Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 138 Something happened to Jia’s house
If Jia Lian said something categorically, Jia Min might not believe it all, but now he says it vaguely, but he does believe it. After all, he is his nephew, and he even uses folk remedies to cure his old ailments.

As for why he didn't tell Lin Ruhai, wasn't it obvious? Lin Ruhai had a close relationship with Jia Yucun, so if Jia Lian told her, it would be tantamount to provocation. Most importantly, it was the first time Jia Lian met Jia Yucun. How could he talk nonsense to Lin Ruhai?
After Lin Ruhai sobered up, she saw Jia Min waiting on her side with an unhappy look on her face, and she suddenly felt ashamed: "Oh, I'm sorry, madam, I didn't control my drinking. Madam Lao is worried."

"It's not that I don't let you drink, but drinking too much is actually harmful to your health." Jia Min spoke softly, deepening Lin Ruhai's guilt.

Speaking of which, it was not that Lin Ruhai didn't have other women. Only Jia Min gave him children. Although there was no evidence that his son died young, Lin Ruhai still dealt with all the suspects. After reorganizing the inside and outside of Lin's residence, the couple's health improved rapidly, and even Daiyu's health improved.

"Speaking of which, I would like to thank Brother Lian." Lin Ruhai took the initiative to change the topic, and Jia Min followed his words: "This is natural, you are still used to thinking the best of people. Certain things are not as good as Lian'er. , a person who has been through life and death."

"Oh, there's something else?" Lin Ruhai started to gossip, and Jia Min didn't hide it. He finished talking about the relationship between Jia Lian and the foreigner, and finally added that if the foreigner hadn't taken action, he hoped to invite a doctor. The grass on the grave is three feet high.

"A recipe, with slight additions and subtractions, cannot be discerned by a layman." Lin Ruhai couldn't help but say it when he thought of this sentence.

"Lian'er also said something,..." After Jia Min told Jia Lian's views on Jia Yucun, Lin Ruhai had to pay attention. After all, what Jia Lian brought to the Lin family was real change for the better, so of course his opinion should not be ignored.

"That makes sense. Before Jia Yucun joined the Lin family as a teacher, you were in pretty good health."

When Lin Ruhai said this, Jia Min began to freely testify. There is no need for evidence for this thing, and he quickly completed the logical loop in his mind: "Lian'er said he couldn't see clearly. Maybe it was the bad luck brought by Jia Yucun?"

"Jia Wang Shi Xue, the Shi family has declined, and the Xue family only has money. Before I got up, I could only rely on Wang Taiwei to support the situation. The emperor is old, and if he is not careful, he may... Return to Beijing this time, If I have the opportunity to meet Taiwei Wang, I will definitely state my rights and interests. Your Majesty has a righteous name and has objectively gained the upper hand. His private tricks cannot cause big troubles."

Lin Ruhai nodded: "I must say it!" Jia Min couldn't wait: "I'll call him right away."

Lin Ruhai couldn't lie still any longer. He stood up and walked back and forth with his hands behind his back. After a while, he said: "This matter needs to be done on the safe side."

Jia Lian smiled. He could not say that I had read the original work, nor could he deceive me by saying that he was a stranger. Lin Ruhai was not Jia Min. Scholars still talked about the strange power and chaos.

"This moment is the same as that moment. From now on, I must keep my word in the Jia family. For the long-term prosperity of the Jia family, even if there are things that I cannot bear to say, I still have to do what needs to be done." Jia Lian made it very clear. Who can stop him? Anyone who cares about me will die.

"That's fine. Now that I've given you the letter to your second uncle, I won't mention anything about Jia Yucun and leave it all to Lian'er."

Since they are allies, Jia Lian must make it clear that he is optimistic about the current majesty.

Two moments later, Lin Ruhai met Jia Lian in the study. After the meeting, he said simply: "What do you think of the dispute between the two saints?" Jia Lian also simply said: "As long as the finances are not in bad condition, we will win. "

Of course Jia Lian would like to refute this view. The Jia family's subsequent ruin was most likely the product of these old relationship entanglements, as well as the Jia family's greed for money.

"Don't tell your aunt about this, let alone outsiders." Even so, Lin Ruhai actually agreed with Jia Lian's point of view. Lin Ruhai quickly changed the topic: "Do you have any opinion on the matter in Jia Yucun?"

Jia Min said: "There is no need to write a letter. It just so happens that my health has improved a lot. I will take Yu'er back to Beijing to visit my mother. I will stay at her parents' house for a while and catch up with Lian'er's wedding. Jia Yucun can go to Beijing with me. Lian'er will be married." If you have good luck, you can survive the shock."

