[Red Mansion] Jia Lian, son of a family

Chapter 73

The seventh prince, Situ Yuan, is now the crown prince. Although Emperor Longxu has not announced his abdication, in fact the entire government is basically in the hands of Situ Yuan.

In the previous life, both Jia Lian and the Rongguo Mansion were too far away from the court. At that time, it was unknown whether the crown prince had won the trust of Emperor Longxu or whether he was just a target Jia Lian pushed out by him.But no matter what, it was Situ Yuan who sat on the dragon chair in the end, and shortly after he formally ascended the throne, he first dealt with the Zhen family in Jiangnan, and then the four kings and eight princes who represented the nobles in the capital except the king of Beijing were sacked one by one.

Jia Lian was Situ Yuan's confidant in this life, and he knew a lot about his relationship with Emperor Longxu, even if he didn't say anything clearly.Under such a situation, it is strange that Situ Yuan cannot obtain the great treasure!What's more, it was Emperor Longxu's order that he was sent to Jiangnan, and it was Emperor Longxu's secret order to clean up the Zhen family.

Rong Guohou is the cousin-in-law of Prince Situ Yuan. Under such a relationship, Emperor Longxu arranged such an official position and task for Jia Lian. What else does he not understand.

When they visited Lin Ruhai before, the two of them had a good time. Not only did he get the secret decree from Emperor Longxu, but Lin Ruhai also got it.In addition to this, Situ Yuan also gave orders to the two of them.The strange relationship between the royal father and son is not something their uncle, nephew duo can talk about, as long as they know that the father and son are of the same mind in this respect.

However, compared to Jia Lian's apparent relationship with Situ Yuan, Lin Ruhai has to be careful.His ability to obtain the position of inspecting salt censor meant that he was an official in the emperor's heart. Even though Emperor Longxu had planned to hand over the entire Daqing Dynasty to Situ Yuan, he was still a courtier of Emperor Longxu.

If Emperor Longxu knew that he had already secretly cast himself under Situ Yuan's sect...

Anyone with a little brain knows this.

Just now Jia Lian had thought about the reason why Emperor Longxu made such an arrangement when he was released, but after learning of Emperor Longxu's secret decree, he had to sigh.No matter how failed Emperor Longxu was as a father before, at least at this time, when facing Situ Yuan, he fulfilled his responsibilities as a father while being an emperor.

Although, if you want to be darker, you can also say that Emperor Longxu's arrangement is for the continuation of the Daqing Dynasty, rather than paving the way for his son.

There is Lin Ruhai who was born in Jiangnan and has been an official in Jiangnan for more than ten years, plus Jia Lian, the marquis of the Jia family who started in Jinling, and the officials in the Jiangnan officialdom who are dissatisfied with the domineering Zhen family, and those who are extremely protective of imperial power. student.If the Zhen family cannot be completely cleaned up under such circumstances, Jia Lian will directly give up his wish of being a powerful minister.

Compared with when he was still serving in the Imperial Academy, it can be said that it was an oolong's plan, but this time it was Jia Lian who really stepped into the official career.

With the same secret, the same goal and master, and the relationship between them, the work of Lin Ruhai and Jia Lian soon began in Jiangnan.

"The salt merchants in Yangzhou can be called the richest man in Daqing, but it's a pity that these people don't think about how to contribute more to the country when they have money. They just think about how to earn more, and they just change their tricks to fight for wealth. .” Lin Ruhai shook his head while sighing.

Hearing that Jia Lian frowned and smiled wryly, the system's method of boiling salt really made him miserable.It's so hard to see what you can't eat.Originally, there was a simple way to get rid of these salt merchants, but unfortunately this method just couldn't be used.

"It's okay if it's just like this, but there are different forces behind these salt merchants." The worry on Lin Ruhai's face was not concealed at all, "The profit on this salt is really too big, and people who stare at this area never A lot from top to bottom."

"Uncle, you must know more about the salt administration than I do." Jia Lian temporarily put aside the itchy but tasteless method of cooking salt, "Uncle, you know who is standing behind these big salt merchants. ?”

Lin Ruhai nodded heavily: "When the old Prince Zhongyi was still the prince, the whole area of ​​Jiangnan was basically handed over to him. After that, the Holy Majesty never arranged for any prince to take over, but Jiangnan is the Zhen family's world after all..."

Jia Lian understands the unfinished words.Except for the Xue family of the imperial merchant, the main forces of the four major families in Jinling all went to Beijing to develop, and the Zhen family was the only one in the south of the Yangtze River.The money needed to seize the heir apparent is huge, and there is only one son left for Concubine Zhen, and the Zhen family is now fully supporting the fourth prince, so it is not surprising that they would put salt on it.

"The Zhen family really has too much appetite. Zhen Yingjia was in charge of Jiangnan weaving, and the Gusu tea class was also managed by their Zhen family. They even reached out to the salt in private. It's gone." Jia Lian sighed.Power, money, how many people can not be affected in the face of these.

Thinking about the downfall of the Zhen family in the previous life, it was also related to their greed.Maybe the fourth prince's failure to save his life in the end may have something to do with it.After all, Emperor Longxu was still alive after Situ Yuan ascended the throne, at least when Jia Lian died, the Supreme Emperor was also alive and well.

