Jia Lian of the Red Chamber

Lu Ping didn't finish his sentence.

At the beginning, the governors of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces had an affair with Japanese pirates and were raped by Emperor Qianyuan.

It happened that Wang Ziteng was promoted to inspector of nine provinces at that time, and spent most of his time supervising military affairs in Fujian and Zhejiang. Therefore, the governor's office was occupied by Wang Ziteng.

Later, the king of Nan'an County came, and when he was unlucky, Wang Ziteng took over the post of governor temporarily.Later, Feng Tang came and occupied the governor's office in Fujian, and the governor's office in Zhejiang was still Wang Ziteng's inspection office.When these people are gone, the functions of governor of Fujian and Zhejiang will be temporarily replaced by Wang Ziteng.

Therefore, the governor's yamen in Zhejiang has been lived in by Wang Ziteng's famous words. Although there have been constant wars in the past ten years and no one has bothered to repair it, the grandeur of the house is not comparable to that of ordinary yamen.

Now, when Jia Lian comes to Fujian and Zhejiang to succeed him as governor, he should live in the governor's yamen of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.

But who is Wang Ziteng? He is Jia Lian's third father-in-law.Although Jia Lian is now a fair and just governor, there is no son-in-law who drives his father-in-law out. Is this plausible?

Therefore, Jia Lian would rather feel wronged by himself and temporarily live in the Haijiang city government office.

This is the provincial yamen of the previous dynasty. Later, when Tai|Zu established the dynasty, the province was abolished, and the thirteen provinces were established to announce the government envoys. The government officials also moved to Fucheng. As a river garrison yamen.

When Jia Lian came, the officials of Linhai City fled to death, and Jia Lian led the Imperial Forest Army to occupy the Hedao Yamen.

Today, Jia Lian has returned to Fujian and Zhejiang and reopened the city's restaurant department, which is related to the local stability and economic prosperity of Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.However, Jia Lian intends to set up the treaty port in Zhejiang, and he lives in Linhai City to facilitate contact with the Yongding Army.

Moreover, Fujian and Zhejiang must have once been rampant with Japanese pirates, and no one knows if there are any Tibetan remnants in any corner. It is next to the Yongding Army.In private, Jia Lian wanted to marry Lu Ping, but he couldn't force others to make things difficult for him, and there was no reason why the woman would try to curry favor with the man's family.

Jia Lian lives in Linhai City, next to the Lu family, which is convenient for family members to contact.At that time, it will be a matter of course and a good story will be achieved.

On that day, Jia Lian's family moved into the old residence, and Luo Shicheng was familiar with the situation, so Jia Lian handed over the matter of arranging staff and clerks to Luo Shicheng.In Sister Feng's back house, there is also a group of family members from the Yongding Army led by Lu Ping's wife to help, and Jia Lian can't intervene.

He simply let go and went to discuss the next day's itinerary with Yan Jiang and his two masters.

Here Sister Feng and Mrs. Lu got acquainted very quickly, both of them are cheerful people, both of their hometowns are in Jinling, and their words are very speculative.

At the beginning, the Japanese pirates in the coastal area became more and more violent. Mrs. Lu was ordered by her parents-in-law to leave Jinling to join the army and take care of her husband and eldest son.

After the pirates subsided, she went home to serve her parents-in-law. The parents-in-law thought that she had been frightened in Fujian and Zhejiang for many years, and she was also frightened by the pirates. They suddenly looked away, thinking that the son and daughter-in-law would get together less and leave more, and said that there were two sons and daughter-in-law in the family. Taking care of her, there is nothing missing without her, so she simply asked her to bring a pair of children to the guard, and the family was reunited.

Mrs. Lu took Sister Feng's hand and smiled enthusiastically: "Our general was so happy to hear that Mr. Jia was promoted to governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. He said Mr. Jia is upright, responsible, capable, and stylish, and he is a good boss. Working with Mr. Jia, he feels at ease."

Sister Feng felt relieved when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "Our master also said when he went back. The last time he came to Haijiang, thanks to General Lu's care, he was able to go back in full. Our master also said that General Lu's ability, let alone general , even if you are a servant of the Ministry of War, that is more than enough."

