Time flies by in a hurry, in November of the sixth year of Yuan Yong, it has been twenty-seven months since Lu Yu's death, and Lu Jing has also kept filial piety for his father.

Therefore, the sacrifice is made, the ceremony is also, the period is in addition to the funeral, the Tao is also, and the end of filial piety needs to be removed, which means 'serve to be blessed'.

In addition to the service, also known as the filial piety, must be removed at the time of the third anniversary of the Tan sacrifice, after the removal of the service, the end of the month, the beginning of the regular service.

In addition to the ceremony, the ritual is very solemn, relatives and friends are here, the specifications of the sacrifice are the same as those at the time of burial, and at the same time, it is necessary to ask the Taoist priest to make the Jiao and erect the tombstone.

Lu Jing was officially removed from the service in November of the sixth year of Yuan Yong under the auspices of Lu Jun, and changed into a regular service on the first day of December.

In the past three years, Lu Jing rarely went out during the period of filial piety for his father in Gusu, and there was no social interaction, except for the correspondence with relatives and friends, he was studying at home.

On the eighteenth day of the first month of the seventh year of Yuanyong, after the Shangyuan Festival in Gusu, Lu Jing took his sister Lu Zhiyu back to Yangzhou from Suzhou.

Lu Jing returned to Yangzhou to deal with Yangzhou's home industry, and secondly, for Lin Ruhai's affairs.

Lu Jing realized that his father had refused the Zhen family's proposal to marry him, and there were so many inside information, and he also knew that the second uncle told him about it, just to let him persuade Lin Ruhai.

After all, with the gradual decentralization of Emperor Taishang and the operation of Emperor Yuanyong in recent years, now that Emperor Yuanyong's throne has been stabilized, the emperor will soon start to deal with those old ministers who are still attached to Emperor Taishang.

Although Lu Jing has only exchanged letters with Lin Ruhai in the past few years, he can also see from Lin Ruhai's words that Lin Ruhai really taught him sincerely.

Since he accepted Lin Ruhai's protection three years ago, he naturally wanted to repay it, and at the same time, Lu Jing also decided to help Lin Ruhai change his original fate.

Therefore, since returning to Yangzhou, Lu Jing first handled everything in Yangzhou properly, especially some family businesses in Yangzhou, which should be sold and sold when they should be sold.

In the next few days, Lu Jing went to Lin Ruhai's mansion many times, always paying attention to Lin Ruhai's physical condition, and often invited famous doctors to regulate Lin Ruhai's body.

At the same time, combined with a lot of news from Jiafu, Lu Jing roughly sorted out the timeline of the Red Mansion World in the past few years.

Jia Min died in October of the first year of Yuan Yong, and Lin Daiyu set off from Yangzhou in December and entered the Rongguo Mansion in the first month of the second year of Yuan Yong.

The Xue family set out from Jinling to Beijing in early February of the second year of Yuanyong, and spent nearly a year on the road to enter Jiafu in the first month of the third year of Yuanyong.

In August of the sixth year of Yuan Yong, that is, in August last year, Jia Baoyu and Qin Zhong had already made a big fuss about the Jia family's school, and Qin Keqing also fell ill in September last year, and his condition worsened in winter.

It is estimated that Qin Keqing should die in September this year, and in September and October, Ning Guofu will mourn him on a large scale, and the four kings will set up a road sacrifice for him in November.

Lin Ruhai was originally going to die in September this year, Jia Yuanchun should be crowned Fengzao Palace Shangshu at the end of this year, Feng Xiande Concubine, the Jia family will also start to build the Grand View Garden at the end of this year, and on the fifteenth day of the first month of the ninth year of Yuan Yong, Jia Yuanchun will welcome his relatives, and at the same time, the Jia family will also usher in their final glory.

The next three or four years is the last state of Jiafu, if according to the original trajectory of fate, in February of the ninth year of Yuan Yong, Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai and others, moved into the Grand View Garden to live, began their best years.

And Jia Yuanchun died in the third year after being crowned concubine, and Lin Daiyu will also complete her tragic and bumpy life when she is seventeen years old.

Lu Jing naturally couldn't let Lin Daiyu die in tears, but he couldn't contact Lin Daiyu at present, so he planned to reverse Lin Daiyu's tragic life by changing Lin Ruhai's fate.

