Chapter 44: The Family
In the evening, Lin Ruhai talked to Jia Min about it, and neither of them expected that the emperor would be so decisive in the past, and now there will be a time when they lick the calf deeply.
"The canal didn't break the embankment in the previous life, how could this happen in this life?" Jia Min asked.
"You forget, when Wang Ziteng was in the northwest, because he exposed the silver dealings with the three princes, he didn't transport silver to the three princes for fear of accidents. The third prince wanted money, and he happened to preside over the maintenance of the canal in the capital, so he naturally put the idea on this. ”
"The third prince made such a big mistake, and the emperor didn't punish him?"
"Speaking of which, this is also human nature, no matter how cold-blooded he treats others, he is still reluctant to give up on his children, not to mention that there is no evidence that the third prince is rebellious, just greedy for money and causing harm to people's lives."
"It's just that the price is a little too great, almost an entire village of people died, as well as the people and goods on board."
"Min'er, you must know that these people are ants in the eyes of the emperor. In his eyes, for the sake of the so-called overall situation, he could even sacrifice the people of a city. ”
"Is the emperor's overall situation to keep himself? What right does he have to sacrifice someone else's life to fulfill himself? Jia Min said with some excitement.
"Min'er, you are in love, the emperor is supreme, he is the lord of the whole world, the power in his hands makes him qualified to decide anyone's life and death, he wants to let a person die, it is easy to be overt or dark." Lin Ruhai gently patted Jia Min's back to soothe her emotions.
Jia Min didn't know this, but he was just sad for those who died innocently, "You're right, otherwise, there wouldn't be so many people who are willing to give everything for that position." ”
"It's good that you understand, but it's difficult for the three princes to turn over, his only help in the court is Wang Xianrong, and now the emperor has ordered him to put him in place, and the three princes are going to stay away from the court again, no one will help him, and he himself is suspicious of the emperor, I'm afraid that he will be a rich and idle king in the future."
"In the last life, none of the three princes could win against the four princes, but why did the prince turn against him in the end?"
Lin Ruhai snorted coldly, "It was the Wang family who mediated it, and the four princes promised that in addition to being promoted, the tax and silver of the horse market would be divided equally with the prince." ”
"I see! The third prince originally wanted to take seventy percent of the tax silver, and the rest had to be returned to the treasury, although he had the income of the caravan, how could he compare with the tax silver. The third prince will not understand until he dies that Wang Ziteng, who has always been loyal, turned his back on him because of silver. ”
"Wang Ziteng is a repeated villain, just by looking at his marriage of his sister to the Shangjia Xue family, you can see his greed."
"There is no good person in the Wang family, and the little Wang family who married the Xue family is not a good thing. During our years in Jinling, she gave me a lot of stumbling blocks, and the business of my dowry shop was suppressed by her. ”
"Xiao Wang's is just Wang's echo worm, a clown who jumps off the beam. Let's have a chance to clean her up in the future, so that my Min'er can vent her evil anger. ”
Jia Min nodded happily, "Now that the Wang family and the three princes are no longer a threat to us, I can also manage my marriage Zhuangzi and shop with peace of mind, so that I can save money for our children." ”
Lin Ruhai smiled mysteriously, leaned over to Jia Min'er and said, "Min'er's dowry is rich, but if you talk about it, compared to the Lin family, there is not even a dime." ”
Jia Min stared at Lin Ruhai in shock, she knew that the Lin family's family background was very thick, even if Lin Ruhai hid part of it from her in the previous life, what she knew was already very thick, but it did not come to this point, at most it was three or five times her dowry. She never thought that the Lin family's secret family property would be so huge, let alone that Lin Ruhai would actually reveal these to herself.
"Husband, if you tell me this, you are not afraid that I will betray you and steal your family property, after all, there is such a huge amount, few people are not tempted."
