Chapter 25

If Lin Hai could open his eyes to heaven, he would definitely feel how so many things had happened in this day, and many of them would have a profound impact on the future.

said that when Mrs. Zhen brought her daughter to visit, Lin Hai was still buried in the fishbone diagram in the household yamen, so that he could clear his mind and figure out the countermeasures.

Tobe was as he had expected, a deep pit. However, as the so-called risks and opportunities coexist, this step is on the right foot, and the future is promising...... Don't seek to be heard by the princes, it is always enough to support a rich wife and children.

His little daughter-in-law got married, and he can't let a rich and delicate girl plummet with you, right? And the talented daughter, you have to give her enough confidence to buy and please, please, right?

However, since returning to the capital, he has "continued to be on the front edge" with his former fellow villagers and fellow villagers, and the cost of Lin Hainian's etiquette has also risen, no wonder Bai Juyi sighed that "it is not easy to live in Beijing".

When the sun set, Lin Hai's chief entourage stepped forward on time and asked, "Master, will you go home or go to the banquet in a while?" Wu Ming reads: The invitations on the master's case are piled up, at least half of the pen is hung high.

Lin Hai glanced out of the door, and then his gaze returned to Wu Ming's face.

Wu Ming understood and said softly, "No one outside ......" to block you.

The prince of Suduan returned almost in vain, and when he returned home with his father, there must be a follow-up move. Lin Hai can't expect to have the righteous king or the princes to protect him every time.

Anyway, if there is someone from King Suduan's side guarding the gate of the yamen, Lin Hai will turn over a post and go to the banquet, if not...... He happily went home and hugged his wife to coax his daughter, after all, he was newly married.

Especially marrying a wife who is not so standard "virtuous and dignified" and is more than ten years younger than himself, he is very rare.

Being able to "get off work" on time today, Lin Hai cleaned up a little: his manuscripts that ordinary people can't understand can only be sorted out by himself. As soon as it was ready, Lin Hai got into the carriage after leaving the yamen, and there was nothing to do along the way, and he returned home safely...... The wife and children were also wrapped in fur clothes as before to greet them at the door.

Lin Hai had a daughter-in-law in one hand and a daughter-in-law in the other, and the three of them entered the house together.

There is a dragon in the house, and there is a charcoal basin in the corner, as soon as you enter the door, a warmth comes to your face, Lin Hai took off his heavy coat and just sat down, and looked at the daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law Dayu are not homely clothes, "There are guests at home?" ”

Wang Chan smiled and handed over a hand stove, "Mrs. Zhen took her girl to Beijing, I heard that my family didn't come back to our house first, and they specially told me, and they didn't say hello to the Rong Mansion." ”

The friendship between the Zhen family and the Jia family has lasted for several generations - it is said that the two families with disparity in status cannot always be friends, or even help each other. In the original book, before the Zhen family was raided, part of the family property was handed over to the Rong Mansion for safekeeping, which is also a proof of the relationship between the two families.

However, when the two close families had just been crowned concubines in Yuanchun and had a good future...... It looks like we've broken up. Otherwise, you can't explain that Zhen Yingjia and his daughter-in-law went straight to the Lin Mansion, but they didn't even tell the Rong Mansion any news.

Lin Hai gave Zhen Yingjia a thumbs up in his heart. In Lin Hai's opinion, separating from the Jia family will never be worse than the situation in the original book.

Wang Chan thought of going with her master again, and she poured hot tea for Lin Hai, "I have never dealt with this lady. I heard that the Zhen family used to be with ......," she glanced at Daiyu before she smiled, "I walked around with our eldest girl's uncle's house very often. This time, when I entered Beijing, I went straight to our house, and I was also bluffed. ”

Daiyu pursed her lips and smiled, got up and knocked her father's shoulder, "When I was at my uncle's house, I often heard my aunt and sister-in-law talk about the Zhen family. When the lady entered the door, she pulled her mother to thank her. ”

Zhen Yingjia also used his recipe, and Lin Hai mentioned this matter to Wang Chan once.

Daiyu mentioned this, and Wang Chan couldn't help but show a little envy: Although the wife of the Zhen family was inevitably a little tired when she met, looking at her moist and tight skin, it looked like she was almost forty years old and had just given birth to a child?

She wants to give birth too!

However, she has asked the doctor to look at her several times: there is nothing wrong with her body, and she can not take two decoctions for conditioning. As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poison, and what doctors really mean is not to eat it, and you can naturally get pregnant.

