[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

"Girl, my father and the Lin family got close for several days, and had a few drinks with their big housekeeper who just came to Beijing. Then I found out. My aunt and the others came to Beijing because of the new emperor's enthronement. Some measures have been taken, which caused the Jiangnan side to be a little unstable. My aunt is in charge of the salt administration, which is the most prone to accidents, so he is afraid of any troubles. My aunt and the others are worried with him, worrying about my aunt Their safety, and thinking that the capital is an imperial city after all, there are more good doctors than other places, the three of them are all sick, especially the cousin and the young master, they are still young, always so sick It's not a big deal, so I wanted to find a good doctor with good medical skills to give me a thorough treatment, so I came to Beijing." Sazhi told Luochun all the news his father had inquired about these days.

Luochun rested his chin on his hand, nodded while listening, and when Shazhi finished speaking, he nodded and said: "So that's the case." But it sounds like the former is the most important reason, and seeing a doctor later is just incidental.Let's just say, for no reason, the family is doing well together, why separate the two places.And when she was reading the book, although the book said that Lin Hai died of illness, she felt that Lin Hai died suddenly, as if she told Daiyu that he was sick without any warning, and then took Daiyu back and he died.He didn't even make any arrangements for Daiyu's future. Could it be that he was so at ease with the Jia family?This is really not like the behavior of a person who has been in charge of the salt administration for many years and has been ups and downs in the officialdom for many years. Unless the incident happens suddenly, he has no time to arrange it. Only in this way can it be regarded as a reasonable explanation and make sense.

But what could happen to Jiangnan?Luo Chun really wanted to know, what kind of crisis did Lin Hai feel that made him have to send his family to the capital to avoid the limelight?Luo Chun really wanted to know what happened, but... this was not the first time she felt the disadvantage of unequal information.Although he knew that the possibility was unlikely, Luo Chun still held a glimmer of hope and asked: "Then your father has found out what measures the emperor has taken in the south of the Yangtze River?"

Shazhi shook her head, seeing Luochun's disappointment, she said: "If you want to know what's going on in the court, why don't you go to the master's study to read the mansion newspaper? Although I don't know what's going on in the court Yes, but I know that no matter what, as long as several people talk about it, it may end up with a very different meaning. The engraving says that the mansion newspaper in the master's study contains a lot of big and small things about the court, girl He is also literate, as long as you take it over and look at it, you will be clear, so why bother asking around and hearing about it.”

"Residence newspaper?" Luochun's eyes lit up when Jingshazhi reminded her, why didn't she think of this, but she asked suspiciously: "Does my father also have a residence newspaper? He, doesn't he only have a title and no official position..." In the middle of speaking, Luo Chun stopped, shook his head lightly, and secretly laughed at himself for being stupid.Although Jia Amnesty has no official position, if there are any important events or ceremonies held in the court, he still has to attend. After all, he has the imperial salary.There are so many officials, big and small, in the capital. If there is no report from the mansion, if something really happens, is it necessary for the emperor to send people from house to house to notify?

"Is the mansion newspaper just in my father's study? Who cares about it?" Luo Chun thought that he had missed such an important source of information and was "caught blind" here, very regretful.Really, fortunately nothing major happened, otherwise if it was delayed, I would regret my death.Now that he knew the existence of Dibao, Luochun didn't rush to look at it, anyway, it was there, and he didn't have long legs, so he couldn't run, but asked curiously: "Why did you tell Engraving about this for no reason? "How did the engraving tell you about the existence of Dibao?

Saori hurriedly explained: "Girl, didn't you ask my father to inquire about the outside affairs several times, and a few of them involved the affairs in the court. How could my father have the ability to inquire clearly, so he could only inquire about other people's affairs in the teahouse. When I came back from discussing studies, I told the girl. Once when I was talking to Engraving, he boasted that his ability to inquire about news was first-class. I said that if you are good at inquiring about state affairs, I would admire you, because he told me about it. Di Bao. Because he just said it so casually, and I didn't know it was so important to the girl, so I forgot about it. If I didn't talk to the girl today and remembered it, I don't know where I forgot it. "

Seeing Shazhi's careful look when she said she forgot about it, Luochun smiled and said: "Don't put on such a pitiful look, I don't blame you. You've done a good job , Actually, I don’t need you to remind me, I should have thought of it a long time ago. It’s me who is slow, and I should blame myself, and it has nothing to do with you.”

