As the most important city in the south of the Yangtze River, Jinling has always been known as the accompanying capital. Ying Tianfu Yin, that is, the prefect of Jinling, is the parent official of this city, in charge of the size of the mansion, and the official belongs to the four products.

At this time, Yin Qian Huainan of Yingtianfu looked at the confession in his hand, pursed his lips, and handed it to his master. After the master took the paper, someone from the rich family came in and whispered a few words in Qian Huainan's ear, and Qian Huainan went out and came back after a while.

The master asked, "But is someone from the Xue family coming?" ”

Generally, the people who are hired as masters are confidants, so Qian Huainan did not hide it, and said calmly: "Exactly." ”

The master smiled and asked: "The facts of this case are simple, but I don't know how the master is going to deal with it?" ”

Qian Huainan sighed and said: "Not to mention my friendship with the late head of the Xue family, just the Xue family, which is one of the four major families in Jinling, and it is the eldest son of the Xue family who committed the crime this time, which makes me really embarrassed." ”

The master said: "Who said no, although the Xue family has declined now, the other three families of the four major families still have many important figures who are high-ranking officials in the court!" In addition, in this Jinling City, there are many dignitaries and dignitaries, and how many have nothing to do with the wealthy Xue family? If the master wants to run the Xue family, it will be difficult! ”

Qian Huainan nodded: "However, as you said, the facts of this case are simple, and there are many eyewitnesses, I am afraid that it is not easy to close the case at will......"

The master had obviously thought about the countermeasures a long time ago, and said with a smile: "How did the master forget, the next Jinling prefect will be in office soon......"

Qian Huainan's eyes suddenly lit up.

The master continued: "Then the Xue family is naturally not easy to mess with, and the master's term of office has expired, and he is about to wait for the vacancy to be promoted in the official department, the more stable the better at this time, why take this hot potato?"

I heard that the new prefect Jia Yucun was dismissed from office before, and then the relationship between the Jia family and the Wang family in Beijing was restored. Since this case involves the Xue family, the master just handed it over to Jia Yucun for a headache, and in the end, whether it is good or bad, it has nothing to do with the master. ”

Qian Huainan stroked his beard and smiled: "That's right, I really don't need to take this hot potato, this case, and press it back, I will deal with the case of the Zhao family's brothers' private silver bills first...... By the way, I will have a banquet in the inner hall in the evening, and you will invite Qiu Fucheng and them to come over for dinner and wine at that time. ”

"Yes." The master smiled, no need to ask to know that the Xue family must have sealed a lot of silver, and after the banquet in the evening, everyone is estimated to get a lot of benefits. has been with Qian Huainan for many years, and he knows that this owner is still very popular in terms of interest equalization.

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As the night approached dusk, Jia Baoyu went back to his house, and as soon as he entered the door, he was greeted by the attacker and the charmer.

"The second master is back, what's the matter, what's going on with Uncle Xue?"

Jia Baoyu took off his coat and handed it to the attacker, and replied by the way: "Everyone is dead, what else can I do?" Just wait and see. ”

Meiren suddenly became nervous: "Really dead?" So what should I do, will it bring the second master tired? ”

Jia Baoyu turned around, and saw that the attacker was also looking at him nervously, but smiled, walked to the tea table and sat down, and said, "What are you nervous about, this matter has nothing to do with me, how can it bring me tired?" Even Brother Xue, you don't have to worry, in the end, most of this matter can only be settled, at most you will lose some more money. ”

It's no wonder that Jia Baoyu is indifferent, the world is like this, and human life is inherently expensive and cheap. Besides, the Feng family is lonely and weak, as soon as Feng Yuan dies, there are only a few people in the family, who really wants to seek justice for Feng Yuan? Who has the ability to do this?

This is also why the ancients attached great importance to clan kinship, in this era, if there is no relatives to help and take care of it, it may really be inexplicable death, and in the end there is no one to avenge their grievances.

Are there still fewer people who "died of illness" in ancient times?

Therefore, for Feng Yuan's innocent death, Jia Baoyu did not mean to be cynical and claim justice, because it was meaningless, and it was useless except to isolate himself.

