Red House Shoufu

Chapter 12 Persuasion
It has been nearly a hundred years since the founding of the Great Chu State. Since Emperor Taizu raised troops in the 14th year of the Ming Dynasty, it took ten years to drive out the prairie cavalry that invaded the Central Plains and wipe out the remnants of the Ming Dynasty. Honorable lineage.

After three or four generations of inheritance, although he has gradually become lonely, he still has an extremely powerful influence in the army.The Supreme Emperor is old, and the emperor's brothers are making their last struggles for the seat.

For example, Gao Yongyi, the faithful king, had his mother in the palace, the imperial concubine Zhen who was born in the Zhen family in Jinling.Outside, there is the Jiangnan family headed by the Zhen family, including the four major families of King Jia Xueshi, and even vaguely linked with the founding dignitaries such as the Wang Shui family of Beijing County.

If the emperor Gao Yongheng wanted to control the army, he would have to win over these founding dignitaries.Jia Yuanchun of Rongguo Mansion will definitely rise in the palace.Even if it is just a flash in the pan, it will bring short-term prosperity to the Jia family.

Listening to Lin Shu's explanation, Jia Lian became more certain that the second uncle's family had long wanted to replace him and completely control the Rongguo Mansion in their hands.

And my own grandmother, the old matriarch of Rongguo Mansion, is afraid that she is also on the side of the second uncle's family, otherwise she would not use his father's unkindness, filial piety, unkindness and unrighteousness as an excuse to forcibly take away the general seal of Rongguo Mansion, and let the two Uncle, the second son of the direct wife, lives in Rongxi Hall.

After Lin Shu finished his guess, he quietly sipped his tea cup.He has already stated the information he has obtained from various places, as well as the information obtained through the analysis of the plot of the original work, and now it depends on what Jia Lian will do.

The room was terribly silent, Jia Lian frowned, and clenched his fingers back vigorously, the joint bones were clearly exposed.

After a long period of mental struggle, he raised his head and looked at Lin Shu: "I also ask my cousin to point out a clear path for me, what should I do?"

"Why did Cousin Lian ask me? Of course, Cousin Lian has to make his own decision on such matters. My younger brother is just analyzing the situation for Cousin Lian." Lin Shu didn't answer the question and pushed the question back.

Jia Lian knew that Lin Shu was making a request, and this request was about Lin Ruhai's death and Daiyu's poisoning.

"If my cousin believes in me, I will do my best to seek justice for my uncle and cousin's enmity!"

Hearing Jia Lian's assurance, Lin Shu showed a smile on his face: "Okay, I believe Cousin Lian's character. To be honest, with so many men in the Jia family's two houses, only you can lead the Jia family out of the crisis of ransacking the family."

Family copying and extermination?

Jia Lian didn't believe it, he asked: "Since Your Majesty needs the Jia family, why is there the danger of confiscating the family and exterminating the family? My cousin just said that the elder sister has the possibility of becoming a noble person, and the Jia family becomes a foreign relative. Wealth is in front of you. Why?" Will there be a crisis of ransacking the family?"

Lin Shu replied: "The Jia family puts the emperor's wishes first in these years, and even has no clear understanding with the Zhen family. Cousin Lian really thinks that His Majesty doesn't care about these things?"

Settle accounts after the autumn, how could the emperor let go of Concubine Zhen and loyal Wang Gao Yongyi who have tormented him for so many years?But the Jia family and the Zhen family were unclear, and there was a faint suspicion of standing in line with Gao Yongyi.

Hiss, Jia Lian felt his teeth cramp.

"Cousin, don't scare me anymore. I know you have a way. For the sake of taking care of my cousin in the past few years, you can help me."

Lin Shu said word by word: "Seize power, show loyalty."

"You mean, let me show my loyalty to His Majesty? But I have no official position, would Your Majesty need a useless person like me?" Jia Lian asked dejectedly.

