Number of People

  Chapter 525 The T-shaped scroll is full of hidden worries

  Since Baoyu mentioned it, Feng Ziying naturally couldn't pretend not to hear it, and guessed that this guy also wanted to find out some news from himself.

   This guy is not stupid, he should have already guessed something, but he just didn't want to admit it in his heart.

  Before, I finally managed to persuade Jia Zheng and his wife to prepare to take the fancy literati route, play with the elegant style of poetry and poetry, and then see if I can choose a suitable one among the daughters of several princes.

Unexpectedly, Jia Yuanchun entered the palace to become a concubine. Not to mention his own trick was abolished all at once, and it also gave Jia Jiaping a bit of confidence. The family has come to match the son-in-law.

"Sister Lin may not come back for a while. Uncle Lin is very ill. Although he is fine for the time being, but..." Feng Ziying shook her head, "Fortunately, the second brother Lian is there, so he can handle everything. Get up, even if there is something, it can be connected.”

  Baoyu's face was full of distress, "I don't know why Uncle Lin has become like this all of a sudden? Didn't you say that Xunyan Yushi is a relaxed and fat job?"

  Feng Ziying was surprised, and looked at Baoyu, "Baoyu, who told you that the inspector of salt and censor is easy and fat?"

Baoyu was tongue-tied and his face was flushed red. He didn't know how to answer for a while, and then he said, "I heard from the boys in the mansion that Uncle Lin, the inspector and imperial censor, holds great power. If the salt merchants want to sell salt, they have to get the salt from Uncle Lin, and they have to pay money, and..."

Feng Ziying glanced at Baoyu, it was obviously not something that any kid could say, either it came from the mouths of Jia Amnesty, Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and others, or it was the daily conversation between Mrs. Wang and Wang Xifeng. It's not like Jia Zheng was heard by Jia Baoyu.

It's just that everyone in Rongning's second residence seems to believe that Lin Ruhai can leave a large sum of money when he dies. Although Jia Baoyu, who is unwilling to pursue an official career and economics, has never cared much about money, he must also know that Lin Daiyu has become an orphan after Lin Ruhai's death. As a daughter, she can only rely on the Jia family. It seems that the property of the Lin family should belong to the Jia family as a matter of course.

This kind of thinking should be present in Ningrong and Rongfu. Even Jia Lian thought so even though he didn't say it. It was because Jia Lian had an unusual relationship with him that he vaguely reminded himself that if he wanted to marry Lin Daiyu, he would marry Lin Daiyu. Think about it early, so that he, the aftermath ambassador, will not be caught in the middle in the future, and it will be difficult to deal with it.

"Baoyu, Uncle Lin is indeed very powerful as the salt censor. You are right. The salt merchants have to get the salt from him before they can sell the salt. But the money handed over is not from Uncle Lin. It belongs to the imperial court, and there are still many joints here. The inspector censor has great power, but it is not easy. All kinds of relationships need to be handled well. Maybe Uncle Lin has worked too hard to become like this. ... Baoyu, you are still young, wait a few more years, if you go out of the house to open your eyes and increase your knowledge, you will know that this world is not so simple,..."

  Feng Ziying "educated" Jia Baoyu with righteous words and stern words, and Jia Baoyu hurriedly bowed to be taught, but he didn't know what he was thinking.

  Meeting Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng was still in Rongxitang.

  Compared to Jia Zheng's absent-mindedness, Jia Amnesty was uncharacteristically warm.

"Nephew, you are well-known in the capital now. I met Ma Shang the other day, and he was very affectionate to me, and he kept giving me thumbs up." Jia Amnesty was full of enthusiasm, "The Shi family of Duke Shan is almost The whole family was implicated, Shi Guangzhu was deprived of his title, and several direct descendants were imprisoned one after another. It is said that there are many implicated. Captain Long and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have already handed over the case to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple. See If it looks bad, it will be interrogated by the three courts, this is the first prince whose family has been confiscated and exterminated since the establishment of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Seeing Jia Amnesty's attitude, Feng Ziying was also a little curious. This guy seemed to be gloating, but not entirely. Like the governing stallion, he kept jumping up and down to speak well for the other party. Of course, it was for money. For the sake of it, it is estimated that he felt that he could not intervene in the Shi family, so he simply watched the fun.

"Xie Shibo, the Shi family and the Ma family are still somewhat different. Many people in the Shi family are involved in corruption, and almost everyone makes money from it, causing huge hidden dangers to the defense of the Nine Frontiers. It cannot be said that Shi Guangjue is responsible for spending millions of taels of silver, but there is no doubt that he is the culprit. This kind of thing is like walking into a ghost after a long walk at night. Sloppy but not leaky,... Moreover, the Shi family dragged Shaanxi governor Yunguang into the water, Xi Shibo, you should understand that Yunguang is a civil servant, this almost angered the civil servants in the entire court, no one would help Shi Let's talk,..."

  Feng Ziying is also reminding the other party.

