The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

"Pity the rebellion of King Jin, and then risk death to protect the emperor, so..."

"My lord, I don't study much." Jia Lian begged for mercy.

Jing Yingguang was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Okay, then I'll speak plainly."

"Don't be a little bit, all the vernacular is the best." Jia Lian smiled at Jing Yingguang in embarrassment, "I'm sorry to trouble you."

Jing Yingguang glanced helplessly at Jia Lian, smiled and shook his fingers, "Okay, it's all up to you. Back then, during the Jin Dynasty's rebellion, there was a mutiny in the palace, and the empress blocked the sword for him to save the emperor. Since then, she has been barren. The emperor felt guilty and promised that he would always favor the empress alone. In the past three years, no concubine had given birth to a prince. But how could the empress let the emperor have no heirs, so he begged the emperor to choose a concubine from among her natal sisters , as long as her younger sister's first son is placed in her name for foster care, she will be content. The emperor followed his will and chose a day to go to the Guangling Hou's mansion to choose a concubine. At that time, the queen had five younger sisters to be married. She is as delicate as a flower, elegant and graceful. In the end, no one fell in love with the emperor, but the second sister of the Wu family who was widowed and returned home. At that time, the Wu family was only eighteen years old, and she was born like a fish and a wild goose. , but she still has the demeanor of a married young woman, a bit delicate and weak, a bit sad, just right to win the Sacred Heart. When I saw this by chance, the emperor couldn't forget it, and couldn't sleep well."

Jia Lian understood it, and felt that the story was told in detail.He was very curious how Prime Minister Jing would describe the events at that time in such detail.He knew everything about their looks and temperament.

Jia looked sideways at Jing Yingguang.This person always had a serious face, but now his whole face was full of excitement. He was smiling and raised his brows, looking a bit like a storyteller in a tavern.

This man actually has a naked gossip heart.

Jia Lian was still waiting for the follow-up, and seeing Jing Yingguang paused, looking at him with a pair of bright eyes, he seemed very much looking forward to asking for the follow-up.

Jia Lian smiled, and asked Jing Yingguang cooperatively: "And then?"

"You are asking, here is the wonderful part, and it is also the explanation you are looking for!" Jing Yingguang's steady voice rose slightly, a little high-pitched, "Simply speaking, Concubine Shu was married before entering the palace. When I was selected as a concubine, I accidentally fell in love with this widow who returned to her natal family. But how can a widow enter the palace to serve the king? This is not in line with common sense and does not conform to the palace rules. But the emperor likes it very much. It's uncomfortable. The emperor doesn't want anyone except this woman. The queen is very reasonable. After learning about the situation, she took the initiative to bring her widowed sister into the palace. In order to avoid talking, the queen thought of a good way. She asked Concubine Shu to Entering the palace as the daughter of her in-law's family. On the face of it, Concubine Shu's identity is clear. Even if her sister's reputation is good, she can also stop the censor's mouth. Concubine Shu's in-law's family also received special rewards for this, and the emperor Embracing a beautiful woman is the best of all three."

Royal people really have a lot of romantic affairs, and there are not a few people who break the rules because of love and other things.

It is not uncommon for the current emperor to marry a widow because of her beauty, and this matter is still within the scope of Jia Lian's acceptance.

Seeing Jia Lian's plain expression, Jing Yingguang was a little annoyed, "Why are you not surprised at all, and there's nothing wrong with it, I'm so boring."

Jia Lian smiled: "Okay, I'll ask, how did Concubine Shu die back then?"

Jing Yingguang immediately looked around vigilantly. The two of them were clearly standing on the path between two three-foot-high palace walls, and it was obvious that there was no one around.But Jing Yingguang still made this unnecessary action, which created a secret atmosphere for Jia Lian.

"Bend down, bend down." Jing Yingguang signaled Jia Lian to bring his ears closer, and then whispered to him, "I know what you think, do you think that Concubine Shu's death has something to do with the queen?"

Jia Lian looks at him.

Jing Yingguang smiled knowingly, "You don't have to say it, I understand what you mean. But let me tell you, this concubine Shugui died naturally, and it really wasn't the queen who shot her. She was infected by an epidemic and was infected by her younger brother. Concubine Shu was the concubine's sister of the empress, but the younger brother was the younger brother of the empress with the same father and the same mother. The relationship between the three has always been very good. But because of the epidemic, the empress lost them all at once. Sister and younger brother, do you think she can do this on purpose? Even if she despises Concubine Shu, he will not let his own brother sacrifice his life to catch the epidemic."

Jia Lian: "Indeed."

