Weiyang of the Red Mansion

"Yu'er, I have something to say to your uncle Zheng, you can think about it when you go back." Jia Fu dismissed the eldest son casually, and asked Jia Zheng to sit down instead, "Why are you here today?"

Jia Zheng's visit was just to thank him. The books Jia Fu annotated were of great help to him. If he studied hard for another two years and won the first place in the college examination, there would be no problem.

"You don't have to thank me. If it wasn't for your painstaking study, I would send you all the books I have annotated over the years, and it would be of no use." At least Jia Amnesty didn't listen to him.

In the early years, Jia Amnesty was quite clingy to him, but as he got older, his temper became more arrogant and playful, and he alienated him a lot from his cousin who was a senior official, but Jia Zheng had always admired Jia Fu, otherwise He would not have listened to Jia Fu and stayed in Jinling.

Jia Fu also confessed to Jia Amnesty when he was keeping his filial piety in Jinling, but Jia Amnesty didn't take it seriously at all, and returned to Beijing after a turn.

Jia Zheng showed Jia Fu the articles he had brought, and asked for advice on what he didn't understand. Isn't it stupid for someone at home not to ask for advice?

Although Jia Zheng was a cousin from the West Mansion, he couldn't write two characters of Jia in one stroke. Naturally, Jia Fu didn't hide anything from Jia Zheng.

After Jia Zheng left, Jia Fu went to the backyard to visit his mother, Yang Shi, and invited the West Mansion to enjoy the plum blossoms in the New Year's Mansion. After that, Yang Shi fell ill, and the illness lasted for several months. Then, mother Yang's fear is not good.

The inner house of Ningguo Mansion had been handed over to Liu Zhi to take care of it long ago, and the Yang family did not hold on to the right to the inner house.

Although Jia Fu now has a high position and authority, in fact he only needs to control the general direction of the household control department, and the trivial matters are not bothering him at all.

After serving the decoction, Jia Fu talked with Yang Shi. Yang Shi is not in a good condition now, and what he babbled about was all kinds of small things in these years. Jia Fu felt sore when he heard it, but he didn't interrupt Yang Shi. Letting Yang say, Yang slowly fell asleep.

He told the maids to take good care of Mrs. Yang, and when he returned to the main courtyard, he saw Liu Zhi looking through the account books in the mansion.

"You look so bad, what happened?"

Liu Zhi threw away the ledger in her hand, and said in a muffled voice, "Look for yourself."

Picking up the account book at hand and flipping through a few pages, Jia Fu, the Minister in charge of the household department, how can he not see the problem?

"I took these ledgers away." He didn't say what he was going to do, but now that he is an old married couple, Liu Zhi doesn't know Jia Fu's temper?

Those slaves in the mansion who rely on the old to sell the old are going to be in bad luck.

These old servants probably forgot where their master had been an official for more than ten years, and the household department was ordered to check the accumulated accounts as soon as he entered the household. Even after many years, many ministers in the capital still feel headaches when they see Jia Fu.

You can't talk about hiding when you see it, but it's not too strong.

These domestic servants who rely on the old and sell the old don't know where they got the confidence to make fake accounts under Jia Fu's nose.

As the New Year's Eve approached, a small incident happened in Beijing.

Not too big, but the scope of the involvement is not big, not too small, because the sensation caused is not small.

A few servants of Houye Jiafu's mansion in Ningguo Mansion deceived the upper and lower, and actually fabricated accounts under the nose of Lord Hou. They were discovered within half a month. Although it was not half a month, these dogs There are quite a few people who are greedy for things, and the leading few have been greedy for nearly [-] yuan, most of which were greedy in the early years when Jia Fu was not in charge of the family.

At that time, Jia Yan was still in charge, and Jia Yan was very tolerant to these servants. You can be greedy if you are greedy.

After he became the master of the family, the rewards given to these servants every year were enough for them to buy a house in the capital. If so, he was not greedy enough, so Jia She could not be blamed for his cruel methods.

