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  Chapter 484 The shrewd man Jia Yucun

"Then my brother, it's better to be respectful than obey your orders." Feng Ziying and Jia Yucun walked side by side, smiling, "I heard that Jinling was peaceful and peaceful under Brother Yucun's rule. It's the first class,..."

  Jia Yucun stroked his beard under his chin proudly, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, this year's Jinling is quite prosperous,..."

   This guy seems to be really a little drifting, even more drifting than himself.

However, Piao probably has confidence. The Jinling Mansion has been lucky in recent years, with even rain and no major disasters. The evaluations of the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate are naturally good. Those who have handled it well and suffered a big loss are more cautious in this regard.

  In a sense, luck is also strength and confidence,

   "The emperor's blessing is naturally the main thing, but it also depends on Brother Yucun's hard work." Feng Ziying's official clichés have long been so proficient that they can't be more proficient, and they come at their fingertips.

   "Hehe, Ziying, I have written down what you said as a brother. When Elder Qige asks about it in the future, don't forget Ziying." Jia Yucun also salivated and said generously.

Feng Ziying laughed secretly in her heart, this guy is really an official fan, he always expects to take another step forward, but on the surface he calmly agrees, "That's natural, brother Yucun and younger brother are friends born through life and death, ..."

Jia Yucun smiled brightly, even if the words were just for listening, it could at least show that the person in front of him had a good impression of him. Qi Yongtai is still the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. If he can make such an evaluation in front of him, his own The evaluation and future prospects will be stable.

   "Well, brother Yu likes to hear this sentence, by the way, about Yu girl..." Jia Yucun glanced at Feng Ziying calmly.

  Feng Ziying didn’t expect Jia Yucun’s news to be so well-informed. It seems that he also has an eye in Yangzhou Mansion, or that his group going south has also attracted the attention of many people, and Jia Yucun is no exception.

   "Well, my younger brother has this intention, but my parents still need to communicate with each other..." Feng Ziying was ambiguous and didn't say anything dead, "Brother Yucun also knows about Sister Lin's body,..."

   "Brother Yu understands, but what do you say to Mr. Lin? Mr. Lin's body is in some trouble now..." Jia Yucun refused to stop, and wanted to ask clearly.

  It is no secret that Lin Ruhai is seriously ill. The capital knew about it, and it even attracted the attention of thousands of people in the official circles of Nanzhili.

It’s just that everyone also knows that the salt inspector who sits in the yamen of the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River is not just anyone can be appointed, even the cabinet can’t be the master, it depends on the thoughts of the emperor and the emperor .

  Jia Yucun was also very concerned, and even sent people to visit Lin Ruhai many times.

   As for who will take over Lin Ruhai's class, it's still uncertain, but if Feng Ziying really wants to be Lin Ruhai's son-in-law, then he can indeed earn a lot of money.

  The wealth of inspecting salt censors for several years is not comparable to that of ordinary officials, even the prefect of Jinling himself is far behind.

  Feng Ziying didn't expect Jia Yucun to ask such a deep question, and was a little surprised, but then she thought that the other party dared to ask such a question because she had served as a teacher for Lin Daiyu and had a friendship with Lin Ruhai as guest and host.

  Of course, the other party's concern may not necessarily be due to Lin Ruhai and Lin Daiyu's future, but probably to Lin Ruhai's property.

   "Although Mr. Lin's condition is not serious, as long as he is healthy and will be raised, he will be fine for a year or so. So the younger brother also plans to report to his parents after returning to Beijing, and then propose marriage to the Lin family..."

  Jia Yucun tilted his face slightly, avoiding Feng Ziying's possible changes in his face, as if hesitating to consider something, and didn't speak for a while.

  The two kept walking until Jia Yucun led Feng Ziying into the study in the back room. Feng Ziying was a little surprised. How could this guy be so enthusiastic before, but after this journey, he didn't say a word?

Just when he was wondering, Jia Yucun closed the door of the study and motioned Feng Ziying to sit down, then hesitated and said, "Ziying, if you want to marry Yu girl, it's fine, but Mr. Lin, the inspector of salt and censor Are you afraid that you also know the details of it?"

  Feng Ziying frowned slightly, raised her eyebrows, what does this guy mean? Do you want to remind yourself, or persuade yourself? Or is it intended to show favor to yourself?

Nodding her head, Feng Ziying pondered for a while before saying: "Your brother has indeed heard about it, maybe not as thorough as your elder brother, but I also know that this is a practice left over from the Guangyuan period. When the Supreme Emperor went to Jiangnan, most of the expenses were about Do you pay from here?"

This is not surprising. Jia Yucun naturally knew that since Feng Ziying was deliberately cultivated by Qi Yongtai and Qiao Yingjia, the northern scholars, of course he would not hide these facts from him, even though it may be because of his age and experience. But generally it should be known.

   "If it's just that Jiangnan took the bill this time, I'm afraid it's more than that."

