Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 81 Incompetent Fury

Seeing the people in Shuntian Mansion fleeing the classroom as quickly as possible, Jia Lian calmly returned to his seat and sat down.

It's such a shame that a whole morning was wasted like this. In the afternoon, oh, there are usually no classes in the afternoon. If there are classes, they will also do sutra calculation.

That's okay. You can go to the library and stay for an afternoon, or you can write a few stereotyped articles.

The question-hailing tactic has been criticized in various ways in the Internet era. It is a typical example of standing up and talking without pain in the back. Are there any other options for essayists in small towns?

Isn't the saddest thing in a person's life that he has no choice at an important life node?

Jia Lian had a choice, because he was born in Rongguo Mansion. Even if he was lying in ruins, he could still live a comfortable life, and he could still spend five taels of silver a month to support Sister You.

They are both scholars. Can the supervisors in the Imperial College be the same as the students in the small county school below?

If a junior student in a small county town gets Chen rice, would he dare to fart?

With a background like Jia Lian, after getting Chen rice, he might not dare to smash the door of the official responsible for distributing rice.

The Shuntian Mansion case investigators, headed by Xu Tuiguan, seemed very serious and stayed in the Imperial College all morning, but nothing happened after they left. For the students of the Imperial College, how long the popularity of this gossip can last depends on whether there is a follow-up.

No one jumped out to call out for the injustice suffered by Chen Congxiao.

If you look at the whole thing with a discerning eye, what you can see is that this guy has no good intentions, and have you offended Jia Lian's quiet duty?

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The Crown Prince of Dongping Palace was like a wounded beast in the study, panting heavily and cursing angrily: "Shuntian Palace has gone too far to bully others."

Prince Xining was sitting on a chair nearby, looking lazy and seemingly in a daze.

The reason why Prince Dongping was angry was of course Shuntian Mansion. What happened in the Imperial College, naturally someone came to deliver the message.

With that intensity of investigation, there is basically no hope of solving the case. The key is the attitude of Shuntian Mansion. Prince Dongping sent someone to ask. The attitude of Shuntian Mansion was very perfunctory. They were still polite on the face, but there was no inner integrity at all.

It is true that the Xungui Group is powerful, but it will not attack the Shuntian Mansion for the sake of Prince Dongping.

What's more, something is fishy.

In the mind of Prince Xining, he was not in a daze as on the surface, but was constantly reviewing the whole thing.

What happened on the night of King Beijing's funeral was nothing more than a test. Now that the old prince is gone, can the young prince still be the leader?

There is no harm in testing a little thing, but no one expected that Jia Lian was very strong.

It almost made Prince Dongping unable to come to Taiwan.

When the two princes mentioned this matter afterwards, Prince Dongping said that when the time was right, he would always give him a small lesson.

At a time when the government and the public were quarreling over the content of the imperial examination, Prince Dongping instructed Chen Congxiao to give Jia Lian a moderate beating from society.

It is expected that if things develop normally, there are two possibilities. One is that Jia Lian was incited and went to arrest him. He was stopped by Li Shouzhong before he left the Imperial Academy. After giving him a lecture, the fire was extinguished without even starting. The second one was, of course, Jia Lian's direct rejection, and Chen Congxiao and others made a fuss in the Imperial College, saying that as a scholar, he did not have the righteousness in his heart.

No matter how you calculate it, Jia Lian won't get better. You were stopped when you went to seize the palace. Do you think there are no informants from the palace in the Imperial College? If you refuse, that's fine. I'll just throw dirty water on you. You are a noble son to begin with, so you are different from everyone else.

Is it harmful? It's not big, it's just that I want to let you know what an unreasonable disaster is.

But no one expected that Jia Lian would choose to run away.

Jia Lian, who has rich social experience, knows very well that on certain sensitive issues, saying one more word will be a mistake.

Human beings like to classify based on their stance. Looking at the problem from Jia Lian's perspective, if you ask me to take sides, are you Chen Congxiao worthy?

Prince Dongping didn't even ask me to take sides, who the hell are you?

It wasn't that Chen Congxiao couldn't be punished at that time, but the problem was that he also exposed his true face.

Therefore, Jia Lian's choice at that time was based on his judgment of Chen Congxiao. This is a person who likes to be in the limelight and make trouble. The best way to deal with this kind of person is not to be dragged into the water by him, walk around him, and don't get caught in the fishy smell.

When everyone feels that everything is safe and the world is at peace, give him a hard slap in secret.

The advantage of this approach is obvious. Even if someone suspects Jia Lian, they dare not say anything without evidence.

