The Red Mansions

Chapter 216 Political affairs of the court, Jia Baoyu's strangeness, Jia Lian's grievance
The next day.

Patrolling the city yamen.

Jia Yun came over early in the morning, intending to deal with some important matters, and then go to the patrol camp to inspect the assessment there.

In the classroom, Master Huang brought over the official documents that needed instructions early on.

Jia Yun was not in a hurry to read the official documents, but habitually read the newspaper first.

"Huh? The household department wants to pay off the owed money?"

After just a few glances, Jia Yun discovered a piece of news that interested him.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the salaries of officials were extremely low.

Taizu looked at the heroes who fought against him, and lived in poverty.

So a favorable policy was introduced, allowing them to borrow a small amount of money from the Ministry of Households to tide them over temporarily.

At the beginning, the nobles borrowed silver, and they still borrowed and paid back, and there was no default.

But as time goes by, people's hearts are greedy, but the nobles have the idea of ​​borrowing money from the household department.

Slowly start paying less, defaulting, or not paying.

Over time, many noble families now owe a lot of money to the household department.

Just like the Xue family, they also owed several 10 taels before.

At that time, Xue Pan was in the black household period, and Jia Yun thought it would be safe, so she asked him to pay back the money owed by the household department.

Standing tall among the dwarfs, Xue Pan's act of repaying the silver came into the emperor's sight.

This is also an important reason why the Xue family was able to obtain official status so easily after cooperating with the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In addition to the Xue family, there are many other families in Dazhou who owe money to the Ministry of Households.

Including some heroes and veterans, descendants of the royal family, vassal kings, noble families and so on.

Even if they had their own money, they continued to borrow it from the household department, because the money was free of interest.

After these people lent money, they used it to buy or merge land, make loans, or engage in other livelihoods.

Over time, it has become an astronomical sum, and now many families can't afford to pay it back.

"Is this aimed at the four kings and eight princes?" Jia Yun thought to himself.

Purchasing the debts owed by the Ministry of Accounts has never been an easy task.

After all, many forces will be involved, and if one of them is not handled well, it will be overthrown.

But if the emperor adopts the method of wooing a group and suppressing a group.

As long as it is operated properly, it is really possible to make achievements in the matter of recovering outstanding debts.

"In half a year, the family that has not registered will be taken back by the imperial court? If it is not registered within a year, the house will be ransacked?" Jia Yun was a little surprised when she saw the back.

Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, it is enough for those families who owe money to the household department to be nervous for a while.

"There is a buffer period, and the emperor probably wants to see the reactions of many parties." Jia Yun pondered.

If you really want to make it happen, you must not be in a hurry.

Even if it can go smoothly, it will take at least three to five years to complete the meritorious service.

Jia Yun speculated that a prince might be in charge of the household department recently, and would be responsible for recovering the outstanding debts.

"Prince, Second Prince, Fourth Prince, Sixth Prince, Eighth Prince, Ninth Prince..."

The princes are now in a state of keeping a low profile.

After all, their fathers haven't really made their mark yet, so they will naturally be held down by the emperor.

But as long as he is a prince, there is no one who does not want to sit on that throne.

Therefore, in the dark, these sons and grandsons of the dragon must come and go, stumbling each other.

The last time the sixth prince was poisoned, there was the prince.

Later, the seventh prince was stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner.

It was the emperor who explained to the six princes and at the same time killed the chickens to scare the monkeys, frightened and beat these princes.

Remind them not to jump.

According to the newspaper, in addition to the matter of recovering the debts owed by the Ministry of Households, the imperial court has also recently quarreled fiercely over whether to establish a market town at the border and trade with Mongolia.

After the Taishang Emperor was attacked on the grassland, the imperial court imposed economic sanctions on Mongolia by cutting off the Gongshi to achieve the purpose of weakening Mongolia and preventing it from invading the border by taking advantage of the mutual market.

Over the years, Mongolia has been begging to pay tribute and resume trade at the Great Wall pass.

However, because they often harassed the border, the Emperor Jiatai's anger had not dissipated, and the court never agreed.

But now that the national strength of the Great Zhou is declining, the effect of sanctions is counterproductive.

Mongolia has repeatedly made large-scale attacks on the grounds that the mutual market is not possible.

Since last year, the intensity and scope of looting in the south has increased, and the people along the Great Wall have suffered greatly.

Therefore, some people with lofty ideals are also speaking out, resuming the matter of resuming mutual market trade with Mongolia.

However, the biggest obstacle in this matter was Taishang Huang, who never let go.

Therefore, the trade and mutual market with Mongolia has been stranded.

Whenever the Mongolia invaded the border, people would bring it up and talk about it.

Jia Yun held the newspaper and pondered deeply.

The relationship between Zhou and Meng is based on conflict as the mainstream, and there are also partial and short-term fusions.

