Jin Yuliangyuan of the Red Chamber

Sure enough, with this decree, there was an uproar in the government and the public. Jia Zheng was just a member of the sixth rank, and he was soft-spoken, and Kuang didn't want to get involved. He just talked to Baoyu at home.Many other veterans and important ministers wrote a letter to "report the pros and cons", urging the emperor to withdraw his order.For a while, the documents on Shuihonglong's case piled up like a mountain.

"Hmph, these people keep saying that it's for the sake of the national treasury, but they're actually afraid that they won't get any money?!" Shui Hong threw a booklet on the table. He said angry words, but still had a calm look on his face.It has been several months since the decree was issued, but those people are still persevering in submitting the papers.Shui Rong standing under the Long Case smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be angry, just let them talk, let's continue to do our business, can't we? Yun Teng came to tell me the day before yesterday that many people have been found out!"

Shui Hong's anger subsided a little: "Yun Teng is a good guy, just tell him, just let go and do it without mercy." Shui Rong nodded. "By the way, how are the preparations for the enthronement ceremony going?" Shui Hong asked him while reviewing papers. "We are preparing according to the ancestral system, and it is estimated that it will be almost the end of the month." "Let's take it easy, and let Qin Tianjian pick a good day to start after dealing with the matters at hand." Although Shui Rong didn't understand what he meant, he still agreed. .

It was spring, and Daiyu's stature was getting too tall, only a head behind Baoyu, and of course Baoyu had also grown taller.He had already had people measure the size again, and made several new boxes of clothes.A few days after the new clothes were delivered, Lin Ruhai wrote: The emperor announced that he will go to Beijing to report on his duties, and he will leave soon.

This letter was also sent to Mother Jia. Mother Jia didn't really care much about this son-in-law whom she hadn't seen for many years. Perhaps even the slightest impression left in her early years has been blurred. But Daiyu was very happy after learning the news, and she also Not being too indifferent, he ordered Jia Lian to tidy up the house and prepare it for Lin Ruhai to live in.Baoyu estimated that Lin Ruhai would not live in Jia's mansion.

Lin Ruhai's supervisory censor is a fat job. Although the official is not big, he has a lot of money.Lin Ruhai, a prince of the fifth generation, has a noble family background and came from Tanhua. He is not as corrupt as most officials. Shuihong still admires him, but... this time he ordered officials from all over the country to be divided into batches. The main purpose of coming to Beijing to report on work is to see if any of them are too rotten, so that they can be replaced.Lin Ruhai came to Beijing one month later, and as soon as the city gate opened in the morning, he ran directly to the palace gate, ignoring his daughter and Yue's family, and went into the palace to meet the saint.

Here, Baoyu received the news, told Daiyu first, and advised her to wait quietly and not to worry.

In the West Nuan Pavilion of the Qianqing Palace, Shui Hong was copying Buddhist scriptures on the desk, and fine sandalwood was burning in the incense burner in the center of the hall.Shui Rong sat on the kang by the window, and on it was a small kang table, full of memorials.He read it for a long time, then suddenly threw the notebook away and complained: "Your Majesty, I don't want to read any more! I have a terrible headache!" Shui Hong continued to copy, and said with a smile: "You are so temperamental, why can't you calm down? Lighting incense doesn't work." Shui Rong stood up with a bitter face and stretched his body: "You are free, you have time to copy the scriptures!" Shui Hong smiled: "If you don't want to read it, come over and grind ink for me. Well, it just so happens that the ink is almost gone." He had to go to grind the ink.

"It's been a long time since I copied the scriptures for the first emperor. I'm too busy. I finally dragged you here to help me today. I tried to show my filial piety, but you are too lazy to read, really." After writing for another half a day, he Putting away the pen with a smile, he called the eunuch who was guarding the door: "Come, send the few volumes of scriptures I copied today to Fengxian Hall, and enshrine them in front of the late emperor's spirit." The little eunuch carried them on a large tray and went. .Shui Hong had just sat on the kang and had a sip of tea, and turned his sore wrist, someone came in to report: "Your Majesty, Master Lin Ruhai, the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture, has arrived and is waiting outside the hall!"

