After being exiled, I led my whole family to rebel.

Chapter 95 Men must learn to hide private money

Xu Huijia screamed in pain and said while hiding: "She didn't seduce me, but I have to like her beauty! Besides, the maid named Feng'er next to her is as powerful as an old hen. , I don’t dare to provoke her! I just... I just..."

Of course Xu Huijia would not tell Huang Cui'e that she had made a lot of money following Xu Qingying today, which amounted to hundreds of taels.

He knew that Huang Cui'e's temperament of plucking hair would be found in him sooner or later, so he deposited it in the bank with Xu Qingying, and only took it out at the critical moment when he needed to save his life.

He is so old that even if he has money, he will not give it to my mother. There are two brothers in the family. Huang Cui'e's favorite is the second brother who can recite a few sour poems. If the money is handed over, it may fall on the second brother. went.

That doesn't work.

He still has to save his wife's book.

But with money on hand, Xu Huijia inevitably spoke a little louder. No, as soon as she said to return the money to Qian Zhenniang, Huang Cui'e got angry.

Xu Huijia couldn't argue, so she could only hide her head and run away, "I just don't want to be entangled with her. We broke off the engagement and we will be strangers from now on. We pester people every day. When other people saw it, they thought my old feelings for her were still over." Oh! How can a good girl like me like this?"

"You still have unresolved feelings?! Why, do you two still have old feelings?!"

"No! There is no old relationship, I'm just talking casually! What's the point of making trouble every day and making it known to everyone. Even if you meet a good girl in the future, you will scare them away. I mean, from now on we Just treat her as if she doesn’t exist, and treat her as a stranger when we meet her, so as not to cause the two families to get involved, and even if others are good girls, they won’t dare to introduce her to me!”

In Huang Cui'e's rage, she actually felt that what Xu Huijia said was nonsense. She stopped and thought for a moment, but she was worried and glanced at Xu Huijia from the corner of her eye. Qian Zhenniang is confused and said this because she fell into someone else's beauty trap?"

Xu Huijia felt proud, hum, I don’t know, I became more energetic because I had food in my hands.A dozen taels of silver is nothing. If he talks about the money in his hand, he will scare my mother to death!

However, Xu Huijia pretended to say: "Mom, how many times have I told you that I really despise that Qian Zhenniang? Look at her, she is as thin as a monkey. She will definitely not be able to have children in the future. And people are like dough." I don’t dare to mess with such an unlucky woman. I have to make a lot of money to honor my mother. How can I be fascinated by a mere woman? When I make money in the future, what kind of woman will I be? I can’t find one, so I have to find someone with a strong character who can easily defeat me?”

When Huang Cui'e heard what he said, she felt relieved. She was really afraid that Qian Zhenniang's stupid girl would play tricks on Xu Huijia, but now she saw that this kid was completely clueless!
That's all right.

"Okay, Qian Zhenniang can do whatever she likes. From now on, when I see her, I can just pretend I haven't seen her. Oh, after all, it's the sixth girl who blames her for this matter. It's so good. So many people in the family are using her. Well, she insists on keeping Qian Zhenniang by her side, and she doesn’t care about our eldest family’s face at all!”

Huang Cui'e said this very politely because Xu Qingying helped her earn money.In the past, she would have pointed at Xu Qingying and scolded her.

She touched the fur coat that Xu Qingying gave her. The fur was soft and white, and she couldn't put it down. She muttered a few words, feeling that she was short-handed when taking other people's things, so she couldn't scold him.

What's more, that damn girl is so magnanimous that she is more beautiful than anyone else.

Every time she looked into that girl's eyes, Huang Cui'e felt inexplicably frightened.

Xu Dechi touched the fur on his body and couldn't help but said a few sour words, "Okay, Liu Yatou is now capable and has strong wings. After two trips out, she earned two carriages and came back. Look at it. My mother is so happy. From now on, our Xu family may not be able to do anything to anyone -"

Xu Huining, the second roommate, shook his head and said, "Sichen, a woman steals power and only uses her words. Our Xu family has been reduced to being headed by a woman. We are really at the end of the road. Oh, it's hateful, it's hateful!"

Xu Huijia felt uncomfortable listening to it.

