Red House Shoufu

Chapter 29 The Situation (for further reading)
The three talked secretly for a long time in Zhuangzi. Before Lin Shu and Jia Lian left, Geng Xiangnan handed a box to Jia Lian.

"This is the crime record of the major salt merchants and corrupt officials in the south of the Yangtze River. Many of them have been verified. I have sent the brothers of Xiuyiwei to send one of them to the capital. I would like to ask Jia Zhenfu to send this one. To His Majesty."

Geng Xiangnan bowed his hands to thank Jia Lian. The whereabouts of Xiuyiwei may not be hidden from those people's eyes. To be on the safe side, Jia Lian, the son of the Rongguo Mansion, may be able to safely present these criminal evidences to the emperor.

Jia Lian took the box and stuffed it into the saddle.

"Don't worry, I will definitely bring this box back to the capital and present it to His Majesty!"

……

When we returned to Suzhou Linfu, it was not time for dinner.

Wang Xifeng was accompanying Daiyu to class, and today Madam Zhang was explaining the national laws and family rules and the way to run a family, and the two listened very carefully.

When Lin Shu and Jia Lian came back, Nanny Zhang stopped the lecture: "This is the end of the old slave's talk today. Since the respectful person is willing to listen, then the old slave will treat him equally. Please give me a copy tomorrow, just like the county master. Come to realize..."

After Nanny Zhang left, Wang Xifeng said with a wry smile, "I never thought that one day, I would also pick up a pen to write homework."

After Jia Lian's teaching for more than two years, Wang Xifeng can finally write with a pen.It's a pity that the handwriting, in Jia Lian's words, is worse than what he wrote with his feet.

Daiyu covered her mouth and smiled, "At least it's better than when I first met you. At that time, Second Mistress Lian had to ask Sister Ping'er to read every account book for you!"

Thinking of these things, the two laughed at the same time.

Lin Shu and Jia Lian had already opened the curtain and walked into the study.

Hearing the two people talking and laughing, they asked, "What are you talking about, you are laughing so happily?"

Wang Xifeng replied: "Today I accompanied Sister Lin to class, and Madam Zhang from the palace gave me homework. Isn't this a headache and I have to write..."

"Oh? This is a good thing. Learn more, so as not to be deceived by others."

Jia Lian took this matter to heart. He could read characters for Professor Wang Xifeng and explain the laws of the country, but it was better to learn from these two nuns how to run a family and socialize.

He turned his head and asked Daiyu, "Since your sister-in-law is willing to learn from her, please tell my cousin to tell the two nuns, and let her study with you during this period of time!"

As he said that, he wanted to bow his hands to salute Daiyu, but both Lin Shu and Daiyu hurriedly stopped him.

"Second Brother Lian..."

"Cousin Lian, you are all from your own family, so there is no need to be like this."

Daiyu also said, "Yes, Second Brother Lian and Nanny Zhang have already said that they treat Sister Feng the same as me, and treat her equally."

……

The four gossiped for a while, and Wang Momo arranged for someone to prepare dinner, and the four talked and laughed, and went back to rest after eating.

From this day on, Jia Lian began to follow Lin Shu to visit several relatives and friends in the Lin Mansion, especially Wang Huan, who had a good affinity with Jia Lian.

The two also secretly went to Yangcheng Lake flower shop to appreciate the elegant demeanor of Jiangnan Huakui, but after returning, Wang Xifeng noticed it because of the smell of rouge, and there was a lot of chaos in the guest house that night.

After Wang Xifeng studied with the two nuns for a period of time, based on her past experience, she was even more convinced that there was a big problem with the teaching she had received before.

She has already begun to suspect that her second uncle Wang Ziteng and his wife may not have taught her the real way of running a family. It seems that she has to take precautions against her natal family in the future.

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Autumn is coming and winter is coming, and Suzhou Prefecture has ushered in the first snow after winter.

