The world of rebirth

In these years, the concubine daughter of an official family and the scholar of a small family can be called an interdependent relationship, of course, the premise is that the concubine is valued by the family.

Concubine daughters are inferior to concubine daughters. Their mothers are either maids or bought from Ren Yazi, and they don't have a rich dowry.Marriage is originally a good relationship between the two families, and a noble daughter of the prostitute can get a good marriage, but the life of the concubine is much more difficult.

Those who don't like their father and mother don't like it may be stuffed into a high-ranking family and become a concubine to win the relationship.You must know that the concubine and the wife are often very different. Even if the conditions of the natal family are good, they will suffer a lot of grievances for a lifetime.

Taking a family like the Ning family as an example, Ning Qiaoxin can marry high into the palace and become a concubine, but Ning Qiaoping may have to spend a lot of trouble if she wants to make a side branch of a family with the surname of Jiuxiao in the future.

The Ning family doesn't need to curry favor with their superiors now, so naturally they don't need to marry her to the clan, high-ranking officials, etc. as a concubine, so marrying her to a famous scholar is a good choice.

After all, people like Ning Yunjin are a minority, and most of those who will die in the imperial examinations are probably because they have no avenues of kindness, and the only way to get fame is through the exams.

Those who can pass the Jinshi examination at a young age are at least the local landlord class, and their family conditions are not bad. Marrying a concubine from a family of officials and eunuchs will give them extra care and support in the officialdom.

But a concubine is a low-marriage first, and secondly, her husband’s family has to rely on her Yue’s family. She can often talk at home and be a housewife who can stand upright. She is really talented when she meets her husband. It is a very good way out to earn a first-rank imperial life.

There are not a few families who have plans like the Ning family, and Chen Liyan is one of the lucky ones.

His main wife is the concubine daughter of Shen Lvgong, Zhan Shifu's young master. Although Shen Lvgong's official position is not obvious, the Shen family is a branch of the nine surnames after all. Really married.

According to the information that Ning Yunjin sent people to inquire, Chen Liyan had put a lot of thought into this marriage back then, if not for the fact that there were too few young scholars in their department, such a good deed would not have happened to him.

After learning that the Shen family intends to recruit a son-in-law, besides being unable to do so by marrying Chen Liyan, he even vowed to say that he would not be allowed to take a concubine in this life, and his old mother almost fell ill from anger.

The concubine of the Shen family is Shen Lugong's old daughter, and she was born to the most favored concubine. She has raised a sharp and quick temper in the mansion. Although the two have only given him three daughters in the past six years of marriage, But he insisted on what Chen Liyan said at the beginning, ignored his various hints, and never mentioned the matter of taking a concubine for him.

For the sake of his father-in-law's promotion and care, a hypocrite like Chen Liyan would not dare to take people into the house on his own initiative, so he could only admit it with his nose pinched.His sacrifice was also worth it. In just a few years, he climbed from a small scholar to a bachelor's position, but everyone in the Hanlin Academy also knew that the biggest worry in this man's life was not having a son.

Ning Yunjin didn't believe that Hong Ming was the one who ordered Chen Liyan behind his back. After all, it was too obvious. No matter how stupid the crown prince was, he would never do such a thing, but he hadn't found out who did it.

It's really easy to win over and control Chen Liyan. A beauty trick made him think that the woman who played tricks on the occasion had his child, and the promise of a high-ranking official after the event was completed made him dizzy, and he agreed to help others rectify himself—maybe He felt that it was a good deal to get so much reward for doing such a small thing for others!

Ning Yunjin found out that the beauty rewarded by the people behind the scenes, Chen Liyan didn't dare to take it home in a fair manner for the time being, but placed it in a second-entry house by the Shicha seaside as an outer room, so he kindly let people Secretly told his wife.

Although he really wanted to watch the lively scene, Chen Liyan arranged for him to be on the day shift the day the concubine of the Shen family killed her at the door of the outer room, so he could only listen to Feng Chengzhi's report to him with great regret.

