Daiyu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 19 First Arrival in Yangzhou City

When Lin Ruhai arrived in Yangzhou, it was almost the first lunar month.The former Xunyan Yushi had already moved out of the official residence, waiting for him to take over.The official residence is just a three-entry house, but it is wider than ordinary people's houses.The front yard is Lin Ruhai's external study and the side room of the main hall and flower hall for guests.There are two side courtyards on the left and right sides, one for Jia Lian and one for Huang Jiyun to live in when he comes.Inside the Chuihua Gate is the main courtyard where Jia Min and Lin Ruhai live, and there are side courtyards on the left and right sides, Daiyu lives in the east, and two aunts live in the west.There is also a small garden behind.The previous salt censor seemed to be an elegant person. Although the garden was small, the gardens and pavilions were very delicately arranged, so there was no need for Daiyu to go to war.Even the roses, weeping willows and daiyu that were originally planted were kept as they were, and only a few sweet-scented osmanthus, gardenia, jasmine and other fragrant flowers were planted in the main courtyard, so that the courtyard will be filled with a faint fragrance throughout the year. middle.Fruit trees such as oranges, apricots, and pears are also planted in the garden, interspersed around the corridor.Even if there is no fruit, it will look lush and lush, not to mention the flowers are also very beautiful.A grape trellis was also set up on the west side of the garden, so that even if there is no lotus pond in the garden in summer, it will look cool and pleasant.In addition, three small huts were built on the rocky mountain of Taihu Lake in the middle of the garden, and a few plantains were planted beside the huts.Although the hut is not compatible with the garden, it has to be said that the scenery above is unique.Going out from the back door of the garden is the caravan and stables where the servants live and the corridor. Passers-by walk to both sides of the corridor, so that they can go directly to the front courtyard and the main courtyard without passing through the garden.

After a few days, Daiyu and Jia Min have basically put the official residence in order.The gauze curtains, curtains, and door curtains that should be replaced have all been replaced, and the vases and antique ornaments that should be placed are also properly placed one by one.When I came to Yangzhou, I didn’t bring any furniture. I used the original ones in the official residence. But after Daiyu instructed me to put cushions here, brocade mats there, embroidered screens here, bonsai there... Daiyu is strict Following the concept of light decoration and heavy decoration in the previous life, the official residence looks warm and bright without losing its dignity.

After Jia Min and Daiyu finished their work, the house was free to send some soup, water and nourishing items to the front yard, but Jia Min found that his eyes were bloodshot and his cheeks were sunken after not seeing Jia Lian for a few days.But Jia Min was taken aback.It turns out that the official affairs of the Yanzheng government are really complicated, and the accounts are even more chaotic. Either there is a mismatch here or a few pages are missing there. Lin Ruhai is already very busy just reconciling the accounts, especially because the old accounting methods are still used in the yamen.Lin Ruhai and a few staff members were already too busy to touch the ground, but the yamen has a lot of work, so is it a matter of accounts?So he arrested Jia Lian's young man.

Jia Lian's task was very simple, to organize all the account books into a new debit and credit account book using the method taught by Daiyu.But the old account book does not say that there is something missing, even if the account is received and withdrawn, it is also chaotic.Jia Lian wanted to make a new loan income and expenditure, even though this method has been used for more than a year and a half, it has not made much progress.Coincidentally, Jia Min saw the unkempt Jia Lian buried in the pile of account books.Seeing him in such a state of distress and thinking that this is the only one in his natal family who can be successful now, she couldn't help complaining to Lin Ruhai.

Daiyu didn't do it when she heard that, no matter how close the cousin was, he didn't have any relatives.So he looked at Jia Min with his mouth full of resentment and said: "Mother has wronged my father. As the saying goes, you can put what you have learned into practice. No matter how well Cousin Lian reads books, it is better to have some practical experience. In the future Cousin Lian is going to be an official, no matter what position he is in, it is still very important to manage the accounts in his hands clearly and understand the income and expenditure, especially when handing over accounts with others. Now it is not only helping Dad, but also This is a rare opportunity, under the guidance of my father, I can understand the dark side of this officialdom, and I will be more cautious in the future, right?"

Look at what you said, Jia Mincheng is not a good person.Fearing that the fire would spread, Jia Lian quickly stood up and bowed to Jia Min, saying, "My cousin is very right. This is my uncle's cultivation of my nephew. My nephew is dull, so my aunt is worried." Jia Lian is very good at talking, my uncle is cultivating me. Yes, my aunt is concerned about me, but I am so embarrassed because I am stupid.As soon as these words came out, Daiyu was satisfied.Lin Ruhai also had a smile in his eyes.Only Jia Min was angry about it, as if displeased inside and outside had become meddling.