Lin Hai's attention was on Daiyu's side at this time, and after listening to his daughter's words, he asked, "What is she going to do if she doesn't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing?" ”

Daiyu looked at Wang Chan with a blank eye.

Wang Chan personally took out a thick letterhead from the drawer of the bookcase, "I'm afraid it's not a trivial matter to let Mrs. Zhen personally deliver it." ”

Daiyu waited for her father's eyes: see if she wants to avoid ...... for a while

When Mrs. Zhen chatted with her mother, she always looked at her with a smile every once in a while. Where does Daiyu not understand this lady's mind?

Lin Hai pinched the envelope and said with a smile, "It's too thick, let's talk about it after dinner." What if the things in the letter affect the appetite? Anyway, it's not bad for a while, why bother to even bother your daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law to eat badly.

Halfway through dinner, snow was falling outside.

Daiyu suddenly had a whim, "Daddy, when the snow stops and the wind stops, I want to invite the sisters to come and sit down." ”

Lin Hai had no reason to refuse his daughter's reasonable request, "Find your mother to get some good things to entertain." Then he turned to Wang Chan and said, "You asked the sisters who were good friends in the past to come to our house often to talk, and the light nest in the winter is not interesting at home." ”

Wang Chan responded with a smile. In fact, she has not been idle these days: when she got married, the master handed over all the accounts and manpower in the house to her.

Seeing the Lin family's background for the first time, Wang Chan, who had seen the world, was also taken aback: millions of family assets...... Then she was inspired to be competitive by this amazing family property!

It is said that the Lin family has a number of Zhuangzi in the south of the Yangtze River and the suburbs of Beijing, and there are many shops in Jinling, Suzhou and the capital. However, after Lin Hai entered Beijing, all the shops were no longer operated by his own family, but all of them were rented out.

Wang Chan, the new daughter-in-law, also saved a lot of things, and now it is enough to take care of the property.

This year's weather was good and the harvest was good.

Wang Chan also has a lot of money in his hands: in late autumn and early winter, it is the time of slack farming, sending the farmers to repair the roads, canals, and then build some granaries and farmhouses.

When Wang Chan summoned the stewards to ask questions, he didn't forget to pull Daiyu over to listen.

Wang Chan married and did something, Lin Da told Lin Hai, Lin Hai was very satisfied with his daughter-in-law, this specially reminded her to "combine work and rest", and by the way, at the end of the year, he should also generously invite relatives and friends, especially handkerchiefs, to play.

Lin Hai's mention once again agreed with Wang Chan's intentions: Hmph, let you talk nonsense behind my back before I got married, and now I will let you see how enviable my life is!

So Wang Chan looked happy, "Then I have to do it a few more times." After speaking, he smiled and asked, "Is there any arrangement here?" ”

Lin Hai waved his hand, "I just took office, and calling friends to eat and drink for fun is taboo after all." ”

After dinner, Daiyu remembered the thick letter, so she didn't pull her father to talk anymore, but took Zijuan to retire early.

Wang Chan also gave his girls a look: let them quickly clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and then quickly retreat.

After Lin Hai rinsed his mouth and washed his hands, only Wang Chan was waiting for him in the room.

He sat directly next to his daughter-in-law, opened the envelope, unfolded the letterhead, and the handwriting that greeted him was very familiar: naturally it was written by Zhen Yingjia himself.

After the words "see words like meeting...... It was a large number of complaints, in response to Wang Ziteng's complaints, Lin Hai immediately laughed.

As far as the content of these pages of letters is concerned, there is nothing inappropriate for his daughter-in-law to read, so Lin Hai met Wang Chan's bright eyes and stuffed a few pages of letter paper into her hand, "Look at your curiosity." ”

Wang Chan was happy in his heart: The master really didn't hide it from me...... After taking the letter and looking at it, she couldn't be as relaxed as Lin Hai.

There is Jia Yu Village in Jinling, and Wang Ziteng is about to have a lot of money, so Jia Yu Village is not only making more money, but even a little ...... made Jinling's gentry, officials and businessmen unable to bear it at that time, and began to complain.

As the "head snake" of Jinling, the local gentry and businessmen don't know how many times they have run to Zhen Yingjia's mansion: when they meet, they are spitting bitterness and thinking of countermeasures.

Wang Ziteng is also from Jinling, and he probably knows that he is too ruthless to offend people, so he sent Jia Yucun as an emergency vanguard.

