Warriors in the Red Chamber

Chapter 2 Lin Hai plots to decide Yangzhou affairs

Although Lin Hai is in his prime, he is exhausted at this time. Mr. Zheng wants to feel his pulse today. He doesn't want to because he really thinks he is in good health, but the situation at home is beyond his control.

In the study, Lin Hai accepted the most useful counselor and looked at his lord with a tired face and couldn't help but said: "My lord, it's late today, why don't we talk about it in detail tomorrow?"

Lin Hai smiled bitterly, waved his hands and said, "I understand what Jingzhi means. I know my own body well, and political affairs are important. Tell me about the situation you found."

Du Ruo's name is Jingzhi, and Lin Hai is in his teens. He is a candidate in the same department as Lin Hai. Unfortunately, his fate is endless, and the scientific examination is hopeless. He and Lin Hai have friendship in the same department and share similar interests. Lin Hai admires his talent and does not want him to be buried. , Yan Qi was appointed as a staff member, and Du Ruo also offered his best to repay Lin Hai's kindness, and the two have always gotten along with each other.

Seeing that Lin Hai could not be persuaded, Du Ruo had no choice but to give up. Speaking of which, Lin Haiming only had an overview of Jiangnan's salt policy, but in fact he was a hidden chess piece placed by the emperor in Jiangnan. He was responsible for monitoring the officialdom in Jiangnan. Great, although this is the emperor's trust, it is just that Lin Hai will inevitably offend some wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. This time, the salt price in the south of the Yangtze River has fluctuated greatly.

Du Ruo handed the account book he had found to Lin Hai Xiguan, and sighed, "Jiangnan, especially Jinling, is an old capital, and there are several wealthy families. It is really daring. Especially the Zhen family, embezzling public funds, Allowing evil slaves to occupy fertile land and force good people to death is really no law in the eyes of the king."

Lin Hai carefully looked at the account book, saw the numbers in it, couldn't help but sweep the cup on the table to the ground, and said angrily: "The Zhen family, really think that they can cover up the sky with one hand, and disregard all people for their own self-interest. I don't believe I can't beat this Zhen family." He coughed a few times as he spoke.

Seeing this, Du Ruo quickly comforted him: "My lord, please calm down for now. It's not worth it to be so angry. We have to think long-term about what happened to the Zhen family." It's not that Du Ruo is timid. It's not the first time that Jiangnan and the Zhen family have turned against each other. Last year, the youngest son of the Lin family went there for no apparent reason. If it wasn't for the handwriting of the Zhen family, he would not believe it, but what a pity there is no evidence.

After a while, Lin Hai finally calmed down. He will not let the Zhen family go, whether public or private, and after looking at it, the most urgent task is to stabilize the situation in Jiangnan.Therefore, he said: "How can the Zhen family let it go first, even if there is evidence, let's take these salt merchants first, and let me see who else wants to get involved with the Zhen family."

Du Ruo nodded and said: "My lord, don't worry, I'll take care of it." Seeing that Lin Hai was still frowning, he couldn't help but say some good news: "The Zhen family is so rampant, but it's just looking at Prince Zhongyi and hearing that Prince Rui The Great Victory of the Southern Expedition is about to return to the court, and Prince Rui is the younger brother of His Majesty's mother and compatriots, and has always been loyal to His Majesty, with this presence, the situation in Beijing may be eased."

Lin Hai frowned slightly when he heard that, Prince Rui, Prince Zhongrui, the fourth son of the Supreme Emperor, and the younger brother of the same mother and compatriot.He is also the God of War who lived in Daqing, leading troops in all battles and invincible.In the past when he was leading the army, Zhongyi took advantage of the power of the Supreme Emperor to force him to give in step by step. Now that Prince Rui is still in court, Zhongyi may not be so easy to jump around.Just thinking of that person, Lin Hai's mouth twitched bitterly, and he counted 12 years. After he was selected, he was married by his mother's order, and his mother died and left Beijing. It has been 12 years now.

Du Ruoyuan just wanted to make Lin Hai happy, but he didn't want Lin Hai's expression to be even more downcast. He hesitated for a moment, guessing that it was because his lord was at odds with Prince Rui. , Even if the relationship is not very good, it will not be disharmony.

"grown ups?"

Hearing Du Ruo's call, Lin Hai came back to his senses and said: "It's nothing, I just fell into a trance just now." After brushing those old events out of his mind, Lin Hai said seriously: "Although Prince Rui's return to Beijing will aggravate His Majesty's The bargaining chip, but the key is still in the hands of the emperor. The Zhen family's large sum of money is probably for the loyal prince in Beijing, what we have to do is to cut off the Zhen family's wealth, and the rest is not urgent."

