[Quick Transmigration] The Red Chamber abused me a thousand times

Jia's mother wanted to keep Jia Zheng, but Jia Zheng had to pull Jia Amnesty, which made the main room silent.

Faced with the two remaining sons, Jia's mother had no choice but to say: "What rules do you have for your father's filial piety?"

Jia Zheng was silent, Jia Amnesty saw that he was silent, and as the eldest son and the head of the family, he had no choice but to say: "The etiquette of filial piety has its own rules, and we only prepare according to the usual rules, and then invite relatives and friends to watch the ceremony. gone."

Saying is tantamount to not saying.Even though Jia's mother was just looking for something to talk about just now, after hearing Jia She's answer, she still felt that the eldest son didn't want to move his mind at all.She turned her head to Jia Zheng angrily: "What does Zheng'er think?"

Jia Zheng said: "What my brother said is not wrong, but how to sacrifice, whether to go back to Jinling, how to get rid of the clothes, I ask the old lady to show me."

Jia Mu nodded, and then pointedly said: "Compared to your elder brother, Zheng'er is more thoughtful. From now on, you should pay more attention to the affairs of this family."

Jia Zheng hurriedly said: "Elder brother is the head of the family. Just watch that the people in the house are not neglected, and that it is enough to be polite in socializing and entertaining. Other things are handled by the manager. Why don't we raise so many servants in the family? .”

Jia She, who had already recollected it, said: "Second brother is right, it's just that if there is any omission, you need to remind me more." Jia Zheng naturally agreed.

Mother Jia looked at the pair of sons of the two brothers and sisters in front of her, why did she feel so distressed, when did the two brothers become like this?There is no open and secret fighting between such a business-minded brother, so how can my mother, this super-class duke and wife, support one and suppress the other?Did anyone listen to what he said?

Jia Zhengcai didn't care how upset Jia's mother was, when he read the original book, he had a bad opinion of Jia's mother. Now, how could he let her use her own selfishness to ruin a good Rongguo Mansion? !Since Mother Jia insisted on letting him stay, then he should find something for his good mother to do.

Looking up, Jia Zheng said to Jia's mother, "Mother keeps my brother, but does she want to talk about our family's debt to the treasury?"

"What does the treasury owe money?" Jia She became anxious when he heard it at first. He had never heard of it before. After finally becoming the master of his own family, the first thing he did was that his family still owed money to others, or whether he owed money to others. Holding the money of the emperor's family, it doesn't feel good.

Jia's mother was also a little dissatisfied with Jia Zheng's sudden mention of the debt owed by the state treasury. If Jia Amnesty had brought it up, she would have scolded it as a "bastard", but now it's Jia Zheng, but the tone is not good. Some: "The person who owes money to the treasury is not our family. Besides, the money was used to pick up the driver back then. The royal money was spent on the royal family. This is known to all saints. I haven't seen anyone mention it in these years Pass."

Jia Amnesty breathed a sigh of relief first, as long as he doesn't have to pay back the money.Jia Zheng felt that it was better to finish this matter sooner rather than later: "Old lady, today is tolerant, so naturally I will not ask for money from my courtiers. But what if I meet someone who is not tolerant? So my son thinks it's better for us to make plans early. .” The next emperor is notoriously fond of confiscating properties.

Jia Mu shook her head and said: "His Royal Highness is generous and benevolent, and has the air of a saint. How could he not treat the veteran empress leniently? Besides, the four princes and eight princes are close relatives, and they will help each other when they encounter problems."

What I am afraid of is watching and helping each other. If you help each other, what you are fighting against is the royal family. Can the most careful family watch you form a party?Jia Zheng had no choice but to raise alarmism: "The old lady thinks that the Lai family has betrayed the master, can we only deal with one Lai family?"

"Of course not!" Jia's mother is still shrewd about the affairs of the inner house: "Everyone who is related to their family must be investigated, and those who have committed crimes will be sent to officials. Others who have not committed crimes will also be punished." Send it to Zhuangzi. Such a slave can no longer be kept by your side."

