Jia Zheng through the Red Mansions

The tall young man in front of him was dressed in a crescent-white robe, with a sickly pale face. Who is Zhen Yan, the eldest son of Master Zhen Er?

Seeing Jia Zheng coming, Zhen Yan got up and saluted Jia Zheng. After the two met, Jia Zheng didn't speak. Zhen Yan moved his lips to say something but didn't say anything. Jia Qiang looked at him and said: "Brother Zhen is a sensible person. That's why I asked you to talk to Second Grandpa and ask for a promise."

promise?Jia Zheng looked up at Zhen Yan: "What do you mean?"

Zhen Yan nodded: "If I can help you, I ask Shibo to let my Zhen family survive for the sake of the friendship between the two families and my face."

Zhen Yan was really bitter in his heart. He had great ambitions since he was a child, but his body was weak and delayed, and it was difficult to obtain fame. Since he cut off his desire for scientific research, he began to help the family. As a result, the Zhen family is now short of the amount of the imperial court. Da Zhenyan saw it in his eyes, and was really worried in his heart.

How long will the emperor's grace last, and how honorable and favored he is today? When the emperor changes his mind, the Zhen family may not be able to escape the fate of killing everyone!Thinking of the old ancestors, mother, uncles and aunts in Jinling's hometown, as well as his younger brothers and sisters, Zhen Yan became more and more worried, and his body became weaker and weaker due to the stagnation in his heart.

As soon as the new Master Xuezheng arrived, he took the Jin family under the knife. Now his father was sure that the other party was just a personal grievance and had no other intentions, but he still felt very disturbed, and always felt that things were not that simple.

This time, Jia Zheng gave him a glimmer of hope. The generations of family friends of the two families, Jia Zheng's temperament and character, and the intensification of dissatisfaction with his father's plan to forcefully hire a girl from a good family as his concubine made him feel hopeless. He felt that he should do something. At this time, Jia Qiang appeared in his sight, this young boss who had a close friendship with Zhen Qiong, the only clan brother he admired.

Thinking of this, Zhen Yan's thoughts became clearer, and he looked at Jia Zheng with some anticipation.

Jia Zheng didn't speak for a while, but a thoughtful look appeared in his eyes. After a while, Jia Zheng finally said, "I have a way to keep your Zhen family safe, but I'm not sure whether your father will be imprisoned, but his life is in danger." There is no danger." Since the emperor still feels a bit of embarrassment towards the Zhen family, he will not kill the Zhen family, which Jia Zheng can still promise.

Zhen Qiong's eyes lit up after hearing this, Jia Qiang was watching but smiled silently, Jia Zheng looked at Zhen Qiong's cheeks with some blood in an instant, and thought of Jia Zhu involuntarily in his heart, this Zhen family really looks like another A Jia family, if nothing changed, the atmosphere of this big family is enough to overwhelm an ambitious young man.

However, Jia Zheng thought of Song Zhu. Although Song Zhu told him that he wanted to assist him in this matter, if he really got the real evidence, he would be considered to have taken the credit for Song Zhu. Would the other party be dissatisfied? He is not sure, he no longer dares to speculate on others with complete goodwill, especially in Song Zhu's position, how to disclose this matter to Song Zhu needs to be skillful, otherwise, if the other party stumbles Son, it is uncertain whether there will be twists and turns in his promise.

After thinking about this, Jia Zheng changed his mind, thought of Liu Bao, and then told Zhen Yan: "If Master Xuezheng sends someone to visit you one day, it doesn't matter what you say, but, don't worry about it. Bring me up."

Zhen Yan was in a daze for a moment, then realized something, and then looked at Jia Zheng, his eyes changed again: "I heard that my nephew admired Shibo's series of political achievements in Suzhou, but now my nephew really doesn't know what Shibo said. How to deal with yourself."

Zhen Yan is not a fool, this is a great credit, Jia Zheng can report to the court by himself, although after hearing what Jia Zheng said, Zhen Yan's original worries about the intentions of Xuezheng became a reality, and this Xuezheng is indeed right. My own family has an oracle, but Jia Zheng is the official of Suzhou parents. If he submits a book, he will not violate the rules at all, but he did not do this at all. Zhen Yan knows that Jia Zheng did this to ensure the safety of the Zhen family. .

Jia Zheng smiled slightly, and comforted Zhen Yan a few more words. After Zhen Yan was sent away, Jia Zheng returned to the mansion and waited for the opportunity. When Liu Bao reported the matter to him next time, Jia Zheng told him about it. , Liu Bao understood and left. He was a clever man. First, when he asked Song Zhu to investigate the insiders of the Zhen family, he focused on the situation of the young master of the Zhen family, and then brought up the young master of the Zhen family. He had clashed with Master Zhen Er many times.

