After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

"Is there something wrong with that cup of tea?"

Someone responded immediately.

Jia Zhen sneered and said: "The clothes I wore that day were dark in color, and they were spilled on the hem of the clothes. If you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all. Come to think of it, that maid thought I drank it myself."

He took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, shook it at everyone, and said in a loud voice: "At that time, because of my late father, there was a doctor staying in the mansion. After I took off the clothes, I asked the doctor to help examine it." , the result is on this piece of paper.”

After the several clan elders circulated the paper, their faces were more or less angry, and some were even a little dumbfounded. Obviously, they did not expect that the majestic Rongguo Mansion would use such indecent means. Against the same race.

It turned out that there was something wrong with the tea.

Medicine is added to the tea, and the medicine effect is very simple and crude, just to add to the fun.

If this was normal, it would not be a big deal, at most it would add a romantic affair to Jia Zhen.

However, if such a thing happened when her father was seriously ill and dying, Jia Zhen would no longer have any prestige in the Jia family.Even, anyone who knows about this can use it to pinpoint him.

And this happened in the Rongguo Mansion, if the masters of the Rongguo Mansion were ruthless and wouldn't let it spread, they could keep this secret alone, and keep this bargaining chip for Jia Zhen.

By that time, the Rongguo Mansion is not the patriarch, but it is better than the patriarch.

After understanding the sinister intentions, everyone took a deep breath, and Wu Shi was even trembling with anger.

"This...that's too careless." Wu was born in a scholarly family, and his temperament is not that aggressive. He has never argued with anyone in most of his life. At this time, he wanted to scold the Rongguo Mansion to vent his anger on his son. I don't even know how to scold people.

Min's also said angrily: "Jia Shi's relying on his seniority is deceiving people too much!"

Regardless of whether this matter was caused by Shi's chief envoy or not, in front of the clan elders, Min decided to act first and put the blame on Shi's head first.

This is actually not wronged him, is it?

After all, the matter happened in her Rongguo Mansion, and the Shi family is the pinnacle of the Rongguo Mansion. No matter who did it in the Rongguo Mansion, she is jointly and severally responsible.

Immediately, the clan elders' perception of Shi Shi became even worse, and some people even directly said: Shi Shi is a housewife with such short-sightedness, and she must not be allowed to intervene in the clan's affairs in the future!

This is what the Min family wanted, so naturally they would not object.

Seeing that her daughter-in-law was downplaying Shi, Mrs. Wu on the side resolved Shi's case, and suddenly figured it out: her son was already suffering from seniority, if he married another weak-tempered daughter-in-law like her, how could he help his son support the family business? ?

It turned out that the biggest reason Wu has always been dissatisfied with his daughter-in-law Min is because she has another candidate for a daughter-in-law in her mind.

That's her niece.

Originally, the Wu family didn't want to marry another daughter, but after the sage ascended the throne, Jia Jing suddenly became the emperor's close minister and sage's confidant, and the Wu family's attitude changed.

And because of the weak relationship between husband and wife, Wu naturally always thinks about her mother's family in her heart.Now that her natal family's attitude had softened, she revealed that she wanted her niece to be her daughter-in-law.And the Wu family also has the same meaning.

But what's the use if they only want to?Jia Jing disagrees!

Nowadays, the aesthetics tends to be that of Ruoliu Fufeng, and Jia Jing does not dislike it.

But in Jia Jing's view, it is good for such a woman to take home as a concubine and enjoy it in her spare time. If she is married to a regular wife, she must be able to share his troubles and help him support the family.

But none of these expectations could be met by Wu.

When he was young, it wasn't that he didn't do things like teaching his wife behind his back.

But Mrs. Wu is a young lady from a scholarly family, so she is not so different from the girls from their honorable families.

It can be said that Jia Jing and Wu's philosophies are completely at odds, and Wu's will not listen to what he says.

In the end, Jia Jing was also annoyed, so he simply didn't count on her anymore.

It's also fortunate that Jia Jing is not the kind of person who spoils concubines and destroys wives, otherwise how can Wu's live a good life?

He himself has been cheated by the Wu family's daughter all his life, so how could he hire another Wu family's daughter for his son?

Therefore, as soon as Jia Jing heard the news, he hired Min for his son before Wu could tell him.

The Min family's father is only a fifth-rank Zhizhou. Although he governs one side, he is no match for the Wu family.

Because of this, the Wu family and the Wu family did not suspect that he knew about it in advance, but they looked down on the Wu family, and could only say that the two children were not destined.

But this does not delay Wu's dislike of Min's.

Although Min didn't know why, she could feel that her mother-in-law didn't like her, and she asked Jia Zhen in doubt.

For the reason, Jia Zhen is very clear.But he is not stupid, how could he tell the truth in front of his wife?Therefore, he pretended not to know, but tried his best to reconcile the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

It can be said that the Wu family suddenly figured it out, and it can be said to be a surprise to both Jia Zhen and the Min family.

At the Rongguo Mansion, Shi Shi had seen her for so long, yet Jia Zhen didn't make a fuss out of it, and thought it was over.

But she didn't know that because of her status and seniority, she finally won a little right to speak in the clan, and now she lost all of it, let alone the right of the clan wife that she was thinking of.

