The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

"Iron Net Mountain Wai...

"The iron net mountain is surrounded by hunting, and the saints go there in person, and the guards are heavy, so how can there be any trouble?" Lin Ruhai still questioned her daughter's bold idea.

Daiyu looked very confident: "Father, don't believe me. Last year when the saint was sick, the princes must take action. There are some things that can't be turned back. Although the saint is already healed this year and can be hunted, but some people do Good preparations are bound to be carried out.”

Lin Ruhai turned pale with fright: "The trip to Iron Net Mountain, it's better not to make a big mess. If it is... then the world will be in chaos."

Daiyu knew what Lin Ruhai meant, and the implication was that if Emperor Taizong was assassinated, there would be no king in the country, and several princes would fight, and the common people would suffer.But Daiyu didn't think this kind of situation would happen. No one intervened in the previous life, but the crown prince was imprisoned, and Emperor Taizong came back in good condition.

"Father, there is no need to be pessimistic. My father said that Iron Net Mountain is surrounded by hunting and heavily guarded. Such a bad situation should not happen. We have already reminded my aunt, and His Royal Highness should be on guard." Daiyu said calmly.

Lin Ruhai felt that no matter how calm the girl's expression was, she was not comforted at all.

When Daiyu was still young when the East Palace changed drastically in the previous life, no one told her about the events in the court. Even after reading the original book, she found that the book did not record major events in the court, and could only speculate based on the clues of the events in the back house.But according to Daiyu's analysis, the prince's uncle probably made a mistake during the hunt in Iron Net Mountain this autumn, so that he lost the position of heir.

It's the beginning of June, and the father's memorial has been handed in, and the sage is about to leave for Iron Net Mountain.There are many people and many things, and if you don't pay attention to such things, they will be ignored.Another one, Concubine Zhen Gui is in charge of the Sixth Palace. I don’t know how many people in the palace are trying to curry favor with her. As long as the eunuch Bingbi manipulates and divides his father’s papers into unimportant memorials, the papers will not be handed over to the dragon case. Things got mixed up.Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now the crown prince, but because of the early death of the Empress Yuan, the little concubine Zhong would not really plan for the East Palace, and was quite constrained in the harem.

As Emperor Taizong got older day by day, the life in the East Palace became more and more tormented.People like Emperor Taizong who have ruled the world for decades, the more powerless they are, the more they guard against the person who is most likely to replace them, which is also human nature in that position.

Otherwise, why throughout the ages, so many princes did not make it to the throne.

Lin Ruhai suppressed the evidence for the time being, but Zhen Yingjia did not dare to take it lightly.Call Luo Fushan to pay attention to this ending every day.

Since ancient times, the franchise of salt and iron has gone through many dynasties. It can be seen that although salt is small, it has a great impact on the national economy and people's livelihood.

It is also for this reason that the inspector of salt in this dynasty is appointed once a year. What is afraid of is that Yan Kezheng sits in this position for a long time, has a foundation, guards and steals himself, or seeks refuge with a certain force and colludes.In this way, salt transportation in the Huaihe River and Huaihe River has always been an iron salt merchant and a flowing salt transportation envoy.

Salt merchants have huge profits, but it is not easy to do official salt business, that is, if one gets a share of salt imports, there is a very strict review system.Therefore, no matter old or new salt merchants, in order to keep their share of salt imports or expand their business scale, they must curry favor with local officials.

Salt transport envoys are appointed once a year, and most of them do not seek meritorious deeds but seek no faults. During their tenure, they receive a year of respect from salt merchants at all levels, which is already a first-class fat vacancy.The salt merchants gave gifts to the salt transport envoys, mostly to beg them not to be reduced in share. If they want to expand their share or become new salt merchants, they have to go other ways.

This other way is the big officials in frontiers and the big clans in the south of the Yangtze River.