Daiyu saw that Jia Lian was very honest, so she took the initiative to ask people to move all the account books to the compartment in the side hall, and Zhixuan waited inside with a smile. Daiyu read the data while flipping through the account books. Dictation" is fine.Zhixuan smiled and was afraid that Daiyu would be exhausted, so she kept bringing tea, snacks and fruits inside, which made Daiyu want to roll her eyes. If it wasn't for the image problem, it would be more than just rolling her eyes?With Daiyu's help, Jia Lian's speed was soaring.But Daiyu can't stay here all the time to help Jia Lian sort out the account books!So patiently taught Jia Lian how to classify, how to record, etc. Jia Lian was very smart anyway, he only needed to sort out the records, and he didn't need to reconcile accounts or anything. Lin Ruhai and his staff were doing it.

So Jia Lian began to relax the next day. He was dressed in a lake blue brocade padded robe and a moonlight gown with white fox fur.In addition, he originally had pretty features and a natural smile on his lips, where was there still a little bit of yesterday's embarrassment?While serving a bowl of tea, he flipped through the account books from time to time. Sitting across from him, Zhao'er, his personal servant, recorded the figures reported by Jia Lian without raising his head.Even so, Jia Lian read every day with dry mouth and tongue, and had to copy the list first at night.It took another ten days of busy work to sort out all the accounts.

However, the past [-] days have not been easy for Jia Min. When he first arrived in Yangzhou City, officials of all sizes sent greeting cards, and salt merchants of all sizes sent all kinds of valuable gifts, from calligraphy and paintings to ancient books to rare ornaments, from It can be said that there is everything from jewelry to Meiji Yanniang, and what's more, they directly sent bank notes, shops and other things.They are all doing bribery in the name of congratulations.The official residence was not cleaned up properly before, but there were not many people who came to visit without invitation.Jia Min is also very good at being a man. He went to Yangzhou to rest for a while, and took Daiyu to visit the governor, inspector, inspector and other wives.They replied one after another to the wives of the other officials, Mrs. Salt Merchant, to hold a banquet for everyone on March [-]. Everyone understood that the Lin family had just arrived here, and they showed enough tolerance and didn't bother them too much.

But from this, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai knew that the chaos in Yangzhou's officialdom was even worse than imagined!I didn't know what to do with these "gifts" for a while.When Daiyu learned about it, she asked Lin Ruhai, "Does Daddy like these gifts in his heart?" Lin Ruhai glared at Daiyu at that time, and said with a snort: "My Lin family has been passed down for a hundred years, how much wealth has I accumulated? How can you covet such a thing, so you don't have to be looked down upon." Daiyu thought for a while and then asked: "Then why didn't Dad go back?" Lin Ruhai sighed as if he had aged a few years in an instant: "How can I go back? Go back, isn't that a slap in the face? How can you offend the entire Yangzhou officialdom because your father has just arrived here and his foundation is not stable?" After speaking, he sighed again.Unexpectedly, Daiyu laughed, opened the door to look at the two brothers Lin Ping and Lin An outside the study, and then quietly said to Lin Ruhai: "Daddy's position is delicate now, and Yu'er thinks it's not suitable for Daddy to handle it by himself. The number of these so-called gifts is so large. It’s so huge, how could the higher-ups not know about it? If it’s less than 1000 taels, we can keep it with peace of mind, and return the gift at a similar value. This kind of people don’t have any intention of clinging to them, or they can make friends with each other. No way. After all, when the water is clear, there will be no fish. Those individuals also need to gain a foothold in Yangzhou City, just like today’s daddy, right? It’s just that the position of daddy is more subtle and more critical. Those whose value is higher than 1000 taels, daddy is ten million Don't deal with it by yourself, otherwise it will be corruption and bribery, we can't afford such a reputation! Besides, even if my father doesn't have the intention of taking people's hands short, what if people come to ask for it in the future? Not to mention our family's original intention There is no shortage of these." Lin Ruhai smiled wryly when he heard this, "Why doesn't Daddy know what Yu'er said? But these things and property have already been delivered to our house, so what can Daddy do?" Daiyu smiled and said, "Why do Daddy have to be so embarrassing? All the finances sent, including those beauties, should be made into a list and listed on Datian Listening. Calligraphy, painting, ancient books, and rare ornaments are directly counted as silver taels for our own collection. Think about it. The converted silver and the original are well matched one by one, and a separate book is registered, and there are also yellow and white things such as pearls, hairpins, jade, and silver ticket shops. They are also registered and included in the book. They also wrote a booklet and sent it to the imperial court. .Even those that we despise, we also make a list for the Holy Majesty. Whether they are sold off or how to arrange them all depends on the Holy Majesty's will. Anyway, we do what the Holy Majesty arranges, and we just have nothing to hide. This is also We have shown to all ghosts and monsters that we are a royalist party and only listen to saints. In this way, those who are united with us will naturally come closer to us. Yu'er doesn't believe that there is no one who is loyal to the saint in the huge city of Yangzhou. Besides, we do If you go to the Ming Dynasty, you can ask the Holy One to take care of you a little bit, right? Even those who sent Meiji and concubines also made a booklet and handed it in. They bought another house in Yangzhou and sent someone to guard it. If you want to come with property and so on The Holy Majesty will definitely make arrangements, and if these concubines have no will, it is also feasible for our family to make arrangements on our own." Lin Ruhai nodded uncontrollably, eyes full of satisfaction and relief, now facing the almost monstrous Apart from being satisfied, Daiyu was numb, so he accepted Daiyu's suggestion very easily.

