Chapter 12: Prayer for the Remains
Lin Jiang wrote a letter of resignation, and after reading it, Lin Qingwan looked at him silently and said, "Big brother, if anyone tells me that you are a genius, I don't believe it." ”
Dry, he said that he was seriously ill and could no longer be loyal to the country and the king, this fold was handed over, and it should be the matter of the imperial history, and those who didn't know thought that Lin Jiang was retreating as advance.
Lin Qingwan took a blank fold, sat aside and said, "I'll write it, and you can polish the pen again." ”
Lin Qingwan is a graduate student in history, her grandfather is a master of Chinese literature, she loves to study history, and there are many unique ancient books in her family, including many sensational articles.
She didn't know this emperor, but from the understanding of more than two months, she was a very ambitious king, although she could listen to opinions, but her personality was very strong.
And Lin Jiang has the title of smiling tiger in the court, although his face is warm, but he is cold and arrogant.
This kind of high is engraved in her bones, she doesn't believe that the emperor doesn't know, so Lin Jiang has never cried about difficulties.
There is nothing more impressive in such a situation than showing weakness.
From Lin Jiang's ancestor to his generation, four generations have done their best to the Great Liang and the Shi family, and their contributions are even greater.
Although the number of people in the Lin clan has been decreasing, the real decline of the branch is due to the royal family, and now only two girls remain......
Lin Qingwan started from the origin of the Lin family, and jumped directly to Gaozu, from the friendship between Lin Li and Shi Qian to the righteousness of the monarchs and ministers in the back, and then to the relationship between the four generations, in short, how to sensationalize.
"The appearance of luxury, so far only the weak sister and young daughter remain, the minister is dead, I don't know what the orphans rely on......" Lin Qingwan wrote for a while, and turned to write about the Lin family's industry.
The Lin family's property cannot be kept, and it must be given away, but who to give it to and how to send it must be carefully considered.
Lin Qingwan has been thinking about how to deal with these properties, and she already has some thoughts, but today these thoughts are even clearer.
The money can be given to the imperial court, but the grain does not have to be transported all the way.
The loss of silver and gold during transportation is very small, and everyone has a number, but the grain is different.
If the Lin family's grain is transported to Kyoto, it is not certain that it can be ten points or not, in this case, why send it all the way to Kyoto, can't I give it to the Jiangnan fathers?
This time, Lin Jiang's reputation for presiding over the increase in military taxes has deteriorated, and they can just make up for it.
Don't say anything to buy people's hearts and make the emperor taboo, the Lin family doesn't even have a son, where can they be taboo?
The most important thing is that distant relatives are not as important as close neighbors, the emperor is important, and the people of Jiangnan around them are equally important.
Fame is a double-edged sword, sometimes it can cut people, but it can also protect people, depending on how people use it.
If the emperor really wants to do something to their aunts and nephews because of the Lin family's grand and good reputation, he will talk about it when the time comes.
The property was not disposed of, Lin Qingwan did not write specifically, but said that the weak sister and young girl were not enough to take charge of so much property, and when the time came, he would realize and donate part of the property to the treasury to solve the crisis of the empty treasury.
can solve the crisis of the empty treasury, so can there be less money?
In the end, Lin Qingwan wrote a tear-jerking love story, expressing her reluctance to rely on the emperor and Da Liang, and at the same time hoped that the emperor could take more care of his weak sister and young daughter after his death.
Lin Jiang saw tears ripple when he saw this, and when he saw this, he hurriedly said: "Writing like this will inevitably lead to the suspicion of coercing favors to repay you." ”
Lin Qingwan insisted: "You are about to die, if you still have no desires, you can change the rest, but this paragraph must be kept." Why do those people suspect that you left Yubin a mountain of gold and silver? It's because you're too calm, too serious. You think that they will take care of Yubin after receiving your favor, so you don't mention it, but you don't know that they still think that you are a bamboo in your chest and have a back hand. ”
Lin Jiang pursed his lips and said nothing, and took the fold to read.
Lin Qingwan's writing is naturally not as good as him, but he didn't know how to write before, but now he has a reference, and the "future" in the peeping mirror is too exciting for him, and no one can compare to him in terms of feelings.
So after he carefully read Lin Qingwan's folds back and forth, he picked up the pen and started writing on the other side, and the ones that he had revised were naturally better, that is, Lin Qingwan couldn't help crying when he read it.
Seeing that Lin Jiang was hesitant to deliver it, Lin Qingwan dried the fold, put it in the box with the pulse case taken from Dr. Xu and handed it to Gu Yu, "Let people send it to Kyoto quickly, and write posts for the major families, magnates, and businesses in the south of the Yangtze River, and say that the Lin family wants to sell some grange shops, and those who are interested are invited to come and negotiate." ”
Gu Yu glanced up at Lin Jiang, and when he saw Lin Jiang nodding slightly, he took the box and bowed down.
"You'll be seriously ill from tomorrow." Lin Qingwan turned her head to him.