Jia Zheng nodded: "The old lady has a good opinion. In the eyes of the royal family, what is the difference between us and the Lai family in the mansion?"

Mother Jia choked, what difference could it make?The difference is that her husband has gone, and the emotional connection with the present is broken, and there is no one in the Rongguo Mansion who can speak in front of the present.But thinking about the old relatives, Mother Jia couldn't open her mouth no matter what: she herself said just now that anyone related to the Lai family should be investigated.When the royal family wants to investigate their family, those old relatives probably won't be able to take care of them, right?

Jia Amnesty had only a half-knowledge, but also knew that it was unlikely that the money would not be repaid, so he asked, "Does the old lady know how much money our family owes to the treasury?"

Jia Mu said dejectedly: "The mansion was built when the country was founded, plus it was used to pick up the driver. There should be 120 million taels of silver in total."

Jia Amnesty breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Rongguo Mansion can still afford the money.Mother Jia couldn't see him relaxing: "Do you think it's enough to just pay back the money? Does the money count as interest? How much money can be left in the mansion after paying the money? If you still walk around with people in the future, the Duke's mansion will lose face." No more?"

Come on, a series of questions successfully made the expression on Jia She's face, which had just relaxed, become heavy again.Jia Zheng took a look at Jia Mugao. This old lady is still very clear about the status quo of Rongguo Mansion before she was blindly happy in the original book, but why in the later stage, she just talked about pomp and bustle ?Is it because there is wine today, drunk today, and worry about tomorrow?

"Old lady, don't worry," Jia Zheng said consolingly first, "although there is a plaque of the Duke's Mansion at our door, everyone who knows it knows that my brother is only a first-class general. Why don't you take advantage of the opportunity of filial piety and ask The Ministry of Rites changed all the places that exceeded the regulations in the mansion. In this way, when you walk around in the future, you will be able to fit your identity. There are too many slaves in the mansion. Our master only counts a few, and many slaves are just To serve the second-tier master, it is better to let him out by praying for his father."

"No!" Mother Jia's most proud thing in her life is that she was the first daughter of the Hou family, and then the wife of the Duke.Now that Jia Zheng said that he would take away the plaque from the Duke’s mansion, that would make her feel worse than picking her heart, even if it was the youngest son who proposed it: “This plaque was earned by the old Duke and your father with all their efforts. , you can pick it if you say it? I'm not dead yet!" The matter of releasing the slaves will be discussed later, in the eyes of Jiamu, the name of the Duke's Mansion is the top priority.

"The old lady also knows that the grandfather and father worked hard to earn this plaque. As their children and grandchildren, it is natural to keep this plaque. It's just that the old lady has calculated that she can't have it. The son of the prince, he will come down." General, but how much has the noble brother's attack been lowered? Can this still hold?"

Why did he talk about himself again? Jia Amnesty was not happy.But Jia Zheng's words made it impossible for him to refute them. After all, the title he inherited was too far from the tolerance of the country, and it was not a problem that could be explained by a normal downgrading.

Jia's mother was also taken aback by the meaning of Jia Zheng's words: "You mean?"

Jia Zheng's head was nodded as heavily as possible: "Nowadays, I am not satisfied with the veterans. Just look at our old friends. There are still a few families with real power. Most of them are usually degraded. You are the same as your elder brother, and you are lowered by a few ranks, what else do you not understand?"

Mother Jia still didn't believe it, or said she didn't want to believe it: "But after your father left, didn't you agree to the honor you begged for today? Besides, although we have kept our filial piety for the past three years, every year the palace banquet, today They also gave back their dignity.”

How decent is two plates of leftovers?Jia Zheng was disdainful in his heart, but cautious on his face: "It can't be said that my brother was implicated by me. Father has passed the testament, and now in the name of his benevolence, he agrees. Just take our house as an example, so the big housekeeper If I came to tell my mother that his sons are all extraordinary, if I want them to take over the position of housekeeper in the house, my mother will agree with Lai Nanny's old face, but in my heart, will I feel that their family does not know how to advance or retreat?"

