The Concubine of the Lin Family in the Red Chamber

The snow disaster happened suddenly, but the imperial court responded very quickly, which prevented someone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.Emperor Hongzheng was not a very superstitious emperor, but he couldn't escape the idea of ​​"being ordered by the sky". If someone made some unfavorable remarks about the emperor by taking advantage of the previous snow disaster in the south and the current heavy snowfall in the suburbs of Beijing, there would probably be another disaster. Bloody.

Lin Jue is now on business with the prince, so he doesn't want any turmoil at this time.

Li Yibai works in the Ministry of Industry, and although the crown prince was in charge of mobilizing this snow disaster, all the ministries were busy.Lin Jue happened to be in charge of the post-disaster reconstruction work, but it happened to coincide with the Ministry of Industry's affairs. Li Yibai took the opportunity to follow up openly, and followed Lin Jue back to Lin's house at night, euphemistically called: discussing government affairs.

With the prince's teasing gaze, Lin Jue could only freeze, and carried the koala hanging on his body back home.

It's not like Li and Lin are still thinking about doing some beastly things at this time, but seeing too many casualties in recent days, Li Yibai inevitably feels a little sentimental.Speaking of which, both he and Lin Jue had died once, and now that they have been able to live a new life and stay together again, they are really reluctant to part.Sometimes Li Yibai really wanted to hang a rope around Lin Jue's body and hook it around his waist, so that he would not disappear in a blink of an eye.

Lin Jue didn't know what Li Yibai was thinking about little Qiongyao, seeing Li Yibai staring at him in a daze, immediately stretched out five fingers and waved in front of his eyes, "Why are you so stupid?"

Li Yibai sighed, and glanced at Lin Jue sadly, never wanting to hear anything soft from this person.

"What you mentioned just now, I also have considerations. The imperial court has always distributed relief money for food and food, reduced and exempted corvee taxes, and sometimes borrowed grain from the people, or provided relief with work, but did not directly help build houses. What's more, it's winter and it's freezing, so it's not suitable to break ground." Lin Jue didn't have romantic thoughts, so Li Yibai had to talk to him about business first. The time is right.

Lin Jue pondered for a moment, "It's really wrong to let the disaster victims live in the Chen family farm. I heard that someone in the court has impeached His Highness the Crown Prince for disturbing the people."

"It's just that the sixth son was beaten by the emperor, and he was upset in his heart, so he came up with a bad idea. The emperor won't take it seriously." Li Yibai didn't take it seriously.

"Three people make a tiger, and one mouth makes gold. Do you still need me to teach you this truth?" Lin Jue gave Li Yibai a sideways look. This person is becoming more and more out of shape, and now he doesn't even like to move his mind, he is really too lazy.

"The sixth prince personally served porridge to the victims, and used the merits of the prince to earn a reputation for himself. The sixth prince and concubine contacted various government orders, and heard that there were some urgent ones, and forced them to take out money. Now many orders are stealing money." Scolding her. Empress Chen never stopped in the harem. She put eye drops on the prince with the matter of the previous court, but was reprimanded by the emperor, leaving a sentence of "the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics". It has been five days since Empress Chen has not seen her. The emperor has experienced seizing the heir You will not be easily fooled by villains, so you can rest assured."

Lin Jue was still not at ease, and Li Yibai knew that no amount of explanation would be of any use, so he also stopped talking.Now the emperor's mind is actually very easy to guess. Like myself, my mother is just a little maid. Because she was raised by the Empress Yuan, she is very close to the prince, so she is greatly valued. If you talk about family ties, it is really limited. very.

For example, Lin Jue, although there is Lin Ruhai's relationship in it, but it is also because of Lin Jue's special status.Lin Jue's background meant that he could only rely on the emperor and the emperor, and he would only support the crown prince appointed by the emperor himself.

These people are just guns in the hands of the emperor, for the sake of the prince, they can shoot wherever they point.Fortunately, although the prince usually likes to tease Lin Jue, he is actually a rare kind person, otherwise he would really be spoiled by the father and son.

The disaster victims are now settled properly, but it is only a stopgap measure. Helping the people rebuild their houses allows them to return to their original life and build up their confidence in life for a long time.

But the National People's Congress is like this. Seeing that the government is dedicated to doing things for the people, and the three princes often go deep into the people to understand the people's sentiments, there are those who love to take advantage of it, and take the opportunity to persuade the foolish people to make many demands.

Lin Jue observed quietly for two days, and ordered the two most troublesome ones to be driven out of the farm.Standing in front of the crowd, Lin Jue cupped his hands in the direction of the capital, and said loudly: "Your Majesty has great grace, and he couldn't bear the danger of the people, so he sent me to act on behalf of the heavens to appease the people. But I don't want to have such lazy people. , It’s really disgusting to try to make a profit out of this.”

Lin Jue gave a deep salute to the two old people who helped appease the people, "The old man Gao Yi, our children are too young to be convincing, if the old people don't help, we may cause trouble."

The two old people turned sideways to avoid it, and said modestly: "Don't dare to do it, don't dare to do it."

Lin Jue said with a smile: "Jue is in an official position, but he is young. He has no elders to help him, so he doesn't know what will happen today. This bow, the two elders deserve it."