It turned out that according to the law, the salt censor would be replaced after only one year. Lin Ruhai was hand-picked after being promoted to the doctor of Lantai Temple when Daiyu was five years old. After his term expired, he was made the prefect of Yangzhou Prefecture. He also served as the supervisory censor, but in fact, he mainly supervised the affairs of the salt administration.

Shui Hong smiled at Shui Rong, turned his head and said: "Let him in." The eunuch bowed and retreated, and led a person in after a while.Shuihong looked at him, and saw that he was described as slender and old, dressed in indigo plain clothes, in good spirits but hard to hide his dusty look.As soon as Lin Ruhai came in, he knelt down and saluted: "I see your majesty, see the prince!" Shui Hong laughed and called out: "Please get up quickly from Lin Qing's family. Come, give me a seat!" Lin Ruhai half sat down on the chair after thanking her .Shuihong smiled and said: "Lord Lin has worked hard all the way, let's drink some tea first and then we can talk." As he spoke, he poured a cup of tea and handed it to him. Tea. I wonder if His Majesty Xuanchen has something important to do when he comes to Beijing?"

Shui Hong said with a smile: "Lord Lin, don't worry, there is a booklet for you to read." He gave Shui Rong a wink, Shui Rong understood, rummaged through the kang table for a while, found a green leather booklet, handed it to Lin Ruhai and said with a smile "My lord, please take a look." Lin Ruhai took it over, opened it and was shocked, and immediately knelt down and shouted: "Your Majesty's lesson! I have never done this!" Shui Hong still smiled at Mimi, but didn't call out: "It is said in this brochure that Mr. Lin colluded with private salt dealers to sell private salt for huge profits during his tenure. Is it false? Let me look at the person who wrote this brochure, oh, Jia Yucun, he himself did it at Mr. Lin's house. Xibin, I have heard about these things before, is it also false?"

Lin Ruhai felt the cold sweat on his back, and in his heart scolded Jia Yucun, who had suffered thousands of knives, to death! "Your Majesty clearly found out that Jia Yucun had indeed been a teacher for a young daughter in the minister's home for a year. Later, the minister saw that he was talented and ambitious, so he wrote a letter of recommendation for him and sent him to seek an official position with his brother-in-law Jia Zheng. I never thought that this villain would avenge his kindness and slander me so much! Your Majesty, you can't listen to this villain's slander! I really didn't collude with the salt dealer!" He kowtowed heavily.

The Nuan Pavilion was quiet for a long while, Lin Ruhai knelt there, not daring to vent his breath, his head resting on the floor tiles, his clothes were soaked through.When he was about to lose his hold, Shui Hong finally helped him up, and said with a smile: "Don't be afraid, Ai Qing, I know you are an upright official, how could these people be able to fool you! Sit down!" Lin Ruhai's legs hurt Soft, and finally sat back on the chair, still a little unable to react to the emperor's capricious attitude.Seeing this, Shui Rong smiled and said: "My lord is too nervous. We all know that you have been an official for many years. The three generations of the Lin family have been the nobles, and now you are from Tanhua, a scholarly family, and not short of money. How can you do it?" This kind of thing!" Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you, my lord, for your trust."

Shuihong smiled and said: "I also know that you are an upright official, but I asked the King of Beijing to check the tax revenue of Lianghuai in recent years. Compared with previous years, I found that it seems to be much less?" This question asked Lin Ruhai. His heart was raised again, and he stood up quickly.Shui Rong continued: "That's right. In the past few years, there were six to seven million taels of taxes every year, but since last year it has only been more than 700 million taels. How could this be? Master Lin should give an explanation."

