Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

Wang Xifeng is well aware of her aunt's temper, and she will definitely not be able to use her own money to fill the shortfall of the house. Then when Mrs. Wang was housekeeper, what method did she use to fill up the account so skillfully?

Wang Xifeng knew that no matter what the method was, Mrs. Wang must have confidantes to help. If she wanted to know the tricks, she had to start with it, but Wang Xifeng knew in her heart that since she could be called a confidant, she must be tight-lipped. And he has only been married for a short time, and besides Ping'er, he has no one he can trust, so doing this is naturally even more difficult.

Thinking of this, Wang Xifeng put her heart away for the time being. She still needs to make a long-term plan for this matter. The most important thing right now is how to get through this hurdle. She can't offend Mrs. Wang now, and she has to coax her.

He gritted his teeth, well, he couldn't bear to let the child not be tied to the wolf, and he still had to fill some of his dowry into it.

Mrs. Wang didn't know that Wang Xifeng was already suspicious of herself. Seeing Wang Xifeng laughing and smiling in front of Jia Mu every day made the old lady happier than usual, and repeatedly praised the Wang family for training girls in front of her. This made Mrs. Wang I am very proud of myself.

In addition, although Wang Xifeng now controls the internal affairs of Jia's mansion, Wang Xifeng will still go to his room to discuss matters of some importance before making a final decision. This makes Mrs. Wang even more satisfied. Thinking about this brother Feng After all, she is still her niece. Although she was dissatisfied with her getting close to Mrs. Xing before, Mrs. Wang also knew in her heart that Mrs. Xing was Wang Xifeng's mother-in-law after all, and a daughter-in-law should be like this. She was afraid that she would lead the wolf into the house. Now it seems that, But I was too worried, this brother Feng is really a smart girl.

While Wang Xifeng threw a small amount of her dowry into the bottomless pit of Jia's mansion for temporary relief, she secretly tried to figure out Mrs. Wang's tricks. Wang Xifeng got nothing here, which doesn't mean the other person didn't know.

Jia Zheng has been working in the Ministry of Household Affairs for more than a month, and all his colleagues are familiar with him. The Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs is Prince Yong Yinzhen. He is a well-known cold-faced prince. He is the one who hates corruption the most, so everyone is careful, for fear of being caught by this master.

Under Prince Yong Yinzhen, the most powerful person is Hongxi. He still has a good impression of the fourth uncle. At the court, the eldest uncle, the eighth uncle, and the ninth uncle pressed Ama every step of the way.

Only the fourth uncle is different. He is the only one who has never had any ill intentions towards Ama. Even the last time he thoroughly investigated the Jiangnan Dao case, he acted impartially. Although this incident was the direct cause of Ama's imprisonment, But Hongxi knew in his heart that Huangmafa didn't trap Ama because of this incident, but had already had such thoughts.

Therefore, Hongxi is still very respectful to Yinzhen. Originally, some people gloated and expected that the two of them would have conflicts and fish in troubled waters. Who knew that the wishful thinking had failed. Get oil out of it.

In June, the household department became even more busy. First of all, the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to repair the palace again, and the household department was required to allocate money.

This matter is negotiating with the Ministry of Internal Affairs about the amount of silver, and there is a severe drought in Gansu that urgently needs to strip the relief food and relief money, and the amount has not yet been determined.

The third incident came up again. Yu Shi Chen Ruxian brought the pirate Chen Shangyi who had recruited to meet Kangxi, and explained in detail the situation at sea in recent years and the shape and quality of foreign ships. The Ministry finally decided to place a navy battalion in Jinzhou. The money for the shipbuilding and the military salary allocated to the navy must also be paid by the Ministry of Households.

The three matters are all on the head of the household department, and the entire household department is busy. First of all, the internal priorities are prioritized. In the eyes of Prince Yong, naturally the second is important. Disturbances, in case there are rebel parties colluding with the Ministry and taking the opportunity to cause chaos.

When Lord Shangshu said this, the officials under him naturally agreed, but Hongxi was different. Kangxi himself had learned a lot, so teaching Hongxi was not limited to classics such as the Four Books and Five Classics, some knowledge of astronomy and geography. I also understand that at the beginning, he was just curious and fresh, and didn't take it to heart.

Since Jia Zheng became his attendant, he has a different view on these things. At first, Hongxi thought that what Jia Zheng thought was too worrying, and he didn't take it seriously, but this time he read the book written by the pirate Chen Shangyi. Only then did Hongxi realize that Jia Zheng's words were not false. Now the cavalry of the Qing Dynasty are naturally invincible, but the navy was indeed negligent.

Therefore, Hongxi was more in favor of fully supporting the construction of the naval battalion. This was different from Prince Yong Yinzhen's idea. The two leaders had a disagreement. Naturally, this matter could only be decided by Kangxi, but the two agreed. Unfortunately, the matter of repairing the palace can be ignored.

