[Comprehensive] Saving Tragedy

Speaking of the Lin family in Suzhou, this time really happened to be in the most embarrassing period. It has been a hundred years since the establishment of the new dynasty. However, as a family, there is only one big person who can really take care of the Lin family, and that is the Jing'an Hou Mansion in the capital. However, this branch in the capital city is not close to them, which really makes people feel a little confused about what to do. In Suzhou, relying on the foundation of generations, the Lin family lives pretty well and is quite respected, not to mention He said that in the eyes of outsiders, he is a member of the Marquis of Jing'an, and he can be regarded as a thigh to rely on, so no one bullies him, but if he really goes out to be an official, it will be different, and the relationship with the Marquis of Jing'an is different. Well, they can't hold back their faces and beg the support of the capital. Once they come and go, it will be more difficult for this official to go up. Scholars are a little arrogant, and they also have a little bit of nobility. After a long time Well, those who were officials, some resigned and went home, and some simply stopped taking the exam after passing the Juren examination. Now, there are only three or four officials left in the entire Lin family. This is simply a loss. The face of the ancestors, there are one or two hundred households of the Liufang clan, but there are only three or four officials left. How can this not embarrass the Lin family, which has always regarded itself as a scholarly family in the south of the Yangtze River.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that in the original work after this, after Lin Ruhai passed away, Lin Daiyu suffered such an embarrassing experience in the capital, but the Lin family did not make any progress. Bishop?Without strength and status, there is no need to think about anything, let alone such a long distance from Suzhou to the capital in the south of the Yangtze River, it is difficult to know a little about the situation, so Lin Daiyu's final miserable experience is more than half. It's all because of disunity within the Lin family. If the Lin family can have a few prospects, even if the official position is not big, they can say a few words in the court, but it will also make the Jia family a little scruples. .

Of course, this kind of situation is not what the Lin family wants. They also want to change, not to mention anything else, to pull it off as a whole, so that those who are officials in the Lin family can go smoothly, so that they will not be squeezed out in the end. If this is the case, no one will resign, right?It’s just that they really want to write a letter to the capital, which is a bit embarrassing. Only a few clan elders secretly make some plans, such as guarding the sacrifice fields and ancestral graves in the capital, such as the old house, to help Looking after one or two things, not asking for anything else, just wishing that when the branch of the capital came back that day, seeing the people's intentions, they could get closer to the people. It can't be said that one is soft-hearted, and this branch can return to the people. Come.

Maybe it was their prayers that worked, or maybe it was really God who couldn't stand it.This made the Lin family disappear from the public, so the elders of the clan finally waited for the news that they came to the capital this day. The person who came was Master Lin's personal long-term follower and the second housekeeper of the Lin mansion. It was very clear on the first day of his arrival. I expressed my gratitude to the clansmen for taking care of the ancestral graves and the old house. The second thing is to talk about the plan of the Lin family. They want to find a few people from the clan who are good at studying, talented, and of good character to go to Beijing and give them to my uncle. When accompanied by reading.

In this day and age, it is really not a bad job to be accompanied by reading. It is also a means of making progress, and it is also a way for the poor children of the side branch to accompany the clan brothers of the clan brothers who are prosperous in the clan. A way to support each other, not to mention anything else, but the strength of teachers, making friends, and knowledge are enough resources to make people jealous.

When the elders of the Lin family heard what the second steward of the Lin family said, they were so excited that they almost jumped up. What does this mean?This is the branch of the Lin family in the capital who is ready to support the clansmen?This is seeing the decline of the tribe and want to help?No matter which possibility it is, anyway, this is definitely good news.Not to mention the poor children of the side branches, even the clan elders' own sons and grandsons, they are all willing to send out, it's not that the masters in the capital must be better, and there are many great Confucian scholars in the south of the Yangtze River. It is clear that it is a way to build a good relationship with the capital, how could they not understand?Not to mention the fact that after going to the capital, I can learn some skills to survive in the officialdom from Master Lin, that is a benefit that is really hard to buy!

It's just that since the second housekeeper said that all aspects should be good, then no matter how selfish they are, they dare not send their children there directly at the moment. They are not stupid and know that this is an opportunity to resolve the barrier between the two sides. If the first time is done and the other side is satisfied, maybe there will be a second or third time. As long as the relationship is close, are they afraid that there will be no other opportunities?

Not to mention anything else, since the capital has stretched out their hand, they can naturally go up the steps. For example, let the second steward bring a letter, and let those from the Lin family go to Beijing to take the imperial examination at the big competition next year, right? Could you please help me with a point or two?In case you are admitted, will you help me find a job?This is all a chance, as long as the number of officials in the Lin family increases.Then everything can be solved.

As for aloofness and arrogance?They are old, and they are the first to extend their hands in the capital, so if they don't lose face, they should be content, and they have to know what's good and what's wrong.Let’s go down when you have enough steps. If this stalemate continues, it will not be of any benefit to both parties. It’s not that they said that the one in the capital is good and everything is ready. It's really worrying, the five generations of single pass, it's really tangled, when will it be so difficult for the Lin family to even guarantee an incense stick.

The elders of the clan worked very hard. Not only did they talk about the situation of the children of the right age in the clan with the second steward, but they also specially found them for the second steward to have a look at. One aspect, that is appearance, almost everyone in the Lin family looks very good, there is absolutely no such thing as crooked melons and cracked dates.No matter how you look at it, you can tell that all of them are school children, very gentle and delicate.

