Dongcheng, Yangzhou, Xu family.
Xu Zhen still looked cynical, sitting on the chair with a carefree look, sometimes slapping a peanut, sometimes sipping a sip of fragrant tea, which was so pleasant.
Seeing him like this, his elder brother Xu Zhi's face changed a little, and he gritted his teeth, but he could do nothing.
Xu Zhen glanced at him and saw Xu Zhi like this, and his heart became more and more happy.
He just likes his stupid brother who can't stand him and can't get rid of him...
Working with Jia Qiang, Xu Zhen was under tremendous pressure at home.
If it weren't for his mother, Lou, who was extremely favored by his son Xu Minghe, and his pillow was blown by the wind, it would be impossible for the Xu family to take out the ice cellar to cooperate with the young people who were not familiar with the capital.
His elder brother Xu Zhi also listed his serious crimes, such as helping foreigners offend the Bai family, and he made a decision to cooperate with the Xu family with the foundation, and was lawless. He also cursed the people and called the second master without regard for etiquette, righteousness and shame...
As a result, all the corrections disappeared as the Bai family was destroyed, the Chen, Wu and Zhou San families fell silently, and the Qi family, the leader of the salt merchant, got closer and closer to the Yanyuan Yamen.
The opposition within the Xu family was also swept away.
No one is a fool. Wherever the wind blows, you can see everything you have a look.
Xu Minghe, a house in Yangzhou Prefecture, looked at his doting son and cursed: "Damn it, don't be anxious to be happy first."Since you have reached a high point, then your elder brother will follow me to do business tomorrow.In addition, the Xu family cannot bet on you all their treasures.You take the ice cellar and I asked someone to buy a 5,000-acre farm outside the city. One is used as a way to get back, and the other is, if there is anything wrong with you, this farm belongs to your elder brother.Your third brother is still young, and he will have to use the money you earn to make up for it in the future. It will be at least a 5,000-acre farm.Even if we split up today, have you recorded it?
When Xu Zhen heard this, he almost laughed out loud.
He never thought of taking this position in the government office.
First, he is not the eldest son of the Xu family, and second, his personality is not suitable for doing this.
Speaking of this position, the power is indeed not small, but no matter how heavy the power is, it is just a small official who is not as good as the official.
When you see a bunch of officials in the government office, you have to greet them and kowtow when you pay serious visits.
It is better to kill him than to let him sit in this position.
As for the family's money, and the 5,000 acres of land and other things, it was a trivial matter for him.
In contrast, the two people in the Xu family's ice cellar and ice room business are the golden roosters that lay golden eggs.
Even if most of the money he earns in the next three to five years will be subsidized for the family, as long as the chicken is his, it will not be a matter of time before money is made?
What's more, what he values is not the money earned by these two people in the Ice Cellar, but the capital he can take to work with Jia Qiang and Qi Yun.
He was hesitant about him taking out the Xu family's ice cellar to join forces. Now that he has completely beaten the board, he can let go of it.
Xu Zhen jumped up and bowed to him and said with a smile: OK!If you are old, you will be the one who will be happy in the future. I will bear the disaster alone and will never drag down the family. So brother, don’t look so ugly.Let's go, try to make ice before the New Year, and make a big profit before the New Year.
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
After Xu Zhen left, Xu Minghe looked at the eldest son and sighed: Do you understand?The officials will be yours in the future, as long as you can sit.With that farm and this house, your future journey will be more stable than anyone else.You always complain in private that I love your brother, but now that he and the third brother add up, it’s not too much for two ice cellars.
When Xu Zhi heard this, he looked ashamed and even said a little uneasy: Father, why is this?
Xu Minghe shook his head and said: Our Xu family has been passed down from stability since your great-grandfather.You are calm and not as tempted as the second child, but also the eldest son, so you should have passed on your family business.The two ice cellars will not be separated... However, Yangzhou Prefecture is now in chaos, and the whole world is going to be in chaos. The emperor wants to innovate, but the officials and gentry in the world may not be willing.Look at Jiangnan, one Han Bin and one Han Banshan, and one Lin Ruhai. If two emperors rely on the emperor, they will really need the Jia family, the good ministers appointed by the Supreme Emperor, to come forward.Trembling, walking on thin ice.If they really get things done, your second brother will benefit from it and he will not have his luck.But if they lose, your second brother will be in trouble and have no food to eat in the future, remember to pull him and don’t let him starve to death.