Jia Yucun didn't know if he was happy or not, but when he exonerated Xue Pan and climbed onto Wang Ziteng, it meant that he was on the boat for a while...... The main reason is that there is no capable person on the other mountain to come forward to accept it, and he is powerless to disobey Wang Ziteng's orders, and he doesn't even have the confidence to disobey Yang Feng Yin.

Because Wang Ziteng has countless relatives and friends in Jinling, there is no shortage of eyes and ears to report the news.

However, Zhen Yingjia is also an old veteran in officialdom, and he can't distinguish between priority and priority, and who is the real mastermind behind the scenes. The Jinling gentry who came to complain to him may not understand which one is greedy, but it is not easy to talk about the first-class official after all, not to mention that this first-class official is still from Jinling.

After reading what Zhen Yingjia wrote, Wang Chan "pitied Jia Yucun" who was in a dilemma, "How many years has this Lord Jia been a teacher for the son of the Zhen family and the eldest girl of our family?" ”

Lin Hai laughed when he heard it, "You are really thoughtful in your inquiry. Nodding again, "I have a heart." ”

Wang Chan immediately blushed, "I'm thinking of finding a gentleman for our eldest girl in the spring." There are not many Jinshi waiting for the shortage in the capital, but there are a lot of people from all over the country to be examined, and there are always a few real people who are full of learning. ”

How to put Jia Yucun's character aside, since he has won the Jinshi, his knowledge is also "real money", and there is no doubt that the goods are genuine. The www.biquge.info of Daiyu's Biqu Pavilion is too high, and Wang Chan, who is a stepmother, feels very difficult to find a teacher for her again.

Even if there are well-known families in Beijing, they can afford to invite Jinshi to teach their children and grandchildren, not to mention that Daiyu is still a girl.

To be honest, Lin Hai originally wanted to teach his daughter knowledge himself, but unfortunately he didn't have time - he inherited the memory of his predecessor, and learning was naturally included.

Lin Hai's Tanhua was not rewarded to him by the Emperor Taishang when he felt that Lin Hai had a good face, but "real money" was tested by talent and knowledge.

Lin Hai smiled and said, "Sir, you must choose another one." This matter annoys Mrs. Lao. ”

Thinking about Daiyu, who is only at the age of graduating from primary school, where can Lin Hai bear to let his daughter "drop out of school"? However, in the stage of shaping the three views, there are some things that Lin Hai must do in person.

Wang Chan nodded solemnly.

Lin Hai lowered his head and continued to read the letter. complained about it, Zhen Yingjia began to speculate about why Wang Ziteng loved money, to be precise, "suddenly enthusiastic about things".

Coincidentally, Lin Hai really knows the reason why Wang Ziteng loves money......

The Wang family also took over the drive, and at the time of prosperity, there was also a caravan of sea ships in the family, but it gradually declined after that, until Wang Ziteng embarked on a career in office.

Being an official can indeed make money, but in the beginning, especially when the official position is not stable, you need to invest a lot of gold and silver. At least when you are new to a place, it is a big deal to want to buy your subordinates.

In fact, it can be seen from Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng's greed for money and accumulation of money, no matter how beautiful Wang Xifeng's boast is about her mother's family, the actual situation is that the aunt and nephew are not very rich when they are in their parents' house.

Lin Hai felt that most of the Wang family's family background was probably used to pave the way for Wang Ziteng: the so-called expanding contacts. After all, Wang Ziteng is not like Lin Hai, he is a serious imperial examination background.

Lin Hai knew that he was not dead, so the million-dollar foreign wealth of Rongfu in the original book would be "without a trace".

He estimated that Mrs. Wang and even the entire Rong Mansion swallowed Daiyu's dowry mainly for three things: to maintain the luxurious expenses of the Rong Mansion, to honor Yuan Chun, and to help Wang Zi Teng take care of it everywhere.

And the most expensive money, and the easiest to lose all their money and even destroy the family, but at the same time the most lucrative deal...... It is to help a certain highness win the heir.

Lin Hai believes that Wang Ziteng is so anxious to ask for silver, I am afraid that this is for this. Without Daiyu's dowry, both Yuan Chun and Wang Ziteng are more difficult than in their previous lives.

Zhen Yingjia also went back and forth with Lin Hai, "the hero's vision is slightly the same", he felt that Lord Wang's posture just to please the "nobleman" was too ugly. Where is this? The princes are still young, and they want to "make meritorious contributions" so anxiously, they have to see if they can stand it!