And he is also very interested in the affairs of the Jia family, especially the recent incident of Jia Rui.

Jia Rui had been teased twice by Wang Xifeng last winter, and now he was terminally ill, Lu Jing had long been aware of this matter, so he sent someone to tell Lu Zheng, the steward in Beijing, a few months earlier, that if there was a lame Taoist who gave Jia Rui the Fengyue Treasure Mirror, let him try his best to find a way to get the Fengyue Treasure Mirror and send it back.

But a few days ago, Lu Zheng sent someone to send a letter back, saying that the lame Taoist had appeared, and gave Jia Rui a mirror, Lu Zheng took the opportunity of sending ginseng to Jia Dairu and got the Fengyue Treasure Mirror from Jia Rui, but just a few days before he wanted to send the Fengyue Treasure Mirror back to Yangzhou, the Fengyue Treasure Mirror miraculously disappeared, and the lame Taoist did not show up again.

After Lu Jing learned about this, he was faintly worried in his heart, to this day he has not understood the special features of the world of the Red Mansion, just looking at the methods of the leper monk and the lame Taoist, as well as the too illusory realm that seems to be nothing, this world should be a world of cultivation or fantasy.

However, he searched in many ways, but did not see other hermit masters, and he suspected that only when he saw these two people in person could he find out the truth of his crossing and the truth of this world.

In the study of the Lin Mansion on the second day of February, Lin Ruhai looked at the official letter from the imperial court urging him to pay the salt tax, his brows were tightly locked, and he kept thinking about the deep meaning of Emperor Yuanyong's move.

Lu Jing's face also showed a worried look, since he worshiped Lin Ruhai as a teacher, although he has been filial piety to his father in Gusu in the past few years, he is also extremely concerned about Lin Ruhai's situation, especially after talking to his second uncle back then, he has become more and more concerned about Lin Ruhai's situation.

Lu Jing knew that Lin Ruhai was the confidant of Emperor Yan Kangdi, and as the power of Emperor Yuanyong gradually stabilized, the emperor would inevitably deal with Lin Ruhai.

And according to his speculation, Emperor Yuan Yong is very likely to have made a move, otherwise according to Lin Ruhai's current physical condition, he would never have died of illness in September this year.

During this time, judging from the diagnosis of the doctor he invited for Lin Ruhai, or his own observation of Lin Ruhai's physical condition, Lu Jing came to a conclusion that Lin Ruhai was definitely not as simple as simply dying of illness.

Although Lin Ruhai's body is now out of recuperation and has been suffering from minor illnesses, he is generally healthy, and he has not suffered from any major illnesses, and it is not a big problem to support him for another year or two, and he will definitely not die in just a few months.

Therefore, Lu Jing judged that Lin Ruhai's death may have another reason, and it is very likely to be related to Lin Ruhai's current identity and position.

Lin Ruhai was a confidant of Emperor Yan Kang, in the first year of his appointment by Emperor Yan Kang as the imperial history of the two Huai patrols, Emperor Yan Kang was disheartened by the change of the princes to seize the palace, and Emperor Yan Kang was overly sad at that time and his health was not very good, so he passed the throne to the current emperor.

After Emperor Yan Kang retired to the Taiji Palace, although he nominally no longer paid attention to the government, he still had absolute control over the government.

It's just that in the past three years, with the succession of Emperor Yuanyong, the power in his hands has gradually surpassed that of Emperor Taishang, but to this day, Emperor Yankang still holds the financial power of some important areas tightly.

At the beginning of the succession to the throne, Emperor Yuanyong obeyed the arrangements of Emperor Yankang, and Yuan Yong still appointed Lin Ruhai to patrol the town and pay the salt tax in the third year, but with the deepening of Emperor Yuanyong's power in the past two years, the situation in the court and China gradually stabilized, and the emperor wanted to recover the financial rights of some places more and more.

Especially the weaving and salt administration in the Jiangnan area, the two taxes are heavy, but the Jiangnan weaving is controlled by the Zhen family, and now Emperor Yankang and Concubine Zhen are still there, and Emperor Yuanyong still has scruples about the Zhen family, so he pointed the finger at Lin Ruhai, who is not as powerful and foundation as the Zhen family.