However, at this time, the eighth elder brother Yinhu was in charge of the House of Internal Affairs. Originally, the renovation of the palace was done every year when the Queen Mother left the palace for a summer resort. Lao Ba was not pleasing to the eye, so he really broke out for this reason.

After the big hat of disregarding the sufferings of the people and the great affairs of the country was taken off, the eighth elder brother was completely deprived of his job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and he shut himself behind closed doors in the mansion.

Now, Yinzhen and Hongxi were being used as guns by Kangxi, Lao Jiu and Lao Shi dared not have any opinion on Kangxi, secretly hated Yinzhen and Hongxi to death.

Lao Ten was furious, and was about to rush to the household department to settle accounts with them, but was stopped by Lao Jiu, who narrowed his beautiful Danfeng eyes, revealing a stern look: "At this juncture, don't make Huang Ama angry again. , don't challenge Huang Ama's bottom line!"

Old Ten was not reconciled: "Then let's let it go, I can't swallow this breath, Brother Jiu, you have always been the most thoughtful, what do you think about this matter?"

Master Jiu sneered: "I can't do anything with fourth brother, but Hongxi, he has weaknesses all over his body, if I don't let him fall into a big fall this time, I'm not Yinzhen!"

Hearing this, Old Eleven was refreshed, and his eyes lit up: "Brother Nine, if there is anything I can help, just tell me!"

The corner of Jiuye's mouth twitched: "I know there are people from you in Rongguo Mansion, I need you to help me find something."

Old Eleven stopped listening: "Didn't you teach Hong Xi a lesson? Why did you get involved with their family again? Brother Nine, do you think I'm useless and deliberately dismiss me?"

Master Jiu stared at him: "If you are told to do it, then you will do it. Once this is done, you will understand."

The old ten rubbed his head, his brain ached from thinking about it, and he didn't think about what kind of medicine was sold in Brother Jiu's gourd, so he simply didn't think about it, returned to the mansion in a hurry, and started to mobilize his people.

Kangxi has already made a ruling on this matter. Kangxi still feels that although Gansu is important, there are garrisons of the Qing Dynasty stationed there, and the Ministry of Hui has long been afraid of being beaten. There is no need to worry too much. Coastal defense is more important. It's hateful that those small countries on the island dare to spy on the Qing Dynasty, so they asked the Ministry of Households to fully support the purchase of the navy.

In this way, Hongxi was overwhelming Yinzhen invisibly, and the two of them felt that it was nothing. Kangxi made the imperial decree and naturally did his best, but other people began to spread their tongues. This mouth grows on other people's faces. On the ground, Jia Zheng naturally heard a lot of gossip.

Jia Zheng secretly groaned, the future Yongzheng Lord is not a vegetarian, the city is very deep, who knows if the Prince Yong who is very kind to Hongxi has any other thoughts because of this incident?

On the one hand, Jia Zheng felt that although the future Yongzheng Lord was decisive and ruthless, he was an out-and-out emperor who confiscated his family, but he was indeed very accomplished with clear rewards and punishments, and he was not as narrow-minded as the people in front of him said in rumors. , will care about these.

But there is one thing that Jia Zheng is worried about, that is, on this matter, Kangxi obviously agrees with Hongxi's views, and praises him for his far-sighted vision and deep chest. This is not a simple narrow-minded issue, but involves the most sensitive The place.

Now Hongxi is only 19 years old. After Yongzheng succeeded to the throne, Hongxi was in his prime. Such a young, promising and farsighted eldest son of the former prince was here. Which emperor can rest assured, otherwise he would not There will be a miserable end for the Baye Party in the future.

But Jia Zheng couldn't say this to Hong Xi, because the current Prince Yong is really low-key, and he has always supported the prince in the name of supporting the ancestors' rules and making his son the heir, although since the last time he handled the case, he has gradually shown that Despite his talent, there was no obvious sign of clique formation, and Kangxi treated him differently. Jia Zheng had no reason to remind Hongxi that his fourth uncle was the new emperor in the future.

It is even more impossible to do something close to him. What's more, Jia Zheng knows in his heart that he has been deliberately ignoring a problem. This is what Jia Min used to persuade him, and it is also something he has never wanted to touch. It was Hong Xi, whether he had any ambition to become emperor.

Jia Zheng looked at the accounts listed in front of him, all of which were applications for money, and the sums were very complicated. While thinking about these, he felt his head swelled after a while, and it would be useless to continue doing it, so Jia Zheng put down these things. , walked out of the yamen of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and went to a relatively secluded place behind to take a breath.

This is very close to the back door of the yamen. Usually the back door is locked, but today it was concealed. Jia Zheng thought that the person in charge had forgotten to lock it, so he walked over. As soon as he touched the door knocker, he heard There were voices outside.