He is the legitimate eldest grandson, how could he be reduced to listening to a woman giving orders?

Can he still be the master of this Xu family?
Xu Huijia remembered what she had just asked Xu Qingying.

He asked Xu Qingying why she wanted to take him with her in this operation, and whether she wanted to take the opportunity to frame him so as to take away the Xu family's right to head the family.

He still remembered Xu Qingying leaning forward and backward with joy, looking at him with that pitiful and helpless look, which seemed to be mocking, but not like it.

Xu Qingying said that she took him with her because she felt that he was not an irredeemable bad guy.

Although he drove away Qian Zhenniang, every time Huang Cui'e went to make trouble, he would inform Qian Zhenniang.When Qian Zhenniang fell into the water and fell ill a few days ago, he secretly stuffed a few coins into Feng'er.

Xu Huijia didn't understand either. It was just a matter of convenience. He hated Qian Zhenniang for lying to her, and he really didn't want to marry a woman with such a tough character, but he didn't want her to die.

Qian Zhenniang is dead, what should I do if I rely on him?
Why did Xu Qingying look down on him just because of such a trivial matter?

Humph, woman, it’s really hard to understand.

If you can't figure it out, don't think about it. Anyway, a trip will cost several hundred taels of silver.

It doesn't matter whether Xu Qingying is a boy or a girl, as long as she can make him a lot of money, he doesn't care what she does.

It's a pity that Xu Qingying is a woman. He thinks that he is a talented person, but he can only be inferior to a woman. His talent is not appreciated, and the law of heaven is unfair——

The wind and snow at night soon stopped.

There is a chill in the air, heavy snow is pressing on the branches, and everything in the mountains and fields is silent except for the biting cold wind.

Xu Qingying was too cold to sleep. Even with thick branches under her and a fur blanket covering her body, she still felt cold all over her limbs, and her toes were about to freeze off.

I'm afraid I won't be able to spend the night outdoors anymore. In such cold weather, sleeping outdoors will freeze to death!
Fortunately, the soap business has been sold. She will just wait for the year-end settlement and audit. Otherwise, if the weather is like this and the schedule is delayed because of soap making, many people will complain.

Xu Qingying also thought of another thing. It snowed so much in the south this year, and the situation in the north is probably even worse.

It is said that Jinzhou Prefecture suffered another flood this summer. Several dams south of the Wujiang River system were washed away by floods, displacing tens of thousands of people.With the continuous heavy snow in the north and the constant small and small wars, the vitality of the Great Zhou Dynasty was completely exhausted. I am afraid that it will not be able to recover in the past few years.

Xu Qingying felt a little uneasy. If things continued like this, the Zhou Dynasty might be in chaos.

In troubled times, life is like a piece of grass. Although Xu Qingying has not read history deeply, she also knows how miserable the people at the bottom are living in troubled times.

If the world is really in chaos, how can she protect herself, and how can she protect the three rooms of the Xu family?
At this moment, Xu Qingying could only place her hope on God's will, and she also hoped that the precarious Zhou Dynasty could survive for another few decades and allow her to grow in a coquettish way for a while.

There was a bonfire burning in the camp, and everyone gathered around the bonfire to build simple tents to protect them from the wind and snow to protect them from the cold and wild beasts.

The bonfire stayed on all night and was guarded, but Xu Qingying was too cold to sleep. In the middle of the night, she saw the bright lights in the carriage of Mrs. Fang at the Fang family. From time to time, a low whimpering sound was heard. The voice was a little hoarse, and she screamed through the cold wind. People don't hear it clearly, but it inexplicably touches people's heartstrings.

Xu Qingying realized later that she remembered that Mr. Fang, his favorite disciple who had risen to the rank of Zhongshu Sheren, had been beheaded due to failure in the political struggle.

This crying sound...maybe it's from Mrs. Fang, right?
Xu Qingying felt a little touched in her heart, thinking that Mrs. Fang was so old, not only was he exiled, but his most beloved disciple still had his head missing, but he couldn't send him off for the last time, so the two of them parted in such a hurry——

Perhaps listening to Mrs. Fang's intermittent and suppressed cries, Xu Qingying felt her heart sinking, and she couldn't even fall asleep.