The war and relationship between Zhou and Mongolia depended not only on the political needs and national strength of the Great Zhou, but also on whether Mongolia invaded the northern defense of the Great Zhou.

If we consider it from a practical point of view, now Dazhou should trade with Mongolia to ease the conflicts between the two sides, buy time, carry out internal reforms, and increase manpower, financial resources, material resources, and military strength.

Only when you have strength can you take the initiative.

When she came back to her senses, Jia Yun saw another thing, which was about fighting against Japanese pirates along the coast.

"Huh? Wang Ziteng lost two battles in a row?" Jia Yun asked in surprise.

The newspaper said.

After Wang Ziteng went to the south, he was eager to make contributions. Without a detailed understanding of the local situation, he hurriedly dispatched troops to fight against Japanese pirates in Ningbo and Taizhou, but both ended in disastrous defeats.

After losing the battle, Wang Ziteng naturally had to suffer.

He was removed from the titles of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and Zuoqian Capital Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate by the imperial court.

But it is still the governor of the three provinces of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fujian, who controls the military affairs of Nanzhili, Zhejiang, and Fuzhou, fights against Japanese pirates, and makes contributions.

"It seems that Wang Ziteng's mood is disturbed." Jia Yun thought.

It is estimated that Wang Ziteng was transferred out of the capital, and he discovered something strange.

Wang Xifeng often said that her grandfather was the prince of the county under the command of the Du Taiwei.

They only care about the tribute and congratulations of various countries, and all the foreign ship goods in Guangdong, Fujian, Yunnan, and Zhejiang are under their control.

Therefore, Mrs. Wang belongs to the civilian officials of the Ministry of Rites, Lifan Academy and other units.

After Mrs. Wang left, the errand of paying tribute and congratulations was naturally no longer part of the Wang family.

The source of income was cut off, and the Wang family was sitting on nothing ever since.

At this time, the Wang family turned their minds on the Jia family and the Xue family.

The Jia family's disciples and old officials are all over the army, and the Xue family is very rich and financially strong.

Wang Ziteng first passed the background of Jia's family and became the governor of the Beijing camp, but he was ignorant of current affairs and blocked the emperor's way.

Without the support of the army, Wang Ziteng naturally couldn't hold back.

On the other hand, the Wang family and Jia's family colluded together again, trying to reap the Xue family's wealth, but when they were about to succeed, Jia Yun's side accidentally ruined things, resulting in no harvest.

Fortunately, the Wang family still had some foundations, and they were barely holding on, but they also had the worry of being powerless in the future.

In addition, after Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, the Jia family wanted to build a family-saving villa. While emptying out and draining the savings of the Jia family, it also brought the Wang family into bad luck.

After all, Wang Ziteng is Jia Yuanchun's uncle, and the Jia family has no money to build the family's villa, so the Wang family should also contribute.

As far as Jia Yun knew, the Wang family paid several 10 taels of silver (as mentioned earlier) for the construction of the provincial family villa in Jia's mansion.

At the same time, after Jia Yuanchun became a concubine, the Jia family and the Wang family supported her even more, and they had to hand over a lot of money to the palace every month, which was also a huge expense.

After several times, not only Jia's house borrowed a lot of debts everywhere, but the treasury of Wang's house was also emptied.

Why is Wang Ziteng so anxious?
Because only by returning to the capital earlier and returning to the center of the imperial court as an official, can he effectively integrate the resources in his hands, achieve prosperous official career, and make a lot of money.

It wouldn't be like what it is now. After arriving outside Beijing, it is like a rootless duckweed, tossing and tossing, with nowhere to use its strength.

But as far as Jia Yun knew, he didn't know Wang Ziteng's ability. In terms of military command ability, he must be a layman. It can be seen from the quality of the officers and soldiers of the Beijing camp today.

The army of 10,000+ on the surface is too hungry to eat. In reality, there are only 5 at most. If you can really go to the battlefield, you can pick [-].

If these people asked them to stand guard, they would probably slip away, let alone expect them to fight.

Why did the emperor pay so much attention to the five guards Jia Yun trained, a patrol camp with a total of 8000 people?
It was because the emperor also knew that the Beijing camp was rotten, so he spared no expense to expand the patrol camp.

Having said that, Wang Ziteng is just a political figure, if he really wants to lead troops to fight, he will only harm others and himself.

"The emperor has long been weakening the strength of the four princes and eight princes." Jia Yun pondered.

Judging from the fact that the imperial court simply removed Wang Ziteng from the titles of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and Zuoqian Du Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it can be seen that the emperor has gradually taken the initiative in the court.

After the Patrol Battalion has truly formed an army, won a few battles, and proved its strength, the emperor will have the confidence to move faster.

This is why Jia Yun is so anxious to suppress the bandits in Beizhili.

