Chapter 23 The twenty-third day of being dressed as Jia Mu

"I am reporting to the Chinese Department of xx University. I would like to express my love to Sister Lin first.

" "I am reporting to the Chinese Department of xx University. I heard that this is the Red Mansion Forum and I am here to copy homework."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. We are not. We are just here to watch the live broadcast."

"Where did this group of live treasures come from?"

"Newcomer, please ask for progress...

" "Oh, Jingxu is here to pay respects to the old lady."

The old lady has always known the character Jingxu, but she has never seen him.

When the person came in, he first pulled a little nun beside him to kowtow, "Pay respects to the old lady."

The old lady looked at her calmly. This is a kind-looking, well-maintained old nun. She lowered her eyebrows and looked pleasant but not too humble. The little nun who followed her seemed a little ignorant and childish. At this time, she was curiously looking at her secretly. When she met the old lady's eyes, she was immediately startled and huddled up like a frightened hamster.

This one should be intelligent, the old lady thought. She said "hmm" nonchalantly, "Why are you here?"

Logically, if there is anything, you should go to Mrs. Wang, or Wang Xifeng. In the past two years, I didn't see Jingxu come to pay respects to her old lady.

Jingxu said, "I was unwell last year and stayed in bed all the time. Now I am well. I haven't been to the mansion for a long time, so I will pay my respects to the old lady first. I will go to Mrs. Feng to get the monthly allowance later."

Hmm, stay in bed.

The old lady looked carefully, but could only see two scenes, one of which was Jingxu pulling a male servant from Rongguo Mansion, and no one knew what they were talking about; the other was a scene of him and Wang Xifeng whispering and conspiring together.

In this way, the old lady said a few more words to Jingxu, and Jingxu left.

As soon as she left, the old lady looked at Yuanyang, "Who is the one who sent the monthly money to Mantou Temple in the mansion?"

Yuanyang laughed, "The old ancestor forgot, it was Yu Xin, but the lady was rectifying it before, and I heard that he committed a crime and was dismissed. The lady also said that now it has been replaced by Cui Mo's brother Liang Fu."

Hey, the old lady didn't expect that Wang Furen's typhoon would sweep Yu Xin.

At first, the old lady was thinking of finding an opportunity to drive Yu Xin and Jingxu out together. An old nun like Jingxu, who is not pure in six senses, must have not only bewitched Wang Xifeng, but must have other dirty things.

For example, the old lady heard that the little nuns below did not have the monthly money given by the Jia Mansion. It must have been embezzled, and if he could embezzle, the person who gave the monthly money must not be a good thing.

But at that time, the old lady had not been dressed as Jia Mu for a long time, so she was not confident. Secondly, she later had other ideas, so she put them aside for the time being.

Just like what netizens said, Wang Xifeng's greed is in her bones. The old lady thought at that time that if Jingxu was dealt with, Wang Xifeng might also become bad from other places. So she chose to give Wang Xifeng money, wanting to see if Wang Xifeng would still be bewitched by Jingxu under the premise of having the income from the farm.

But she did not expect that Yu Xin would be dismissed because of Mrs. Wang's rectification.

This can also be regarded as karma, oh, no, it is the butterfly effect mentioned by netizens.

From this point of view, Jingxu's "lingering sickbed" should be scared, and Yuxin's downfall made her think that the matter was exposed. Now more than a year has passed, and seeing that she has nothing to do, she came to the Jia Mansion again.

Humph, the old lady is unhappy. Yuanyang asked carefully, "Grandma, is there something wrong?"

She wanted to leave Jingxu to Wang Xifeng for testing, but it didn't prevent her from keeping an eye on him first. "Although the madam didn't say what Yu Xin did, since he is in charge of the silver vaults of various temples..."

Yuanyang was so smart that she immediately understood. "Grandma means that this nun may also have problems."

The old lady narrowed her eyes shrewdly, "You ask someone to keep an eye on her and report to me if there is anything."

"Yes, Grandma."

At the poetry meeting of Daiyu and others, Baochai and Daiyu led the way with one painting of chrysanthemums and one chanting of chrysanthemums. For a while, several girls joked, "In the future, they can no longer write poems for them, and we can only be the green leaves", which made everyone laugh.

Li Wan saw that it was time for dinner, so she invited everyone to eat first. After dinner, several people were satisfied and talked in the flower hall before disbanding the poetry meeting. After seeing everyone off, Li Wan brought the girls to pay their respects to the old ancestor.

Unexpectedly, she happened to meet someone delivering a letter to the ancestor, saying that Master Zheng would return to Beijing soon.

Mrs. Wang hurried to Rong Xi Tang, and the old lady gave the letter to Yuanyang and asked Yuanyang to read it. Knowing that it was nothing serious and Jia Zheng was fine, Mrs. Wang was relieved.

The old lady waited until everyone left before taking out the second letter from Lin Ruhai.

If Jia Zheng's letter was a report of safety, then Lin Ruhai's letter made the old lady want to drag Jia Zheng to her and beat him up.

She, the old woman, had spent a lot of effort on the Jia family, patching up holes left and right.

Well, this guy, he almost got accused of "corruption and abuse of power" when he went out. Even if Lin Ruhai wiped his ass now, he still had the reputation of "not governing his subordinates strictly".

This is why Jia Zheng suddenly returned to Beijing.

"Pfft, just say he is hypocritical, but he is more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything."

"At least Jia Zheng himself is not greedy. '

'That Li Shi'er, as expected of someone who left the Jia Mansion, not only ate up the master's fire consumption, but also instigated Jia Zheng to re-levy taxes. If Lin Ruhai hadn't noticed and caught him, Jia Zheng would definitely be the one who suffered in the end. '

'Now he's also quite unlucky. The emperor knows everything and blames him, so he has to return to Beijing early. ' '

If you don't understand, just ask, what is fire consumption?'