As for the Zhen family, they started their fortune with the Tai | Ancestor, and they were the third generation when it was handed down to Zhen Yingjia. In terms of inheritance, they are not comparable to a century-old family like the Lin family.In terms of real power, but with the stable status of Zhen Guifei, the second prince is the most respected prince below the crown prince, and has become the first-class family in the south of the Yangtze River.Salt merchants in Yangzhou, in addition to being filial to the local officials and salt transport envoys, also go to Jinling every year to pay their respects, and even the Zhen family in Jinling is the most important.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. In this dynasty, the three festivals and two birthdays can't help but be respected with ice and charcoal. Originally, the Zhen family guarded such an identity, and the year-round rituals alone did not require any capital, and had first-class income.

However, the second prince has a big heart. As a mother, Zhen Guifei would not plan for him.The Jiangnan Zhen family, as Concubine Zhen's natal family and the second prince's natal family, naturally gained the second prince's honor and became the number one family in Jiangnan with real power, and at the same time became the second prince's pocketbook.

The south of the Yangtze River was the place where the dragon flourished in this dynasty. Most of the cronies who accompanied Emperor Taizu to conquer the world were from Jinling, and most of them had relatives.In addition to having a noble concubine in the palace, the Zhen family has many other conveniences.For example, the governors and governors of borderlands would be at the pinnacle of local authority if they were in other provinces. In Jiangnan, even the governors and governors would have to treat the Zhen family a little bit less.

For nothing else, besides the Zhen family, there are many honorable families in the south of the Yangtze River who are related to the Zhen family. Without the cooperation of these aristocratic families, it would be difficult for even the big officials in the frontier to display their talents, and there is no way to talk about governing the region.This is the reason why a strong dragon does not suppress a local snake, not to mention that the Zhen family is not an ordinary local snake.

With such convenience, the Zhen family is involved in some highly profitable business that violates the laws of the country, from the governor, the governor, to the local officials, but they just turn a blind eye.There are also families like the Wang family who are in charge of the ship trade in Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Yunnan; the Xue family, who have business all over the country, provide convenience, and the private salt business is like wading through water to earn money.

Over the years, the power of the Second Prince's family has grown like a snowball, and all the officials in the south of the Yangtze River have been involved in this shocking interest.

As for no one reporting and exposing?The new officials in Jiangnan either have to adapt to the atmosphere here, or they are squeezed out, and the officials will not last long.However, all officials who have taken office in Jiangnan in peace and security, even if they have not been involved in these violations of law and discipline, will still have to gain some benefits, and they will not be able to withstand investigation.

It's not that honest and strong officials were sent to the south of the Yangtze River. They were either forced to resign or transferred to other places, and some even died suddenly while in office.

Even before Lin Ruhai took office, there was also Su Hanshan, the former inspector of the salt censor, who was outright and determined to expose the two fraudulent cases of the Huaihuai salt transportation, and died in office.Although this Su Hanshan is tough and easy to break, he is not stupid. When he first took office, he sent his only daughter, Su Lan, to the Panxiang Temple in Gusu to practice. He said that Miss Su was weak and sick, so he bought a substitute. If it doesn't work, it's sent to practice, which is actually to avoid disaster.

Even if Su Hanshan was determined to die, he didn't bring the case of the Lianghuai private salt business to the emperor.Su Hanshan died for no apparent reason, but for the sake of his only daughter, Su Hanshan also made preparations, and donated the Su family's assets to the national treasury with a secret package; he also left a generous dowry sealed in the household department. Returning to the vulgar to get married, it is up to the imperial court to return the dowry to Miss Su.There are also some authentic works by famous artists, Wenwan antiques for Su Lan to play with.

For Su Hanshan's sake, if someone attacks Su Lan again, it will be a slap in the face of the present Holy Majesty.In order to comfort the old ministers, Emperor Taizong also gave a batch of rewards to Miss Su, so that Miss Su could live in Panxiang Temple.

With lessons learned from the past, officials at all levels in Jiangnan have more and more succumbed to the Zhen family's despotic power.Besides, there is another saying that the law does not blame the public. Everyone in the officialdom in the south of the Yangtze River is like this. With such a big environment, everyone is lucky, and they are not so afraid of the law of the country.