Regardless of preference or spoiling, for the head of a family, ensuring the continuation of the family is always the first priority.
This is the way for the family to last forever.
……
The back house of the salt courtyard.
After Jia Qiang led Xue Baoqin in, Xue Baoqin asked Aunt Mei and Daiyu's well-behavedly.
Aunt Mei was shocked when she saw Baoqin like this and exclaimed: I haven’t seen a girl with such a good color for many years!
Baoqin was shy in her smile and explained to Aunt Mei why her mother couldn't come.
When Aunt Mei heard that Baoqin's mother had phlegm symptoms, she changed her expression slightly, and looked at Baoqin with a pity and said: What are you afraid of if you can't meet?Let your mother rest well, just let someone tell me what she lacks.
Daiyu, who had looked at Baoqin for a long time, suddenly looked at Jia Qiang and smiled: Why do I remember? Did you say that the precious medicine from Tianning Temple is the most appropriate symptom of hyperthermia lung disease?
Jia Qiang nodded, and Baoqin smiled on the side: Sister Lin, Brother Qiang said that after the imperial doctor was given a visit in the evening, if it was feasible, I would go and ask for Baoyao again.
When Daiyu heard this, her eyebrows raised slightly, and she looked at Jia Qiang with a smile and said: Brother Qiang?
Jia Qiang first responded um, and when Daiyu's eyebrows raised up, he hurried (three times) and signaled that he didn't understand what it meant...
Daiyu spat and teased: What a thick face!Qin'er is Bao'er's sister. If you ask Bao'er to call her aunt, then let Qin'er call you Brother Qiang?
Jia Qiang smiled and Feng Qingyun said calmly: What are you calling? To me, it doesn’t matter. It only depends on how Baoqin’s sister chose...
Baoqin is only eleven years old and is pointing at Jia Qiang to save her parents. How could she choose the wrong way?So he smiled and said: I'd better call me brother.
Daiyu saw through Jia Qiang's intentions and glared at him with some annoyance.
Jia Qiang waved his hand and said to Baoqin: If you have nothing to do, just be stubborn with your sister Lin. She is in the capital, and you are very good at being with your cousin, and you are as close as a sister!
Baoqin took it seriously and responded well. When she looked at Daiyu again, her starry eyes widened and she glared at someone, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
Is there any problem?
Jia Qiang hurriedly winked at Daiyu, signaling her not to lose her identity in front of the child, and then said goodbye to Aunt Mei, then turned around and left.
Daiyu looked at Jia Qiang's back angrily and hummed, but in a blink of an eye, she saw Baoqin seemingly restrained and timid when she saw her like this, and then quickly changed into a smile and started talking to her...
……
Imperial City, Daming Palace.
It has entered the twelfth lunar month and the palace has been painted freshly.
What is particularly said is that since the early years of Long'an, the glass lantern festival that has been closed for five years has started again since the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month.
Countless glazed lanterns hang over the entire imperial city.
The people in the capital could all look at the imperial city in the center of the Shenjing, and were all shocked by the scene that seemed like a heavenly palace and worshipped.
The Palace of Yangxin, the Palace of Xihunting Pavilion, the Palace of Diligence and Friendship.
Emperor Long'an stood in front of the window, looking at the beautiful lights outside, and his brows were furrowed tightly.
He was taught by the cabinet master since he was a child and had a sense of diligence and thrift, and he was most likely to be extravagant and wasteful.
But……
There was such a big storm in Jiangnan that a royal prince went to Jiuhua Palace to slander, saying that Han Bin and Lin Ruhai began to settle the old man Jingchu in Yangzhou Prefecture.
Although the Supreme Emperor didn't say anything, according to the eunuch, the Supreme Emperor was very unhappy...
Queen Yin suggested that Emperor Long'an would hang the colorful lanterns all over the imperial city again in order to appease the emperor's heart, just like the old year of Jingchu to comfort the emperor.
