The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

The Shi family wanted to flatter, and the Zhen family also wanted to take advantage of it. The two hit it off, and the Shi family immediately settled Jia Zhu's affairs. From now on, Jia Zhu and Tu Minghao could barely be regarded as brothers-in-law. up.

Jia Zheng was naturally not happy at first, but this guy has already torn off his original disguise. He is a mercenary villain through and through. In other words, those censors, who don’t impeach, they don’t impeach, and those who can be impeached by the censor are not ordinary people. The meaning of dealing with the Zhen family.

If the Zhen family is going to be unlucky, even if it is the niece of her natal family, the noble concubine will not let her enter her son's palace, or at most she will be in the name of a concubine. How many people will the prince's four side concubines have to win over? However, if the Zhen family was about to fall, the imperial concubine might help the Zhen family, but she would not compensate her own son.

Who is Zhengui Dowager? She has been favored for decades and can still live alone in the first palace after being a dowager. I heard that the old sage left the dowager dowager and couldn't even eat well. It can be seen that the dowager is in the old sage. How influential is there.It doesn't make sense, the Concubine Gui doesn't know what's going on with the Zhen family.

Therefore, Shi's conclusion was that the Zhen family was just a false alarm this time, and the next one would still be prosperous.More practically, the Zhen family has always been rich, and when the daughter of the Zhen family marries, the dowry is not a small amount. The Rong Mansion has been struggling these years, and a capable granddaughter-in-law can also make up for it.However, these cannot be said to Jia Zheng, a person who only knows how to spend money, but still despises money.

Jia Zheng thought about it, Zhen Yingjia is now an official in the cabinet, and supporting the Jia family is just a one-sentence matter, so Jia Zheng naturally agreed to this marriage.

Jia Zheng agreed, and Xiao Wang's side could only stare blankly. Now that Jia Zhu has won the election, he often hangs out with a group of literati outside. Zhu Xungui's children who were not very close to Jia Zhu would greet Jia Zhu now when they met.The incidents of the Zhen family were full of uproar, Jia Zhu didn't say whether the Zhen family would cause bad things because of this, but so many incidents in the Zhen family showed how the family style was, and there were many rumors, and the reputation of the Zhen family was ruined.

Because of Jia Zheng, an unreliable father who would only cheat his father and son, Jia Zhu knew the importance of reputation since he was a child.Because of the things that Jia Zheng did, with the reputation of being unfilial, ruthless, lustful and incompetent, Jia Zhu was often respected and kept at a distance outside, and some people secretly pointed at him. Jia Zhu was fed up with it, and finally Now that he finally has the hope of getting ahead, but the family wants to marry him a daughter-in-law with the same bad family style, isn't this cheating himself!

Jia Zhu ran to reason with Jia Zheng. Jia Zheng has always been a narrow-minded person, and he is also a person who can think about it. He almost picked up the ruler on the table and knocked Jia Zhu out.

Jia Zhu finally went back in disgrace, but her marriage with Zhen's daughter had already begun to settle down.

Because the Zhen family was originally here to give a wedding, they would not stay in the capital for too long. Therefore, the two families moved very quickly, and quickly exchanged Geng Tie tokens, and found a master who became a kindness temple to make a combination, saying that it was a match made in heaven. , good luck, it was settled immediately, and after waiting for a good day and auspicious day, you can pass the door.

Jia Jing naturally got the news a long time ago. However, although the Rong family was married to the Zhen family, they did not get involved in any fatal matters. With a not-so-great reputation and almost nothing, even if Jia Zhu is young and promising in the future, successfully enters the officialdom, and wants to protect the family, it will be 20 years later.Therefore, Jia Jing just sneered, the mother and son of the Shi family and Jia Zheng were short-sighted, they could only see what was in front of them, thinking that the Zhen family had a concubine and a prince, so they could continue to enjoy themselves.When the time comes, the Zhen family will be in ruins, so he wants to see if the mother and son will continue to fulfill their marriage contract.

