Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

When Jia Mu thought of the glory of the historian at the time, and then saw the shabby situation in Xiangyun, she felt so sad that she couldn't sleep all night.

The next day, Jia's mother called several grandsons and great-grandsons to discuss.

Jia's mother said: "In theory, my wife shouldn't speak, but she can't bear to think about Xiangyun's life experience. It's not her fault that she married into the Wei family again. The two women in the Wei family are not easy to get along with. I really do I can't bear her to be abused and bullied."

"It's too late to buy wood now and cut the materials now. I think so. You go back and search the warehouse. If there is any furniture that you can't use for the time being, it is mainly for the decoration of the bedroom. It doesn't matter whether it's good or bad. Help put the furniture in Xiangyun's bedroom. Get the furniture together. At least help the ancestors to complete this matter. Afterwards, Xiangyun will remember your kindness, and I will make up for your shortfalls." Jia Mu said so sadly, and Jia Mu didn't ask for it. many.

Li Wan, Sister Feng, felt uncomfortable, and Yinglian Keqing also thought of her own life experience, and felt the same.The daughters-in-law of the two generations took active actions.

Although Jia's mother said she was giving away furniture, Sister Feng and Li Wan couldn't really give away an empty piece of furniture.

Keqing's furniture was originally made for her by the Ningdu Mansion, and to be honest, she didn't dare to make the decision to give away too much, so she picked a pair of mahogany boxes with brass locks on the back, managed to pack most of the brocade and silk fabrics in the box, and added some needlework, Send it to Xiangyun.

The widow Li Wan was unemployed, and she was afraid of breaking the taboo by giving away furniture, so she took 200 taels of silver to Sister Feng and entrusted her to go out and buy one or two pieces of furniture.Hearing this, Mrs. You also collected five hundred silver coins for Sister Feng and entrusted her to buy it.

Sister Feng thought that Xiangyun still respected her and was kind to Sister Qiao, so she ordered Ping'er to search the storeroom and collect some unused furniture.

Yinglian sent a bookcase from the guest room, and added a pair of mahogany boxes. Her dowry contained a lot of antiques, so she filled two boxes full of antique calligraphy and paintings.

Sister Feng handed Li Wan and Youshi's seven hundred silver to Zhao Liangdong, and gave him a list: "According to this list, make up for it. If you don't have enough money, you can post it. Take it from my account."

Ping'er looked at the list and said, "Grandma, there is still a bed to go!"

Sister Feng smiled: "This is out of my control!"

On this day, Sister Feng put the things in order and invited Jia Mu to come and check.Separately said who gave it to each other.

Jia's mother, who is old and sophisticated, knew at a glance that she was short of a lot, so she had to order Yuanyang to open her own small warehouse, and carried out the carved canopy bed that Jia Min slept in when she was a girl at home, and married Xiangyun as a dowry.

The furniture that Sister Feng bought back was empty, and the sisters of Yuanchun Yingchun Tanchun Xichun didn't look like Daiyu. Carry the dowry.Adding in the Wei family's betrothal gift of 78 liters, there are also [-] liters, which can be regarded as red makeup.

On the day of Xiangyun's wedding, she cried so much that she put on makeup several times. She kowtowed to Jia Mu, Jia She Xing's elders one by one, and bid farewell to her sisters, saying that she was born to be a human being, and this life was not in vain.

At the wedding banquet on Xiangyun's wedding day, jellyfish finds Jia's mother and discusses Xue Baochai's marriage.

Jia Mu was impatient, but she refused very much because of her bad sympathy. She said, "one generation only cares about one generation. She has parents. Mrs. Guo should talk to them in detail." Xue Wang.

Xue Wangshi had already agreed in her heart, but she held it on her face, and the jellyfish gritted her teeth in hatred.

Both of them are human spirits, you come and go, one really wants to marry his daughter but wants to put on a show to save face, the other is very angry, but afraid of being difficult to explain in front of her mother-in-law, so she can only endure it.In the end, after several rounds of running-in, we reached an agreement, set a date, and exchanged rough posts.

On this day, the matchmaker brought Mr. Shui's Sheng Geng to his door to propose marriage.The Shui family was very contemptuous, and their gifts were simple, four boxes of gold, jade, cloth and silk, and the jellyfish did not come to see them in person, and asked the official media to give Baochai a phoenix hairpin instead.

