The people of Jiangnan have been suffering for a long time, but they are also full of doubts and resistance to the new policies of the imperial court.

What the imperial court wanted was that the granary of Daxia in Jiangnan could provide a steady stream of grain for the imperial court, but with the development of commerce in Jiangnan and the strong rise of maritime trade, the common people saw that this kind of mulberry silkworm raising could make money much faster than growing grain.

This has led to the fact that Jiangnan is obviously thousands of miles of fertile fields, and it is impossible to be self-sufficient in food.

Xu Jin finally finished cleaning up the land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the task of persuading farmers was directly stillborn before it began.

"The benefits of maritime trade are so great that everyone is only staring at the windfall profits brought back by sea vessels from overseas. Half of the land south of the Yangtze River was planted with mulberry trees, the gentry were setting up workshops, and silk was shipped out of the country by boat. ”

Jiangnan is richer, but Xu Jin's face does not look happy, but is even more worried.

The carriage was leisurely heading north on the flat official road, and Xu Jin leaned on the wall of the carriage tiredly, telling Jia Cong about his worries.

"The salt merchant is no longer the richest person in Jiangnan, the merchants of Jinling have established the Silk Chamber of Commerce, and the wealth of those ten people has exceeded the annual income of Nanzhili for a year, which is still in the clear. Kaihai is like an abyss beast that has never been seen before, and the teacher is a little unsure of how to deal with it. ”

In just two and a half years, Jiangnan is like a change of heaven and earth, everyone is chasing the huge power brought by sea trade, and everyone is discussing how to make money......

Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, etiquette and shame seem to be slowly disappearing, Xu Jin can feel all these changes, although he is in charge of the royal flag, in Jiangnan has the right to cut first and then play, but obviously perceives that his own powerlessness.

This is also the time he can't wait to report on his work in Beijing at the end of the year, so he will return to Beijing first, planning to face the emperor and wait for the holy ruling.

"Is the teacher worried about the change of people's hearts under the interests, or is it that those merchants will reach out to the court after gaining a huge amount of wealth?"

Jia Cong's inquiry gave Xu Jin a hint of comfort.

This apprentice was always so perceptive that he could see at a glance that he was really worried.

The moral model handed down by our ancestors seems to be being eroded by gold and silver. At the same time, the authority of the dynasty was also eroded.

The Xilin Party has disappeared, and the Jiangnan gentry and business group formed by relying on the Xilin Party have fallen and scattered, and now they can no longer have any influence on the imperial court.

However, in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places, new forces based on maritime merchants were formed.

These chambers of commerce, large and small, even if they are still just seedlings, cannot really affect the operation of the government.

But Xu Jin dared to guarantee that these chambers of commerce would eventually reach into the court like the Jin merchants, Shu merchants, and salt merchants in Jiangnan, after having a huge amount of wealth.

"I know etiquette and etiquette, my stomach can't be filled, and it's a luxury to talk about etiquette and morality. Teacher, when the material foundation reaches a certain peak, people will automatically look for spiritual fulfillment. ”

The scholars and doctors of the Central Plains were born with a strange feeling, advocating the height of morality, but always ignoring the suffering in reality.

Just like the development process of the Celestial Empire in the previous life, it was only after the new century that the people's living standards reached the basic level of food and clothing and even a well-off life, and the pursuit of spiritual civilization was born.

When a person is not well fed and clothed, you talk to him about morality, isn't this nonsense?

If you can stop breaking the law, you will already have that person's kindness unquenched.

Jia Cong's words were not accepted by Xu Jin, he was an orthodox Confucian disciple, and his pursuit of morality could not be shaken by a few words.

However, Xu Jin can understand Jia Cong's opinion.

"Maybe you have a point, but you can't ignore it. Sometimes, the depravity of human nature is in an instant, it is easy to destroy it, and it is difficult to pick it up again! ”

Fang Cai was still satisfied with the experience brought by "born to know", but suddenly it was like a giant hammer slammed down, and Jia Cong's face turned pale.

"It's easy to destroy it, but if you want to pick it up again, it's hard!"

Jia Cong's mind kept flashing all kinds of figures, quickly playing the big and small things he had experienced in his past and present lives.

"You didn't hit it, why did you help it?"

This alone is enough to set the moral level of the Chinese people back by 50 years.

And the changes in Jiangnan that Xu Jin told him, the madness of pursuing interests with one mind, have a tendency to develop towards this situation.

Jia Cong didn't dare to imagine what would become of Great Xia if it continued like this. But Xu Jin's worries seemed to have become his worries, causing his back to break out in a cold sweat on the hot summer day in July.

Xu Jin saw the change in Jia Cong's expression, and when the apprentice fell into fear and contemplation, he just closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, without disturbing the apprentice's self-reflection.

