Chapter 525 T-Zijuan is full of hidden worries
Since Baoyu mentioned it, Feng Ziying naturally couldn't pretend not to hear it. He guessed that this guy also wanted to find out some information from him.
This guy is not stupid. He should have guessed something a long time ago, but he just doesn't want to admit it in his heart.
Previously, I had a hard time persuading Jia Zheng and his wife to let them prepare to take the fancy literati route and play in the elegant style of poetry and poetry, and then see if they can choose a suitable one among several princes' daughters.
Unexpectedly, Jia Yuanchun entered the palace and became a concubine. He immediately abolished his trick and gave the Jia family a little more confidence. They felt that their own family was the family of the father-in-law and uncle, so they had to choose a suitable one. The family has come to marry a legitimate son.
"I'm afraid Sister Lin won't be able to come back for a while. Uncle Lin is in very bad health. Although he is fine for the time being, but..." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Fortunately, Brother Lian is there, and he can handle anything. If you get up, even if there is something, you can still catch it."
Baoyu's face was full of sorrow, "I don't know why Uncle Lin became like this all of a sudden? Didn't he say that the salt inspector was a relaxed and easy-going fat man?"
Feng Ziying was surprised and looked at Baoyu, "Baoyu, who told you that the salt inspector is an easy job?"
Baoyu was speechless and his face turned red. He didn't know how to answer for a while. After a while, he said: "I heard from the boys in the house that Uncle Lin, the salt patrol censor, has great power, and those rich people All salt merchants who want to sell salt have to get salt from Uncle Lin, and they all have to pay money, and..."
Feng Ziying glanced at Baoyu. These words were obviously not something that a boy could say. They were either coming from the mouths of Jia She, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and others, or they were leaked from daily conversations between Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng. Jia Zheng was not so bad that Jia Baoyu heard it.
It's just that everyone in Rongning's second house seemed to believe that Lin Ruhai would leave a large sum of money after his death. Although Jia Baoyu, who was unwilling to pursue an official career and economy, had never cared much about money, he must have known that Lin Ruhai would become an orphan when Lin Ruhai died. Women can only rely on the Jia family. It seems that the Lin family's property should be controlled by the Jia family of course.
This thought should be present in Ning Rong's second house. Even Jia Lian thought so even though he didn't say it. It was because Jia Lian had an unusual relationship with him that he vaguely reminded himself that if he wanted to marry Lin Daiyu, he would have to marry her. Think about it early so that he, the ambassador of the aftermath, will not be caught in the middle and it will be difficult to deal with it in the future.
"Baoyu, Uncle Lin, the salt patrol censor, is indeed very powerful. You are right. Salt merchants have to get salt quotations from him before they can sell the salt. But the money handed over does not belong to Uncle Lin. It belongs to the imperial court, and there are many joints here. The Salt Patrol Censor has great power, but it is by no means easy. All kinds of upper and lower relationships need to be managed well. Maybe Uncle Lin has worked too hard and ended up like this. ..., Baoyu, you are still young. In a few years, if you leave home and broaden your horizons and increase your knowledge, you will know that the world is not that simple..."
Feng Ziying "educated" Jia Baoyu with righteous words, serious words and sincere words. Jia Baoyu quickly bowed and was taught, but it was unknown what he thought in his heart.
The meeting with Jia She and Jia Zheng was still in Rongxi Hall.
Compared with Jia Zheng's absent-mindedness, Jia She was uncharacteristically very enthusiastic.
"My dear nephew, you are well-known in the capital now. I met Ma Shang the day before yesterday, and he was very affectionate to me. He always gave me a thumbs up when talking about it." Jia She's face was full of enthusiasm, "The Shi family of the Duke of Jiu is now almost The whole family was implicated, Shi Guangzhu was deprived of the title of Xi, and several of his direct descendants were imprisoned. It was said that there were many implicates. Long Jinwei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate had already transferred the case to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. Look, It looks like we might need a joint trial by the three justices. This is the first prince whose family has been confiscated and his family has been exterminated since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty."
Seeing Jia She's attitude, Feng Ziying was also a little curious. This guy seemed to be a bit gloating about his misfortune, but not completely. Like the ruler of the country, he kept jumping up and down to spread the word and say good things to the other party. Of course, this was for the sake of money. For his own sake, he probably felt that the Shi family couldn't get involved, so he just watched the fun.
"Uncle Shi, there are some differences between the Shi family and the Ma family. Many people in the Shi family participated in corruption, and almost everyone made money from it, which caused huge hidden dangers to the defense of the Nine Borders. The court may have to ask for help before and after the Ningxia rebellion. Spending millions of taels of silver cannot be said to be all Shi Guangjue's responsibility, but there is no doubt that he is the culprit. This kind of thing is like walking at night for a long time and you will encounter ghosts. You think you can get away with it, but you don't know that Skynet is still there Careful and careful,... Moreover, the Shi family dragged Yun Guang, the governor of Shaanxi, into the water. You should understand, Uncle Shi Shi, that Yun Guang was a civil servant. This almost angered the civil servants in the entire court. No one would help Shi Let’s talk at home,…”
Feng Ziying is also reminding the other party.