Mrs. Lu laughed more enthusiastically when she heard the words: "No, it's all because Mrs. Jia treats people generously."

Mrs. Lu met Jia Lian, and thought that such a handsome man must have a wife full of poems and books.Mrs. Lu has a bright personality, and she is afraid that she will not get along with Sister Feng, and she will not get along well with this Shangguan in the future.Seeing this, I didn't expect that the two hit it off, and their temper was right.

Seeing Sister Qiao again, she is beautiful and quiet, with picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and she is so fond of her, she pulls Sister Qiao and praises her: "Look, look, how does this look, it looks like a person in a painting."

The daughter of the Lu family also came. She is one year older than Sister Qiao. She has beautiful eyes, a playful look, quick eyes, and a cheerful temperament. She dares to ride a horse and follow her brother to sea.She also likes Qiaojieer, who has a gentle personality and good looks, and she doesn't let go of the soft and cute Qianqian. She has already recognized Qiaojieer Qianqian as her younger sister, and invited Qiaojieer and sisters to go out to sea tomorrow to play .

Now, hearing her mother praise Qiao, she pursed her lips deliberately: "Mom is always like this, she likes girls when she sees them, but she doesn't want to see me."

Sister Feng liked her straightforward character very much, so she couldn't help but asked with a smile: "This is Xiuying, right? At first glance, she looks like a daughter of a general, and she is both iconic and straightforward, really attractive."

Mrs. Lu smiled and said: "She is the only girl in the family. Grandparents, uncles and aunts are so used to her being in the house, so please stop praising her." Lu Xiuying raised her chin: "You don't like me at home, but you like me." Sister Qiao and Qianqian, they all recognize me as their elder sister, tomorrow I will ask my brother and little leopard to take us out to sea to catch fish and shells."

Mrs. Lu scolded, "Just go crazy yourself, don't bring your sisters into trouble."

Sister Feng said with a smile: "It's not a problem. Our father brought the children out just to let them learn more. If the weather is calm tomorrow, even I want to see what my father said 'the sea and the sky are the same color' and 'golden water'. I At that time, I said, our master must be lying, I have never heard of golden sea water."

After hearing what Sister Feng said, Mrs. Lu completely let go of her worries, and said with a smile, "You are right, let alone standing on the shore looking at the sea, and standing in the middle of the sea looking at the sea. Being on the scene, being surrounded by sea water feels completely different.”

Not to mention Sister Feng's social skills, she became good sisters with Mrs. Lu Ping in the blink of an eye.Let's talk about Jia Lian and Jiang Yan's two masters discussing the rules of action for tomorrow.

Master Jiang smiled and said, "My lord, don't be in a hurry. Things have to be dealt with one by one. I don't know if your lord has noticed that there is an important person missing from the officials we welcome today?"

Jia Lian was slightly stunned, except for the civil and military ministers who stayed behind, the officials from Fujian and Zhejiang provinces who were supposed to come showed up yesterday.Suddenly, Jia Lian thought of Wang Ziteng, and asked, "You mean Lord Wang?"

Master Jiang nodded.

Jia Lian smiled: "Although I was promoted to governor, I never regarded Mr. Wang as my subordinate. Although he was stationed in Fujian and Zhejiang, he was an inspector in nine provinces..."

Master Yan said: "Although you hold the seal of governor, Lord Wang has always been in charge of the military affairs of Fujian and Zhejiang. No one knows the details of the officials in Fujian and Zhejiang and the important military and political affairs of the two provinces better than Lord Wang."

Jia Lian immediately came to his senses: "My lord is saying that I should hand over to Mr. Wang first?"

Master Jiang nodded: "I'm afraid that Mr. Wang will have some ideas. The most fearful thing is that when the old and the new change, the old and the new will make trouble."

Jia Lian waved his hand: "That's not true. Don't say that Mr. Wang has always favored me. He just said that my wife came to the door and cried so much that he didn't dare to embarrass me."

Master Yan clapped his hands: "My lord has this to say, so we can rest assured, but we think it's better for Dong Weng to bring his wife to visit Mr. Wang as soon as possible."

Jia Lian said: "This way, will he misunderstand that I want to drive him out? This is the reason why I came to Haicheng first."