After Song Zhu heard this, although he didn't think that the young master of the Zhen family would betray his family, but with the attitude of giving it a try, he asked Liu Bao to continue to investigate, and the answer Liu Bao gave made Song Zhu overjoyed, so, Zhen Finally, the young master of the family was secretly invited to drink tea in a very quiet tea house in Suzhou one day, and it was Song Zhu who was dressed in casual clothes in the private room.

Zhen Yan's cooperation and Liu Bao's high evaluation of Zhen Yan when he reported things before made Song Zhu, who was already preconceived and somewhat fond of Zhen Yan, appreciate this young man very much at this time, feeling deeply that the Zhen family actually There will be such a character, and after hearing Zhen Yan's request and his pale sick face, I feel that this child is struggling between loyalty and filial piety, but he is a good child. He fully agreed.

Finally, when the township examination was about to start, Song Zhu collected all the physical evidence of the Zhen family’s shortfall and the personal testimony of Zhen Yan, and reported it to the court in secret. Kangxi ordered the Zhen family to make up for all the shortfalls of these years, and dismissed the three weaving factories in the south of the Yangtze River. Officials, re-send someone to take over.

When the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, when the Zhen family fell, all those people who were stalking people changed their faces. The Zhen family even sold all the utensils and antiques that could be sold at the ancestral house in Jinling, so they barely made up for all the shortfalls. In this way, the huge Zhen family has completely become an empty shell.

Master Zhen Er learned what his son had done, and beat Zhen Yan well. If Master Zhen Er and Zhen Yan had not moved back to the ancestral house in Jinling at this time, and an old lady rushed over to stop him, I'm afraid Zhen Yan He would definitely be beaten to death by his father, but even so, he also lay on the bed for three full months before he could move around.

However, the Zhen family didn't know what role Jia Zheng played in it from the beginning to the end.

However, Liu Bao was also a member of Jia Zheng. This time, Jia Zheng's people helped a lot and did not share the credit. Song Zhu was also very satisfied. Regarding Suzhou's political achievements, the emperor recently solved the Zhen family, which not only eliminated the cancer, but also prevented blood from flowing into rivers because of the initiative of the Zhen family's children, which fulfilled Kangxi's nostalgic mood, so Kangxi was naturally in a good mood. Looking at it again It is still Suzhou, and it has outstanding political achievements, and it is even more joyful. However, thinking of Jia Amnesty who was impeached by the imperial censor before, after Kangxi pondered, he decided to transfer Jia Zheng back to Beijing in advance, and also appointed a person with outstanding achievements in the salt administration in Yangzhou. Another young man.

Jia Zheng was a little worried that his term of office was too short, and that his previous efforts would be in vain if he changed to a new magistrate, but when it came time for the handover, Jia Zheng couldn't help but smile when he heard the words of the new magistrate. The conversation is funny, but it can be seen that he has not studied much, his eyes are full of wit, but he does not have the cunning of the old fritters. Looking at the family members he brought, they pulled Jia Zheng and said as soon as they entered the door: "Hey Hey, I heard that you are a good official when I was at the post station!" A charming little maid next to her also nodded her head to meet her, the young woman who looked like the prefect's wife had a bookish look, and her big eyes were full of tears. Full of thumbs up.

Jia Zheng looked at it and always felt that it was very familiar, but he didn't think too much about the handover, he gave a few more instructions, and called Master Zhang out to introduce him, and then he was about to leave Suzhou. Liu Bao wanted to follow Jia Zheng, Lin Yin, however, went back to the Lin Mansion. Before leaving, Jia Zheng vaguely heard the new confident voice coming from behind: "I can't tell Fourth Master to look down on me, can I?"

After returning to the capital, Jia Zheng moved to be the servant of the household department, and Kangxi specially allowed him to report on his duties three days later. On the first day Jia Zheng was at home, Jia's mansion was full of people. It's a bit of a matchmaker, asking implicitly if he wants to continue.

The adults outside are very reserved, but the officials and wives who talk to the old lady in the inner house are just too white, and even the smoke between them is filled with gunpowder. Jia Zheng is not an old man in his 30s. The future is bright again, which family does not have a few daughters from concubines who want to send them over for marriage?Although Mrs. Jia has some hidden illnesses, as long as he is serious about filling in the family tree, as long as he does not commit seven crimes, how can he be dismissed?

Jia's mother was very moved. Now that Jia Min is helping her, she is finally much more relaxed. But after all, Jia Min is coming back to visit relatives instead of staying forever, but she can't help all the time, but the old lady is more cautious this time. , I am afraid that there will be a second Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang, but Jia Zheng is not young now. Although Jia's mother has the right to make the decision directly, the old lady still wants to hear what her son wants first, so she just said that she would consider it. , Let the officials and wives send portraits and birthday characters.

