Chapter 386: Relying on the Old and Selling the Old
The Zhen family is unlucky, and it is the one who takes over the most among the four major families.
And every time you pick it up, you basically have to borrow it from the treasury once.
At that time, the idea was to use the emperor's money on the emperor, and when the emperor left, those things were all his own.
Adhering to the idea of being cheap and not taking advantage of the bastard, the Zhen family did borrow a lot of silver.
So now speaking of it, Jia Lian has an understanding of Zhen Yingjia's anxiety about national bonds.
But now Zhen Yingjia is so anxious about this palace incident, coupled with his consistent nervousness about the national debt, there is no rumor at all, so Jia Lian actually has a faint worry in his heart.
After all, the matter of national debts is an unspoken rule that everyone knows, and if the Zhen family is playing with the idea of paying it off at once, this Jia Lian is still understandable.
But Jia Lian was afraid that the Zhen family would take risks because they owed too much, such as the road of Zhongshun Wang.
The four major families of Jinling, to say that one is prosperous and one is lost, it may be an exaggeration.
But at least on the surface, the four major families are now closely related, and if there is something, it is difficult not to think about it.
Even if it is as alienated as the Wang family, because there is a Wang Xifeng in Ningguo Mansion, from the perspective of outsiders, he and the Jia family are also in-laws.
So although he was not very afraid, Jia Lian still felt that more things were better than less things.
It's a pity that Jia Lian was destined to be disappointed this time, and there was no special look on his face, but when Jia Lian's words came out, the expression on Zhen Yingjia's face immediately condensed.
"No mercy?"
With a little horror in his pupils, Zhen Yingjia leaned slightly and spoke eagerly.
At this scene, Jia Lian's heart sank immediately, and he put the tea cup in his hand on the table, and his expression became serious.
"What do you mean?"
The Zhen family and the Jia family have a close relationship, and when he and Qin Keqing got married, Mrs. Zhen even went to the capital to congratulate him in person.
Now that the three daughters of the Zhen family are married in Kyoto, Mrs. Jia was still alive at that time, and the gifts she gave out were also very eye-catching.
Therefore, in the eyes of the world, the relationship between Zhen and Jia is remarkable.
In this case, if this Zhen Yingjia is really involved with King Zhongshun, Jia Lian may have to prepare another thing or two here.
Otherwise, the king is ruthless, even if because of this incident, the prince will ascend the throne in the future, and he will have the merit of the dragon, and now when the matter comes out, I am afraid that it will be discounted.
was asked by a junior, Zhen Yingjia's face was a little unpleasant, but now Jia Lian's identity was there, so although he was a little angry in his heart, he didn't dare to show it.
What's more, I'm afraid he will have to rely on Jia Lian for the next thing.
"Don't hide it from the virtuous nephew, in recent years, the Holy Lord has been checking the treasury more and more tightly, and you have very few records in the treasury, so naturally you have no scruples, after all, like you, there are not thirty-four in the treasury, and there are also one or twenty.
The law does not blame the public, so you naturally have no concerns, but we are different. ”
With a long sigh, Zhen Yingjia's face was full of anxiety.
"When the crown princess was still alive, we were not afraid, and we didn't even think about it, but now is different from the past, since that person left, the status of our Zhen family has plummeted.
The wall fell down and everyone pushed it, and the political enemies in the past also hit a heavy hand, our Zhen family can't even enter the court now, even if the saint is long, let my Zhen family's daughter enter the royal family, but a few women, what kind of waves can be turned, and as the saint attaches more and more importance to the household silver, our Zhen family is becoming more and more sad.
So you see that I have been doing everything possible to save money for so many years, but what can I do?
It's just a drop in the bucket. ”
His eyes were slightly confused, the corners of Zhen Yingjia's mouth were slightly hooked, and his face was full of self-deprecation.
"Later, the saint was always moody about that person, and above the court, how many old courtiers in the past were raided, I don't need to say, Brother Lian, you should know, so seeing that the situation is becoming more and more tense, and the power of King Zhongshun in the court is in full swing, so I moved my mind and prepared to be small and big."
The words stopped abruptly here, such a situation, needless to say, everyone present also understood.
"Who else knows about this?"
After a moment of silence, Jia Lian spoke.
The Zhen family's funding of the King of Zhongshun seems to be carried out in private, if not many people know about this matter, the palace will change that day, and the people who are loyal to the King will basically die, maybe they can be revealed.
But if Zhen Yingjia Laozi is not good, and the person who funded the king of Zhongshun that day was carried out in full view, or there are more people who know about it, then Jia Lian is not ready to wade into this troubled water.
After all, there is also a family behind him, and the charges at this time are even at every turn, not to mention that this time the loyal king committed the crime of rebellion.
