The Red Chamber: Jia She Xiuxian Ji

Jia Zhuqi said: "Didn't they all return their money to the companies that the person mentioned just now?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "This time it's not really paying back the money, it's just a big incident to suppress the matter of Sister Yuanchun and Li. The money they picked up today is just a circle in the household department. It will be returned in a few days.”

Because Jia Lian is good at common affairs and calculations, Jia Amnesty specially trained him in calculations.

After Jia Lian won the Juren, the minister of the Ministry of Industry at that time asked him to go to the Ministry of Households as a post. During this period, Jia Lian took the Chunwei exam several times, but failed in the end.

Later, Jia Amnesty wrote a memorial, reforming the examination school for Shu Jishi, and came up with the Daqi version of the civil service examination.

Jia caught up with the good times, and officially became a seventh-rank junior official of the Ministry of Household Affairs from a pen-and-stick style of raising people to become an official.After a few more years of hard work, he is now a fifth-rank Yuanwailang, so he naturally knows a lot of things in the household department.

Jia Lian said again: "Just wait and see, tomorrow at the most, our two houses will definitely go through the same experience."

Jia Zhu nodded, and then she felt relieved and no longer worried about her sister and uncle.

When he got home, Li Wan supported Xianhuai's belly, and greeted him, and asked worriedly: "I heard from Xiaoyao'er that everyone outside is talking about the eldest sister, but is it true?"

Jia Zhu hurried forward to support her, for fear that she would touch her.

Hearing this, she chuckled lightly, patted her hand, nodded and said, "It's true."

"This...how can this be done?" Li Wan was really panicked. If Jia Yuanchun's reputation was ruined, it would affect the reputation of the entire Jia family girls.Now she is pregnant again, and she has a hunch that this child may be a daughter. If the turmoil caused by the reconciliation cannot be subsided, won't her daughter be affected in the future?

Li Wan's father was originally Li Shouzhong, the official of Jinling's parents, and later went to the Imperial Academy to offer wine.Back then, Jia Zhu joined the Imperial College when he was in the Imperial College to offer wine. Because of his talent, Li Shouzhong liked him, so he married Li Wan to him.

The Li family is a typical scholarly family, and there are no men or women in the family who do not recite poems and books.

Since Li Shouzhong inherited the family, he has been pursuing "a woman who is ignorant is a virtue". The girls of the Li family who were born later did not teach them to read very seriously, but only taught books such as "Four Books for Women" and "Biography of Lie Nu" After reading it, you can recognize a few words and remember the virtuous women of the previous dynasty.It is comparable to the Jinling Wang family.

After Li Wan married Jia Zhu, because Jia Zhu was influenced by Jia Amnesty, she did not dare to underestimate the woman's ability.

Seeing that Li Wan was very fond of poetry and articles, he taught her a lot, that the husband and wife get along harmoniously and love each other.Over the past few years, the so-called concept that "a woman is virtuous without talent" that Li Wan received in the Li family has faded a lot.

But after all, it was the education he had received since he was a child, and it was deeply rooted in his bones. It was fine at ordinary times, but once something went beyond that limit, Li Wan's deep-rooted thought that men were superior to women emerged again.

And this matter is related to her children, so it is even more worrying.

Jia Zhu said: "Uncle once said that the so-called 'women are virtuous without talent' is just a self-consolation idea conceived by men because of their incompetence. Women are not weaker than men, but the division of labor is different. Since men can Divorce, why can't a woman reconcile? The eldest sister is no worse than a man in terms of literary talent and ability. Now that my uncle has helped her reconcile successfully, she will naturally not let her fall into the endless accusations of others. What's more, there is still the prince here, don't you know the methods of the two of them?"

Li Wan was convinced, and finally showed his first smile after hearing the news.

Jia Zhu helped her to sit beside her, stretched out her hand to caress her pregnant belly, and said with a smile: "I know you are worried about the child in your stomach, but in my opinion, there is no need to do that, uncle and prince are not ordinary people, You, you can rest assured."

Li Wan shyly said: "Isn't this concubine caring and messing up?"

Jia Zhu said with a smile: "Uncle Xi loves the girls in the family the most. Look at the younger sisters who look like fairies under the care of Uncle Xi. The former son Liandi told me that he had already married her." The brothers and sisters have agreed that when Sister Qiao turns six years old, she will also send the child to the Grand View Garden Academy to study. It would be even better if she could be favored by her uncle, like her aunts, and worship the two of them as teachers. Yes. If the one in your stomach is a girl, let’s send the child to the Grand View Garden.”

One or two things leaked out from the words of Jia Lan and his younger sisters, as smart as Jia Zhu, he guessed something more or less.

Li Wan naturally has no objection. In her eyes, the Grand View Garden is a country of daughters. The girls living in it are not only taught by Confucian masters to read and write, but also learn some good life skills, such as counting. , Fanwen, Gewu, Pharmacology, Medicine and so on.