"Lord Li, this is the interest money for this month, put it in the old place." After saying that, I heard the hurried footsteps getting farther and farther away.

Jia Zheng was taken aback for a moment, and opened the door and walked out after there was no sound outside the door. The back door of this yamen is located in the innermost alley, and there is no way out in front, so there are few people in and out. Jia Zheng looked around and searched carefully for a long time, but he didn't find anything wrong.

After thinking for a while, Jia Zheng entered the yamen, and saw a window facing the back door in a room where sundries were piled up, so he entered the room and saw that he tore off the window paper. A tall but very round figure walked over, and Jia Zheng recognized him as Li Zhe, a member of the household department.

Could it be that he is Mr. Li in that population?Jia Zheng watched intently. He looked around carefully, stood at the door, waited for a long time, stomped his feet fiercely, turned his head and went back.

After Jia Zheng was slightly stunned, he realized that just now the person mistakenly thought he was Li Zhe, so he said that to himself, and now that Li Zhe himself came, he didn't hear the news from outside.

Jia Zheng told Hong Xi about this, and Hong Xi became angry when he heard it: "It is expressly forbidden to give interest money, and if you are still doing such a thing in the household department, you really don't want your life just for the few interest money." Already!"

Jia Zheng shook his head: "It's because I was in the Ministry of Accounts that I was forced to do this. I couldn't get any money, so I naturally found other ways. Our accounts are huge, and corruption will be discovered from them, but if we use the Ministry of Accounts The money goes out to give interest, but there is no good business, the shortfall is not big, and it can be filled in time, don't underestimate the interest, it is also a lot of money!"

After saying this, Jia Zheng was stunned, that's right, give interest!Why didn't he think of it before? !

When he was in charge of the accounts of the Jia Mansion, Jia Zheng discovered the strangeness of the accounts of the Jia Mansion. The deficit is like a black hole. This is absolutely unrealistic, that is, someone is constantly making up for the deficit.

The only person who can do this is Mrs. Wang. After all, she was in charge of the affairs of the Jia family before, but where did Mrs. Wang get so much money?

Dowry?This is impossible, although Mrs. Wang's natal family is prominent, and there were many dowry back then, but most of them are jewelry, utensils and other treasures, but there are not many real gold and silver.

Jia Zheng is also investigating Wang Xifeng who is the new housekeeper. Now the person who filled the black hole has replaced her. In just a few days, Wang Xifeng secretly asked Ping'er to sell two pieces of jewelry.

Now, because of the fact that Wang Zhe gave interest, Jia Zheng had a rough guess. Maybe Mrs. Wang used the same method as Wang Zhe!

But Jia Zheng is not easy to investigate in person. First of all, in Jia's mansion, except for Daimu, he has no trusted candidates. Secondly, Mrs. Wang may not have been doing this for a year or two, and she has not been found out. This matter Jia Does mother know?Jia Zheng also had to figure out Jia Mu's attitude.

In this way, Wang Xifeng is undoubtedly a good candidate to throw stones and ask for directions, but how can Wang Xifeng guess in this regard?Jia Zheng encountered difficulties here.

Seeing that Jia Zheng's face began to change halfway through his speech, Hongxi was puzzled why Jia Zheng was like this, and after asking, he found out that Jia Zheng suspected Mrs. Wang of giving interest.

"This matter is not a trivial matter. Don't be careless. You must investigate it clearly. If it is true, it will be a troublesome matter!" Hong Xi was also taken aback. If this matter is used by someone with a heart, it may be a big disaster. Well, now that Jia Zheng has just been rehabilitated, such mistakes cannot be made at this juncture.

"I also understand that it's just that it's even more difficult to track down this matter now. First, I don't have evidence and I just suspect it. It would be bad if I wrongly blame the good people in the end. But now she has handed over all the accounts to Lian's daughter-in-law. In fact, Lian's daughter-in-law is already taking her own dowry money to make up for the shortfall, if she really did it, she has already stopped now, but there is no chance for her to show her feet." Jia Zheng said with a sigh.

"That's not necessarily the case. People are always greedy, so it's not easy to stop." Hong Xi didn't take it seriously, "Leave this matter to me, and the ministry is in a rush right now, so don't be distracted by such things. , My stern fourth uncle is watching with his eyes open, don't cause trouble because of family affairs."

Jia Zheng had no choice but to nod in agreement, but seeing Hongxi leaving, Jia Zheng couldn't help but think again, Hongxi himself said that people are always greedy and hard to stop, so what about Hongxi himself?

Shaking his head, Jia Zheng ordered himself to be more sober, and began to stop thinking about these things, focusing all his attention on government affairs.

Now that Hong Xi has learned a lot from Si Ye's subordinates, he is more meticulous in doing things than before. After some investigation, he also put the breakthrough point on Wang Xifeng.

When Hongxi learned that the person Wang Xifeng trusted most at this time was Ping'er, he had an idea in his mind.