That's natural.It's one thing to think that his kid is competent, but it's another thing for them to ask for it.After Jia's mother figured it out, her face turned from blue to white. Could it be that her family is also disgusted by the present?She was a little uncertain and said: "But our family has always followed the lead of the horse. Besides, there is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

He is the only trouble.Jia Zheng, who has mastered the direction of the plot, combined with the memory of the original owner, found that today is really a cheating courtier who will not pay his life: the four kings and eight princes are mostly on the side of the prince, and they have all kinds of explicit hints today.If you don't want the crown prince to ascend the throne, then don't establish him, and don't find someone to cheer for him.Now that you have a manpower, and your reputation is good enough, you don't like people again, it's not a scam, it's something!It's not just the prince who cheated, but a large group of people following him!When the next emperor who is not a prince ascends the throne, it will be strange to have these people who follow behind his political enemies to eat good fruit!

If you know that you are not pleasing to others, and you are still a person who cannot resist, then there is only one way to go - do more things that can change people's impression.Jia Zheng persuaded: "The prince is still a prince after all. Besides, our family has been keeping filial piety in the past few years, and we have had less contact with the outside world. His Royal Highness, the prince, does not have any intention of grace. It is the elder brother's succession. I also begged His Highness the Crown Prince, but it was still nothing. It can be seen that His Highness the Crown Prince does not take us seriously." The Crown Prince thinks that it is only natural for you to follow behind, and he has not taken a dead Rongguo Mansion as his family. in the eyes.

This is also where Jia's mother complained about the prince, but the criticism was only in her own heart, and she never said it to anyone - most of her relatives were on the prince's side.It's not without any risk to express the prince's private intentions in front of them.

"Then what do you mean?" Mother Jia asked her youngest son with some uncertainty, unknowingly the message Jia Zheng wanted to pass on to her was completely convinced.

Seeing that Jia's mother's demeanor was a little loose, Jia Zheng hit the iron while it was hot: "The only way for us now is to show our family weakness to the sage, instead of making the sage feel that the minister is strong and the master is weak. Fortunately, the prince does not value our family now. , with three or two years of hard work, you will be able to get away from the prince."

Jia She was puzzled: "The crown prince is the crown prince of the country. If others flatter you and you can't find a way out, why should we stay far away? Besides, thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king, and the crown prince is the king. As ministers, how can we be dismissed because the crown prince doesn't value us?" Feeling resentful?"

My own cheap brother is not only foolish and filial, but also foolish and loyal.I really didn't expect it.But if you want to be loyal, you have to see whether the object of your allegiance is worth it: "Brother is right. It's just that there can only be one monarch in our family who is loyal to him, and that is the current emperor. The prince is true, but he is in today's In front of him, he is still a courtier. Elder brother thinks that if father is still there, elder brother will control the affairs of the house together with Lai Da's family and other stewards, will father be happy?"

That would certainly not be happy.Jia She understood a little bit, but the label of their family's sex is now personally laid, and it is not easy to get rid of it: "Even if we are far away from the prince now, let alone no one believes it, the sage will think that our family Don't listen to the greeting."

This is indeed a problem, Jia Zheng said: "It is precisely because of this that we have to return the money from the treasury and show our family's attitude to the saint - our family has always been loyal to the saint alone. Therefore, we must declare the return of the money to be true." Father's last wish. In addition to this, even the prince will feel that our family is weak and not worth wooing. If you act more safely in the future, you can always change your impression with the sage."

Mother Jia looked at the two sons who were discussing, wanted to be relieved, but felt that she was neglected.If they are not happy, what the two of them are discussing is a major matter related to the future fate of the mansion.In such a dilemma, Mother Jia discovered a problem: "Thousands of things are good, and the money must be paid back in the house."

Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng looked at Jia's mother together: "What does the old lady mean by this?"

Mother Jia successfully attracted the attention of her two sons, but what she said was a bit frustrating: "Our family looks like a government office, but the population is increasing day by day, and the prospects are getting less and less. With regard to the marriage of your brothers and several sisters, plus the matter of the Duke's death, the mansion may not be able to provide such money for a while."

120 million taels is indeed not a small amount.But the majestic Rongguo Mansion doesn't have any money in the treasury, so that doesn't make sense.Jia She asked: "Then how much money can our mansion give?"

Mother Jia calculated in her mind: "There used to be 100 million taels of silver in the treasury, but these years have paid out more and received less. After a few major events, it is estimated that there will be more than 80 taels now."

That is to say, there is a shortfall of more than four hundred thousand taels from the silver owed to the treasury.Jia Amnesty looked at Jiamu's eyes a bit wrongly. In recent years, besides Mrs. Wang, Jiamu was the head of the household, and she was able to manage the family with less and less silver. Mammy's denunciation has not disappeared from her ears.

Mother Jia noticed Jia Amnesty's eyes, she looked at Jia Zheng with a guilty conscience, it wasn't that she had to pull things from the public house, but she really wanted to leave more belongings for her youngest son who didn't win the title.

Jia Zheng did not disappoint Jia's mother, and said to Jia She: "Brother, don't worry. I think it's a good thing for our family not to pay all the money for a while." Seeing that Jia She was going to ask another question, he continued, "Brother, think about it. If we pay off the treasury all at once, not to mention whether it will attract criticism from people who also owe money, even today, there will be people who think that since our family can get the money, why did we borrow the treasury in the first place? I will guess where our money came from."

"Now we might as well take advantage of our father's filial piety, and ask the elder brother to submit a copy, stating that it is the father's will to pay back the money. It's just that the family can't afford this much money for a while, so we can only pay back part of it first, and divide the rest. Pay it off in five or ten years. Firstly, it was my father’s will, and those who also borrowed money would not bother us much, and secondly, our sincerity can be seen there today.”

This is already considered a very comprehensive solution, even Jia's mother couldn't help but disagree when both sons agreed, and only said that she had to think again.Just looking at Jia Zheng who talked eloquently, Mother Jia and Mrs. Wang had the same feeling just now, and they both felt a little unfamiliar—the Jia Zheng in the original book, no matter whether it is real or pretended, will not be in the same place. In front of people, they point fingers at the vulgar affairs.

What made Zheng'er suddenly care about these common affairs?Mother Jia thought to herself, it would never be just a few servants chewing their tongues, a person's nature would not change so quickly.

Jia Zheng, who didn't know what he was doing at all, and had already aroused the suspicion of the two closest women, wanted to say something about sending his servants away. Mother Jia was already showing signs of fatigue: "Okay, it's getting late , you should go back and rest first. Wait until tomorrow daytime, before it’s too late.”

There were indeed a lot of things that happened today, and the two of them didn't want the old lady to be exhausted. If the father's filial piety was not done, and the old lady fell down again, there might be another famine at home.So Jia Amnesty took the lead and bowed to Jiamu to leave.The two did not go out, and Jia's mother asked Jia Zheng to stay for a while again. The desire to have a private talk with Jia Zheng was very obvious.

This time, Jia Zheng had no choice but to drag Jia Amnesty along with him.Jia Amnesty also knew that today the old lady allowed him to participate because it was for Jia Zheng's exit to keep him, so no matter how uncomfortable he felt, he left the Rongxi Hall quickly.

"Zheng'er, tell me, but your ineffective elder brother persecuted you?" This was the first thing Jia Mu thought of.

"Why did the old lady say that?" Jia Zheng was a little puzzled, obviously he dragged Jia Amnesty into the water by himself, how could he be persecuted when he came to the old lady?This old lady's heart is really not ordinary.