I heard that the concubine of the Shen family wanted to take the outer room home, but Chen Liyan, who rushed over, slapped her and refused.

Hearing that Chen Liyan planned to raise her as a concubine if the concubine gave birth to a son, the concubine of the Shen family immediately cried out and took out the paperwork written by him when he was courting, accusing him of being ungrateful.

I heard that Chen Liyan, who became angry from embarrassment, wanted to divorce his wife on the grounds that the concubine of the Shen family had no children, but the concubine of the Shen family had kept filial piety for her father-in-law for three years and raised two daughters for him. Not to mention that the Shen family will not just sit back and watch such a shameful thing happen. If their daughter is suspended from the family, the daughter of his family will not be able to marry a good family again - although it is not much better now!

If Ning Yunjin chooses another time to mobilize, everyone will at most gossip about the messy things about his family, gossip about the daughter of the Shen family, Po La, and Chen Liyan's treachery. Pay attention to who will take care of the family affairs of a small official after the limelight passes for a while.

But this year happens to be the year of the Jingcha, and the Beijing officials are eager to be a man with their tails between their legs, in order to get a good evaluation. A demerit penalty, and then after losing the care of the Shen family, his "four characteristics" were all mediocre, and his "eight methods" were listed on the list for being imprudent and weak, so he was directly demoted by two levels.

Although he did not suffer from the most severe punishment of "greed, cruelty, and inaction", but he is not cautious when he is an official, and he will have no other good luck in the future, and his official career is over.

On the contrary, Ning Yunjin Jingcha, who had only been on duty for less than three months, had excellent grades and was directly promoted to a bachelor's degree.Although there are many people who envy and hate him, especially Jinshi of the same discipline, but Ning Yunjin's title is there, so it is considered low for him to be a bachelor's attendant!

After getting rid of his annoying boss, Ning Yunjin put his mind on more important things. He would ask Feng Chengzhi for news about Fujian almost every day.

Ning Yunjin acted frankly, so naturally he couldn't hide it from his elders and Wen Zhen who were very concerned about him. Soon he was called by Ning Jingxian to the study for "heart-to-heart talk".

When he heard his father looking for him after returning home, he rushed over directly, still wearing a thick fur coat.The fur coat was made of black fox fur given by the emperor, with a circle of fluffy white edges, which made Ning Yunjin's small face extraordinarily noble.

Daxia has clear regulations on fur clothing. Officials such as Mingong, Hou, Bo, and the first to fourth grades are not allowed to wear black fox fur. Only the emperor specially grants them to wear it.Xiao Er has been receiving more and more attention from the emperor over the years, which makes Ning Jingxian both happy and worried.

"Grandpa, father." After Ning Yunjin bowed to the two elders, seeing his father's gaze on the fur coat on his body, he felt a little distressed.He naturally knew that the clothes were too eye-catching, but if he didn't wear them, Wen Zhen's eyes would be more piercing. Ning Yunjin would only wear them when he was going to the palace.

"Sit down!" Ning Taoxu didn't know the entanglements involved, so naturally he could only be happy to see that fur coat.My own child, Jane, is in the heart of the emperor and has a bright future. As an elder, he will feel very happy.

He himself is currently retiring to the second line, so he pays special attention to the situation of his two grandsons on errands, so he directly asks, "Xiao Er thinks something wrong is going to happen in Fujian?"

Ning Yunjin was not surprised by the great powers of the two people in front of him. In fact, the two of them should know more details about what he could find out, so he explained, "Exactly. You also know that I have been paying attention to warehouse inventory recently. I always feel that there is going to be trouble in Fujian!"

"Isn't the warehouse inspection nationwide? How could it be that only Fujian will have an accident?" Ning Jingxian asked puzzled.Taking advantage of the lack of food in the Ministry of War to start inventory inspections is the strategy Wen Zhen and he made, so he naturally knows what's going on inside, but he doesn't know why his son pays special attention to Fujian.

