The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

After Rongguo Mansion liberated the slaves of Hefu, within ten days, Xianguo Mansion, Prime Minister Lin's Mansion, Zhongminghou Mansion, Pingyuanhou Mansion, and Dongping Prince's Mansion successively liberated the slaves.Those who are willing to stay in the mansion to serve will sign a service contract, starting from three years; those on the Zhuangzi will become tenant farmers, and pay rent for farming.Man Jing was in an uproar.Relatives, friends and neighbors went to each house to find out why.What each family said was to send out the surplus labor in the mansion.

Most of the duke's mansions have fallen into disrepair over the years.At any rate, there is Qi Jianhui in Xiangyang Marquis's Mansion who is capable, he has been struggling outside for more than ten years, and now he is able to support the family.However, the Qi family was severely damaged by this wind of fleeing slaves—the slaves in the village on the outskirts of the city ran away, and half of the servants in the mansion also escaped.In the shops and workshops outside, there are many home-born sons as assistants. These people have no way of guarding them, and they have run away to nothing.Due to lack of manpower, most of the industries in the Houfu of Xiangyang were closed.A few days ago, there were thieves in the mansion, and the door of the big warehouse was pried open.Suddenly hearing that the Rongguo Mansion and others let go of the slaves for nothing, the Marquis of Xiangyang was really not sure what Jia Cong was thinking.So she sent Princess Lin'an to go to Shangxian State Mansion to inquire.

When Princess Jian'an heard that this girl was here, she knew what she was here for.So he ordered Jia Huan to take his son to hide in the wing room.

Jia Huan is very tired these days.Yuan Chun hadn't come here yet, and he had been in charge of the Jian'an Institute of Technology for many years. The matter of Yenching University had no choice but to hit him on the head.It is more difficult to rectify a school than to build a new one. Jia Huan dealt with those stubborn old masters every day, but he couldn't beat them, and he was dizzy and dizzy.It's so hard to come back early today, wanting to kiss my daughter-in-law, and meeting such a bad sister-in-law again, not to mention how unhappy I am.Then he hugged his son with drooping lips: "My son! We have no status, and we will be sent out by your mother as soon as the guests come."

Princess Jian'an laughed and said, "Since that's the case, I'll let her go to the wing."

Jia Huan complained: "It's not that Qi Jianhui doesn't recognize our two brothers, and his father also recognizes my uncle. What's the matter with sending a younger sister-in-law out all the time to find out news?"

Princess Jian'an sighed: "Lin'an didn't have a son, so it's only useful in that mansion."

Jia Huan snorted, "Anyway, I don't feel happy when I hear this name." Then he raised his son to his eyes, "Is that right, son?" The child then climbed on his head.Jia Huan took advantage of the opportunity to let him ride on his shoulders, glanced at the princess' nurse Zhu Shi, and walked away carrying his son.

Watching her husband walk out the door, Princess Jian'an was thoughtful, and then turned her eyes to Mrs. Zhu.Mrs. Zhu sighed, and said in a low voice: "Princess, I heard that the servant girls under Princess Lin'an once slipped in front of the consort's soldiers, and said something weird...and praised their princess."

Princess Jian'an frowned: "Sneak up to my man and praise her?"

"Princess Lin'an is virtuous and magnanimous. She has taken several concubines for her son-in-law. She never goes out to show her face. As a princess, she bends over to serve her husband and her mother-in-law all night long."

"Pfft~" Princess Jian'an burst out laughing, "Summer insects are beyond words."

Zhu said: "The son-in-law is a soldier, even a fool can see it. She hopes that our son-in-law will discipline the princess just like her."

Princess Jian'an looked at her with a smile and said, "Mom expected me to do the same earlier."

Zhu said with a smile: "The old slave was confused at the time, and besides, I didn't expect the princess to despise herself to that extent."

Princess Jian'an let out a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, I still can't see her."

Mrs. Zhu brought a cup of tea for her, and persuaded: "Didn't the concubine talk about it just now? These things should be left to the elders of their family, and there is no such thing as ordering the female relatives back and forth."

Princess Jian'an took the tea and hummed: "The two brothers are so busy that they don't have time to see these idlers. The left is just sent to the uncle to let the uncle have a meal and play." She sighed again, "Lin'an has become what it is today. You can't blame her for her appearance. She grew up in the palace. Those years were the most difficult time in the palace, food and clothing were not easy to come by, and the empress dowager didn't care about educating them." After thinking for a moment, she shook her head and said, "At least it's an old man It's too bad, and I don't have the energy to help her, it's nothing more than making her useful in her in-law's house." Zhu Shi followed with a sigh.

At that moment, Princess Lin'an came in, and the two sat down after seeing the ceremony.Princess Jian'an took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "I already guessed that my sister is here to inquire about something. It would be better for the Marquis of Xiangyang to go to our West Mansion to meet Rong Guogong for these men's affairs outside. I recognize it." Zhu couldn't help laughing, and turned her back to snicker.

Princess Lin'an was a little startled, and responded indiscriminately with a few words like "I see", "It's because I miss the emperor's sister".After a while, he said: "Sister Huang, what is the regent going to do? Aren't you afraid of causing public anger?"