After synthesizing all the information, Lu Jing judged that Lin Ruhai's death should have a great relationship with Emperor Yuan Yong, and it is very likely that Emperor Yuan Yong forced Lin Ruhai to death.

Therefore, Lu Jing plans to take the opportunity of visiting Lin Ruhai today to remind him, so that Lin Ruhai can get out of the whirlpool of the game between the two emperors as soon as possible and strive to survive the life-and-death catastrophe in September this year.

Lu Jing saw Lin Ruhai frowning at the official document, and guessed that it was very likely that Emperor Yuanyong had begun to attack Lin Ruhai, so he asked, "Teacher, but what decree has come from Beijing to make the teacher embarrassed?" ”

Lin Ruhai put down the official document in his hand, barely squeezed out a smile, and pretended to be nothing: "It's not a big deal, it's just an official document from the imperial court urging the salt tax." ”

Lu Jing saw Lin Ruhai forcibly pretending to be an understatement, and sighed in his heart, presumably Lin Ruhai also sensed Emperor Yuanyong's thoughts.

He then said: "The disciple has been quite tired in recent days, although the official duties are important, but the teacher should also take care of his health!" ”

"Well, Huai Jin has a heart, and he will pay attention to it for the teacher!" Lin Ruhai barely squeezed out a smile and said, he noticed that the emperor seemed to be more and more dissatisfied with him recently, especially in the past three months, the will from the court has become more frequent, and the words have become more and more severe, all kinds of signs have worried him.

Lu Jing saw that Lin Ruhai was forced to hide his worries, and he didn't say anything about the content of the official document, thinking that Lin Ruhai might not want him to be involved, but if he didn't participate, I was afraid that there would be no way to change Lin Ruhai's fate, so he continued to ask: "What difficulties have the teacher encountered, although the disciple has not yet embarked on a career in office, but one person is short and two are long, and the disciple may be able to share one or two for the teacher!" ”

Lin Ruhai saw Lu Jing's insistence, and knew that his performance just now did not hide from him, a shrewd disciple, and after pondering for a while, Lin Ruhai smiled bitterly: "It's okay, Huaijin, you have always been smart, and you can help the teacher break it down if you want to!" ”

"Teacher, please speak!" Lu Jing was also relieved when he heard Lin Ruhai's mouth relaxed, he was afraid that Lin Ruhai would hold on alone and end up with the same ending as in the book.

Lin Ruhai thought for a moment, and then said: "Since October last year, the imperial court has been constantly issuing official documents to urge the payment of the salt tax, and in recent months, the words have been quite harsh, and it seems that they are dissatisfied with the amount of the salt tax. ”

"Since the teacher took office, the salt tax has increased every year, and I also wrote to inquire that the court did not have the imperial history as a teacher, and I did not hear the emperor's dissatisfaction with the teacher, so the teacher was quite puzzled, I don't know what is the deep meaning behind the court's move?"

Lu Jing sighed in his heart, although Lin Ruhai did not mention the game between the Emperor Taishang and the emperor in the court, but he also said his situation at the moment, and the emperor was already dissatisfied with him sitting in the seat of the imperial history of the salt patrol.

As far as he knows, the Imperial History of Salt Patrol is not only responsible for assessing the officials of the salt road, issuing salt quotations, supervising the monopoly of salt merchants and collecting salt taxes, but also manages the salt transportation department and the salt department of the entire salt road.

This dynasty set up a total of six salt inspectors, two Huai, two Zhejiang, Guangzhou, Fujian, Changlu, and Hedong.

Nowadays, the salt administration in the Lianghuai and Liangzhejiang regions is not in the hands of Emperor Yuan Yong, and only the salt administration in Changlu, Hedong and the newly added Liangguang and Fujian regions three years ago are controlled by Emperor Yuan Yong.

However, the salt revenue of the two Huai alone can be equal to the sum of the salt tax revenue of Changlu, Hedong, Liangguang and Fujian.

And in recent years, the whole country has been plagued by natural disasters, there have been famines in many places, last winter there were three provinces in the north were hit by snowstorms, and now the treasury of the central government is extremely empty, and there is no relief silver at all, I think this is also the reason why Emperor Yuan Yong is eager to recover the political and financial rights of the two Huai and the two Zhejiang.

Lu Jing reminded vaguely: "But the emperor doesn't want the teacher to hold this position, and wants the teacher to take the initiative to resign?" ”