Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Tanchun didn't dare to lie: "I know, but my mother told me not to talk nonsense."

Jia Lian said, "Do you know why she was divorced?"

Tanchun nodded: "I know a little..."

Jia Lian asked again: "Her father is an official in Huguang, but their women live in the capital and have not returned. Do you know why?"

Tanchun immediately lowered his head to his chest, and nodded slightly.

Jia Lian asked again: "You seem to know that what they are doing is disgraceful?"

Tanchun nodded.

"Why don't you remind your sister-in-law? Don't you know the relationship between the queen and our family?"

Tanchun said, "They are sisters. Besides, the queen has sons and daughters, and the second girl can't have children, so it doesn't matter to the queen..."

Sister Feng couldn't bear it any longer in the back hall, she ran out angrily and sneered, "Third sister is really elegant and anxious. Sister-in-law, I have a difficult problem here, I didn't expect third sister to be so reasonable, it's just right. Didn’t Sister Qing from the fifth room on the street get divorced by her in-laws for three years? Let her third sister get married tomorrow and let her be Teng’s concubine. She can’t have children anyway, so it doesn’t bother you. It’s settled like that !"

When Tanchun heard the words, his face turned pale immediately: "Why?"

Sister Feng sneered: "Why do you say? Because she is your elder sister, because she can't have children!"

Tanchun's face turned red and white, and then she knelt down with a thump, and she shed tears: "Sister Feng, I was wrong!"

Jia Lian raised his hand: "Get up, your sister-in-law's words are not harsh, and don't do to others what you don't want. You have to remember that the reason why you are favored by the Yu family is because you are from the Rongguo Mansion, not because of you. How capable I am. If there are similar incidents in the future, the Rong Mansion will reject you. You go to live there for a while, and I heard that the second uncle suffered from the cold because he was guarding the spirit in Xiaoci, and now he is sick at home to recuperate , you happened to go over to wait for the illness. When you set a wedding date, come back and get married!"

Originally, if Emperor Qianyuan did not pass away, Tanchun should go back to his home to prepare for the marriage, and help his parents with the New Year’s goods to prepare for the New Year. Suddenly, Emperor Qianyuan passed away, and the officials and families all went to the palace to cry. Who would dare to make a fuss? I'm doing New Year's goods.

In that mansion, Jia Zheng and Xue Wang's family are also crying, and here Feng's sister Youshi Yinglian and Keqing in Rongfu are going to go to the palace to cry, and Tanchun just stays to help take care of the two houses.That's what stayed.Who knew that the mother and daughter of the Yu family came to Beijing smelling fishy smell.

Tanchun happened to be the director of the family and was happy to be a favor, so he took the mother and daughter of the Yu family to live in the mansion for a few days.

It was precisely because of this that Sister Feng was so angry after learning about the behavior of Yu's mother and daughter.

Tanchun was so close to death that he was sobbing: "Thank you, second brother and second sister-in-law, I won't do it again!"

Sister Feng was so angry that her liver hurt: "There are such people in the world. In order to please the in-law's family, even the mother's family would dare to sell them. In the future, they will not steal the sky and sell the day! But the second master wants to be a good person."

Jia Lian thought about what happened to Tanchun's previous life, and comforted Sister Feng softly again: "It's true that she wanted to please her husband's family, but she may not have intentions to murder her mother's family. After all, she is a blood relative. For my sake, forgive her once, and she will do it again next time." No matter how soft-hearted I am, you spray me with spitballs!"

Sister Feng squinted and smiled: "Hmph, you are the young master of the prince, how can I, a woman, dare to spit on you?"

Jia Lian put her face in front of Sister Feng with a smile: "Would you like to spit now?"

Sister Feng poked Jia Lian Junyan with her jade finger: "Don't play helpless, I will remember!"

Immediately, Sister Feng talked about the eldest princess, and that the two girls in her family were not like her.Sighed: "Tell me, Sister Qiao and Sister Qian are all raised by me, why don't they have my character, but the eldest princess seems to be born by me?"