Xue Wang was about to turn his face and regret the marriage, but was stopped by Baochai: "Mother is really like this, they just got their wish."

Mrs. Xue Wang burst into tears: "My son, how do you live in the house when they practice like this? Why bother, let's follow the master's advice and choose one exam. There are so many exams that failed the exam. You choose one." It's pleasing to the eye, isn't it good to hold it in the palm of your hand?"

Baochai shook her head resolutely: "I have suffered from my family status all my life, and I will never let my children suffer like this again."

Xue Wang found out Baochai's horoscope: "Since that's the case, you can take it out yourself, so that you won't blame me in the future."

Xue Baochai really put her birth date into the gift in person, and Xue Wang ordered someone to hold it out, and exchanged the cursive post unwillingly.

Of course, this cursive post is about the three generations of ancestors of the Jia family from Jia Zheng to the top.

Here we exchanged draft posts, and the jellyfish's counterattack officially began.According to the formal marriage negotiation procedure, the next step is to give the dowry.

But the jellyfish stopped at the link of giving the dowry, and ignored it.

But it was when the two families were negotiating the dowry and dowry that something went wrong.

Jellyfish said that she only had a dowry gift of [-] silver, but asked Xue's family to marry her with [-] silver.Also, the five shops promised by Xue Baochai in the past will be named as Shuisha.

The Xue family agreed to these conditions, and she came to hire her.

Of course Wang Xue disagreed, the Xue family had twelve shops in total, the best five were taken by the Shui family, what about his son?That's all, the key is that these five shops still have [-]% of Jia Lan and Baoyu's, and Xue's only [-]%.In real calculation, Xue Baochai can only account for [-]%.

Seeing that they couldn't take advantage of it, the jellyfish just disappeared, as if they had forgotten about this marriage.

The old lady Shui knew that they had exchanged straw posts, so she didn't bother anymore. The jellyfish was no longer afraid of her mother-in-law's pursuit, and she could use the excuse of negotiating to pursue her.

The jellyfish made up their minds to teach the Xue family a lesson.If the Xue family didn't let go, she would not be able to get hired for a day. Anyway, Shuisha was young and could afford it.

Xue Wang was so angry that his blood broke down, but there was nothing he could do.

This delay lasted until August, and Mrs. Xue couldn't sit still any longer.I hate that jellyfish, who has already taken Baochai's grass note. If she doesn't withdraw her marriage, Baochai won't be able to discuss marriage with other families for a day.Once the marriage is discussed, the jellyfish will definitely jump out and ruin Baochai's reputation, so Baochai can't even think about remarrying a good family.

Furthermore, Baochai did not agree to regret the marriage, she thought too highly of herself and couldn't bear it.

Baochai hugged the sick Xue Wang and wept and swore: "Mom has suffered so much for me, I will definitely get it back for you in the future."

Baochai cried so much that Xue Wang's heart was lost. For Baochai, he had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow his blood.

Xue Wangshi understands very well that if she wants to be able to compete with the Shui family in the future, she must firmly grasp the Rongguo Mansion.She gathered up her energy and paid [-] silver to Baoyu and Li Wan separately, which was regarded as buying out their shares, and then took the shop to the yamen to change the contract, and asked someone to give it to the jellyfish.

The jellyfish was not satisfied with what they received, so they asked a matchmaker to come to the door and forced Xue Wang to increase Xue Baochai's dowry from [-] to [-].

The Shui family wanted Xue's family to marry fifty thousand silver as a dowry, but they paid five shops but only gave Baochai a dowry gift of ten thousand silver, which couldn't even make up for the shortfall of the shop.On the same day Xue Wang became ill with qi, with bloated waist, stomach, and bloated body.

While Baochai waited on Mrs. Xue, she vowed fiercely in her heart that she must show the jellyfish a good look when she enters the house in the future.At this moment, she realized that compared to the jellyfish, a locust-like old woman, Sister Jiamufeng is really a good person.

At least Mother Jia took the money to change the genealogy for her, and Sister Feng also took the money to get Xue Pan out of the way.But the jellyfish is openly fighting, robbing and robbing openly, even disdain to ask for a fig leaf.

Just as King Xue and the jellyfish were having a great time fighting each other, a battle report came from northern Xinjiang. General Huang Zhongxiang of the Yongding Army discovered the Japanese pirates led by King Zhongshun. .

This battle suffered heavy losses, most of the soldiers died in battle, and ten warships were sunk by Japanese pirates.

