Chapter 452: T-shaped volume, knowing the gains and losses, and the chain of contempt
Sanjie You and Daiyu were saying this, but Jia Lian had already got off the boat and was walking towards Feng Ziying's official ship.
There is no need to mention official duties like this, but civil servants and officials mostly have to take one or two servants with them. This is also the practice of officials in this era when they go out on business. Even the most powerful ones, in addition to the servants, even There are also some who have to bring one or two staff and maids.
But generally speaking, those who want to lead staff must be officials of the fourth rank or above to be qualified. Among this group of people, only Cui Jingrong has this qualification, and the others can only bring one or two servants, children, and elders to accompany them.
Some officials and servants on the official ship had already begun to disembark. Those with backpacks and boxes were obviously preparing to disembark and stay overnight in Tongzhou.
Jia Lian found someone on the shore to report. The other party looked Jia Lian up and down before reluctantly nodding and agreeing to report. After a while, Feng Ziying came out with Ruixiang.
“Brother Lian, when did you arrive?” Feng Ziying asked with a smile, looking at the passenger ship behind the official ship.
"I just arrived and I followed your boat. It seems like you are planning to stay here for one night?" Jia Lian looked at the guests on the boat with some envy. They were basically civil servants with status and their servants, like Feng Ziying is already a real sixth-rank official, and she is incomparable to a fifth-rank official like herself.
"Well, let's all stay one night. The conditions in Tongzhou are good. Take a look at the streets in the south. They are very prosperous and not inferior to other cities." Feng Ziying looked away from the passenger ship. "Is there nothing wrong with Sister Lin?"
"It's nothing, and your Aunt You. I don't think Liu Erlang can have the upper hand with her sword skills. It's really a killing technique. You can seal the throat with one sword." Jia Lian recalled that Third Sister You was in the cabin. The sharpness of that sword left people with lingering fears, leaving no room for reaction or even thoughts.
"The situation in the south is more complicated than in the capital, especially Ningbo, Quanzhou and Zhangzhou, which I will eventually go to. They are all the hardest-hit areas where maritime merchants and Japanese pirates collude. The full opening of the sea will benefit many people, but there are also those who will lose. The group of people who have long been involved with Japanese pirates and conspiring to smuggle, and even want to strangle others before engaging in sea trade, once the sea is fully opened, more powerful businessmen will join in, and they will be recognized by the court. and support, which is sad news for these people,..."
Feng Ziying’s tone was a little indifferent.
From the conversations with Cui Jingrong, Wu Liangsi, Sun Juxiang and Wei Guangwei, Feng Ziying did not realize how worried they were, or that these people did not take this matter to heart.
They may think that since this is a national policy that has been decided by the imperial court, it is nothing more than opening up the sea somewhere first. Whether it is Ningbo, Zhangzhou or Quanzhou, they will eventually open up the sea. As for the merchants in these places, they may have to do it before. Let's fight, but the final decision lies with the court, and in order to prevent such things from happening, nothing dangerous will happen.
But Feng Ziying doesn’t see it that way.
In Feng Ziying's view, if it is just businessmen from several places competing for who can open the sea first, it is a normal competition. Even if they use some tricks, it is acceptable, whether it is bribery or frame-up. After all, they are all serious businessmen. In the future They are also engaged in serious maritime trade business, and they cannot have any means that exceed the bottom line, because they know that exceeding the court's bottom line means that they will lose the qualifications for this business.
But for those maritime merchants who had been entangled with Japanese pirates for a long time, it was different.
The huge profit-making business monopoly has been broken. Not only do they lose any advantage, they also face competition and suppression from wealthy businessmen who are stronger than them and have more connections in the court. They may even have to deal with some rivals' attacks on them. A thorough investigation into past illegal activities will put oneself to death.
In this situation, it is basically a life-and-death duel, and it doesn’t matter to them whether there is a bottom line or not.
Feng Ziying, Cui Jingrong and others reminded them, but they did not pay attention to them. In other words, they felt that the possibility was very small. Who would come to harm their group. They just came to investigate and understand the situation, and finally decided to open the sea. It is not them who are being attacked, but the Cabinet and the Six Ministries, and the Emperor. There is no point in going against them.
It should be said that Cui Jingrong's judgment was not wrong. Indeed, they and their group just collected the situation and then went back to report. It was impossible to make any decisions, and it was meaningless to do anything to them.
But some people may not think so. They may think that if they can give their group a warning, or even create some trouble, it can at least delay the smooth progress of the sea-opening strategy for a year or two. For some people, Say, maybe if you win, you can get a lot of extra income.
"Is it really that dangerous?" Jia Lian naturally couldn't understand. Who would dare to harm the imperial official? Isn't that asking for death? Those businessmen also have large families. Who would take the risk of confiscating their homes and exterminating their families to do such a thing?
