The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

The following days...

In the days that followed, whether to carry out the reform of bookkeeping methods was still being seen in the court, with those who supported it slightly at a disadvantage, and those who opposed it were more.

These are all within Lin Ruhai's expectations. After all, many officials in the household department were promoted by the second prince when he was walking in the household department. The pros and cons of the bookkeeping method, they can also analyze the one, two, and three disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

But Lin Ruhai didn't think about directly starting with the high-level officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs.Although the second prince is in the household department, he cannot control all the officials in the household department.Even if there are people with the second prince in key positions, the small officials who do specific things do not have such a strong position.Lin Ruhai first selected a few small officials with high efficiency, and asked them to reorganize several accounting books according to their own accounting methods, so as to compare their pros and cons.

On the other hand, there are gradually rumors that the bookkeeping reform is a cover, and that the emperor intends to urge the Ministry of Accounts to pay the bad debts of the previous year.

This is much bigger than reforming the bookkeeping method.Many officials and ministers owe money to the state treasury, and the amount is not small. After decades of squandering, some of them may not even be able to repay the money.

On the second day after the news spread, Zhou Rui's family hurried into the Rongxi Hall and said, "Ma'am!"

At that time, Jin Chuan and Yu Chuan were beating Wang's legs. Seeing Zhou Rui coming in a panic, Wang knew something was wrong, so she pushed back the Jin Chuan sisters and asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Rui's family walked up to Mrs. Wang and whispered a few words in a low voice. Mrs. Wang turned pale with shock and asked, "Really?"

Zhou Rui's family said: "Why isn't it true? It turned out that the uncle sent someone to tell the wife that he was already waiting outside. I will go and bring him in."

Wang rubbed her temples and nodded.

The uncle Zhou Rui's family spoke of was Wang Ziteng.Wang Ziteng was the envoy of the Jingying Jiedu at that time, and he had real power in his hands. Naturally, he soon got the news that the imperial court planned to urge the repayment of the owed money.So Wang Ziteng sent someone to talk to Jia Wang.

When Jia Wang heard this, she was terrified and unwilling.The Rongguo Mansion was exhausted two years ago, but after all, it is the honor of the Duke’s Mansion. The big treasury has been carefully cleaned up, and some family property can be counted, but once the money owed is to be repaid, there is absolutely nothing left. library, this may not be enough.

Since the Rongguo Mansion has no money to fish for, why do you still hold the power of the family?

After sending the woman from the Wang family to reward him with money and sending him away, the Jia Wang family walked around the house.Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai came back and became Minister of the Household Department. Let’s not talk about anyone else now. My brother is the military envoy of the Beijing camp, and the food, grass and military salary are in Lin Ruhai’s hands; my brother-in-law is an imperial merchant, and all the errands are in the Household Department. Leader, if Lin Ruhai intentionally made things difficult for him and gave him some hard work without oil and water, the business of his brother-in-law's family would also plummet.

Jia Wang felt a little regretful, after all, she was a married aunt, why did she focus on dealing with Jia Min in the first place?

After sending the Wang family's wife back, Zhou Rui's family saw Jia Wang's frowning, and called out cautiously: "Ma'am."

Jia Wangshi was startled, and came back to her senses, as if she had been awakened by the shock, she thought to herself: The money owed is not on our lord's head, what should I worry about?

So he said to Zhou Rui's family: "I asked your man to wait in the outer courtyard tonight, and I will leave things to him."

Zhou Rui's should be.

Then, as soon as Jia Wang dispatched, he changed all the people in the concierge, Shangye and other places into cronies, and waited for the night to do things.

Sister Feng is a very shrewd person. She used to think that her second aunt was her own aunt, so she would never harm her.In addition, Mrs. Wang also got a good idea of ​​Sister Feng's character. Although she didn't give her the key to the storeroom, she gave her the match card of the dispatcher as soon as she entered the door, so that she could play the prestige of being a housekeeper and grandma, and she didn't suspect that Mrs. Wang was hiding an adulterer.