Emperor Qianyuan was furious at the court meeting: "Ten warships, 150 million! It's just gone? The Ministry of War? Who recommended Huang Zhongxiang?"

Jin Shangshu's complexion was sallow and he was sweating profusely. He took off Wusha by himself, and knelt in the hall: "I'm guilty of crimes, I don't know people well."

Emperor Qianyuan said: "Since you say you are guilty, go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice by yourself."

Jin Shangshu pouted his buttocks and left.

At this time, the capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate saw the opportunity, and came out to participate in the performance: "My minister thought that Huang Zhongxiang's rash advances underestimated the enemy and caused heavy losses to our army. The crime is heinous. His family's property should be confiscated and the whole family should be imprisoned. Be a warning to others!"

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hand at the Ministry of Punishment because he was furious, and said, "Let the Ministry of Punishment send troops to arrest Huang's family!"

The Minister of the Ministry of punishment took the order and left.

For a long time, military generals have been favored by the imperial court because of the war in the northern seas and borders. At this moment, Emperor Qianyuan broke out that the military officers were merciless, and the civil servants saw the dawn of turning around.

The capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate succeeded in the first play, and made persistent efforts to play the next one, and participated in the play of Wang Ziteng, saying that his corpse was a vegetarian meal, and he was incompetent and ineffective in supervision, which caused heavy losses to the Yongding Army.The gold medal should be recalled and severely punished.The guy said: "In order to prevent Wang Ziteng from defecting, I propose to arrest the family members of the Wang family who stayed in the capital as hostages!"

As soon as this remark came out, there was an uproar in the court!

Feng Tang and other generals looked sideways!

Huang Zhongxiang underestimated the enemy and aggressively advanced, and the punishment was acceptable. Wang Ziteng was only checking points, but he was just sitting in the sea and helping the officers and soldiers in the sea to allocate food, grass and weapons. He even wanted to search his home and punish him. This Wang Boxiang was really insane!

Everyone knows that Wang Ziteng used to be the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Wang Boxiang's immediate boss, but now he has come to frame him, it is really outrageous!

Jia Lian stared at this man for a while, and finally recognized him as the Xu family's son-in-law, Emperor Qianyuan's brother-in-law, and his name was Wang Boxiang.The number one scholar in the 20th year of Yongli, and 20 years as an official, except for bragging and flattering, he has made no achievements, and even has no integrity.

This time, he was dismissed because of his timidity and cowardice. He took advantage of it and took the position of the capital censor.This villain picked up a bargain, not to mention being a man with his tail between his legs, but he wanted to expand the results of the battle, and jumped out to spray dung, he really wanted to die.

For the sake of Haijiang, Wang Ziteng destroyed his family and donated money. He was stationed in Haijiang for five years. Now because of the defeat in the war, he was dismissed from his post, punished and ransacked his home. Who would dare to go to Haijiang to supervise the war in the future?

Emperor Qianyuan of course understood this: "Wang Ziteng is easy to remove from office and punish the crime, who will be sent to supervise the war? My family, who in the court can take on this important task?"

Wang Boxiang was busy offering advice: "My Majesty, I believe that Wang Ziteng has been patrolling and supervising sea battles for many years, so he must understand naval warfare. Your Majesty might as well arrest his family as a hostage and order Wang Ziteng to fight the Japanese pirates. He must fight to the death. It may be possible to reverse the defeat in Haijiang!"

As soon as this crazy talk came out, needles could be heard in the hall, and the censor, who loved to gossip the most, fell silent.

Emperor Qianyuan also felt that Wang Boxiang was insane, thinking that he was devoted to relieving the crisis in the sea and borders. Although it was a bad move, he had good intentions. He didn't speak out to reprimand, but he was not ready to accept it. ?”

Seeing that the Holy Majesty did not refute him, Wang Boxiang became more energetic and yelled at the military officer standing on the west side: "You guys are dressed up one by one, and you look mighty and majestic. You are usually invincible, but now when the court is in trouble, you one by one!" Why are you so timid and fearful? As military generals, you dare not risk yourselves to the national calamity, you are ashamed of the court and ashamed of your majesty!"

Feng Tang wanted to refute, but Jia Lian preempted him: "Report to the emperor, I have a report!"

Emperor Qianyuan's eyes lit up: "Come on!"