"Although the one who was in full swing that day, but my Zhen family was not as good as before, although there was still some room to speak in Jiangnan, but it was only a few, but my Zhen family had many daughters, and it was also in order not to startle the snake, so that we only made us dormant, and we also took the initiative to send it quietly in terms of arrears, so no outsiders knew."
Such a thing, what King Zhongshun thought about that day was just the attention of the daughter of the Zhen family.
In addition to giving gifts to each other, today's social interaction relies more on in-laws.
On that day, the crown princess came from the Zhen family, although the status of the Zhen family plummeted after the former prince was deposed, but the emperor didn't know what to think in this regard.
Therefore, although the Zhen family is not as good as before, the daughter of the Zhen family is one of the best.
When Jia Lian got married before, the Zhen family sent three girls to Beijing in one go.
Here in the Zhen family, what King Zhongshun wants to achieve is an unexpected effect, what he wants is the Zhen family to be his eyes, so the interaction between the two mansions is really not known to anyone.
"Before we left, the Holy Lord had already decreed that the Mansion of the Loyal Shun King would be sent to the Heavenly Prison, as long as the people who participated in the palace change that day, they could not escape the raid of the family and exterminate the clan, but it has been more than a month since the engagement, and it stands to reason that if the government is implicated, it should have been imprisoned at this time."
Slowly speaking, Jia Lian revealed what he knew and revealed.
In the Red Mansion in later generations, whether the Zhen family was raided because of this, Jia Lian is not clear.
But Jia Lian felt that if the line between King Zhongshun and the Zhen family was discovered, Zhen Yingjia would definitely not appear here at this time.
After all, if it is really a crime, it is much faster than Jia Lian swaying on the boat.
Zhen Yingjia obviously understood the meaning of Jia Lian's words, but Jia Lian was an outsider in the end, and he didn't have a backache when he stood and talked, and he didn't have that kind of feeling of putting himself in his shoes, so he could be so indifferent.
But Zhen Yingjia is different.
Since the dismount, Zhen Yingjia has never relaxed in his heart, and now that such a thing has happened, his heart is even more up.
So I rushed to Suzhou in such a hurry today, and gave Lin Ruhai incense, and it was only right to find Jia Lian to get an idea.
It's just that Jia Lian's attitude is really uncertain and incomprehensible.
People walk tea cool.
The relationship between Zhen and Jia's two families is more maintained by Zhen Lao Taijun and Jia Lao Taijun.
With more and more juniors, the two families are so far away that they have no chance to get along, and the people present know that this relationship is not as good as before.
"We are world friends, can the virtuous nephew be willing to show the way for my Zhen family?"
gritted his teeth, although in front of Jia Lian, a junior, Zhen Yingjia was unwilling to lower his posture, but now things are like this. Jia Lian is a celebrity around the emperor, and their Zhen family may be raided and wiped out at any time.
Therefore, the situation is stronger than people, and he has to be low and small to Jia Lianfu.
Seeing this scene, the room quieted down, and the other three families looked at each other, looking at Zhen Yingjia with a cautious face, and each of them beat a drum in their hearts.
After speaking, he got up and arched towards Jia Lian, Zhen Yingjia looked at Jia Lian sincerely.
"I can't help it."
Sideways to avoid Zhen Yingjia's gift, Jia Lian frowned, a little annoyed in his heart.
The Zhen family's matter can be big or small, and from the bottom of his heart, after knowing the future outcome of the Zhen family, Jia Lian is ready to be alone.
The four major families are basically ruined by the outside of Jinyu, and if it weren't for him, the original Jia family might not be able to escape the fate of stealing the family.
As for the others, even if the Jia family wants to be a great virgin and give them advice, they may not necessarily appreciate it.
Maybe he will complain that Jia Lian's hands are too long and he cares too much.
After all, there are some things that you can't just talk about.
And Zhen Yingjia's current actions are tantamount to roasting Jia Lian on the fire.
As an elder, he saluted Jia Lian in public, and if this word spread, others would only say that Jia Lian had no rules.
Of course, Zhen Yingjia knew what Jia Lian would face if he did this, and his purpose in doing this was nothing more than to force Jia Lian to help him find a way for the Zhen family.
"Uncles are tired of traveling, it's better to go down and rest first, there are no good ideas for a while now, it's better to wait until you have a good rest before discussing."
With an expressionless face, Jia Lian was not ready to get used to the stinky problems of this group of people.
Relying on the old and selling the old is a trick, and there will be a second time.
At the beginning, Jia's mother relied on the old and sold the old, but Jia Lian had no choice and had to follow her.
After tolerating it for so many years, what Jia Lian hates most now is that others force him.
So the matter of the Zhen family, although Jia Lian actually has some clues in his heart now, he doesn't want to open his mouth at this time.