Jia Yucun knew a little about being an official after he became a Jinshi. In the past few years, he and Wang Ziteng have been very close. In addition, now that he is the prefect of Jinling, he spends a lot of time dealing with the Nanjing Sixth Department and a bunch of idle officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. .

Most of the idle officials sent here are those who have no hope of official career and are just waiting to become an official. Naturally, they dare to say anything, that is, Emperor Yuanxi, Prince Yizhong, and even Emperor Yonglong and Prince Zhongshun. Dare to change the arrangement, he also heard a lot of anecdotes and secrets.

   "Oh, what else can there be?" Feng Ziying vaguely knew something, but it seemed that Jia Yucun probably knew more, but what was his intention in telling himself?

   Is it just to bring the relationship closer to please yourself? Even if Qi Yongtai is his teacher, but after this relationship, it is impossible to have special care for him, Jia Yucun.

"It is inevitable for the emperor to go to the south of the Yangtze River to avoid expenses. They must transfer salt to the Si Yamen to support it, but the annual salt class at the Ministry of Households is indispensable. What should we do? Naturally, he will follow the path of the salt merchant. How much he borrows, promises No one can tell how many conditions have been set, it's all a mess, but you have no jokes, so it will naturally be honored,..."

Jia Yucun's tone turned indifferent at this time, "In addition, the Supreme Emperor was in high spirits at the time and had countless favors, and how many people were involved in the benefits, not only the salt, but even the franchised gold medal for avoiding death, these bad debts need After the 35th year of Yuanxi, Lin Gong was forced to be cornered when he served as the two Huaihuai inspectors. He had to face the censure of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he could not let the reputation of the Supreme Emperor. ruined, that’s why one committed suicide by throwing himself into the water, and the other retired from office when he was just over 50 years old because he was in a trance and couldn’t handle the job,…”

  Feng Ziying remained silent.

He has heard a little about these situations, the transfer of salt in both the Huaihe River and the Huaihe River, the Si Yamen is a yamen that is responsible for wiping buttocks. Over the years, in addition to resolving the previous debts to the greatest extent, it has also become too emperor because of the intervention of some people who are not willing to be lonely. But his ambiguous attitude made him fall into trouble again.

  In a sense, the reason why Lin Ruhai was tortured to the point of haggard mentally and physically and overworked, leading to irreversible liver disease collapse is largely due to this.

  Old accounts have not yet been shaken out, and new accounts keep pouring in. Who can bear it?

  Lin Ruhai told Feng Ziying very implicitly several times that some things must be done, and it is really difficult to deal with them.

  Jia Yucun didn't mention other people's interference, but Feng Ziying didn't know if the other party used this method to hint at herself.

   "Brother Yucun, I only know about the situation at the Si Yamen where the salt envoy is transferred, but I think Mr. Lin is seriously ill, and there will be other people in the court to take over. I see Mr. Lin's mentality is very open-minded,..."

Seeing what Feng Ziying said, Jia Yucun didn't say any more, he felt that he had done his best, well, Feng Ziying should understand his kindness, that pond water shouldn't be visited, the contest between the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor is far from over In the end, especially when there is a Prince Yizhong who is jumping up and down in the mix, whoever gets involved is hard to please.

  He felt that Feng Ziying should give up this marriage, but he didn't know what his two teachers thought?

   After eating at Jia Yucun's mansion, Feng Ziying returned to the guest house.

   Lying on the bed, Feng Ziying was also thinking about Jia Yucun.

It cannot be said that this person is useless. The book "A Dream of Red Mansions" describes this person as cold-hearted, ruthless, and good at observing the wind and distinguishing the situation. The literati in the background want to recover, if they don't go to a certain family, how can it be possible? As for being greedy and ruthless, those are the "essential qualities" of being an official in this era, and they all fall within the normal range.

But I have to admit that this person has a strong ability to adapt and cling to the wind, and he also has some political skills. Otherwise, the Jinling Mansion would have a very strong deputy, Sun Dingxiang, under the eyes of the Sixth Department of Nanjing and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. So easy to take care of.

He reminded himself this time that it was undoubtedly a kind of "confidentiality" show of goodwill, or in other words, a closer relationship, and ordinary people would never dare to mention these secrets between the Supreme Emperor and Yonglong Emperor in front of outsiders. In this way, it is intentional to make myself and him appear not to be "outsiders".

  As for the teacher-student relationship between him and Lin Yatou, and the guest-host friendship between Lin Ruhai, it may not be worth mentioning in his opinion.

Anyway, Lin Ruhai is about to die, and the decline of the Lin family is inevitable. Lin Ruhai and Wang Ziteng don't have any special relationship. It's not as cost-effective as "showing favor" to a rising star like himself, especially when he feels When your attitude is vague, of course you can make a choice.

   It is no wonder that the comment given to him in the book "A Dream of Red Mansions" is that he has a cold heart, and he really deserves it.

   What a shrewd man!

  (end of this chapter)