The second butler looked at it again and again, no matter how he looked at it, he felt that each one was good. The children who have been nurtured by generations, no matter how bad their character is, they are definitely gentlemen on the surface, let alone those who grew up reading sage books The dolls are all pure and clean. Even if they are a little cautious, it is not a serious problem, but fortunately, when the second housekeeper came, Master Lin also thought of this situation, and he also had If there are more people who look good, then try to choose those whose family background is not good. At any rate, it is to give these children a better chance, so that the children of the Lin family will not have the opportunity to continue to improve because of their family background. People, if the family is well-off, at least you don't have to worry about studying or something. The Lin family rules and family precepts are there.

So in the end, the second housekeeper finally brought back to the capital, that is, the child with the worst family among the four clansmen, and one of them was a boy whose parents had both died and had already been entrusted to his uncle's house. Parents' children, even if the clan is taking care of them, how much can they take care of? After all, the clan elders have to take care of the whole family, not just one or two, and sometimes it is difficult.However, perhaps because of their family background, these children are all thin and frail. Of course, in the eyes of the second housekeeper, they are similar to their own uncle with a weak body. The uncle is more pleasing to the eye. As for those who are fat at first glance, the second butler is worried that taking them home will make their uncle feel inferior.

Anyway, after the candidate has been selected, the second housekeeper bought another [-] acres of sacrifice land for the family before leaving, and said that the master said that from now on, the future of their family's sacrifice land will be troubled by the elders of the clan. Take care of one or two, so that the bosses below will lose their king's law one by one because the master is far away.

As soon as the words came out, the clan elders laughed, and each and every wrinkle became like a chrysanthemum. Greedy, how many years has it been, even fools know a thing or two, right? It's easy to intervene, and secondly, their relationship is not very good. Who knows if this Zhuangtou is someone's confidant? Just pretend you don't know, but now it's all right, let them monitor it, what does this mean?It shows that the capital city is also aware of the problem of Zhuangtou's greed for ink, and secondly, it also shows that he really thinks that he is a clan member, a relative, and he can trust them.

So as soon as the second housekeeper said this, the elders of this family immediately started writing letters. He wrote down everything he knew over the years, and explained why he didn't tell him by the way. They didn't dare to intervene, for fear of violating his taboo, and now that they are talking about supervision, they naturally have to shoulder the responsibility of supervision, after all, they are of the same clan.

Not to mention the fact that the second housekeeper brought those children of different generations and about the same age to Beijing, but only that Master Lin received a letter from the elders of the clan, he was so heartbroken, he said at the beginning that the elders of the clan would help take care of the first and second Ji Tian, ​​he really didn't mean to supervise him, he really didn't expect that those bosses who were his confidantes would have the courage to greedy for his money, not to mention that the letter also said that these bosses The stewards of the house, the bosses are still using their own names, buying and selling forcibly and becoming small landlords or something. Woolen cloth.

As for whether the clan elders will talk nonsense?This is impossible, the reason is very simple, there is no interest relationship, otherwise they would not have said a word for so many years, and they did not say it until they had their own entrustment, so Master Lin was very angry, and the result of the anger was Master Lin Three days after returning home, the second housekeeper started to go to Jiangnan again. This speed almost made the second housekeeper's jaw drop in shock.Is it possible that I am going to become a professional errand runner?Well, this slave has no right to say no, so hurry up and leave.It's not a light job.

Master Lin was very straightforward this time, that is, he asked the second housekeeper to find the clan elders and the government, and clean up these slaves who betrayed the master one by one. It is a noble family, and reputation is very important, but this is not a reason to indulge the arrogance of the slaves. You must know that these slaves are all doing things in his name, and all the infamy has been poured on him. Cleaned up aboveboard, and his reputation in his hometown would be completely ruined.As for the ill-gotten gains obtained by those slaves, first, return those who have been bullied, and second, continue to buy sacrificial fields, which can be regarded as compensating for their own losses.Of course, in addition to this, there are new stewards and letters to the clan elders.

Through this incident, Master Lin understood one thing very well. In Jiangnan, in his old nest, one family cannot be the only one. Clan members and clan elders are still very useful. With their supervision, even if there is no main family , Those slaves did not dare to be presumptuous anymore.So this time he asked the clan elder very carefully. Of course, he didn't just know the benefits, but didn't know what to pay. [-]% of the benefits of the land sacrifices will be given to the clan to relieve the orphans, [-]% will be given to clan studies for the advancement of the clansmen, [-]% will be their share in repairing the ancestral graves and ancestral halls, and [-]% will be used to repair their own old houses, and the rest [-]% continue to buy the sacrifice land directly, and expand the number of sacrifice fields in their branch. The stewards are responsible for the specific matters, and the clan elders have the right to check the account books every year. This method not only benefits the clan, but also It also guaranteed the future of his family's sacrificed fields, and threatened the rights of the stewards. Even Master Lin planned to send his confidant stewards to various places in the south of the Yangtze River every year to check his farms and mulberry gardens, in order to prevent such troubles from happening again.

Master Lin's actions made the clan elders happy. Originally, although some money was spent on the sacrificial ancestral hall in the capital, it has never been so complete. There are so many benefits, how can we not make them happy. Although the Lin family is a family, no matter how old it is, it cannot withstand the consumption of the continuous population. The aspect of loneliness is a bit worse. After all, the future of the clan field requires a lot of expenses. You can't always ask the clansmen to contribute money, right? Even if you collect money, how much can you have?Even if each family gave out money, it would not be too much, and no one's money was blown by strong winds.But now it’s better, with a fixed share in the capital every year, and with the expansion of the sacrificed fields, the share can be increased every year. In this way, the elders of the clan can be regarded as greatly relieved, and they can relax a little. some.