[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

Everyone had to follow the old lady's mood and each chose the yard they liked.As the eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Liu has to live next to the old lady, and Mrs. Fang can't be too far away.

Li Shi also wanted to live next to her mother-in-law and Daiyu also wanted to live next to her mother-in-law, but the old lady directly drove her away: "I can't get enough of seeing you at home every day, at least let me and your mother-in-law spend two days alone."

Everyone knew that the old man was caring for the two granddaughters-in-law, and he was afraid that they would be restrained in front of him, so he ordered Li Shi and Daiyu's yard with a smile.It is said that it is a courtyard, but it is only a few small rooms, whichever means that they are separated by quietness.

Here, Shen Yue saw that Zhuangtou was hesitant to speak, so he couldn't help asking him: "If you have something to say, just say it, and show this kind of life to someone."

Zhuangtou then said in a low voice: "I didn't dare to say in front of the old lady just now that Mr. Li came to Zhuangzi the day before yesterday."

Mr. Li actually came to Zhuangzi?Shen Yue frowned.In the past few years, he and Daiyu only visited the mansion on New Year's Day and her husband's birthday. Mr. Li knew that he had a lot of things to do, so even if he went, he would send him back early.

In Mr. Li's words, it wasn't a sage who ordered him to paint some pictures of pleasure with the banquet. He studied painting skills by himself and had no interest disputes with other paintings enshrined in the House of Internal Affairs. He lived a quiet life without fighting or grabbing.When others see him like this, and know that Shen Yue is his student and has the support of the Shen family behind him, they don't make things difficult for him.

Unexpectedly, my husband came to Zhuangzi.

"Sir, did you tell me how long you lived here?" Shen Yue had to ask this question, after all, the people who stayed in the Zhuangzi this time were all female relatives, and the inside and outside of the Zhuangzi were not as clear as in the mansion in Beijing.

Zhuangtou's face became even more bitter: "Mr. Li also brought a child over and said he would stay for a while."

This is another strange event. During the Chinese New Year, Shen Yue paid New Year's greetings to his husband, but he had never seen any children.Along the way, I heard from Zhuangtou that the child was four years old, he looked very smart, sensible and polite, and Shen Yue had already arrived at Mr. Li's residence.

"Please sir." Shen Yue bowed to Mr. Li who was painting, and couldn't help but move his eyes around, wanting to see the child that Zhuangtou said, but there was only Mr. Li in the yard, and there were no children. traces.

Mr. Li was not polite to him, he directly greeted him to do his own thing first, and said with a smile after finishing the last stroke: "I wanted to go out of the city and hide for a quiet time, but who would have thought that I would be so excited to meet the old lady. I will be with you in a while." Let's go back to the city together."

Shen Yue laughed busily: "It's rare that Mister is free, there are all kinds of yards here, Mister just lives there. I heard that Mister brought a companion, why don't you see me?"

After hearing this, Mr. Li smiled again: "You have such a broken mouth." Then he told Shen Yue about the child's origin: Although Mr. Li is alone in Beijing, there are still relatives in his hometown.A few days ago, someone brought this child to Beijing, saying that both parents died and the family members in his hometown were unable to support him, and begged Mr. Li to give the child a bite to eat.

Shen Yue felt uneasy after hearing this, and was worried that Mr. Li's family wealth made people think about it.Can Mr. Li not see what he means?He smiled nonchalantly: "Don't worry about me. It doesn't matter that you are still here in Beijing, or that there is only me alone. No matter how old he is, how old I am, he will always accompany me more."

Shen Yue couldn't help blaming himself: "It's only since I entered the officialdom that I realized that I can't help myself. I don't have time to spend more time with my husband. It's not good for Yu'er to go to my husband's place all the time."

Mr. Li nodded understandingly: "You have a lot of responsibilities now, and Yu'er still has your wife. So I can relieve my loneliness by bringing this child by my side."

After speaking, he asked the child to come out of the house to show Shen Yue, he was a fair child with sharp eyes, he could tell his name and hometown clearly when asked, Shen Yue felt relieved for the time being.Tore off a piece of Chinese jade from his waist to give to the child named Li Xiang as a gift, and he was going to take Li Xiang to meet the old lady.