Three days later, the saint's decree came down: Jia Zhen Yuanjue inherited the first-class general Wei Lie, and granted the post of Wailang, a member of the Guizhou Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Punishment.The fifth rank is actually one level higher than Jia Zheng's today.

After Jia Zheng learned of this, he was naturally very depressed, and pretended to try his best to Jia Zhen, telling him to be loyal to the saint and to show his elders' genealogy.

Although Jia Zhen was flustered in her heart, she was no longer Wuxia Amon. Although she couldn't completely hide her emotions and anger, it was more than enough to fool Jia Zheng, a half-assed person.

So, he said a few words modestly, pretending to be educated, and after dismissing Jia Zheng, he wrote a note and asked the sage to allow him to help the spirit return to his hometown, and then report to the Ministry of Punishment after observing filial piety.

The sage was thinking of Jia Jing in his heart, seeing his son so filial, how could he not allow it?Not only did the sage agree, but he also gave additional transportation and horse expenses in addition to the funeral expenses.

Jia Zhen kept her father's teaching firmly in mind, and she didn't dare to flinch at all. After getting the approval, she brought a few people from her clan and helped her spirit back to Jinling in a very low-key way.

This made many people of insight give him a high look, and also left a good impression on the saint.

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Lin Ruhai's appointment came down when Ningguo Mansion was still working as a waterway dojo.The sage promoted his rank from third rank, but still sent him to be the magistrate.

Well, it is still the prefect of Taiyuan.

However, this Taiyuan is not that Taiyuan, but the Taiyuan Mansion under the jurisdiction of Jiaozhi.

In other words, his immediate boss is his senior brother, the current Cochin chief envoy Wang Qi.

Moreover, from the prefect of the third rank, this is the first one since the founding of the country.

Lin Ruhai knew that this was because the sage wanted him to be able to do what he wanted to do without being restricted by others.

——Although the prefect's position is not high, he is the leader of a prefecture after all.For someone like Lin Ruhai who wants to do things in a down-to-earth manner, it is much better than being the second in command of a province.

Lin Ruhai remembered that in his previous life, a few years after the Sixth Prince ascended the throne, several court elders gave up the province of Jiaozhi.

The explanation given by the imperial court is that the folk customs in this place are very tough and disobedient to discipline, and the imperial court invests a lot of military and financial resources every year.It's not worth it for such a dispensable place!

However, after Lin Ruhai became the chief assistant later, he discovered that without Jiaozhi, the imperial court's control over Nanyang suddenly weakened, and many foreign countries in the south gradually stopped paying tribute.

If these foreign countries dispatched troops and generals when the imperial court still controlled Jiaozhi, they would not dare to make mistakes.

However, who would have thought that the imperial court would suddenly give up on Jiaozhi, and these foreign countries would suddenly become kings of Monkey Mountain, beyond the reach of the imperial court.

I remember that when the sage made this decision, many generals in the court strongly opposed it.But what is the opponent of a civil official when a military commander plays tricks?

And Lin Ruhai, who is a member of the civil service, also thinks that Jiaozhi is a tasteless place, tasteless to eat, and a pity to discard, and doesn't think it's a big deal to give up.

It wasn't until he became the chief assistant that he realized what the court had given up at that time.

It can be said that this incident is Lin Ruhai's regret in his previous life.

Compared with the sixth prince, today's sage is obviously far-sighted and knows the importance of intercourse.Otherwise, Wang Qi and Lin Ruhai, two capable officials, would not have been assigned to Jiaozhi one after another.

Now that he has this opportunity, Lin Ruhai naturally wants to make a plan to change the inherent "wild" impression of Cochin in the eyes of the world, so that the court will not give up easily.

With such ambitions in mind, after Lin Ruhai took office, he was not in a hurry to do anything. Instead, he first entertained the local elders and local officials to eliminate their vigilance and hostility as much as possible.

Then, he visited the local natives in many ways to understand the source of their resentment. Then he returned to the government office, summoned his subordinates and staff, and formulated a detailed plan.

Perhaps because Lin Ruhai's attitude has always been very friendly, or because his visits these days have had an effect, although those officials are still wary of him to a certain extent, they are still willing to listen to him.

After everyone arrived, Lin Ruhai announced two things first:

First, he plans to run a school in Taiyuan and promote enlightenment, so that the people of Taiyuan in Cochin can be like the Taiyuan people in Shanxi, study the imperial examinations, and get ahead;

Second, he will contact merchants in the Central Plains to purchase locally produced grain and medicinal materials at a reasonable price. He hopes that the local officials will cooperate and make sure that both parties are satisfied and no one will suffer.

As soon as these two items were announced, those local officials were stunned.

In the past, most of the officials sent to Cochin were born in Yunnan, Guizhou and other places in Guangxi.

The reason why these officials are willing to come to such a poor and remote place like Jiaozhi is to make money, and they leave when they have enough.

Why do the local natives rebel repeatedly?

Is it because life is really hard to go on?

As long as there is a stable life, who is willing to take the risk of killing the clan to rebel?

But this crop of officials left, and those who came again were still the same. The people of Jiaozhi were already numb, and their expectations of the court were getting less and less.

At this time, Lin Ruhai was born out of nowhere.

Not only did he come, but he also brought a night pearl that was bigger than a sea bowl, which penetrated the darkness at once, allowing the natives to see the light.