Jia's mother asked directly: "Then why are you asking Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing to be housekeepers together today, and you are in the same breath as that incompetent man on the matter of the Lai family? You also have to change the plaque and pay back the money. Zhenger Ah, do you know that after these things, the only one who benefits is your useless elder brother, but it doesn't benefit you at all? What will you do in the future!"

It turned out that it was because of this that Jia Zheng later realized that his way of doing things today was too different from the original owner's. No wonder Jia's mother suspected that Jia Amnesty had forced him.It's just that he doesn't want to get involved in the matter of the Rongguo Mansion in the future, so he must give Jia Mu an explanation.

It's just how to persuade an old lady with a lot of power?Jia Zheng thought about it quickly. Forget it, the ancients all believed in ghosts and gods. Now that Jia's mother is getting older, she might believe it even more. Otherwise, she wouldn't have such confidence in a broken stone in the original book.Now that he has come to Dream of Red Mansions, let him also have a dream.

After adjusting his expression, Jia Zheng said to Jia's mother: "I didn't want the old lady to know about this matter, but the old lady asked. There is no reason for the son to lie to the old lady."

Seeing that he was speaking seriously, Jia's mother couldn't help but say herself seriously: "You say so."

Jia Zheng said slowly, "Today's business is not my brother's business. It was yesterday that the son dreamed of his father and was woken up by his scolding."

"Nonsense, your father loves you the most, why would he scold you?" Mother Jia said that she didn't believe what Jia Zheng said.

Jia Zheng smiled wryly: "My son didn't think of it either. Father didn't sleep for a long time, but the dream was just to scold his son. I think it was because his son's usual behavior made his father worry, so he wanted to scold his son in his dream."

Mother Jia asked half-believingly, "What did your father say?"

Jia Zheng thought, since he was already "dreaming", it would be better to make the matter more serious, so that Jia's mother would have a sense of awe, so he said: "Father first scolded his son for being big-eyed and empty-minded. Zi Huanxiao thought about the power of the head of the family. He also scolded his son for not even being innocent about the affairs of his own house. The example of the family."

"The father told his son that Zhu'er was about to hurt her roots. If she didn't take good care of her, she might die early. He also warned his son that brothers attacking each other is the beginning of chaos. The son should not be disrespectful to his elder brother. Unfaithful to the saint, unfilial to the mother."

"It was also in the dream that the father told his son about the money owed to the treasury by the mansion. If the father hadn't mentioned it, how would the son know whether the mansion owed the money to the treasury by studying every day? It was the father who reminded his son that the crown prince's position is unstable. , let us stay far away from the house."

The last sentence contained too much information, and Jia's mother looked at Jia Zheng in disbelief, speechless.Jia Zhengdao: "Father said that no one should tell about the prince's affairs. It's only a matter of three or five years. If mother doesn't believe it, just watch."

"Your father really said that?" Mother Jia didn't want to believe it. Even if anyone knew that his investment had failed, he couldn't accept it all at once.

Jia Zheng nodded affirmatively: "That's right. The son knew it all of a sudden, and he couldn't believe it just like the mother. Just think about the current situation with the prince in recent years. Mother, the son can believe it even if he can't believe it."

Indeed, even though the Rongguo Mansion has kept their filial piety for three years, some people who are really close to them do not stop at all, and they naturally know something about how they get along with the prince today: If you want to say that this prince is the son of the Empress Yuan, he will go to the empress Yuan. After she was born, she was brought up by the present himself, and she was quite famous for being kind.Today, among all the princes, he loves the crown prince the most, even if the harem pillow wind is fierce, he will not change his mind.

It's just that as things got more serious this year, the suspicion of the prince became more and more serious.As Jia Zheng said, he always felt that the prince was too popular, and he was afraid that his throne would be threatened.Therefore, in recent years, instead of praising the prince, he is often blamed.

Mother Jia waved her hands weakly, and said to Jia Zheng, "Okay, I understand, you go back first."