The Red Mansions

Chapter 180 Qi Family, Conflict Begins
in the library.

Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu sat next to Jia Yun, with their red sleeves adding fragrance, which is beyond words.

Jia Yun wrote and drew on the paper, thinking deeply about the ancestor worship.

The ancestor worship this time was entirely set up because of him, so Jia Yun wanted to take this opportunity to repay the tribe.

He intends to proceed in two ways.

One is to set up a free school in the clan, recruiting children over five years old in the clan to practice literature and martial arts for free.

Martial masters are easy to find, the Jia family has a family tradition of martial arts, which contains the art of battle formation, learning this is almost enough.

Teachers who teach literature are also easy to handle. As long as you have money, it is quite easy to hire some scholars to teach.

If you put in more thought, you can even find one or two Juren who are going to Beijing to wait for the exam to come and help.

Therefore, to accomplish this matter, for Jia Yun, it is just a matter of lifting a finger, but for the tribe, it is a great thing.

In addition to Yixue, Jia Yun also planned to take advantage of the newly built stall in Shibafang to solve the employment problem of the clansmen by the way.

Those who have crafts and want to go to workshops can be stewards or deacons.

Those who have no skills can do some rough work, carry errands on their backs, whatever.

Guaranteed income from drought and flood, although not rich and rich, but it can live comfortably.

At the same time, for those young people, Jia Yun will also find some skilled masters to take them, so that they can learn a skill so that they can support their families by themselves in the future.

Jia Yun wanted to use a multi-pronged approach to unite the tribe, not to mention that all the tribe missed him, at least let most of them accept his affection.

As the saying goes, self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace.

The Qi family is not just his own small family, but also includes the family.

If the tribe cannot unite, it will also affect the official voice.

Therefore, for Jia Yun who wants to go further, giving back to the family is a multi-purpose thing, and it is also a part of raising hope.

Although fame is an illusory thing, it is not unreasonable for everyone to pursue it.

Xue Baochai pondered and asked: "Husband, can you arrange so many clansmen at Shibafang?"

"Yes, don't worry. Although the literal meaning of Shibafang is only eighteen, each workshop has many small workshops under its jurisdiction. So many refugees in the capital can be resettled, let alone our clansmen." Jia said. Yun smiled.

Each of the eighteen workshops is equivalent to an industry.

The handicraft workshop is also a labor-intensive industry, which requires labor the most. It is not afraid of too many people, but it is afraid of not enough people.

Lin Daiyu took the brush from Jia Yun's hand and asked while washing it, "What if someone doesn't want to go?"

Jia Yun smiled, shook her head and said, "I don't force me to go if I don't want to. I just provide the people with a chance to eat, and I don't necessarily require them to go."

"Husband, this is a kind deed, and it is a matter of immeasurable merit to the entire Jia family." Xue Baochai praised.

Jia Yun laughed loudly, and said, "Baochai's words are serious. Speaking of which, I also have selfish intentions in this matter."

"I think Sister Bao is right. Even if you have selfish intentions, but the intention and result are good, it is worthy of praise!" Lin Daiyu said with a smile.

As she spoke, she hung up the clean brush and took a dry towel to wipe her hands.

Jia Yun glanced at them from left to right, and said with a smile, "I hope your relationship will always be so harmonious in the future. Let alone, I will go to my ancestors first, and try to implement what I just said before offering sacrifices to them." gone."

After speaking, he turned and walked out.

Xue Baochai and Lin Daiyu looked at each other, and after a moment of silence, Lin Daiyu whispered:
"Sister Bao, don't worry, I won't fight with you in the future, we will be good sisters for a lifetime."

Xue Baochai stepped forward to hold her hand, and said with a soft smile, "Sister Lin doesn't need to explain. For me, no fight is a fight. As long as I have a child in the future, I will be invincible at home."

"So I won't have conflicts with other concubines in the family, not to mention that you will pass through the door in the name of uncle in the future. It won't hinder me much, and I won't be on guard against you."

After a pause, she took a deep look at Lin Daiyu, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "What's the matter, do you want to go through the door earlier?"

"No, don't talk nonsense!" Lin Daiyu twisted her body, walked a few steps, and came to the wardrobe with a blushing face, took a few deep breaths, and felt embarrassed.

Xue Baochai blinked, smiled, stepped forward and touched Lin Daiyu's shoulder, and said to her face to face:
"Sister Lin, don't think I want to make fun of you. I just asked you seriously. If you want to get through the door earlier, you should know and prepare for some things about your daughter's family in advance."

Lin Daiyu asked suspiciously, "What about my daughter's family? What's the matter?"

Xue Baochai said with a smile: "For example, what do we need to prepare for the dowry, such as how to serve your husband after the wedding..."