Lin Jiang smiled bitterly, "Are you really going to sell all the shops in the Grange?" ”
"Otherwise, will it be handed over to the imperial court? And then let those people buy it from the court at the lowest price, and the money may not fall into the treasury, what do you want? ”
Lin Jiang glared, "How do you know?" ”
He had never shown this deduced by the Sky Mirror.
Lin Qingwan smiled at him and said pointedly: "Some things are very expensive when they pass through the hands of the imperial court, but some things are very cheap. ”
The political system of Daliang is similar to that of the Later Tang Dynasty, and even the economy and people's livelihood are similar to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period after the Tang Dynasty, the emperor of Daliang is good, but the military power he really holds is only the Northeast Army, and the military power of other armies is not in his hands.
Each province has a temperance envoy or observer envoy, who holds local power and military power.
Don't look at Lin Jiang as just the history of Yangzhou, Yangzhou is the deputy capital, and he is also the observer of Jiangnan Province, Jiangnan's military power, and civil affairs are all in his hands.
When he is obedient, the emperor can be like an arm to Jiangnan, but if he disobeys the yang and the yin like other festival envoys, then the emperor will have to fight with the locality.
Therefore, the emperor did not know too much about local affairs, and those who knew and could turn a blind eye were also gently let go. Those who can't close their eyes will intervene.
She thought that most of the Lin family's industries were like this.
Lin Jiang donated his property to the state, but not to mention that Jiangnan is so far away from Kyoto, even in the imperial village in Kyoto, the output is not necessarily all the emperor's.
Therefore, except for real money, it is difficult for other things to fall into the hands of the emperor, in this case, it is better to exchange all of them for goods that can be used.
Grain, satin silk cloth, gold and silver jewelry, do you want a big shop in a prosperous area, do you want a grange with fertile soil, and do you want a famous tea plantation?
Let's exchange it.
Lin Jiang obviously didn't expect Lin Qingwan to be so decisive, and said that he would deal with it with resolute actions.
Before the excerpt was sent to Kyoto, Jiangnan was shocked three times, what happened to Lin Jiang, he actually dealt with the Lin family's property?
The elders of the Lin clan, who had already dismantled their luggage and did not plan to go to Yangzhou, hurriedly packed their bags and took people on the road.
The families in the south of the Yangtze River, especially some big businessmen, also packed up their things and rushed to Yangzhou, and they envied the Lin family's industries for a long time, but because of the Lin family's power, they dared to be envious and jealous in their hearts, and they didn't even dare to be greedy.
But now......
Yangzhou suddenly became lively, and the Lin family was even more lively, and since Lin Qingwan released the posts and news, many people wanted to visit.
Officials, world friends, and some big landlords, and big merchants all sent people, but Lin Qingwan didn't see them, and they all let Steward Lin send people away in a good voice.
Even the people sent by the Xie family didn't see the three masters of the Lin Mansion, but were politely sent away by Steward Lin and Mama Lin.
Lin Qingwan is making an estimate, and she has decided to dispose of these family properties by auction, so she must do a good job of estimating the price, and there are still many things to deal with.
Lin Yubin stayed by Lin Jiang's side, since she knew that her father was seriously ill, she didn't want him to go to the yamen, let alone leave his side.
Lin Jiang thought of Lin Qingwan's words to persuade him, yes, he only has four months to go, what's wrong with accompanying his daughter at the end?
Liu Pei and Sun Huai can be on their own, why should he go to the yamen every day?
Thinking about it like this, Lin Jiang didn't go out anymore, just lay at home, take medicine every day, talk to her daughter, teach her poetry and songs, and by the way, point out some of her sophistication, so that she can listen to her sister-in-law more in the future.
Yangzhou was so lively, Xie Yan, who had planned to leave for Beijing as soon as possible, didn't leave, and he and his second brother Xie Qian were surprised: "Could it be that Lin Jiang is really seriously ill?" Shouldn't it, some time ago, he personally forced us to donate a large amount of money and food, how can he say that he is sick? ”
Xie Qian frowned and said unceremoniously: "You don't care about his body, what does it have to do with you whether he is sick or not?" Your vacation is almost here, what are you going to do? ”
Xie Yan glared at his brother, "Do you really not understand or pretend not to understand?" The Lin family has been operating in Jiangnan for many years, but our Xie family is so pressed by him that we can't raise our heads, if Lin Jiang dies, then our Xie family ......"
"If Lin Jiang dies, it won't be our Xie family's turn," Xie Gan got up, flicked his robe, and looked at his eldest brother seriously: "The Lin family is defeated, there is still the Shang family behind, the Zhao family and the Zhou family are not vegetarians, you want to dominate Jiangnan, do you have military power?" Or you are in charge of the court, eldest brother, you are just a Chinese scholar, and although your father's official position is higher, he is Si Nongqing. You can't speak in the court, ...... in Jiangnan"
Xie Yan was so angry that he grabbed the teacup and smashed it, "Shut up for me, will you die if you don't tear down the stage?" ”
Xie Qian pursed his lips, "You people don't like to listen to the truth, but you like to be vain and deceive yourself." ”
With that, he shook his head and left.
Xie Yan felt that he was really a dog in his old age, so he would talk to his brother about this.