Princess Jian'an smiled and said, "Compared to collecting land taxes at the beginning of the year, which one is more outrageous?"

Princess Lin'an sighed: "Why bother to come, it's not worth giving anyone face."

"Since ancient times, face is not as important as profit." Princess Jian'an paused, and said seriously, "Yan is short of manpower, extremely short."

"Those fugitive slaves have all fled abroad, and they are not in the country of Yan."

Princess Jian'an leaned back on the chair, and said slowly: "I still pretend to be a younger sister to ask about the liberation of slaves in our family. It turned out to be about fugitive slaves. Such trivial matters as fugitive slaves are caused by Wucheng soldiers and horses. Take care, the Zhengshitang doesn't know about it. My son-in-law is in charge of the school, let alone know about it."

"Forget it, sister, don't pretend." Princess Lin'an suddenly became excited, "Who doesn't know that Ge Qiao, the new prefect of Tianjin, was sent by the regent? Who doesn't know that Ge Qiao sent officers and soldiers to help escaped slaves go to sea?"

Princess Jian'an said with a leisurely smile, "I don't know."

Princess Lin'an sneered, "Sister Huang is clearly pretending to be confused."

"Oh, that's right." Princess Jian'an picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Princess Lin'an was stunned for a moment, and immediately realized that she was being confused just now, and she blushed with embarrassment.After a while, he said bravely, "Miss Huang, since you sent your slaves out of the house, aren't you afraid of bandits?"

Princess Jian'an put down the tea ceremony: "We hired bodyguards. It doesn't cost much, and it's much easier than servants."

Princess Lin'an frowned and said: "The people hired outside are no better than the ones treated by us."

Princess Jian'an said with a smile: "It's better to invite someone outside. My God knows what's on my mind, and it's common for the family guards to be mediocre in martial arts and unable to defeat bandits. Professional bodyguards only recognize money and are capable, so they are more reliable. My sister may not Understand what I said, go back and talk to the Marquis of Xiangyang and he will understand." Princess Lin'an let her coax her back.

After Princess Lin'an left, Mrs. Zhu quietly asked, "Does the Marquis of Xiangyang know the term professional bodyguard?"

"Probably don't know."

"The princess just said that he naturally understood?"

"I just said it casually to make him want to go."

Mrs. Zhu laughed: "When did the princess learn such a temper?" Princess Jian'an raised her eyebrows.

But the Hou of Xiangyang let her talk about it so that she couldn't sleep all night, thinking about countless thoughts.For a while, he suspected that there were nails planted by others in his house, and for a while, he thought that some capable bandits came from Beijing, but he didn't have a clue until dawn.The next day, Qi Jianhui, the eldest son, had to be sent to Xianguo Mansion to ask Jia Huan to see him.Jia Huan was not in the mansion, so he asked to see Jia Zheng.

Jia Zheng happened to be the only one in the Jia family who opposed releasing the slaves out of the mansion, and he was not having a good time these few days.Seeing Qi Jianhui coming, and hearing that he was asking about that matter, he hurriedly pulled him and scolded Jia Huan and Jia Cong.Said that they did not know who was fascinated by someone, and they did such a stupid thing.Qi Jianhui agreed in his mouth, but he understood in his heart: Jia Zheng has no control over his family.

After finally waiting until Jia Huan came back, Jia Huan's face was full of displeasure.Qi Jianhui said with a smile: "Who is unhappy with the Duke?"

Embarrassed, Jia Huan cupped his hands and said, "I'm sorry, I made the old men in the school angry." Nai sighed, "Men and women are not allowed to be in the same class! We don't have so many gentlemen teaching male and female schools separately."

Qi Jianhui frowned and said, "It's really indecent to be in the same class as men and women."

"I don't have time to care about morality." Jia Huan said, "Talent is important." He waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this. Brother Qi is here to ask about the abolition of slavery?"

Qi Jianhui nodded and said: "Please tell me what the regent's intention is. This move will cause too much loss to the government and the public."

Jia Huan shook his head and said, "None of you are smart."

Qi Jianhui hurriedly said: "I beg the Duke to enlighten me."

Jia Huan took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and said solemnly: "You must know, since ancient times, there is nothing that the court wants to do, and neither the courtiers nor the people can stop it." Qi Jianhui was stunned.Jia Huan waited for a while before he said, "Do you see that the Yin and Shang subjects promised King Zhou to build wine pools and meat forests? Didn't he do it?"

Qi Jianhui blurted out: "That's why he died!"

Jia Huan said leisurely: "The dead merchants are not the merchants, but the Zhou army."

"If King Zhou won the support of the people, how could the Zhou army be able to attack and enter Chaoge?"

"That's right!" Jia Huan said with a smile, "Prime Minister Lin and the Regent reduced land taxes and abolished slaves. Will the people and surnames of Yan Kingdom support them? Are there more rich households or more common people? Are there more masters and slaves? Political affairs Has Tang ever offended everyone?"

"This..." Qi Jianhui was at a loss for words for a moment. "But they are all ordinary grassroots, what's the use?"