Everyone has seen the final result: Jia Lian is a clean and honest man.

Whenever you encounter something that will cause trouble, you must clean yourself up when dealing with it.

This is advice from an old society.

The people in the Imperial College treated Jia Lian in isolation and indifference, which was determined by his background. He will not regard Jia Lian as his enemy, nor will he deliberately seek trouble for Jia Lian. As for the person involved, Jia Lian, I know that the emperor is the final winner. Am I stupid if I still don’t choose to side with the emperor?

Whether you are a person or do things, if you choose to go with the flow, it will be smooth.

Prince Xining finally said: "Brother, don't get excited, it may not be Jia Lian's fault."

"Who else could he be? He is so impeccable." This sentence fully exposed the true state of mind of Prince Dongping at the moment. What really angered him was the possible revenge from Jia Lian in the future. In addition, what happened on the night of the funeral may lead to a series of consequences within the Xungui Group and the Dongping Palace because of the Jia Palace's attitude.

This further led to the Dongping Palace being isolated by the entire group. No one knows how the young prince of Beijing Palace will view this matter?

We are still like the light. How are you and me? How are you all?

Prince Xining was thinking of another thing. The power of Prince Xining was basically concentrated in Longyou and Guanzhong.

At present, Wang Ziteng is fighting in the Western Region. Judging from the comparison of strength, it is only a matter of time before he returns victorious.

Some time ago, I heard that the emperor was somewhat dissatisfied with Wu Yuhui, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, and sent a censor to investigate. After a few months, the matter seems to have settled, but who can guarantee that there won't be a settlement later?

Once something goes wrong with Wu Yuhui, the biggest loser will naturally be the Prince of Xining.

Will the Xungui Group unite to fight against the emperor for the benefit of King Xining?

Something was wrong at this crucial time. The old Prince Beijing, who had the most prestige, passed away, and the young prince did not have that prestige. Everyone is willing to respect King Beijing, and that is because of the legacy of the old prince. Just look at King Dongping and you will know that on the night of his funeral, you are ready to make a move. The key test target has not been chosen yet. Can Jia Lian take control of it at will?

Why should people swallow their anger towards you? Wang Ziteng is still in the position of Taiwei and is leading tens of thousands of troops to fight in the Western Region.

Well, I have to find an opportunity to show my favor to Jia Lian. After all, we have no grievances and we still have old friendship between our elders.

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Jia Lian's trip to the library was ruined. Jia Rong showed up with his head tilted, and Jia Lian had no choice but to come out and speak.

"Second uncle, Yuewen Bookstore is open for business and sales are booming. Do you want to go and see the excitement?"

Jia Lian was a little reserved and nodded: "Then go and have a look. It happens that there are no serious classes in the afternoon." For Jia Lian, all the hard study in the cold window will eventually be reflected in the eight-part essay. Jia Lian, who had already memorized the relevant books by heart, what he really needed was to do more questions.

There were dozens of people queuing outside the Yuewen Bookstore. Jia Lian did not step forward and stood dozens of meters away, watching.

Jia Rong whispered excitedly: "It's noon now, and there are a lot less people. There were hundreds of people lining up in the morning."

"According to this trend, how many copies can be sold every day?" Jia Lian was somewhat excited. It was all money.

"The price of one volume is one tael of silver. It is estimated that three thousand copies can be sold on the ground in the capital." Jia Rong has obviously done enough homework, and the data comes immediately. Jia Lian couldn't believe that three thousand copies could be sold in one capital city? Is this too little?

Fortunately, Jia Rong quickly gave the reason: "I think the price of the book is like this. It is normal for one person to buy it and several people to take turns reading it. This is not a required reading for the imperial examination such as the Classics and History Collection. There are other Booksellers in the country will also buy a copy and print it for sale. The workmanship is not so particular, the price is much lower, and it can be shipped to other places for sale. My nephew heard that many Jiangnan businessmen do this business. Get it from Jiangnan Books come to the capital to be printed and sold, or they can be taken back to Jiangnan from the capital and printed locally.”

Damn, damn it!

The essence of a sinking market is always low prices. No matter what the needs of human beings are, those who can do it for free will do so.

Jia Lian couldn't help but lament deeply, I have traveled through time and still can't escape piracy.

"How long does it take for pirated books to come out?" Jia Lian asked casually, with no intention of cracking down on piracy.

The cost of combating piracy is completely out of proportion to the benefits.

"Three to five days, it can't be any later. Your Majesty, I would like to send people to various bookstores in the east of the city to see which ones sell pirated copies. At that time, I can go to the door and make a fortune, so as to increase my income." Jia Rong Speaking of this, he seems to be in a low mood.

