[Red Mansion] Jia Lian, son of a family

Chapter 75

That night, Jia Lian and Che Jin had a drink in the garden, and the barbecue and knives and wine made everyone enjoy themselves.Compared with the exquisite Jiangnan dishes and the rice wine with rich aroma, sweet taste and mellow flavor, it is the dishes and wine with strong northern flavor that fascinate Che Jin and others.

The next morning, as soon as the sky turned white, Jia Lian sent the six of them away through the side door.This time, the six people who came into the car were divided into two groups, one group went to Jinling, and the other group went to Gusu.

Jinling is the old nest of the Zhen family, and Gusu is also the sphere of influence of the Zhen family.One side is weaving, and the other side is tea class, both of which are important sources of tax revenue for the Daqing Dynasty.Jia Lian believed that everyone in the Zhen family looked so wealthy, and no one would believe them if the Zhen family didn't reach out and say something about these two things.

It was because Emperor Longxu gave too much favor to the Zhen family. Zhen Yingjia had never even participated in the imperial examination, and she had no title, so she was appointed as the president of Jinling Provincial Institute of Physical Education.Although this sounds like an obscure position, in fact it is just the Jinling Weaver Wailang of the fifth rank, but it is enough to show the status of the Zhen family in the heart of the emperor for Emperor Longxu to decree to change his official name.

Except for Zhen Yingjia, there was no such precedent in the Daqing Dynasty.

It was also the favor bestowed by Emperor Longxu that enabled the Zhen family to become a gentry from mud-legged people before the founding of the Daqing Dynasty to the current Tu Emperor.Four pick-ups, not to mention Jiangnan, there are several families in the whole country that can receive such favor from the emperor, although this favor is more like a reminder to Jia Lian.

The rise of the Zhen family was due to Emperor Longxu, and the same is true for its downfall.His four trips to the south of the Yangtze River cost the Zhen family a lot of money and they had to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Then he successively gave the weaving, tea and even salt lessons to the Zhen family to find a way to pay back the shortfall.

It's a pity that the Zhen family received great love from Emperor Longxu, but they didn't put themselves in the right position as a courtier.Outside they had Mrs. Zhen who was the wet nurse of Emperor Longxu, and inside they had Concubine Zhen and her two princes. They believed that they had made great contributions to the royal family.

Emperor Longxu looked at Mrs. Zhen's face, and saw the death of a son who was obviously old. Concubine Zhen, in the end, he did not pursue the responsibility of the Zhen family. To patrol the salt censor.

And then... Not only did the Zhen family not repent, but they intensified and started the final madness.In order for the fourth prince to finally seize the throne, they continued to collect money without hesitation.Thinking about it, this is the reason why Emperor Longxu couldn't bear to attack the Zhen family.

In his previous life, Situ Yuan's position as the crown prince was not as stable as in this life, and the Zhen family was not so crazy.

It has been arranged, and the next thing to do is to wait for the result, so Jia Lian temporarily put this matter behind him.

To put it bluntly, it would be considered overkill to use Che Jin and them, who specialize in scouting at forwards, to inquire about the news of the Zhen family, but after hearing that Mei Xiruo wanted to obtain the account books of the Zhen family from Mrs. Zhen, Jia Lian made a move. brains.Just when he learned from Shui Rong's letter that the garrison in northern Xinjiang was going to be integrated, he thought of entering them by car.

Fortunately, everything went well, and Emperor Longxu quickly approved his paper and passed it.Speaking of which, if he had subordinates like Situ Rui's hidden guards in his hands, why would he bother.The Jiang Jie left to him by Jia Daishan are forces that can only be controlled by the head of the Ronghou Mansion, and these forces must not be known to the royal family.

Even though there are some things that everyone has a tacit understanding, private and aboveboard are completely different concepts.Che Jin and the others are not only the talents Jia Lian needs, but also the means for him to understand Emperor Longxu's thinking.The arrival of these six people is not only a good thing for Jia Lian to kill two birds with one stone, but also kill three birds with one stone or even four birds with one stone.

The affairs of the Salt Transportation Department are not cumbersome, but they are definitely not easy.Coordinating with salt merchants, negotiating with water transport, all kinds of stakes are not trivial.Faced with Lin Ruhai training him as his successor, Jia Lian could only go all out after secretly "hehe".

He didn't expect to stay in Jiangnan for a long time. He believed that Situ Yuan would not let him go to Jiangnan forever, but could he tell Lin Ruhai about his tacit understanding with Situ Yuan?The position of inspecting salt censor must be held by the emperor's confidant, and in Lin Ruhai's view, Jia Lian is Situ Yuan's confidant.

The days passed in a rather uneventful way. On the ninth day, Che Jin and the three returned from Jinling, catching Jia Lian off guard.In the evening of the next day, the other three people led by Li Nian also returned from Gusu. Jia Lian, who was already mentally prepared this time, was not surprised at all.

