[Red House + Space] Falling Spring

Pinxiu woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, and subconsciously looked at Luochun's bed, only to see that the bed curtain was lifted, and there was no one on the bed. fall spring.Pinxiu put a blue satin embroidered cloak on Luochun's body, and didn't ask why Luochun didn't sleep in the middle of the night and ran to stand in front of the window, but said: "Girl, it's windy at night, you stand at the window, Blown by the wind, watch out for a headache tomorrow. Besides, it’s so late and you still don’t sleep, your eyes will be blurry tomorrow.”

Let Pinxiu say this, Pinxiu also felt cold hands and feet, a little cold, gathered the cloak around her body, pushed open the window, looked at the moonlight, smiled strangely, and sighed: "The night is quiet, it is the dream that is coming When you are sleepy, but Pinxiu, do you know that good dreams are always easy to wake up, and easy to wake up is a good dream, tonight may be the last good dream that the people in the house have."

"Girl?" Luo Chun's words made Pinxiu furious, and without knowing why, she opened her eyes and called out softly.Luo Chun met Shangpinxiu's worried eyes, smiled lightly and shook his head, indicating that he was fine, then turned and returned to the bed.Pinxiu's attendant, Luochun, went to bed, put down the curtain, threw a handful of lily incense into the incense burner, and then went to sleep.

In the imperial study room, the emperor was looking at the home of Chongyu Bieyuan in the middle of the capital. The noble relatives of Zhujiaofang handed over the thank-you notes for the concubines in the palace to return home to visit their relatives. It's a routine, after reading one book, and then reading the next one, there is almost no difference except that the names of the courtiers and concubines are different.After reading a few books, the emperor felt tired, but he couldn't stop reading, so he forced himself to read patiently.

Although Yuanchun entered the palace under the name of the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng was the one who was summoned at the time of the Jin Dynasty. They read the thank-you leaflet together, and Jia Amnesty’s leaflet was the same as everyone else’s; it was full of official formulas. The emperor glanced roughly, wrote the words “I got it” on the back, threw it aside, and took From Jia Zheng's notes.

As soon as he picked up Jia Zheng's booklet, the emperor was startled, because Jia Zheng's booklet was obviously thicker than others'.After opening it, the emperor originally thought that Jia Zheng's booklet was no different, and it also contained those high-sounding articles, but after reading the first few words, it made people stunned.With a smile on the corner of the emperor's mouth, he read Jia Zheng's booklet with great interest, then looked back at it again, closed the booklet, held the booklet in one hand, patted the other hand, and said to himself: "I always think that Jia Cunzhou may He is still loyal, but he is pedantic, dull and confused, and can't be used. I didn't expect him to have such a determination. People have to look at him differently. As far as his heart is concerned, he can still be driven, but I am blinded by prejudice , let the orb be dusted."

Without saying a word, the little eunuch outside reported: "Master Chen, Minister of the Household Department, has an audience." The emperor put down the booklet in his hand and said, "Xuan!" The great eunuch Su Gonggong next to the emperor knew that Lord Chen was in the emperor's heart The first confidant official, he has an unusual relationship with the emperor. He is the son of the emperor's teacher. As the emperor's companion, he grew up with the emperor since he was a child. In terms of relatives, the two are still brothers-in-law. Mrs. Chen's wife is the empress's cousin. With years of affection and multiple relationships, she has won the emperor's trust, so she dared not neglect and welcomed her out in person.

Mr. Chen entered the imperial study, performed the etiquette of a courtier, and paid homage to the emperor with a respectful attitude. He stood up after being called by the emperor to be free from the ceremony, and then said: "Your majesty, the sand, stone, bricks, tiles and other things have been prepared. Alright, I just wait for it to be released when the provincial house in Jingli is under construction, and when the price rises, it will be released, and the money earned will be used for the relief of the Yellow River's embankment burst, and I have calculated that there should be a slight surplus."

