Jia Minqi's family in the Red Chamber

The Xue family lacked everything, except money.

The reason for Xue Huan's many plans is that in the final analysis, apart from making his own family better, he is more concerned with preserving his own wealth: relying on his in-laws to prosper is always rootless duckweed.

Helplessly, the son is not successful, but fortunately, the daughter is a rare smart.

Xue Huan took advantage of the opportunity of recuperating from his illness to ask the housekeepers one by one, and finally understood what his daughter meant: his wife secretly sent tens of thousands of silver to his brother-in-law Wang Ziteng!But it's not for running an official for oneself.

The blow came a little harder, but Xue Huan couldn't get angry, so he just called his wife to talk, "Help my wife and uncle, why don't you tell me."

Mrs. Xue's family used mostly her own private money to support her brother, and only embezzled a "little" silver tael from the public. It was this "little" silver tael that made Baochai, who was good at calculating, find out the clue.

It would be fine if it was a little money, but Uncle Wang Ziteng has been speaking intermittently for many years, and his mother has always responded to requests.

But Baochai hated his uncle's insatiable greed, so he found an opportunity to tell his father, and he left everything to his father to decide.

Mrs. Xue's family thinks that if a woman wants to be stable in her husband's family, her mother's family is the key.Over the years, his elder brother, Wang Ziteng, has been promoted very quickly. With him protecting Pan'er, even if he is more courageous, it's okay to mess around occasionally.

As soon as she said her thoughts, Xue Huan fell silent again.

Mrs. Xue's family thought about it, and said it anyway, so it's better to say it happily, "In the future, Baochai's entry into the palace, especially the East Palace, will have to fall on the elder brother."

Xue Huan's ears were buzzing, but he still let out a long sigh, "We are imperial merchants, we must be loyal to the Holy Majesty, and the prince will be the next."

The words have come to this point, and the wife can't understand it anymore.

They are merchants, and there is no reason to bet only in one place.Now that the situation is not clear, it is better to sell it for a price... so as not to suffer a complete defeat in the future and lose everything.

He is not Lin Hai, sitting in the seat of inspecting the salt censor, I don't know how many people are watching his every word and deed.

But Wang Ziteng is just a little greedy for money, so he will discipline his family if he agrees.It's better than the buddies from Ningrong and Rongfu. When they meet, they only want to gather together to drink and have fun.

From then on, Xue Huan put more effort into teaching his daughter, and asked several stewards in the mansion to report to Baochai regardless of whether their wives handled major or minor matters.

However, Jia Min was a little surprised that the Xue family was so peaceful these days: Originally, she thought that Mrs. Xue would definitely bring her daughter to visit and let the girls continue to study together as companions.

Lin Hai heard his wife's question and explained with a smile, "Mr. Xue has encountered some troubles."

Jia Min said with a smile: "His son alone is too much to worry about."

She can't even look down on Baoyu, let alone Xue Pan.These days, apart from taking care of his son—the little guy is getting stronger and stronger, struggling desperately, and Jia Min can hardly hold him, the rest is devoted to counting the family property and preparing for returning to Beijing to report on his work.

With the help of King An, who is the majesty behind King An, Lin Hai was able to "retire completely" in Yangzhou. Unexpectedly, his term of office was about to expire, and the whole family was ready to leave for Beijing. Han Qi, Miaoyu's father, came running ...Tuo Gu: It is better to have a close friend to take care of her than to send her daughter to become a monk!

After Lin Haiping retreated from the crowd, Han Qi also confessed in the study, "Taixing's grain depot is wrong."

Taixing suffered heavy rain a few days ago, and rocks mixed with muddy water rolled down the mountain, flooding several villages.Fortunately, it was daytime when the accident happened, and a sharp-eyed chief took the lead long ago and called everyone in the village out of their homes.

As a result, many houses collapsed, but few people were injured.For such a small disaster, the magistrate and the county magistrate handed over a note, so that they can appease and resettle the victims. Generally, no one will be held accountable. On the contrary, there will be rewards for effective disaster relief.

The problem also lay in the placement. Han Qi took the order to open the grain depot, and found that the depot was full of old grain, not to mention the amount.You must know that the officials who inspected half a year ago had just left. At that time, all the accounts were correct, and most of the food in the warehouse was last year's grain.

Lin Hai asked carefully, and then said, "Exchanging old grain for new grain, it won't be such a big difference in quantity."

Han Qi got up and knelt down to Lin Hai, "I don't want Brother Lin to save me, I just hope that I can protect my wife and daughter based on the old friendship! I still have my flesh and blood in my belly."