Mr. Jiang said: "Tomorrow this yamen will change its appearance, and Mr. Wang will know his sincerity. Besides, our staff just left to take care of the affairs of the yamen, so my lord will take his wife and children to visit Fucheng. Mr. Wang will not There was a misunderstanding."

Jia Lian went home to discuss with Sister Feng, and Sister Feng was stunned: "Didn't you say that you will go to Fucheng after you settle down, why are you so eager now?"

Jia Lian sighed: "I was thinking about it. I thought I would go later so that my father-in-law would not misunderstand me and drive me away. Now the two masters said that I would not respect the old man if I went later. I thought it was reasonable. Therefore, the house is left for the masters to clean up, and we will go to see the father-in-law first. Besides, the master is right, the father-in-law has been an official in Fujian and Zhejiang for almost ten years, and no one is more proficient in maritime military affairs than him. I am afraid of uncle Suspicious, thinking that I robbed him of the post of governor."

Sister Feng scoffed: "We don't want to come yet, who doesn't want to stay in the bustling capital, who dares to disrespect His Majesty Jinkou?"

Jia Lian stretched out his hand to grab it: "Don't complain, you have to go to Fucheng tomorrow morning, so hurry up and rest."

Sister Feng snorted: "Go to sleep, the children just arrived in another place, I have to take a look."

Jia Lian was busy and smiled shyly: "Let's go together!"

The next day, Jia Lian took twenty personal guards and three sons on horseback to protect Sister Feng's carriage and went to Fucheng. They were not far away in two miles, and three hours later.

Wang Ziteng raised his eyebrows: "Oh, you are the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang. I, the inspector of the nine provinces, should visit the governor's office when I am in Fujian and Zhejiang."

Jia Lian was busy paying respects and making amends.But Sister Feng stepped forward and took Wang Ziteng's arm and acted coquettishly: "I remember my third uncle liked me the most when I was young, what's the matter now, niece is not welcome back to her mother's house?"

Wang Ziteng laughed: "This brother Feng, the mother of five children, is still acting like a baby, don't be ashamed."

Sister Feng smiled and said: "Don't say that I only have five children, I will be five grandchildren. I have met my third uncle, and I am still my precious brother Feng."

Jia Lian and the five children stood aside and watched Sister Feng acting like a baby, and her teeth fell down.

But Sister Feng waved her hand and said, "The children are still here to visit grandpa!"

Sister Qiao led the four siblings to salute together.Wang Ziteng was busy helping with his own hands: "Get up, be good."

Sister Qian softly stretched out her hands: "Hug, grandpa."

Brother Tu is okay, Brother Hao scoffed: "I will act like a baby."

Sister Qian snorted while hugging the prince, smiling and showing off: "Hmph, you are jealous, you want grandpa to hug you and dare not say so."

Sister Feng stretched out her hand to pick up Sister Qian, and said angrily, "Don't spoil her, Third Uncle, he's already nine years old."

Wang Ziteng snorted: "Your child is already nine years old and I'm still spoiling you."

Sister Feng helped Wang Ziteng to go to the inner house, coaxing Wan Ziteng sweetly: "Third uncle is right in whatever he says, and he can do whatever he wants!"

As soon as the food and wine were served, Sister Feng took the children and quickly withdrew to the back house to enjoy the small bridge and flowing water.Prince Teng and Jia Lian Weng-in-law are left.

The prince Teng sighed: "You also said that the eldest prince has a straightforward temper, now you know that he has a lot of twists and turns in his heart, right? The children of the emperor's family, which one is simpler."

Jia Lian raised her eyebrows, why did this matter involve His Majesty again?

Wang Ziteng snorted: "Why do you think he sent you? Trusting you is one aspect. It is mainly aimed at me. He is afraid that I will control the dispatching of soldiers and horses in nine provinces. He is afraid that I will take root in Fujian and Zhejiang and send others. If you want to talk about it, I will send you here to make a peaceful transition."

Jia Lian really didn't expect this: "No way, what else do you want to donate to fight against the Japanese and destroy your family?"

Wang Ziteng smiled: "My Wang family has made a fortune in the sea. If you give me the matter of reopening the city restaurant, our Wang family can make a comeback. Isn't this Jiangnan our Wang family? Does he think he can hold me down like this?"