But Jia Zheng didn't even have the slightest intention of continuing. Mrs. Wang was married to the original version. Since he has no interest in women at all, why bother to spoil his good daughter, so he hastily dismissed the adults outside and stayed in the inner house. When Jia's mother mentioned this matter again, Jia Zheng smiled wryly and said to Jia's mother: "Old lady, it's not that you don't know about my situation, let's forget about it."

But Jia Mu said: "Your foreign minister doesn't know the family affairs these days. If your sister didn't come, I'm afraid I can't hold on to my old bones. There is no woman in this family who can manage the house. It's still not good. " Jia Zheng sighed inwardly. Even when Mrs. Wang was the housekeeper's wife, she made up her own mind on small matters, but she didn't come to the old lady to discuss major matters. Although she bears the name of the housekeeper's wife, the real housekeeper is still the old lady!But Jia Zheng also knew that Jia's mother was getting older and older, and she was indeed a little bit powerless, but——Jia Zheng smiled and said: "Old lady, why bother, I think Zhu's daughter-in-law is also learning slowly. Little, but I can share your worries. Baoyu and Huan'er are growing up slowly. In the future, when they decide on a wife, they will not have to worry about no one to take care of things. If the son marries Xu Xian now, Baoyu and the others will have a family , I'm afraid this house will be in chaos for a while!"

When Jia's mother heard this, her heart trembled. Yes, when Baoyu married a daughter-in-law, it was justifiable to help the housekeeper. Now that Jia Zheng continued, and her son's body was like this, if the woman had any bad thoughts about it It is inappropriate for Baoyu's daughter-in-law to make things difficult for her, since she is not her own, and Zhu's daughter-in-law's docile temperament is naturally acceptable.So Jia Mu finally nodded: "You are very right, so I will reject them."

In the evening, I had a reunion dinner with my family. During the dinner, Jia Zheng looked at the children and was very happy. The more he watched, the more he felt that Baoyu and Daiyu were a perfect match, and he didn't know where he was going.Baoyu didn't notice the weird look in her father's eyes, Daiyu thought carefully and saw that her uncle's eyes were not right, but she didn't know what it meant, she just felt a little flustered by being stared at like this, so she just lowered her head to eat.

It was Jia Min who looked at her brother's eyes and kept turning her eyes on Daiyu and Baoyu. Then she remembered that a few days ago Baoyu suddenly asked Daiyu if she had jade. The jade given to her was shown to Baoyu. Baoyu was so happy that he took out his own jade.Jia Min knew that Baoyu was born with the jade in his mouth, but he didn't know that there were characters on the jade. Now that he looked carefully, he also found that it was a pair with the characters on the jade that his brother gave to his daughter!Jia Min understood what his brother was thinking at that time, and felt a little dumbfounded.

Well, she knows that her little Daiyu is handsome and cute, but it's too early for her brother to think about tying the two children together so early on. To have a good look at her future husband-in-law for her, this Baoyu looks good now, but it is unknown how it will be when she grows up, she can't rest assured that she will be destined for life so early.

But Mother Jia has treated Daiyu better since that day. Tanchun and Xichun are going to be late. I also really like Daiyu, and I don’t feel jealous about this kind of thing, and I’m sour with Daiyu. Baoyu can’t wait to stay with her sisters every day. Today, Baoyu and Daiyu are still young, and they are close to each other, but they are like-minded. And no other thoughts.

Jia's mother happily looked at Jia Min and stared at Jia Zheng fiercely. She liked Daiyu very much. Although at first she felt that the child looked weak and there was a kind of arrogance in Liu Fufeng's eyebrows, but after observing slowly, Mother Jia couldn't help being very proud. She was worthy of being the daughter taught by her most intelligent Min'er. Despite her body, she was not weak, and the arrogance in her eyebrows was not domineering, but had a temperament that was filthy and untainted. I understand the truth at an early age, and when I heard that Daiyu helped the pregnant Jia Min with housework when she was in Suzhou, I was even more attracted to her as Baoyu's wife. The two children stood together, like a golden boy and a jade girl. of.

Seeing that Jia Zheng also had this idea at this time, Mother Jia could be unhappy, but she can understand that Jia Min is reluctant to part with her daughter. Seeing her son and daughter getting along like this, Mother Jia felt in a trance that time seemed to have returned to Jia Min. Not yet married, when they were still young.

After the family dinner, Jia Zheng went to the study to talk to Jia Zhu. Jia Zhu was very interested in Jia Zheng's policies in Suzhou, but he couldn't explain clearly in the letter. Now that they were face to face, Jia Zhu became a problem baby. Nature is patiently answering one by one.After the father and son finished chatting, it was already very late. Jia Zheng went back to his room and looked at the bright moon outside the window with his eyes wide open.