Han Qi and his wife have been married for many years and only have one daughter. Now that his wife is pregnant again, Han Qi would rather not kill himself, and take the responsibility for the crime, but also save his wife and daughter.

However, Han Qi's family is quite powerful, he should have asked his family for help, but instead he came to look for Lin Hai... Obviously he can't trust his family members.

Lin Hai supported Han Qi's arms, exerted a little force, but found that he couldn't lift them up... He could only say, "You are confused! If you are charged with the crime, how will your wife and daughter survive?"

Han Qi settled down, and from Lin Hai's tone, he knew that he wanted to help, so he said honestly, "There are 'water thieves' in Taixing."

The Holy Majesty has made great efforts to govern, the politics is clear and clear, Jiangnan is now prosperous, there have been no major disasters for many years, the people have more than enough food and clothing, how can there be water thieves? !

It should be known that there are many lakes in the land of fish and rice in the south of the Yangtze River, and those who are willing to save some troops... It is really not difficult to raise and train troops here, but it has to be done properly.

As soon as Lin Hai heard it, he knew: This must be a nobleman who has raised a private soldier, and it will be very convenient for him to assassinate in the future.Raising soldiers is the most expensive thing, and when there is no military pay for a while, the idea of ​​​​moving the grain depot is used.There were many officials up and down, but Han Qi was the only one who was not theirs, so they used the grain stockpile and met the need for food and rice relief, which happened to push Han Qi to take the blame.

As for the Han family, I'm afraid they had an exchange with that nobleman: they sacrificed a little reputation and a clansman who was considered outstanding in exchange for the nobleman's support.

As for the nobleman behind that, Lin Hai naturally had an idea: just look at the few princes in the palace whose mothers were from Jiangnan, and who are close to the prince, he can guess that they are close to each other.

After all, the prince's mother's family is the first-class family in the south of the Yangtze River.I just don't know about these private soldiers, whether the prince knows about it or not.

Lin Hai said: "Don't be in a hurry. Let's write a note." He also sent someone to inquire about the details.

Han Qi is a seventh-rank county magistrate, and since the family has already made up their minds to trade him for other people's futures, there is naturally no way to ask for help.As long as he enters the prison, he will definitely "kill himself in fear of crime".

Lin Hai's rank is not considered the highest, but as the censor of salt inspection, he can give secret documents directly to the audience.

In fact, Lin Hai was already somewhat dissatisfied with the crown prince: since he took office, the money offensive has been overwhelming - this is really contemptuous.You want to win over people, but you don't know how to match them?

If Lin Hai watched Han Qi die unjustly in prison, and then handed over the secret document, the crown prince would be devastated.

He could even imagine that the crown prince wanted to get rid of the group of private soldiers, and at the same time he had to defend himself in front of the Holy One: an official ordered by the court did not die because of himself...

Want to get angry, but can't act like this.Lin Hai thought about it, and the princes were all put aside for the time being, and they should be loyal to the Holy One first.

After some time, Lin Hai finally got reliable news. What Han Qi said was at least [-]% reliable.He resolutely handed over the secret booklet, and at the same time, taking advantage of the prince's uncle's birthday, he gave his family a gift.

Lin Hai didn't want to show his favor to the prince, but he didn't want to offend the real "local snake" in Jiangnan: most of his next term would fall in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

The grandpa of the Sun family, that is, the prince's maternal grandfather, is now recuperating in the capital. The ancestral house of the Sun family in the south of the Yangtze River is guarded by one of the prince's uncles, but he has made up his mind.

By this time Han Qi had already been imprisoned.

Lin Hai made some arrangements, not allowing the jailer to humiliate him. At the same time, Han Qi also persuaded Lin Hai, clenching his teeth and refusing to "suicide in fear of crime".

Lin Hai went to the magistrate of Yangzhou to talk, and chatted leisurely for a long time. The key point was only one sentence, "The Sun family can watch." So Han Qi was not "suicide in fear of crime".

A few days later, before Shengshang Mizhe arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, Han Qi asked Sun's family to escort him from Yangzhou to Gusu.Gusu is the territory of the Sun family, and it is also the location of the governor's office in Jiangsu. In Gusu, Han Qi's life has been saved [-]%.

However, on the way from Yangzhou to Gusu, Han Qi was assassinated three times. If the Sun family hadn't been prepared, he would have died.

And judging from the reaction of the Sun family, that private soldier was really not supported by the prince.

Knowing that Han Qi was safe, Lin Hai stood in front of the window and sighed softly, "These Highnesses..."

Jia Min held his son in his arms and smiled lightly, "I don't have the guts to do anything big."