The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Jia Cong is a hands-off shopkeeper. After gathering all the people, he doesn't care about everything. Gong Kun leads two disciples to arrange the back.Jia Cong, the eldest master, slipped to Prince Ning's mansion to see him the next day.The Sixth Prince didn't expect him to come at all, and was quite pleasantly surprised, so he came out to welcome him into the study.

Jia Cong saluted, winked and said, "I have something to ask the lord."

The sixth prince smiled and said: "What's the big deal, you just talk about it." Seeing his eyeballs rolling around, he ordered everyone to go down.

Jia Cong said in a low voice, "Actually, there are more than one."

The sixth prince said: "You tell me."

Jia Cong said: "First thing, I heard that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is going to resign, will this position become vacant in a few days?"

The Sixth Prince glanced at him and said with a smile: "Could it be that you want to be one?"

Jia Cong shook his head: "I would like to recommend a relative of my family, Mr. Wang Ziteng."

The sixth prince was startled, with a strange expression on his face: "Master Wang?"

Jia Cong nodded: "To be honest, my family intends to join forces with the Wang family and the Xue family to make some seafood for business ideas. Lingnan is really important."

The sixth prince immediately understood, and smiled slightly: "Where's the historian?"

Jia Cong shook his head and said: "The family of historians is incompetent, so we don't take them to play. Most of the important wharves are in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas. In recent years, seafood has become very popular. I heard that Western goods are also very popular among their nobles. It's just that the imperial court's sea ban is too powerful. If you want to, you can also make a fortune together. Earning money from Westerners is more comfortable than scraping the land of ordinary people."

The Sixth Prince couldn't help laughing and said: "Speak like an adult, who taught you?"

Jia Cong blinked: "Guess."

The sixth prince snorted, "I'm not that interested. It's just that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is a great official in frontiers, so it doesn't count if I say it."

Jia Cong laughed and said, "Isn't it because the nine provinces have checked the borders? Lord Wang is very loyal to the old sage. If my father had the ability, he would recommend him, but he doesn't have that ability."

A smile appeared on the corner of the sixth prince's mouth, his eyes rolled quietly, and he said, "I'll give it a try, it may not succeed."

Jia Cong cupped his hands and said, "The real money is for everyone to make money, please, my lord."

The sixth prince smiled and said, "I never answered you. What else?"

Jia Cong suddenly drooped his face: "Well... I heard that the prince has some friendship with our East Mansion? Two days ago, my second sister-in-law sent someone from the house to look for a big girl of mine, and talked about it for a long time, as if to say Two months ago when Uncle Jing was at the funeral, Big Brother Zhen hooked up with my Second Brother by some kind of relative woman. These days, I have been looking for him many times. They are too lazy to care about Second Brother’s extravagant affairs, and they are just afraid that he will make mistakes. When It's not good to hook him up, it has to be during the funeral. My brother just touched a small fourth-rank official, and his buttocks haven't warmed up yet, let the official know and it's over."

The sixth prince wondered: "Shouldn't you go to your father for this matter? Why should you go to this king?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "It's useless to find my father. What kind of temperament is my brother? It's easier to suffer from women. If the root cause is not solved, my father stops this time and there will be another time. To be honest, I I suspect that this was provoked by Jia Rong. I beat him once in the early years, but he never let it out, and it was uncomfortable."

The Sixth Prince shook his head: "That's unreasonable. Forget it, if it's such a bad thing, I'll mention it for you and just block it."

Jia Cong hurriedly gave a deep salute: "Thank you, my lord!"

The sixth prince waved his hand and said, "It's just a trivial matter."

Jia Cong said again in a low voice: "Well... there is one more thing that shouldn't be asked, I just want to try."

The sixth prince asked what was the matter.

"That day I went to pick up my uncle back to the capital. Why didn't brother Xian Wang go? They have such a good relationship, and he came to pick him up four years ago. Could it be a quarrel?"

The Sixth Prince stared at him for a long time, but Jia Cong only acted stupidly, staring with big eyes.The sixth prince asked: "Lin Ruhai asked you to ask?"

Jia Cong curled his lips: "I dare to tell him that he must not be beaten to death! I am very good in front of Uncle Lin, besides studying, I just play."

The sixth prince looked at him again, and sighed: "Forget it, I won't embarrass you anymore, and don't inquire about irrelevant things. He knows the friendship between Lin Hai and the old nine. Anyway, I look at him better than him." Get closer to the third child."

Jia Cong said "oh", knowing that there might be some problems between King Xian and the present, so he didn't say anything.

For a while, the sixth prince asked him again: "Your big brother is not young, when is he going to take the exam?" Jia Cong thought for a while and said, "Mr. Lin and Mr. Su haven't spoken yet."

The sixth prince knew that Jarvis's imperial examination matters were decided by his husband, but those two were loyal ministers of the saint, so he sighed softly.