Jia Lian reached out and took Sister Feng into his arms, and pinched Sister Feng's pretty face: "It's so shameless, the eldest princess is the emperor's flesh and blood, do you want to give birth? Hmm, what do you mean, it's for your husband, I can't satisfy you , or are you not satisfied with your husband?"

Suddenly, Sister Feng was hugged and hung her feet, and she held Jia Lian's neck with great experience. Sister Feng decided that the filial piety period in March had not passed, and Jia Lian didn't dare to touch the meat, so she writhed in his arms to get angry: "So what? How dare you?" what?"

Jia Lian gritted his teeth with hatred, and pointed at the tip of Sister Feng's nose: "You wait, when the day comes, you will have sex, and I will settle the score with you!"

Jia Lian hurriedly went to Shuijingfang to press the fire, but Sister Feng insisted in the back: "What are you waiting for, let's do it now if you have the ability?"

Jia Lian went to Shuijingfang to lose the strength of the boss, and then dissipated his swearing, and had to laugh at the main room.He couldn't help gnashing his teeth: "This old lady, the older she gets, the more enchanting she becomes!"

After calming down for a while, Jia Lian devoted himself to cultivation. These days, he was so busy worrying about labor that he was so busy that he forgot all about cultivation.

Jia Lian was looking inside at the ancestral jade tablet. Now that Jia Lian was able to let go of his internal strength, he no longer had any follow-up exercises.Jia Lian was very puzzled, did his grandfather only cultivated here?

Jia Lian sighed, it seems that this set of kung fu, which releases internal energy to the outside, is already the highest level of kung fu.Fortunately, Jia Lian is messing around now, and it is no longer a problem to fly over the wall.

It can be said that when fighting on land, Jia Lian is not afraid of anyone!

Jia Lian was in a waning mood, but he saw Jia Yun coming in a hurry. After the Queen Mother passed away, Jia Yun invited herself to the filial piety to keep the spirit.

Jia Yun and Baoyu participated in the provincial examination three years ago, but Baoyu failed, but Jia Yun was admitted to Juren. She was supposed to take part in Chunwei last year, but because of the war, Chunyu was postponed for three years.Jia Yun had no choice but to become an official as a Juren.He has been transferred to the Ministry of Punishments as a doctor, and he is the fifth rank.

This meeting was ordered to come here, because the Ministry of Criminal Justice is going to interrogate Prince Ying at night tonight.

It is really a scandal in the court that a younger brother murdered his own royal brother. The new emperor does not want to spread it to the common people and become a topic of discussion among the people after tea and dinner. Therefore, he decided to interrogate and punish him in secret.

Apart from the princes of the clan, the only people who participated in the interrogation today were Uncle Zhangjiajie and Jia Lian, who were among the four major assistant ministers, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and the general of the Fengsheng Army who brought Prince Ying back to Beijing. Paul Feng Tang.

In fact, the evidence for Prince Ying's killing of Emperor Qianyuan is conclusive, and the four major ministers and several princes witnessed it with their own eyes.It's just that the emperor doesn't want to get the reputation of killing his relatives and uncles as soon as he ascended the throne, so he wants to let the clan and officials know about Prince Ying's crimes.In this way, it would be logical for him to punish the Prince of England again.

Now, what the emperor is most concerned about is that King Zhongshun and King Zhongyi failed to murder the emperor, but Emperor Qianyuan killed them all.Now that Emperor Qianyuan died in the hands of Prince Ying, if the Palace of Prince Ying was not destroyed, would all the officials think he was unfilial?If the family is destroyed, will all the officials think that he is cruel and merciless, and his relatives will not recognize him?

Of course, the new emperor did not even disclose these worries to the queen.

Therefore, the emperor issued a decree, ordering all those with titles in the clan to participate in this trial.On this day, the royal clan gathered in the Ministry of Justice, which was comparable to a New Year's banquet.

When Jia Lian went to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, what he saw was this unprecedented grand occasion.After understanding the situation, Jia Lian was not surprised why he saw Yanhou Shuiwen and his sons in the crowd.

The Prince of England killed the emperor with all evidences.Everyone didn't allow him to argue at all, they were discussing how to punish Prince Ying's mansion.