After counting all kinds of materials and registering them separately, Lin Ruhai only selected calligraphy and painting from them and converted them into silver, while the rest of the materials were sealed and stored in the warehouse.Lin Ruhai is also an old fox, he only chooses calligraphy and painting and nothing else, which not only shows that he is different from others, but also does not appear arrogant and hypocritical, and clearly shows that he is neither hypocritical nor deliberately concealed in front of the Holy One.Everything has been sorted out, along with the new account book registration booklet and the list of account books, people sent them to the imperial court quickly, and even those beauties were clearly recorded, who sent how many ages, how many beauties, etc. Wait for everything.As for how the Holy Admiral will deal with it, Lin Ruhai has nothing to do with it. Anyway, all the things have been sealed up, and the people who sent them have already let the servants secretly enter the house with a second seat and let them be guarded.You may ask, isn't it allowed to buy a house?Then you have never bought a house, how can you buy it if you want to?Especially second-hand houses that want to deceive people.How satisfied the Holy One is with Lin Ruhai's performance will not be mentioned for now.

It's just that other people's families are easy to deal with, but it's not so simple for the people from the Zhen family.Not to mention the pearls and agates they sent, the hairpin rings and jade pendants, not to mention the tribute satin and brocade.The fact that someone came with a message from Zhen Yingjia asking to see his aunt, Aunt Zhuang, caused Lin Ruhai and Jia Min a lot of headaches.Lin Ruhai couldn't discuss this matter with Daiyu, even if she knew, she didn't want Daiyu to know, because she felt that her precious daughter's ears were dirty.But in the end Daiyu still had rumors, but there was nothing she could do.He also thought that since Lin Ruhai deliberately concealed himself, what's the point of just pretending not to know?Daiyu, the underworld secretary of the Houzhai, heard this word a lot in her previous life, but she has never experienced it in detail. Even the soap operas of Zhaidougongdou, Daiyu also despised them in her previous life.Facing this matter at this time, Daiyu felt very powerless.

After all, it was Aunt Luo who came out of the palace and gave Jia Min a notice. She only said that Jia Min didn't know Aunt Zhuang's identity, and took advantage of Lin Ruhai's absence to send her out, and then sent someone to find her after knowing her identity. But there is no audio.Given the relationship between the Jia family and the Zhen family, Jia Min's ignorance would never cause her to tear herself apart. The old lady of the Zhen family is still here. Waiting to see, it's better to say that people are gone.Jia Min said to listen to Lin Ruhai, and Lin Ruhai sighed: "After all, he came out of the palace! This person's heart has been calculated." The next day, he followed his words. Although the people from the Zhen family were dissatisfied, they never turned their backs. The crisis that was not considered a crisis was resolved.

The people who sent off the Zhen family were just about to take a breather, but they didn't expect that after the King of Wu County went to Beijing to pay his respects, he would take the princess back to his residence via Yangzhou.When the governor of Yangzhou brought officials from one place to the wharf to welcome Wujun Wang and his wife, the princess of Wujun told Wujun Wang about the Hanshan Temple after hearing that Lin Ruhai and his wife were working here.The son learned about this and ran to Mo Xuan to inquire. It was Mo Xuan who was going to visit Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's mother and daughter when he heard that Lin Ruhai and Jia Min's mother and daughter were here. It turned out that Mo Xuan had stayed in Beijing for two years, and this time he followed the princess of Wu County. go.Daiyu hadn't healed when she left that year, and Mo Xuan kept thinking about it, thinking that he would meet Jia Min and Daiyu next time he went to Gusu City?Seeing that Mo Xuan was determined to do so, Princess Wujun had no choice but to ask Wujun Wang to accompany her son and daughter to go with Mo Xuan.