Mr. Li didn't want to disturb the old lady at first, but Shen Yue insisted: "The child adopted by Mr. is my junior brother. In the future, when the family communicates, how can we not see the elders in the family? It just so happens that they are here today."

Mr. Li couldn't help it, so he personally changed Li Xiang's clothes for meeting guests, and came together with Shen Yue to ask to see the old lady.Except for Li's avoidance, the old lady brought two daughter-in-laws and Daiyu to meet Li Xiang.Everyone knows that Mr. Li, Shen Yue and Daiyu have a teacher-student friendship. Although it is inconvenient to be in the village, they still give Li Xiang a generous gift, and Daiyu even asks to make clothes for the junior brother quickly.

Li Xiang didn't admit that he was born, maybe he had a lot of things, and he seemed more stable than children of the same age. When he heard that Daiyu wanted to make clothes for him, he seemed to decline: "Thank you, senior sister, for thinking about it. Made me several pieces of clothes, don't bother senior sister any more." Daiyu said feeling very sad.

When Mr. Li took people out, Mrs. Fang sighed first: "Second master also asked me to see Mr. Li, but Mr. Li refused because he was old and didn't want to delay other girls. Who knew that there would be such a My good child is waiting, so as not to grow old and lonely."

The old lady has seen more things, and after hearing the child's address to Mr. Li just now, she has to think more: "I just hope that child has a conscience."

Daiyu didn't think so much, she just thought about changing people's hearts. She treated Li Xiang better. After the child felt it, he could understand that he was doing this for Mr. Li's sake, and he could treat Mr. Li with more sincerity.So he still sent some playthings over, and hurriedly made clothes for him, but he didn't have time to stage a parting scene with Shen Yue, which made Shen Yue feel quite upset.

On the second day, Shen Yue felt that it was inconvenient for Fangshi and Daiyu not to be in the mansion—even the Gu Nunnies and Shen Shi's family who were beside Fangshi did their best, but when they returned home, they felt that there was no warmth, and there were always people coming and going. Not the one I wanted to see.He didn't want to eat alone, so he asked his brother and his son to go back to the scholar's residence early after the Chinese New Year to study, so he had to wait for Shen Ren to return to the residence to eat together.

After picking out a few chopstick dishes, Shen Yue took a look at Shen Ren, picked up a few more chopstick dishes, and looked at Shen Ren sadly.Shen Ren upset him, he slapped his chopsticks: "Are you going to eat or not?"

Shen Yue scooped up a chopstick dish for Lao Tzu: "Master, please use it." Shen Ren didn't even look at the chopstick dish, and asked coldly: "Is the journey going well?"

"Yes, the journey was safe. Brother and I had lunch before returning home."

"Well, is everything in the village still complete?" Shen Ren asked again awkwardly.

Shen Yue still replied in such a serious manner: "The old lady looked very happy, and chose the simplest yard to live in. The village head has all the preparations, and everything needs to be used."

Only then did Shen Ren raise his eyes from the vegetable plate to look at his son: "How come Chao'er asked his wife to go too. In case something happens, it would be inconvenient for Zhuangzi to ask a doctor. It's better to bring it back earlier."

Shen Yue was about to burst out laughing in his heart, with a hesitant look on his face: "Brother is also considerate of my sister-in-law's rare leisure time, thinking that if she gives birth, she will not be able to go out for another year."

"Be considerate," Shen Ren snorted twice, "Being considerate alone can be used as food or clothing."

"It can make the simple food delicious and sweet, and it can also make the coarse clothes feel warm." Shen Yue said without fear of death.

Shen Ren didn't pat the chopsticks this time: "What do women think?"

Shen Yue reasoned with him. For example, if your wife doesn't care about you, you won't be happy if you don't send your clothes to the office and don't care about changing your clothes; I don't ask you how warm or cold you are, and you don't care if you have eaten or not when you come back late, you are not reconciled, right? Another example...

Shen Ren was defeated in front of a bunch of examples: "When will your wife come back?"

Shen Yue gave a smirk: "Wait until Brother Xun celebrates his birthday, he can always come back. The old lady is also reluctant to part with the grandfather, and the aunt is also worried about the uncle."

