[Red Mansion] Marrying a wife like jade

When Shen Ren read Shen Shang's letter, he was not as relaxed as Brother Ai.This letter was written by Shen Shang more than half a month ago, and it did not specifically reply to Shen Ren's question about Brother Ai's outrageousness last time - when Shen Shang wrote the letter, he had not received Shen Ren's letter.

What the letter talks about is the situation in Beijing, and of course it also includes the situation of everyone in the mansion.It is not difficult to see that Shen Xueshi's appointment as an official has some influence on Shen Shangshu. Fortunately, he has never been a strong person and can deal with all parties.

"Come here, call Brother Ai." Shen Ren gave an order to the outside, and someone outside walked out of the yard quickly, and after a while, Brother Ai walked in quickly: "Second Master, please, Second Master is calling me? "

Shen Ren handed over the letter in his hand to his fat son, and typed the manuscript by himself under the lamp.Brother Ai looked at it, and asked softly: "The master is in charge of the household department now, and all the officials are borrowing money from the treasury one after another. The master doesn't refute it, I'm afraid?"

Seeing that he ignored other things and only cared about this one, Shen Ren raised his eyebrows: "The saint is sympathetic to the courtiers. He is afraid that the courtiers will not be able to celebrate the New Year, so he deliberately left an excuse. The master, the Minister of the Household Department, has no choice but to obey."

Brother Ai read the letter again in order to use this time to think about what to say next.He is someone who has read the original book, and knows that the emperor who ascended the throne more than ten years later will not let those borrowers go, but he doesn't know if he will use this to clean up and release the debts to Shen Shangshu, the current household department.

Brother Ai felt aggrieved and panicked for the next emperor after thinking about it: for the sake of money, the emperor had to come up with a way to find out the background of each family by using concubines to check on relatives, which shows how much he doesn't trust the ministers.If you have money in your hand, why do you need to do such a thing of history?It is not a good reputation to be an emperor who cares about the money of his courtiers.If it were him, he wouldn't be able to clean up his own Lao Tzu, or the courtiers who work for Lao Tzu?

Once sitting on the dragon chair, it doesn't matter whether the ministers who are doing things are forced to do so.

"The sage's words are just words of mouth." Brother Ai said again: "It's just sympathy for those officials whose salaries are too low. If everyone borrows money, once the treasury is empty, what if some people say that the master's supervision is not effective?"

Shen Ren nodded with satisfaction: "Even if it's a metaphor, there are historians and daily notes. Besides, not everyone will borrow it, and the ministers still have to be decent. The treasury has been full in recent years, where is the emptiness?" "

To be decent?Brother Ai shook his head seriously: "Sir taught me the day before yesterday that gold is red, money is touching, and I should hold things in my own hands. Isn't the sage afraid that the court will use silver in case, ministers No money to repay the debt? What if there are foreign crimes against the border and the treasury has no money?"

"Nonsense!" Shen Ren glanced outside first. The yard was quiet and no one was moving around, and then he scolded: "Don't dare to say anything, this is what you children should worry about?" He had to use reprimand Brother Ai concealed his shock.

Brother Ai stopped talking, but still looked at the letter.

Shen Ren took out the letter from his hand, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he was: the people mentioned in Shen Shang's letter were all family members or relatives who were officials in Yangzhou or nearby counties.This kind of family has foreign officials, except for the routine respect of ice and charcoal, the metropolis will take advantage of the convenience of the location to make a living in the name of slaves. It is not uncommon for local officials to cover the income, which can very well subsidize the family.In the end, he still had to borrow money from the treasury. Shen Ren looked at Brother Ai who was still thinking, and shook his head.

This is a person who openly says that he doesn't learn how to be an official, but he is so keen on court affairs, how can he look like a six-year-old child during the Chinese New Year?No wonder the old master clearly promised him that he didn't have to study, but still wanted him to get a name.Shen Ren tapped on the table: "This matter cannot be discussed with others."

Brother Ai nodded, seeing that Shen Ren had nothing else to say, and bowed out silently.

Picking out a Bachelor Shen has not resolved the future crisis of the Shen family, which makes Brother Ai somewhat frustrated.It is absolutely impossible for Shen Shangshu to continue begging for bones when Shen Xueshi has just taken office, that would only directly make the current emperor suspicious.

Sigh, take two steps slowly, sigh again, take two steps slowly.Until he returned to his yard again, Brother Ai didn't think of any way to resolve it.I had no choice but to comfort myself that there were still ten years to go, maybe Shen Shangshu would no longer be the Minister of the Household Department by then, or he would have already gained some fame by borrowing calligraphy and painting.

Knowing that it was self-comfort, Brother Ai could only comfort himself like this.But he still asked Shuangping to take out all the presents he got these days, to see for himself how many things are in his small coffers.

The table gifts given by men are different from those given by wives. There are no such things as gold and silver handles or rulers, but mostly jade pendants, four treasures of the study, and famous calligraphy posts.And Shen Ren seems to have a high official position, but there is a magistrate above him, so the things that brother Ai got are not as valuable as Yang Yi's.

Just take it out and calculate it, it’s still a lot.There are dozens of inkstones, paper and pens that can be said to be famous, jade pendants cost more than 20 yuan, and there are not many famous calligraphy posts, only three or five.

Brother Ai was most concerned about those jade pendants, he picked up one and looked at it carefully, then asked Shuang'an: "Is it good to sell such things?"