After reading these pages, Lin Hai stuffed it to his daughter-in-law as usual: the wife he liked was the kind who could stand side by side with him at the peak, not a senior nanny who seemed to be decent, but in fact shared a bed with him.

Wang Chan's eyes are enough: since the master is willing to show her the letters of relatives and friends generously, he is naturally willing to talk about it.

So she asked, "Lord Wang is in such a hurry, there must be a reason." ”

Lin Hai said succinctly, "When the governor of Jiangsu is old, it's time to pay tribute, just this half a year." "Otherwise, how could you turn a blind eye to Wang Ziteng's actions? People who are going to retire don't have so much to do.

Wang Chan reacted very quickly, "This is ...... Which side of the person do you want to change to? ”

Lin Hai replied decisively: "Listen to the master and say that the saint belongs to the nephew of the first queen. ”

The original partner of the saint, that is, the first queen, gave birth to the eldest prince and the second prince, but they did not live long. The first queen's sister is the biological mother of the fifth prince and the former concubine.

The palace where Yuan Chun lives now is where the five princes' mothers lived, so the five princes' attitude towards Yuan Chun is a little subtle.

But don't look at the first queen and the first concubine have passed away, but the first queen's maiden family is still deeply trusted by the saint and the majesty has not diminished back then.

By the way, the first queen and the first concubine, and the princess of Yizhong are also sisters, the kind of sisters who don't have five suits.

It would be a rare thing for the first queen's family to like Wang Ziteng, because Wang Ziteng did not take refuge in the current saint after leaving King Yizhong......

Having said that, what else does Wang Chan not understand?

After the change of governor of Jiangsu, Wang Ziteng may not have the opportunity to "scrape the ground" in his hometown, so he will be able to catch as much as he can this time.

Looking at his daughter-in-law's clear appearance, Lin Hai added, "At the beginning, Lord Wang and their Wang family were all generals under the command of King Yizhong, and later Lord Wang changed the court. ”

This is also what Lin Hai admires about Wang Ziteng: he is very decisive, and changing the court is a very risky speculation, but he succeeded, several times in a row.

With such several opportunities, coupled with Wang Ziteng's extraordinary personal ability, after brushing several waves of ~political~ achievements, he quickly became the first person among the four major families of Jia Shi and Wang Xue.

However, in Lin Hai's opinion, this kind of career path has too many drawbacks: in all fairness, it is easy to have an unstable foundation by hugging the thighs and being promoted.

Because Wang Ziteng's connections are very large, they belong to his "thighs", and when he changes his backer, his previous connections will follow...... Most of them were abolished, especially the high-ranking officials, who suffered heavy losses.

Although it is not uncommon for officials who have milk to be mothers, there are actually more than four grades of wall grass - because the saint is not so big-hearted, and even the wall grass can be reused without mustard.

Wang Chan thought for a while before he said sincerely, "It's a pity." ”

Wang Ziteng is the same age as her father, and he is already an official residence, if he doesn't always change the court, he lacks the support of important ministers, and he is afraid that he will enter the cabinet. This is also a gain and a loss.

After saying Wang Ziteng, Lin Hai looked down at the letter again, and suddenly his spirit was shocked: he saw the "highlight" on the letter.

The letter that Zhen Yingjia asked his daughter-in-law to send in person will definitely not be just a lot of complaints.

If Zhen Yingjia wants to get close to Lin Hai, he must show goodwill, especially since Zhen Yingjia has also received Lin Hai's favor, so this "show of goodwill" must be full of sincerity and full of value.

Yuan Chun has been in the palace for many years, and suddenly became a concubine, not to mention outsiders, even the concubines in the palace were quite surprised.

And Zhen Yingjia wrote it clearly: Yuan Chun handed over the evidence that the Queen Mother was poisoned and died to the saint. He even told Lin Hai about the source.

It is said that Emperor Taishang has two queens: the original queen, that is, the biological mother of King Yizhong; The other is the biological mother of the saint, the mother is more precious than the son, and the posthumous title is the queen.

At that time, there seemed to be little one who saw that the Queen Mother was not dying, including the imperial doctor. Well, don't talk about anyone else, I don't even see anything unusual in the Holy One as a son.

Everyone thinks that the queen mother doesn't know whether to say that her fate is good or bad: she has not been in good health, and she has been sick and taking medicine all the year round, but she insisted on her son ascending the throne and died when she was about to enjoy happiness.

And the only concubine around the saint is Concubine Shu, that is, the mother of the Seven Princes, who can call the Queen Mother "aunt".

