The Agricultural Tycoon of the Red House

Jia Lian rewarded the boy and sent someone to inform Duan Zhi, the servant of the household department, to count the money.Jia Lian was only in charge of land and grain in the household department, and Duan Zhiyong happened to be in charge of managing money and treasury.Jia Lian wanted to transport money into the treasury, so he wanted to find him.

"Make sure to transport the money away before dark," Jia Lian instructed.

After a while, Duan Zhiyong sent someone over.There were only two people who came, and they looked weak, not like they came to move money.

After the two saluted Jia Lian respectfully, they said, "Master Duan said that anyway, Master Shangshu will continue to sell it tomorrow, so it's better to keep the money in Baihui Building, and hand it over to him when the time comes."

The Duan Shilang's power in the household department is actually equivalent to the real head of the household department.According to reliable sources, he has been selected by Emperor Zu'an as the new Minister of the Household Department.Although Jia Lian is also the minister of the household department now, he only cares about his professional work, and the other chores of the household department are now all in charge of the servant Duan.This is why Duan Zhiyong dared to be so arrogant to Jia Lian, the Shangshu.

"No, it must be transported away before sunset today."

Jia Lian didn't care if Duan Zhiyong deliberately made things difficult for him, anyway, what he asked now must be done.

The two heads of the household department who came here are both Duan Zhiyong's henchmen, and they looked at each other in embarrassment, seeming to laugh secretly.One of them bowed his hand and said perfunctorily that he would ask the servant for his opinion.

About half an hour later, the man came back, and said to Jia Lian with a perplexed face: "Mr. Duan said that today he needs to go through a lot of procedures to transport the money to the treasury. It would be too troublesome to send it once a day. Why don't we wait until tomorrow?" .”

Jia Lian was drinking tea when he heard the words and threw away the teacup.He has been busy all day, and he still has to worry about such a small matter, so he is naturally in a bad mood.There is still a wife at home waiting for him to go back to have a warm meal, but these people procrastinate.

"There are no guards in Baihui Building, and there is no safe place to put money. Everyone in the capital knows that Baihui Building sold 10 taels of silver here today. Do you think it is safe? Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?"

"This..." Seeing that Jia Lian was really angry, the two principals smiled awkwardly, feeling a little unhappy in their hearts.They also felt that Jia Shangshu was too serious about such a trivial matter.

"Master Shangshu, don't be angry, I'll go and ask again!" One of the principals made an apology and left.

"Stop!" Jia Lian said angrily, "Go ahead and ask how long it takes to go back and forth. You can't make me wait for you until midnight! Besides, your adults are so bold that they asked me to have a minister waiting for his servant." Who gave him the power! I raised money for his treasury, which is a crime. I don’t care, anyway, if something happens to the money, your family will guarantee compensation.”

The two principals were so frightened that they handed over their hands to make amends for Jia Lian.

Jia Lian sneered and gave them a white look, since she would not buy it, so she ordered: "Xing'er, carry the silver and the bank note to the car of the two of them."

Xing'er agreed bluntly, and immediately asked someone to carry ten boxes of cash and a box of bank notes into the car of the two of them.The compartments of the two cars that were supposed to be filled with people were filled to the brim.

"Hey, my lord, this is..." The two principals ran out in a hurry.

"Close the door." Jia Lian gave an order, and the servants raised the door panel of Baihui Building.

Xing'er gave the receipt that he had prepared earlier to the two adults and asked them to sign it.

"Master Shangshu, you, you..."

Under Jia Lian's cold and sullen gaze, the two principals had no choice but to sign the contract and press their fingerprints.

"The handover is complete." Jia Lian got into the carriage and led them away.

The two principals, each with their servants, stood at the gate of Baihui Building, dazed for a while.

The carriage was full of silver, and there was not even room for the mice to find space. Naturally, the two of them had no place to ride, unless they sat in the front of the carriage with the coachman.

The two principals were both self-proclaimed gentlemen and refused to accommodate, so they finally sent the boys to rent two sedan chairs.This delayed the time, it was almost dusk, the two principals hurriedly took the sedan chair and led the two cars to go to the servant of the household department, Duan Zhiyuan.

Nowadays, there are many beggars in the alleys and streets of the capital. These people were originally tenants of Xianhou Village in the suburbs of Beijing.Because the tyrants occupied the land and forcibly doubled the rent, their homes were destroyed, and they all became wandering beggars, so they had to beg in the alleys in the capital.There are many people on the street, and they can actually get more money and food, but the officials don't allow them to appear there, saying that they are afraid that these lowly beggars will offend the nobles of the capital.