The next day, even though the wind and snow were about to subside, the large troops continued to advance toward southwest Guizhou.

They had only walked a third of the way, and it was already so difficult. Xu Qingying couldn't imagine how they would have to cross the mountains and ridges to reach Qianzhou in the freezing cold weather of December.

Xu Qingying is a little worried about the health of Mr. Fang. Mr. Fang is now approaching his sixties, which is considered a long life in the Zhou Dynasty when the average life expectancy was not long.

Now that the temperature has plummeted, the wind and snow are drifting, I have traveled a long distance, and I have suddenly heard the bad news, I don’t know if my body can handle it.

Xu Qingying remembered that she heard from Feng'er yesterday that a first-level dealer had sent her medicinal materials, and she quickly took Feng'er and Qian Zhenniang to rummage behind the carriage.

Xu Qingying is now considered a wealthy person, and she has three carriages in her hand. After a squeeze, the elderly and women in the family can barely fit in. Everyone takes turns riding in the carriage, which is much easier and faster than before.

But Xu Qingying reserved one for herself, and only three people and her grandmother could sit in it.

She understands the principle of love and hatred, and she doesn't want to spoil the Xu family too much.

Those who are useful will naturally be used to catch young men. If those who are useless are safe and sound, she won't mind feeding them.

If he was incompetent and restless, she would carefully make a pair of small shoes for him to wear overnight.

After rummaging around in the two carriages for a while, Huang asked, "Girl, what are you looking for?"

"I see that Mr. Fang is not in good condition, and I want to find an old ginseng to help him heal." Those words made everyone in the carriage jump.

Now Sanfang talks in such a loud tone, a good ginseng stick costs at least dozens of taels, but she actually found it and gave it to others.

Xu Lezhi gritted his teeth and said: "Sixth sister is so capable now. She can give away dozens of taels of things at any time. Why can't you be filial to your grandmother if you are so rich?"

Xu Qingying tilted her head and looked at the fur coat wrapped around Xu Lezhi with a smile. Xu Lezhi was a little frightened by her gaze. She just wanted to leave and untie the fur coat, but the weather outside was freezing, so she gritted her teeth. , staring at Xu Qingying.

Xu Qingying smiled slightly, "Next time you criticize me, remember to take off the things I gave you first, otherwise you will only look ridiculous."

Mrs. Huang was most annoyed by the quarrels between the little girl's family, so she quickly said: "The Fang family has been very kind to our family. Now that the sixth girl has made money, we have the ability. We must help those who should be helped!"

Lian also helped to find it, "Liu Yatou, must it be this one!"

Lian handed over a wooden box. Xu Qingying opened it and took a look. After confirming that it was ginseng, she put it away, "Thank you, Fourth Aunt."

Xu Lezhi stared at the man's retreating back and gritted her silver teeth. She pulled Huang in dissatisfaction and said, "Grandma, look at her! What is she like now? She deals with a bunch of merchants all day long. Don’t tell me, she treats outsiders better than you! Does she think she doesn’t take her family seriously anymore after making a few stinky money? "

Huang forcefully pulled her arm out of Xu Lezhi's hand, leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes to sleep, but she did not forget to say: "Seventh girl, your sixth sister is right, next time I will scold others." When the time comes, remember to take off the fur your sixth sister gave you first. Wearing other people's clothes, eating other people's food, and scolding them is really wicked. You are a girl with such a bad mouth, be careful not to get married!"

"Grandma!" Xu Lezhi was so shocked by Huang's words that he was tender on the outside and burnt on the inside, and was speechless for a long time.

She has seen through it, and the entire Xu family now listens to Xu Qingying.

What's so great about Xu Qingying is that she can make money. She makes it sound like she can't.

If she didn't feel that the merchant's status was too low, she wouldn't be willing to do business.

But now that Xu Qingying is doing well, it has aroused her desire to win. If Xu Qingying can do something, it must not be difficult.

Xu Lezhi thought over and over about what kind of business he should do, and also thought that his pocket was cleaner than his face, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

How can I start a business if I don’t even have the first capital?
But it seems that the Fang family is quite rich?

