The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian looked down at Jia Zheng and took a step away, "What is Second Uncle doing, it's killing me. Don't you understand the principle of self-inflicted suffering? Why are you begging me!"

Jia Zheng was still tugging on Jia Lian's robe corner, he was stunned when he heard this, and let go slowly.He sneered at himself several times, stood up, and patted the dust off his body.

"Don't lose face, how can you lose integrity. I was really confused before, I didn't distinguish between priority and secondary, and I was used to the second wife taking the lead. When I suddenly saw your success, I was envious and jealous in my heart. I was always unconvinced. Now think about it, what I did I am a gentleman in vain. I really don’t deserve to say that I read the books of the sage Confucius. You want to kill or cut up whatever you want. I just hope that after my death, you can treat Baoyu and Yuanchun well in the future. These children are innocent and have suffered from me for nothing. It's not easy for Wang. I know that there are some reasons why she worked so hard to save face for me. Recently, she didn't care about anything, and I realized that she is important. "

When Jia Lian heard what he said, he turned to look at Jia Zheng.His face was ashen, and his eyes were dull, as if he was about to regard death as home.

"No one would think of death in order to escape from reality. God will not kill you. Why do you want to kill yourself? Aren't you still alive, are you still breathing, do you still have healthy legs and hands to do things, why don't you change , but you want to sit and wait for it to happen, waiting for others to save you?" Jia Lian asked Jia Zheng every sentence.

Jia Zheng took a few steps back, his pale face gradually turned pale in astonishment, and his eyes lit up with hope, "Nephew, do you mean that I still have hope?"

The moment he met Jia Lian's eyes, Jia Zheng suddenly panicked and said, "No, this is in the Ministry of Household Affairs, so I should call you Master Jia."

"I want you to resign, will you?" Jia Lian asked.

Jia Zheng frowned in pain, gritted his teeth and nodded.His life is about to die, so what's the use of keeping this official position.

Jia Lian chuckled: "Just kidding, how can I let you resign. If your official position is gone, how will the third sister discuss marriage?"

Jia Zheng opened his mouth half in surprise, then frowned, and began to blame himself. "I didn't even think about the matter of the third girl, and you even worried about it. After all, I am not a good father, and my concern for my children is not half that of their cousin."

"Call me sick, you can't use this official position." Jia Lian looked at him.

Jia Zheng nodded hurriedly: "But I just need to say I'm sick. Will the emperor really believe it? And the king of Li County, how can I be forgiven for insulting the girl's name?"

"You have reported to the Ministry of Industry today, so the emperor will not believe that you are really sick, but as long as you are sensible and don't stay in this position, the emperor will think that the king of Beijing is trying to win you over, and he will complain It will only be blamed on the head of King Jingjing. If you catch the big fish first, if there is a big man standing in front of you, you will naturally be ignored."

Jia Zheng pondered for a moment, and felt that what Jia Lian said was reasonable, so he nodded firmly.

"As for Prince Li, he is a straightforward character. As long as you are willing to plead guilty, confess your mistakes honestly, and accept the punishment from Prince Li, he will never make things difficult for you again." Jia Lian continued.

Jia Zheng hurriedly agreed and bowed to thank Jia Lian.To be honest, he was still not used to saluting Jia Lian like this, but thinking about how he cried and lay down just now, it would be nothing to bow and salute.Besides, according to the etiquette of court officials, he should indeed salute Jia Lian in this way.

"After that, it doesn't mean that you will be safe. After all, no one knows when the emperor will be in a good mood and suddenly think of you, a little fish. And you were caught by the emperor for being lazy that day, and you will always be in his I kept it in my heart, and I thought about it that day when Bao Buqi."

Jia Zheng broke into a cold sweat when he heard the words "sudden" and "uneven".

"But if you are willing to listen to me from now on, I will be here, and you will be here." Jia Lian hesitated when he saw Jia Zheng, thinking that he would not be reconciled and unconvinced, and smiled, "It's just this chance, do you want to do it with you, in fact I'm also very willing that you don't agree. After all, if you take care of me, I have to take care of one more person. I have limited energy and I don't like to meddle in other people's affairs. If I didn't get tired of your third girl's pine nut osmanthus cake, I would have you The eldest girl's Bharatiya seed, I will definitely not give you this face today."