This old lady also wanted to ask, she wanted to find out how serious Jia Zheng's crime was. '

At first, the fire consumption was the loss of silver during smelting and recasting, and later the loss of some grain and other things during transportation was also included. Then these losses will be levied on the people again. Sometimes the degree of fire consumption is almost the same as that of regular taxes, so you can imagine how much fire consumption there is. ' '

However, officials are allowed to take fire consumption by default. Even if the government requires it to be returned to the public, it can't help it. So the government basically turns a blind eye, but it can't be brought to the surface. 』

『Yes, Jia Zheng's river and reservoir director is in charge of the river workers' money and grain, so naturally he has more money. 』

『Bah, even if it is an unspoken rule, but officials like Jia Zheng have silver for maintaining integrity, which is originally used to make up for the fire consumption. Isn't it the same as taking two portions? As a result, Li Shier wants to collect more. Isn't this forcing the people to death?』

『So, the servants of the Jia family are greedy and bold.』

The old lady understood it this time, but she was even angrier. She now really felt the good of modern times. No matter what, it would not be as miserable as the people in ancient times. No wonder so many officials in ancient times forced the people to rebel.

The old lady couldn't help asking, "Isn't there anyone who cares about it?"

『There is no way, old lady, think about it, if all the officials in Jinling City are like this, who would take the initiative to expose it?』

『This time, Li Shier was too much. He was caught and the current emperor knew about it, but on the fire consumption, you see, Lin Ruhai didn't spend much time on it. 』

『What about Lin Ruhai? Is his fortune like this too? No, my idol!』

『The money spent is actually not much. If so many officials share it, there will not be much left. As for Lin Ruhai, he will not go against his conscience and destroy the Great Wall. But he will not take nothing, otherwise he will definitely be excluded by the officialdom, and how can he manage salt for the emperor?』

"In addition, the government has a rule that if the tax amount for the year is completed, the excess can be handled by the officials themselves. For example, the local official has an iron mine, and the iron mine tax is completed, and the excess can belong to him. As for Lin Ruhai, think about it yourself. '

'Wow, so Lin Ruhai is really rich! '

'Of course. The Lin family itself is a marquis. Although Lin Ruhai no longer has a title, the accumulation of several generations must be not bad. In addition to their own business, the Jia family has so many manors and fields, and the Lin family should also have them, otherwise they will eat up all the land. '

'Old lady, you must, must protect Sister Lin's inheritance. ' '

I'm so envious! This is the landlord in ancient times. '

'Envy, don't you see how hard those ordinary people live? '

'You don't understand the life of a landlady (grandfather), let me tell you, I know one... '

Seeing that the netizens started to go off topic again, the old lady retracted her gaze and felt a little bitter. This Jia family really can't stand up a man. Not to mention Jia She, Jia Zheng simply cannot be released, he should just go back to his original Ministry of Works to live a lazy life.

The old lady handed the letter to Yuanyang, "Burn it." Thinking of something, she asked, "By the way, Zheng'er said in the letter before that Master Lin has caught a cold."

Yuanyang read both letters, and now silently took the letter and burned it in the brazier, and then said, "The master only mentioned it once, it should be fine."

But the old lady immediately got nervous, she hurriedly told Yuanyang, "You go to the warehouse later, find some nourishing herbs and some health pills, and have someone send them to Master Lin."

"Ah, old ancestor, Master Lin should not need these." Yuanyang has been following the old lady for a long time, and gradually became familiar with her. He no longer followed the old lady to the private warehouse like before, and he didn't dare to ask a question when he saw her take out the "Water Essence".

The old lady shook her head, "Mr. Lin has helped so much, I only sent him some tonics, and I still feel it is not enough."

Yuanyang felt that the ancestor was right, nodded and went to the storehouse, and for a moment, she felt that Mr. Zheng was really disappointing.

The old lady sat up straight, still counting the days with her fingers, Lin Ruhai's illness can not be taken lightly. "A Dream of Red Mansions" did not say how Lin Ruhai died, what if it was a cold? In ancient times, colds could also be fatal.

After the old lady's reminder, netizens also became nervous. There were even several netizens who wrote a few pharmacies for colds on the screen, and the old lady copied them down one by one, thinking that Yuanyang would send them out later.

While they were busy with Lin Ruhai, Baoyu arrived at the clan school in Anguo Mansion and remembered that he had gone to the wrong place.

Just as he was about to leave, he was stopped by the Prince of Anguo. "Where are you going again?" He looked disapproving. "If you skip school again, I will tell Old Lady Shi."

Baoyu immediately exploded. "I have already told the old ancestor that I will return to my family school from today. I am here to resign today."

The Prince of Anguo was surprised. "You are leaving?"

"Yes." Just as he was about to reach the door, Baoyu's eyes turned and he looked at the Prince of Anguo. "Qingyuan, you must go with me to see how it is different from your family school."

The Prince of Anguo did not want to, but Jia Baoyu got interested and grabbed him and dragged him away. With the strength of the Prince of Anguo, it was not difficult to break free, but he still remembered that his father had been in trouble for a long time because of Lady Shi's request.

If Lady Shi really wanted Jia Baoyu to study in her family school, she would not have sent him to his house in the end.

And Lady Shi also asked him to keep an eye on Jia Baoyu and tell her if he skipped school. Although he did not go to complain, the old lady obviously had someone watching him. Several times, he saw Baoyu being beaten and sent to school.

But now, Jia Baoyu was leaving before he learned anything.

For those questions in his heart, he did not struggle much and followed Baoyu. The servant beside him was so anxious that he could only ask for leave for the two of them and then hurriedly followed.