How about asking Fang Xun to borrow some money?

If she opens her mouth, Fang Xun will definitely not refuse, right?
Hum, if Xu Qingying can do it, she, Xu Lezhi, can do it too, even better than Xu Qingying!

Xu Qingying took the ginseng and walked a few steps quickly to catch up with the Fang family's carriage. The old man and Mrs. Fang were in a carriage. Fang Ningmo was also sitting in the carriage. Xu Qingying handed the ginseng in through the curtain and said, "Fang Ningmo." Second Miss, I see that Mr. Fang doesn’t look well today. I have an old ginseng here and I made some soup for him to drink. It’s freezing cold today. He’s getting older, so you have to be careful. Stay focused."

Fang Ningmo opened the curtain. There were still wet tears on her face. Seeing Xu Qingying, she managed to squeeze out a forced smile and said, "Xu Liu, thank you for remembering my grandfather. This ginseng is too valuable, please take it back." "

"No matter how valuable it is, how can anyone be valuable? Things are dead, but people are alive. Besides, it's not like you don't know that I have money now." Xu Qingying put the old ginseng into Fang Ningmo's hands without any explanation.

Fang Ningmo looked at the people in the carriage at a loss, and then a low cough came from the carriage, and Mrs. Fang's voice came, "That's all, it's Xu Liu's wish, just accept it."

"Girl Xu Liu... If you don't mind, come up and talk to the old man." Mr. Fang's voice was hoarse and he called her to get in the car through the curtain.

Xu Qingying did not refuse. After getting on the carriage, she discovered that Mr. Fang seemed to be in a very bad state. The young old man who was still full of energy two days ago seemed to have shrunk. He looked like an old man overnight. Looking carefully, Mr. Fang The temples seemed to have added a touch of white.

Mr. Fang was lying in the carriage, covered with thick fur. There was a small stove burning in the carriage, so it was not too cold.But even so, Mr. Fang was still in low spirits, his eyes were sunken, and there were black spots under his eyes, as if he hadn't slept all night.

Xu Qingying knew that the death of his favorite student was a big blow to Mr. Fang, it was like sending a black-haired person to a white-haired person.

But she couldn't say much about these things, so she could only comfort her calmly: "Mr. Fang, you have to take care of yourself. If you fall, the Fang family will have no backbone. They have no life experience. Qianzhou still has to rely on you."

Mr. Fang coughed twice, and an abnormal flush appeared on his face, "I heard that you killed everyone in Xingyuan Mansion yesterday and made a lot of money?"

Xu Qingying turned to look at Fang Ningmo, and Fang Ningmo said quickly: "I didn't say anything."

Mr. Fang forced a smile, "I saw you all looked happy when you came back. It must be because the soap sold so well, right?"

Xu Qingying has been studying with Mr. Fang recently, and Mr. Fang is half a teacher. What's more, Mr. Fang is open-minded. Although he is about to be sixty years old, he still has an innocent heart, which makes Xu Qingying feel more comfortable getting along with him.

So she didn't intend to be vague, "I made a lot of money. It's enough for me to spend a lifetime."

"Okay! Very good!" Mr. Fang's face turned slightly red, and he took Xu Qingying's hand, "You are a promising girl, and you will definitely have a lot of potential in the future. It's a pity that you are not a son-in-law. If you were a son-in-law, I would not give it to you. Pave a bright future—"

Xu Qingying smiled, "A son is as good as a son, and a woman is as good as a woman. There is yang and yin in the world, and all things are balanced by yin and yang. I never feel that I am a woman. It doesn't matter whether there are men or women. Wherever there are people, there will be fights. , it’s up to you to choose.”

"Good!" Mr. Fang praised sincerely this time, and there seemed to be a secret fire in his eyes, "Girl Xu Liu, you are the most special woman I have ever seen. You are the one who has truly escaped the shackles of men and women. Compared with this Thousands of people in the world want to be free and easy!"

He seemed to have thought of something again, and there was a wry smile on his lips, "It's just a pity that my student doesn't understand. This life is like a trapped animal fighting, and his ambition is not over, but he loses his life first."

Xu Qingying said: "Is Mr. Fang talking about Zhang Zhiwei from Zhongshushe?"