"Yes, yes, of course I am willing to do so." Jia Lian nodded hurriedly.

"That's good. You write a letter of resignation right now, detailing the reasons for your poor health. I will report it to the emperor later."

"Please resign? Didn't you say that you will keep your official position, but I won't work in the Ministry of Industry?" Jia Zheng asked doubtfully.

Jia Lian doesn't look at him.

Jia Zheng hurriedly looked for pens and inks, wrote in a hurry, and handed over to Jia Lian with both hands.

Jia Lian received the letter and went to see him immediately.

The emperor was having a headache listening to General Zhang complaining about those military affairs.It's the beginning of spring, and he has just rewarded the generals who have won a lot of battles, so he has to worry about this year's military rations, horse supply and other issues.

"There are many barbarian tribes. We defeated the Hazijile tribe this time, which is the second most powerful tribe on the prairie. The first tribe, the Habaisam tribe, seems to be peaceful, but they refuse to inquire. They are training in secret. The young men are very likely to covet the Great Song Kingdom. My lord, we have to guard against this. We need to expand the Northwest Army and strengthen training. At the same time, we need a large number of horses to increase our combat power. It is the issue of military rations. Food is the foundation of raising soldiers and the most important thing. We must feed the soldiers so that they can have the strength to fight."

After General Zhang finished speaking, he raised his right arm and clenched his fist, demonstrating the importance of strength.

The emperor became impatient, turned around, and turned sideways to General Zhang, "I asked you to report a military affairs. You have been rambling a lot. You don't look like a passionate general who opened up territories, but a housekeeper in someone's backyard." , actually complaining about something messy."

"Your Majesty, what I said is true. If the Northwest Army can't add these in time, I'm afraid that one day the Habaisam tribe will really charge up, and we will be helpless!" General Zhang spread his hands, with a look of indignation and indignation. .

"Okay, okay, I get it, it's really long-winded." The emperor gave General Zhang a blank look, then suddenly changed his face, and looked at Jia Lian who had just been called in with a smile, "Ai Qing, thanks to the battle in the Northwest." You help raise food, tell me, what should we do in this situation, do you have a good idea?"

General Zhang followed and looked over.He sized Jia Lian up and down with a smile on his face. If it wasn't for the presence of the emperor, he would have hugged Jia Lian excitedly.

This Jia Shangshu is an old acquaintance of his. When Jia Lian was in the northwest, he was like a god-man who solved their food problem. And with this new food, they defeated Hazijile with little damage. tribe.

"It is very necessary to expand the army and strengthen training. As for the supply of military horses, I will consider sending a few knowledgeable people from my village to the northwest to fetch horses for breeding. It is best to build a horse farm to breed war horses As for military rations, it shouldn’t be a problem anymore. Last year’s potato planting was a good example. As long as we expand the farmland and turn it into a way of farming while raising the army, it will basically be solved. Of course, we can’t always let the Northwest The general eats potatoes every meal. Your Majesty, the ministers have come to see you recently, and it is precisely to make a report, requesting the emperor to make great efforts to develop farmland in the area north of the Yellow River and increase food production."

"Okay, okay, I agree with Jia Aiqing's report!" The emperor laughed.Jia Lian really saved himself by coming here, otherwise he really didn't know how long he would be entangled by this Zhang Jianling.

After leaving Zhang Jianling, just as Jia Lian submitted Jia Zheng's letter of resignation, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials came again.

The emperor read the letter and frowned, but he was not too angry. "Your second uncle, I thought he was a pedantic bastard who was obsessed with studying. He seems to know something, or did you mention it?" The emperor suddenly squinted at Jia Lian, very inquiring.

Jia Lian cupped his hands, "If I change someone else, I might do it."

The emperor smiled, and threw away the letter in his hand, "I know that you don't tell me that your relationship with your second uncle has always been bad. I guess your old lady forced you to hand this letter to me, right?"