The Prince of England has a mouth and a hoarse voice, but no one listens to him at all.In the end, King Zhongjing, who was Zong Ling, ordered someone to choke Prince Ying's mouth, because he was too noisy.

There are three opinions on the punishment of the Prince of England.

A group of people are at the bottom of the clan, and they are usually jealous of the British prince who shows off his power and is aloof, but now they are unlucky, they are very gloating.These people strongly advocated that the murder of the emperor by the prince of England was a serious crime of treason and should be punished by the nine clans.

As soon as these words came out, Prince Xi said in a cold voice: "Nine Clans? All those present today will be punished!"

The second wave of people belonged to the middle class of the clan, such as Duke Zhen and Marquis Yan. They were grateful to the emperor, hated the crimes of Prince Ying, and advocated ransacking the residence of Prince Ying.

Then there is the group of Prince Xi, Prince Zhongjing, and Prince Ying did not hinder them. Prince Xi's feelings for Prince Ying are very entangled. He wants to avenge Emperor Qianyuan, but also thinks about the Queen Mother. Empress' kindness.

In the end, after discussing with Prince Zhongjing, Prince Xi and Prince Zhongjing decided that, for the sake of the Queen Mother, Prince Ying should do everything by himself.However, the son of the British prince and the two princesses were demoted to common people, and the clan mansion was banned.

They are innocent people!

In the end, it was the turn of the three outsiders, Jia Lian and Zhang's uncle Feng Tang, to express their opinions.

Feng Tang personally captured Prince Ying and brought him back to Beijing. He didn't want to leave an enemy for his descendants who might make a comeback.Then he said: "My lord knows a word, the prince's crime is the same as that of the common people! Those nest owners who harbor Japanese pirates in the sea area will be executed in accordance with the court law!"

The uncle of the Zhang family bowed and said: "Prince Xi doesn't ask me, I have to say something, the late emperor died unjustly!"

Jia Lian said: "If you indulge your enemies lightly, I am afraid that your Majesty will have no peace under the nine springs!"

In the end, Prince Xi acquiesced in everyone's decision and hanged the Prince of England. The men above the knee in the Prince of England's mansion were beheaded, and the female relatives were given white silk.

It's a pity that no baby has been born in Prince Ying's Mansion in recent years, and he is doomed to be wiped out.

When Prince Ying was strangled, Prince Xi stood beside Jia Lian, his voice was barely audible: "He killed your elder brother, and you insisted on killing him, are you satisfied now?"

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows and stared at Prince Xi every word: "He also killed the prince's elder brother, and he also killed the prince's father and queen mother in anger! Doesn't the prince want to avenge the empress dowager and the late emperor?"

Prince Xi's face turned livid immediately, and the veins on his forehead burst out: "You?" He suddenly approached Jia Lian, "You were the first person to charge into your bedroom, what exactly did you see?"

Jia Lian said: "The lord is right behind me. You should see it very clearly. Like the lord, I am not close to the bed, and we are not close to each other. I still have this understanding."

At this time, the Prince of England had lost his temper, and King Zhongjing covered his face with a piece of yellow paper.

Prince Xi was suddenly very tired, he waved his hands and said, "Go, I'll see him off!"

At this moment, Jia Lian suddenly said: "Would the lord want to know what His Majesty said when he summoned the minister?"

Prince Xi narrowed his eyes: "What?"

Jia Lian leaned over and whispered: "Your Majesty said, I hate betrayal the most in my life. King Zhongshun and King Zhongyi County murdered me, and I wiped them out. Prince Ying betrayed me. He is my own brother. I can't tell the world. He destroys the door!"

Jia Lian stopped.

Prince Xi stared: "What else?"

Jia Lian smiled: "No, the first emperor only said these few words that day! My minister told the prince every word! So, on that day, who was right and wrong between the late emperor and Prince Ying? What I saw was the same as what the prince saw. That is, Prince Ying murdered the late emperor!"

Prince Xi digested Jia Lian's words in a daze. Could it be that the former emperor knew that he couldn't afford it, so he lured Prince Ying to murder him?Prince Xi couldn't believe it, but was very suspicious.