The winter of the seventh year of Zhide was extremely cold. According to his memory, Lin Shu built several cast iron stoves, and installed one in the houses of Daiyu and Jia Lian.

That day Lin Shu was chatting with Jia Lian and Wang Huan in the study.The fire was burning brightly, and the three of them were drinking hot tea, discussing the recent situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

"The navy under Mourinho's command is already a rare force in our dynasty, but it can't match the pirates. Is it possible that the prosperous land in the south of the Yangtze River will be looted by pirates?"

Wang Huan's face was full of anger. Songjiang City was almost captured by pirates last month, and the surrounding villages and towns were looted.

The Nanzhili Beiwa Guards were about to collapse at the first touch. If Zhao Anping, the governor of Jiangnan, had not sent Mu Chengen, the commander of the Dengzhou Navy, to support him, the city of Songjiang would have been slaughtered.

It's a pity that the Japanese pirates were cunning, and after dealing with the navy for a while, they went east along the Yangtze River and fled into the vast sea.

Although the soldiers of the Dengzhou Navy are brave and good at fighting, they have not been out of the sea for a long time. The sea charts are still from the Yongle period of the previous Ming Dynasty, and there is no trace of the enemy at all.

Although Lin Shu lamented the tragic experience of the people in Songjiang, he knew who the real mastermind behind this incident was.

"I'm afraid that as soon as Mourinho made a move, Haikou received the news. If you know yourself and the enemy, of course you will win every battle. I just don't know how long Zhao Doushuai and Mourinho can last?"

Hearing Lin Shu's exclamation, Wang Huan also fell silent.

No matter who came to this vortex in the south of the Yangtze River, if the salt merchants and the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River were not eradicated, they would probably return in vain.

This time the imperial envoy Xingyuan had just received news of the rectification of the salt merchants, and the pirates invaded various places in the south of the Yangtze River. This was obviously a demonstration against Zhao Anping.

Jia Lian also said: "When I went back to Beijing a few days ago, the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate almost made a noise. The saint was reluctant to dispose of the Zhen family, and even rewarded the holy ladies of the Zhen family. You see, The people of the Zhen family are about to go crazy again!"

After Lin Ruhai's second anniversary ceremony on the eighth day of September, Jia Lian went back to the capital alone.One is to bring Geng Xiangnan's box back to the capital and present it to the emperor; the other is to go back to the mansion to report to the family that Wang Xifeng has been married to the Rongguo Mansion for several years and is finally pregnant.

At that time, the Zhen family was impeached by Nanzhili inspector censor Xinli because of corruption, and it was pushed to the forefront.

It is said that the concubine Zhen, who was born in the Zhen family in the palace, cried to the bedside of the Supreme Emperor.

Just when the emperor was about to take this opportunity to dispose of the Zhen family, an edict from the Supreme Emperor forcibly suppressed the emperor's plan.

The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate resigned and joined forces with the six departments to write a letter to put pressure on the cabinet.Even sitting quietly in front of Chengtian Gate, impeachment memorials flew to the palace like snowflakes.

When Jia Lian entered the palace that day, because of the close relationship between the Rongguo Mansion and the Zhen family, Chi Yu was almost beaten up by the censors.

Fortunately, those who had a good relationship with Lin Ruhai in the Metropolitan Procuratorate knew about Jia Lian, so they entered the palace gate in embarrassment.

When the Supreme Emperor rewarded the Zhen family with the Holy Lady's edict, and the censors finally knew that the Supreme Emperor was there, the Zhen family might not be punished.

Sure enough, at the Great Court Meeting, the livid-faced emperor fined the Zhen family tens of thousands of taels of silver, and the matter was left alone.

Instead, several censors who took the lead in impeaching the Zhen family were demoted thousands of miles away by the Supreme Emperor for breaking the palace ban and being accused of committing crimes.

After this incident, the gossip officials of the Qing Dynasty began to move closer to the emperor. The Supreme Emperor, whom they once regarded as the holy king, was no longer the king they were willing to serve.

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