Seeing that Luochun really didn't blame her, Shazhi let out a sigh of relief, and patted her chest with lingering fear.Seeing Sha Zhi's relaxed appearance, Luo Chun smiled and said, "I don't blame you, but since you knew about it long ago, you didn't tell me until this time, and I still have to punish you a little bit, so that you can be punished." Have a better memory." Sazhi, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, turned pale when she heard Luochun's words, and said in shock, "Ah! Are you still going to be punished?"

Luochun smiled as if it was a matter of course: "Of course I will be punished." Seeing Saori's nervous appearance, she thought of playing a prank, tapped her chin with her hand, and said in a drawn-out tone: "Well, I think Thinking, what are you going to punish, um..." Make a look of suddenly remembering, "Ah, I thought of it. I will punish you to find the engraving, and bring me the residence reports of the past two years."

Saori's heart was trembling with Luochun's tone and expression, not knowing how Luochun would punish her. After listening to Luochun's words, seeing that it was such a painless punishment, she couldn't help but vomited hard. In a low tone, he cast a sideways glance at Luochun, and said coquettishly: "I know the girl is scaring me. Please finish the sentence next time, please, do you know that talking like this will scare people to death?"

Luo Chun sat on the table in front of the window, carefully flipping through the court newspaper that Sha Zhi brought from the engraving, with a serious expression.Pinxiu brought tea, seeing Luochun immersed in the mansion newspaper without looking up, she put the teacup by her hand, without disturbing her, quietly retreated, and told Shazhi and the others to keep quiet so as not to disturb Luochun .

When she kept seeing the lantern, Luochun raised her neck, which was a little sore from bowing her head for a long time, turned her neck, and rubbed it with her hands. Seeing this, Pinxiu hurried over and helped her pinch her shoulders.Luochun leaned on the back of the chair, enjoying the service of Pinxiu, his eyes fell on the mansion newspaper that he had finished reading, although there was still a third of it that he hadn't read, but from what he had read, Luochun had already felt the current situation. The emperor sitting on the Dragon Throne is different from the old emperor who has abdicated and sat on the Supreme Emperor. When something happens.And the most important thing is that Luochun saw the wording of recovering the debt owed by the treasury in these mansion newspapers. This article was issued by the new emperor shortly after he ascended the throne.

Luochun didn't know if the Jia family owed any debts, but from the information revealed in the mansion newspaper, it can be seen that about [-]% or [-]% of all the officials in the court borrow more or less from the national treasury. money.If it really reached this number, even if Luochun was not sure, she subconsciously felt that the Jia family was definitely among them, but she didn't know how much money the Jia family had borrowed from the treasury.

From the master to the servants, the Jia family all pay attention to pomp and wealth, and the daily expenses are so luxurious, but how much money does the mansion have now?Jia She only inherited the title of first-class general, which is several grades behind the title of Rong Guogong, not only the difference in salary, but the Huangzhuang is several times less than the original one.Jia Zheng's salary is not worth mentioning, it's not enough for him to have a few drinks with a few Qing customers.Not only are there many more masters than before, but they also don't have the ability to make money, but one can spend more money than the other, which has long been a trend of being strong outside but doing nothing.

This point, even outsiders can see it.When Zhou Rui's son-in-law Leng Zixing and Jia Yucun talked about Jia's mansion, he said that the two houses of Rongning and Ningxia were connected to each other, occupying most of the street.Although there is no one in front of the gate, looking through the wall, the halls and pavilions inside are still majestic and majestic. Even the trees, mountains and rocks in the garden in the back area are still moist and moist, which does not look like This house in decline is actually nothing more than "a centipede, dead but not stiff." That's all.This is all because the population is increasing day by day, affairs are flourishing day by day, there are masters and servants, there are many people who are wealthy and honorable, and there is no one who plans and plans. It's not very down, but the inner bag is all up.What's more important is that the family of Zhongming Dingshi, the family of calligraphy and calligraphy, and the children and grandchildren of the mansion are not as good as one generation after another!Therefore, the two sects of Rongning and Ning are also desolate now, which is no different from the situation in the past.But after all, the old airs are there, so it only looks like it is not as prosperous as before, but after all, it is different from the usual family of officials.It's a pity that such an irrelevant outsider like Leng Zixing can see so clearly, but the people in the mansion are drunk every day, and still indulge in the glory of the past and never wake up. It's really pitiful, sad, and sad!