With the help of Situ Rui's subordinates, Jia Lian couldn't believe that it would take several months to collect the crimes against the Zhen family.Jia Lian also had some guesses about the origins of Situ Rui's subordinates.If his guess is correct, the Zhen family really cannot escape this time.

Situ Rui was the same age as Jia Lian, Jia Lian would never believe that those subordinates were built by him.With the backing of the system, he doesn't even have such subordinates. Situ Rui, who is the prince alone, can do it?Training subordinates requires not only time, but also financial resources and connections. If Situ Rui is now in his 30s, Jia Lian will still believe that he trained those subordinates himself.

Since it wasn't trained by Situ Rui, the most likely possibility is that the emperor gave it to him.The dark forces of the royal family are systematically teaching him about the history, the most notable of which is the Jinyiwei of the former dynasty.The emperor of the Zhu family is so powerful that he dared to let everyone know about such an intelligence agency, even though the sharp sword hanging on the official's head cut the master in the end.

Since Emperor Longxu gave Situ Rui this power, then Emperor Longxu must have known about Situ Rui sending them to the south of the Yangtze River.Judging from the fact that Emperor Longxu didn't know the plans of Situ Yuan and Situ Rui's brothers, this should have been ordered by Emperor Longxu, and it was regarded as Situ Rui's invitation to the crown prince.

I flipped through the first volumes I got from Zhen's family, and the amount on them was shocking.The annual tax revenue of the Daqing Dynasty was almost 6000 million taels of silver, and the Zhen family withheld almost 1000 million taels of silver from weaving and tea classes every year.Thinking about it again, these ledgers are only from recent years. Before Lin Ruhai came to power, the salt lesson was also in the hands of the Zhen family. Over the years, how much has the Zhen family embezzled?

Jia Lian slammed the account book onto the desk. He, who knew that the Zhen family would raid the house, was so angry when he saw it. Would Emperor Longxu not be angry when he saw such an account book?Knowing the corruption of the Zhen family is completely different from knowing how much they have corrupted. No wonder Concubine Zhen disappeared in the harem like that in her previous life without a decent funeral, and the fourth prince was completely removed from the clan.

Rubbing her temples, Jia Lian pursed her thin lips tightly.He raised his head and looked out the window, which was already pitch black with only a few lights scattered about. In the end, he wrapped up the basic account books and ordered Feng Jian to prepare the car.These ledgers are really too important, even if Che Jin and the others found them from the darkroom of the Zhen family with the help of Situ Rui, if they are exposed, it will not be so easy to send these ledgers to Beijing thing.

Obviously those people could directly bring this account book back to Beijing, but those people just wanted to hand it over to Che Jin, and they still left the master's information in such an open and aboveboard way.Jia Lian really didn't know what to do. Could it be true that if there is a master, there must be servants?

In the name of Ronghou Mansion, Jia Lian dealt with the patrolling soldiers enforcing the curfew in the city, and felt that he was patrolling Yan Yushi's Mansion.The concierge knew Jia Lian and immediately welcomed him in. After drinking a cup of tea in the flower hall, Lin Ruhai, who was wearing a navy blue uniform, hurried over.

"Lian'er, you came here at this hour. Could it be that there is news?" Lin Ruhai asked pantingly as he sat down on the chair beside Jia Lian with sweat on his forehead.

"Uncle, if you are so anxious, I will be blamed if my aunt finds out and doesn't clean up."

Lin Ruhai's uniform belt was not fastened, which was obviously caused by his haste.Thinking that Lin Ruhai and his wife had always lived in the same room like him and Mei Xiruo, Jia Lian couldn't help but smiled wryly.He was only thinking about things in a hurry, but he didn't think that it would be bad to disturb other people's couples to rest.

"Don't be poor, your aunt won't care about this." Lin Ruhai raised his hand and waved, and after sitting down for a while, he finally got his breath together, "The Salt Transport Department not only manages the salt, but also some Everything is within the scope of urgent reports, and you will get used to getting up in the middle of the night like this in the future."

Jia Lian, who slandered him not to get used to it, took out those ledgers and put them in front of Lin Ruhai: "I wrote a note to the Holy Majesty and asked him to approve a few people for me to use. Uncle, you know. These ledgers are theirs. I found it from the secret rooms of Zhen's family in Jinling and Gusu. Because of the urgency of the matter, I rushed here overnight, and it is best to send this ledger to the capital as soon as possible."

Lin Ruhai picked up the account book and looked through it. His face, which was a little casual at first, became more and more serious, and then completely darkened.Fortunately, he got the reminder from Jia Daishan and Jia Lian and didn't have too much contact with the Zhen family, otherwise he would have jumped into the Yellow River and wouldn't be able to clean up!

Such a huge amount of corruption was enough for Emperor Longxu to decree that the family was ransacked and the family exterminated.