The newly-built patrol battalion can only initially prove its value if it sweeps the holes in the court and eliminates all the bandits in the territory of Beizhili with lightning speed.

While relieving the emperor's pressure, he can also get more support and attention from him.

After reading the newspaper, Jia Yun had a good idea of ​​the major affairs in the court, so she stopped thinking about it and started to deal with government affairs when she came back to her senses.

When it was almost noon, Jia Yun left the Xuncheng Yushi Yamen with his bodyguards, and rode to the patrolling camp outside the city.

……

Rongguo Mansion, Jiang Yunxuan.

Jia Lian was taken to Jia Baoyu's room by the maid and sat down.

Jia Baoyu waved back the maidservant, looked at Jia Lian unrequitedly, sighed and said, "Second brother Lian, I'm afraid I'm going to be abolished."

"Did you go out for a test last night?" Jia Lian raised his eyebrows.

Jia Baoyu said with a sad face: "I tried it, but I didn't respond at all. I even took the medicine you gave me. Except for the burning stomach, there was no effect."

"This is troublesome. The medicine I gave you is very domineering." Jia Lian frowned.

After thinking about it, Jia Lian asked, "Since when did you find out that something went wrong with you?"

"It was fine before, but last afternoon, I hugged the maid in the room and pecked a few times, only to find something abnormal." Jia Baoyu said anxiously.

Jia Lian asked: "In other words, before yesterday, you were still normal, right?"

"Yeah, Mingyan has been serving me all this time, and I have responded." Jia Baoyu nodded and replied.

Jia Baoyu played tea, Jia Lian didn't think there was anything wrong with it, after thinking about it, he pondered:

"Recall carefully, before you discovered the abnormality yesterday, did you eat anything abnormal, or did someone play tricks on you?"

Jia Baoyu squeezed his chin with his hand, thought carefully, and after a while, he came back to his senses, shook his head and said:
"I didn't eat anything abnormal, and no one seemed to play tricks on me, otherwise I couldn't have felt nothing at all."

Hearing this, Jia Lian stood up, pacing and meditating with his hands behind his back.

"It's strange to say, why do I feel a little familiar with your illness?"

After thinking for a while, he suddenly turned his head to look at Jia Baoyu and said, "By the way, Jia Qin in the third room seems to be just like you. He died last year, and he didn't find the cause."

Jia Baoyu shook his head and said, "He's different from me. Jia Huan kicked his waist and broke his waist, so he can't do it."

"It seems to be true. At that time, my second uncle sent 50 taels of silver to Sister-in-law Zhou as an apology." Jia Lian nodded.

Jia Baoyu said anxiously: "Now is not the time to talk about Jia Qin, I just want to recover sooner."

"I have to trouble Lian's second brother to help me find an imperial physician who is proficient in this area, and then let's go out to a private place and let the imperial doctor treat me for me, but don't let other people know."

He was very flustered right now.

With Jia Qin's lessons learned, he is also afraid that he will become a waste like Jia Qin, and he will not be able to hold his head up for the rest of his life, which will be troublesome.

Jia Lian nodded and said: "For this matter, it is most appropriate to invite Doctor Zhang. His family is a family of imperial physicians with superb medical skills. He is also familiar with our family and knows the basics. Let him help with diagnosis and treatment. He should not talk nonsense."

"Okay, then please invite Dr. Zhang, please today, early diagnosis and treatment and early recovery, I can't stand it for a moment." Jia Baoyu thought for a while and agreed.

Just as he was talking, a girl outside announced that Miss Ping'er had come.

The two stopped talking, and after Ping'er entered the room, Jia Lian gave her a fiery look and said with a smile:
"I'm not free for a while, so tell me, what can you do with me?"

Ping'er rolled his eyes and said, "It's not that the servant has something to do with you, but grandma called you back and told you something to do."

Jia Lian was stunned for a moment, got up and said to Jia Baoyu, "Forget it, Baoyu, I'll go back and have a look first, and I'll come back to you later."

After leaving Jiangyunxuan, Jia Lian walked in front.

He was afraid that if he got too close to Ping'er, he might smell her.

Strange to say, even if Jia Lian blocked her nose tightly with a cotton ball, she could still smell the fragrance of her body, which is really unbelievable.

The smell was delicious, but Jia Lian was very allergic. After smelling it, he could even vomit out the overnight meal.

However, as long as she was three feet away from Wang Xifeng and Heping'er, the fragrance disappeared without a trace.

Even so, Jia Lian tried many ways to get close to Wang Xifeng and Ping'er, but he couldn't hold back his vomiting.

"Damn it, I must find a chance in this life, and I will fuck them once!" Jia Lian thought viciously in her heart.

His own daughter-in-law and housemaid looked so delicate and beautiful, but they couldn't sleep with them, which really made Jia Lian feel aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)