Jia Huan held his chin and thought for a while: "It's really inappropriate to compare King Zhou. Wang Mang is more appropriate. Brother Qi, what do you think Wang Mang will not lose?"

Qi Jianhui said coldly: "People's hearts are against the Han, and reckless thieves will lose no matter what."

Jia Huan shook his head: "Wang Mang is a good leader, but he didn't understand the situation at that time - the Han Dynasty had many kings and aristocratic families, civilian armed forces abounded, and his own soldiers had no advantage in fighting. What he wanted to do was major reforms People are lazy, and they are used to living according to the old pattern. To toss the entire Han Dynasty in one go, it takes too much strength. If Wang Mang keeps a low profile and does not proclaim himself emperor, he will train an invincible army after mastering the government, and then choose one The province is quietly experimenting with the new national policy. After the province is prosperous and prosperous, it will expand the army, and then rely on the army to expand one more province to promote the new national policy. If he fights so steadily, he will not lose so badly. He will eat every bite .”

Qi Jianhui was silent.Isn't that the case with the Jia family?

Jia Huan took a sip of tea, and said again: "Regardless of ancient and modern times, there is nothing that the government cannot do." He paused, "If the subjects want to stop it, they have no other choice but to persuade them. Dare I ask who in the country of Yan can do it?" There are soldiers? Before the division of the world, the kings fought among themselves for decades, and Prince Yizhong led a large number of innocent souls to death, which made the brothers of the Situ family long lost brotherhood. Therefore, they will not come to take care of Yan The king's business. Besides, can they win? Their army has not fought for many years. My brother Jarvis has just come down from the North American battlefield and has not lost a battle. What's more, the battle is not as good as before. The number of soldiers, the military strength of the generals, but whose firearms are more advanced. Isn't this obvious?"

After a long time, Qi Jianhui sighed and said: "The regent let go of his slaves, even if Ge Qiao, the prefect of Tianjin let go of the fugitive slaves, what is the reason?"

Jia Huan asked, "How many people are there in your family?"

Qi Jianhui was taken aback for a moment, and counted briefly: "Nineteen."

"How many people do you need to serve nineteen masters? Do you need more than a dozen people to serve one master?" Jia Huan paused, "How many servants are there in your family? Are they all used to their full potential?"

Qi Jianhui said: "If the regent thinks that the country of Yan is short of manpower, and these slaves have fled abroad, what do they have to do with the country of Yan?"

"Huh!" Jia Huan wondered, "Cong'er has always wished for more people to immigrate abroad, you don't know? Going abroad can make the best use of people, which is better than wasting manpower in the Gongmenhou's mansion."

"This!" Qi Jianhui was dumbfounded for a moment, "That's our family's servant!"

Jia Huan spread his hands: "If you go out to sea, you will be a good citizen abroad."

"This is a robbery!"

"It's about the same. But the government's robbery has been common since ancient times."

Qi Jianhui opened his mouth as if his throat was blocked, unable to speak.After a while, stand up and leave.When he reached the door, he stopped suddenly.

Jia Huan said slowly: "Society has changed, and the only way to stay conservative is to be eliminated. People who have to change their careers have started to learn how to run factories." Qi Jianhui hesitated for a moment, and stepped out of the threshold without saying a word go.Jia Huan said again, "Actually, you can still leave." Qi Jianhui gritted his teeth, and left without looking back.

Seven days later, hundreds of dignitaries from families in central Beijing who had escaped from their slaves gathered in Xiangyanghou to discuss countermeasures.Two days later, an excellent article was delivered to Prime Minister Lin Daiyu's desk.She picked it up and only glanced at it, knowing the whole story after reading the first two paragraphs, it was for admonishing her.Let her get rid of Ge Qiao, the prefect of Tianjin, drive away the fugitive slaves, and let the sea ships leave Tianjin Port, and order the soldiers to hunt down the fugitive slaves with all their strength.Lin Daiyu also appreciates this article, but she is too busy at the moment, so she put it aside and said: "You have to be free and have a good life." After that, she has never been free.

Admonitions are as silent as yellow cranes, thieves are rampant day by day, and soldiers and horses in the five cities are extremely incompetent.At the beginning of October, the Shi family of Shanguo Mansion took the lead in telling relatives and friends that they would go back to their hometown of Quzhou.Nai left three or five children to cook the business in Beijing, men, women and children boarded the carriage.As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse.Although the Shi family has been in decline, it has a solid foundation anyway, and the convoy carrying luggage is like a long queue.On the day of departure, all the dignitaries in Beijing went to see him off.I sent it straight out of the Shili Pavilion, but I was reluctant to part with tears to say goodbye, and the plants and trees didn't feel sad.

The journey was too far, their family had too much luggage, and the people were very expensive. Most of the bodyguard agencies in Beijing were afraid to pick up the bodyguards. Only the Taiping Bodyguard Agency and a newly opened bodyguard agency were willing to pick up the bodyguards.Because they were not happy to do business with the Jia family, the Shi family invited the Fuwei Escort Agency to escort them all the way.