"By that time, it will be too late for everything." Shen Ren counted the days, Fang's birthday is on April 26, brother Xun's birthday is just in the Dragon Boat Festival in May, if you really don't come back until brother Xun celebrates his birthday, I just want to show it with practical actions, but I have no chance.

After Shen Yue washed Lao Tzu's brain, he slipped away - he still needs to think about the affairs of the bureaucracy.Now that the fifth prince has almost touched the official department, he also raised the issue of redundant staff to Shen Yue.

Generally speaking, in a dynasty, the initial officials are always one radish and one pit, but as the country is established for a long time, the scientific examination every three years, coupled with various blessings, there will always be redundant staff.In some dynasties, the emperors were too poor, so they simply sold the officials directly. The amount of silver that the officials should donate is clearly marked on the price. Isn't that the way the acquaintance of Jia Lian in the original book came about?

Today is not poor, he recovered the owed money earlier than in the original book, and also prevented the occurrence of new owed money, so there was no such thing as the palace concubine visiting relatives in the original book.But money is not used in this way, Shen Yue himself thinks that the first thing that should be dealt with are those donated officials.

He admitted that some donated officials were forced to do so, and some of them were talented, but they had no luck in the exams and had to choose to donate officials if they failed the imperial examination.But the vast majority of donating officials are similar to Jia Lian in the original book, with a nice name, and maybe they don't even know which yamen they should go to.

The fifth prince thought it was feasible, and discussed it with Wang Shangshu.Wang Shangshu was taught to be good by the fifth prince last time, no matter what the fifth prince said, he would always be yes, yes, yes, yes.So the fifth prince directly took the booklet he had drawn up, and wanted to play it jointly with Wang Shangshu.

Although Wang Shangshu tried his best to evade it, but the good words just now were still in his ears, and the fifth prince practiced his thick-skinned again, and finally had to sign his name.As soon as the booklet was handed over, many ministers with donated officials put forward different opinions: they paid money for their children back then, and they didn't occupy the position, but they wanted to have a good reputation.How come the court doesn't even give this idea a reputation?

The sixth prince who was in the household department stood up and settled the accounts for those people: how much did you spend on donating an official, how much is your salary for a year, how much filial piety can you get every year, how much can you exempt if you have an official donating Taxes, how much should be the annual income, that's right and proper.

The person who stood up told the sixth prince that even if the local official sent ice charcoal as a filial piety, he would not be able to send it to the head of the official department. Besides, he said that the land in his own house did not have to pay taxes.What my children and grandchildren get is just some salary, which is much less than the money I donated at the beginning.

The sixth prince continued to argue with them: May I ask how much land you have in your family? How many grades are you in your family? Why do you not have to pay taxes on so much land in your family?Why don't we go to the household department to check how much tax you have paid over the years.

This sudden blow made the ministers who disagreed with the class speechless: If you become an official Zhuangzi and the shop does not pay taxes, isn't that what everyone does? Why do you catch yourself and not let go?

The Ninth Prince, who was in the Ministry of Rites, stood up. He said that he had been studying the affairs of the Ministry of Rites during this time, and he still knew a little about the etiquette and rules that courtiers should abide by: what everyone has been doing, and Doesn't mean it's right.So I also ask my father to make an order to find out how many fields each courtier owns, whether they are exempted according to the tax exemption, and whether there is any concealment and non-reporting.

Now, all the courtiers hated the person who was arguing with the sixth prince about how much to donate to death. Isn’t he just a donator? If you don’t do it, you don’t do it. Tian Lai, none of us can escape.

Shen Yue, who was on duty in the Imperial Academy, witnessed the first battle of several princes working together against the courtiers. He was very satisfied with their fighting power, and couldn't help stealing his eyes to see the expression of the saint on the throne.Who knew that the sage was also looking for him, and even smiled at him, but Shen Yue felt his body turn cold, so he quickly lowered his head.

The saint felt that his smile to Shen Yue was absolutely sincere and non-threatening.He is satisfied, his son has made great progress, and the three of them have silenced these old officials in the officialdom, and accomplished what he wanted to do a long time ago.

"Boss, what do you think?" Since the sons below are so strong, it's time for the eldest prince, whom they all recognized, to come out and support him, right?

