Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

Just like animals hibernate, in the capital, children almost never go out in winter. At this time, the child mortality rate is too high, so every family, even ordinary families, as long as conditions permit, will Try to let the children nest in the house.But it is also like this, in this snow disaster, many children were trapped by the collapsed houses, how many parents really died!There are also some elderly people who have limited mobility, or died in order to rescue their own children.What is even more tragic is that for those families who encountered unexpected disasters at night, the whole family was trapped in it.It took only half a month, and such things happened frequently. By this time, even a fool could see the seriousness of today's snow disaster.Many people even said that the coming year was unlucky, which cast a shadow over almost everyone's heart.

Zhen Hui didn't go out, but just listening to the news from the servants from outside, he knew a lot of such things, and he couldn't help but feel gloomy for a while. In the face of nature, human beings are always so small , so vulnerable.

But what could he do?The only thing I can do is to tidy up my small treasury, and then take out all the gold nudes from it, and ask the people around me to buy a lot of coarse cloth and cotton, so that as long as the servants in the family are able to be female, I started to make a lot of cotton-padded jackets in a hurry, and sent them to the homes of those affected by the disaster. What they need most is food and clothing. In terms of food, there are already so many porridge sheds, and I think it is enough. The next thing is to wear it. In such a cold day, if you can't keep warm, even if you survive the disaster, you will probably freeze to death in the end.

Of course, it is not enough to rely on one person's strength alone for such a thing. He also told other friends who had contacts with him about this idea. He did not expect everyone to be like him. Even if one person pays a few taels of silver, more people can succeed.

By the way, he also went to find his father and asked about the accommodation of those disaster victims. He was also concerned about it, but he was confused. People don't know, but only then did they know that people from the yamen had already gone to various wealthy households and officials to ask for help, gathered old clothes, persuaded the Zhuangzi owners near the disaster-stricken area to open their Zhuangzi, and let the victims temporarily shelter, and even joined the army. A lot of military tents for marching were bought on credit, so that the victims could have a place to shelter from the wind and rain.

It can be seen from this that the founding of the country is only a century-old dynasty, and it has managed to deal with these natural disasters in an orderly manner. Of course, this may also have something to do with the fact that this place happens to be at the foot of the emperor, and it is related to the face and reputation of the celestial dynasty. Yes, other remote places may not be as comprehensive.But even so, Zhen Hui still sighed with emotion: In the past, it was said that the feudal dynasty was so bad, but in fact, since it can exist for thousands of years, even if the dynasty changes, it can continue like this. The political form of China is not necessarily without shining points.Even if existence is reasonable, this sentence is always true.

Regardless of whether it is a bit redundant, well, or in other words, disaster relief will never be redundant. Anyway, Zhen Hui really put his heart into it, and his actions like this have also inspired many people with his sincerity. The children who played with him responded one after another. In fact, the children themselves don't know the world. When the adults see such an invitation, they will inevitably reach out to help, not to mention that after doing this, it will affect the reputation of their children. There are many benefits, but there are no benefits. It is not a bad thing to do good deeds and accumulate virtue. Besides, every family does not lack so much money, right?You must know that there are not many poor families who play with Zhen Hui. On the contrary, most of them are noble or noble. Such families are probably the most wealthy people in the world.

At the same time, Zhen Hui's name once again rang out among the aristocratic families in the capital. Perhaps this was not his original intention. His dad was louder.

At the beginning, it was just playing with the children of the aristocratic family. Few people knew about it. Even if they knew, they thought he was a playful boy, and no one liked him. But later, the kidnappers in the suburbs were summoned by the emperor. Up to now, he has donated his private money for disaster relief, one by one, and one by one, he has slowly made his name in the capital. If he is a person who wholeheartedly seeks fame, he will be very happy now. is good.Properly evolve into the rhythm of a famous master!With these prestige, as long as you persevere, even if you don’t take the imperial examination, you will have no worries in the future. In the dynasty where the scholar-bureaucrats occupied most of the court hall, the famous family, a group that relies on their fame for their food, just use their prestige to brush up and get paid. With a few disciples or something, you can get a very good treatment.If you are more ambitious and get a Jinshi, then you will be a natural candidate for the censor in the future.

But it's a pity that Zhen Hui doesn't understand anything about this set of operating procedures, so he is in a daze! !