"Right now, there is unrest here in Yangzhou, and it will take some time to sort things out over there in Yanding. Maybe there will be a battle and a confrontation for a while. There is a saying that Lian'er is right, but some people can't be unreasonable. , they will definitely not be able to reason, so you must use words they understand to understand. With the current structure of the court, there is no room for my husband to sway. "

"Uncle's friendship with fellow classmates cannot be damaged. When I see Wang Taiwei later, I will tell him to send him to the northwest." Jia Lian's seemingly casual answer seemed not to take it to heart, but in fact he was making a judgment in his heart. The Wang family has already Crazy enough, add Jia Yucun, the prefect of Jinling, and the Wang family will have no trouble in Jinling from now on.

"Is it just like this?" Lin Ruhai still refused to express his position easily.

Lin Ruhai suddenly showed gratitude. She was indeed a good wife. At the critical moment, she turned to herself and asked Jia Lian to use his luck to suppress Jia Yucun's bad luck. This method was something only Jia Min could think of. As everyone knows, this was said by Jia Lian in advance, otherwise how could Jia Min do this? Jia Lian is the only young man in her family who can hold up the facade.

After hearing this, Jia Lian nodded and accepted the task. Although Jia Yucun was very cruel, how should he say this? When he first became an official, Jia Yucun was also an upright official. After the contact, Jia Lian saw clearly that Jia Yucun was a very experienced bureaucrat.

Jia Min sneered and asked: "What's the safe way?" Lin Ruhai said: "I am the same age as him. If I can't treat him kindly, what will other people think of me? It's just a letter to my uncle. I have to change it."

Jia Min was not a stupid woman, so she naturally understood what she heard, so she asked, "Do you want to talk to Lian'er?"

Of course, Lin Ruhai also knew about Emperor Chenghui's age advantage. The problem was that he had more experience, so he cautiously reminded: "The four families of Jia and Xue, the king of Jia, had a deeper entanglement with the Supreme Emperor. The Jia family's two terms in the Jingying Jiedu were both It was during the reign of the Supreme Emperor."

Well……. When Lin Ruhai heard this, he couldn't help but believe it. Otherwise, the explanation is unclear, why did Jia Min's health deteriorate rapidly after Jia Yucun became a teacher? There may be external reasons for this, but what do you say about luck?

Lin Ruhai's pupils shrank slightly when he heard this. He knew that Jia Lian was a cruel person, but he didn't know that he could be like this.

This person kept it, or recommended it to Zhang Ting'en to make a knife, which would be really useful.

Let’s take a look first and throw it to the northwest for a few years to explore.

Lin Ruhai said that Jia Min was going to return to Beijing, so Jia Lian was naturally responsible for it. Inflammation will be cured when it is cured. The canal is not the sea. Traveling all the way by boat is not too strenuous and naturally there is no big problem.

Jia Min started to pack her luggage and prepared to go to Beijing. Lin Ruhai took Jia Lian to Jia Yucun. The three of them stopped drinking this time and drank tea instead. When it came to going to Beijing to seek revenge, Jia Lian took it over without hesitation: "Brother Yucun, don't worry too much. I will follow you to Beijing this time. My master, Mr. Zhang Ge, is in charge of the household department. We are in need of experienced and capable people."

After hearing this, Jia Yucun's face suddenly beamed with joy, and he suppressed it to prevent it from showing. The smile on his face was a little flattering: "So, Mr. Jia, thank you young master."

Jia Lian naturally wanted to seduce: "Brother Yucun has been absent from the court for a long time. He doesn't know about the good deeds of today. The reason why the master can join the cabinet is to do things for the present. The same is true for Li Rushui. I have been to the master's house several times. When I met the white dragon fish suit, I made a lot of jokes and said some wild words because I didn't recognize him. Nowadays, I treat my ministers kindly, so I don't feel dissatisfied, so I won the first prize. Lian can only die with dedication." Jia Lian said. After speaking, he also held his hands and bowed in greeting to the north.

These words are naturally very convincing. Jia Yucun also read the article about the palace examination, which is very exciting. From the perspective of a traditional literati, the first half of Jia Lian's article about the palace examination is simply treasonous. What are you talking about? In the second half, Jia Yucun admitted that what he said was meaningful, unlike other candidates who just found some empty words from ancient books to fill in. Lin Ruhai also lamented: "Those who don't know, think that Lian'er's article was written by an old official."

Jia Yucun nodded in approval. Without years of hard work at the grassroots level, it would be impossible to see clearly the underlying nature of this society.

Jia Lian thought to himself, "I have been learning these principles since middle school. 】(PS: Those born in the 70s must study political economics in junior high school.)
As long as you master the historical materialist view of history and apply it to any era, it will not be difficult to analyze the corresponding strata.

When human society appears as a country, the cost of governance becomes an unavoidable problem.

The so-called 400 ml rainfall line limits the northward expansion of farming civilization. It's also a cost issue.