After Jia Cong left, the sixth prince felt that he was making a big fuss about the relatives and women in Ningguo Mansion, so he sent people to investigate Eryou.I was shocked to learn that they almost recommended the two daughters to Jia Zheng as concubines, and then to Jia Lian!Cursed: "I don't know how to measure! No wonder they are so angry. I have told you many times that the Rongguo Mansion can only win over and not offend." Li ordered Jia Zhen to dispose of the two daughters quickly and not to harass the Rongguo Mansion again.Jia Zhen argued, "It's just a little romantic thing", and the sixth prince scolded, "It's just a little romantic thing, why did someone come to me to complain?" Helpless, Jia Zhen had to give Second Sister You a good dowry, and married her The son of an oil mill owner.Because she refused to marry at will, Third Sister You twisted her hair in anger and became an aunt.Wang Xifeng knew from the boy who followed Jia Lian that Second Sister You was married, so she didn't care about it after the charges of adultery and promiscuity were gone.Second Sister You and Jia Lian still have an affair.

That day when Lin Hai came back from the Yamen, he said to others, Third Master Cong had been waiting for a long time, so he called him over.

Jia Cong saluted with a smile, and said, "Uncle, I have something to tell you."

Lin Hai glanced at him: "It must not be a good thing."

Jia Cong said: "It's hard to say, it can be a good thing if it is not complete."

The two masters and apprentices sat in Lin Hai's study, and Jia Cong said: "The sage is so disgusting, knowing that the Ministry of Households is the hardest job, but still getting you away. It would be nice to just stay in the Imperial Academy."

Lin Hai glared at him: "Sharing the emperor's worries is what a courtier should do."

Jia Cong sighed: "He is really useless to treat people. If the world is in peace, the treasury is abundant, and the rat moths are rampant day by day, Mr. Yong is good. But where are those rat moths now? They are all obstacles, okay? Tax bank It's gone before it hits the road, and the treasury is so poor. You have to use some ruthless villains or rampant fools to get the money, even a clever little fox. I've never heard of it Use a gentleman to deal with local ruffians."

Lin Hai raised his head and looked at him: "In your opinion, who could this villain, Lengtouqing and little fox be?"

Jia Cong thought for a while: "I only knew one villain, but unfortunately he died. It was Han Guang, the prefect of Taiyuan. That guy is really a villain."

Lin Hai nodded and said: "I heard from your sister that you were in Taiyuan. This person is really a villain, but his ability is limited and he can't take on big responsibilities. What else?"

Jia Cong said with a smile: "Lengtouqing and the little fox, aren't they my father and me?"

Lin Hai couldn't laugh or cry, and raised his hand to give him a moment.

Jia Cong rubbed his forehead and said aggrievedly, "I'm here to advise Mr., and you still hit me."

Lin Hai knew that he had a lot of ideas, so he took a sip of tea on purpose, and asked slowly, "What ideas do you have?"

Jia Cong said: "Money is nothing more than increasing income and reducing expenditure. Let's not talk about reducing expenditure. My uncle can't play with the backing behind corrupt officials. Therefore, the only way is to increase income."

"Why open source?"

Jia Cong said: "Open the sea ban."

Lin Hai waved his hand: "Moti, the sea ban was originally closed by the old sage."

Jia Cong said: "Then smuggle."

Lin Hai glared at him: "Nonsense!"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Uncle, to be honest, there must be a lot of smugglers."

Lin Hai asked, "How do you know?"

Jia Cong said: "Guess. I once heard a gentleman say that a businessman is after profit. If a business has half the profit of the capital, he dares to take risks; if he can double the profit, he is not afraid of breaking the law; if he can make a profit With three times the interest, merchants dare to do anything. Seafood is so profitable, and those who are not afraid of death to make money are definitely indispensable. It cannot be blocked."

Lin Hai sighed: "This gentleman is really talented. There are indeed many smugglers of seafood."

Jia Cong said: "Since the old sage refuses to open the sea ban, there will be a lot of smuggling. There are a lot of smuggling, and many of them can only be sold secretly. Originally, there is a tax on imported seafood, but naturally there is no such thing for smuggled goods. Selling At that time, there was also a tax, but since it was sold secretly, the treasury lost a fortune. Anyway, the court has become such a mess now, and the absurdity is full of absurdity, so I am not afraid to be a little more absurd."

Lin Hai scolded: "Nonsense! Where is the court in chaos?"

Jia Cong rolled his eyes and remained silent.

After a while, Lin Hai let out a long sigh, got up and walked to the window with his hands behind his back.

Jia Cong followed and tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Sell the sea goods as you like, regardless of whether they are serious or smuggled. Anyway, you can collect a few taxes, so that your old man will not think about the empty state of the treasury all day long. worry."