It was Sister Feng who had been arguing with Jia Lian for a long time. After all, she listened to Jia Lian's advice and paid attention to her diet.

So Sister Feng woke up, not only woke up, but also became extra vigilant.So Wang's sudden movement today has made some big changes in manpower, and Sister Feng has been extra careful.

Sister Feng discussed with Jia Lian: "I see that the second wife over there suddenly changed the concierge and the person who went to the night today. I don't know what to do to steal at night?"

Jia Lian said, "Who cares what they do? Let's live our lives behind closed doors, not what we want to do."

Sister Feng snorted: "It's irrelevant, that one is always harmful to others, who knows what kind of evil she is holding back, shouldn't we be more careful? Today you will ask someone to show me that side, If you miss the news, you will cause trouble in the future, and see how I deal with you!"

Jia Lian muttered, "It's not like you're nobody's boss." After all, Zhao'er was arranged to keep an eye on the main room, even if she wasn't allowed to sleep tonight, she couldn't miss the news.

When Sister Feng saw Jia Lian's arrangement, she was relieved.Sister Feng naturally has confidants, such as Wang'er and Ping'er; these people are not easy to order, but when she thinks that her aunt Wang is going to harm her, and these cronies are brought by herself from the Wang family, Sister Feng is not so relieved to use them.On weekdays, the affairs of the Eastern Courtyard can be left to them, but when it comes to fighting Wang, Sister Feng will let Jia Lian keep people watching.

Zhao'er saw that her second master ordered to keep an eye on the movement in the main courtyard, and then the second grandma also beat it herself, so she didn't dare to be careless and stared at it seriously.

It doesn't matter if you don't stare at it, when Zhao'er sees Zhou Rui taking someone out with a box out in the middle of the night, she is almost scared out of her wits.Zhou Rui is the second wife's confidant, this is self-stealing.

Early the next morning, Zhao'er stared at the two dark circles under her eyes, and came to the East Courtyard with a tired face and asked to see the second master.

At this time, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng were having breakfast. When they heard that Zhao'er asked to see her, Sister Feng asked people to remove the breakfast.

Zhao'er drank a large bowl of strong tea, cleared her mind, and said, "On the fourth watch yesterday, Zhou Rui took a few people out of the mansion with a few boxes of things, and transported them out of the city. Because the gate of the city has long been closed Shao, the little one couldn't get out, so he had to guard inside the city gate, but he was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes. The little one pinched his arm several times, for fear of missing Zhou Rui and his party back to the city. It was dawn when Zhou Rui came back, and the little one Don't dare to delay, so I talked back and forth with the second master and the second grandma."

When Sister Feng heard this, her face turned pale with anger, and she tapped her jade-like fingers on the kang table: "You are so courageous! Can you recognize the people who followed Zhou Rui out of the city?" Angrily said: "It's simply unreasonable!"

Zhao'er was clever enough to be Jia Lian's confidant, nodded and said, "I see clearly, I won't admit wrong again." So he mentioned the names of those young servants.

Sister Feng glanced at Jia Lian and said, "Why, do you still think I'm troublesome?"

Jia Lian smiled apologetically. Sister Feng knew that Zhao'er would have nothing to ask here, so she called Ping'er in, sent Zhao'er a reward, and told Zhao'er to go back and rest first.

Zhao'er was so sleepy that she couldn't keep her eyes open, so she hurriedly received the reward, saluted and retreated.

Smuggling things out in the middle of the night, no matter what it is, is not a good thing anyway, the husband and wife retreated and the servants made up their minds.

Jia Lian said: "Such a sneaky thing in the middle of the night, I'm afraid this time it's not a small matter. If you want me to say, let's talk to my father and make preparations."

Sister Feng frowned and said, "I don't dare to rely on my natal family now, and my father may not be reliable. If not, you can go to Uncle's house and ask what's the latest news? I'll also go to Uncle Lin's house to ask Auntie?"