"The empress is a kind person, she has always believed in Buddhism, and she acts very kindly. Even when her own sister is favored, she is not jealous at all and does not fight for it. She is really a mother who respects the world, a rare and virtuous person in the world." Jingying After just admiring Jia Lian, seeing that Jia Lian still didn't respond, he pulled his sleeve, "Hey, what I said is useless, don't tell me you didn't understand?"

"Understood." Jia Lian felt that the queen was either just pretending, not really virtuous, or she just gave up and didn't care about his man at all.Otherwise, which woman would not be jealous of her beloved man falling in love with someone else.

"So, not many people knew about Concubine Shu being the queen's sister. After all, it was a scandal that embarrassed the royal family. After you listen to it today, rot these words in your stomach, and don't let them out." Jingying Light enjoined.

"Although there is a blood relationship, I don't think the empress's relationship with the eldest prince seems close." Jia Lian frowned and thought, feeling that the relationship between them was definitely not as simple as Jing Yingguang described.

"You farmer, what can you understand? The empress is good enough to the eldest prince. Since she was a child, she has given him the best in everything she eats and wears. She also takes extra care in education. Please." The Taifu and the Taibao are the most respected figures in our Great Song Kingdom. Every good thing that the First Prince has obtained now is obtained by the Queen for him, if this is not good, what is good?"

Jia Lian smiled and echoed Jing Yingguang: "What the prime minister said is indeed reasonable."

But Jia Lian still insisted on his idea.He always felt that there was a strange relationship between Empress E and the eldest prince. Jia Lian thought that they were just adopted sons, and the empress might not be able to kiss the eldest prince like her own son, so she thought this kind of weirdness was normal.Now that he heard that the two of them were related by blood, Jia Lian felt that these two people were even more strange.

Which one was wrong, Jia Lian was still a little unclear for a while.

Jing Yingguang suddenly patted Jia Lian on the shoulder, "Okay, don't think about it, you still have so many things waiting for you to do, I won't delay you, you can hurry up and go."

Jia Lian immediately bid farewell to Jing Yingguang, and as soon as he set foot in Hubu, more than [-] people came to look for him.

"Master Shangshu, the coin production of the Ministry of Finance this year—"

Jia Lian ruthlessly said, "This is not my business, don't ask me in the future."

"But Duan Shilang was demoted, and no one took over his work. Who should the officials ask to make decisions about these matters?" Several officials from the Ministry of Households complained.

Jia Lian slowly raised his head and looked at them coldly.

Several people fell silent immediately, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

"Isn't there still a master's job, tell him to do it."

"My lord, Duan Shilang was demoted to be the master of affairs a few days ago." Cheng Shuliang whispered in Jia Lian's ear.

"Has he been demoted to the master's office?" Jia Lian looked at Cheng Shuliang in surprise, "He made such a big mistake and lost 10 taels of silver from the court, so he was just demoted two levels?"

"The key money has been found, and there are powerful ministers pleading for Duan Zhiyong, so the emperor's punishment will be lighter." Cheng Shuliang said.

Jia Lian didn't expect the emperor to start playing the trick of "thunder, rain, little".In front of him that day, the emperor was very angry with Duan Zhiyong, and wanted to punish Duan Zhiyong for a crime of deceiving the emperor, and even wanted to implicate his family.He never expected that things would change as soon as he turned around and left.

The emperor even played the trick of "Yang Feng Yin Yin violating".

Jia Lian dropped the letter in his hand, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and asked Cheng Shuliang, "How much more?"

"Going back to my lord, there are nine other people outside, all about household registration, taxes, salaries and so on. The officials have returned to them according to your lord's instructions, and they still want to see you."

"Send it away and ask Duan Zhiyong to deal with it. Didn't he deal with it not long ago? It just happened to be easy." Jia Lian ordered.

Cheng Shuliang was a little puzzled, and asked Jia Lian in a low voice: "My lord, that Duan Zhiyong didn't deal with you, why did you delegate power to him?"

"You should know what the duties of Li Shangshu of the Household Department are. I am only responsible for the field and farming, and other matters are not under my jurisdiction. The emperor's imperial decree canonize me is also written in the same way. If I take care of other things, it is Overreach. As for the other miscellaneous affairs of the household department, there is no household minister, but there are still principals. According to the regulations, it is natural that Duan Zhi should use these principals to temporarily act as government affairs."

Cheng Shuliang shivered, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"Oh, those people outside the door may have been instigated by someone. If they are not in order, they just want to see me intervene, and then ask people to read me a book in front of the emperor." Jia Lian sneered twice, and said to Cheng Shuliang, "Give me all the people outside the door. Sent away!"