Jia Lian said: "Originally, I was at a loss when I heard that Haijiang was defeated, but at this moment, I suddenly had a new idea. My lord, please look at this former champion. After 20 years of hard work, he has now reached the pinnacle of perfection. In ancient times, Kongming scolded Wang Lang to death, Lord Wang must be better than blue, and I firmly believe that as long as Lord Wang goes to the sea, he will be a man in charge, scolding the Japanese pirates to death, and ask the emperor to consider and accept advice!" Jia Lian's words fell, and the court There was a sneer.

Emperor Qianyuan almost laughed, but put on a straight face: "Jia Lian, do you know where this is?"

Jia Lian bowed and bowed: "I know it, but Lord Wang has repeatedly threatened me. I don't know who is competent, and I dare not recommend myself. Seeing Lord Wang's righteousness, I think of the famous military strategist Mr. Kong Ming." Mr. Kong Ming is also a weak scholar with a feather fan and a scarf. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are such heroes, but they have been defeated many times. Only Mr. Kong Ming reversed his defeat as soon as he came out. Seeing that Mr. Wang is very aggressive, he is not much worse than Mr. Kong Ming, and the little Japanese pirates are no problem, so this is a good man for the country, and I ask the Holy One to investigate!"

If Emperor Qianyuan hadn't been good-natured, he would have been unable to hold back. Wang Boxiang was indeed mean, and Jia Lian was also very tricky.

Jia Lian ridiculed Wang Boxiang, and the generals in the hall were very happy.At this moment, Feng Tang immediately came forward to support Jia Lian: "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, Jia Duwei's words sound absurd, but if you think about it carefully, it's not impossible!"

Wang Boxiang saw Emperor Qianyuan's complexion was unkind, but he remained silent, he panicked suddenly, did the Holy One also have this intention?He doesn't want to go to Haijiang to die!Busy rushing to the ground to report: "Reporting to the Holy Majesty, the humble minister is a literati, how can he lead the army?"

Jia Lian sneered: "It's very simple, as long as your wife, children and old mother are arrested and thrown into prison, I'm not afraid that you won't fight desperately!"

Wang Boxiang immediately jumped up and scolded Jia Lian: "Jia Lian, you shameless boy, you are insane!"

Uncle Zhang came out at the moment, glared at Jia Lian and shouted: "What kind of place is this? How can you allow you to talk nonsense and not plead guilty to the Holy Majesty!"

Jia Lian simply knelt down, kowtowed and said: "I am guilty of my crime, but I am really angry that Wang Boxiang's mad dog is biting me. This is just a moment of anger, and I have nothing to say. I also ask Your Majesty to punish the crime. I am willing to accept the punishment!"

The uncle of the Zhang family also knelt down and pleaded guilty: "The humble minister is guilty. The crime is that he is too lenient to Jia Lian on weekdays, so that he lost his dignity in front of the king today!"

Feng Tang also knelt down at this moment and said: "Your Majesty, Jia Lian is in the army and has an upright temper. Today, he was also angered by Wang Boxiang's words. He was impatient, so he spoke indiscriminately. Please read to him for a few days. Years of military training, conscientious and diligent, small punishments, big warnings, forgive him once!"

Emperor Qianyuan put on a straight face, but waved his hand: "Yes! Jia Lian, as an official of the imperial court, at a time when the country is in crisis, speaks without words, which is like a child's play. He punishes his salary for one year, just to set an example to others! Go back to Xishan , banned for three months, no one is allowed to go down the mountain without summons!"

Jia Lian was busy kowtowing: "My humble minister leads the decree, thank you for your grace!"

Emperor Qianyuan waved his hands again and again: "Get out!"

Jia Lian slipped out!

At this time, Feng Tang once again swiped the jade in his hand: "Report to the Holy Majesty, this minister wants to play Wang Boxiang!"

Emperor Qianyuan glared at Wang Boxiang, a guy who did not accomplish much but failed, turned his head and looked at Feng Tang, the seriousness was immediately clear, and he waved: "Come on!"

"My minister complies! My minister participates in Wang Boxiang's performance, bewitching the king with evil words and shaking the morale of the army!"

Wang Boxiang immediately shouted for injustice: "The humble minister is wronged, the Holy One will clearly investigate!"

Feng Tang stared and shouted: "Wang Boxiang, let me ask you, as a 20-year-old champion, you maliciously attacked the border guard general who sacrificed his life for the country when the court was in danger. The general died in battle and should be compensated. , This is what Mingjun did. But you bewitched the sage to confiscate the family of the general who died in battle and imprison him. What is your intention? If this matter spreads to the frontiers, how chilling will the general be?"