Jia Lian was stunned: "Third Uncle still wants to do maritime business again?"

Wang Ziteng sneered: "Why not? My Wang family does not steal or rob. When the court was in trouble, I should donate. Now that He Haiyan and Heqing are not allowed to go back to the old business?"

Jia Lian waved his hand: "I mean, that merchant ship is not cheap. The Wang family has handed over the fleet to the imperial court. How can they afford to buy a merchant ship? A ship is not cheap."

Wang Ziteng laughed and said: "What kind of big deal is this? We can rent ships. Now this sea area is empty, and there are many ships confiscated by rebellious people. It's just that many of the men died, and no one was there. Out to sea."

Jia Lian thought about the Wang family, Wang Zisheng is getting old, Wang Ren?Don't mention it.Yin asked: "Back then, the Wang family mainly relied on uncle and father-in-law for their ships, but now that uncle has died early and father-in-law is old, the sea transportation will not be possible without his own family at the helm."

Wang Ziteng nodded: "Yes, the Wang family has no successors. Is there anyone in your family?"

Jia Lian spread her hands.

Wang Ziteng smiled: "Therefore, neither of our two families has anyone who can take the helm. As soon as the market department opens, the trading houses on the sea and the ground must spring up like mushrooms. How can we enter the treasure land empty-handed? If we can't come forward, can't we support the family?" Sit big? Do you have such a daring friend? My Wang family has funds and rich experience in sailing, maritime trade routes, you, the governor, stand for him and settle all the strife in the officialdom. What do you think?" Jia Lian frowned: "Wouldn't this be a collusion between the government and businessmen?"

Wang Ziteng laughed: "If you evade taxes and do not pay taxes, and bully the market, then it is collusion between the government and businessmen. As long as you pay taxes according to the regulations and operate according to your duties, then it is not."

Jia Lian smiled: "Which one does Third Uncle like?"

Wang Ziteng said with a smile: "The Yu family, his family is a local gentry and a family of seafarers. At the beginning, they were beaten up by the Franji people because of an affair with the Franji people, and almost wiped out. Later, they were framed and said that they were Japanese pirates. I cleared him of his innocence. Now there are only two brothers left. They have connections and courage, but after being looted by Japanese pirates, they were wrongly imprisoned and almost died. Now they are poor and they are the most suitable for us. puppet."

Jia Lian was stunned: "Puppet?"

Wang Ziteng smiled: "Does that sound ugly? Let me tell you, our Wang family made our fortune by acting as puppets for others, and thus accumulated capital. Later, the main family lost in officialdom and cut off their tails to survive, so they sold the trading house to us."

Jia Lian said, "Aren't you afraid that their Yu family will follow your example?"

Wang Ziteng smiled: "It depends on how long you can hold on, as long as you stand upright, you won't dare to borrow his courage."

Jia Lian tentatively asked, "I don't know who the father-in-law's family partnered with?"

Wang Ziteng said: "The dignitaries of the previous dynasty, now, hey, the old calendar, don't worry about it."

Jia Lian nodded: "Understood! Having said so much, first of all, I have to set up the stalls of the city's restaurant, divide the land, and build fortifications. I can arrange it, but the operation of the city's restaurant requires the help of my father-in-law."

Wang Ziteng said: "This is a small matter, the key is that you have to use the right person as the city envoy."

Jia Lian nodded: "When I came here, the Ministry of Officials gave me a lot of blank commissions, including the department of the city, but I haven't thought of anyone who can do it."

Wang Ziteng asked: "What did you bring Jia Yun out for? Didn't you let him run the city restaurant? Although he didn't work in front of the imperial court, he worked as a bodyguard in Ningshou Palace for many years, and kept filial piety for the Empress Dowager. You arranged him to be Your majesty will not have any opinion about the city envoy."

Jia Lian nodded: "He has qualifications, but I want him to come here this time, not for the sake of Shi Fangsi, but because of another matter. I plan to let him go down to be a county magistrate and make some achievements. He originally In the Ministry of Punishments, he is a fifth-rank Langzhong. I didn’t plan to let him be the chief of the Shifang. He is a good student. For Enke's sake, I had no choice but to bring him out to gain qualifications. Otherwise, he might just be a doctor after spending his whole life in the Ministry of Punishment."