Jia Lian cupped his hands and nodded, neither denying nor admitting.It all depends on the emperor's understanding.

The emperor believed that it was what he thought, and smiled even more happily, "You also have an old man who makes things difficult for you. It's funny, but unfortunately, I can't interfere with your housework. Otherwise, I really want to help you, Help you get out of the dire straits. What a shame, a filial piety can completely destroy the reputation of a good-natured person."

Jia Lian smiled helplessly, nodded, and sighed, "Your Majesty knows everything."

The "also" in the emperor's sentence "your family is also" completely betrayed him.It can be seen that the emperor feels the same way as Jia Lian at the moment. He feels that Jia Lian is being suppressed by the old lady of the Rong Mansion, while himself is being suppressed by the Supreme Emperor.The two had a common situation, which made the emperor consciously found a sense of commonality in Jia Lian, so the emperor was even more satisfied with Jia Lian, a courtier.

It seems that someone who suffers the same as him suffers less unhappiness.so good!Suddenly relaxed!

The emperor took a sip of tea happily, and suddenly felt that he had the energy to do anything, and nodded to indicate that the Minister of the Ministry of Officials could play the report.

"Your Majesty," Minister of the Ministry of Officials handed over the memorial and pronounced carefully, "The prefect of Yuzhou please resign."

"There is one who resigned," the emperor sighed, thinking of Jia Zheng who was the first to resign, he would definitely not accept this guy's resignation.Just sent him home to recuperate, then came back again, sent him away again, dismissed his official position, such a tortuous toss would definitely arouse the idea of ​​the Supreme Emperor. "I'm not sure about your second uncle. Since he's sick and hasn't healed yet, he's just recuperating at home. As I said earlier, the official position is reserved for him, so let him be."

Jia Lian thanked you.

After listening to this, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials couldn't help but sigh with emotion the great kindness of the emperor.He didn't think about Jia Zheng, and believed that the emperor's face was all due to Jia Lian. He admired Jia Lian even more in his heart, and at the same time, he had a deeper understanding of the emperor's favor for Jia Lian.

After turning around and going out, he must remind his colleagues and friends that the right way is to please Jia Lian less and please him more.

Jia Lian was very curious about the resignation of the prefect of Yuzhou. After all, his next step was to be implemented in Yuzhou. If the prefect resigned at a critical moment, who would cooperate with him?Originally, many matters had already been explained to the prefect of Yuzhou. Just after coordination, the Ministry of Industry was ready to start construction in three days, but he suddenly resigned, which only added a lot of trouble.

The emperor read the memorial carefully, his face suddenly changed, and he scolded him: "Nonsense! What kind of stupid reason is this? He wants to stop his wife and marry again!"

ha?

Jia Lian shook her eyebrows.

The law of the Song Dynasty clearly stipulates: "Whoever has a wife who remarries will be punished for one year." It is inevitable for those who are officials to be demoted because of this.He didn't hide anything from him, and he even knew to take the initiative to resign. It can be seen that this guy thinks that true love is greater than his future, and he is willing to sacrifice everything for love.

It is rare to meet such a sentimental and irresponsible person, Jia Lian should really applaud this rare possibility.

Ha ha, stop his wife and remarry, he can do whatever he likes, even if Jia Lian dies, why does he let go when they hand over all kinds of things!

Jia Lian took a deep breath and narrowed his eyes.

"Your Majesty, what do you think we should do about this matter?" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials asked in a dilemma.

The emperor frowned, and impatiently raised his index finger and tapped on the table. "This matter..."

This is obvious how to deal with it. The emperor is still hesitant, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is also hesitant to ask for advice. It seems that the status of the prefect of Yuzhou is unusual.

After coming out of the imperial study, Jia Lian waited for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and they walked out of the palace together.

"I was hesitant when I saw the Holy Majesty and you just now, but because of the difference in the status of the magistrate of Yuzhou?"

"Lord Jia guessed right! This prefect of Yuzhou is the empress's own nephew."

