The Opening of the Red Chamber

In recent years, the fortunes of the Daxing Dynasty have not been very good. Although it is said that there is no major war, the border is also peaceful.However, God didn't show a good face. Years of wind and rain have not been smooth, so in the past few years, the staff in the household department have also tightened their belts to live.

On the second day of the second lunar month, Jia Amnesty led a group of house slaves carrying a row of boxes, which stunned all the civil servants.

Today's Hubu Shangshu is Mei Shifei, the eldest uncle of the eldest princess' daughter-in-law, Mei Yueting, so this relationship is very close.In the twelfth lunar month, his niece fell into the water and was rescued. The twists and turns could not be hidden from the uncle who was sitting in the household department. Lin Fan was Jia She's niece, so it was because of Lin Fan For the sake of saving Mei Yueting back then, when Jia She came here this time, Mei Shifei, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, personally came to receive her.

In fact, the sage sitting on the dragon chair has long known about Jia She's troubles in Jia's mansion in private.After all, if you don't know what's going on in the big piece of land under your eyelids, the dragon chair will be useless.Regarding Jia She's performance in such a righteous way, the sage of course knew that Jia She was being reminded behind his back.Now the focus of the saint's attention is not on the person who mentioned Jia's amnesty, but hopes that more aristocratic families can see from his actions to clean up the household department and his private treasury that he is short of money recently, and he will pay back the money if he is interested Come on, this is the result he wants.

As for those who responded with a wait-and-see attitude and opposed attitude towards Jia She's whole action, the saint naturally asked the dark guard to take a notebook and record it.After all, it's only spring, and after a cold winter, when you do something, you need a proper 'ice-breaking shovel'.

Let's talk about the Household Department, the Household Department Shangshu Mei Shifei saw Jia Amnesty coming, and greeted him personally, and asked with a smile: "Brother Enhou, come to the Household Department today, but are you going to cancel your account?"

Jia Amnesty still had that foolish look, but he had more contact with Mr. Zhang Houhai when he came in, and his dissolute words and deeds have also restrained a lot.Seeing the Minister of the Household Department, he took a step forward and bowed with both hands clasped fists, politely said: "Brother Shi Fei, today Jia Amnesty is indeed as you expected, he came to clear up the money that the Duke's Mansion borrowed from the Household Department back then." After saying that, Wei Wei turned sideways and clapped his hands, and the servants who followed behind him opened the box in a neat and orderly manner.

In the mahogany box, rows of neat and shiny silver ingots shine brightly in the early spring sunshine.

The silvery light blinded all the staff who came out, and that little guy was jumping up and down.Damn, there are so many neat silver ingots, at least for the past few months, they don't have to worry about the people above coming to the household department to take money, and they don't have to worry about not being able to get it out when the sage asks the household department for money up.

"Brother Shi Fei, Jia Amnesty brought the IOUs from that year. Back then, my ancestors borrowed 90 taels of silver from the household department. Today, Jia Amnesty came to return it, and asked the household department personnel to count it." He spoke confidently. After that, Jia She also breathed a sigh of relief.

While the crowd watched, Jia Amnesty watched the white silver taels being carried into the warehouse of the household department in front of his face for inspection.His heart was sour, but he immediately thought of Mr. Zhang Houhai's words, "If Enhou wants to continue to pass on this family business, he must have the determination of a strong man to cut off his wrists."

Thinking of his ups and downs at home not long ago, Jia She also sighed sadly.In the days to come, I'm afraid we won't be able to spend as much as before.He still owes his daughter-in-law Wang Xifeng a large dowry.After getting rid of this seemingly inconspicuous but internally a trigger that can make the Jia family run down, even though Jia Amnesty's heart is sour, it is a lot easier.

For a moment, when he had raised enough money, his niece Lin Fan's opinion inexplicably appeared in his mind, "Uncle, if I were you, I would melt these scraps of money and make them neat and tidy." Go to the household department to pay back the money, it looks good and you are full of sincerity. Of course, it’s best to spread the news about your going to the silver building.” My niece is very smart, and Zhang Houhai’s boss The husband was teaching, and since she was so close to the seventh prince, she wanted her brother-in-law to be another master who could rise and fall in the officialdom, so Jia She accepted Lin Fan's suggestion.

So when Jia Amnesty came to the household department to pay back the money today, there were naturally children from other families who came to watch.Everyone wanted to know if this early bird could explore the way forward for them before they could make a decision.

But they were all disappointed. Apart from greeting Jia Amnesty with a smile at the beginning, the Minister of the Household Department was strict in his work and did what he should do.There is no such thing as a warm compliment at all.A few days later, news of Jia Amnesty's repayment of the money and cancellation of the account in the household department reached the ears of the sage. The sage only said, "I understand", and there was no other response.

After the aristocratic families in Beijing watched on, they all sighed unanimously: Oh, it seems that the saint doesn't care about this matter!

At this moment, the Jia family began to sneer at the aristocratic family who watched the excitement in Beijing.After all, Jia Amnesty's action at the beginning made many families in fear. Now the topic of gossip in Beijing is Rongguo Mansion, which has become a topic of entertainment after dinner.