Now he can't influence the rules and systems of this era, he can only work hard to adapt to it, and then rely on his identity as the son of the princess of the country, step by step to live better, stand higher, and when the time comes, he can really do what he wants to do.

In other words, it has been a few days since he came to this world, and he also knows that the final outcome of Jiafu is not good, so he does not have the intention of trying to be rich and noble, but has been thinking about what he should do in order to avoid the final ending of Jiafu to the greatest extent.

It stands to reason that in this official-oriented society, studying for the imperial examination and becoming an official should be the best way. But this is a big problem, whether he can succeed in the imperial examination and not to mention, even if he succeeds, he has become an official in the court, whether Jiafu can wait until he has enough power to speak. Or, in other words, how much voice does the crisis in Jiafu need to be resolved...... These are unknowns. So, don't bet your hopes entirely on reading!

In addition to studying, well, there is also a military power to grasp and become a general with heavy troops, which seems to be somewhat feasible. After all, the Jia family started from military exploits, and there is still some shadow in the army. But it's still that question, whether it's too late in time, I am not yet twelve years old, and I am the most senior and prestige in the army. By the way, didn't Wang Ziteng do the control of the nine provinces and the inspection of the nine provinces? Although there are no official positions in the history of these two official positions, Jia Baoyu knows that during the Five Dynasties, there was an official position "checked in front of the palace", which was the highest-level military attache official position at that time, and Zhao Kuangyin relied on this usurpation of Zhou. It can be seen from this how high Wang Ziteng's official position is.

Even a military general of such a high level as him could not avoid the defeat of the four major families, and the road to military power did not seem to be very passable.

Moreover, whether they are in charge of the army or in politics, they all have relatively high requirements for their own abilities and routes, which has not yet been taken into account......

In addition to being in the military and politics, there is also a business. This Jia Baoyu has the greatest grasp, his innate identity is so high, and he has the memory of two lives, how to say it, he has a lot more knowledge than the people of the time, and over time, the collusion between officials and businessmen and the making of a lot of money is still relatively large...... However, this path was also the first to be denied. Without him, it is an indisputable fact that the status of Shinong, businessmen, and businessmen is low, even if it is to the point of Shen Wansan, it is just that the people in power will kill them if they say a word.

Politics, the military, and business...... What should you choose?

"Master? Second master~! The charming man pushed Jia Baoyu and said angrily: "The second master is really, he can still get distracted when talking to us!" ”

"What's the matter?"

"The attacker asked you, what about the girl that Uncle Xue sent over?"

Jia Baoyu then remembered that he had left in a hurry and left Xiangling in the yard.

"Where is she now?"

"It's placed in the next room, that girl doesn't know what's going on, she looks like she is like that, she doesn't look stupid, she doesn't speak, she looks like a stuffy gourd."

The attacker said.

Jia Baoyu thought that with Xiangling's personality, she had experienced such a thing today, and she was inevitably panicked in her heart, and she would have to take care of a few people in the future, so she told them about Xiangling's life experience.

The attacker and the flattering person listened to it, and they really felt a lot of pity. The attacker felt for a while: "This is the way of the world, today she met the second master, otherwise what would be her future?" Take me as an example, when my parents and parents had no food, they ruthlessly sold me for a few taels of silver, but fortunately sold me into Jiafu, and later met the second master, so I have such a good life now. Otherwise, if they are sold into the house of the rotten philistine, and the masters beat and scold them day and night, who will have mercy?

That's why I said, our girl's family, no matter what her background is, the most important thing is to see what kind of people she will meet in the future.

Although she suffered before, but now that she has arrived in Jiafu and become a person next to the second master, she will be considered to be bitter in the future. ”

Hehe, Jia Baoyu smiled, the words of attacking people can be described as a fart around the corner. But she is a little beauty, and she is sincere, in short, Jia Baoyu listened to it and felt very comfortable.

was about to make fun of her, but suddenly he was blessed. The phrase "no matter what your life background is, it mainly depends on what kind of people you meet in the future...... in other words, it seems to be understood as: no matter how hard you try, the most important thing is to see what kind of person you are with?