Jia Lian understood, it was hard for the emperor to react that way just now, it turned out that he wanted his wife's face.

"Lord Jia, the magistrate of Yuzhou suddenly resigned, and it is difficult to appoint someone to replace him. You are about to do something important in Yuzhou, isn't this delaying you?"

"It's mainly about the transfer of land." Jia Lian sighed lightly, but had nothing to say.Specifically, it depends on the emperor's attitude.

Before the two reached the place, they saw a person wearing an official uniform running over at a fast pace.When Jia Lian saw that he was wearing Cong Sanpin's clothes, he suddenly knew it.

"My subordinate Li Yongxin pays his respects to the two Shangshu lords."

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked at this man, he was in his early forties, with a goatee, and his face was downcast, looking honest. "This face is fresh, Mr. Jia, have you seen it before?"

When Li Yongxin heard that the handsome young man with a jade face in front of him was Mr. Jia Lian, who was passed on as a good story by the people all over the country, he felt admiration spontaneously in his heart.Hurrying to salute again, he said politely to Jia Lian, "The next official is Li Yongxin, the servant of the household department who has just been transferred from Fujian."

Li Yongxin introduced himself again, staring at Jia Lian with slightly excited eyes.Staring and staring, I felt a little embarrassed suddenly, and laughed foolishly.

Jia Lian looked at Li Yongxin for a while, and saw that he showed many different personalities. He reckoned that this fellow was difficult to deal with. He was far more powerful than the previous two ministers.

If he is a good person, it is Jia Lian's luck to have such a temperament.If this person is like Zhou Qingyuan, always finding fault with him, it will make people feel disgusted like stepping on shit.

Before Li Yongxin's new official took office, he had to report to the emperor first.After exchanging pleasantries with each other, Li Yongxin took his leave, and before leaving, he deliberately took a second look at Jia Lian.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials twirled his beard and laughed: "Lord Jia, why do I feel that this new servant of the household department seems to be interested in you."

Jia Lian glanced blankly at the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, "You must have eye problems."

"Hey, Mrs. Jia's words are right, I'm joking with you, hahahahaha... Actually, my eyes are very focused, don't underestimate them, I can see everything clearly."

Jia Lian couldn't see the Minister of the Ministry of Officials boasting so much, and he responded with a tooth for a tooth, and choked him with a chuckle: "You are so powerful, why don't you sell it?"

"Ah?" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials was stunned.

"If you tell your fortune, if you don't guarantee it, you will earn more money than me selling strawberries."

"So that's what you mean by 'sell'. Mr. Jia, don't be joking. How can I make so much money with my little ability, hahaha, hahaha." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials laughed awkwardly.

"I'm joking too." Jia Lian snorted and walked in front.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials looked at his mouth and complained that Jia Lian was stingy and always dealt with them with an eye for an eye. Why couldn't he bear it for a while and suffer the second time?

"Li Yongxin used to be the governor of Fujian. It is said that his wrist is fierce and he is resolute. I heard that he came to Beijing this time to be the minister of the household department. The position of the servant of the household is just a springboard. If there is no accident, he should be promoted to the minister in the near future. place."

"That's good. The household department has been short of a normal minister, and many common affairs are left unattended." Jia Lian said.

"Look at you, you're very clever in planting land, but you can't figure out why this kind of thing happened. One mountain can't accommodate two tigers!" The Minister of the Ministry of Officials whispered to him secretly.

Jia Lian was expressionless, as if he hadn't listened to it, politely bid farewell to the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and got into his carriage.

No matter how capable Li Yongxin was, even if he really became the secretary of the household department, Jia Lian's position as the secretary of the household department was almost completely separated from him.In detail, it is not a mountain at all, even two tigers are nothing.

But today it is warmer, everything is revived, and the fields are green.

Jia Lian came to the interest, and took Jingxin to set off from the ferry by boat to enjoy the scenery on both sides of the river.

Jingxin thought about it happily for a while, and asked why Jia Lian was free to match her at this time.

Jia Lian then told Jingxin that the magistrate of Yuzhou stopped his wife and remarried, and how his project was delayed because of this.