Although Emperor Qianyuan showed great tolerance towards Prince Ying in the court, in private, he complained more than once in front of Prince Xi, saying that if Prince Ying was not his mother and compatriot, he would have sent him to hell on the [-]th floor. inside.Especially when it was reported from Haijiang that the Prince of England intended to establish a country in Ryukyu, and that he intended to borrow troops from the Franbots to compete with the imperial court, Emperor Qianyuan hated the Prince of England even more than before. After the fast meaning.

But why did Emperor Qianyuan do this?Is it to eliminate potential threats for his children and grandchildren?

Prince Xi seemed to have grasped the truth of the matter, but his heart was filled with endless sorrow. He never expected that a brother from the same mother would turn out to be like this.

After Prince Ying's family was strangled, Prince Xi took the initiative and used a thick coffin to hold back acupuncture points in the wilderness. The family was buried together and no monument was erected, so as not to be insulted after their death.

On this day, Uncle Zhangjiajie and Jia Lian went to Tiechan Temple by coincidence. Although Zhang's coffin had already been transported back to Jinling for burial, Zhang's spiritual tablet was enshrined here to enjoy incense.

The uncle of the Zhang family knelt in front of his younger sister's soul and kowtowed three times in the body of the chief minister: "Sister, rest in peace!"

Jia Lian also offered incense and kowtowed to his mother: "My son was a fool in his previous life. He didn't know that his mother died unjustly, so he is ashamed to be a son of man. Now that the enemy confers the head, you can rest in peace under Jiuquan! My son has not been filial to you in this life. My son begs you. You will be the mother of your son in the next life, and your son will be filial to you, and will give you a series of children and grandchildren, so that you can enjoy your grandchildren and prolong your life."

Uncle Zhang's family was waiting for Jia Lian outside the temple: "The imperial court intends to reopen the Shifang Department. Prince Xi's intention is that since Taizu followed the example of the Taizu, the re-opening of the Shifang Department will copy the team from Taizu's time, and the Shifangshi will be served by eunuchs , all officials are also served by internal officials, and they are directly responsible to the emperor for the pilot in Fujian."

Jia Lian smiled: "I have no experience or interest in this area. I was interested in Uncle Lin to do this job. After all, Uncle Lin did a good job in managing silk and salt tea in the south of the Yangtze River, and the Shifang Department mainly trades These are also the goods."

Uncle Zhang smiled: "This matter may not be impossible. You are the assistant minister, and you are the one who facilitated the re-opening of the city restaurant. You have the right to speak."

Jia Lian smiled immediately: "That's it, I don't want to hide it from uncle, I still had some thoughts about reopening the city's restaurant before. First of all, I think that in the past, I was like Taizu who allowed foreign merchant ships to come and go in the territory, stop at will, and go ashore at will to do business. The model is not feasible. I think that they must be strictly controlled. Their ships can only dock at treaty ports, and trade can only be traded in our designated markets. Second. Our treaty ports can allow the military to intervene in management , after all, the war has just ended."

Uncle Zhang frowned: "Army?"

Jia Lian nodded: "Everyone knows that those Franji people, Japanese people, Luzon people, and even English people are coveting our rich products. No one knows, when these robbers can't bear it, they will Sudden invasion of our country from the sea? Therefore, I think we can combine the treaty port with the military, build forts, fortifications, station troops, patrol the sea on weekdays, and strictly check the smuggling ships. This can also play a deterrent role Once the war breaks out, our port will immediately become an important military location, and we will not be afraid of any enemy coming. Furthermore, the right to trade salt, iron and tea must be firmly in the hands of the imperial court. In this way, the imperial treasury can be filled quickly. To trade is to make a profit, Taizu’s method of sending gifts everywhere is really..."

Uncle Zhang family nodded: "Your idea is very insightful, Haijiang has not been in vain for a year. The emperor will immediately call Daqi to discuss the reopening of the city restaurant. At that time, you can speak freely."

Three days later, on the second day of February, the dragon raised its head.The new emperor calls out to discuss the reopening of the city's Fangsi.

In front of the new emperor, the courtiers became less restrained, and many courtiers expressed their opinions.