Jia Jing has seen a lot in the court these years, and he can figure out a little bit about the thoughts of the superiors. The Zhen family is like this. To be honest, it is not the face of the noble concubine. The current position of the noble concubine has long been It's not something that can be determined by family background. Even if something goes wrong in the Zhen family, it won't affect the Grand Concubine. After all, the Grand Concubine is a harem girl. As long as the old sage says something, the Grand Concubine never cares about the status of the previous dynasty. As for the affairs of her natal family, even a saint would not be so narrow-minded to embarrass the imperial concubine.

The only amulet of the Zhen family now is the Lady Fengsheng of the Zhen family. Jia Jing used to be an official in the south of the Yangtze River. Although he was not in Jinling, the distance was not very far, and he had heard about the situation of the Lady Fengsheng.Mrs. Fengsheng is really old, she is old and weak, and her energy is not as good as before. I heard that there was a birthday banquet once, where other people celebrated their birthdays. Mrs. Fengsheng sat on it and soon fell asleep with her head tilted. up.In the past few years, it is said that people have become confused and always forget things. Many times, they don’t even know their own children and grandchildren. Sometimes, they will mistake their grandchildren for the old saints when they were young.These things, the Zhen family once wrote a booklet and sent it to the imperial court. Because of this situation, the old saint always tolerated the Zhen family. Anyway, Mrs. Fengsheng was like that, even if he tolerated it, he couldn't bear it for a few years.

There is a lot of commotion at the Zhen's house now, maybe someone made a fuss in front of Mrs. Fengsheng, the old man, if he is frightened by someone, he might lose his temper.When Mrs. Fengsheng dies, I'm afraid it's time for the saint to do something!

The Zhen family didn't even think about it, even if it was the founding of the country, they made great contributions to the court, and those who were almost on the verge of being crowned king had to be honest now.It's nothing more than the fact that the old sage cares about the past, and they were somewhat loyal to the old sage!It's just that later, they let the old sage's connivance make them lose their sense of propriety. Not only did they want to be slaves to bully the master, but they even wanted to turn themselves into masters. It would be strange if the superiors could tolerate it.

Jia Jing soon thought of a disgusting idea about the Rong family. Isn’t the Rong family thinking about the prosperity and wealth of the Zhen family? Enter the door, then, Jia Jing will directly expel the Rong Mansion from the clan in the name of being untrustworthy and unrighteous. When the time comes, the Rong Mansion will hold his nose and marry the daughter of the Zhen family. He wants to see , What kind of tricks can the Rongfu do.

Jia Jing told Jia She his own idea, and after Jia She heard it, he almost couldn't help laughing. That's right, Rong Mansion and his family always like to go sideways, take shortcuts, or sell their daughters. Even the marriage of their own children and grandchildren is used as a weight. At that time, when they find out that what they were going to marry was a golden peony, but turned into a hot potato, what will happen to them? , Jia She wanted to laugh.

Lin Ruhai arrived in the capital before Zhen's family came to Beijing. After reporting to the saint, the saint saw that Lin Ruhai had aged a lot in the south these years, and thought that he had indeed suffered a lot for the matter of the salt administration. Therefore, a On the one hand, he rewarded Lin Ruhai with a lot of things, and gave Lin Ruhai a two-month leave to let him recuperate. After two months, he planned to let Lin Ruhai be the censor of the Zuodu, and he was directly promoted by two levels. Officials are already half a rank higher than foreign officials, and Beijing officials are transferred out at the same level, which is relegation. Lin Ruhai did not work hard in salt administration. A 40-year-old third-rank official is not bad. Not to mention that he can still enter the cabinet and become a cabinet boss.