Wang Ziteng frowned: "It's like this. You will return to Beijing in three to five years at the most. Occupying the position of Shifangsi is also a guarantee of our trading company. Jia Yun has already entered the official position as a recruiter, and his family is weak. , I think you should ask him what he means and see what he plans to do in the future."

Jia Lian nodded: "That's fine. In fact, I have another good candidate. This person is Xiong Changhao, the former servant of the Ministry of Rites. He was suppressed by the Chen family and could only be a lecturer in the Imperial College. His son was almost beaten to death by the Chen family. I rescued him." Now he simply resigned and followed me to Haijiang as a teacher, I think he is a bit overqualified."

Wang Ziteng understands the grievances between the Xiong family and the Chen family. Now the Xiong family has become a vassal of the Jia family, and the interests of the Jia family will be the same from now on.As long as the Chen family survived, he would not be able to make his way out of Jia's residence.Moreover, he has been a servant of the Ministry of Rites, so his ability should not be bad.However, Wang Ziteng didn't know much about him, because he said: "You ask him to come and see me, see if it can be used."

Jia Lian then ordered Xing'er to find Jia Yun and Xiong Changhao.

Sure enough, Jia Jiayun was willing to be a county magistrate, while Xiong Changhao didn't want to get his hands dirty because he thought it would be an insult to the gentleman.

Wang Ziteng said: "Have you ever thought about it carefully? The reason why you lost the lawsuit with the Chen family was because the Chen family had good hands and eyes. The second reason is that your help was not enough. If you were able to spend a lot of money back then If you bribed the censor to tell the world about the evil deeds of the Chen family before the emperor reached out, do you think the emperor will favor him? Even if he is biased, he will give you an explanation!"

Xiong Changhao expressed his disbelief.

Wang Ziteng asked: "Do you still remember the lawsuit between Jia's mansion and King Zhongshun? Did the emperor favor King Zhongshun? The reason why Jia's mansion won was that before the emperor had time to intervene, he used the power of the imperial censor, King Zhongshun’s crimes were announced to the world in front of all the officials, and the emperor couldn’t hold it back anymore. In this case, as long as the superior is not the king of Jie and Zhou, he will give you an account of his reputation.”

Xiong Changhao was silent.

Wang Ziteng said again: "I know you are not convinced and hate the Chen family to death, but what are you fighting against him? Back then they were playing tricks with Prince Xi, and you were an ant that could be crushed to death in their eyes You want to take revenge. Why do you take revenge? They are willing to do things for you. One is that you can support them in the future, and they are willing to support you. For example, if you carefully teach Brother Yu, he will become a leader in the future. When he meets the right opportunity, he will wipe out the Chen family But, Brother Yu is only 11 years old this year, when he becomes an adult and will be a first-rank official, you have to wait until the year of the monkey?"

Xiong Changhao wanted to refute, but there was no way to refute. Although he couldn't say that he hoped that his brother could avenge him, he also hoped that he could use the power of the Jia family to protect his family.

"At that time, when you have the ability, Chen Ling is dead. Is it interesting for you to dig the grave? The other way is what I said, you spend your money, and they will take your money to help you eliminate the disaster. But, you have Money? You can beat the Chen family? It’s good that your son can study, but can you guarantee that he will have a successful official career? The Chen family won’t play tricks again? They were able to persecute you back then, and they can persecute your son now.”

"So, if you don't find another way, your hatred will have to be carried into the coffin, your daughter will sink to the bottom of the sea, and your son will be beaten to death for nothing. In short, if your Chen family dies, your daughter will be trampled on by the Chen family for the rest of her life." Under your feet, you will never be able to stand up. Because in the future, the head of the Chen family will be the son of the concubine who killed your daughter. He will hold you down for generations, lest you make public about his parents' scandals after you turn over. Do you understand?"

Just like that, Xiong Changhao, the former servant of the Ministry of Rites, was promised by Wang Ziteng to be a city messenger.

Presumably this resolution was reported to the imperial court, and no one in the imperial court could show their teeth.

Xiong Changhao would rather not be an official at the beginning, but also fight for power and treachery to seek justice for women. If such an upright and pure person does not become an official, who is worthy?