The street of Baihui Building extends in all directions, and there are two small alleys around it.Because this is still a trading street, there are a lot of good food.Many beggars would risk taking the opportunity to wander around, and if they saw a restaurant come out to dump leftovers, they would make money and still be able to have a full meal.

Today, the sale of strawberries in Baihui Building was very lively. These beggars hiding in the alleys near the street naturally heard the news, and watched the high-ranking officials and nobles entering and leaving Baihui Building, watching them wear gold and silver, for the sake of the couple. Guozi spends money like dirt, and fights for blood.And they can only be dressed in rags, relying on licking the blood from their cracked lips to fill their stomachs.

How unfair!

Before dusk, a few beggars saw people from Baihui Building carrying several boxes of things to the car.After the adult from Baihui Building left, there were only six people around the two carriages.After exchanging glances with each other, they all wanted to go to one place and quietly followed the two carriages.

At this time, seeing that it was getting dark, the two principals in the sedan chair were in a hurry, so they ordered someone to take a shortcut in an alley.

……

After Jia Lian had dinner with Jing Xin at home, the couple chatted and laughed for a while, then Jia Lian received an urgent order from the palace, and the emperor announced that he would enter the palace immediately.

Jia Amnesty heard the news and sent someone to ask.

After Jia Lian changed his official uniform, he went to Rongxi Hall and said to Jia She, "I don't know the specifics. I will know when I go."

Jia She was fidgeting, "I always feel something is wrong in my heart. Your second uncle hasn't come home for the past few days. He said that he was playing chess with the prince in Beijing Palace. Why don't I believe it! There must be something wrong! Lian'er , you must be extremely careful when you go to the palace."

"Understood." Jia Lian nodded at Jia She, and hurried into the palace.When they got off the carriage at the gate of the palace, they saw Prime Minister Jing Yingguang's carriage also parked there.Jia Lian wondered, what is the big deal that even the prime minister has to work?

When he arrived at the imperial study, Jia Lian saw the emperor walking back and forth in front of the table with his hands behind his back.The First Prince, Prince Jing and Jing Yingguang lined up in sequence, bowing slightly to wait for orders.There were three kneeling in the middle of the room, and Jia Lian couldn't recognize them from the back, but looking at the official uniform of the leader kneeling, it can be seen that the rank should be a third-rank official.

Jia Lian stepped forward to salute, glanced out of the corner of his eye, and then recognized the three people.It was the two heads of the household department who had just come into contact with him. Jia Lian didn't know their names or surnames.Although Jia Lian was Minister of the Household Department, he only cared about what he was in charge of. As for other people and affairs in the Household Department, especially those who couldn't get along with him, Jia Lian never cared much.As for the leader in front of the two principals, without looking at Jia Lian, he knew that it must be Duan Zhiyuan, the servant of the household department.

"The Minister of the Ministry of War has arrived!" As soon as the voice was transmitted, the chubby Minister of the Ministry of War rolled into the room profusely with sweat.The reason why he said roll was because he was tripped by the high threshold as soon as he entered the door. After rolling half a circle on the ground, he couldn't get up at all, and lay down directly beside Jia Lian to kowtow to the emperor.

Jia Lian squinted at him, his face showed pain at all, it seemed that the rough skin and thick flesh rolled easily.

Ni Yongchang, Minister of the Ministry of War, was also looking at Jia Lian from the corner of his eye. When he found that the other party was looking at him, Ni Yongchang smiled politely at Jia Lian.

I can still laugh.

Jia Lian curled his lips slightly, and returned his smile.

Ni Yongchang blinked his eyes, picked up the most important Gu Nian first, and bowed to the emperor, "I am guilty of dereliction of duty, and I deserve death!"

"Oh? Master Ni is really well-informed and already knows. What about Jia Aiqing, do you know?" the emperor asked.

Jia Lian shook his head.

Jing Yingguang hurriedly told the story that the 10 taels of silver transported by Baihuilou were looted by refugees.

In fact, Jia Lian guessed a little when he saw the three kneeling people when he entered the door just now.Listening to what Jing Yingguang said now, I can't help but sigh with emotion, "Good spirits don't work, bad spirits", unexpectedly he can do whatever he says.