Emperor Long'an knew the importance of the current affairs, so he agreed.
Sure enough, the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager were very happy when they saw it.
However, Emperor Long'an was not happy.
Not only because of this extravagance, but also because of the royal family!
The great Yàn has been passed down to his generation and is already the fourth generation.
The four generations accumulated fifteen princes' mansions and thirty-eight county princes' mansions. As for Duke Zhenguo, Duke Fuguo, General Zhenguo, etc., there were hundreds of people.
Although, compared with the previous dynasty, the royal family was not too many, and the salary was still worth it.
However, some people were not satisfied. Not only did they borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue, they also sent their royal family members to gather land everywhere to build a royal village.
These Wangzhuangs are not afraid to take care of them in the local government, let alone collect taxes, and they even collect land on a large scale, which has caused a sharp reduction in local fiscal and tax revenue...
At present, although there are not many prince's mansions and county prince's mansions, the numbers will become more and more amazing. One day, the expenditure of the royal family will become a mountain that crushes the court's finances.
Because of this, Emperor Long'an didn't like most royal families who were about to grow up to become useless people. Unexpectedly, there are still people who dare to give him eye drops, which forced him to do such extravagant things against his will.
For Emperor Long'an, this was simply a great humiliation!!
At this time, the copper bells in the Immortal Tower and Buddhist Hall outside the hall echoed in the hall, as if there were Sanskrit sounds.
This design is clever. Whenever someone enters the hall and pushes open the hall door, the air flows in, and the ringing will be heard.
There is the Emperor Tongbing of the Yellow Gate: The Emperor is over.
Soon after, I saw Empress Yin enter.
However, unlike in the past, when Queen Yin entered the room today, she looked a little more solemn on her face.
What happened?
Emperor Long'an knew that this first wife was the smartest, and she could not help but have a difficult time, so she rarely looked like this.
Now that this is the case, it can be seen that it is really difficult.
As expected, Yin Hou said solemnly: Emperor, Qiu from Xuan'er's mansion just now came to the palace to tell me that she had been closer to the concubine Bai from Yao'er's mansion. She didn't expect Bai to tell her some strange things. Because Bai was unable to enter the palace, she asked Qiu to come to the palace to say:
Princess Ning Zhao has been traveling around the royal palaces of the royal family for the past six months.
In addition to the royal family, there are also the six great ministers of Yuanping, the six great kings and the twenty-four marquises, and she also visited most of them.
I heard from Qiu that every time Zhao visits, he will never go empty-handed and is very active.
Her identity is special. All the princes in the world are granted by two characters, but King Ning is the King of One characters.
It can be seen that in the future, there is always a prince.
So most of these families will not treat her slowly.
The emperor, thinking about the identity of Emperor Yuansun of Li Xi, the emperor repeatedly surrendered grace, and only hoped that he would be more peaceful, but he was so restless!
By the way, Bai also said that before Prince Jian entered the palace to meet the Supreme Emperor, Zhao went to Prince Jian’s mansion with a heavy gift three times!
Emperor Long'an heard this and was shocked and angry!
He didn't expect that King Ning, the Supreme Yuansun, was so cunning and did not move, so he asked the princess to hook up with these things.
What's even more angry was that he actually learned about this from Yin Hou, and he was simply a trash!
There is also the royal family Prince Jian’s mansion, who dared to be so ignorant of life and death!
I also really hate these people who are out of reach. When they reach this point, do they still want to make a big difference?
A bunch of idiots!
However, his years of tenaciousness still made Emperor Long'an quickly suppress his anger. He said in a deep voice: I am not convenient to come forward. You will reward Bai on my behalf, and it is difficult for her to have such a loyal and filial piety!After a pause, he suddenly frowned and asked: Which family does Bai belong to?He wanted to benevolent to his daughter-in-law's mother tribe, and he couldn't remember who he should benevolent to.
Queen Yin smiled and said: The emperor forgot that Bai family is the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou and the daughter of the Bai family.This marriage was the one that Yao'er came to Yangzhou with the Supreme Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor graces the Bai family.
When Emperor Long'an heard this, his face turned dark and he was in a bad mood for a moment!
