Yanzheng Yamen, in the garden of the inner house.

The yamen is not only an official office, but also a private residence with a garden.

The moon cave-shaped garden gate, all kinds of bamboo branches and leaves on both sides are sparse, and the door forehead reflects each other, and the white fruit peak is interspersed in the meantime, such as a strong spring bamboo shoot.

This scene is quite characteristic of Yangzhou garden.

In the pavilion at the end of Langfang, the king of Zhongshun is sitting in a precarious position, with a black and white chessboard in front of him, holding a white piece in his right hand, thinking about how to make a move.

On the opposite side was Lin Daiyu, who was dressed in plain color, playing against the King of Zhongshun, and the maid Zijuan stood aside.

As for Jia Yun, he leaned against the pillar of the hall, closing his eyes and recuperating.

Originally, Lin Daiyu left after sending food, Zijuan turned around to find Jia Yun and muttered a sentence or two, and when King Zhongshun heard this, he made a decision to invite Lin Daiyu to wander in the garden in the name of the elders to relieve his mood.

Wander around, find a gazebo and play chess.

As for Jia Yun, he didn't know much about chess, but he was not interested.

King Zhongshun saw Jia Yun's lack of interest, and suddenly said, "I said that you kid is too lazy. ”

Lin Daiyu raised her eyes and looked at Jia Yun, and immediately lowered her head and ignored it.

Originally, Lin Daiyu didn't have the heart to play chess, but it was difficult to refuse, so she reluctantly played against each other.

As a "lady of everyone", Lin Daiyuqin, chess, calligraphy and painting are hunting, when she was in Beijing, she was also influenced by her sisters on the chess path, so she was naturally able to play.

On the other hand, the purple juan who was standing there, seeing this situation, felt better, and it was better to find something to do than to think nonsense, the master had someone to take care of, and he couldn't get in the way for a while.

When Jia Yun heard this, he looked indifferent, and said casually: "If you don't understand chess, why do you want to be ugly, vassal elegance and the like, but it makes people look down on you." ”

Since coming to this world, Jia Yun only thought about studying and becoming a career when he was young, and did not delve into other things.

When he was older, Jia Yun was sent to the bitter cold land of the border pass, most of them were coarse, and there was no such opportunity for elegance, and it was already good if he didn't learn their foul language.

King Zhongshun smiled when he heard this, and asked Lin Daiyu with great interest, "What does Niece Lin think?" ”

Although Lin Daiyu was surprised that King Zhongshun would ask her, she still said: ""The four good people of elegance", the piano is leisurely, the chess is wise, the book is virtuous, and the painting is elegant. ”

Qinqi, calligraphy and painting, which is the so-called "four good people", or "four friends of literati", are essential for literati self-cultivation.

"Hehehe...... What Niece Lin said was extremely true. Complimenting Lin Daiyu, King Zhongshun tilted his head to Jia Yun and quipped: "Your aunt's words, you have to listen carefully." ”

Jia Yun didn't care, the elegant thing is really not Jia Yun's style, Jia Yun understood a few years ago, whether it is the memory of his previous life or his personality, Jia Yun is not a person in that circle at all, even so, why should he be vassal......

"Lord Wang, Your Majesty asked me to wait to come to Jiangnan on an errand, not to talk about elegance."

Jiangnan fundraising is not good, as a minister of the Qincha, the king of Zhongshun is not in a hurry, leisurely strolling around the garden, playing chess, it is really funny.

Regarding Jia Yun's disdainful expression, Lin Daiyu frowned when she heard this, and had the heart to say a few words, but she was not familiar with it, so she endured it.

And the corner of Zhongshun's mouth smiled, took a sip of the teacup from a few cases on the side, and said meaningfully: "Jia Shenling, say what you want to say directly, there is no need to hide it, and this king will not block the way of speech." ”

Jia Yun's face sank when he heard this, and he was silent.

Lin Daiyu was delicate, and knew that King Zhongshun and Jia Yun were going to talk about business, so she got up and said goodbye: "Uncle, niece will retire first." ”

I thought that the king of Zhongshun would agree, but who knew that the king of Zhongshun waved his hand and said: "It's okay, it's not an unsightly thing, there is no need to avoid it." ”

After that, the king of Zhongshun played a chess move.

When Lin Daiyu heard this, she sat down and continued to play.

Seeing this, Jia Yun also felt that it was not a big deal, and after thinking for a moment, Jia Yun said: "Lord, to put it bluntly, Your Majesty's meaning is to let me wait to come to Jiangnan to ask for silver, and whether I give or not depends on other people's faces. ”

The prince of Zhongshun frowned when he heard this, Jia Yun looked like he wanted to speak and stopped before, and he thought that there was some way, who would have to compromise......

"If such a precedent is set, there will be no face for the imperial court."

Donating silver has to be given by the imperial court, and as soon as this kind of example is opened, wouldn't it encourage those merchants to the point of being out of control.

Secondly, if it is spread out, it will really lose the face of the court and the royal family.

"Quotation" can only be a grace, not a transaction.

Jia Yun naturally knows what is involved, in addition, if the matter of "adding introduction" is agreed, to put it bluntly, it is to compete with the country for profit, these extra salt, there is no tax, and it is not to use the silver of the imperial court for disaster relief, if it can be so, why should the saint make a pledge, this is a big move.

In Jia Yun's view, letting a salt merchant pay money seems to be a "white prostitute" of the imperial court, but in fact, the treatment of the court's "compassion" for the merchant is not for nothing.

Nearly 100 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China, these businessmen relied on the preferential policies given by the imperial court to make a fortune, and now the imperial court is short of silver, but these businessmen talk about trading, which is really ridiculous.

There is no free lunch in the world, and since you have eaten the "dividend", you should contribute.

After a pause, Jia Yun said: "I'm waiting for these people, and the only silver we can "beg" is these, so let's call more people to ask for it, but there are still tens of thousands of disaster victims outside the city waiting to be fed......

"Hiss......" King Zhongshun gasped when he heard this, and said in surprise: "This is not to let the disaster people into the city, if there is a riot, this is a big basket." ”

Jia Yun sneered and said: "Lord, there is no chaos, there are nearly 10,000 soldiers and horses in the Yangzhou camp, before leaving, His Majesty has given the prince the power to control the Yangzhou camp, as long as it is properly controlled, there will be no big chaos, the victims will enter the city, I think those salt merchants can still sit!" ……

If the prince had any other way, he should have never said this. ”

King Zhongshun's eyes flickered, as if he was considering the gains and losses, if there was really a riot, this errand would be a mess, even if you were a prince, this punishment was indispensable.

However, the money of these salt merchants is really not easy to bargain for, and if the money is not raised every day, the victims will not be resettled every day, and the more people will starve to death......

The improper handling of the disaster relief incident undermined the majesty of today's son......

After a moment of silence, the king of Zhongshun said cautiously: "Listen carefully to the ......"

The corners of Jia Yun's mouth rose slightly when he heard this, since King Zhongshun asked, it means that he was thinking about it, so it was much easier......