After the eldest prince heard the sage's question, he stood up from the position of the first prince: "Father Huang Mingjian, in fact, the matter of donating officials that the fifth brother said is the same as the third son cleaning up the prison students in the Imperial College, and it has nothing to do with it." Controversy. If there is anyone who is not convinced, the official department will directly conduct the assessment, and the truly talented people will not be missed, and there is nothing wrong with directly appointing a real position."

Now he groaned, thinking that the eldest son was more considerate than the fifth son.Seeing that the fifth prince still bowed his head in shame, he didn't say any more, and only motioned for the eldest prince to continue.

The Eldest Prince was indeed more thoughtful, because he had always summarized the news from his brothers, so he had a more comprehensive view.According to what he said, the sixth prince's doubts are not aimless, and the ninth prince's doubts should also be verified: "The court has never forbidden the courtiers to have private property, and has always treated them better. If they treat each other like this, if the courtiers still cheat tax money, If the court is damaged and the common people suffer, the original intention of making a living for the people will be lost.”

"Then what can you do?" Today asked indifferently, without audible joy or anger, which gave the courtiers another glimmer of hope: there are tens of thousands of officials in the world, and those who can be exempted from taxes are even the like. There are too many people involved, and the saint is also afraid of stirring up a civil uprising.

After all, this empire is still the empire of the saints, not the empire of the princes, and the final decision must be made by the saints!

They forget that since the saint is the co-lord of the world, all the taxes paid are also given to the saint.Aren't they digging the saint's corner by not paying taxes without telling the truth?Would the saint help a group of people who poached his own corner, and blame his son who wanted to plug the loophole for him?

So this hope is always used to shatter, the eldest prince has already started to say his way: "The so-called upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and the royal family is an example for the world. I suggest that you start with the royal family. Then the universities Scholars and various ministers and others."

Hearing this now, he gasped, ruthless, too ruthless, his eldest son is actually such a ruthless person!He couldn't help turning his face to look at Shen Yue again, wondering if Shen Yue came up with this idea.However, Shen Yue also looked shocked, and looked at him blankly and disregarding etiquette, as if he was asking if this idea was inspired by him.

The two turned their faces away at the same time, thinking that this clan might be the first to jump out against the eldest prince - after the previous generations seized the heirloom, the clan was dominated by Sanyi, all relying on the profits of Zhuangzi and shops to maintain the situation.And because it is the royal family after all, there are many things about buying at a low price and forcibly occupying it.

Even if someone files a complaint, in order to appease the royal family, it will be ignored in the end, and there are very few people who really ask the crime.Now the eldest prince is the first one to take the clan's sword, it's no wonder they can obediently let Cha.

Sure enough, Brother Xun's grandfather, the old prince, had already stepped forward. His seniority was too high, and he didn't even salute a saint.Now the corners of his mouth twitched, thinking about how to appease this patriarchal order - if the old prince hadn't been for the patriarchal order, the sage wouldn't have cut off his beard so easily.

The courtiers also looked at the old prince with hope. This is the highest-ranking clan, and he has a great appeal among the royal family.As soon as he speaks out, a large number of royal families will definitely stand up and fight against the bad idea of ​​the eldest prince together with him.Even if the royal family can't find out here, others can slowly figure it out, and finally disappear.

"Saint," the old prince said with a serious face, "these princes are all words for the country, and they are a good strategy to make my dynasty last forever." The courtiers stared at the old prince's back desperately, still holding him in their hearts. Houyang thought, but the old prince continued: "As the eldest prince said, if you want to correct others, you must first correct yourself, and the royal family should set an example. My king, please start from my palace!"

Today he stood up directly from the throne: "My uncle is so sensible, I am a little ashamed. Please rest assured, uncle, I will definitely not treat the royal family badly."

Just after finishing speaking, Prince Zhongshun also stood up: "My brother, please check the Prince Zhongshun's residence for the second time."

If it is said that the old prince actually agreed, it could be said that he was guilty of cutting off his own beard. Prince Zhongshun, who has always been hidden in the Ministry of Rites, also agreed. Today, I really did not expect that after the younger brother surrendered to him that day, even though he was arranged to be in charge of the Ministry of Rites. , but always avoided suspicion, and even seldom went to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites. What happened today?