Jia Lian glanced at him and said, "Why, this income is not included in the bookstore's revenue?"

Jia Rong said sadly: "Your Majesty, if you ask people from the Zongren Mansion to come forward to do things, you can't let them do it in vain."

What Jia Rong can see, can Jia Lian not understand?

Thinking of this, Jia Lian smiled, patted Jia Rong on the shoulder and asked, "Are you usually short of money?"

"I'm not short of money. I just look at the money I earned, and I love it indescribably."

I understand, it’s more uncomfortable to watch others make money than to lose money yourself. This guy has the potential to be a capitalist.

"Are you stupid? If it were me, I would send people back to my hometown in Jinling in advance to print out the books and sell them. In the surrounding prefectures such as Su, Yang, Songjiang, etc., I could send people to deliver the books directly there. There is no need to open a pilot project myself. , we can also earn a little more by jointly operating with local bookstores.”

One sentence opened Jia Rong's mind. He slapped his thigh and said, "It's too late for the first volume. Before the second volume is written, I'll find someone to make a copy first. I won't wait for it to be released in the capital, so I'll send someone to do it first." Send it to the south. There is an old house in Jinling, and there is Aunt Jia Min in Yangzhou. At that time, I will also ask my second uncle to write a letter for me to help."

Jia Lian looked at Jia Rong with great satisfaction and patted him on the shoulder: "Great kindness!"

I added silently in my heart, come on, you are already a mature tool person and you have to learn to make money by yourself.

Jia Rong, who has an open mind about making money, will most likely run wild on the road to making money from now on.

In this way, if Jia Rong, who has been traveling all year round, will get married in the future, will this be the back house?

No, I have to speed up the progress!

Jia Lian, who was thinking wildly, was pulled back by Xiao An's words.

"Second Master, Mr. Zhang's chief attendant has been looking for you for a long time. He said that he has something important to ask you to come over."

Jia Lian looked at the smile on Zhang Laifu's face, who was standing five steps away, and his mood was not particularly stable.

The capital is so big, I'm already in the sea of ​​people, and you can still accurately locate me. How dare you say that you didn't investigate my recent actions in advance?

"Trouble, there is no secret in being a human being!" Jia Lian sighed seemingly casually, which made Zhang Laifu's face stiffen.

He still couldn't explain, "It's not me who is checking you, it's the people from Longjingwei. Besides, your life trajectory is so clear. Aren't there only a few places you can go to?"

Complaints are complaints, Jia Lian still cooperated and went to Zhang's house, silently deducing in his heart.

You see, I am so good and never run around, so no one will be afraid of me.

No, if I live such a regular life, wouldn’t it be easy for my enemies to find me? Precise positioning followed by precise strikes?

How many enemies do I have? There seem to be only a few, so that's no problem. As long as something happens to me and no one has a problem with me, no one can escape. If it still doesn't work, go back and ask someone to look for it and see if there is anything like soft gold armor to wear.

Zhang Tingen was lying on a recliner with a towel on his head. Was he sick?

Seeing this, Jia Lian strode forward, knelt down on one knee, and said in a touching tone: "Sir, you are ill, and yet you are still thinking about your disciple's affairs, which really makes me deeply saddened. If your husband's health is delayed because of your disciple's affairs, Jia Lian really deserves death."

Was Zhang Ting'en moved by this performance? Anyway, tears were already lingering in Jia Lian's eyes, and he was full of tears.

In fact, Jia Lian just imagined in his mind that Jia's house was ransacked, and he couldn't hold back his tears since he no longer had the good life he had now. The key is that there are so many beautiful sisters, one by one like withering flowers.

Well, the saddest thing is that in the TV series, Jia Lian is actually allowed to take over the blame thrown by Jia Zhen for Sister You. This is unbearable! It’s all Benzema’s fault, no, it’s all Jia Zhen’s fault.

"Get up. Seeing how uncomfortable you are, I feel better as a teacher." Zhang Ting'en spoke weakly.

Jia Lian was a little surprised. Can he speak? Can he speak?

Forget it, don’t worry about a disease.

Jia Lian stood up and asked cautiously: "Sir, what's going on? Who could make you so angry? The student goes to find him."

A middle-aged woman came out from behind the curtain, followed by a maid carrying a bowl of medicine in a tray.

Zhang Ting'en started doing it with the support of the woman. After drinking the medicine with a frown, he put down the bowl and said calmly: "It's Dai Quan!"

Jia Lian..., sir, you can't cheat students like this!

(End of this chapter)