Zhen Yingjia was stunned for a moment, originally thinking that Jia Lian, as a junior, should naturally be in a hurry immediately, so calm and comfortable, but it made him suddenly feel that he seemed to have made a mistake in this move.
Immediately, the look on his face became even more ugly, and the eyes of others swept back and forth between Zhen Yingjia and Jia Lian, Zhen Yingjia knew that Jia Lian was afraid that he was on fire, so he had to follow the Lin family's descendants to settle down for the time being.
After sending the plague gods of the four major families of Jinling away, Jia Lian lost the interest in seeing everyone around, so he simply let the Lin family go out to receive him, and he went back to accompany Lin Daiyu.
Compared with Jia Min's funeral at the beginning, Lin Ruhai was posthumously named Dingguohou, so the pomp and circumstance are naturally different.
Kneeling next to the mourning hall, Lin Daiyu, who was wearing filial piety clothes, had a sad face on her face, but the tears in her eyes were not as surging as before.
"Why haven't you stopped?"
Feeling a little distressed, Jia Lian looked at Lin Daiyu who was bowing to the people who came to mourn with disapproval.
Lin Ruhai has no filial sons, and when Jia Min died, he was a child who was temporarily selected from the Lin family.
Now Lin Ruhai is still like this, but they just came today, and the Lin family is not prepared, and the original plan starts tomorrow. And Lin Daiyu, as a daughter, although wearing linen and filial piety is indispensable, in fact, it is not necessary to kneel at the door and thank the people who came to mourn.
The mourning hall here of the Lin family began to be built after receiving the news, so as soon as Lin Ruhai's coffin arrived, it could be placed directly.
It's just that Jia Lian didn't expect that Lin Daiyu didn't rest at all, and directly knelt in the mourning hall and began to thank everyone.
However, because of Lin Daiyu's identity, these people did not dare to accept the courtesy.
It's just that in this way, Jia Lian is even more distressed about this child.
"I'm tired of my brother's worries, and it's okay."
Speaking softly, the corners of Lin Daiyu's mouth were barely hooked.
Although ice cubes were added to Lin Ruhai's body during the transportation process, it took too long and began to stink.
The death of both parents is not acceptable to everyone.
What's more, she is still just a child, a very sensitive child.
sighed, they got along with each other on the boat for nearly a month, which allowed Jia Lian to understand Daiyu more carefully.
Although this little girl looks weak, she has her own calculations in her heart, and the things she usually decides are basically a tendon to the end.
At the beginning, the hunger strike was, and so did the rush to make shrouds.
Knowing that this girl was knotted, Jia Lian didn't say much when she heard this, and knelt down on one knee next to Lin Daiyu and burned paper with her.
"Uncle Lin handed you over to me, and you are my responsibility."
Sensing Lin Daiyu's action of burning paper, Jia Lian spoke slowly.
In later life, after he embarked on a journey at work, his parents also died due to an accident.
So he understands Lin Daiyu's mood very well at the moment, and he also cherishes her.
In Suzhou for three days, there were countless people who came to mourn, but fortunately, at the beginning of the second day, Jia Lian persuaded Lin Daiyu to say two words, she could already listen to it, and she didn't take her body seriously like she used to be on the boat.
And because of the filial son selected by the Lin family to give Lin Ruhai a pot and bring filial piety, Lin Daiyu doesn't have to kneel there all the time.
The plan is to go out of the funeral three days later, Lin Ruhai will hand over Lin Daiyu to Jia Lian, the Lin family is no different from outsiders to Lin Daiyu, so in order to facilitate the care in the future, Jia Lian is ready to bring people back to Rongguo Mansion directly.
In this way, the Lin family's industry in Suzhou must be inventoried.
According to the specifications of Dingguohou, Lin Ruhai's funeral is extremely beautiful.
The long funeral procession, and the people who came to pay tribute to the road, lined up from the Lin Mansion to Lin Ruhai's cemetery.
These people include local gentry in Jiangnan, some have received the favor of Lin Ruhai, and more are salt workers.
From private salt to official salt, almost everyone knows that Lin Ruhai was hunted down and killed by the entire Jiangnan officialdom.
Lin Ruhai is a good official, the people know it, and the people are grateful.
The rampant private salt has been effectively suppressed under the leadership of Lin Ruhai. With the rise of the salt drying method in the salt fields, the imperial court recruited labor from the people, and solved the problem of the survival of the stove households.
The people were simple, and when they got the news of Lin Ruhai's sacrifice, they spontaneously came to the road to sacrifice.
Lin Daiyu sat in the carriage, starting from the Lin Mansion to the cemetery, and the remembrance and praise of Lin Ruhai on both sides never stopped.