When he looked down, he saw the sincere faces of the old prince and Prince Zhongshun, and his ninth son winked at him quietly.Still can't understand that these two people were moved by Xiao Jiu?With a smile on his face, someone brought chairs for the old prince and Zhongshun: "In the future, uncle and Zhongshun will go to court like this."

The courtiers felt that the sky was falling: just after the old prince and Prince Zhongshun finished expressing their attitude, please check if there is any hidden land in the palace, and the saint here gave him a seat to go to court. This attitude is too clear.

They had reason to believe that after checking the two palaces with the highest seniority and the closest bloodline to the saint, it would be impossible for other clans to refuse to check.The imperial family has investigated, dare the academicians not allow the investigation, or can the ministers say not to allow the investigation?All these big heads have been investigated, and if the remaining people show that they are not allowed to be investigated at all, the ministers alone will not spare them.

Up and down, good one up and down.If this spread to the local area, the common people would only clap their hands and applaud after they knew about it, even if they wanted to trigger civil uprisings and coerce the court.

Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the eldest prince who came up with this idea. The eldest prince who can be favored by saints, focus on training, and be recognized by all the princes really has something special about him.

The courtiers, who were thinking of impeaching the fifth prince, retreated in desperation.How they quickly ordered their followers to inform their families, or wrote letters to their old relatives in various places, is not in the current considerations. They are talking about their family relationship with the old prince and Zhongshun in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

The old prince didn't take today's compliments to heart: "We are all in the same line, and what we think is that the surname Ji has always been in this world. What Lao Liu and Lao Jiu said is reasonable. If there are more and more fields that don't pay taxes, the common people The burden will become heavier and heavier, and one day the people will be overwhelmed, and by then it will be too late to do anything.”

Zhongshun also said: "Xiaojiu told me about the fact that foreign enemies are all around. If you don't feel that internal and external humiliation will come, it's better to wait for the external humiliation to come and stabilize the interior."

Now I can only nod: "Uncle will inform the tribe when he returns, please rest assured, once the treasury becomes more abundant, I will increase the rice grain of the clan."

The old prince shook his head: "It's good for a sage to have such a heart, but the clan is already huge. If the sage increases the grain, I'm afraid those worthless people only want to have children every day, so they can get more money and food."

His old man's worries are really not superfluous, thinking that this dynasty has gone through four or five generations, which emperor didn't have a dozen children?Even if the bloodline is far away, the son will give birth to a grandson, and the grandson will give birth to a son.These people are born with a rice grain, and when they grow up, they will be awarded a title and a salary.Now there are registered clans in the Clan Mansion, which has reached more than [-] people. If there is more rice and grain, I am afraid that it will explode.

Zhong Shun said: "Although the title has been reduced through the generations, the shade of kindness should not be too heavy. I might as well think about how to make the clan more productive."

Why don't you want the clan to support itself today?But one side just said to investigate Yintian, and the other side wanted to make the clan self-reliant. No matter how high the prestige of the old prince was, he couldn't hold back the clan who relied on the old to sell the old.If you really dare to make such a decree, then there will be all kinds of crying about the imperial mausoleum and the ancestral temple.

Haste makes waste, and now I sigh in my heart, but fortunately I have just passed my destiny, so I always have time to cook.

Both the old prince and Zhongshun also understood the reason, they just wanted to express their attitude, and they didn't give much advice.Today smiled and said to the old prince: "When the younger sister leaves the cabinet, I will ask the queen to prepare a dowry. My younger sister is also the head of the county after all, so it can't be much worse than the eldest sister-in-law's dowry."

After finishing speaking, I feel awkward in my heart now.The royal family's seniority is really messed up - Daiyu is the adopted daughter of the empress, but she is the daughter-in-law of Shen's parents.The old prince's granddaughter, who he called his younger sister, became Daiyu's concubine.

The old prince did not refuse, and thanked him with a smile.Even though the old prince was rewarded, he is not stingy with Zhongshun, the brother who stood by him at this critical moment: "Don't just stay in the Ministry of Rites, Zhongshun, I feel relieved when I see Xiaojiu there. It's just that there is no one in the Ministry of Punishment." How do you take care of it?"

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