But I don't know that the sage started another activity vigorously and resolutely within half a month after seeing the good show.

After the earthquake in the Jiangnan officialdom, the court hall was already chaotic.At that time, what we dealt with was only those 'small fish and shrimps' floating on the water surface, and the real big fish were still lurking at the bottom of the water.After a dormant winter, the Holy Majesty will sharpen his knife and slaughter fish as soon as February [-]nd is over.

February [-], what a zodiac day.

However, on this day, the people who were buried by the prince in the Jiangnan officialdom were pulled out, and the carrots were pulled out to bring out the mud, which incidentally involved the five princes.Obviously, the matter of secretly selling grain and the matter of the underground bank were all exposed to the sun on this day.

On this day, all the people in the court were silent.

After going to court, countless papers for asking for leave due to illness were handed over to the emperor the next day.

Then, there was a situation in Beijing that 'everyone sweeps the snow in front of his own door, and don't care about the frost on others' roofs'.

Lin Fan belongs to the soy sauce party of onlookers. He listens to the gossip of all parties, and then regularly communicates with Uncle Mei every month. His life is very nourishing.Just do what you have to do, and you will not be affected by these political affairs at all.Of course, during this period, the Seventh Prince occasionally came to take her to the house of his princess aunt for a drink or something.

In March, Lin Fan's rouge shop, silk shop, and tea shop opened smoothly within the expected time.

With money rolling in constantly at hand, it is much more convenient to inquire about more things and gossip.All her shop was handed over to Lin Shisi, the son of Uncle Lin, to take care of it. However, after another big fish was caught in the summer in June, Lin Fan felt that it was necessary to find someone to replace her. She came out specially, not by herself.

The news from the emperor's feet often comes quickly, and if you don't pay attention, it will be loaded into the pit.

Since the fifth son of the emperor sold grain in private and opened an underground bank, the original situation in the court has undergone a radical change.Unfortunately, after this change occurred, the sage's fishing and slaughtering activities stopped instead.For a moment, everyone in Beijing calmed down, waiting for the water in the entire court to clear up.

The time is fleeting, and the time changes without realizing it.

The puddle of muddy water on the court hall has been muddy for three years. It looks clear on the surface, but it is not.

This year is already the third year that Lin Fan has come to this world of Red Mansions and Great Pit.

Early summer and April are exactly the month when Lin Fan is filial piety.

After observing the filial piety for three years, I will finally take off this white body, and I will no longer wear clothes that are suitable for people.Lin Fan secretly expressed from the bottom of his heart that she was very unhappy after being a filial piety, and there would be no more excuses to block people in the future.

In the past three years, my uncle was in charge of the house, and Sister Feng was the housekeeper. The life of Jia's family after paying back the money from the household department was not as luxurious as before. So Dafang's life was very comfortable.

As for the second room, after Mrs. Wang left the Buddhist hall, her movements were much restrained.Although she often asks her nephew Wang Xifeng for money, but now Jia She has to check the accounts every month, so Mrs. Wang's hands and feet don't move much.Without a source of money, her niece Wang Xifeng also broke away from her control. Mrs. Wang said that these days are simply too bad.Ever since, Mrs. Wang started her old business again, lending money.

Jia Amnesty turned a blind eye to what Mrs. Wang did.He knew about this, and what made him even more angry was that the second daughter-in-law even used the name of the Duke's Mansion to monopolize the lawsuit.Mr. Zhang Houhai also told me about this matter.I still remember that when I learned about this incident, I almost fainted from anger. The second daughter-in-law was so clever that she even took away the seal of the Duke's mansion.The angry Jia Amnesty wanted to kill people with a knife at that time, after all, something happened later, and it was his family line that was responsible for the blame.The second daughter-in-law is really vicious!

Ganqing went to the household department to repay the debt by himself, but the sage didn't say anything, so there was another reason.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhang, a think tank and military adviser, directed Jia Amnesty to replace all the seals in his hand and make them old, and he also took away the relationship between the seventh prince and dredged the relationship between the upper and lower.Since the second daughter-in-law did this, the second child didn't express anything, and the old lady couldn't say anything, even if she did, she would be blamed by the eccentric old lady for her big brother's heart narrow.Therefore, under Mr. Zhang's suggestion, Jia Amnesty began to practice ninja thick black school!

On Jia She's side, he quietly replaced the seal of the Duke's Mansion, and the contacts of the Seventh Prince in the court hall also helped Jia She handle this matter.The second room and the old lady are all kept in the dark, when the incident of the second child's family happens in the future, the seal will be fake from the beginning to the end, when the time comes, hehehe...

As for the lending matter, Jia Amnesty called Wang Xifeng and scolded her, and severely warned her not to get involved again.At the same time, she also warned Wang Xifeng that she should just watch over her aunt Mrs. Wang's lending, and don't talk too much, let alone point fingers.

Although Jia She did these things in secret, the Seventh Prince was close to Lin Fan, so Lin Fan knew exactly what his uncle did.

For this matter, Lin Fanna clapped his hands and praised again and again: Well done.