Unlike Ning Jingxian, Ning Taoxu was a governor of a province, so he naturally paid more attention to people's livelihood issues.He squinted his eyes and recalled the news about Fujian that he had received recently, and suddenly turned pale with shock, "Could it be that the food price in Fujian is out of control?"

"That's right." Ning Yunjin knew that his grandfather had already reacted, so he didn't hold back, "Fujian has been mountainous and densely populated since ancient times. In normal years, food is donated from Jiangxi, Guangdong Chaozhou and Taiwan. However, there were floods last year and rainy weather this spring and summer, resulting in poor harvests."

He raised his head, and Ning Jingxian's thoughts diverged.

As the Minister of the Ministry of War, he was in charge of the emperor's eyeliner department before, so he naturally has his own sources of information, "This year Chaozhou government is also short of harvest, and Taiwan government was hit by a typhoon again, so the grain cannot be supplied to Fujian, and the grain merchants come here to purchase There are profiteers deliberately hoarding food, and it is said that the price of food in Fujian has risen rapidly."

Ning Yunjin nodded, his small face was extremely serious, "Feng Chengzhi sent news today that the price of grain in some places in Fujian has reached more than one stone of rice and two taels of silver, and some areas have even asked for three taels of one stone."

Ning Taoxu was startled, "If one stone of rice exceeds one tael of silver, there is a danger of civil unrest. Didn't Ying Xiangjie take any measures?"

"What can Ying Xiangjie, the governor of Fujian who just took office at the end of last year, do? He is also pedantic and conservative, and he refuses to go one step further." Ning Jingxian knew that the emperor chose such a clean stream to go to Fujian. There are other considerations, but when encountering such an unexpected incident, with that person's character, he must not let go of his hands and feet.

He frowned and said, "Chang Ping's warehouse does not save three. He has no food on hand. I heard that Ying Xiangjie persuaded wealthy households with a lot of grain to sell some grain to stabilize the price of grain, but it backfired. People are hoarding food in anticipation of higher prices."

Ning Taoxu looked at Ning Yunjin and asked, "Does the Emperor know this news?"

Ning Yunjin nodded, "Naturally, Fujian can't keep up with the news. If the price of food is allowed to rise again, people will starve to death, and the crime will be even bigger. I handed over the booklet to Yuqian two days ago. Although the emperor was furious, he still issued an order to transport 20 shi of rice from Jiangxi to relieve the urgent need of Fujian."

"If that's the case, why are you still so concerned about Fujian's affairs?" Ning Jingxian wondered.

"Father, you also know that the emperor wants me to hand over a copy of the warehousing system. After all, this is the first official document for my son after he became an official. Naturally, I want to make a blockbuster."

Ning Yunjin touched his nose shyly, and expressed his little thoughts.He said, "My son thinks that the food shortage in Fujian is unlikely to be solved so easily. If the storage problem is not urgent, the emperor will not want to check it out. Fujian is ten out of ten, and Jiangxi may not be much better. It takes a lot of time to mobilize 20 shi of grain."

He paused, then added, "Besides, the decree comes and goes again and again, and there is still time to adjust the grain. I am afraid that it will take a lot of time. It is inevitable that there will be some changes. If something big happens, Mr. Ge We will naturally pay more attention to storage matters, and the son's booklet should attract more attention at that time!"

"Confused! Seeing that you are usually clever, why did you become a fool this time?" Ning Taoxu slapped the table, shook his head and said, "If your notebook has been written, tomorrow will be the next day." Hurry up, don't delay."

Ning Yunjin was stunned when he was scolded by his grandfather, Ning Jingxian couldn't help but curled his lips when he saw the silly look of his son who was usually like a ghost.

He jokingly said, "Think about it for yourself, which is better, predicting things like a god or doing it after the fact!"

Ning Yunjin opened his mouth wide, and suddenly realized that he was really a fan of the authorities!