The emperor sighed and said: "My father passed on the throne to me. My brothers all envy me, but they don't know that I envy them instead. Since I took this seat, I can't eat well and sleep well. , the huge country needs money everywhere, but the household department has no money, and there are nearly ten million taels of silver owed outside. I ordered to recover the arrears at the beginning of my ascension, but so far there have been very few responders. Most of the owers are veterans who are favored by the emperor , because of my father, I can't use the thunder method, I can only use the internal treasury. It's just that even if the internal treasury has some savings, it not only needs to support the royal family, but also supports such a large country. If the problem of the Ministry of Households is not resolved, How long can I last? It's really difficult. I never thought that one day, after I became emperor, I would use the Ministry of Commerce to deal with merchants. It's a big joke. If I tell it, no one will believe it. "

Mr. Chen knelt down and pleaded guilty with fear: "It's all due to my incompetence, unable to share your majesty's worries, which caused your majesty to be humiliated, and this minister is guilty." The emperor hurriedly waved his hands, got up and left the court case, stepped forward to help him up, and said, "Okay Alright, alright, this is a long-standing problem, what has it to do with you, I know your loyalty, and you don't have to take everything on yourself." Turning around, he took Jia Zheng's message from the table. The booklet was brought, handed it to Mr. Chen and said: "Aiqing, please take a look at this, Jia Cunzhou of Rongguo Mansion's thank you book about visiting relatives."

"Jia Cunzhou's thank you note?" Compared to the emperor, Mr. Chen, who once served as the chief official of the Ministry of Industry, knew Jia Zheng better, so seeing the emperor deliberately showed him his note, it was both a surprise and a shock. Surprised, he stretched out his hand to take the booklet, read it, read the first few sentences, raised his eyebrows in surprise, until he finished the booklet, he looked at the emperor in disbelief, and asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, Is this really Jia Cunzhou's book?"

The emperor raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Mr. Chen with a smile, and said, "Is it an accident? After reading it, I was also very surprised. I didn't expect Jia Cunzhou to have such a book. After reading it, I couldn't believe it, and I was even afraid that I would I read it wrong, so I read it again." Turning around and pointing to a large stack of papers on the desk, he said, "If these people are as knowledgeable as Jia Cunzhou, then I don't have to worry about it."

"Your Majesty," Lord Chen read Jia Zheng's paper from beginning to end again, and said solemnly, "There is something wrong with this paper." After hearing this, the emperor hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, what's the problem?" Chen His Excellency said very positively: "Your Majesty, I can be sure that this zhezichen is definitely not from Jia Cunzhou's handwriting." He unfolded the zhezi to the emperor, pointed to the writing on it, and explained: "I have been an official of Jia Cunzhou for several years. Jia Cunzhou's handwriting is very familiar. The words on this booklet look very similar to Jia Cunzhou's handwriting, but if you look carefully, you will find that although the person who wrote the booklet has tried his best to imitate Jia Cunzhou's notes, this imitator imitated Jia Cunzhou's handwriting time is not very long, so at the turning point of the font, occasionally he will unconsciously reveal his writing style." Pointing a few words on the booklet to the emperor, "Look, your majesty, this turning point of the font There is a kind of softness in it, and the wrist is not strong enough, if what I expected is not bad, the letter in my hand should be from a woman."

Although Mr. Chen said so, the emperor looked at it for a long time and didn't see why. Mr. Chen saw the embarrassment of the emperor staring at the book and said nothing, so he said: "If your majesty doesn't believe it, you can take Jia Cunzhou's previous book. Come out and compare, and you can see why." The emperor waved his hand when he heard this, and ordered: "Su Quan, bring some copies of Jia Cunzhou's memorial."

The emperor said a word, and the people below broke their legs.Jia Zheng's official position is not high, and his Yuanwailang is an assistant official, and he is a person with high eyesight and low abilities. If he is really assigned some errands, at least three people will need to help clean up the mess, which is far more work than he does. many.After a long time, everyone knows that he has such a temperament, so they don't work on him, just leave him aside, and let him do whatever he wants.Under such circumstances, of course Jia Zheng had no hope of being promoted, so it was not his turn to submit the book.As for the Rongguo Mansion, even though Jia Zheng was the one who took the lead every day, it was Jia Amnesty who really wanted to go to the court for festivals and ceremonies.Su Quan and others searched for a long time in the archives of the study, only to find two copies, one was when Jia Daishan passed away, and he had a posthumous copy on his deathbed. , Jia Zheng's thank-you note; one copy is the thank-you note posted by Jia Zheng not long ago when he was conferred on the concubine in Yuanchun, after Jia Zheng had an audience in the Linjing Hall.

