Quickly wear it and insist on being an old man forever

Chapter 175 Old Concubine Zhen doesn’t dare to die (11) [-in-]

Because the benefits provided by Bai Sheng to them were huge and visible to the naked eye, most clan elders instantly changed their attitudes. The only thing that was still controversial was whether they should implement it 100% perfectly.

"Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. It is difficult for the old concubine to know the full story of what we are doing in the palace, so maybe there is no need to be a villain, just act appropriately."

"That's the truth..."

"If you really send too many clan members into the yamen, wouldn't it appear that there are no good people in the family and they do many evil things?"

"No, what do you guys mean?
Is it possible that there are really many black sheep in our Zhen family, people who violate laws and disciplines, and you know it very well, otherwise why do you say that too many people are sent to the Yamen? "

"Oh, that's what I said."

"We still need to strictly investigate and deal with it, otherwise it will be difficult to implement the house rules later. A strict investigation in the front is just a warning to the monkeys, and it will also make it easier to enforce the house rules later!"

"It's not a bad thing. It's just a shame. Why cut corners?"

"It can't be that you have done something serious!"

"Or maybe they are trying to protect their descendants."

"No, no, our children are very sensible and law-abiding. They don't even go to brothels and teahouses, let alone do anything illegal or indiscipline. Don't slander them!"

"Wait a minute, is it possible that we have underestimated the power and means of the old dowager? The technologies and things provided by the old dowager are definitely not owned by anyone. No matter who is the emperor, they can easily use them to change the marquis, or even change the country. The dukedom and the family are famous enough to go down in history.

These technologies will never come out of thin air.

It's even less likely that it was left by the Supreme Emperor to the old concubine.

With the Emperor's good reputation, he has already used these technologies and things to win face for himself, so is it possible that the old lady may hold a power that even the Emperor doesn't know about?
If this is the case, we cannot fool..."

"That's right, I was just enjoying my visit, but I never thought about where the old lady's skills and things came from."

"Will there be other forces supporting the old concubine?"

"You mean the old lady is just a pawn?"

"Are you okay? Which force has so many good things, but would not use them themselves, but instead give them to the old lady and ask her to pass them on to us? Are you sick?"

"That's all, stop arguing. Nothing can go wrong in this matter no matter what. Don't even think about fooling the old concubine. Just listen to the old concubine and start a thorough investigation when you get back. If it's you, or your If your direct descendants commit crimes, I hope you will stand up consciously and even kill your relatives in a just and righteous way. Do you understand?"

Zhen Yingjia slapped the table again, wanting to make the final decision.

Completely finalize the internal purge.

But obviously, no matter how jealous these clan elders are of the benefits provided by the old concubine, they are not willing to sacrifice themselves, or even their relatives and direct descendants.

So even if someone gets angry:

"Patriarch, what you said is as if you didn't break the law when you did some dirty work for the Supreme Emperor. Is it possible that you also want to plead guilty directly?"

"Yes, some things are not done voluntarily by us. Every year, all the money collected from the salt tax is sent to Beijing."

"And how can we tell the Yamen about the things we did for the Supreme Emperor? Is it possible to tell the Yamen directly that we did it for the Supreme Emperor? But if we don't say that we did it for the Supreme Emperor, and take the blame ourselves, and investigate further, I'm afraid it will be enough. If the house is confiscated directly, is it possible that the whole family will be exiled to the border and take credit for these things? "

They did some illegal things.

It's really hard to say, and it can't be said.

For example, cutting off the salt tax was a major crime no matter which dynasty or generation it was placed in. Even confiscating the family and exterminating the clan was not too much. But the key point was that they were also working for the Supreme Emperor, who would not be easy to mobilize after the Supreme Emperor abdicated. Although the money in the treasury and the internal funds can be moved, they are all recorded. It is very inconvenient to do some secret things.

So we can only make money from other aspects.

Their family was unlucky. They became the ones who made money for the Supreme Emperor. In order to take credit and make more money, they also engaged in a series of operations such as selling private salt, blackmailing salt merchants, and altering Jiangnan Weaving's account books. Although their own family I took the opportunity to make some money, but most of it was sent to Beijing.

Once these things are exposed, no one is willing to admit it, even if they say they were instructed by the Supreme Emperor.

"Oh, don't worry about this. I had relevant concerns at the time, so I hesitated for a long time, and sent people to the palace twice more to negotiate with the old lady.