However, the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs came out and sang the opposite tune: "Report to the Holy Majesty, I think that the re-opening of the city restaurant can be discussed later. In recent days, I have received a report from the governor of Gansu that a large area of ​​production in Gansu was reduced last year. In order to save lives , I ate all the seeds, and now not only are people facing starvation to death, but also no food to harvest in autumn." The new emperor was furious: "Since the production was reduced last year, why didn't you report it and take measures? Now spring plowing is just around the corner. Is he in a hurry? This is to transport the seeds, and they are still in time? What does this governor do for food?"

The Minister of the Household Department said: "Last autumn, Gansu cut production, and the governor reported to the imperial court, but at that time the imperial court wanted to focus on supporting the coastal wars, and only ordered them to try to save themselves. Unexpectedly, his self-help method was to eat the seeds."

The new emperor said: "Can we borrow grain from Shaanxi and Sichuan?"

The Household Department said: "Shaanxi also suffered from drought last year and reduced production, while Sichuan had a bumper harvest. However, last year, because the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of War jointly distributed a large number of grains to various provinces, Sichuan almost emptied the granaries of rich families. It has been agreed that this autumn I will pay you back with taxes and food. As far as I know, other provinces are too busy to take care of themselves, it is really..."

The new emperor had no choice but to look at the four major assistant ministers: "Four lovers?"

Uncle Zhang's family, as the first and auxiliary ministers, made a report: "According to what I know, there is still a batch of grain in Jingcang, which can meet the urgent need."

Hubu said: "This humble official also thought of it, but after personal inspection by the humble official, the grain in the Jingcang is old grain from the previous year, and it cannot be used as grain seeds at all."

The new emperor was shocked: "What, isn't the granary replaced every year?"

Hubu bowed his head: "I don't know!"

The new emperor was furious: "Ministry of punishment, ask them carefully, where did Xinliang go!"

The Ministry of punishment went upside down.

Prince Xi seemed to have not recovered from the grief of Prince Ying's death, and remained silent.

King Zhongjing had no choice but to make a statement: "There have been many wars in Haijiang these past few years. In other provinces, you have to pay more every year. I am afraid that there will be no surplus food. The rest is to look at the food stored in Tongcang."

The celebrities pointed out by the new emperor went to Tongcang to check.

The Golden Luan Hall, which was originally very lively, felt a little heavy.

The new emperor asked several times, but no one got it right.Jia Lian had no choice but to come out and report his thoughts on the re-opening of the city boat department. Finally, Jia Lian added a sentence: "The military supplies and salaries in the future can also be extracted from the city boat department's taxes, which can also be counted as military support. The army is self-sufficient, and there is no need for the court to allocate additional military pay."

The new emperor was very interested in this proposal.

Prince Xi interjected at this moment: "However, the city's boarding department has always been presided over by internal officials."

Jia Lian said: "What the lord said is not bad, but the lord knows why the emperor abolished Chishi Fangshi back then? It was because of the tribute strife incident, and too many people died. Why did so many people die in a small tribute fight? Only the eunuchs are in charge of the Shi Fangsi. They are timid and afraid of getting into trouble. They dare not stop it and have no ability to stop it. They can only allow the situation to expand. In order to calm the incident, the emperor abolished the Shi Fang Si in a fit of anger. The humble minister is also careful After studying the whole story of the abolition, combined with the huge military expenditures in the sea and areas, it occurred to me that the army and the city party were combined into one, and that one pair was good for both. It also shows that if we want to run the city's boat department well and do good things that benefit the country and the people, we must make rectifications for the previous shortcomings. Please consider it, Your Majesty!"

What Jia Lian said shattered the dreams of many people.

Some internal officials knew that they were going to re-open the Shifang Department, and they looked for connections everywhere to give money, and even agreed to make money together in the future, but now Jia Lian rejected it, and many people jumped out to argue with Jia Lian.

Most of these people belong to clan.

"During the Taizu period, the taxes paid by the Shi Fangsi went directly to the internal treasury."

This is to pressure him with the new emperor.

Jia Lian said with a smile: "At the beginning when Lord □□ opened the restaurant restaurant, to be honest, the taxes collected were pitiful. Lord □□ opened the restaurant restaurant not for profit, but to show the style of our great country and bring people from all directions to court. "