If they can succeed in their studies, no matter what obstacles they encounter in the future, these girls will have a life-saving skill, they can support themselves, and they can live freely in this world without having to depend on men and be trapped in the backyard. In a small world.

Worst of all, after the children graduate, they can still stay in the Grand View Garden Academy and become a female teacher, right?

Li Wan said with a smile: "The concubine listens to my husband."

Under the manipulation of Tu Yu and Jia She, the matter of Jia Yuanchun was withdrawn from people's after-dinner conversation.Although there are still people who will talk about this matter in the market, no one takes it for granted that it is wrong for the woman to propose and leave.

Jia Yuanchun heaved a sigh of relief, at this time she was no longer in the capital, but was sent by Jia Amnesty to Zaitong City, where she worked as the shopkeeper and also Mr. Zhangyan in an overseas merchandise specialty store opened by him.

In the past few years, because of the existence of Jia She and Tu Yu, the signs of seclusion that existed during the reign of Emperor Jingxing have been suppressed, and Daqi has become an open and inclusive country that embraces all rivers and rivers. The tea and porcelain produced in Daqi , silk, and those good things that Jia Amnesty worked out later became the commodities that the nobles and commoners of those overseas countries flocked to.

Maritime merchants came to their door with boatloads of gold, silver and jewelry to buy, but the supply was completely in short supply.

As the largest natural seaport for thousands of years, there are countless ships coming in and out of Zaitong Port every day, and the goods they bring are dazzling, with many types, good and bad.

People who come out to beg for a living these days are not top-notch. The good things they have seen, the real things are naturally not as good as the ones from the family. is common.

After Jia Amnesty knew about this situation, he thought of transferring Jia Yuanchun here to be the shopkeeper.

Jia Yuanchun was born in the Rongguo Mansion. When Jia Daishan was there, the two families did not separate. She was raised as the only eldest granddaughter in the mansion. There are many good things to see.

Later, she entered the palace as a female official, and what she saw was even more extraordinary. Her eyesight has been cultivated long ago, so putting her here is the most suitable for trying.

Jia Yuanchun has just arrived in Citong City not long ago, but he has already fallen in love with this kind of free life away from the inner house and fighting, and his destiny is in his own hands.

She is very grateful to Jia Amnesty psychologically, and is even more dedicated to her work.The capital city, Zhongsu Palace, and Rongguo Palace had already left her life, and now Jia Yuanchun felt completely reborn and refreshed.

In Zhongsu Wangfu, the news came from the secret pile of the palace, it was the news about Jia Yuanchun's recent situation.

After Tu Jie read it, he fell into silence, thoughtful, the princess happened to come over to give him ginseng soup, and saw his prince holding a piece of letter paper, looking at it intently, a little curious, but didn't dare to ask, just put it down lightly Soup bowl, turn around and leave.

Who knows that Tu Jie suddenly said: "Is the backyard of our palace really so scary?"

Princess An: ...how does she answer this?

Fortunately, Tu Jie didn't expect her answer, so he just handed the letter paper to Princess An, and said, "Princess Wang, please take a look too."

Concubine An was astonished, took the letter paper and read it carefully, the more she looked, the more surprised she was: "This..."

"Seventh brother and Rong Guogong, it's not easy." Even he wanted to go to Zaitong City to have a look.

I heard that there are maritime merchants coming and going there every day. There are Muslims in white robes and beards, there are blond and blue-eyed Europeans with white skin like ghosts, and there are Kunlun slaves with dark skin like ink. You can see the most scenery here. .

It is said that with the exchange of maritime merchants, the news that there is unowned land overseas and the land is still very fertile has also spread to the capital. Emperor Xingning encouraged the people of Daqi to go overseas and expand the territory of Daqi.

Tu Jie suddenly wanted to get involved.

Once you think about it, you can never let it go.

This year is the sixtieth birthday of Emperor Xingning.Every tenth birthday, there will be a big banquet in the palace, and the whole country will celebrate the birthday of the saint today, which is the "Longevity Festival".

"Longevity Festival" is in September every year, which is the season of autumn harvest and winter storage.

Emperor Xingning was a good emperor who cared for the people. In order to avoid officials from all over the country and the common people who wanted to come to the capital to celebrate their birthdays, because of the high mountains and long roads and the tiring journey, he decided to celebrate the tenth birthday as "Longevity Festival".

As soon as this move came out, the people in Daqi praised "the sage has a deep plan to love the people", which really won the hearts of the people.

Fortunately, there are cement roads now. Since the appearance of cement, Daqi has completed the transformation of all official roads in the past few decades.

The wide and flat official road makes the travel of Daqi people more convenient.The economy of many places where the official road passes has developed, which is exactly what Jia She said, "If you want to get rich, you must first build roads."

Today's official roads extend in all directions, frequent exchanges between the east, west, north and south, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. This is a grand scene that China has never seen in thousands of years.

And Emperor Xingning, who created such a prosperous scene, can be praised by historians, saying that he is an emperor through the ages, I am afraid that no one will object.