Lin Ruhai was able to get this position, naturally, thanks to the contribution of the Zhen family.Lin Ruhai had a relationship with Zhen Jiamao before, but secretly collected evidence that the Zhen family colluded with salt merchants, secretly manufactured salt, sold private salt, exploited kitchen households, raised salt prices, and manipulated the salt administration.As for the other evidence, it does not come under Lin Ruhai's control. Although Lin Ruhai knew something, he did not exceed his authority and did not return. These criminal evidences are enough to bring disaster to the Zhen family.

In the past dynasties, salt and iron officials sold it, and private salt was absolutely prohibited. Selling private salt was a death penalty. What's more, the Zhen family did more than that, controlling the salt administration, withholding salt tax, and other things that harm the public and private interests , that is tolerable or unbearable, the most important thing is, where did Zhen's family spend the money!

Buying officials, recruiting party members, turning the whole of Jiangnan into the Zhen family's private land, and even the Zhen family colluding with the southeast camp, what are you doing, rebellion?After Tu Minghao became an adult, he jumped up and down the hall. On the one hand, it was because of the favor of the old sage, but the old sage didn't really give him any real power, but on the other hand, it was the Zhen family who gave him enough support. .

What happened to Tu Minghao, Tu Mingyun pinched his nose and recognized it. The old saint is still there, so Tu Mingyun can't really take the knife on this younger brother. As long as Tu Minghao didn't really rebel, even if he did something wrong At most, Tu Mingyun put him under house arrest, allowing him to continue eating, drinking and having fun in the palace.

Tu Minghao can't deal with it casually, so the Zhen family is unforgivable.There is a saying that good things are done by the lady, and bad things are instigated by the girl. The Zhen family is the girl who instigated the master to do bad things. If they don't die, whoever dies!

What Lin Ruhai brought out happened to be what the Holy Majesty urgently needed, and the Holy Monarch had already found out clearly that the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River was searching for some kind of famous doctor to see Mrs. Fengsheng's life.

The problem is, how old is Mrs. Fengsheng? Even if she is a miracle doctor, if she is cured, she will not be able to cure her life!According to the symptoms of Mrs. Sheng, the saint asked the imperial physician, and it was clearly due to old age and frailty, which led to mental weakness and lack of energy. It was like a candle, which was burned to the last bit. When it's over, Mrs. Fengsheng will die.

If Mrs. Fengsheng passed away, at most, the Zhen family would have to deal with it directly when Mrs. Fengsheng died.The sage has heard about it. It seems that some counselors and staff members of the Zhen family have suggested that Zhen Yingjia should not stop doing anything and launch a mutiny directly to attack the palace.

Although Zhen Yingjia was an idiot and didn't agree, the saint still felt a little scared afterwards. If Zhen Yingjia was persuaded by the staff and turned around to do such a thing, then the saint would have to spend a lot of money. If Tu Minghui fishes in troubled waters again, even a saint will have a big head.

This kind of thing, even if it's just thinking about it, it's a capital offense. Because Zhen Yingjia didn't agree with his suggestion, the staff finally found an excuse and left.As a result, this unlucky guy was stopped by the people of the Tongzheng Secretary on the way, and he was directly dragged into the prison of the Tongzheng Secretary to torture him.This class of literati has a lot of ideas, but in fact they don't have much action power. Although Zhen Yingjia is quite generous to them, the problem is that this person is a person with ideals, and he still has a little fear of chaos in the world. In the hands of the Secretary of General Administration, naturally there will be no good fruit to eat.

After a few punishments, he couldn't hold on any longer, like beans poured out of a bamboo tube, he honestly explained his identity, what ideas he came up with after following Zhen Yingjia, what Zhen Yingjia did, etc. Come out, what he wants now is to die quickly, but he doesn't want to suffer piecemeal.

For the saint, the Zhen family has become a serious problem. If they don't deal with it sooner, who knows if they will jump the wall in a hurry and make something out of hand.