Over time, the official protection talisman of this province was formed.The four families of King Xue of Jia Shi are all famous on the guardian talisman.As for the Zhen family, it was the second prince's mother's family. Who would dare to list the Zhen family as a target for the official protection talisman that has been spread all over the south of the Yangtze River?

That is Lin Ruhai, that is the wife and younger brother of His Highness the Crown Prince. Zhen Yingjia reckoned that she would not be able to win him over, so she made a move directly after a little probing.Of course, apart from being the prince's wife and brother, Lin Ruhai is also a prominent Suzhou family and the son-in-law of the Rongguo Mansion, so he is not an easy person to deal with.

Lin Ruhai needed to be beaten, but the Zhen family didn't want to stand up directly, so Zhen Ying praised the benefits of the second room of the Rongguo Mansion and directly used people from the Jia Wang family. Now even if Xingzang is exposed, the Zhen family can push it clean.

Later, Zhen Yingjia also heard that Mo Yun almost succeeded, but asked a six-year-old girl from the Lin family to save Lin Ruhai's son.The Lin family didn't intend to hide such a thing from anyone, and they couldn't hide it from anyone.Because of this, Zhen Yingjia didn't believe it because it was so unbelievable. She only thought that Lin Ruhai was old and cunning, and she didn't know what kind of conspiracy and tricks there were when such words came out.

In fact, Lin Ruhai didn't have any plots and tricks. He managed to tear open a hole, found evidence of private salt trading, and still held back not to hand over the paperwork to the capital.But thinking Lin Ruhai was too old and cunning, and also sent news from Suzhou that the daughter of the Su family who became a monk in Panxiang Temple had disappeared. The two incidents collided and almost scared Zhen Yingjia to death.

Zhen Yingjia paced anxiously in the study, and finally couldn't help asking Luo Fushan: "Tell me, Lin Ruhai didn't make trouble for so long, did he have some tricks? Did the daughter of the Su family tell him to take him to Yangzhou?"

Luo Fushan shook his feather fan, and said: "Lin Ruhai has a special status, he is a student of the emperor, he is also the wife and brother of the prince, and now he has two identities of Yushitai and Yankezheng, so he will definitely not return empty-handed. Could it be that last time Lin Ruhai brought a batch of secret papers into Beijing under the pretext of sending letters to the East Palace?"

These words almost scared Zhen Yingjia to death, Zhen Yingjia trembled slightly, drank tea again, and said: "Impossible, even if we have some omissions, the Second Highness can also check the letters sent by the Lin family to the capital. Besides , The Lin family only sent a few servants to Beijing, how could they bring any secret documents?"

In fact, Luo Fushan also knew that it was unlikely that Lin Ruhai would send the secret package to Beijing last time: "When the Lin family sent someone to Beijing to deliver the Mid-Autumn Festival gift, Su Hanshan's orphan girl stayed in Panxiang Temple without missing a trace. Now the master only needs to stop the daughter of the Su family and prevent her from entering the capital, even if Lin Ruhai handed over the booklet, it may not be able to do anything to us."

Zhen Yingjia slapped the table and said bitterly: "If I knew this, even if I couldn't kill that girl Su Lan, I should have dumbed her down!" Of course, what Zhen Yingjia said was out of anger.Suzhou is where the Jiangnan Governor's Yamen is located, and Emperor Taizong rewarded the Su family daughter, which is what it means for the Jiangnan governor to protect the Su family daughter.If the daughter of the Su family died, the governor would jump over the wall in a hurry. No matter how powerful Zhen Yingjia was in the south of the Yangtze River, she might not be able to support her.

Su Hanshan loves his daughter dearly, so the place he chooses for Su Lan to become a monk is also very particular.

Luo Fushan persuaded: "Master, please calm down. Although you can't take the life of the Su family girl, all the clothes and utensils around the Su family girl have been inspected, and there is no entrainment. Besides, Su Hanshan asked the Su family girl to become a monk." , I want to save her life, if I want to save her life, I can't tell her any secrets, let alone give her any evidence. Otherwise, wouldn't these all become her reminders."

After hearing this, Zhen Yingjia felt at ease.Still sent people to Yangzhou overnight to stare at the Lin family.