Cheng Shuliang immediately asked someone to do it.He admired Jia Lian in his heart. The average adult only wants to try his best to get more power in his hands. Power will always make people lose their minds and inflate themselves.But Master Jia is completely different. He always seems to know clearly and calmly what he is doing, what he wants, what he should not do, and what he should not want.

The truth is such a truth, seemingly simple, but few people do it in reality.

Master Jia is simply a vegetarian monk in the officialdom, amazing!

Cheng Shuliang was probably too excited in his heart, so he accidentally said the words out.

"What did you say?" Jia Lian stopped writing and looked at Cheng Shuliang fixedly.

"My lord, don't misunderstand me. I want to exaggerate my self-denial, self-denial, and righteousness, and I am a man of integrity!" Cheng Shuliang explained in a panic.

Jia Lian's eyes widened, "So I became a vegetarian monk in the officialdom?"

"It's a mistake to be an official." Cheng Shuliang knelt as he said, without any defense.

Jia Lian was even more disgusted, "Get up, who told you to kneel. If you can't say a few words to me, just kneel, then you won't have to get up in this life."

"Your official understands, I will definitely correct it next time." Cheng Shuliang got up obediently.

"Speaking of monks," Jia Lian held his chin, "how are the people from Gyeonggi Province caught?"

Because Jia Lian changed the topic too quickly, Cheng Shuliang was stunned for a while before he realized what Jia Lian was referring to, and hurriedly said: "The lower officials have already notified Mr. Yin Zhao of Gyeonggi Prefecture to deal with this matter. There are portraits of monks and Taoist priests on the streets. Master Zhao has also sent many people to step up patrols on the streets in the capital, and if they encounter those two people, they will be captured and severely punished."

"It's too much trouble, it's a waste of manpower. You ask someone to pass the message to him. If you want to arrest someone, just use two teams of troops to patrol near the gate of Rongfu alternately, and nothing else is necessary."

Originally, Jia Lian was just planning to send the monk and Taoist priest away from the capital, but it happened that there was a storyteller with ulterior motives on the streets of the capital.

Jia Lian used to have the habit of reading newspapers every day in modern times. Although there were no newspapers in ancient times, Jia Lian still did not change this habit.Every day, there will be someone in charge of the Rong Mansion to inquire about what's new, and then summarize it to Xing'er.Xing'er took advantage of Jia Lian's spare time, such as on the way to the household department by car in the morning, to talk about these things.If Jia Lian was not interested in the matter, he would ask Xing'er to explain it in a sentence or two, and if he was interested, he would let Xing'er explain it in detail.

This morning, on the way to Miyagi, Xing'er told a story that had become popular in the capital in the past two days.

This story just happened after the lame Taoist threatened Jia Lian, and the description of the story pointed to him very specifically.So who spread the word, Jia Lian wanted to know with his toes.I just didn't expect that the stories made up by these two people could still be popular, and they even led those parents to believe that the child's sex change is because of being possessed by ghosts, so that in just one day, many people asked an expert to exorcise ghosts at home .

These two people irresponsibly made up ridiculous remarks and bullied him to shit on his head. How could Jia Lian tolerate it, and naturally he wanted to cut off the way out for these two people.

Jia Lian didn't know where the two were hiding.But Jia Lian can be sure that they must be in the capital, otherwise there would be no rumors against him.

It seems that these two people will not give up until they achieve their goals, and Jia Lian feels that they will definitely come to him again.Because the purpose of making Hibiscus bloom, they failed.

In addition, there is that mirror - Fengyue Baojian.

The Taoist still has follow-up work to do, and the Fengyue Baojian is an important prop, so he will naturally come to ask for it.

For these two reasons, Jia Lian expected that the Taoist priest would come to the door soon, so he asked Gyeonggi Prefecture to send people around Rongfu.

Before noon, Jia Lian hurried home after finishing the household chores in a hurry.

Just arrived at Rongfu.

He didn't want to be called as soon as he came home, and was hugged by Jia's mother crying and screaming for a long time.Jia Lian was stunned by Jia Mu's sudden "attack" and almost thought he had transformed into Baoyu.

As soon as the rumors on the street came to light, Mother Jia suddenly treated herself with such an attitude.Jia Lian was a little worried that Mother Jia knew his identity, so she was cautious, and asked tentatively, "Old ancestor, what do you mean?"

"My good grandson, you don't have to hide it, I know it all. You are too poor a child, how can you suffer such a miserable life." Jia Mu patted her leg and burst into tears again.