Lin Hai sighed, "What is the court's face?"

Jia Cong said disdainfully: "It's face again. I really don't know what all of you adults are doing to put face more important than face. The saint wants the face of the court. It's not too late to clean up after the old saint is gone."

Lin Hai scolded again, "Nonsense."

Jia Cong giggled and said no more.

Lin Hai thought about it for a few days at home, and finally found a day to go to the palace to meet the saint and tell the matter.He never singled out Jia Cong, but only said that when he was wandering in the street, a child quietly pulled him along and asked, "Master, do you want seafood?" This kind of thing often happens in Beijing, and Lin Hai has indeed encountered it, most of it is smuggling. things.He said that because of this, he thought that since the court could not help smuggling and lost two taxes, it would be better to simply allow smuggled seafood to be sold.

The sage was stunned for a long time when he heard the words, and sighed: "You poor old Confucian scholar, you can say such words. But if this is the case, the imperial court will not be able to step down. Besides, there is Yushitai."

Lin Haidao: "I have thought about it. Some entry documents, the sage can order someone to sell them secretly. Anyway, they are sold anyway, who sells it? It's not like the sage sells it himself. Those smuggling sea merchants can buy documents from the court. Afterwards, there is no need to take the risk of selling in the dark after the grandiose business operation? As for the Yushitai, those incompetent rotten scholars have no idea of ​​these things at all. They only focus on the saints. It's just drinking and listening to operas during the filial piety period."

The sage still hesitated, and said after a long time: "Let me think about it for a while."

Lin Hai hastily left.But he walked to the gate of Daming Palace and came back again.He knelt down and said: "The minister heard something a few days ago, because the sage probably knew it long ago, so he didn't say much. It's just that I remembered it yesterday for no reason, and for a while I felt that some details that the minister knew were people who were investigated by the court. Might not be able to find it.”

The sage said, "Speak up."

Lin Haidao: "Not long after I returned to Beijing, the three disciples told me about the past three years, and then mentioned that they were almost killed by street hooligans on the way to Chang'an at the beginning of the year." I talked about what happened in Taiyuan Mansion. "Then Han Guang was also a majestic official of the imperial court. He was killed by a gangster in the market. I heard that the case has not been solved yet. Speaking of it, this matter has made the imperial court even more embarrassing."

Because Jia Cong didn't tell Daiyu who was behind Han Guang and the Wang family in Taiyuan, and only regarded it as a dispute between officials and gangsters, Lin Hai naturally didn't know.The imperial court and Han Jiajia investigated this matter for a long time, and the sage had already found out that the Wang family belonged to his son. He was stunned for a long time and said, "I know."

Lin Hai immediately understood that the Wang family had a lot of background, so he kowtowed and resigned.

Because of the many entanglements between Liu Xianglian and Third Sister You in the original book, Jia Cong always felt a little uneasy; after receiving Wang Xifeng's thank you gift, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that Third Sister You had become a monk.I thought I had nothing to do with this person anymore, but after a month or so, something happened again.

One day, a woman who followed Yuanchun hurried back to Rongguo Mansion to ask for help, saying that someone was causing trouble outside Shuiyue Nunnery.At that time, Jia Lian, Jia Huan and Jia Cong were not there.Since Yuanchun took charge of the family school, Jia Lan lived a very happy life and studied well. When he heard that his aunt had an accident, he hurriedly led a dozen boys to the north gate.When Jia Amnesty heard the news, the kid had already disappeared.Jia She was so angry that he cursed: "You can't even ride a horse steadily, yet you dare to lead people into fights!" He hurriedly ordered Gao Mang to protect him.

Coincidentally, both Yang Heng and his son were playing tricks in the Gaomang Courtyard.Yao'er was cautious, and said: "In Shuiyue Nunnery, there is a big girl from Rongguo Mansion, everyone knows about it. Even though we don't know the background of the other party, it is definitely not an ordinary person who dares to provoke Rongguo Mansion. We are afraid that we have to deal with it." So he took the brothers from Lixiangyuan together, and ordered people to go to the Taiping Escort to move them.

When we arrived at Shuiyue Nunnery, Jia Lan had people forced him to the side of the road so he couldn't even get close to the mountain gate, and a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks pointed at him and scolded him.Jia Lan had never seen such ordinary people before, so he was stupid.Gao Mang hurriedly led the people to surround Jia Lan behind him, and he stood up and stopped in front of Jia Lan, pointing at the man and asked, "Who is rampant in front of the Buddhist Pure Land?"

That man was not stupid, seeing that the newcomers had thick arms and bright eyes, they were definitely not young scholars like Jia Lan, so he pulled his horse back.I saw a white-faced and long-bearded man among the group of people on the opposite side, and proudly cupped his hands: "Your official is the Chief Historian of the Zhongshun Palace."