The eldest prince looked at Jia Lian suspiciously, "Jia Shangshu doesn't seem surprised by this?"

"Surprised, but not that surprised." Jia Lian replied calmly.

The emperor noticed Jia Lian's abnormality and asked Jia Lian to get up and explain in detail.

Jia Lian then truthfully explained what happened.How Duan Shilang procrastinated and rejected his arrangements, how he sent two useless people to make trouble, and how he neglected his affairs.

"This matter was passed in a memorial at the beginning! The details of how to implement it were detailed in the memorial, and the places that required the cooperation of various ministries were also noted. These steps are supposed to be approved by the Holy One, and the minister will do the same afterwards. A copy of the content has been handed over to the relevant and responsible adults. What is the minister afraid of? I am afraid that there will be a situation where no one comes after repeated urgings today. As a result, today's things are still like this, and the minister has nothing to say."

Jia Lian also sent a receipt for the emperor to see.

"Then you can't just hand over the money to them irresponsibly. If there are no officers and soldiers to escort them, of course there will be problems!" The eldest prince dissatisfied.

"Your Highness, I'm just a farmer who doesn't know martial arts and has limited ability. I really can't do all the work. The money can only be guaranteed if it is sent to the national treasury. If it is placed in the Baihui Tower, it will be robbed all the time. Possibly. Those are all refugees who are dying of hunger, how can they not rob?" Jia Lian cast a cold glance at Duan Zhiyong.

Duan Zhi gritted his teeth and glared at Jia Lian fiercely from the corner of his eye. He never thought that Jia Lian would argue with him to such an extent that he actually stuffed the silver taels into the car of the two principals and let go.If he had known that this guy was so ruthless, he would have sent someone to transport the money back to the treasury even if he died!

The emperor made it very clear that Jia Lian was doing his duty in the whole matter, but Duan Zhiyong, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and Minister Shudu of the Ministry of War failed to cooperate.Although Jia Lian's act of handing over the money was a little impulsive, his reasons were justified and his original intention was good.The money being robbed on the road is actually the same as being robbed at the Parkway Tower.To put it bluntly, it was Duan Zhiyong and Ni Yongchang's problem.

Today, Jia Lian managed to sell two catties of strawberries at a high price of nearly 10 taels to share the treasury's worries.In the end, it was all ruined by Duan Zhi with this fellow!

"Jia Aiqing's book was approved by me personally. In other words, your Duan Zhiyong's responsibility is to send people to him every day to collect the silver and send it to the treasury. This is not only to cooperate with Jia Aiqing, but also to carry out my will," the emperor said. There was a deliberate pause here, looking at Duan Zhiyong.

The huge and gloomy aura was cramped, and Duan Zhiyong's trembling body suddenly limp into a puddle of water, and the cold sweat on his forehead gradually gathered and became as big as a bean.His heart exploded immediately with the emperor's words "I will carry out my will", blood and flesh flew everywhere, and he fell into despair.He simply wanted to cause some trouble for Jia Lian, to give Jia Lian a blow, to make him worry. Who would have thought that with such a slight gesture, he would become a criminal subject of "resisting the imperial decree".

Removal, implication... is close at hand.

"Neglecting laziness, neglecting duty. Duan Zhiyong, I have mistrusted you all these years." After the emperor said, he waved his hand, and the guards immediately pulled this paragraph of Zhiyong into use.

Duan Zhi was nervously about to apologize to the emperor when he was suddenly dragged away, screaming in fright that he was wronged, and glanced at the eldest prince and King Shui Rong from time to time, hoping that they could say something good for him.

"Big—" After only one word, he was gagged.

The guard ruthlessly twisted his two lips with his big hands, pulled them fiercely, and dragged him out of the hall together with his body.

Seeing this, the eldest prince was startled, his eyes flicked wildly for a while, and his heart was beating wildly.

When he came to Ni Yongchang, Shangshu of the Ministry of War, the emperor looked even more gloomy, squinting his eyes and asked him: "What about you? Jia Shangshu should have sent you the planned document earlier, why didn't you see the escort you sent?"

Ni Yongchang hurriedly kowtowed: "Damn me, I mistrusted Minister Duan! He was the one who sent someone to tell me that there is no need to send troops."

"Hmph! If you don't listen to the words of the dignified minister, go and listen to a servant. I don't think you have any destiny to be a minister. Please let someone else vacate your position as a minister!"