This Jia She was not a good bird either. He had close contacts with Ping'an Prefecture in Datong Town, and it seemed that Sun Shaozu, the Zhongshan wolf mentioned in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions", got in touch with him. Jia Lian was frightened because of this, so he went south to Yangzhou this time. , Jia Lian did not refuse at all, and there were some reasons for this.
This is also a potential threat. Although it is not clear what they are doing, it is nothing more than colluding with those Shanxi merchants to sell prohibited materials on the grassland, such as weapons, tea, salt, etc.
It's just that although Datong Town is the base camp of the Feng family, Ping'an Prefecture is located in a corner of Ji Town, just opposite Lindan Batur's Mongolian right-wing Chahar tribe.
"Although it seems that only Ma Xia and some other branch children of the Ma family are involved, Uncle Shi, this matter is not over yet. It is said that Ma Xia is still biting in prison. Well, he will admit it at one moment and admit it at another moment. He denied it, and then falsely accused others. Ma Shang and several other members of the Ma clan were all described in a very dirty manner by him. Some of the plots were simply unpalatable. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate did not have much interference now, Long Jinwei and Who can stop the mouth of an old official from the Ministry of Justice? Once word spreads, the Metropolitan Procuratorate may cause trouble for the Ma family again..."
Originally, he meant to remind Jia She not to open his mouth too wide, and to take a bite of whatever he was eating, but unexpectedly, Jia She became excited.
"Good nephew, is this true? Haha, no wonder Ma Shang is begging for mercy in front of me. It seems that the Ma family is still involved. Hum, next time he comes to visit me, I will have to talk to him. explain,…"
Feng Ziying sighed. Faced with such a guy who didn't care whether he wanted money or his life, Feng Ziying really didn't know how the Jia family had been living together for so many years without any trouble. She even reminded him so clearly, but this guy still expected it. Maybe I can squeeze some money from Ma Shang.
After talking to Jia She for a while, Feng Ziying realized that Jia Zheng seemed a little restless and didn't talk much, which was very different from usual. It's just that Jia She was talking enthusiastically now, and Feng Ziying couldn't change the subject.
Finally, after Jia She took a breath, Feng Ziying asked with a smile: "Uncle Zheng Shi, are you busy with the Ministry of Works?"
"Ah, it's okay, it's okay." Jia Zheng woke up from his dream and responded hurriedly.
Feng Ziying is a little strange, why is this uncle Zheng Shi so distraught?
Jia Zheng didn't sleep well yesterday because he received a letter from the palace.
The letter was brought by Yuanchun's personal maid Baoqin, and it was just a verbal message.
The words were very vague. He just said that when he entered the palace, the emperor did not like being too ostentatious, so he asked the family to keep to themselves and not to have too much contact with outsiders or to be too prominent. But if you are a scholar, you might as well interact with him more.
No matter how stupid Jia Zheng was, he realized something. He didn't even write a letter, but directly asked his personal maid to deliver the oral message, and it was so vague.
Jia Zheng himself was not very sensitive, so he naturally felt that he was confused and didn't know what the meaning was. However, he couldn't say this to outsiders. The couple spent the whole night discussing it in bed, but they couldn't get it. Come to a conclusion.
If his brother is like this, he would never dare to tell the other party, but the Wang family can do it. However, Jia Zheng is also a little worried about whether the outside mentioned in Yuanchun's letter may vaguely include the Wang family, so he is also a little undecided. .
The person in front of me is an easy person to talk to, but the relationship between the two parties has not reached that stage, and they dare not divulge such important words at will.
Thinking of this, Jia Zheng felt a headache. It would be great if Yuanchun could leave the palace and come home. He didn't dare to speak too clearly if he asked the maid to take the message, and it was easier to leave clues when writing letters.
Seeing that Jia Zheng was absent-minded, Feng Ziying also felt bored. After talking for a while, she said that she would pay a visit to the old lady and the meeting would be over.
Seeing Baoyu accompanying Feng Ziying and disappearing outside the Rongxi Hall, Jia Zheng was also worried.
I don’t know what the eldest girl meant when she said that she might as well interact with scholars more often. There just weren’t many scholars in the Jia family. Except for Feng Ziying, which other family of scholars would be like her, who was not good at studying and was declining day by day? Make friends with the Wu Xun family?
Although the eldest girl has now entered the palace, there are only four of them in the group. There are also rumors that the emperor has given up on women long ago and sincerely practices Taoism. I don’t know what is the point of conferring concubines on a large scale?
Yesterday, I asked Baoqin how Yuanchun was doing in the palace. Although Baoqin said everything was fine, he didn't have much else to say.
This made both Jia Zheng and his wife feel that their daughter's trip to the palace was not as good as they imagined. No wonder my brother-in-law shook his head and sighed when he mentioned it yesterday, but he didn't realize it at the time.
(End of this chapter)