Su Quan brought these two documents over, and the emperor put this document together with them. Sure enough, as Master Chen said, you may not be able to see anything by looking at it alone, but you can see the difference when you put them together. coming.Jia Zheng's letter to thank his relatives was not written by him, but by others imitating his handwriting.Looking at the "fake copy" in front of him, the emperor pondered for a while, and said: "I don't care whether this copy is from Jia Cunzhou's hand or not, since Jia Cunzhou's name is signed on the back, I will treat it as what he meant. What's more , even if the booklet is forged and replaced, the problem should be in their Rongguo Mansion, it cannot be a problem after it is handed over, it is an internal matter of their Rongguo Mansion, let them bite the dog themselves, I will not help them on."

Master Chen listened expressionlessly, showing no surprise at the emperor's decision.In fact, the emperor's decision to make such a decision was completely within his expectations. Since the emperor ascended the throne, the household department's debts to silver have been among the most important problems to be solved by the emperor, but most of the debtors are the important ministers and dignitaries in the court. Among them, the silver taels owed by the "Four Kings and Eight Dukes" accounted for half of the silver owed by the Ministry of Households, but these few families were twisted into one rope, and protected by the Supreme Emperor, so that the Emperor could not take it lightly or heavy, tied his hands and feet, and could not realize it. means.In fact, it is not only the issue of recovering the money owed by the Ministry of Households, but also in government affairs. Although the Supreme Emperor has abdicated, most of the court officials are old ministers from the Supreme Emperor's period. The influence still exists. Although the emperor is the emperor, he is still the emperor.Now that Jia Zheng came to the door automatically, it was like tearing a hole in this small group. As long as the emperor is not stupid, of course he must seize the opportunity.What's more, a large sum of money is involved. As the emperor said, he is worried about money now, and he does not hesitate to use state means to do business. Now that there is such a large sum of money in front of him, as long as he reaches out He can get it, how could he let it go.

The emperor picked up a few white papers on the desk case covered with tiny characters, handed them to Mr. Chen, and said, "Look at this?" Mr. Chen took it and saw the antiques listed on it. Playing utensils, precious calligraphy and paintings, ancient books and bronze tripods,... I was stunned, shaking these pieces of paper, and asked suspiciously: "Your Majesty, what is this?"

"Didn't you also read Jia Cunzhou's papers? Didn't he say above that his descendants were unworthy and his management was not good, so that the family was in financial difficulties and had almost no overnight money. After thinking about it, there is no solution. On the way home, I met a pawn shop and felt something. I thought that there were some old things left by my ancestors at home. This is the core that was handed over by Jia Cunzhou in the booklet. The above list is the valuable things in their home, and it is written later, because if it is sent outside to be folded, it will be pressed for a higher price. Therefore, it is better to ask the royal family directly for conversion." The emperor smiled and said: "Look, if there is no problem, you can find a few veterans in the yamen, or you can borrow someone from a pawnshop outside. I don't care what you do, you Take someone to evaluate the value of the items on this list, and then report it to me, if there is no problem, I will order Jing Zhaoyin and Wucheng Bingma Si to assist you to go to Rongguo Mansion."

Mr. Chen looked at the list, smiled wryly, didn't say anything, agreed, took the list and went down to work.When Mr. Chen retreated, the emperor raised his head, thinking to himself, if it wasn't Jia Cunzhou's handwriting, then who in the Rongguo Mansion could it be?Chen Aiqing said it was made by a woman?Will it be Mrs. Jia Daishan?The face of Jia's mother appeared in the emperor's mind, he shook his head, denied it, and continued to think.