As Jia Cong's teacher, Xu Jin didn't care about teaching Jia Cong's subset of classics, but paid more attention to Jia Cong's ideological growth.

He had already seen that his apprentice was too naïve, lacking awe and understanding of power and people's hearts.

In one word, it's still too immature.

The journey was too smooth, there were too many people who protected him, and he didn't suffer any decent setbacks, so sooner or later he would suffer a big loss.

The master and apprentice were in the carriage of the north, each realizing their own way.

It wasn't until the carriage entered the city and stopped outside the Great Xia Gate that Jia Cong, who got off the car, suddenly bowed to Xu Jin.

"Thank you for the teacher's teaching, the students understand!"

Xu Jin didn't ask Jia Cong what he understood, but just smiled with relief.

When his teacher walked into the palace gate to reply to the decree, Jia Cong got up and continued to be "in a daze" with a frown.

If it hadn't been for the teacher's reminder, he would have almost made the mistake of empiricism.

Cang Yu knows that etiquette is right, but we can't let the idea of valuing profit over righteousness develop arbitrarily.

Jia Cong raised his hands and stared at the gradually clenched fists with resolute eyes.

There is no reason why material civilization and spiritual civilization cannot develop together, he Jia Cong must grasp it with both hands, and both hands must be hard!

……

On the third day after the Spring Festival wedding, he took his son-in-law back to Rongguo Mansion to live in the opposite month, and this stay has been almost two months.

finally returned to Liu's house, and within a few days, I saw the big girl Siqi next to me running back to report the news......

After Yingchun returned to Liu's house, he ate and vomited, and at first he thought he was sick, but he asked the doctor to learn that she was pregnant.

"Damn, how could I have forgotten such an important thing!"

Unlike the joy of the rest of the family, Jia Cong's face was terribly bad when he heard the news.

The second sister is just over fifteen, and being conceived and giving birth to a child at this age is no different from passing the ghost gate.

He threw down the half-written notebook and hurried to Liu's house.

The maid of the Liu family still wanted to report inside, but saw Jia Cong rushing over like a gust of wind.

When he opened the door, he saw his sister lying in the arms of the hateful man......

Liu Xianglian was holding her wife, holding a spoon in one hand, feeding Yingchun and drinking meat porridge one bite at a time.

"Ah~ Why did Brother Cong come over at this time?"

Liu Xianglian has now cultivated a cheeky skin, and unhurriedly hugged his wife to the bamboo couch and let her recline on the soft pillow, and then beckoned to Jia Cong.

"The doctor just left, your sister didn't eat a few bites of lunch, and I just recooked the porridge ......"

"Your brother-in-law's porridge is delicious, and I vomit anything else, I'm really hungry."

This couple is really ......

This damn dog food!

Jia Cong's original anxiety and self-blame disappeared most of the dog food that the couple had stuffed.

He handed over the golden order to the soldiers who came with him, and asked them to go to the Tai Hospital to ask the imperial doctor to come over.

The raw rice has been cooked and the seeds have sprouted, what else can I do?

Fortunately, after the imperial doctor diagnosed the pulse, the advice he gave could make him feel a little more at ease.

Yingchun's body is very good, as long as he takes care of it properly, he will not encounter much danger in the future.

Of course, this problem of morning sickness has to be solved first.

The imperial doctor prescribed several medicinal diets and dietary prescriptions, and left the Liu family under the send-off of Liu Xianglian.

Jia Cong sat beside the bamboo couch and blamed himself: "It's all my fault, I should have reminded my second brother-in-law early." Second sister, you are still young, you shouldn't be in such a hurry to have children......"

"It's nonsense again, the succession is a big deal, and since I am married to your brother-in-law, I should continue to have children for the Liu family."

"But it's too dangerous to get pregnant and give birth so early!"

Yingchun raised his hand and rubbed Jia Cong's brain, full of maternal brilliance, and said with a smile: "I know what you mean, but there are some things that can't be hidden, and this child in my womb is too important." ”

Well?

Yingchun gave Si Qi a look, and saw Si Qi walking quickly outside the door, and only Jia Cong's sister and brother were left in the house.

I only heard Yingchun say in a low voice: "Before the wedding, I accompanied the old lady into the palace to ask for a meeting, and our mother said that His Majesty intends to abolish the Liu family's heirs, but for the time being, I can't find a suitable excuse." The heirs of the Liu family are not prosperous, and Liu Fang's sons have not given birth to sons so far, and the clan elders also have a lot of opinions on the heirs, and they intend to choose heirs for them......"

Regardless of whether the clans of the Liu family are really worried that the incense will be cut off, or they are eyeing the ancestral property of the Liguo Mansion, anyway, the matter of choosing an heir has been put on the agenda.

