The oil bottle of the Red Chamber

Ever since Mrs. Chen broke into You's house and took over the housekeeping duties, she never thought of taking some money from the public to make up for herself, so how could she bear that slave who made money from it.

At that time, in order to hold everyone's handle and establish his prestige, Chen not only checked the accounts and treasury with the third sister all day long, but also secretly sent his accompanying room outside to collect evidence of the crime.I learned that those compradors in charge were not only greedy for the money of the master's family, but also shoddy when buying things.Such as profiteering, taking up lawsuits, relying on wealth and power, to forcefully buy other people's good farms at the price of Susukida's declining shops, and if they don't sell them, they will bribe local parents and officials. The fancy land transaction was purchased at the official price...everything was strictly prohibited by the imperial court, and it was a felony in disregard of the law.There are one or two more things, even if Mrs. Chen saw it, she would feel shocking.Secretly lamenting that these servile Yangzi are really bold and reckless, not only the reputation of the You family has been ruined by them, but if things go on like this, even You Ziyu may be thrown into prison.

Chen was originally a woman in a deep house, so she didn't quite understand the power of it.The third sister of Zhengnai likes to study the law the most, and often discusses the world with her uncle. After listening to it a few times, Mrs. Chen has some impressions.What's more, although the Chen family is fierce and difficult to deal with, he is somewhat innocent.I really can't understand those slaves who dare to bully the people of good families by relying on the power of the master's family even though they themselves are humble.Therefore, he said to You Ziyu: "The master is an official of the court, and his reputation is the most important in his daily life. If these things can't be revealed, it's fine. If one day the master is plotted by others, those officials will talk too much." A little bit of tongue impeachment is enough for the master to drink a pot. If you take this opportunity to settle the matter, you can get back the money and things that were coveted by them, and secondly, you will have no worries."

After hearing Chen's words, You Ziyu deeply believed in it.Just still a little hesitant.Some of the bad things that Gein's servants did were done on their own in his name, and some were indeed done under his orders.Now that these servants are required to take the blame, You Ziyu can't bear it.

Mrs. Chen didn't know about this account in You Ziyu's heart.She has been influenced by it since she was a child, and the only officials around her are her elder brother Chen Gui and relatives of her sister-in-law's natal family.Mrs. Chen doesn't know about other people's affairs, but her elder brother is tactful and cautious, even if he does bad things on weekdays, he will never let others know.Chen's reasoning from this is that if You Ziyu has been Chen Gui's top leader for so many years, he must behave more thoughtfully than Chen Gui.Now seeing You Ziyu's unbearable expression, he smiled and asked: "Master is a person who values ​​affection, so he must be reluctant to part with these slaves, and cannot bear to send him to the government. This is also normal. It's just that the master has compassion in his heart." You should let them understand. It’s okay to pay for everything else. Anyway, the silver in the greedy Mo Gong should be paid back, and those who put loan sharks in the name of the master should also burn those notes. As for those cases of champerty lawsuits, why don't you ask someone to inquire about the news of those poor masters. If you deserve what you deserve, if you are really wronged, you should give it to others It’s just an explanation.”

What Mrs. Chen said and thought were all the countermeasures that the third sister came up with after reading the incriminating evidence sent by the companion He Cai's family that day.According to the third sister's idea, it is best to send these lawless slaves to the officials.Only considering that the family ugliness should not be publicized, and You Ziyu might not agree, did he think of the following roundabout method.He also asked Chen how to persuade You Ziyu—be sure to keep his word on the future of the official voice, only in this way can you attract You Ziyu's attention.

When Chen came to You Ziyu, he preached according to the scriptures.Sure enough, this remark matched You Ziyu's intentions, she held Chen Shi's hand and said with a smile: "People in the world say that a virtuous wife rarely causes harm. It is really a great blessing for me to be able to marry my wife."

In the past, I thought that Chen Shi only had a beautiful family background, but now it seems that Chen Shi is very good regardless of his personality and appearance.With such a lady taking care of the inner house for him, You Ziyu no longer has to worry about the future.

A few days later, You Ziyu did as Chen said and dealt with the comprador in charge of corruption in the family.Because he couldn't bear to send these house slaves to officials, he only selected the heinous ones and expelled them from You's house, and sent a group of people who filled their pockets. After that, half of the confiscated money, land and shops were bought and sold. It was used to subsidize the people who had been persecuted by the servants of You's family. You Ziyu even went to several families with a few entourages in person. It really shouldn't be for these servants to use the name of the master's family as Yurou Township.