Of these old servants, Jia Fu counted one by one, but none of them were left behind, and they were all sent to the government.

Speaking of which, the East Mansion's punishment of the slaves involved Manager Lai from the West Mansion. Mr. Lai's daughter-in-law was the old lady Jia Shishi's dowry to Jia's family, and was later agreed by Jia Shishi to be the junior steward of the Rongguo Mansion. Lai Yonggen, relying on his daughter-in-law's face in front of the old lady, Lai Yonggen became the chief manager of the mansion seven or eight years ago. He corrupted a lot of Rongguo Mansion's finances, and even had 10 taels of silver in cash.

This Lai Yonggen is also addicted to greed, and he actually set his sights on Ningguo Mansion, and heard a few old servants in Ningguo Mansion complaining, saying that Lord Hou gave the lack of chief executive to his nanny brother, and did not pick them These old servants with 'seniority' were very unconvinced.

Lai Yonggen couldn't get involved in the affairs of Ningguo Mansion, so he advised these people behind the scenes, corrupted Mo Ningguo Mansion's finances, and discussed how to divide the stolen money, and then began to plan.

Jia Fu didn't care why they were greedy for the finances of the Mo Mansion. Those with more than a thousand taels were sent to the government, and those with less than a thousand taels were confiscated and driven out of Ningguo Mansion.

Jia Fu entrusted Xu Lin to handle these matters. Although Xu Lin was young, only in his thirties, he was capable.

Speaking of Xu Lin, he only became the manager of the mansion the year before last. Before that, he was the manager under the leadership of Manager Zhou when the old Duke was alive.

After Chief Manager Zhou died of illness the year before last, Jia Fu directly appointed Xu Lin as Chief Chief Officer of Ningguo Mansion.

Perhaps it was because Xu Lin became the chief manager of Ningguo Mansion that these old servants with high self-sufficiency 'qualifications' felt unbalanced. After a few words of encouragement, Lai Da followed Lai Da to greedy for the finances of Mo Mansion.

idiot!

Lai Yonggen has encroached on so much money, no one can save him, the huge sum of tens of thousands, even Jia Shishi's face will be disgraced, Nanny Lai begged to go to Rongguo Mansion, but she didn't even enter the door.

Although Jia Amnesty was not very capable, he was the Xijue of the Rongguo Mansion, and with Jia Fu's guidance, he dealt with the old servants in the mansion severely.

Ever since Jia Yan and Jia Yuan, the two dukes and the old dukes and wives were gone, some old men in the mansion trembled after being given a little face. Now that Jia Fu is taking the lead, these servants are starting to pinch Be a man with your tail down, and dare not risk your life again.

Jia Fu has no idea that everyone is equal at all. In the era of imperial rule, everyone is equal, isn't he out of his mind?

After dealing with these deadly stewards, the extravagant atmosphere of the Ningrong Second Mansion has also been curbed, and there is still one month before New Year's Eve. Although the mansion cut off a lot of servants, not only did it not affect the operation of the mansion, but it became much more efficient.

At least those who cheated, raped and played tricks were kicked out.

After New Year's Eve, it is ancestor worship.

The festivities of the New Year's Eve have not yet passed, and as soon as February entered, Mrs. Yang died of illness.

Ding You, Jia Fu's booklet, was taking care of the funeral in the mansion.

After the funeral, Jia Fu took his two sons, Fuling, back to his hometown, and kept his filial piety by the way.

It didn't take long to hear that the old lady of Wenyuanhou's mansion had passed away in June, and less than a month later, I heard that Wang Qian, the old man of the Wang family, had also passed away.

Jia Fu lamented that the older generation's work was gone, so he said nothing, and then went to point out the articles of his two sons.

The two sons are both grandchildren, so they only need to keep filial piety for the Yang family for one year. The Yang family died on the third day of February. It may be too late for Jia Quan to take part in the children's examination. During the filial piety period, it was inevitable that people would gossip about him, so Jia Fu did not intend to ask Jia Quan to participate in next year's childbirth examination.