Mr. Fang sighed, as if he had suppressed thousands of emotions, but could not pronounce that name.

He shook his head, but refused to say more, "It's all caused by the fixed tax... If I had known this, I shouldn't have let him be so radical..."

Xu Qingying didn't actually care about politics, but she didn't have much confidence in the precarious Zhou Dynasty, so she paid more attention to it.

"Fixed tax? It means that the emperor sets a fixed amount of tax that the local area needs to pay. No matter what the local situation is, the local area must pay this fixed amount of tax?"

Mr. Fang did not expect Xu Qingying to be so sensitive to the current political situation, "How did you know?"

"Fixed tax, you know it as soon as you hear the name." Xu Qingying shook her head and sighed, "This ignores the specific local conditions and directly transfers all the pressure from the central government to the local governments, and then transfers it to the local people. At the same time, it gives the local governments such great rights. , then the local government and the bureaucrats below will definitely have to step up their efforts, and in the end it will be the people at the bottom who suffer. This kind of one-size-fits-all lazy administration will only make the situation worse."

Mr. Fang was stunned and speechless for a long time. Xu Qingyingshan pointed out the disadvantages of the fixed tax in just two sentences, but a bunch of old foxes in the court had been arguing for several months.

This insight touched Mr. Fang’s heart!
One size fits all...this word is so delicately used!

But isn’t it just that one size fits all regardless of local conditions?

"That's right." Mr. Fang also felt a little energetic at this moment. "Since His Majesty came to the throne, the national treasury has been empty for two consecutive years, especially last year's tax revenue was less than two-thirds of previous years. Han Zongyun and his gang came up with the idea With the method of fixed taxation, Zhu Ci was just an embroidered pillow and didn't understand government affairs at all. As soon as he heard that it could guarantee tax revenue for the national treasury, he immediately agreed. My disciple was born in a poor family, so he naturally knew that this policy seemed to guarantee tax revenue for the national treasury. In fact, it was extremely harmful to the people, and might even shake the foundation of the country, so I desperately wrote a letter to oppose it. But I have been exiled, and he is isolated and helpless in the court. There is no way he can fight against that old guy Han Zongyun, but in the end he lost his life..."

Xu Qingying was speechless, completely disappointed with the administrative system of the Zhou Dynasty.

This administrative team is too sloppy. With one child, an uncle who is ignorant of political affairs but loves to seize power, and a bunch of eunuchs who only know how to flatter others, the highest administrative body of the Zhou Dynasty is simply a grass-roots team!
Xu Qingying had a vague feeling in her heart. The emperor was young, his relatives had exclusive power, and a eunuch was in charge. The script and storyline were so familiar.

Hey, isn't this a necessary buff for every transition between dynasties and generations?
Xu Qingying felt her eyes darken.

"In front of us is Jinzhou Prefecture, which suffered from floods this year. Seven or eight counties were flooded in the lower reaches of Wujiang River, with hundreds of thousands of people affected. I'm afraid that the people will starve to death before disaster relief funds are allocated. Only then In November, it snowed heavily in the south, and it was probably even worse in the north. The common people could not live any longer, but party disputes were still taking place in the court. This policy was changed day by day, and a policy of fixed taxation had been argued in the court for almost half a year. No results have been produced." Mr. Fang seemed to be very excited when he said this, and he couldn't help coughing. His already pale face turned a little gray at the moment, and the dark light in his eyes became extremely turbid. "There is flooding in the south, and there is flooding in the north. Heavy snowfall, continuous battles, starvation and death all over the land, if this continues, God is going to destroy our great Zhou Dynasty!"

Xu Qingying's heart was also very blocked.

She was wrong.

Her biggest problem is not exile or lack of money, but if she is very lucky and happens to be in troubled times, what will happen if she has money and power?
In troubled times, human life is like grass, and every change of dynasty is paved with blood and bones. This kind of turbulent era can last for more than ten years at least, and can last for decades.

For decades, living in a war-torn era, Xu Qingying could not even think about it.

She had never experienced a war, and she only felt that the word war was far away from her. However, looking at the precarious Zhou Dynasty, she was really panicked.

(End of this chapter)