In short, after a lot of tossing, You Ziyu really pushed all the crimes of bad reputation on the heads of the subordinates. Those who were bullied by the subordinates of Youfu were mostly helpless ordinary people, and they were the most cowardly and kind in their hearts. .Seeing that Youzi Yugui was an official of the imperial court, he was able to bow his head to make amends with them regardless of his status, and gave them a lot of money and things.

Even though You Ziyu tried his best to act in secrecy, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and those officials and censors have already heard the wind and played it.Besides, the Chen family and the three sisters have been cooperating with their uncle Chen Gui for a long time. You Ziyu has just left, and Chen Yu has asked his friend Xu Zichuan to write another script, which is about a certain Beijing official being selfless and righteous Next, there is a story of changing.

Once the news spread, Beijing and China immediately cited it as a good talk.In the end, even the sage was alarmed, and he couldn't help mentioning this when chatting with several princes in the imperial study.

Because of Chen Gui's slick face and dexterous handling, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already made him his confidant.Knowing that Chen Gui's younger sister married You Ziyu.Hearing the sage's advice, he couldn't help but smiled, and commented seemingly fairly: "There is nothing wrong with that person, and it will be good if it is changed."

The third prince has always liked to fight with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Because he often pays attention to the Crown Prince, he also knows Chen Gui's methods.Hearing what His Royal Highness said, he didn't say anything else, just smiled casually, and said to everyone: "Their family has a relationship with the theater. From time to time, some news is released, which attracts the attention of the people in Beijing. Word of mouth. It has become the stuff of conversation after dinner."

One sentence caught the attention of the sage, and he couldn't help looking at it with great interest.

The third prince then told the story of Chen Gui begging his colleague and friend Xu Zichuan to write two playbooks, and another time of fighting bandits in the Shangyuan Festival, which was sung by everyone.

After saying a word, the twelve princes who were the youngest in the palace suddenly realized, and still remembered the little girl who carried the "anti-wolf powder" with her, so she couldn't help saying, "It turns out that they are from their family, so it's really lively."

Then he asked the sage: "Father, do you still remember that eloquent young lady?"

The saint had long forgotten what happened so many years ago.But after the Twelfth Prince mentioned it, he got a little impression, and nodded with a smile.

The sixth prince and the twelfth prince are born of the same mother. They have an upright temperament, calm and pragmatic, and they don't like the officials playing with such fancy things.Immediately, he felt a little disgusted with Chen Gui's family.But now that he is working with the prince, it is not good to say something bad about his proud confidant in front of the prince, so he can only keep silent.

The remaining few princes commented a few words because of their different positions, or thinking about the saint's mind, it doesn't matter.

When it was noon, the sage wanted to go to the harem because he wanted to rest for rewards. The princes immediately retreated when they saw this.

After walking out of the Daming Palace, His Highness the Crown Prince smiled at the third prince in front of all the younger brothers, "The third younger brother always pays attention to the people around him. It's rare. It's a pity that all this hard work was wasted."

The third prince didn't seem to understand what His Royal Highness said, and said with a smile: "The prince is the prince of the country, and his words and deeds are all concerned by the court. My younger brother is both a prince and a courtier, so naturally he is no exception."

When His Royal Highness heard the words, he just sneered, flicked his sleeves, and left.The sixth prince had to discuss matters with the prince because of some foreign court affairs. Seeing this situation, he had no choice but to bow his hands to the princes and leave in a hurry with the prince.

The third prince couldn't see the arrogant look of the prince the most, he held his anger in his heart and couldn't vent his anger, seeing the behavior of the sixth prince, he couldn't help spitting, and said in a nonchalant manner: "What is it. No wonder he likes to keep dogs, he himself is like a pug around others all day long. This is called the owner-like type. Such flattery and fawning really stain the face of our brothers."

One word scolded happily, but it annoyed the twelve princes who were born of the same six princes and one mother.The Twelve Princes are loved by saints on weekdays because of their young age and clever temperament.And because of the age of fourteen or fifteen, this is the time when you are most fearless.Hearing what the third prince said, he couldn't help but sneered, and said: "Brother Sanhuang, if you dare to say this in front of your father, I will admire you. It is also the virtue of a gentleman to speak three crooked things behind your back. ?”