Jia Zheng was watching the excitement, his eyes gloating, but his expression looked sad and solemn. It seemed that this expression was to match Jia's mother's sad mood.

Jia Amnesty was also there, his brows were wrinkled, and his head was lowered, as if he had suffered a great blow. He didn't even have the courage to look up at Jia Lian.Mrs. Xing was even worse, she lowered her head and wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and occasionally raised her eyes to glance at Jia Lian, her eyes were full of sadness, as if a little sad and desperate.

Jia Lian also noticed that apart from the adults in the house, there were only four maids including Yuanyang, all of whom were trusted by the masters in the house, and two wives who were also confidantes. .

"Lian'er, my good grandson, my good Lian'er..." Mother Jia cried again.

Jia Lian took two steps back, not wanting to be 'roughly' rubbed by Jia's mother.At his age, it's a shame to be slapped on the back by the old lady and rubbed his face.

Jia Mu stretched out her hand to catch Jia Lian, but when she saw that he ran away on purpose, she clutched her chest distressedly, "My baby, don't be afraid, we are all your closest relatives, no matter what happens to you, we will be fine." We are here, we are here!"

Jia's mother opened her arms, motioning for Jia Lian to come into her arms.

Jia Lian had a helpless expression on his face, he was about to be completely collapsed by this scene.What is this, probing?Could it be that the old lady has heard the wind outside, and then associated with him, began to doubt his true identity?I have never seen her with such a high IQ, but this time she made it so mysterious, it must have been a sudden hang up.

Jia Lian frowned, moving his eyes, thinking about how he could escape this catastrophe.His own status is here, and the prince of the royal seal is a high-ranking minister of the household department. Based on this status, they should not dare to act on him without authorization.Unless they have ironclad evidence of their own soul wear, but apart from him being clear about the matter of soul wear, no one else really has any substantive evidence.Even if someone can find a little clue about the change in temperament, it is not enough to prove it.

To put it bluntly, it is not so easy for them to push themselves down.

Jia Lian's hanging heart sank a little, and he decided to sit on the sidelines and see the reactions of Jia's mother and others before talking.

Mother Jia is still crying.Seeing that Jia Lian refused to fall into her arms, she felt even more distressed and felt even worse.

"Lian'er, we all know that you have a good face. You have been such a big official outside, and you are still a royal prince. But this disease does not pick people or status. No matter how serious it is, you tell grandma. Grandma will definitely I will find a way to invite the best doctor in the country to cure your disease! I will definitely do it!"

Jia Mu's voice was a little hoarse, probably because she was tired from crying, but now she was much quieter, wiping her tears with a handkerchief while talking.

"Sick?" Jia Lian looked at them suspiciously, and saw that they all had expressions of sympathy for her.Jia Lian suddenly realized that he seemed to have misunderstood just now.Probably because he had been thinking about Taoist priests and monks before, so he naturally thought of it when he was anxious.Now looking at the performance of Jia Mu and other individuals, it is definitely not a problem for him to worry about.

It seems that people like Mother Jia thought they had some kind of disease.

Just looking at the crying state of Jia's mother, it may be a serious illness.

It's just that the sick person is himself, but why doesn't he know that he is sick?

So weird.

"Lian'er, look at you, you have already said that we are not afraid, we will definitely be cured. You don't have to feel embarrassed, we all know, what are you pretending to do, just admit it soon." Mother Jia sighed distressedly.

Jia Lian was puzzled: "Recognize what? You think I'm sick? Why do you think so?"

"You—" Mother Jia sighed, and turned to send Madam Xing away, thinking that it must be Madam Xing's stepmother, Jia Lian was jealous, "Okay, now there are only three of us left in the house, you don't have to be afraid."

Jia Lian was completely speechless.Don't understand, don't understand, don't understand.

Jia Zheng pretended to be sad for a while, and then he said regretfully, "Lian'er, we all know that you have that kind of disease. I heard what the Taoist said, and I got a good eye, so I asked the little girl next to you casually. Boy, you know the truth."

"Okay, okay, since you want me to confess, then don't be shy, please speak out directly, don't be so secretive." Jia Lian tentatively observed Jia Mu and others.

Jia Amnesty couldn't bear it anymore, and suddenly stood up, gritted his teeth and said to Jia Lian, "You bastard, you really admit it, you really have a fatal disease! Just now I was thinking and hoping, you must not Like that, but in the end you really admitted it. You said, you hid it from us, did you also hide it from Jingxin and Li Junwang? What can I do, my son can't even have a baby!"

Jia Lian: "..."