That's right, I've been thinking about the imperial examination, the army, business and other things before, and I never thought that with the power and status of Jiafu, is it really these things that it lacks?

It's like a person guarding a huge fortune, but instead struggling with how to earn more wealth to keep it! Isn't that stupid?

In fact, all he needs to do is identify the threats that can make him lose his wealth and find a way to avoid them!

Jiafu itself is a huge wealth, it involves a series of forces such as the four major families, the four kings and eight dukes, and has a great right to speak regardless of military and political affairs. As the concubine of Rongguo Mansion, these forces can be used for themselves to a certain extent, and there is no need to open up another mountain! Whether you want to join politics or the army, in order to save Jiafu, you are actually thinking about opening up another mountain.

Then the situation is very clear, as the founding government of Jiafu, what can directly threaten its security? Jia Baoyu doesn't know too well, but the first thing to bear the brunt must be the imperial power!

Neither other people nor things are qualified enough to shake Jia Fu.

Therefore, what Jia Baoyu needs to do is to find a way to get close to the imperial power and understand the imperial power. In this way, when the imperial power threatens Jiafu, he can have the opportunity and channels to circumvent it. Even if it is other threats, with the protection of the imperial power, it is easier to circumvent them.

The so-called approaching the imperial power and understanding the imperial power is better than to curry favor with the emperor in other words. There is no way, in this era of the supremacy of monarchy, the emperor is the greatest, follow him, and you can live a good life!

The most important thing is that the operability of this matter is much higher than the so-called increasing the hard power of Jiafu by joining the army and politics.

All you need is an opportunity to show yourself a few times in front of the emperor, and then let the emperor have a good impression of him, and then it's almost done!

Jia Baoyu does not have the ambition to lead the army and gallop the field, nor does he have the ambition to rule the world for the prime minister, what he is thinking about now is how to keep the wealth of Jiafu, that is, his own wealth and the people in Jiafu.

For this reason, it doesn't matter even if you are a courtier......

Moreover, as a young master of the Guogong Mansion, if he has the heart to drill into the camp, the chance of seeing the emperor is still relatively large. Of course, it's not just about the emperor, what princes and nobles, Tianhuang nobles, and even princesses and county lords, these people also have to be friends, anyway, you don't have to waste too much thought about making friends with these people, just eat, drink, and have fun, within the scope of your ability.

The more he thought about it, the more Jia Baoyu felt that this idea was more operable than all the previous ideas.

After struggling with the problem for a few days, Jia Baoyu was very happy, and it happened that the attacker was next to him, so he stood up and kissed her little face without thinking about it, and said with a smile: "Sister attacker, you are really my brainstorm...... Belch. ”

Seeing that the attacker's originally fair face quickly turned red, with his hands on his chest, and his embarrassed appearance, Jia Baoyu also felt a little embarrassed by his sudden wandering form.

However, Jia Baoyu also knew that not to mention that he was unintentional, even if he was intentional, this could be regarded as a "matter within his bounds", so when he heard Mei Ren snorting softly next to him, he said instead: "If Sister Mei Ren is jealous, you can also come over and let me kiss her." ”

In the face of these shy maids, as long as you are shameless, you can transfer your embarrassment to them.

Sure enough, the charming man also blushed all of a sudden, and scolded: "Phew, who is jealous, shameless!" Then he ran out of the house without looking back.

"Uh, are you alright?" The charmers had been out for a while, and the attackers were still standing, so Jia Baoyu asked tentatively.

"No, I'm fine......"

The attacker was originally a generous person, just caught off guard just now, but at this time he came back to his senses, his face gradually became normal, he glared at Jia Baoyu, and said: "In the past few days, I saw that the second master has acted very differently than before, and I thought that the second master was out of business, but I didn't expect that the old problem has not changed. ”

Old problems? Could it be that he loves to eat the rouge on the girl's mouth? In this way, what he did just now can only be regarded as pediatrics. looked at the attacker's little mouth...... On the rouge, he actually wanted to taste it too......