……
Xu Zhen still looked cynical, sitting on the chair with a carefree look, sometimes slapping a peanut, sometimes sipping a sip of fragrant tea, which was so pleasant.
Seeing him like this, his elder brother Xu Zhi's face changed a little, and he gritted his teeth, but he could do nothing.
Xu Zhen glanced at him and saw Xu Zhi like this, and his heart became more and more happy.
He just likes his stupid brother who can't stand him and can't get rid of him...
Working with Jia Qiang, Xu Zhen was under tremendous pressure at home.
If it weren't for his mother, Lou, who was extremely favored by his son Xu Minghe, and his pillow was blown by the wind, it would be impossible for the Xu family to take out the ice cellar to cooperate with the young people who were not familiar with the capital.
His elder brother Xu Zhi also listed his serious crimes, such as helping foreigners offend the Bai family, and he made a decision to cooperate with the Xu family with the foundation, and was lawless. He also cursed the people and called the second master without regard for etiquette, righteousness and shame...
As a result, all the corrections disappeared as the Bai family was destroyed, the Chen, Wu and Zhou San families fell silently, and the Qi family, the leader of the salt merchant, got closer and closer to the Yanyuan Yamen.
The opposition within the Xu family was also swept away.
No one is a fool. Wherever the wind blows, you can see everything you have a look.
Xu Minghe, a house in Yangzhou Prefecture, looked at his doting son and cursed: "Damn it, don't be anxious to be happy first."Since you have reached a high point, then your elder brother will follow me to do business tomorrow.In addition, the Xu family cannot bet on you all their treasures.You take the ice cellar and I asked someone to buy a 5,000-acre farm outside the city. One is used as a way to get back, and the other is, if there is anything wrong with you, this farm belongs to your elder brother.Your third brother is still young, and he will have to use the money you earn to make up for it in the future. It will be at least a 5,000-acre farm.Even if we split up today, have you recorded it?
When Xu Zhen heard this, he almost laughed out loud.
He never thought of taking this position in the government office.
First, he is not the eldest son of the Xu family, and second, his personality is not suitable for doing this.
Speaking of this position, the power is indeed not small, but no matter how heavy the power is, it is just a small official who is not as good as the official.
When you see a bunch of officials in the government office, you have to greet them and kowtow when you pay serious visits.
It is better to kill him than to let him sit in this position.
As for the family's money, and the 5,000 acres of land and other things, it was a trivial matter for him.
In contrast, the two people in the Xu family's ice cellar and ice room business are the golden roosters that lay golden eggs.
Even if most of the money he earns in the next three to five years will be subsidized for the family, as long as the chicken is his, it will not be a matter of time before money is made?
What's more, what he values is not the money earned by these two people in the Ice Cellar, but the capital he can take to work with Jia Qiang and Qi Yun.
He was hesitant about him taking out the Xu family's ice cellar to join forces. Now that he has completely beaten the board, he can let go of it.
Xu Zhen jumped up and bowed to him and said with a smile: OK!If you are old, you will be the one who will be happy in the future. I will bear the disaster alone and will never drag down the family. So brother, don’t look so ugly.Let's go, try to make ice before the New Year, and make a big profit before the New Year.
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
After Xu Zhen left, Xu Minghe looked at the eldest son and sighed: Do you understand?The officials will be yours in the future, as long as you can sit.With that farm and this house, your future journey will be more stable than anyone else.You always complain in private that I love your brother, but now that he and the third brother add up, it’s not too much for two ice cellars.
When Xu Zhi heard this, he looked ashamed and even said a little uneasy: Father, why is this?
Xu Minghe shook his head and said: Our Xu family has been passed down from stability since your great-grandfather.You are calm and not as tempted as the second child, but also the eldest son, so you should have passed on your family business.The two ice cellars will not be separated... However, Yangzhou Prefecture is now in chaos, and the whole world is going to be in chaos. The emperor wants to innovate, but the officials and gentry in the world may not be willing.Look at Jiangnan, one Han Bin and one Han Banshan, and one Lin Ruhai. If two emperors rely on the emperor, they will really need the Jia family, the good ministers appointed by the Supreme Emperor, to come forward.Trembling, walking on thin ice.If they really get things done, your second brother will benefit from it and he will not have his luck.But if they lose, your second brother will be in trouble and have no food to eat in the future, remember to pull him and don’t let him starve to death.