"Ah!" Lin Daiyu was startled, blushed, covered her ears and said, "I won't listen, I'm so ashamed!"

Although Jia Yun played with her body all over, it was done in private.

But if she really wanted to talk about this kind of thing with others, Lin Daiyu's scalp was still numb and she was extremely shy.

Xue Baochai covered her mouth and smiled, she is a serious young woman now, she can say all kinds of tiger and wolf words, especially seeing Lin Daiyu like a little lamb, she finds it interesting.

"Sister Lin, don't be shy, let me tell you..."

Jia Dailing's family.

After Jia Yun shared her thoughts, Jia Dailing was very excited.

For an elderly person like him, he has nothing else to pursue but just wants his family to prosper.

But Sanfang has a large population, but it has never produced capable people. Now that Jia Yun is willing to support the tribe, it is naturally a good thing that he can't wait for.

Therefore, Jia Dailing quickly ordered his family to invite the elders of the third house, and the heads and elders of the other houses except the big house.

After a while, Jia Dailing's house was overcrowded.

"Brother Yun's proposal is a great thing! We will fully support it!"

"This is a good intention from Brother Yun, and it is also an opportunity for our Jia family in Beijing. The children will have the opportunity to study and practice martial arts in the future. Not to mention gaining fame, at least they will not be blind!"

"And brother Yun said to go to work in the workshop. As long as you work hard, you will not only be able to eat well, but also get monthly subscriptions. Such opportunities are rare. I will let the clansmen sign up when I go back..."

"There are also young guys, it is good to take the opportunity to learn a craft, it is a skill that can be passed on to the family!"

"..."

After hearing Jia Dailing's narration, the patriarchs of the other houses chattered and were extremely excited, and all cast grateful glances at Jia Yun.

Jia Yun got up, pressed her hands in vain, and when everyone calmed down, she smiled and said:
"Presumably, the seniors also know that the [-]th Square is being built outside Beijing. It is undertaken by the Xue family. There is no doubt about the financial resources. The things that will be made in the future will not worry about selling."

"Juniors, here is a standard first. If someone in the family wants to go to the workshop, both men and women can sign up."

"Men can do everything, and women can weave, embroider, tailor, cook, etc. There are workshops dedicated to female workers, and even the managers are female workers, so don't worry about it."

"In addition, in order to prevent some people in the clan from being short-sighted and not letting their children study, we only recruit people over the age of 15. If you are younger than this age, don't sign up."

At this time, someone said loudly: "Brother Yun, although the children go to the free school to study, although they are exempted from the training, books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones are also a considerable expense. Some people's families probably cannot supply them."

Jia Yun smiled lightly and said: "Whether you want to go to the free school to study is entirely up to you. If you want your children to become talents, you are not willing to spend even a little pen, ink, paper and inkstone. It is the responsibility of adults!"

"Of course, for those whose families are really struggling, Yixue will also provide help."

"For example, if someone in the family goes to work in a workshop and their income is stable, the Yi Society will provide them with low-interest loans."

"And the family has no stable source of income, does not go to the workshop to work, and those who have labor at home cannot afford books, pens, inks, papers and inkstones, so I am sorry, the free school will definitely not accept their children to go to school."

"If there are no laborers in the family, and there are children in the family who want to make progress, the righteous society will provide them with free board and lodging for three years, and distribute books, pens, ink, paper and inkstones for free."

"After three years, if the child's grades are above average, he can continue to study for free. If the grades are not good, he can only be left to fend for himself!"

"..."

Jia Yun talked in detail, explaining the rules in all aspects to the clan chiefs and elders face to face.

Regardless of the volunteer school or the employment of the clansmen, he will not ignore the matter after it is done, and will continue to pay attention to it and send someone to supervise it in the future.

First of all, after the clansmen go to the workshop, they should abide by the rules of the workshop. If they are lazy, lazy, and do not listen to the arrangement, they should be fired naturally.

The opportunity is given to them, they don't cherish it, Jia Yun will definitely not spoil them.

The second is righteousness.

Jia Yun really wanted a few more talents from the Jia family.

Not to mention high-ranking officials, at least a few more scholars and candidates would be good.

Therefore, from the very beginning, the free school must be managed well, and it cannot be made into a mess like the free school in Jia's mansion.

After listening to Jia Yun's words, some of them fell silent, some nodded with a smile, and some whispered to discuss.

But most people think what Jia Yun said is right, there is no rule without rules, and there are so many members of the Jia family, if there are no rules, they will be messed up.

So after discussing for a while, basically no one raised any opinions, and they all expressed their full support for Jia Yun.

So Jia Yun took this opportunity and asked the patriarchs and elders present to select three highly respected persons from each room to form a monitoring team.