Jia Lian said with a smile: "This is a family matter after all. It is not in vain for us to ask uncle and uncle for help. Both uncle and uncle are scholars, and they don't like to meddle in other people's family affairs."

Sister Feng knew that the family style of the scholarly family was quite different from that of the general's family, so she said, "Then ask Mr. Qin first."

Jia Lian also felt good, and was about to go out when Ping'er said outside, "Morning, master, the second master and the second grandma are in the room." Sister Feng and Jia Lian knew that Jia Amnesty was coming.

The two hurriedly got up, Jia She had already lifted the curtain and came in, and then gave Ping'er a back-off look, after Ping'er went down, Jia She said: "If it's some time later, the old lady will hand over the housekeeping power to you." Long room, neither of you husband and wife are allowed to answer, I have already greeted your mother."

Jia Lian and his wife should be, but they don't know why Jia Amnesty said something like this.

Jia Lian thought about it again and again, and told Jia She the news that Zhao'er had discovered. Jia She snorted and said, "You husband and wife have made some progress in the past few years. It's not in vain that Lian'er's next trip to the south of the Yangtze River will be yours. My aunt gave me a lesson. The things that Zhou Rui smuggled out were nothing more than gold and silver." She then told the couple that the court might have to urge them to pay the owed silver.

Sister Feng was furious when she heard this, she finally lowered her voice, and said, "What does Second Madam mean? Now that the imperial court is going to press for the payment of the owed money, they transported the valuables from the mansion overnight and hid them, and then threw the storeroom key to us. Tell us to think of a way?"

Jia Amnesty cast a sideways glance in the direction of the main room: "Otherwise? Could it be that the second room will rush ahead when the money needs to be paid back? When there is no profit to be made, the other side shrinks faster than anyone else."

Jia Lian said: "If we don't take this key, it will be done."

Jia She sneered and said, "I don't want to accept it, but I inherited the title of our family, and I also inherited the debt in terms of etiquette. The money owed has to fall on us."

Jia Lian and his wife became more and more aggrieved, muttering how could there be such a reason in the world.

Sister Feng felt unwilling, and gritted her teeth: "Now that we know about it, why don't we report to the officials to recover the silver taels? It's unkind there, so don't blame us for being unrighteous! Since the debt owed must fall on us, we must You can't let Wang Shibai steal a fortune from the public."

But Jia She was not in a hurry to say this, he just said: "Don't panic, there may be no room for change in this matter. I have other arrangements for the recovery of the money. You husband and wife don't meddle indiscriminately, it will damage my You two pretended not to know about Kuyin's disappearance.

Just the same thing, girl Feng, don't be coaxed by your second aunt who talks like a snake, and your uncle Wang Ziteng is not a good person either.Just think about it, you husband and wife haven't heard the news, and the old lady hasn't moved, how did the second room know, and there is still time to transfer the tender.

In the middle of the night, why did Xiruan move the city gate that had been closed long ago, and the city gate guard opened it for the thief Zhou Rui to transport the things out of the city?One of you and Wang is Wang Ziteng's sister and the other is Wang Ziteng's niece. Did your uncle give you any news? "

Sister Feng's face turned pale and red at one point, but she became more and more divorced from the Wang family.

I just heard Sister Feng gritted her teeth and said: "Father, don't worry, I won't be confused again. No matter how many of my mother's family belong to my mother's family, the one we can keep in our own family belongs to my son." As soon as these words came out, Sister Feng suddenly realized: Why do you want to kill your own heir?In addition to causing the long house to have no heir, it is also because once a woman becomes a mother, her mind will change drastically.In the past, Sister Feng was always proud of her natal family, but now that she has her own children, she realizes that those from her natal family belong to her brothers, and those from her husband’s family belong to her son.

It was after Wang became a mother that she began to want to reap any benefits from the second room.Thinking of myself and others, I naturally know that once Sister Feng becomes a mother, she will gradually become one with her husband.

Thinking of this, Sister Feng wished she could bite her silver teeth into pieces: What a vicious aunt!This is my aunt!