The famous book tour starting from the Red House

Chapter 77
The capital, Rongguo Mansion, inside the Rongqing Hall.

Jia's mother was surrounded by a group of granddaughters, chatting happily, while Wang Xifeng stood aside, thinking about the letter Jia Lian sent from Yangzhou yesterday.Regarding Jia Lian's letter, she thought about it for a long time last night, and she also felt that it was very reasonable.

So taking advantage of Jiamu's good mood, she stepped forward with a smile, "Old lady, Lian Er sent a letter back from Yangzhou yesterday."

Seeing her smiling and groaning, Mother Jia didn't seem to be in a hurry, and even joked with her, "You are getting less and less shy now, Lianer's letter to you It’s okay to tell my old lady about private matters, but you don’t even look at the time, your sisters-in-law are all here now!”

As soon as Jia's mother finished speaking, everyone in the room burst into laughter.Tanchun continued, "Second sister-in-law, why don't we avoid it."

Even though Wang Xifeng was always pungent and generous, she blushed when she was teased, and immediately refused to comply, making the room quite lively.After a long while, Mother Jia smiled and stopped Wang Xifeng who was pretending to tear Tanchun's mouth, "Okay, okay, stop making trouble. Tell me what Lianer's letter said?"

Wang Xifeng squeezed Tanchun's face, then stood up, looked at Yingchun with a smile, and replied, "Lian Er wrote about the second girl yesterday." Jia Mu said strangely, "The second girl What's wrong with everything?" Yingchun raised her head and looked at her in surprise, she really didn't understand why Jia Lian, who had almost ignored her in the past, suddenly mentioned herself.

Wang Xifeng didn't hide anything, "It's not Lian Er who is an older brother. Seeing that the second girl is grown up now, she is having a very suitable marriage." As soon as she said this, there was a commotion in the room. They were all shocked, and Yingchun even lowered her head, both shy and scared, she couldn't help pricking up her ears to listen carefully to what Wang Xifeng had to say.

Mother Jia was also quite surprised, she calmed down immediately, looked at Yingchun with her head down, nodded and said, "It seems that Lian'er has really grown up now, and knows how to care about my sister. Where are they from?"

Seeing that Jia's mother thought that Jia Lian was going to marry Yingchun to the south of the Yangtze River, Wang Xifeng quickly explained, "See what the old lady said, how could we be willing to marry the second girl so far away, that person is also from the capital." After hearing this, she was greatly relieved. Just after hearing Jia's mother's words, she also thought that Jia Lian met someone in the south of the Yangtze River and wanted to marry her.

Hearing what Wang Xifeng said, Jia's mother became interested, "Then why don't you talk about it carefully?"

Wang Xifeng told Liu Xianglian's name and place of origin, and finally said to Yingchun, "Speaking of this time, second sister, you have to thank sister Lin. Because this time it is my cousin-in-law who is the matchmaker. "

When she said this, everyone in the room looked at Daiyu, even Yingchun was no exception.

Who would have thought that Daiyu's performance today was quite different from the past, she didn't show embarrassment at all, instead she smiled lightly and said, "Then why don't you talk about that person's situation in detail, and even if you don't see the second sister Are you in a hurry?" As soon as she said this, everyone stopped being surprised by Daiyu's performance, and laughed and joked about Yingchun.

Jia's mother followed suit, "Yu'er is right, you are not being honest."

Wang Xifeng also didn't expect that the trick that could make Daiyu blush just by saying this in the past suddenly didn't work.She didn't have time to think too much. After listening to Jia's mother's question, she hurriedly explained Liu Xianglian's situation according to Jia Lian's letter without adding details. At present, there are only him and an old servant, the population is simple, and the second younger sister can be the master of the house when she goes, and she is not afraid of her mother-in-law. Besides, this Mr. Liu is very valued by brother-in-law Lin. Acting on behalf of the right to understand, I think it will be promoted soon."

After listening to her introduction, several people in the room had different thoughts. Daiyu and Xichun were simply happy for Yingchun. Tanchun was happy with envy and unavoidable self-pity. It's in Mrs. Wang's hand.But Yingchun couldn't believe it, she didn't expect that she, who has always been a transparent person, would encounter such a good thing.