Ni Yongchang was so frightened that he kowtowed and begged for mercy.

Jing Yingguang stepped forward to intercede, nothing more than explaining to the emperor that there are too many vacancies for court officials recently, and it is not appropriate to go to war to demote important officials.

The emperor took a breather, and then he spared Ni Yongchang once, but he will be fined for three years.

Ni Yongchang thanked En in a daze, and stood up unsteadily.When they straightened their legs, their knees softened, and they almost fell down again, but were supported by Jia Lian.When Ni Yongchang found out that it was Jia Lian who helped him, he shivered in fright. He was embarrassed and didn't know how to deal with Jia Lian. up.

Jia Lian just thought this chubby Ni Yongchang was a little funny.

"Your Majesty, I have ordered people to seal the gate of the city immediately. They can't take out so much money from the capital. As long as they search the houses where the refugees are hiding, they will be able to recover the money." Ni Yongchang relied on his years of experience. Experience, very positively stated.

The emperor nodded, slowed down, and turned to look at Jia Lian, "Aiqing, you just said that those who robbed the money were starving refugees, what's going on?"

Jia Lian then told the emperor what had happened to the tenants in Xianhou Village in the suburbs of Beijing.

"It's so miserable." The emperor twirled his beard and frowned.

Jia Lian: "Your Majesty, today's incident is just a small symptom. There are heavy soldiers at the feet of the emperor, and the matter can be suppressed in an instant. But if the disease is not cured, the old disease will recur, and if it is another place, it is very likely that there will be more serious problems. Serious situation."

Shui Rong smiled, "Master Jia is too alarmist. It's just that there is something wrong with the tenants in one village. This is an isolated case. How can you say that the whole world is like this?"

Jia Lian sneered at the words: "Wait until the whole world is like this, is there still time? Wait for the development of the situation and ignore it, what does the emperor want us courtiers to do? Is it possible that we can just eat with peace of mind like this!?"

"You—" Shui Rong suddenly choked on his question.

The eldest prince scolded: "Lord Jia, stop talking nonsense, you seem to involve everything in the country and the people's livelihood. This time it was just a few unscrupulous people making trouble, ungrateful, just deal with it quickly, nothing like you said so serious."

"Everything has a cause and effect, and it cannot come out of thin air. The long-term separation of land ownership and farmers will seriously damage the order of agricultural production. Small farmers go bankrupt, and those people have no food to eat, no clothes to wear, and hard work. It is possible to die, but if you don’t fight, you will die. Such a desperate situation will seriously lead to turmoil, and it is easy for people to riot.” Jia Lian explained sonorously.

The emperor was right.The eldest prince also said that the emperor raised his hand to signal him to shut up, and moved his fingers to signal that he could back down.

The eldest prince glared at Jia Lian, still very unwilling, and retreated after being pulled by Beijing King Shui Rong in the dark.

Later, Ni Yongchang, Minister of the Ministry of War, was driven away to find money.

Inside the house, the emperor left only one trusted eunuch, Jia Lian, and Jing Yingguang, whom he had always trusted.

"Prime Minister, what do you think of what Jia Aiqing mentioned?" the emperor asked.

Jing Yingguang cupped his hands, "Your Majesty, this matter is seconded by the minister. The minister has paid attention to such incidents in the early years. Once the rich take over the land and drive out the people, the tenants will have no place to stand. The wilderness will starve and die. It is really pitiful."

The emperor sighed and nodded. If even the prime minister agrees with this matter, it means that Jia Lian's words are indeed very reliable.

"I have the guts to say something to deceive you. If you have time, you can go out of the palace for a walk. You don't want to show off. You don't know how to meet the local officials. You can see the real situation by seeing the people's livelihood with your own eyes." Jia Lian said.

The emperor stared at Jia Lian for a while, suppressed the atmosphere to the lowest level, then suddenly smiled and said, "Jia Aiqing, I like your outspoken nature, so I always believe what you say. Your idea is very good, don't worry. I'll give it a try, maybe I won't even tell you when I go out."

"This is the luck of the people in the world." Jia Lian replied.

The emperor pondered for a while, and asked Jia Lian if there was a way to deal with this situation.

Jia Lian: "I just have an idea, and the specific operation method needs to be carefully considered, because it involves multiple interests and is very complicated."

The emperor nodded, turned around twice with his hands behind his back, and said to Jia Lian, "Then tell me what your initial thoughts are?