The rescuers in the capital were too busy, and when they turned their heads, the northern frontier also started a raging war, which made Jia Daihua and the others right, and sure enough, the nomads on the grassland started to plunder.The pillars of many martial arts generals in the capital began to prepare for the expedition one by one. As a result, the atmosphere in the capital suddenly became solemn.

As the children of a family of generals, Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng returned home for the simple reason that their father was also on the expedition this time.If such a thing happened in the past, Jia Daishan would definitely entrust everything in the family to his wife, but this time the situation is very different. Who made Shi violate the taboo of the old Jia family? No matter how you look at it, it is not pleasing to the eye, if it is not for the friendship of the four major families, if it is not for the support of Bao Linghou, Shi's result is really hard to say.

But even so, it is absolutely impossible for Shi Shi to continue to cover the sky with one hand at home, and it is absolutely impossible for Shi Shi to keep his word. Nearly half of the capable helpers around her, the confidantes she had cultivated so easily over the years, were sold out by Jia Daishan who was in a rage back then.In Jia Daishan's view, if these servants hadn't poured fuel on the flames for their own benefit, Shi's brain would not have been so deep.

Most of her confidantes have gone, and there are people specially placed by Jia Daishan to watch her actions, and the old lady is holding the housekeeping power. The most important thing is that her beloved young son doesn't understand her. All of these signs of singing a different tune made Shi Shi feel a little discouraged, and he really calmed down for a while.

As for the outside affairs, such as Jia Daishan's post, he gave Jia Daihua to take charge of it, and this cousin came forward to be the talker of the two families. Anyway, this is also the patriarch, so there is nothing wrong with it.Speaking of posts, this was also one of the reasons why Jia Daishan disliked Shi Shi.He never knew that his daughter-in-law was so courageous that she dared to use his posts to sue others outside. How can Jia Daishan not be angry that there is such a slow-moving girl?

It was also for this reason that although Bao Linghou was somewhat dissatisfied with Jia Daishan's treatment of his daughter, he had nothing to say. He only wanted to keep Shi Shi and prevent him from being divorced.Whose daughter-in-law would do such a thing? Even a clear-headed patriarch would not tolerate it. Bao Linghou is not a fool who doesn't know what's going on!

The two brothers of the Jia family have returned to their own home. From a certain point of view, the relationship between the Zhen family and the Jia family has temporarily come to an end. As Zhen thinks about it, the problems of the two brothers are almost resolved now. His father is doing some psychological work, and his father has not returned from an expedition. The two brothers serve their grandmother and mother at home. That is also filial piety and must be done.When Jia Daishan returns home, it will take more than a year. By that time, I'm afraid everything will be resolved.Even less use of their home.

On the contrary, Jia Jing came to their house more diligently because he wanted the imperial examination. Zhen recalled the misery of this child who became a monk and took drugs in the future. , lead him to integrate into the big event of disaster relief, and want to use this kind of specific work to get rid of the idiot in his temperament and let him understand more about world affairs.As for whether it will in turn make this very wise guy suddenly enlightened, understand the impermanence of life and death, and become a monk in advance!He didn't care about it, he still has his father, so Zhen Hui is really not the person in charge!

Whether it is a snowstorm or a military incident, these did not happen to the Zhen family after all, so when the Chinese New Year approached slowly, the minds of the young and old in the Zhen family were attracted again, and they began to worry about the Chinese New Year. Busy.After all, this is the first New Year after the Zhen family arrived in the capital, whether it is to start a good start, or to appease the hearts of all the servants who followed, or to fully integrate into the social circle of the entire capital, this matter Children are not sloppy.

Of course, the thing that attracted Zhen Hui's attention the most was the prospect that Suzhou just sent. This was related to whether their family would eat porridge or dry rice in the capital.

He secretly ran to Master Zhen's study, and Zhen Hui saw a list on the desk. Just looking at the paper, he knew that it must be a bill for his future, not because his eyes were so sharp. But his father is now an official, and the habit of using paper has also changed, and he has begun to move closer to the habits of other people around him, using paper from the official workshop. For this reason, Zhen Hui secretly discussed, Said that his father had no resistance, so he easily changed his habits.