This Jia Amnesty is not a good bird either, he has a close relationship with Ping'an Prefecture in Datong Town, and it seems that the Zhongshan Wolf Sun Shaozu mentioned in the book "Dream of Red Mansions" hooked up with him. Jia Lian was also frightened by this, so this time he went south to Yangzhou , Jia Lian didn't refuse at all, and there are some reasons for this.

   This is also a potential threat. Although it is not clear what they are doing, it is nothing more than colluding with those Shanxi merchants to sell prohibited materials such as weapons, tea, and salt on the grassland.

   It's just that although Datong Town is the headquarters of the Feng family, Ping'an Prefecture is located in a corner next to Ji Town, facing Lindanbatur's Mongolian right-wing Chahar tribe.

Sun Shaozu also has some brute force, and is very good at pleasing his boss, so he is a very conspicuous figure in Datong Town now. It was Niu Jizong who took over, so it was not his turn to worry about it.

"Although it seems that Ma Xia and some other offshoots of the Ma family are involved now, but Uncle Xi, this matter is not over yet. It is said that Ma Xia is still biting in prison, um, admit it later, admit it later. He denied it, and later accused others. Ma Shang and the other members of the Ma clan were all described as filthy by him, and some of the plots were simply unsightly. Who can stop the mouth of the old official of the Ministry of Punishment? Once it gets out, the Metropolitan Procuratorate may find trouble with the Ma family again..."

   Originally, he kindly reminded Jia She not to open his mouth too wide and take a bite no matter what he couldn't eat, but he didn't expect Jia She to get excited.

"Nephew, is this true? Haha, no wonder Ma Shang is begging for mercy in front of me. This Ma family seems to be involved, heh heh, next time he comes to the door, I have to talk to him explain,…"

Feng Ziying sighed. Facing such a guy who doesn't care about money and life, Feng Ziying really doesn't know how the Jia family has been in trouble for so many years and nothing happened. She reminded her so clearly, but this guy still counts on I hope I can squeeze some money from Ma Shang.

  After talking with Jia Amnesty for a while, Feng Ziying realized that Jia Zheng seemed restless and didn't talk much, which was quite different from usual. It's just that Jia Amnesty was talking vigorously now, and Feng Ziying couldn't change the subject.

   After finally waiting for Jia She to take a breath, Feng Ziying asked with a smile: "Uncle Zheng Shi, how busy is the Ministry of Industry?"

   "Ah, it's okay, it's okay." Jia Zheng hurriedly replied as if waking up from a dream.

  Feng Ziying is a little strange, why is this Uncle Zheng Shi out of his mind?

  Jia Zheng didn't sleep well last night because he received a letter from the palace.

  Xin'er was brought by Yuan Chun's personal maid, Baoqin, and it was just a word of mouth.

  The words were very vague, just saying that the emperor didn't like to be too ostentatious when he was allowed to enter the palace, so please keep your family safe, don't get too involved with outsiders, don't be too prominent, but if you are a scholar, you might as well associate more.

  No matter how dull Jia Zheng was, he also realized something. He didn't even write the letter, but let the personal maid directly pass the oral message, and it was so vague.

Jia Zheng himself was not very sensitive, so he naturally felt confused and didn't know what the meaning was hidden here, but he couldn't tell outsiders what he said. The couple discussed and pondered all night in bed, but they couldn't get it. Come to a conclusion.

If his elder brother is like this, he would never dare to tell the other party, but the Wang family can do it, but Jia Zheng is also a little worried whether the outside referred to in Yuan Chun's letter will vaguely include the Wang family, so he is a little undecided .

  The person in front of me is a good person to talk to, but the relationship between the two parties has not reached that level, and they dare not disclose such important matters.

   Thinking of this, Jia Zheng felt a headache. It would be great if Yuan Chun could go out of the palace and come home. Let the servant girl never dare to speak too clearly, and writing letters is even easier to leave behind.

   Seeing that Jia Zheng was absent-minded, Feng Ziying also felt bored. After talking for a while, she said that she would go to meet the old lady, and the meeting would be over.

  Seeing Baoyu accompanying Feng Ziying out and disappearing outside Rongxi Hall, Jia Zheng was also worried.

The eldest girl said that you might as well have more contacts with scholars, but I don't know what it means. There are no scholars in the Jia family. Except for this Feng Ziying, which other scholars will not be able to study with me, and they will gradually decline. The Wu Xun family made friends?

  Although the eldest girl has entered the palace now, there are four of them in that batch. There are also rumors that the emperor has given up womanizing a long time ago and sincerely practiced Taoism.

  Yesterday, I asked Baoqin how Yuanchun was doing in the palace. Although Baoqin said everything was fine, he didn't say much else.

   This made Jia Zheng and his wife even more afraid that their daughter's trip to the palace might not be as wonderful as they imagined. No wonder my brother-in-law shook his head and sighed when he mentioned it yesterday, but he didn't realize it at the time.

  (end of this chapter)