Feng Tang said at the end, he was heartbroken: "In order to defend the territory, the soldiers left their homes and sacrificed their lives. Not only did we not take care of their families, but we ransacked their homes in the rear and killed their relatives. Let's ask, in the future, when the country is in trouble, who will be there? Dare to go to the national crisis and lead the army to fight? If things go on like this, everyone must be wise to protect themselves and shrink back. Your Majesty, if this continues, the consequences will be unimaginable, please think again, Your Majesty!"

Chen Rong'an, the captain of the Bird Gun Camp, also knelt down: "Wang Boxiang has ulterior motives. He failed to compete with Wang Ziteng for the position of the capital censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The anger of the common people is not enough to appease the soldiers at the border, and please punish Wang Boxian severely, so as to calm the hearts of the soldiers and anger the common people!"

All the generals standing on the west side knelt down and kowtowed together: "Your Majesty, please severely punish those who have ulterior motives, so as to calm the hearts of the soldiers and anger the common people!"

Wang Boxiang immediately counterattacked wildly: "Feng Tang and Chen Rong'an belong to Wang Ziteng's party, and they are treacherous ministers. The humble ministers are loyal to protect the country. The world can learn from it, and the sun and the moon can show it. Please check it out!"

Yan Hou chuckled: "Arrogant villain, all generals are traitors and should be imprisoned. Who will fight the Japanese pirates? Who will guard the northern border? Do you really think that you are better than Kong Ming and can scold the Japanese pirates to death?"

Wang Boxiang was furious: "How could this humble minister have such an intention?"

Marquis Yan's face suddenly became quiet: "I didn't mean that, so, what do you mean? You asked His Majesty to arrest all the generals. The northern border will not be guarded, and the Japanese pirates will stop fighting. Let the Tartars and Japanese pirates drive straight in. I'm afraid In less than ten days and a half, the Northern Xinjiang Tartars and Haijiang Japanese pirates are about to enter the Forbidden City. What are you doing? You are a wolf with ambition! Tell me, who did you benefit from? Which family treats me favorably, letting you lurk in my court, bewitch the sage, destroy the Great Wall by yourself, and mess up my court, and then you will cooperate inside and outside to seize my great country, right?"

Wang Boxiang almost fainted from fright, and he beat the ground and cried bitterly: "You traitor, you talk nonsense, alarmist, and your heart is to be punished!"

Emperor Qianyuan was not frightened by Feng Tang, but by Yan Hou's words. If all the generals were really killed, who would go to the border to resist the Japanese pirates? , You can come to the city in one day!

When Emperor Qianyuan looked at Wang Boxiang again, he really looked like a counter-thief from the beginning to the end.Emperor Qianyuan clapped the dragon case: "I said that you have always kept your tail between your legs, but you suddenly jumped out today, but it turns out that you are an accomplice of the rebels. Yu Dang, or the minion of King Zhongshun?"

The situation took a turn for the worse, and Wang Boxiang was stunned!He just wants to step on the prince Teng Huang Zhongxiang to get promoted and get rich, not the Shui family's undercover agent!

"The humble minister is wronged!"

King Xijun came out: "Your Majesty, I think of a past incident. Before the traitor King Zhongshun was exposed, I saw Wang Boxiang, the chief steward of the Engong Mansion, and the chief eunuch Qin Wufu of the Kunning Palace. Sneaking into Prince Zhongshun's mansion sneakily, Wei Chen thought it was strange at the time, but now it happens to be right next to him."

Emperor Qianyuan was furious when he heard the words: "Order Jin Yiwei to arrest the butler of the Xu Mansion and torture him, and order the Punishment Department to torture Qin Wufu for a quick trial."

Wang Boxiang was so frightened that he fainted and collapsed.

At this time, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment came back in a hurry, and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, I have been ordered to arrest people. The old lady of the Huang family begged me to let me see you as my minister in the same hall as his son, and let her ladies dress up."

"As a result, a quarter of an hour later, there was a sudden cry of a child from the back hall, and the minister kicked the door and rushed in, only to see the old lady of the Huang family hanged on the beam, leaving only an eight-year-old boy with his hands in his arms." Kneeling, bowing and wailing with the Judgment Book in hand!"