The old concubine's attitude was that she would not mention the things she did to help the emperor do dirty work, and would only pursue matters such as attacking common people, killing people, robbing women, and even annexing land, lending money, and taking lawsuits.

Those who commit these things must be severely punished.

At the same time, you must be able to compensate as much as possible! "

After listening to the strange teasing from several clan elders, Zhen Yingjia realized that she seemed to have missed something.

And quickly made up for what I missed.

Hearing this, all the dissatisfied clan elders who were originally looking a little tangled breathed a sigh of relief, and many of them directly expressed their approval.

"Patriarch, you are the same. Why are you gasping for breath with us when you are talking? You missed such an important thing. Then I have no objection. Who is responsible for robbing civilian girls? If our children want any women, others will come quickly. ”

"There should be some land annexation, but most of it follows legal procedures and there is no forced sale."

"Lending money is even more ridiculous. Our family is not going to be poor no matter what. We still need to make money through lending money. However, there are many temples nearby that do this."

"Does the old concubine have some misunderstanding about us? Why does she feel that in the old concubine's opinion, we are all like hooligans? Although our Zhen family is not a thousand-year-old family, it has been passed down for nearly a hundred years.

He has some background and is proud of himself. "

"But it's hard to say. There might be some prodigal descendants, or descendants from other branches, or even servants, doing these things by taking advantage of the reputation of my Zhen family."

"Then let's check..."

Why did Bai Sheng mention these points in particular? It was mainly because the Jia family in Dream of Red Mansions did many of these things, especially lending money and soliciting lawsuits. Wang Xifeng did both. In order to buy other people's fans, they killed people. Jia She did it. The Zhen family and the Jia family have been close relatives for many years. Bai Sheng thought that they might have the same virtue and would be able to do these things, so it was natural.

But the reality is that the Zhen family at this time was actually much more prosperous than the Jia family, and the family was also much richer. It was far from the Jia family's level of living in poverty, and it was not like the Jia family who emptied their wealth to build a grand garden. of.

So naturally it can't be that low. Of course, it does not rule out that someone has done some illegal things in private, but even if there are, there will definitely not be many, and it is impossible to involve the core members of the Zhen family.

Because of this, the Zhen family quickly made an internal purge plan and began a self-examination, and then a lot of problems were discovered. How can I put it, there are not many problems with the people of this surname, but there are too many problems with the servants. too much.

Those with high status among the tribesmen of this surname simply don’t bother to do these things. Those with low status either don’t have the ability or the courage. There are only a few dozen or so tribesmen who pretend to be powerful and do some things that violate laws and disciplines. Among them There were also two people who died due to adultery.

Although it feels a bit embarrassing.

But in the end it was handed over to the Yamen.

At the same time, certain compensation was given to the victims or their families, and their reputations improved a lot.

As for the servants, I really don’t know if I don’t check. I’ll be shocked if I check. I feel that most of the bad reputation of their family is caused by the servants.

For example, a farm collects rent.

Because his family does not have to pay taxes, and there is no shortage of three melons and two dates in the field, they only charge 60% of the rent. The farm laborers only need to turn in 60% of the harvest, and there is no need to pay additional land rent. Of course, after the head tax They still have to pay the tax themselves, but how much land rent do they charge the farm laborers?

The fee is 80%.

Occasionally, they would ask for rent exemption under the pretense of being hit by a disaster.

But even if the Zhen family waives the rent, the stewards in charge of the farm will not necessarily waive it and will still accept it.

The Zhen family has a big business, not to mention the farm laborers, even the stewards may not have the opportunity to come into contact with the main figures of the Zhen family. It is just that the younger stewards are in contact with the older stewards, and the older stewards are in contact with the general stewards. Once the following is hidden, unless someone One day, someone from the Zhen family went to visit them privately, otherwise it would be impossible to know these things.

As for those farm laborers, let alone not knowing at all, even if they knew, it was basically impossible to file a complaint. The difficulty of filing a complaint was no less difficult than that of ordinary people who wanted to file a complaint.

This is true for a big family, and the same is true for a country.

Similar situations can be said to occur in all aspects. After all, it is impossible for the Zhen family to do many things themselves. It is normal for outsiders to take advantage of the work, or to do it more excessively, let alone those outsiders, even if In fact, it's not surprising for relatives to do this.

Even they themselves made a lot of money when they did the dirty work for the Supreme Emperor. When they encountered some difficult people with backgrounds, they also needed to use the Supreme Emperor's power as a fake tiger.

Those who really suffer are the people at the bottom.