After pondering secretly for a long time, Luochun finally approached Mrs. Xing, asking her to help her find out if the mansion had borrowed money from the treasury, and how much it had borrowed.Soon, she got the news from Mrs. Xing.When she heard Mrs. Xing spit out the amount of money borrowed from the Jia family, Luo Chun felt her heart was going bad all of a sudden, and she was completely fooled.Not to mention the government's monopoly of lawsuits, usury, private killings... These piles of crimes, just this debt, Luochun thinks that Jia's house is enough to be ransacked.

"Then did father say when he will pay back the money?" Although he knew that the hope was slim, Luo Chun still asked without giving up.When Mrs. Xing knew that the Jia family owed so much money, she was frightened and stupid. The debt was national debt, so she asked Jia She tremblingly if she wanted to pay back the money, but she was scolded by Jia She. The situation was vivid. In my eyes, Mrs. Xing is still very angry when she thinks about it, so when she heard Luochun's question at this moment, she replied angrily: "Pay back the money, what is the money?"

"Of course I paid back the money to the national treasury." Luo Chun looked at Mrs. Xing with an expression of "are you stupid?" and said, "'It's only natural to pay back the debt." Since our family borrowed money from the national treasury, we always You can't just keep hanging on and not paying back, can you?And I read the palace newspaper of the imperial court, after the new emperor ascended the throne, he issued a notice asking the courtiers to pay back the money. "

Mrs. Xing snorted and said: "Repay the money, what do I have to pay? I don't have the key to the warehouse. Besides, how do you think you borrowed the money? Most of it was owed when the old man was around. At that time, the old man borrowed money from the state treasury in order to accommodate the disabled soldiers who retired from the battlefield. The resettlement of the retired disabled soldiers was originally a matter of the state, so the old man did not have to pay back the money he borrowed... ..."

Luochun is speechless, no matter what the old man's purpose of borrowing money from the treasury was, borrowing money is borrowing money, who will care where you use the money after borrowing it?Since it is said that it is the state's business to arrange the disabled soldiers who have retired, why did the old man take this matter over in the first place?To share the worries of the emperor at that time, or to buy people's hearts?Or... the person is dead, and the answer to this question will never be found, but the mess he left behind must be cleaned up.

Besides, once the emperor and courtiers, the Jia family may still have some weight in the eyes of the old emperor, but in the eyes of the current emperor, hehe... Luochun doesn't believe it. If the family does not pay back the reason, the debt can be written off, and it is hard to say whether people will listen to this so-called reason.

Luochun sighed, and said to himself: "But..." Mrs. Xing interrupted her roughly, "But what, but, what are you fussing about here? It's not that the old lady doesn't know about it. I didn’t open my mouth, so I can see it’s all right. Besides, the sky is falling and there’s a tall man holding it up. The house counts from top to bottom. What, think here and there, be careful if you think too much, you won't grow taller."

For Mrs. Xing, although she is not favored by Jia Mu and Jia She, their attitude is her "sacred needle", as long as they feel okay, she will feel okay.Mrs. Xing obviously didn't want to talk about this matter with Luo Chun again, so she waved her hand and pushed her out: "Okay, don't even think about it. Whether you pay the money or not, it's not up to you to make the decision. There is no place for you to speak, your father has his own opinions, so you can do whatever you want."

Luo Chun was kicked out by Mrs. Xing just like that, and she let out a long sigh when she left Mrs. Xing's room.I can't blame Mrs. Xing for not being able to see the long-term. There are not all short-sighted people in this mansion who only see low-sighted things. No one has ever thought about the future of the mansion, only thinking that the wealth of this mansion is forever.Such a large sum of money, how can you not pay it back?What's more, the emperor has already proposed to pursue the courtiers' arrears, and the Jia family still belongs to the part of the courtiers who only take money and don't work, and return him trouble by the way.Luo Chun really felt that the mansion was ransacked without any injustice, because it was always on the road to death!