After hearing what Wang Xifeng said, Jia Mu thought about it for a while, and she also felt that the marriage was a good one, so she asked Yingchun, "Second girl, what do you think?"

Yingchun stood up, squatted slightly and bowed to Mother Jia and Wang Xifeng, then blushed and whispered, "I listen to the old lady."

Seeing her like this, Jia Mu knew that the girl was thin-skinned and embarrassed to speak, so she nodded and said for her, "That's good. You can write a letter to Lian'er later, saying that our house is waiting for the Liu family boy to send a matchmaker to the door." Propose marriage."

Wang Xifeng pretended to be embarrassed, "It's only natural, it's just from the old man..."

Hearing her talk about Jia Amnesty, Mother Jia also had a headache, but she still said, "Forget it, I'll talk to him about it." Immediately, she ordered Yuanyang, "Have someone send a message to the boss, let him find some time today to come to my house." Come on, just say that the old lady has something to tell him."

Wang Xifeng was overjoyed when she heard Jia's mother took the matter away, and thought that the matter that the dead man had given her was finally done.She was so clever, and hurriedly dragged Yingchun, who was still in a daze, to thank Jiamu.

At the same time, Emperor Jiading in the palace also received the secret package sent by Mu Xu quickly.Mizheli first introduced the current situation of the salt road in the south of the Yangtze River. Seeing those salt merchants so disregarding the national law, he was so angry that he cursed, "should be killed".Then he saw Mu Xu mentioning the reform of the salt administration, especially when he saw the numbers behind, he stood up in shock.

After thinking for a while, he calmed down again, and carefully examined Mu Xu's methods. While looking at it, he thought about it in conjunction with the current salt administration, and he felt good in his heart.I couldn't help but agree, and suddenly I was startled, thinking of the Supreme Emperor.He stood up and walked a few steps in the main hall before he made up his mind and told Wang An, "Send someone to Longshou Palace to ask if the Supreme Emperor is free. I'm going to pay my respects."

Wang An responded, and hurried out to order someone to do it.

After almost a stick of incense, a eunuch came to report, and the emperor invited the emperor to come over.Emperor Jiading did not hesitate, and led Wang An to the Dragon Head Palace.

After entering the Chuigong Hall of Longshou Palace, Emperor Jiading hurriedly paid his respects.The Supreme Emperor told him to flatten him, and asked casually, "But what's the matter?"

Emperor Jiading respectfully replied, "I received the secret document from the nephew of the Mu family today. I dare not be self-confident about the matters inside, so I have to ask my father to judge." He held up the secret document as he spoke.Naturally, Dai Quan didn't dare to be negligent, and quickly took over the secret book and sent it to the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor opened the secret folder, looked down, at first he just frowned, and after a while he also showed disbelief.He raised his head and looked at the present at the bottom of the steps, "Is what he said above true, can he really collect so much salt tax?"

"I didn't really believe it at first, but the nephew of the Mu family is on top. For the past five years, all the salt produced by the salt farm has been counted on the booklet. According to his method, the imperial court can receive nearly fifteen million taels of salt tax every year."

After listening to his words, the Supreme Emperor also calculated silently for a while, and couldn't help asking, "How much salt tax did you receive last year?"

"Six hundred and seventy-eight thousand taels." Emperor Jiading reported it without thinking.

Hearing this number, the Supreme Emperor suddenly became furious, and slapped the dragon case fiercely, "Okay, that is to say, according to the salt price issued by the imperial court to these salt merchants, about [-] million taels of silver should go into these salt merchants every year." People's pockets."

Emperor Jiading stood silently below, but the more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became. He always boasted of being wise and powerful in the past, but unexpectedly, he was tricked by the officials below and a group of merchants.When he thought that for so many years, he could only receive the leftovers from these people's actions, he wished he could order to kill all these people immediately.

After a while he calmed down and asked, "Why hasn't a single minister reported it for so many years?" Before Emperor Jiading could reply, he recalled it himself, "Yes, of course I didn't dare to report it, because I didn't dare to offend these people. People, and once I find out, how can they be greedy for so much money, what a bunch of loyal courtiers."

(End of this chapter)