Lin Ruhai lowered his head: "I don't know why, this taxation is not within the jurisdiction of the minister." Shui Hong put down the teacup slowly, leaned on the pillow behind him, and said lazily: "Isn't this wrong? Who I don’t know that most of Jiangnan’s taxes are contributed by the salt government. Since Mr. Lin is the supervisor of the salt censor, how could he not know about the abnormalities in the salt class? Do you know how serious the crime of deceiving the emperor is?” The last sentence is still light Yes, but Lin Ruhai could hear the supreme coercion from it, even Shui Rong felt it, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: "After becoming the emperor, he really has become more and more majestic!"

"If you have something to say, you may wish to speak directly. To tell you the truth, this time I have recalled many officials from other provinces to Beijing, just to conduct an assessment and prepare for a big change." Shui Hong slowed down his voice, "I know that Lin Qing's family is a Good official, I summoned you alone because I wanted to praise you. Don't let me down for all my painstaking efforts for you!" The emperor has talked about this, what else can he hide?Immediately kneeling on both knees, he replied: "The emperor Long En, I dare not hide anything anymore." After a pause, he raised his head to look at Shui Hong, and continued: "Actually, since two years ago, many salt dealers have been with you. The Dongying merchants formed a gang and transported salt from the sea, and the Dongying people sent troops to protect them. The ministers also sent troops to pursue them, but the Dongying people's combat capabilities at sea were really strong, but Zhang Yuming, the chief envoy of Nanzhili, soon sent someone to tell the ministers not to Regardless of this matter, he was allowed to go, so the tax revenue of the Salt Administration has been greatly reduced. Your Majesty, this is not what I want!"

After hearing Lin Ruhai's report, Shui Hong frowned: "Are the Dongying people so powerful? My mighty army can't do anything to them? In my opinion, there are still some people who are unwilling to do their best?" Lin Ruhai didn't explain, Just bowed and bowed his head.He thought for a while, and smiled at Lin Ruhai: "Okay, I already know about this matter, I blamed Lin Qing's family, please hurry up!" After he got up, he smiled and asked: "By the way, I heard that Lin Qing's family Is your wife the eldest lady of Rongguo Duke's Mansion? And a daughter?" Lin Ruhai was startled: You don't want Yu'er to enter the palace?He still replied: "Your Majesty Qizuo, the first wife is indeed the daughter of the old lady of the Rong Mansion, named Jia Min, but she has passed away for many years, and there is only one daughter, who is only more than ten years old now. Because the minister's energy is not good, he lives outside her. In the ancestral mansion."

Shui Hong nodded and said: "Then you are going to visit Rong Mansion this time, right? By the way, Mr. Lin doesn't seem to have a house in the capital? Where do you want to live? Rong Guo Mansion?" Lin Ruhai looked embarrassed With a smile on his face, he cupped his hands and said, "To tell you the truth, Your Majesty, I really have no plans on where to live." Shui Rong said with a smile: "Lord Lin doesn't want to live under someone else's roof, but this king has a separate courtyard, and people don't usually live there. Your Excellency is probably able to live alone, how about just staying there temporarily?" Lin Ruhai hurriedly bowed: "That's very good, I thank the Lord for your kindness!" Shuihong said with a smile: "Okay, since your Excellency can settle down Well, I'm relieved. You must be tired after traveling all the way, so I won't keep you any longer, go down and rest." Lin Ruhai knelt down to thank Sheng'en, and Shui Rong also bid farewell: "Your Majesty, I'm going down too."

The moment the two left the palace, Shui Rong wanted to act like he was kind to his courtiers, and brought Lin Ruhai to his other courtyard.Lin Ruhai ran all the way, and experienced ups and downs in the palace. At this time, he was really tired and couldn't care about visiting other houses, so he asked people to pack up his things, and hurried to catch up on sleep.

The author has something to say: I packed up and went home on the 1st. I didn’t arrive until midnight this morning. I worked with my mother in the morning and continued to work at my grandma’s house in the afternoon. I just got home and quickly posted a chapter. I will start coding tomorrow.

Also, the feeling of receiving the first negative review... It's really hard to describe... I should say, thank you to the reader who is so unbearable and still leave a review?