On the old sage's side, I'm not afraid that I can't justify it. The Zhen family has plans to usurp the throne. It's no wonder that the old sage can forgive it!The abolished prince and several other princes made that scene, and the old sage still has a thorn in his heart!This is the Ni Lin of the old sage, not to mention the Zhen family, even if Tu Minghao met him, the old sage would kill him.

No matter how favored Tu Minghao was, he was no better than the deposed prince who was brought up by the old sage when he was a child. The old sage had placed high hopes on him, so later on, he was even more sad.

The reason why the Zhen family didn't suffer immediately was entirely because Zhen Yingjia didn't really agree, saying that she still wanted to follow the path of the old sage.In this way, the old sage felt more comfortable, at least the Zhen family still had some loyalty and fear towards him.But the sage is so angry, you all treat me like a dead person, and you spend all day thinking about how to pull me down. Therefore, the sage has made a decision about the Zhen family, and he must be strict. disposal.

The fate of the Zhen family has been decided, but the Zhen family still has some hope and is still running around. Seeing that the saint has not been able to make a decision, except for a few people who are still insisting on those censors, everyone else has died down. , Some people privately feel that the saint is still under pressure from the old saint, so they have to suppress it for the time being.

However, after Zhen Yingjia defended himself, the sage didn't say anything. He didn't give Zhen Yingjia any treatment for this, saying that he would ask the Secretary to investigate. In fact, the prefect of Jinling who wanted to surrender in Jinling could no longer bear the pressure.The Zhen family hated this guy for taking their own money, but instead bit back. These days, they have tried their best to make trouble for him.

The Zhen family was originally a local snake, and the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the local snake, the reason why there is such an official protection talisman is precisely because of this.These days the decree does not go to the countryside, and local officials have to cooperate with these gentry in many matters.Although the Zhen family's name is not on the official protection talisman, because they are no longer ordinary squires, they have several people who are officials, there is a noble concubine in the palace, there is a grandson of the prince, and there is a holy lady in the family.Zhen Yingjia is still a bachelor in the cabinet, not to mention how much water is in it, he can still fool people in Jinling.

The Zhen family also acted quickly. First, they threatened to clean up those suffering masters who didn't know whether it was true or not. Dead, that said, my family actually died of illness, and wanted to blackmail the Zhen family for some money, and some people even said that I simply found someone who had just died from outside to pretend to be...

In short, the prefect of Jinling was stunned. These people who were sent to act as the sufferers were just pawns. Even if they were charged with false accusations of blackmail, they would be punished with dozens of boards and locked up in prison for a period of time.

In addition, the messy problems in Jinling also came out. Originally, when the Zhen family and the prefect of Jinling were still in the honeymoon period, the prefect of Jinling only had to count the money, and if there were any dirty things left, the Zhen family His strength can also be covered up by a big bed, and there is no problem. The prefect of Jinling can easily get an above-average or even excellent evaluation.

Now, when the Zhen family had spoken, it suddenly became quiet.In the evaluation of officials these years, he does not look at the detection rate, but at the number of cases. You can solve any case and find the murderer. However, there are too many criminal cases on your side. This is your problem. What do you want to do as an official? This is for you to educate one side. How can you be an official with so many troublemakers?

Now that the Zhen family let go of their words, suddenly many things that were secretly waiting for the people not to be raised, and the officials not to be investigated, came up. Today, the old man and the old lady came to sue their daughter-in-law for being unfilial and wanted to divorce their wives. Someone over there said There are widows stealing people over there. The most troublesome thing is that all the subordinates in the yamen have put on a posture of non-violence and non-cooperation. Today, this person asked for leave, saying that his mother was sick and wanted to go back to serve.Those who ran over also said that their daughter-in-law was about to give birth and had to go back to watch. Some said they had a headache and caught a cold, and some said that they had a bad stomach and were vomiting and diarrhea.Even if the prefect of Jinling felt that his subordinates were fooling him, even if they wanted to beat those people, the other yamen servants did not work hard one by one, and they all put on a lazy look blatantly. Almost vomiting blood!