In the blink of an eye, more than a year passed, and in April of the 27th year of Xingqian, Jia Fu got rid of his filial piety.

It is said that it is three years of filial piety, but in fact it only needs to be 27 months of filial piety.

Jia Fu heard that the emperor was dying, so he didn't plan to stay in Jinling, but his eldest son, Jia Guan, took part in this year's childbirth test. In desperation, Jia Fu had to take his second son, Jia Ke, back to the capital first.

As soon as he returned to Beijing, Jia Fu was summoned by the emperor, and the Eighth Prince was present.

Jia Fu knew what the emperor meant at a glance.

The Eighth Prince is about the same age as Jia Fu, only three or four years younger than Jia Fu, and he is now in his thirties.

Not long after staying in the palace, after returning home, Jia Fu received the imperial decree and was named a bachelor of Wenhuadian.

Jia Fu has to keep his filial piety for three years, and the Minister of the Household Department is an extremely important position, and he cannot wait for Jia Fu to get rid of his filial piety. Therefore, the lack of Minister of the Household Department was filled by a servant of the Household Department two years ago. .

The Bachelor of Wenhua Palace, this belongs to the cabinet. Jia Fu joined the cabinet just after 35. It is really eye-catching, but no one dares to say anything. Everyone knows that Jia Fu is the emperor’s confidant. Entering the cabinet at this time, and bringing the Eighth Prince to meet Jia Fu, a top confidant, the meaning is already obvious.

The emperor wants to pass the throne to the eighth prince, and Jia Fu is the person chosen by the emperor to assist the eighth prince.

The two are about the same age, if they get along well, maybe they can make a good story about the monarch and his ministers.

Not long after Jia Fu entered the cabinet, the emperor canonized the eighth prince as the prince, which did not surprise anyone.

On October 27, the 26th year of Xingqian, the emperor passed away in Qianqing Palace, and the prince succeeded to the throne, and the next year's reign name was set to be Jingming.

The new emperor valued Jia Fu very much, and he was not inferior to his father at all. He would basically ask Jia Fu about major and minor matters.

In the first year of Jingming, Liu Zhi's father, Liu Gui, died of illness. Jia Fu was his son-in-law, and he only needed to be married for three months.

But in the new year, in the second year of Jingming, Jia Daihua also died of illness. Jia Fu sent his son Ding You to help Ling return to his hometown.

There has been no major event in the court recently, and the emperor has not lost his love.

In the same year, Liu Zhi's mother also disappeared.

In March of the fourth year of Jingming, Jia She's second son, Jia Lian, who was left by his wife, Zhang, died of blood in his stool.

In April, Jia Fu returned to Beijing in addition to his filial piety, and the official was restored to his original post.

After returning to Beijing for two months, Jia Fu basically straightened out all the government affairs in his hands.

At the end of June, the lotus flowers in Huifang Garden were in full bloom. Liu Zhi invited several sisters-in-law of the West Mansion to come over to enjoy the lotus flowers. Unexpectedly, Liu Zhi began to complain to Jia Fu at night.

"The old lady of Xifu doesn't know if she has been fascinated. Brother She has just passed away for a few months, and she wants to choose a continuation for Brother She. Brother She is still young, so it is reasonable to choose a continuation, but now she has just passed away. Well, why..."

When Liu Zhi said this, she threw away the handkerchief in her hand, her expression was a little ugly.

Zhang's is the only one who gets along well with her in Xifu.

Although the Zhang family is not from a scholarly family, but the family is also a family of officials, and they have also studied in the boudoir. Therefore, Liu Zhi prefers this younger brother and sister Xie than the political siblings who are illiterate. will be gone.

"Continued strings?" Jia Fu frowned when he heard it, it must be too urgent, let outsiders listen, what do you think of their house?The daughter-in-law had just passed away for less than half a year, and she started to choose a continuation for her son. Outsiders heard that it was second to none, and the Zhang family heard it, wouldn't it be chilling?