Lin Ruhai smiled happily, "If you can ask such a question, it means that you will not betray me." And I'm afraid of your betrayal. You and I are husband and wife, and what is mine is yours, so how can you say that you are betrayed? ”
Jia Min thought about this problem seriously, if it was himself in the previous life, it was likely that Jia's mother would be coaxed by Jia's mother to tell Jia's mother the true family background of the Lin family, and he would also take some precious things to honor Jia's mother, and he would willingly give the silver to Jia Zheng to let him dredge up the relationship, and even the money to build the Grand View Garden would be his own family, so in the end, the entire family business of the Lin family may be coaxed away by Jia's mother. Jia Min was shocked into a cold sweat and trembled, but fortunately Lin Ruhai didn't tell her.
Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Min's abnormal expression, and held him in his arms worriedly, "Min'er, what's wrong?" Tell me, everything is with me! ”
Jia Min gradually calmed down under his comfort, "Ruhai, husband, it's good that you didn't confess to me in your last life, otherwise with my foolish nature in my last life, our family funds would have been given to Rongguo Mansion by me." ”
Lin Ruhai looked at Jia Min with a smile, "Min'er, we didn't have children at that time, you were uneasy in your heart, you must be looking towards your mother's family, think about what you did after we had Yu'er and Chen'er." Mother-in-law, they want Yu'er to marry Jia Baoyu, what is the idea, and how did you do it? ”
Jia Min suddenly realized, "By the way, after I had a child, I completely thought about the child." ”
"Yes, the identity is different, and naturally the position and ideas will change!"
"Thank you, husband, thank you for forgiving me and trusting me!" Jia Min's eyes were slightly red.
Lin Ruhai hugged Jia Min tightly, "We were all at fault in the previous life, don't say these words again in the future, let's look forward." Although it seems that the Wang family is no longer a threat now, the child in Wang's womb is her hole card, and she will return to Rongguo Mansion sooner or later, so the mysterious person behind her will not give up on her easily. We also need Wang to fish out that mysterious man, so we'll push it when necessary. ”
"I understand, although I hate the Wang family deeply, but I also know that if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, our real enemy is this mysterious man, if we don't find him out and kill him, we will always be in danger."
"That's right" Lin Ruhai nodded, "And over there in Jiangnan, although I killed Zhen Yingwu, I hit Zhen Yingjia and made him lose his office." But the Zhen family has been accumulating prestige in Jiangnan for a long time, and it is not so easy to solve, not to mention that the emperor still treats Mrs. Zhen very favorably. ”
"Will we still go to Gangnam?"
"Yes, the emperor needs a capable minister who is loyal to him to sit in Jiangnan, fight against the Zhen family, and finally defeat the Zhen family, and I am the most suitable. The emperor has long heard that the Zhen family is the emperor of Jiangnan, he will not let the Zhen family exist for too long, once the old lady Zhen is gone, he will definitely take action to rectify the Zhen family. The Zhen family is now here in the emperor, and Mrs. Zhen has such a little affection! ”
"Okay, husband, just fight outside, I am here in the inner house, and I will also let the people in Jinling and Suzhou make some preparations in advance."
"Well, it's okay, what's the difficulty for them to go to Jinling's Strange Things Zhai to find Shopkeeper Zhao."
"Strange things are also our Lin family's industry?" Jia Min knew that Qiwuzhai mostly sold some overseas imported goods, it is said that the owner of Qiwuzhai is a foreigner, has a large fleet, has more than a dozen sea ships, and also has his business name in overseas countries, but he didn't expect Lin Ruhai to be the owner behind Qiwuzhai.
Lin Ruhai nodded, "Our Lin family also has a lot of power overseas, and they are all taken care of by the secret guards and spies left by the head of the previous family, and it is already the third generation in my hands." If we have a chance, we can go to sea and have a look. I'll tell you more about that when the time comes. ”
"Okay, have you been there?"
"I've been there, when I was guarding filial piety in my hometown in Suzhou, I secretly went once, one is to take over those forces, and the other is to arrange some back roads, we have a good business overseas, once there is danger here, we can go to sea immediately."
"I didn't expect the ancestors of our Lin family to be so wise and far-sighted."
"In this way, you are still afraid that our children will not have money to pay a dowry in the future, right?" Lin Ruhai joked.
Jia Min gave him a roll of his eyes, "The child hasn't been born yet, you have to pay a dowry and a dowry!" ”
Lin Ruhai laughed and hugged Jia Min into the inner room to rest without mentioning it.