Of course, their family was not without gains. From the hands of the housekeepers, large and small, they took out a total of more than three million taels of silver, hundreds of thousands taels of gold, hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and many properties. In total, The total assets account for almost 80% of the total assets of the Zhen family.

This made Zhen Yingjia and the others both angry and happy.

Of course, he was angry that these servants dared to be so bold and secretly made so much money behind their backs. He was undoubtedly happy because he got so much income at once, which directly doubled his family's wealth. How could he not be happy?

Along with so many servants, stewards, and members of the Zhen family who committed crimes, they were all handed over by Zhen Yingjia to the Jiangnan government for punishment according to law. Although there are some discussions among internal tribesmen and other families, the reputation among ordinary people is indeed much better. It is a bit similar to the emperor, or the court vigorously controls corruption and deals with a group of corrupt officials. The people praise it and feel that the emperor Still good, just blinded.

Of course, the family didn't dare to tell anyone about the exact amount of money they stole from the servants and stewards.

It's better to make money quietly.

As the dust settled on the matter and the new family rules officially began to be implemented within the Zhen family, Zhen Yingjia immediately informed his wife of the specific situation and asked her to go to the palace again to meet Bai Sheng and relay these things.

At the same time, he brought back secret recipes, improved seeds and other items.

……

Let’s talk about Liu Xianglian.

Ever since the Supreme Emperor was assassinated and passed away, netizens from another world felt that the old concubine Zhen was not suspicious. The camera that was originally focused on Bai Sheng's live broadcast also began to commit crimes at the request of many netizens. It just stopped staring at a certain person. One person is broadcasting live, and all suspects are required to watch it, along with the live broadcast of the assassination case handling process.

Including the trial process in Dali Temple, the process of asking the emperor for instructions, the process of writing a memorial, and the final judgment process.

Prince Zhongyi and his daughter-in-law, the princess who killed the assassin's biological mother, and their whole family were beheaded at the Meridian Gate, which was also broadcast live.

At most, it can be divided into different levels and coded during the live broadcast.

[After reading the whole trial process of the case, I still feel a little strange. Although the weirdest thing in the whole case is the assassin, but if he also received help from some other world system, wouldn't it be too hasty to die after hitting the wall? It feels very unreasonable! 】

[But in any case, the death of the Supreme Emperor did cause the space-time oscillation to become more severe. Now we can all transmit some small things to Brother Liu. 】

[Feudal imperial power is so terrible! 】

[Our era is better. Even if there is someone in the family who is hot-headed and stirs up trouble, at most it will only affect Kao Gong, and he will not be directly executed. 】

[With so many people watching the live broadcast, no one can figure out who has the problem, or what the other party’s thoughts are, and whether they will invade the Red Mansion. 】

[It’s hard to say. Maybe the entire civilization system of another world has a different technological development direction than ours. As a result, it will be even more difficult for us to find the real mastermind behind the scenes. 】

While the netizens in the different world were discussing, Liu Xianglian, who had been staying at home watching the live broadcast and the barrage, couldn't help but think of something, and tentatively said:
"I have an idea, is it still Old Concubine Zhen who is in trouble? Prince Zhongyi, the unpopular bastard, assassinated the Supreme Emperor. It might just be an accident.

Or in your words.

Maybe it's just the butterfly effect.

All because Mrs. Zhen did not die.

I analyzed it carefully and found that if Mrs. Zhen died at the scheduled time, the Supreme Emperor would most likely want the people to abide by the country's filial piety, and the noble royal family was no exception. At the same time, he should not be in the mood to hold a so-called family banquet.

Without a family dinner, there would be no assassins.

In other words, the assassin had no chance to assassinate him at all.

The most important thing is, do you still remember the roar of the princess during the trial? She said that if she had known this, she should not have spared the life of that bitch, and she should have taken action earlier. Later, there was an investigation and it was found that she had started to reduce the share of the concubine very early. In the past half month, the concubine had been starving and freezing. According to the investigation, if the Emperor's family banquet was postponed for a month , it is estimated that he has been tortured to death.

Even if Mrs. Zhen's period of filial piety ends, the Supreme Emperor will still hold a family banquet, and it is estimated that she will not be assassinated.

Because the assassin had been tortured to death by then!
If only a few months later, the assassin would starve to death, or die of illness if not starved to death. Anyway, he would definitely die with a high probability.

So the root of the problem is actually still with Old Concubine Zhen. It was her failure to die normally and as scheduled, which led to a series of subsequent events that happened one after another. "