The mode of local governance by rural sages is also to save costs. Because the imperial court could not support so many officials.

From an institutional perspective, the moment of birth may not be the best, but it must be the most suitable for the situation at that time. As time goes by, if we can improve it bit by bit, we will probably be able to slowly develop in a better direction.

The so-called reforms in the imperial power era often resulted in aggravating social divisions and intensifying conflicts.

Things are accomplished because of people, and things are ruined because of people.

Jia Lian couldn't say these words, and no one would praise him if he did. Jia Lian was thinking about his own life and didn't think too far ahead.

Developing productivity is something that cannot be accomplished by one person. There are also new technologies that may not be widely promoted.

Not to mention Dazhou, which has extremely low labor costs, even Dai Ying, who is not a human being and has insufficient manpower, has also had large-scale smashing of machines. You know, that's a business-focused leader. What do you think about a country like the Zhou Dynasty that is dominated by farming? Believe it or not, if you build a shuttle + steam engine on the front foot, the Jiangnan Oridoors on the back foot can unite and destroy your house.

The imperial court can tolerate foreign powers driving warships to open doors and dump industrial products, but you, a local, dare to do this?
After staying in Yangzhou for three days, Jia Lian, Jia Min and Dai Yu boarded the ship and headed north together. The mother and daughter were not too exaggerated. They followed Jia Lian's example and only brought one maid each with them.

He had to hurry when he came, but he didn't need to when he went back. Jia Lian walked slowly, for fear of tiring Jia Min and Daiyu. Jia Yucun was on another boat. If he wanted to talk to Jia Lian, he had to wait until he docked for the night.

Along the way, Jia Yucun often got close to each other, and one could also feel that Jia Lian was a little estranged from him, which was normal.

Jia Lian talks to Jia Min and Daiyu every day, and the sense of intimacy between them increases day by day.

After walking along the canal for almost a month, they finally saw Tongzhou Pier. Jia Min asked for no reason: "How about the treasure jade at the second brother's house?" Jia Min never mentioned the treasure jade along the way, and Jia Lian didn't take the initiative to mention it either. Now suddenly, Jia Lian didn't know how to answer.

After thinking about it, he nodded and said, "You're still young! Let's see later!"

Jia Lian, who has the art of observing people, said this, and Jia Min had a little preliminary understanding in her heart.

Jia Lian deliberately reminded: "Cousin, please be careful when you look back. Baoyu likes to eat rouge, or wear rouge."

Where can I apply rouge? It was nothing more than his face and lips. After hearing this, Jia Min's face suddenly darkened and he told Daiyu: "If Baoyu doesn't behave politely, you should stay away from him. If he keeps pestering you, tell your mother."

Daiyu nodded in confusion, glanced at Jia Lian, and thought to herself, "Brother Lian will never harm me." 】

On the Tongzhou Pier, the person who was looking forward to it was Lai Da. Before Jia Lian could stand firm, Lai Da had already stepped forward and bowed 90 degrees and hugged his hands: "I have met the second master, my ancestors have been waiting for you to come back. "

Jia Lian didn't mean to say anything to him. He turned around and said, "I didn't receive my letter to my family. Didn't anyone tell you that my aunt and cousin went back to their parents' home?" Lai Da didn't dare to talk back and said repeatedly: "It's unjust. Of course it's true." I received the letter, but something happened at home. I was so anxious that I went to apologize to my aunt."

Jia Min, who was standing at the bow of the boat, couldn't hear the two men's conversation clearly because of the strong wind. He only saw Lai Da, the unruly slave, apologizing.

Jia Lian ignored Lai Da, turned around and stretched out his hand to help Daiyu down first, then Jia Min, and then stepped aside to let Lai Da come forward to speak.

"Auntie, the carriage is bumpy. I've prepared a sedan chair." Lai Da walked forward, hunched over and clearing the way, and came to a sedan chair for four people. How many people are used in a sedan chair is also important, so I won’t go into details here.

When Jia Lian saw it, he said calmly: "My aunt and cousin will ride in my carriage, and I will ride on horseback."

Lai Da did not dare to object and quickly went to prepare. Jia Min asked curiously: "You don't like him?"

Jia Lian just said lightly: "When the servants at home see him, they must respect him as uncle."

The implication is that I am the second master.

Jia Min smiled slightly after hearing this and said no more. This trivial matter was handled casually just to see Jia Lian's mood.

Jia Min got on Jia Lian's thickly padded carriage, and Jia Lian got on the horse to accompany him. A group of people were waiting in the carriage behind. Lai Da finally had the opportunity to speak in front of Jia Lian: "Second Master, something happened at home. I need to give in." The second master knew in advance.”

Jia Lian asked expressionlessly: "What happened? Say, don't beat around the bush."

(End of this chapter)