The prefect of Jinling is also a ruthless person, so many things, since the face is torn apart, there is nothing to say!He also has a few cronies and staff members under his command, and they directly gave him an idea. The Zhen family is so arrogant now, and they rely on nothing more than the Holy Lady, the Royal Concubine, and the Twelve Princes. How much affection does the concubine have with the Twelve Princes? Even the old saint, even though he has affection for these three people, how much patience can he have for the Zhen family.

At least the sage had absolutely no patience with the Zhen family, so after discussing with the aides, he gave the magistrate a vicious idea.

Then, troubles arose at the Zhen family's side.

The Zhen family also knows that their ancestors are one of the keys to their prosperity and wealth. As long as the ancestors are still there, the old sage will have a kindred spirit towards his family. Searching for miracle doctors everywhere, making wishes everywhere, just donating golden bodies to Taoist temples in various places, the amount of sesame oil is not known.

For the sake of Mrs. Fengsheng's health, even if the Zhen family has any bad news, unless it is absolutely necessary, they will not let Mrs. Fengsheng know, so as not to make Mrs. Fengsheng angry and affect the body. Therefore, with Mrs. Fengsheng, never It's all good news and not bad news.Mrs. Fengsheng is often confused now, and she is less and less awake. Everyone is like coaxing a child. Anyway, to ensure that Mrs. Fengsheng will live forever, it is best to live as an adult and live as the old saint, then It couldn't be better.

But the problem is that the Zhen family is not what it used to be. The first branch of the Zhen family is okay. He said that since the reform of the salt administration, his family could not even drink a bowl of gruel, not to mention that the creditors took away their previous things, and forced them to sell their houses, land, children and daughters!What can those people in the mansion do, the people of the clan are so pitiful, so naturally they have to spend some money, at least they can't let their family members starve to death.

The problem is, the Zhen family doesn't have much money in their own accounts, just like the Rong Mansion, the housekeepers all want to take money from the public house, and as a result, the public house is getting more and more moneyless, while the private house is getting worse and worse. rich.Although the Zhen family has made a lot of money over the years, many of them have to be sent to the capital. Those who should be filial to the imperial concubine must not be missing, and those who should be given to Tu Minghao must not be missing. Zhen Yingjia went to Beijing and took a lot of money. There is not much left in the account.But in a family like theirs, the master of the family needs to pay monthly money, clothes when the season changes, and money laundering when there is a happy event. The food and clothing expenses of each master don’t need to spend money. empty.

Therefore, in the end, several housekeepers' wives and wives discussed it, and no one wanted to take money out of their own private houses, and their private houses had to be left to their own children. Therefore, after thinking about it, the old lady came to the idea. body.The old lady received a lot of rewards when she first left the palace, and later the old saints were rewarded, she also had property, and once managed the family. The old lady personally participated in the prosperity of the Zhen family, so the old lady's There is no good thing in the private room, just take out any good thing, pawn it, it will be enough for the whole family to spend for a period of time.

The old lady was confused anyway, and colluded with the big girl next to her who was in charge of the keys, and then sneaked out her things.After a long time, everyone also became greedy, and each of them wanted to add a few good things to their private houses, and even the servants were tempted.

As a result, it happened that the old lady found out that day, and the old lady was confused at that time, saying: "Your Highness, come to Mammy, and Mammy will give you flower cakes!" Then she wandered around the house, Turning out the door, I saw several people taking out a white jade landscape ornament from their boxes. Seeing the old lady coming over, everyone was a little dumbfounded. The nanny at the time of the residence shouted immediately: "Where is the little hoof, you dare to steal His Highness's things!" As she said, she swung her crutch and smashed it!As soon as the man dodged subconsciously, the old lady fell hard, and then, her blood surged up, and she passed out and couldn't wake up!