In fact, he himself also understands that the so-called habits should actually be in line with the actual situation. The north and the south are different, and the paper produced by the paper workshop is naturally different. The south uses bamboo paper, while the north uses hemp paper, and the basic materials are different. .This is caused by the vegetation conditions in various places, which is an irresistible reason.It's impossible to bring it here from Jiangnan just for a few pieces of paper, right?

On the contrary, the bill he saw now looked like bamboo paper from the south, and he hadn't seen it in Zhen's house for several months, so he knew right away that it must be the account book brought by the steward.

Carefully looking around, no one saw, Zhen Hui immediately ran into the room like a little monkey, then climbed onto the chair, and began to look carefully.

This year's income is really good. He originally calculated that without the master's family sitting there, he was afraid that the income would drop, but he didn't expect to look at the list line by line, and found that it was actually more than he estimated. A little more, the annual income of the Zhen family has actually reached 4000 taels, and this is not counting the land output in the capital.Darling, how did the extra nearly 800 taels come from?Could it be that the steward over there raised the rent on his own initiative?

Frowning, Zhen Hui calmed down and looked at it again. This time, he saw the trick. The unexpected extra was actually on white rice. It was really unexpected. This year The price of rice harvested in autumn has risen so much in winter?All of a sudden, Zhen Hui understood that the matter of feelings was due to the snowstorm in the north. Because of the snowstorm, the price of food has risen?Speaking of it this way, doesn't it mean that their family has made a national calamity?

Zhen Hui couldn't accept it anymore. Although he was a fan of money, he was really entangled in the face of such a source of wealth. He always thought he was a good boy and a good person. Can this good person make the country rich?One side is silver, one side is conscience, one side is devil, and the other side is angel, Zhen Hui frowned, and couldn't help but start to pull his hair, it's really hard to choose.

"So what's the matter? It's really rare to peek and be dazed."

The sudden appearance of a voice pulled Zhen Hui's consciousness back, and when he looked up, it was Master Zhen, good guy, was he caught?Fortunately, Zhen Hui's face is thick enough. When he sees his own father, he can beat him up without changing his face:

"No matter how the father came in, there was no sound, and he was not afraid of frightening the son."

Mr. Zhen choked on the spot, and wanted to say something, but he let the father and son quarrel, no matter how you look at it, he looked a little disrespectful, so he could only pretend that he didn't hear it, and turned his head to look at the table. Looking at the account books on the Internet, he raised his chin slightly and asked:

"What are you thinking about? It's better to read a few more books if you have this skill."

Look, this is the disadvantage of having a Jinshi father. No matter when and where, he can never forget to urge him to make progress, and the urging is not usually tight.

"Father, the child is watching this."

He lifted up the account book, pointed at the column of the sale of rice with his finger, and asked very directly:

"The price of this rice is higher than before. It is obviously because of the snowstorm here. I can't bear it. I just feel that this price seems to be taking advantage of the fire and going against the duty of a scholar."

He is not stupid, he would not directly say that this is a disaster for the country, which is too ugly, so he switched to a relatively mild-sounding statement as soon as he opened his mouth, wanting to hear what his father meant No matter whether it is a devil or an angel, leave it to Dad to think about it.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking here, he saw Master Zhen nodded in satisfaction, and said with a look of relief:

"Okay, I can see where the extra money came from. It can be seen that you do have the ability to be a housekeeper and director, and being able to say the word "duty" also shows your character. I am very pleased for my father. I only saw you in the past. Miserly, a little greedy for money, as a father, I was worried that I would not be able to control my greed in the future, but now it seems that there is a bottom line, knowing good and evil, it is still a bit of virtue."

What is this?Praise your son?What about the specific solution?Zhen Hui opened his big eyes and looked at his father eagerly,

"Don't worry, this matter has been taken care of by my father. Among the silver that I just sent, I took out 1000 taels and sent it to the household department. It can be regarded as a donation from my Zhen family to resettle the victims. In this way, it can be regarded as a donation from The people, use it for the people."

Master Zhen who said this was really proud. He felt that he had done a good job in this matter. He did not offend the merchants in the south, and he smoothly cleared away those who were seeking ill-gotten gains. Fame, and being able to help those in need, is definitely a good thing in every aspect.

Only Zhen Hui's face flashed with joy after hearing this, and then his face was full of helplessness. Looking at the complacent old man, he couldn't help asking:

"Then, father, how many families have donated money to the household department?"