"Reform the land system."

Jia Lian suddenly raised his eyes and looked at the emperor with shining eyes.

……

In the middle of the night, the sound of carriage ruts could only be heard at the west corner gate of Rong Mansion.

Xing'er carried the lantern, and walked sideways ahead, hastily leading the way for her master to light up.

As soon as Jia Lian passed the Eryi Gate, he saw two figures standing in the middle of the road. The one carrying the lantern was standing on the side with his waist bowed, and the one standing straight in front with his back straight and his head raised.

This man was of average height, with a slightly larger belly and a beard. He seemed to be particularly confident in his image, with a polite and arrogant air.There is only one person with this temperament in the mansion, and that is Jia Zheng.

This guy, in the middle of the night, blocked his only way, and those who didn't know thought Jia Zheng was interested in him.Wouldn't it be good to read, write and write at home, and occasionally sigh with sadness about his "returning to the countryside"?You are so old, why do you come here to stand guard in the middle of the night?

Are you crazy?

Jia Lian slandered for a long time, knowing that Jia Zheng was staring at him, but pretended not to see him, and walked straight past.

Jia Zheng was so angry that his beard turned up, his original aura collapsed in an instant, and he hurriedly chased after Jia Lian.

"You boy, stop for me!"

"Ah, it's the second uncle? I thought I couldn't see well, and I saw a ghost in the middle of the night." Jia Lian teased coldly with pursed lips.

Jia Zheng was aroused by his words, so he endured it and asked him in an elder tone: "What are you doing in the palace in the middle of the night?"

"Naturally, I'm discussing important state affairs with the emperor. My second uncle is a scholar. I can't talk to a farmer like me, so I won't explain it in detail." Jia Lian chuckled, watching Jia Zheng getting more and more angry with him. Face, heavy heart suddenly relieved a lot.

"You... well, forget it, I just care about you. Recently, the government has been in turmoil, and many officials have been dismissed. You are with the fourth prince. He has no good fruit. Will you be better? Be more careful in the future Let's go!" Jia Zheng said sarcastically.

"Oh." Jia Lian said perfunctorily, and continued to leave, but was stopped by Jia Zheng's voice.

"I think you child is really stubborn. At this time, you still plan to continue to follow the fourth prince? The eldest prince is now in great favor. He is the first son of the Holy One, and the adoptive mother is the queen. The uncle's family is still An important minister of the court, a serious candidate for the crown prince, why are your eyesight so difficult?" Jia Zheng said.

"Second Uncle has good eyesight." Jia Lian lazily hummed and yawned.

Jia Zheng found that Jia Lian's attitude when talking to him now was completely unserious, and it was not even as serious as the previous quarrel.Even if they quarreled violently, Jia Zheng could at least know what Jia Lian was really thinking.Now that he is perfunctory with such an unhurried attitude, it makes him feel like he is completely ignored and treated as a clown.

Jia Zheng took a deep breath and held back his anger, "Don't you wonder why I haven't come home these two days?"

"Second Uncle hasn't come home these two days?" Jia Lian opened his eyes slightly, then turned to confirm to Xing'er, "Really didn't come home?"

Xing'er hurriedly shook his head with his master, "The little one follows the master these days, running around, just like the second master. He doesn't know much about the situation of the second master in Fudong, the young one deserves to be damned!"

"You——" Jia Zheng's chest rose and fell violently at the anger of the pair of master and servant.

"Is there anything else?" Jia Lian smiled politely and looked at Jia Zheng with some sarcasm.

Jia Zheng was stunned for a moment, brewing his anger, and shouted to Jia Lian, "I—"

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot. The second uncle went out for the past two days, but it's hard for my aunt who is alone at home. She is at home now... Maybe it's not a good way to describe it, but it is indeed the old lady's original words, 'One mouse poop, almost ruined a pot of soup'."

-------------------------------------------------- ------- No Responsibility Little Theater Mrs. Wang: I'm a rat shit! ?I do not believe

Jia Lian: Rat shit always says that he is not rat shit, just like a lunatic always says he is not crazy.

Jia Amnesty (nodding): It is well-founded and worthy of readers' convincing.

Mrs. Wang: ...? ? ? ?

Jia Zheng (angry): What do you mean?

Jia Lian (smiling politely): I'm saying that you have a husband and wife look (because they are all mouse shit), and you have the same hobbies (smell similar).