"Second brother Lian, there are some things that others think are different from what we think. What we see may not be the truth." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Be prepared. You Sanmei has never been to Jiangnan, so just take a trip. Go back, I’ll worry about Brother Lian here.”
"That's not relevant. I think your Aunt You is not difficult to deal with. Sister Lin gets along well with her." Jia Lian also laughed, "You should also understand Sister Lin's temperament." , it’s hard for most people to catch her eye, but this time you, Aunt You, have a affinity with her.”
Jia Lian's words also made Feng Ziying amused. It seems that people in the Jia family are gradually accepting Lin Yatou's arrogant and calm temperament. Fortunately, not many people care about this. They probably think that Lin Yatou should be like this. Take it easy.
“That’s good, I’m really worried that they won’t get along well.” Feng Ziying breathed a sigh of relief.
“But, Dalang, this Sister Lin, are you really...” Jia Lian watched the changes in Feng Ziying’s expression.
"Brother Lian, there is nothing we can't say between you and me. It would be another matter if it were someone else. Well, on Sister Lin's side, if possible, I will try my best to propose marriage, but there are some difficulties and problems. On the one hand, It’s Mr. Lin’s side, and the other side is mainly my mother’s problem, Sister Lin’s health…”
Feng Ziying understood Jia Lian as soon as he mentioned it and frowned.
If a family like the Feng family wants to marry a legitimate wife, it will definitely be a problem, and it is a big problem. There is no legitimate wife. In this era, it is possible to divorce the wife. Everything else is easy to say, but this one, Feng Ziying’s mother I will definitely not agree.
“What should we do?”
Jia Lian would definitely be happy for Feng Ziying to marry Lin Daiyu. Lin Daiyu is his direct cousin. In comparison, except for Yingchun, neither Xue Baochai nor Jia Tanchun is as close as Lin Daiyu in terms of blood intimacy. If Feng Ziying If the Lin family gets married, the relationship between him and the Feng family will be more stable.
"It's a matter of taking it one step at a time. The worst plan is to delay it for two years. When Sister Lin is older and her body is stronger, maybe my mother will be able to talk easier." Feng Ziying smiled bitterly.
"Two more years?" Jia Lian was surprised, "Will your Majesty agree? You are sixteen, how can you delay the marriage for another two years?"
"Isn't it my eldest uncle's pursuit of a title? You may also know about the concurrent marriage. It should be that the emperor will approve it in the next few days. Once the official document from the Ministry of Rites comes out, it will be decided. The eldest wife can marry first. The house matter has been settled. If we can give birth to a boy and a half girl, my mother will probably not be too pressurized. But if that doesn't work, having two concubines, or which girl in the house can give birth to a boy and a girl, will also keep my mother from pressing too hard. Too tight."
Jia Lian felt much more at ease at this time, which showed that Feng Ziying had made up her mind to marry Lin Daiyu.
From his understanding, although major matters such as marrying a wife are mostly decided by the matchmaker's words and parents' orders, Feng Ziying still has a strong say in the Feng family, and he can make the decision on many things, so he must be determined. If he wants to marry Lin Daiyu, I'm afraid Duan's opposition may not be effective.
If you are really unlucky, you can use a nun to make up the number. However, Lin Ruhai of the Lin family is a singleton and has no brothers or sisters, and Lin Daiyu has no uncles or sisters, so there is no suitable nun. For the Jia family, Jia Yingchun, Jia Tanchun and even Jia Xichun are quite suitable. But the problem is that this blood relationship is different and cannot be a concubine.
Jia Lian doesn't care who Feng Ziying's eldest wife marries. It's impossible to marry his sister anyway. As for whether it's Xue Baochai or someone else, he doesn't care much, but he feels that it's not Xue Baochai's turn to be the eldest wife's legitimate wife.
The two chatted for a while, but then they saw Fan Jingwen and He Fengsheng disembarking from the boat. Feng Ziying introduced Jia Lian to them. Although the two men were quite polite, both Feng Ziying and Jia Lian could feel that the other party was interested in getting to know Jia Lian. Wu Xun's children were not interested, so Jia Lian said goodbye and left.
"Ziying, I know that your family is from a martial arts family, but if these martial arts disciples don't have any abilities, Brother Yu suggests that you don't need to get too close to them." After Jia Lian left, Fan Jingwen said bluntly: "Rongning's second master Jia's family The reputation in the capital city was not good. One of my seniors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate had already received a complaint against the mighty General Jia She. However, at that time, Wang Ziteng was still the right minister of the Ministry of War, so the matter was suppressed, but There is no resolution. Although the matter is not serious, it is clear that the Jia family is in trouble..."
Before Feng Ziying could explain, He Fengsheng also joined in: "Ziying, don't blame us for being blunt. What was Jia Zheng's nickname in the Ministry of Works? 'Lazy Monk'. He said that he was a monk who worked the clock all day, but he didn't He can't even ring a bell, and his colleagues in the Ministry of Industry despise him..."
(End of this chapter)