Lin Shu explained: "Cousin Lian is the orthodox heir of the Rongguo Mansion. According to the system, after he becomes an adult, he needs to go to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to accept the assessment, or enter the Dragon Guard as a bodyguard, or serve in the Imperial Army. No matter which one is I can earn a real job for Cousin Lian. What His Majesty lacks most now is someone who can control the Imperial Army for him. After I write a letter to Eunuch Xia Shouzhong, Cousin Lian can enter His Majesty's eyes through him."

"I didn't expect my cousin to be able to contact Eunuch Xia. If so, I will trouble my cousin."

Jia Lian's attitude towards Lin Shu was raised a bit, this cousin Lin really impressed him.Xia Shouzhong is the eunuch most relied on by the emperor today, no matter how many people want to get in touch with this big inner celebrity, they can't find a way. Instead, Lin Shu who is far away in the south of the Yangtze River can actually communicate with him.

He was completely convinced now, and continued to ask: "Then this seizure of power is for me to take back the Rongguo Mansion?"

"No, the Rongguo Mansion is rotten from the root. Didn't Cousin Lian realize that the Rongguo Mansion has long been unable to make ends meet? What you need to do is to secretly regain the connections of the Rongguo Mansion in the army. Only in this way can you be in the army." Only those who truly gain a foothold will be entrusted with important tasks by His Majesty."

Lin Shu took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Jia Lian: "This is the Embroidery Guard's record about Rongguo Mansion that my younger brother asked for from Eunuch Xia. Cousin Lian can take a good look at it."

The letter records very detailed, from the production and consumption of the Jia family, as well as the actions of the master and servant in the family, the above records are clear.

When Jia Lian saw his wife, Wang Xifeng, privately lending usury and taking over the lawsuit, the chill in his heart went straight to his heart.Leaving aside the private lending of loan sharks is harmful to morality and extremely bad for the Jia family’s reputation, the punishment for releasing loan sharks in the "Great Chu Law" alone is enough for Wang Xifeng to drink a pot.If the common people's families were ruined because of loan sharks, the emperor would use this to punish, and Jia Lian, as her husband, would also suffer.

The records of Embroidery Guards are very detailed, even how Wang Xifeng came up with the loan shark, who he asked to do it, and how many tragedies were caused by debt collection.

Jia Lian, although he has many minor problems that noble children are accustomed to, has his own bottom line. He never does anything that harms the common people, and he has sympathy for the weak.

At this moment, he was startled and angry. At this moment, he really wanted to rush back to Rongguo Mansion immediately, slam this record in Wang Xifeng's face, and ask her, is it so peaceful to earn such unconscionable money?

"Cousin Lian, why did my cousin give us loan sharks, and how did she come up with this idea? I think you have read this record, and you should have an answer in your heart. As for what to do next, it's up to Cousin Lian himself." gone."

Lin Shu stood up and stretched his waist: "Cousin Lian will take this record back to take a good look at it, and return it to me tomorrow. I'm quite tired today, so my younger brother will go back to rest first!"

After finishing speaking, Lin Shu said goodbye to Jia Lian and left the house.

Jia Lian tightly held this record which recorded countless crimes of the Jia family, his eyes were full of anger.

His wife secretly released loan sharks and arranged lawsuits without telling him, and all the money she got was used to supplement the public.And these extremely destructive ideas were all told to Wang Xifeng by his good second aunt, his wife's good aunt, Jia Wang.

"My dear second aunt, she is so compassionate and virtuous!" Jia Lian slammed her palm on the table with a slap.

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Lin Shu, who returned to the bedroom, listened to Fuquan's return: "Second Master Lian scolded the second wife of the Rongguo Mansion. She looked very ugly, and she just returned to the guest courtyard to sleep. Master, do you think this Second Master Lian really Will you stand on the same line with us?"

Lin Shu smiled and said: "I dare not tell others, but my cousin is indeed a kind-hearted person. Jia Wang encouraged his wife to do such evil things. He just wanted to make up for these tragedies, and he would also fight with him." Jia Wang's face..."

(End of this chapter)