Staring at Jia Lian with complicated eyes for a long time, Lin Ruhai said word by word, "Lian'er, tell uncle the truth, are these really the spies you wanted from Northern Xinjiang to get these?"

What do these ledgers mean to the Zhen family? Will Zhen Yingjia, the core figures of the Zhen family, not know?The soldiers who acted as vanguard spies on the battlefield must have their own uniqueness, but Lin Ruhai didn't believe that he got the account book that the Zhen family would definitely hide in just ten days.

Jia Lian didn't want to hide it from Lin Ruhai either, so he told him about Situ Rui's meddling.

Hearing this, Lin Ruhai frowned tightly, and after a long while he sighed quietly: "The Zhen family will not be able to escape this time. But His Royal Highness really played a good game of chess, and even the Holy Majesty was deceived so much." for many years."

He just said that Situ Rui sent someone, and Lin Ruhai guessed something from these few words. Sure enough, these officials who are in the court must not be underestimated!Of course, except for Ningguo Mansion.And Rongguo Mansion was the same in his previous life, he didn't have any political vision, and he couldn't turn his brains around, so he still had to take a position in the succession, not looking for death or something.

"Uncle," Jia Lian pointed towards the sky, "We don't care what they think, what we have to do now is to find a way to send this account book to the capital safely."

Lin Ruhai nodded: "Yes, although it was found in the secret room, who can guarantee that the Zhen family will not go in and check it every day for such an important thing. If they find that it is not there, they must first think of our Salt Transportation Department. "

Now Jiangnan is not under the control of the Zhen family's Salt Transportation Department. Lin Ruhai's position of patrolling salt censor is not only in charge of the salt class, but in a way is the same as that of Jinling Weaving. It is also the emperor's eyes and mouthpiece in Jiangnan.

"Uncle, do you have a solution?" Jia Lian frowned, and the thought he had before going out was even more boiling now.

"No." Lin Ruhai shook his head with a wry smile, "The channel for me to give the seal to the Holy One is the same as that of Jinling Weaving. It would be fine if the Zhen family didn't find out that the account books were lost. If they found out, this way would definitely not work."

"Uncle, can you see if this works." After Jia Lian pondered for a while, he lowered his head and whispered something in Lin Ruhai's ear.

Lin Ruhai disagreed very much at first, but in the end he had to compromise. What Jia Lian said was indeed the best way.

Early the next morning, Jia Lian asked Feng Jian to go to Jia's mansion to pick up Mei Xiruo. The reason was that Jia Min was ill. Since they were nephews, nephews and daughter-in-laws in Yangzhou, they naturally wanted to help.After Jia Min got sick, there was a reason for him rushing to Lin's residence in such a hurry last night.

Mei Xiruo, who heard Feng Jian's message, was very calm, arranged for Jixiang and Ruyi to pack up some things, and rushed to Lin's mansion.Jia Lian didn't return all night, although he sent a book to the inner house to pass the message to her when he left, but knowing Jia Lian's arrangement, she was worried in her heart, and she didn't feel relieved until this time.

Sure enough, after arriving at the Lin Mansion, Mei Xiruo saw Jia Min lying on the bed pretending to be sick in the inner courtyard, and Lin Daiyu gave Jia Min the medicine with a spoon in tears.Jia Min couldn't laugh or cry, even though this medicine was not a cure but a tonic, it was still bitter after adding licorice.But this is the filial piety of her little girl, can she say that she is not sick.

The arrival of Mei Xiruo gave Jia Min a chance to be relieved. She coaxed Lin Daiyu for a while, and finally the little girl finally agreed to give her the bowl and let her drink the medicine in one go.Seeing that she finished drinking the medicine, knowing that the two of them were going to talk, she pulled the quilt for Jia Min, and told Mei Xiruo that Jia Min should not work too hard and needed to rest more, then asked the maid beside her to go out with her with a bowl.

Lin Daiyu is so intelligent and filial that Mei Xiruo's eyes shine brightly: "Auntie, sister Zhao taught you really well."

"You and Lian'er's child must be fine too." Jia Min teased her before saying, "You know Lian'er rushed to the capital overnight, right?"

Mei Xiruo nodded, and Hongxia's face turned pale just now because of Jia Min's joke: "My husband asked Feng Jian to send me the letter, I know it all."

"Lian'er's trip is dangerous, we have to help him cover it up." Jia Min sat up straight and looked serious, "I originally thought that Lian'er was ill, after all, it is very easy to pretend to be sick with his martial arts. But since you have to ask a doctor when you are sick, I can only pretend in the end.”

"Don't worry, Auntie, Xi Ruo knows." Mei Xi Ruo said firmly, "As a wife, Xi Ruo will naturally support her husband with all her strength."

Jia Lian has his battlefield, and she also has his.She will try her best to make it difficult for those people to find out that Jia Lian is no longer in Yangzhou.