi Shu also recognized him, "...are you Wang'er next to Second Mistress?"

When Wang'er came to meet Tanchun, she led her all the way to the place where Jia's mother lived, and said to Tanchun, "...the old lady must be happy to see the third girl! Girl, don't you know that there are many people in this house?" What kind of chaos has become--the old lady fell ill, and the men were all detained. What is the use of the remaining treasures, the second master, the third master, and those relatives who can't be beaten?! It is a good thing not to add chaos Already!"

Tanchun felt sad when he heard the words. Hearing what he said about Jia's mother, he asked him, "Grandma is sick? Can someone come to see?"

"Please, the imperial physician in the palace came to see it," Lai Wang'er said, "The prince said that the old lady is the old lord, so he could not be neglected, so he invited the imperial physician, but the imperial physician said that the old lady is only the old lady for the past two days." It's over."

Hearing this, Tanchun hurriedly asked, "Which prince is it?"

"It's Prince Li," Wang'er said, "I heard that this prince and another prince were also responsible for raiding the house."

Tanchun stopped talking.

When I walked to the outer courtyard of Jia's mother's residence, Lai Wang'er saw the mandarin ducks guarding outside, and hurriedly walked a few steps to urge her, "Go in quickly and inform Second Grandma Lian, Grandma Li and Second Grandma Bao.