"The queen's nephew, I remember clearly. I heard that he was a man who obeyed the rules and made progress. Why is he like this now? Stopping his wife and remarrying, he would commit such a crime. Even ordinary people who are not alone in typing can't do it. It's such a crazy thing. It's really a waste of time to read the book, it's enough to embarrass the Zheng family and the empress."

"Then I don't know. If you really feel ashamed, how can these people try to protect him." Jia Lian sighed.

Jingxin wondered: "How do you know they will try their best to protect him?"

"It's still procrastinating, so that's what it means." Jia Lian sipped tea and said to Jingxin, "In a few days, I will be the Queen Mother, and I plan to gather together orchids, peonies, hibiscus, purple water lilies, etc. , get a hundred flowers to celebrate your birthday."

This is a good idea, the emperor should praise you again later.

In the past two months, strawberries have dropped from one hundred taels of gold to about ten taels.The weather is very warm now, which is suitable for growing strawberries outdoors. As for the hibiscus grown by Cui, after all, they were obtained by Jing Huan, and they will disappear sooner or later.Jia Lian is not greedy either, and this level is already very good.Being a human being cannot be absolute, but also to pity the poor people who died. Jia Lian let them grow and let them bloom.

On the day of Empress Dowager Qianqiu, the night before the hibiscus bloomed, Jia Lian had already ordered people to put the hibiscus in bags.Put it together with other kinds of flowers and place it in front of the Queen Mother.The Empress Dowager was very happy, and Jia En directly rewarded Jia Lian's daughter-in-law, Jing Xin, with many gold and silver treasures.

The fourth prince also came back from Fujian. He deliberately caught up with the queen mother's birthday and presented him with local seasonal fruits in Fujian.

The Empress Dowager found it quite fresh after eating it, which showed the filial piety of the Fourth Prince. He must have rushed back to the capital overnight so that the fruits would not go bad on the way.

The queen mother was very moved and told the emperor many good things about the fourth prince.When the emperor saw that the second son was getting more and more rampant, he began to miss the fourth son, and now he was naturally overjoyed, saying that the fourth prince could stay in the capital.The fourth prince did not respond, but insisted on returning to Fujian, and told the emperor that he already had enough clues about the case of the Jianjun family being exterminated, but because this case involved an important figure in the court, he could not speculate on his own, let alone You can't make false accusations casually. After you need to prove something, you should immediately report to arrest the prisoner.

Longyan Dayue decided not to ask any more questions, and quietly waited for the final result of the fourth son.

Three days later, the fourth prince had just left Beijing for a whole day, when news suddenly came that the fourth prince encountered a bandit on the way back, was assassinated and disappeared!

At Jia Lian's place, the remaining seventeen hibiscus trees all died.Mu Furong did wait until the flowers bloomed, but after all, she still didn't see Baoyu, so she withered unwillingly.One can imagine how much his heart hated her for being tortured.

The change of human nature does not happen overnight, so Jia Zheng has been in Jia Lian's test period.

Jia Zheng was indeed unwilling, but the world was so oppressive, even if he had a thousand dissatisfaction, he could only choose to surrender.In the face of life, humanity is revealed.It is only now that Jia Zheng realizes that the fact that he is able to submit to his juniors so "obediently" is really due to his strong will to survive.

According to Jia Lian's words, after going to Li County Prince's Mansion, he will really take the thorn and plead guilty, and Jia Zheng's body stabbed by the thorn will be healed for half a month.But despite the physical torture, he really breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and his whole body was much more relaxed.I have nothing to do, so I have to chat with the few remaining Qing customers in the family occasionally.But after a long time, these karma are boring.

Jia Zheng felt that it was necessary for him to show himself well in front of Jia Lian, after all, he had to rely on him to help solve the emperor's affairs in the future.

After thinking about it for a long time, he chose his words carefully and asked someone to send a message to Jia Lian.

As a result, the other party only sent a servant to reply him: "Second Lord said, 'If you are idle, you are idle, just take care of your son'."