Shuang'an directly knelt down to his young master: "Master, there are accounts for everything that goes in and out, and if there is one thing missing from grandma, the nuns at the place have to skin the little ones."

That's right, he has a yard, and he has an account when he goes in and out, and Shuang'an is in charge of his account.Fang's right-hand mother would also come to take care of her from time to time, in case the boys were mischievous and broke things, or some people with shallow eyes would steal things.

Brother Ai was just asking, and said to Shuang'an angrily: "Get up, when you are really needed, what else can you do besides kneeling?"

Shuang'an looked carefully at Brother Ai's expression and asked: "Young master, is there something you want to use money for? If you really want to use money, why don't you just tell grandma?"

OK, what's wrong?Could it be that he said that he was planning for a rainy day, afraid that something would happen to the Shen family in more than ten years, so he had to start saving money now?Sighing, Shuang'an put away all his things, and Brother Ai started to practice calligraphy: I can't count on anything else for the time being, only writing can be grasped.In addition, as the end of the year was approaching, Shen Ren didn't bother to give him lectures, so he had more time to spend practicing calligraphy.

I am used to the years of a big family, no matter how well-prepared and rich the small family is, I still feel that there is a fly in the ointment: no one snatches the cannons, no one competes for the dishes, no one grabs the words that are spoken, and my brother and Mrs. Fang are present. Looking at each other, I feel that this year is almost meaningless.

Shen Ren thought it was good.A few years ago, he couldn't go back to Beijing, and during the Chinese New Year, he just made haste to respond to the occasion. Now his wife and children are hot on the bed, and looking at Fang's pregnant belly, he looks extremely proud.

The three of them also kept their old age. Shen Ren and Fang Shi were relatively obsessed with characters, and Brother Ai followed suit to guess. Those who guessed correctly won the lottery, and those who failed to guess won the lottery—the husband and wife were too embarrassed to take that Brother Ai put away a few golden locks very unceremoniously.At the end of the receipt, Shen Ren and Fang didn't remember how many they got, so they had to keep it for Brother Ai.

Waiting for the New Year greetings to the two of them on the second day, Brother Ai felt that the year could be a few more days: the New Year's money given by the two was separated, so Brother Ai smiled all morning.

After a few words of admonishment, Shen Ren was about to take him out.Brother Ai hurriedly asked Shuang An to go back to his room quickly: "Bring that red purse."

Fang was puzzled: "Second Master took you out, what are you doing with your purse?"

Brother Ai is very confident: "The purse contains the lottery that I guessed yesterday. It is my own money, and I will use that to give Sister Lin the new year's money."

Fang deliberately teased him: "I don't know how much I got there, pay me back quickly."

Brother Ai smiled flatteringly: "It's already a new year and a new atmosphere, so we don't need to mention the things of the old year. Besides, grandma prepared the new year's money for sister Lin herself, so why say such stingy things."

Fang wasn't smiling, nor was he annoyed: "Hurry up and come back, today's Chinese New Year, your husband's house has a lot of guests, don't stay too long."

Brother Ai agreed, and got another shudder on Shen Ren's head, so he happily went out with him.

Of course, the first stop had to be the home of the magistrate Yang, who was Shen Ren's immediate boss.When brother Ai came to Yang's mansion again, what he was thinking about was Yang Shi, the minister of officials mentioned in Shen Shang's letter, who also borrowed more money from the treasury.I just don't know whether that Yang Shilang wanted to use it for himself or borrowed it for someone else.

Anyway, it's none of my business, Brother Ai kowtowed to people and thought, at least he can get some lucky money, so it's a little bit of a bargain?He also thought that he had two sons, and Shen Ren also had to take out the new year's money. It seemed that his family was still in a loss.

Thinking about this in his heart, Yang Sen had already smiled and asked Yang Bao to pull him up: "Yi'er missed your favorite flower the day before yesterday, and my wife was very happy. I said earlier that I would let you in when you came, thank you."

Shen Ren and Brother Ai were humble and did not dare to act together, but Yang Sen seemed to want to let people know that their two families are on good terms, Yang Yi also jumped out, pulled Brother Ai and walked back: "Madam has prepared good things for you .”

Brother Ai had no choice but to break free from his hand, bowed to the adults who were present to pay New Year's greetings, and then replied to Shen Ren: "My son will come as soon as he goes."

This kind of etiquette is thoughtful, which naturally attracted everyone's praise, Shen Ren also smiled and watched the fat son leave, and then humbled to everyone.

After getting into the carriage, Shen Ren reached out to Brother Ai for the purse Mrs. Yang had given him, and when he took it out, it turned out to be a three-inch golden star inside, which made Shen Ren, who is used to seeing good things, couldn't help but twitch. Take a breath.

Mrs. Shangguan gave such a precious gift, Shen Ren had to think a lot.Brother Ai was not overjoyed about getting rich, so he asked Shen Ren in a low voice, "What did the second master give Yang Yi two?"

Shen Ren took out a purse, it seemed that the pattern came from his own house, brother Ai opened it, and inside were ten small golden lockets with wishful pen ingots.This kind of New Year's money is not thin, if it is not for Shangguan's son, it is reasonable to only give three or five silvers to those who communicate with each other on weekdays.For example, the purse that brother Ai got from Yang Sen at the beginning was nothing more than four little golden lockets.

Brother Ai took a look at Shen Ren, and still asked in a low voice: "This Jin Kuixing, do you want my son to show you to the master?"

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It's still early, how about a synchronously updated article? "Don't Meow My Brother", I hope the angels will give me a favorite collection.