He also said to the people: "Today, the official came here to punish these people who love life and wrong, and to discuss with the big guys about rebuilding houses."

Lin Jue invited the two elderly people to sit down, and also called the two people who had been pushed to come over to discuss the building of the house together.

"Now that the emperor has appropriated the silver taels, and there are donations from nobles, the people have enough food and cotton for the winter. It's just that there is no shelter after all. When the spring comes, I will be busy planting the spring. I thought, but Why don't you spend some effort to lay the foundation and build the house first, what do you guys think?"

Lin Jue did not use official power to overwhelm others, so all four present were grateful for his humility and politeness.A swarthy man withdrew his hands, glanced at Lin Jue, and said cautiously: "To tell you the truth, it's really hard to clean the walls with mud and soil at this time. Look, my lord, should we wait until the spring thaws before breaking ground?"

Nowadays, most of the people live in the Chen family's farm. Although it is not enough to keep warm, it is a shelter from the wind and rain. Many people have just experienced disasters and do not want to move easily.Moreover, the words and deeds of those two people before have affected some common people to some extent.

Before Lin Jue could speak, an old man said to the dark-faced man, "Er Hu, how can you embarrass Mr. Xiao Lin? We're staying here, so we'll keep causing trouble for him."

Lin Jue listened to the old man's words with a very learned look, so he couldn't help but take a second look. The old man cupped his hands and said, "The little old man is a private school teacher in Zhangjia Village not far from here. His surname is Zhang."

Lin Jue hurriedly replied, "It turned out to be Mr. Zhang, sorry for your disrespect."

The old man hurriedly said, "Don't dare."

An old gentleman like this, at least, has a reputation as a scholar. Although he is far from a Tanhualang like Lin Jue, he is also well-known and respected in the countryside.It's no wonder that when he spoke, many people were still unconvinced and did not dare to speak again.

Lin Jue also expressed a little more respect in his words, "Mr. Zhang, what should we do with this matter?"

Lin Jue was humble, so Mr. Zhang didn't hold back, and said: "The house was crushed by the heavy snow, but the original foundation is still there. It's just that the ten rooms are empty now. It's better to gather the villagers in one place and build the original foundation. There are foundations to re-strengthen the house. After all, the winter is not over. It may not be possible to snow again. After all, we still need to pay attention. There are still a lot of young and middle-aged people left. It is better to organize some people and take turns to watch the night, which can somewhat prevent heavy snow. Bring down the house again."

Lin Jue nodded in agreement, "The old man's idea is very good, but now the court can't allocate manpower, and we need to do it ourselves to rebuild the house."

The old gentleman said: "It was our own business. The emperor's kindness is great. Now we are not hungry, and we have been exempted from taxes for two years. We dare not ask for anything else."

Lin Jue said: "It's not easy for the common people. The crown prince told me that the common people rebuild their houses, which can be regarded as relief with work, and the imperial court will distribute wages. Although it is not much, it is best to save more, and save it for a good year." Even so Lin Jue also knows that this year, nine out of ten households are not doing well, and how many families have been destroyed by a heavy snowfall.At this time, Lin Jue couldn't help but think of modern reinforced concrete buildings. Although they are not as attractive as ancient wooden structures, they are stronger. At least there will be no such thing as heavy snow crushing the house.Sighing, why didn't I learn chemistry at the beginning, and I can study how cement is made.

Among the surviving people, there are also many women.They are ordinary people, so they don't pay much attention, so Lin Jue arranged for a few women to help with the cooking.There were also some strong women, Lin Jue also asked the supervisor to arrange some light work, at least to earn some money for self-defense.

Many of them had lost their husbands and children, and they were still crying the first day, and when they had work the next day, they seemed to have forgotten all their troubles.Lin Jue couldn't help thinking to himself: It's no wonder that women from poor families seldom grieve their springs and autumns. They go about their lives every day, so how can they have so much time to think about these things?

For example, Daiyu, because everything in the mansion has to be in her hands, she seldom writes poems that mourn the spring and autumn, and she is much more lively.Even if there is no love, it will not wither and decay like a flower, which is really reassuring.

After the Ministry of Industry selected the site, construction began immediately.The weather is beautiful. Since the heavy snow that night, the weather has been sunny for several days.Although there were two snowfalls afterwards, they were not heavy, which really made people feel at ease.

A natural disaster, with the efforts of everyone, the loss was minimized.There is still a surplus of 20 taels of silver allocated by the emperor's inner treasury, which shows the prince's ability.At the very least, it is definitely better than the sixth prince who took 100 million taels of silver to the south for disaster relief, but managed an extremely mediocre job.

In the court meeting, the emperor greatly praised the three princes, Lin Jue and Qi Wenzhao, and also praised the two assisted departments of the Ministry of Households and Industry.On the other hand, the emperor did not mention the sixth prince who won the praise of the people during this snow disaster.

The sixth prince lowered his head, not knowing what he was planning. Lin Jue looked at the prince secretly, but it was indeed as Li Yibai said, his thoughts were too superficial and superficial.As soon as Empress Chen was sealed, he also trembled, but he couldn't recognize his identity even more.It seems that it will be a matter of time before it falls into the hands of the prince.

Lin Jue raised the corners of her lips lightly, maybe she had some grudges, it's not that she didn't want to take revenge, the time hasn't come yet.