Therefore, the saint got such a "shocking" news from Yuan Chun, and he could only reveal a little bit of tone to Concubine Shu.

It just so happened that Zhen Yingjia was a little embarrassed in Concubine Shu's henchmen, palace maids and chamberlains.

Seeing this, Lin Hai suddenly laughed: I can understand why the Zhen family fell earlier than the Jia family and the Wang family in the original book.

I know that your Zhen family has a background, after all, you have taken over many times, and your ancestors have even become high-ranking officials. But...... Spying on the secrets of the palace is lucky, and there is a harvest, but it is not good, so you will accept it? How can you still spy on addiction?

Sure enough, Zhen Yingjia asked euphemistically: He wants to send his daughter to the palace, but Lord Lin thinks he can make it?

Make a fart! Lin Hai really wanted to reply to him like this.

Even though this letter was preceded by a large number of complaints about Wang Ziteng's greed, and he didn't even care about the face of these relatives and friends, he also had clear ideas and often had witty remarks.

But when it comes to his own future, Zhen Yingjia's IQ has signs of running all the way, and he can't pull it anymore.

Lin Hai was muttering to himself here, Wang Chan suddenly pulled his sleeve and asked softly, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Laughing, frowning, and sighing...... Don't blame the daughter-in-law for worrying. Lin Hai thought that she had seen so many pages in the front, so let's stuff the rest of it together.

He pinched his temples and said softly, "You finish reading it first, and we'll talk about it." ”

Wang Chan's reading speed is not slow at all.

When she looked up again, the shock on her face had not yet subsided. "This ......"

Lin Hai's voice was extremely soft, "Even the Queen Mother can be harmed unconsciously." ”

Can the Emperor and the Holy Emperor have no thoughts? The most life-sparing people in the world are probably the father and son.

He nodded at her daughter-in-law again, "Go back to your parents' house and say it, so that your father-in-law knows what to expect." ”

Wang Chan also simply summoned his eldest girl and instructed, "Send someone back to your mother's house and say, I'll go back tomorrow." He glanced at Lin Hai again and added, "Take the eldest girl back." ”

Lin Hai stretched out his arm, and when the big girl went out, Wang Chan leaned on his chest.

The husband and wife are pondering: what is the plan of the Queen Mother...... Who will be behind this? Or is it that the Queen Mother has received it purely on behalf of others?

Even though Lin Hai and Wang Chan heard the shocking news, they were still quite calm, but the Suduan Royal Mansion not far from the Lin Mansion ...... Lao Tzu scolded his son, and the scolding was quite lively.

King Suduan is the younger brother of the Emperor Taishang, and he is also in his sixties. His eldest son, that is, the prince of Suduan, was born to the princess who remarried the prince - the original princess gave birth to two daughters, but because of poor postpartum care, she went in her thirties.

The princesses remarried by King Suduan are similar to Wang Chan, they are all more than ten years younger than their husbands, and they are very close to their husbands.

After the relationship between the husband and wife, King Suduan was extremely patient with the son that the princess had bore him, even though he had known that this son was far worse than his brother.

This time, the prince of Suduan reported to his father how to deal with Lin Hai in the Ning Mansion, and then presented the prescription with both hands.

King Su Duan, who didn't even look at the prescription, directly copied the paperweight on the case and pointed it at the shoulder of his stupid son...... After thinking about it, if it really fell down, his princess had to go crazy with him, so she aimed at her son's thigh and threw it down.

Shizi was hit by his father's paperweight, and he bent over in pain, his facial features were twisted into a ball, and he rolled on the ground holding his legs.

King Su Duan fixed his eyes and saw blood on his son's leg: in a moment, he stained his trousers and long shirt. He had no choice but to call the butler to call for a doctor.

However, he said that the reason why King Suduan's son was still separated by such a day was because on the day when the prince went to the banquet, King Suduan and his wife happened to go to the suburbs to soak in the hot springs, and they just returned home tonight.

There was a lot of movement in the study here, and Princess Suduan also hurried over. However, the first thing this mother did when she entered the door was to glance at her son, and found that the injury was on her leg, so she didn't pay attention to it, but said to King Suduan, "The news leaked out from Concubine Shu said that the Queen Mother died because of poisoning." ”

King Suduan was stunned, and immediately blurted out, "Xiao Er is ruthless enough." ”

The second prince of the Holy Lord died early, before the Queen Mother; The second prince of the Emperor Taishang...... is still alive, and he is now the king of Yizhong.