When this question was asked, Master Zhen's face froze. He really didn't know, he never asked!Seeing his expression, Zhen Hui continued to ask:

"Have you heard of others doing this?"

He still didn't come back, and his complexion became even worse. It seems that Master Zhen also realized something, but he still didn't speak, so Zhen Hui had no choice but to point it out:

"Father, shoot the bird who stands out. If you do this, I'm afraid you will become everyone's public enemy."

"How good is this? My father really didn't think about it."

What else can I do?The two father and son hurriedly sent letters to Lin's family, Jia's family, and other people who had a good acquaintance. Many of them were sent directly to the household department, thinking of helping the victims, and then asked if they also had the same thoughts. If so, they were a bit reckless in their own actions, and failed to unite and do good things together.

To put it bluntly, it is to give an explanation to those who have made good friends, and also to give a step. Now that Mr. Zhen has sent them all over, the higher-ups must know about it. It is impossible to say when it will be set as a model, and let the emperor take it out as a follower. Instead of passively taking out the money as an excuse for each family, it is better to use the same excuse as the Zhen family to directly deliver some money to the door, so as to turn the situation around.

As for the so-called confession, it is to let others know the reason, and then let them understand that this is just an act of bookishness. My brain got hot, and I just caused trouble. I hope everyone can forgive me.

It should be said that Master Zhen's post was delivered in a timely manner, because when the post was sent to each family, the stupid behavior of Master Zhen had already spread to each family, and many people had already started to curse. He thinks that Master Zhen is making fun of everyone, and it may even be the emperor's intention to use the Zhen family to lead the way and set up a trap for everyone, in order to make each family bleed and help reduce the burden on the national treasury.

Especially for those who have big brains, all kinds of conspiracy theories have come out. If this goes on, Mr. Zhen promises to become the target of public criticism immediately. Fortunately, at this time, the post went in, and everyone knew the reason. Although there are still some people who maintain this skeptical attitude, but since this has already reached a level and has a solution, naturally each family will use this title to solve the matter first.

Like the Lin family, and the Rongning Second Mansion presided over by Jia Daihua, they immediately sent money ranging from three to five thousand to the household department. Like Master Zhen, they said that they got more money because of the increase in food prices, and they didn't want to get involved. The people's money is cheap, so it is sent to the household department for disaster relief.For a while, it got a lot of praise from the officials of the household department. It is really rare to see people who are willing to use their own money to do good deeds for the country these days!As for whether these people really just got the extra money, it’s not something they can care about. At any rate, they have already given the money, but it’s real money. It’s because each family has bleed, so it’s not good to be serious, isn’t it? !

Of course, there are still many people who are indifferent, thinking that nothing will happen without spending money.On the contrary, I look down on these people who are going to spend money to buy a peace of mind. They feel that their courage is too small. It is all their own future, and it is their own reasonable and legal money. Can they still hold hot hands?

Of course, every family is bleeding, except for those who are from a clean family like Mr. Lin from the Lin family and have no shortage of money. They think that Mr. Zhen has done a good job, and there are still a few people who are absolutely moral and gentlemanly. Most likely even after listening to the Zhen family If you spend money to buy peace of mind, you still feel that Mr. Zhen is troublesome, after all, it is bleeding, and no one will think that they have too much money.

It’s just that this kind of thinking dissipated within a few days, because the emperor specially sent Laba porridge to the families who sent money to the household department, and sent his confidant eunuchs to praise these families, saying that they care about the world and are benevolent families.

Now, all the dissatisfaction and discomfort are gone, and I can get the emperor's praise, and I can get the Laba porridge from the palace, what is this?It's decent!Take a look at the capital city, how many of them can have such dignity?With this decency, those silver coins can immediately feel that they are worth 1.

Especially those who were praised by the emperor because of Zhen Hui's arrest of the kidnapper last time, they are getting closer to the Zhen family. How long has it been since they have been praised by the emperor twice? What does this mean? ?It shows that the father and son are definitely lucky stars. If such people don't hurry up and get along well, it will definitely be a loss!

As a result, the status of the Zhen family in the capital has risen to a higher level in this money-giving incident. Even before Master Zhen graduated from the Imperial Academy, he had already received a hint from the head of the Imperial Academy, indicating that he Very likely to be retained!Sure enough, this year is his lucky year!Master Zhen definitely floated home that day.