Prince Wu and his family visited Lin Ruhai's mansion in person to inspect Yan Yushi. For a while, there was an uproar in the official circles of Yangzhou, and everyone guessed how Lin Ruhai and King Wu were related.No matter what other people guessed, at the beginning of this day, the door of Lin's mansion was opened, and the head housekeeper Lin Zhong personally watched the servant wash the door railing and the stairs.Jia Min got up early and prepared for Lin Ruhai a brand new silver-white embroidered blessing robe with dark patterns and a dark green wide-sleeved overshirt for hospitality, and recalled what Daiyu had said about the family, and also changed it to the same one. Lin Ruhai's silver-white embroidered gown with the word "Fu" of the same color and a dark green embroidered golden chrysanthemum skirt. Thinking that these clothes are newly made by Daiyu for her husband and wife this year, she is even more in a good mood to choose the emerald-encrusted filigree red dress in the dowry. The money chain and a pair of emerald drop earrings looked very elegant and pleasant. Qi Luo also helped to pick out a gold-encrusted emerald bead pendant and inserted it obliquely into the long cloud bun, and Hua Sheng fixed it on the back.It looks more dignified and noble.Jia Min also asked someone to inform Daiyu and Jia Lian to wear the silver-white embroidered blessing pattern.Don't be surprised, of course you have to inform Jia Lian. After all, you live in the same house. Once Jia Lian has been accepted, there is no reason to push it out. Therefore, Daiyu will never lose Jia Lian's share in whatever clothes she makes. One of the reasons for affectionate attachment.How Daiyu and Jialian prepared will not be mentioned.At the end of the day, Lin Ruhaichen led Jia Lian and the housekeeper Lin Zhong to the door to wait for the arrival of King Wujun.Although the post said that he had visited for the first time, Lin Ruhai never dared to neglect.

Sure enough, just after Chen Shi was far away, he saw Wu Junwang followed by two boys riding tall horses.Behind him was a carriage marked by the palace, presumably it was the princess's car.Lin Ruhai took Jia Lian and hurried forward to greet him with a bow.King Wu Jun dismounted and threw the reins to his followers, and hurriedly shouted.Although Jia Lian had met princes and nobles in Beijing, he had little contact with his clansmen, and now he was a little reserved and just followed Lin Ruhai with his head down, not daring to talk nonsense.King Wujun saw that Jia Lian was wearing a silver-white gown with embroidered water and cloud patterns, a dark green girdle around his waist, and a dark green beaded forehead, which was the same as Lin Ruhai's. The red figure was tall and handsome, so she nodded and smiled at him gently. Seeing this, Lin Ruhai hurried forward and introduced: "This is the eldest son of Xiaguan's uncle, named Jia Lian. He is now studying in Xiaguan's house and waiting End." Jia Lian also bowed again and said: "Jia Lian, a grassroots man, has seen the prince." Hearing this, King Wujun laughed heartily, pointed at Mo Xuan and said, "This is also my uncle's brother's child, The name is Mo Xuan, I think you have seen it before. Brother Xuan, hurry up and greet Master Lin." Just after finishing speaking, Mo Xuan had stood up, bowed to Lin Ruhai and said: "One year, two years, Lin Ruhai. My lord's demeanor is even better than before. I don't know how the family is doing?" Lin Ruhai knew that what he was referring to was from that year, and said with a smile: "Everything is fine. Brother Laoxuan is bothering you so don't worry about it." After speaking, he listened to Wu Junwang's advice Wearing a sky-blue long gown and a squirrel fur-trimmed cloak of sapphire blue tapestry, the fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy said, "This is my ineffective eldest son, Hong Jin." Lin Ruhai knew that King Wu had asked him to seal him years ago. Knowing that this is the prince, he said with a smile: "The prince is handsome and handsome." After finishing speaking, the prince smiled and said, "Master Lin, is he not planning to invite us in?" Lin Ruhai hurriedly moved to the side and waved his hand. He said: "The lower officials have already been given refreshments, and the prince invites you inside." Then he led the three of Wujun Wang to the main hall.

Several people sat down as guests and hosts, chatted for a while, and then listened to King Wujun say to Jia Lian: "Nephew, let's take them to play by themselves. I am here to talk with Mr. Lin for two games." It turns out that King Wujun is also good. Seeing this, Lin Ruhai, a chess player, also said to Jia Lian: "Go, I'd like to ask the prince for some knowledge. Don't neglect the distinguished guest." After speaking, he led Wujun Wang to the flower hall.Whether the two of them were playing chess or something else in the flower hall, the rest of the people don't know, so I won't mention it here.

(End of this chapter)