Regardless of preference or spoiling, for the head of a family, ensuring the continuation of the family is always the first priority.
This is the way for the family to last forever.
……
The back house of the salt courtyard.
After Jia Qiang led Xue Baoqin in, Xue Baoqin asked Aunt Mei and Daiyu's well-behavedly.
Aunt Mei was shocked when she saw Baoqin like this and exclaimed: I haven’t seen a girl with such a good color for many years!
Baoqin was shy in her smile and explained to Aunt Mei why her mother couldn't come.
When Aunt Mei heard that Baoqin's mother had phlegm symptoms, she changed her expression slightly, and looked at Baoqin with a pity and said: What are you afraid of if you can't meet?Let your mother rest well, just let someone tell me what she lacks.
Daiyu, who had looked at Baoqin for a long time, suddenly looked at Jia Qiang and smiled: Why do I remember? Did you say that the precious medicine from Tianning Temple is the most appropriate symptom of hyperthermia lung disease?
Jia Qiang nodded, and Baoqin smiled on the side: Sister Lin, Brother Qiang said that after the imperial doctor was given a visit in the evening, if it was feasible, I would go and ask for Baoyao again.
When Daiyu heard this, her eyebrows raised slightly, and she looked at Jia Qiang with a smile and said: Brother Qiang?
Jia Qiang first responded um, and when Daiyu's eyebrows raised up, he hurried (three times) and signaled that he didn't understand what it meant...
Daiyu spat and teased: What a thick face!Qin'er is Bao'er's sister. If you ask Bao'er to call her aunt, then let Qin'er call you Brother Qiang?
Jia Qiang smiled and Feng Qingyun said calmly: What are you calling? To me, it doesn’t matter. It only depends on how Baoqin’s sister chose...
Baoqin is only eleven years old and is pointing at Jia Qiang to save her parents. How could she choose the wrong way?So he smiled and said: I'd better call me brother.
Daiyu saw through Jia Qiang's intentions and glared at him with some annoyance.
Jia Qiang waved his hand and said to Baoqin: If you have nothing to do, just be stubborn with your sister Lin. She is in the capital, and you are very good at being with your cousin, and you are as close as a sister!
Baoqin took it seriously and responded well. When she looked at Daiyu again, her starry eyes widened and she glared at someone, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
Is there any problem?
Jia Qiang hurriedly winked at Daiyu, signaling her not to lose her identity in front of the child, and then said goodbye to Aunt Mei, then turned around and left.
Daiyu looked at Jia Qiang's back angrily and hummed, but in a blink of an eye, she saw Baoqin seemingly restrained and timid when she saw her like this, and then quickly changed into a smile and started talking to her...
……
Imperial City, Daming Palace.
It has entered the twelfth lunar month and the palace has been painted freshly.
What is particularly said is that since the early years of Long'an, the glass lantern festival that has been closed for five years has started again since the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month.
Countless glazed lanterns hang over the entire imperial city.
The people in the capital could all look at the imperial city in the center of the Shenjing, and were all shocked by the scene that seemed like a heavenly palace and worshipped.
The Palace of Yangxin, the Palace of Xihunting Pavilion, the Palace of Diligence and Friendship.
Emperor Long'an stood in front of the window, looking at the beautiful lights outside, and his brows were furrowed tightly.
He was taught by the cabinet master since he was a child and had a sense of diligence and thrift, and he was most likely to be extravagant and wasteful.
But……
There was such a big storm in Jiangnan that a royal prince went to Jiuhua Palace to slander, saying that Han Bin and Lin Ruhai began to settle the old man Jingchu in Yangzhou Prefecture.
Although the Supreme Emperor didn't say anything, according to the eunuch, the Supreme Emperor was very unhappy...
Queen Yin suggested that Emperor Long'an would hang the colorful lanterns all over the imperial city again in order to appease the emperor's heart, just like the old year of Jingchu to comfort the emperor.
Emperor Long'an knew the importance of the current affairs, so he agreed.