Lin Ruhai glanced at Jia Lian, "As long as that old lady is still alive, the Zhen family won't fall completely." Then he shook his head again, "It's just that the old lady is getting older, how many more years can she last? This time, I made up my mind to suppress the Zhen family, our master's character... When the old lady is gone and the master has the power, the Zhen family will..."

He is Emperor Longxu's confidant, and when he first came to Jiangnan, the Zhen family also gave him a lot of help for Jia Daishan's face.Now that he was going to confront the Zhen family, although the Zhen family could be said to have brought the blame on themselves, he still couldn't help sighing.

As a courtier, you must recognize your identity as a courtier. The Zhen family is so ignorant that complete destruction is the end.The emperor's friendship is thick and precious, but there are few families who can really afford it.

Jia Lian lowered his eyes, paused for a moment, and then said: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. The mistake of the Zhen family is that it is still bred by its own desire for power, and has forgotten the awe of imperial power."

He said this to Lin Ruhai, but also to himself.He was able to have the present scenery, not only because of his own hard work, but also because of the appreciation of the emperor and the next emperor.No matter how great his abilities are, he still has to remember that he is a courtier, a courtier who helps the emperor solve problems.

The reason why few powerful ministers end well is because they failed to grasp the distance.Of course, sometimes it's not that the powerful minister himself doesn't want to take control, but that after standing in that position, those who follow and vassalize him can't say that they committed a heinous crime without him knowing.

Therefore, after the system knew that his wish was to be a powerful minister, he would try his best to be a lonely minister.It's just that this lonely minister is not so easy to do. If Situ Yuan doesn't trust him enough in the future, maybe he will be knocked down because of disagreements.

Lin Ruhai in his previous life could be regarded as a lonely official, if not for Jia Daishan's death, he would not have been forced to join the Zhen family's boat.Therefore, Jia Lian has always been resistant to becoming a lonely minister. The decline of the lonely minister not only represents him, but also his family.

But Jia Lian still has no idea how to be a powerful official without arousing the suspicion of the person on the dragon chair.Since he had no idea, he put the question behind him.What he has to do now is to hurry up with Lin Ruhai to complete the tasks assigned by Emperor Longxu and Situ Yuan.

Jia Lian's going south is nothing to the entire Jiangnan officialdom. Although he has the identity of the new prince's cousin-in-law, everything a woman gets married in this era is linked to her husband's family, not her mother's family.Even if Meixi came from Cheng'en Gong's mansion, she can't damage the interests of her husband's family and only think about her natal family.

While everyone valued marriage, at some point they also underestimated the relationship between in-laws. The result of this is nothing more than lowering the status of women.These are commonplace for Jia Lian, and the interests are always the most important.In the face of interests, everything else has to give way.

And it was just like this that Jia Lian was able to pretend to be false with the people sent by the Zhen family to contact him.Jia's family and Zhen's family are old relatives, they are both families that got up from mud legs when the Daqing Dynasty was founded. Although they have never been married, they are still related.

Ever since Jia Lian became Marquis of Rong, there was nothing more to do with Zhen's family than annual ceremonies and etiquette. Even these festive things, the Zhang family gradually decreased under Jia Lian's reminder.But it is impossible to break this connection all at once, so it is natural for the Zhen family to send congratulatory gifts to Jia Lian's resignation, and they have a lot of plans, so they must try to establish a good relationship with Jia Lian.

Mei Xiruo was a politically minded girl under the training of Cheng Engong Mei Yi. After marrying Jia Lian, Jia Lian would talk about his official affairs with her in the evening chats with her.Compared with Wang Xifeng, who didn't know many big characters in her previous life, Mei Xiruo can be said to be Jia Lian's good helper.

Even this time about the Zhen family, Jia Lian didn't hide it from her because of Situ Yuan.And the support she gave him made his work go smoothly.Men have their ways, and women in the backyard have their own ways of making friends.

Mei Xiruo used his wife's diplomacy to get in touch with Zhen Yingjia's wife.Speaking of which, Mrs. Zhen is also somewhat related to the Jia family. Mrs. Zhen's surname is Shi, and she was born in a Jinling historian just like Jia Shi.The difference is that Jia Shishi is the daughter of Marquis Baoling, and is the orthodox direct line, while Mrs. Zhen is from the branch of the historian family.

The reason why the difference is so big is also unavoidable. Jia Daishan was the Duke of the State when he married his wife, and Zhen Yingjia was a generation lower than him. When he married his wife, he had no title or official position.Zhen Yingjia was able to rise to the top because Emperor Longxu canonized his mother, and he followed her.

Compared with Jia's family, which has meritorious service and two princes, the Zhen family is just an ordinary gentry in the south of the Yangtze River.If Mrs. Zhen hadn't been Emperor Longxu's wet nurse, and Emperor Longxu was nostalgic, the Zhen family would not have prospered so fast.

Jia Shishi is the cousin of Mrs. Zhen Yingjia, and Mrs. Zhen Yingjia is Jia Lian's cousin.Meixi Ruowen could only laugh along with the corners of her eyes twitching when Madam Zhen mentioned this relationship.Although Jia Lian is a good person, the Ronghou Mansion is divided into clans and families, but there are still so many relatives!

If Meixi didn't regret marrying Jia Lian, she felt sorry for Jia Lian's difficulty.