In the future, anyone who is disobedient in the workshop, makes mistakes many times, and refuses to mend after repeated admonitions will be punished not only by the workshop, but also by the family. The most serious ones can be directly expelled from the family tree.

"This...is it too harsh?" Jia Dailing hesitated.

You must know that in ancient times, fallen leaves paid attention to returning to their roots. If they were expelled from the family tree, they would not be able to be buried in the ancestral land. Such punishment is extremely serious.

Jia Yun pondered: "This punishment must be restrained. We try not to use this punishment, but we cannot do without it."

After muttering for a while, everyone agreed. After all, if the surveillance team didn't have any deterrent power, then the clansmen wouldn't be afraid.

After the matter was settled, Jia Yun concluded: "Since all seniors agree with this junior's proposal, let's split up."

"Before the fifteenth of this month, the people who need to go to the workshop to work and the children who meet the conditions for going to school will be counted, so that I can make arrangements here."

"At the same time, the younger generation also invites all the seniors to come to our third room to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony on the 28th of this month. In addition, I would like to remind you that we should not follow the ceremony when we come and go between clansmen. Everyone will come here empty-handed..."

After the matter was settled, everyone smiled and did not rush to disperse, but sat in the courtyard and talked.

In the evening, just as Jia Yun was about to say goodbye, suddenly someone from the clan came in from outside the courtyard and said that Jia Amnesty from Jia's mansion had come.

Everyone wondered, what is Jia Amnesty doing here now?

In the past, Jia Lian was arranged to go to each house for the distribution of annual gifts when there was something to do in Jia's house.

But when everyone thought that both Jia Lian and Jia Baoyu had been arrested by the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, they were no longer surprised.

Soon, Jia Amnesty was welcomed in. Seeing that Jia Yun was here, he was startled, and seeing so many patriarchs and clansmen in the courtyard, he couldn't help but feel a little bit of a bad premonition.

Soon, he adjusted his mood, smiled and cupped his hands to everyone: "Dragon Boat Festival a few days ago, the house was busy with affairs, and I didn't have time to distribute gifts to the families of the clansmen, so I came here today to make up for it."

"There's nothing valuable, they're all commonly used things like rice, flour and cloth. I hope all clan elders don't feel shabby."

Everyone was naturally happy when they heard that they were going to give out things, and they all responded with joyful smiles and exchanged greetings with Jia She.

Someone took a chair, poured tea, and asked Jia Amnesty to sit and talk.

Jia Amnesty had something on his mind, and after chatting with everyone for a while, he became impatient and said that he wanted to talk to Jia Yun in private.

Jia Yun smiled and said: "Uncle Xie, there is nothing you must tell others. If there is anything wrong, just say it in front of the clan chiefs and elders. Let's act in an upright manner. What is there to be taboo about?"

Jia Amnesty choked, hating Jia Yun to death.

In front of so many people, he really couldn't bear to borrow money from Jia Yun.

But when he thought that after sending the 30 taels of silver to the Prince's Mansion in Beijing County in the afternoon, there would be no more money to repair the provincial family's villa. Not only him, but also Jia's mother became anxious, for fear of delaying the matter.

Therefore, Jia Amnesty picked up the teacup, drank a few sips of tea, adjusted his mood, and said with a smile:

"It's not a big deal, it's just a matter of brass smell, so I need to trouble Brother Yun, this is how things are..."

Then, he said that there was still some money left for the Xiuxing villa, and he hoped that Jia Yun could provide some support, and he also hoped that Jia Yun would go to Xue's house to help borrow some money.

After hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and Jia Yun was also silent.

Seeing that Jia Yun didn't speak, Jia Amnesty was a little unhappy. He frowned and said, "Brother Yun, the construction of the Xingqin's villa is not only a matter of the big house, but also a matter of the entire Jia family, right?"

"Besides, the eldest girl is now named a noble concubine. If she knows that you have worked hard to build the villa, she will remember your kindness..."

Before she finished speaking, Jia Yun waved her hand to interrupt, saying: "What benefits can I get after the villa is repaired? Can I go in and live after the concubine visits her relatives?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's a place where noble concubines visit relatives. Anyone can come in and live there?" Jia She said coldly.

After a pause, he looked sideways at Jia Yun, and said sarcastically, "Even if you can live here, it's still the people from Jia's house..."

"Use my money together to let you enjoy the blessings, but I won't get any benefits in the end? Uncle Xi, look at my forehead, am I stupid?" Jia Yun sneered.

When Jia She heard this, he jumped into a rage, got up, and scolded in a cold voice: "Jia Yun, don't be ignorant of good and bad, the noble concubine is decent, and it will be good for you to become an official in the future."

"You can't write two Jia characters in one stroke. On such an important matter, you should contribute money and effort..."

(End of this chapter)