Sure enough, the Supreme Emperor and the Empress Dowager were very happy when they saw it.
However, Emperor Long'an was not happy.
Not only because of this extravagance, but also because of the royal family!
The great Yàn has been passed down to his generation and is already the fourth generation.
The four generations accumulated fifteen princes' mansions and thirty-eight county princes' mansions. As for Duke Zhenguo, Duke Fuguo, General Zhenguo, etc., there were hundreds of people.
Although, compared with the previous dynasty, the royal family was not too many, and the salary was still worth it.
However, some people were not satisfied. Not only did they borrow money from the Ministry of Revenue, they also sent their royal family members to gather land everywhere to build a royal village.
These Wangzhuangs are not afraid to take care of them in the local government, let alone collect taxes, and they even collect land on a large scale, which has caused a sharp reduction in local fiscal and tax revenue...
At present, although there are not many prince's mansions and county prince's mansions, the numbers will become more and more amazing. One day, the expenditure of the royal family will become a mountain that crushes the court's finances.
Because of this, Emperor Long'an didn't like most royal families who were about to grow up to become useless people. Unexpectedly, there are still people who dare to give him eye drops, which forced him to do such extravagant things against his will.
For Emperor Long'an, this was simply a great humiliation!!
At this time, the copper bells in the Immortal Tower and Buddhist Hall outside the hall echoed in the hall, as if there were Sanskrit sounds.
This design is clever. Whenever someone enters the hall and pushes open the hall door, the air flows in, and the ringing will be heard.
There is the Emperor Tongbing of the Yellow Gate: The Emperor is over.
Soon after, I saw Empress Yin enter.
However, unlike in the past, when Queen Yin entered the room today, she looked a little more solemn on her face.
What happened?
Emperor Long'an knew that this first wife was the smartest, and she could not help but have a difficult time, so she rarely looked like this.
Now that this is the case, it can be seen that it is really difficult.
As expected, Yin Hou said solemnly: Emperor, Qiu from Xuan'er's mansion just now came to the palace to tell me that she had been closer to the concubine Bai from Yao'er's mansion. She didn't expect Bai to tell her some strange things. Because Bai was unable to enter the palace, she asked Qiu to come to the palace to say:
Princess Ning Zhao has been traveling around the royal palaces of the royal family for the past six months.
In addition to the royal family, there are also the six great ministers of Yuanping, the six great kings and the twenty-four marquises, and she also visited most of them.
I heard from Qiu that every time Zhao visits, he will never go empty-handed and is very active.
Her identity is special. All the princes in the world are granted by two characters, but King Ning is the King of One characters.
It can be seen that in the future, there is always a prince.
So most of these families will not treat her slowly.
The emperor, thinking about the identity of Emperor Yuansun of Li Xi, the emperor repeatedly surrendered grace, and only hoped that he would be more peaceful, but he was so restless!
By the way, Bai also said that before Prince Jian entered the palace to meet the Supreme Emperor, Zhao went to Prince Jian’s mansion with a heavy gift three times!
Emperor Long'an heard this and was shocked and angry!
He didn't expect that King Ning, the Supreme Yuansun, was so cunning and did not move, so he asked the princess to hook up with these things.
What's even more angry was that he actually learned about this from Yin Hou, and he was simply a trash!
There is also the royal family Prince Jian’s mansion, who dared to be so ignorant of life and death!
I also really hate these people who are out of reach. When they reach this point, do they still want to make a big difference?
A bunch of idiots!
However, his years of tenaciousness still made Emperor Long'an quickly suppress his anger. He said in a deep voice: I am not convenient to come forward. You will reward Bai on my behalf, and it is difficult for her to have such a loyal and filial piety!After a pause, he suddenly frowned and asked: Which family does Bai belong to?He wanted to benevolent to his daughter-in-law's mother tribe, and he couldn't remember who he should benevolent to.
Queen Yin smiled and said: The emperor forgot that Bai family is the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou and the daughter of the Bai family.This marriage was the one that Yao'er came to Yangzhou with the Supreme Emperor, and the Supreme Emperor graces the Bai family.
When Emperor Long'an heard this, his face turned dark and he was in a bad mood for a moment!
……
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