After finishing speaking, without waiting for the third prince to agree, he cupped his hands at the brothers, turned around and left.The angry third prince stood on the spot and jumped, pointing at the back of the twelfth prince and shouting, "It's really the opposite, how dare you despise brother..."

When the princes saw this, they couldn't help but smile at each other and say goodbye one by one.

The prince returned to the East Palace, still feeling a little depressed.Hearing that Chen Gui was waiting outside, he had to order someone to summon him.The sixth prince rushed to the East Palace in a hurry, and was about to discuss with His Highness the Crown Prince about the assessment of the Ministry of Officials.It happened that Chen Gui came slowly, and after meeting the prince and the sixth prince, he opened his mouth and talked about the "double-entry bookkeeping method" and "raising money".

The reason why Chen Gui chose these two items from the various measures that the third sister came up with was also considered.One is that as an official of the household department, and he has been promoted to the head of the fifth rank, he should make some political achievements to consolidate his position. The emergence of the "double-entry bookkeeping method" is in line with Chen Gui's current situation.

As for "raising honest money", it involves the assessment of the Ministry of officials.As we all know, the imperial court has always reformed and reformed the administration of officials, and if there is a slight mistake, a large number of people will be offended.Chen Gui was smooth by nature, he could do things in all directions, and he would never do things that would only offend others but not benefit.Now it is different to propose "raising honest money". It should be noted that this dynasty's payment of officials' salaries follows the old system of the previous dynasty, and there is not much money and rice every year.However, after becoming an official, there has never been a lot of pomp and communication and management.Take Chen Gui himself as an example, now he has been promoted to the fifth rank to be the head of the office, but his monthly salary is only sixteen shi.Converted into silver, it is eight taels.It's only eight taels of silver a month!Even a good meal is not enough, let alone a decent life.

Therefore, the reason why some officials are constantly greedy for ink is actually a last resort.

Now Chen Gui is proposing to His Highness the Crown Prince that he wants to increase the amount of money to support honesty. First, it will make all officials understand His Highness the Crown Prince's sympathy and invite people to buy people's hearts. Wen and Wu can also get a good relationship with him.The third is to make meritorious service in the administration of officials, first put forward the money for raising honesty, and then put forward various assessment standards for getting the money for raising honesty, so as to encourage officials to do things honestly and serve the people wholeheartedly.On this basis, he proposed how to punish if he was corrupt...Of course, the latter remonstrance that offended others would certainly not come from Chen Gui.

However, in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Sixth Prince, Chen Gui has already stated clearly that he manages the affairs of his subordinates through the method of performance appraisal, and because the matter is too big, so all the measures are all thought of by the housewife, and have not been seen yet. It is effective, so I dare not speak without authorization.Please, His Highness the Crown Prince, hold back for a while, to see the aftermath...

Of course, if someone is inspired by this, they can't wait for Chen Gui to use his own back house for experimentation first... Then it will be out of Chen Gui's control.

That's right, Chen Gui now has the Sixth Prince's idea in mind.From Chen Gui's point of view, this sixth prince had a calm and upright personality, so he was not very popular with saints, and he usually liked to do thankless things the most.Besides, he was working in the Ministry of Officials, so it was his duty to give advice on the administration of officials.

Furthermore, the sixth prince is now working with the prince, so he can be regarded as half of the prince.Chen Gui was the first to bring up the matter of raising honest money. It can be seen that no matter what credits he has in the future, it is because His Highness the Crown Prince has the knowledge of people and teaches well.It was because of this that the important ministers in the court complained that the assessment methods were too strict and cautious, and those grievances were directed at the sixth prince.It has nothing to do with the prince and him.

And the most important thing is that he, Chen Gui, dug this hole, but it was also the sixth prince who jumped down on his own initiative.No one else.

Thinking of this, Chen Gui glanced at the sixth prince calmly.

Sure enough, the Sixth Prince's eyes were frighteningly bright after hearing Chen Gui's assessment of all matters.

The third sister You, who was reading anecdotes and travel notes from overseas countries in the inner house of You's family, tried her best to win for her family and avoid future disasters, but she didn't know that her uncle Chen Gui had already acted as she wished...