The two discussed for a long time on what to do, and when they finally agreed on everything, it was too late, so Du Ruo, as Lin Hai's guest, lived in the Lin Mansion on weekdays, and sent Du Ruo back with the night watchman. It's also cheap.

According to the previous agreement, Lin Hai was no longer polite, but within a few days, the salt merchants who raised the price of salt were ransacked by Lin Hai, their property was confiscated, and the leaders were sent to prison directly. Their names were hard to protect. The nephew sent by the family to support the scene was thrown back to the Zhen family by Lin Hai, who beat the Zhen family [-] times. The Zhen family was so angry that they vowed not to die.

Lin Hai did this to prevent people from the Zhen family from doing anything. Since the death of his youngest son last year, he has combed the inner house vigorously.

Although the Zhen family gritted their teeth against Lin Hai's hatred, but because of Prince Rui's return to the court, the situation in the capital changed, and it was not easy to deal with Lin Hai for a while. Besides, the others didn't know, but the Zhen family knew it. However, Lin Hai seems to have a lot of face in front of the emperor. The Zhen family wanted to touch him a few years ago, but no matter how Prince Zhongyi put eye drops in front of the emperor, the emperor ignored him, and even severely reprimanded Zhongyi. With one hand, the Zhen family can only sigh that Lin Haiyun is so good.

But nothing can be done actually, and the Zhen family doesn't intend to make it easy for Lin Hai.Within half a month, Lin Hai received a letter from Jia's family in Beijing. The person who wrote the letter was Jia's mother. Instead of asking about Jia's condition, Lin Hai scolded Lin Hai for being unreasonable.He talked a lot about the friendship between the Zhen family and the Zhen family, and asked Lin Hai and the Zhen family to repair it in the tone of an elder.

When Lin Hai received this letter, he almost laughed angrily, but because of his wife's illness, he never read the letter to her, but in his heart, he decided to stay away from the Jia family.Ever since his father-in-law passed away, he could see that the Jia family was going downhill. He just thought that if it wasn't too unbearable, he would give it a try, but he didn't expect that there was no smart person in the Jia family except Lao Taishan who had passed away, and he actually helped the Zhen family. .

It's just that there are some things that Lin Hai doesn't talk about, the Jia family doesn't know. In addition to sending letters, the Jia family also sent people to visit Lin Jiashi.It's just that this person didn't care about Jia's illness, but expressed Jia's mother's dissatisfaction inside and outside the words.Lin Jiashi was already seriously ill and couldn't stand this, before these people left, he vomited blood and fell into a coma on the spot.

It was too late when Lin Hai got the news, even though he was so angry that he dared to go out of the Jia family on the spot, Lin Jia's illness became more and more serious.

Lin Hai has been by Jia Min's bed all the time, seeing his wife's sick and weak appearance is very distressing. Although he married her for his mother's life back then, but after so many years of being together, he treats her like a family member.Although Jia Min was born in the Jia family, she does not have the bad habits of the Jia family. She is like her father Rong Guogong, who is extremely intelligent and talented.Lin Hai thought more than once that if he met her first, maybe they would go one step further than raising the eyebrows. Unfortunately, there is no such thing in this world, so even though he has never taken a concubine, he still feels owed to her for respecting her.

When Jia Min woke up quietly, he saw Lin Hai who was by his side, looked at his haggard appearance and blamed himself, "It's the concubine who has dragged down my husband." It's a drag, it's better for you to get sick than anything else."

Seeing that she was about to get up, he hurriedly held her in his arms and let her lie half on his own.Jia Min leaned against Lin Hai's arms and smiled at the corner of his mouth, but thinking of the words he heard before he fell into a coma, he couldn't maintain that smile no matter what.

How could Lin Hai not know her thoughts and comforted her: "Don't think too much." Jia Min shook his head and said bitterly: "My husband knows that I am a young girl, and I have been favored at home since then. I thought that my mother would look at me no matter what. Treating Yu'er kindly on the surface, now it seems that I think I think highly of myself, you should forget what you said about your husband last time!"

Lin Hai sighed: "Min'er, don't think too much, there are me and Yu'er."

Jia Min smiled and said, "Yes, I still have my husband and Yu'er."

At this moment, Daiyu, who heard her mother woke up, rushed over, and "mother" rang out in a crying voice.A thin figure rushed in and threw himself into Jia Min's arms.

Holding her only daughter, Jia Min hurriedly comforted her: "Yu'er, mother's Yu'er, don't cry, be good." There is Yu'er."

Jia Min hugged Daiyu and cried: "Yes, mother and Yu'er." Lin Hai hugged his wife and daughter, comforting them carefully, this is his family.

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