Moreover, on the side of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, there were also people who put forward different opinions on the choice of the successor of the Liguo Mansion.

This matter even went to the emperor, and Yuan Chun thought of his brother-in-law Liu Xianglian.

Although Liu Xianglian is a concubine, Liu Xianglian's father and Liu Fang are brothers.

If Liu Fang is in the same lineage, Liu Xianglian, a nephew or nephew, will inherit the title, and there seems to be no problem at all.

Jia Cong was also shocked by Yuan Chun's bold idea, and at the same time was taken aback by the changes in the second sister Yingchun.

He knows Yingchun's temperament too well, he doesn't fight or grab, and he is as gentle as water.

But at this time, Yingchun was like a sharp sword, which made Jia Cong a little incredulous.

"Second sister, you ......"

"Do you remember what Liu Fang did about stuffing people in your brother-in-law's house before? There are some things that if I don't fight back, they will think I'm weak and easy to bully. I can't rely on your brother-in-law for everything, can I? At this time, whoever gives birth to a son first will have a greater advantage. Niangniang said that she would knock on the side of His Majesty. ”

After saying this, Yingchun returned to its gentle appearance like water.

"That being said, it's ......"

Jia Cong was stunned, and then smiled bitterly: "But it's not worth the second sister gambling with her body, if you want your brother-in-law to inherit the Liguo Mansion, there is a way." ”

Speaking of which, the title of the Duke of Liguo has been inherited so far as to be just a viscount, but don't underestimate this little viscount.

As long as Liu Xianglian inherits the title, the connections and power accumulated by the Liguo Mansion over the past hundred years will soon push her to a high position.

Coupled with the importance of the emperor and the crown prince to Liu Xianglian, within three or five years, Liu Xianglian can definitely rank among the top generals and become one of the few generals in the army.

This matter has been hidden from Liu Xianglian so far, this stupid man still doesn't know that his wife, who seems to be weak and can't take care of herself, is trying his best to plan for his future.

By the time Liu Xianglian sent the imperial doctor back to the room, the sister and brother had already skipped the matter of the Liguo Mansion and pondered the name of the child who was less than three months old.

……

Yingchun has the news of pregnancy, which makes the big and small masters of Rongguo Mansion pay attention.

Even the pardoning master, who has always been eccentric, picked and chose from the private treasury, packed a large box of gold, silver and jade, and sent it to the Liu family.

Unlike Daiyu and others pondering embroidered clothes, shoes and socks, the old lady took the opportunity of the sixteenth day to take Wang Xifeng to Fengzao Palace to meet Concubine Yuanchun.

The first thing he did after returning home was to call his two sons and Jia Lian and Jia Cong's two grandsons who could do things to Rongxi Hall.

The three generations of grandparents closed the door and began to plan the Liguo Mansion.

"If the second son-in-law inherits the Liguo Mansion, the strength of our family will be too great, won't this make it difficult for the palace?"

It is very rare for the lord to have a sense of political crisis, one family and two dukes are already majestic enough, if you add the Liguo Mansion, the Jia family will completely become a behemoth.

Even if the emperor was not worried about taboos, Jia Yu himself felt terrified.

The old lady shook her head: "Compared to Liu Fang's waste, Your Majesty is more willing to let someone take over the Liguo Mansion." His Majesty can't believe the rest of the Liu family, as long as we grasp the proportions, Your Majesty won't care too much. ”

How to get the right balance? Jia Yu was a little big for a while.

He rubbed his eyebrows and asked, "What did the lady say?" ”

I only heard the old lady say: "Niangniang means that after Erlang inherits the Liguo Mansion, he will hand over all the power of the Liguo Mansion in the army, and only keep the title of inheritance." In this way, we also benefit, and Your Majesty also benefits. The energy of the Liguo Mansion in the southwest is not small, and the imperial court is having a headache about the affairs of Wusizang. ”

The Liguo Mansion has been operating in the southwest of the country for nearly a hundred years, and Sichuan, Shu, Qian, and Yunnan all have the shadow of the Liu family.

If Liu Xianglian inherits the Liguo Mansion and uses troops in Wusizang in the future, the emperor will be much more comfortable, at least there is no need to worry about the Liu family making stumbling blocks.

Jia Zheng didn't have any opinion on these, and the old lady and the old man had already agreed on their opinions, so they turned their attention to the Jia Lian brothers.

"Lian'er, Brother Cong, what do you think?"

"Second brother, you talk about ...... first"

Jia Cong motioned to his second brother to speak first, but saw Jia Lian smile mysteriously.

"Grandmother, father, second uncle...... That, I've been planning this for a long time, even if I don't have the second sister, I can let the second brother-in-law inherit the title of the Liguo Mansion! ”

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That's all for tonight, continue tomorrow, good night!

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