Jia Cong yawned and didn't bother to open his eyes. He even leaned against Daiyu's body, found a comfortable position and took a nap.
Daiyu originally wanted to push him away, but looking at Jia Cong's tired and lazy face, she finally put him down, let him rest on her lap, and gently rubbed his forehead.
"If you don't want to, just don't want to. I'll ask someone to reply. I'll invite girls from all over the country to my house when I have time."
Jia Cong opened his eyes slightly and said nonchalantly: "If Sister Lin doesn't like these social events, don't bother..."
Daiyu tapped Jia Cong on the head: "Nonsense, these are all high-ranking officials, whether it is the Jia family or the Lin family, how can they easily offend others? Besides, father and brother Lian are serving outside, and they are indispensable with these people. Dealing with people. If you have this opportunity to interact with them, not to mention other things, you can find out the temperament of several governors, and it will be easier to deal with them in the future."
Jia Cong pushed his head against Daiyu's soft belly, which made Daiyu blush. She pressed her dishonest head: "Don't make trouble, let's get down to business..."
"Listen, listen, just let Sister Lin figure it out. I fully support it!"
Hearing Jia Cong's response, Daiyu's eyebrows curved.
She now desperately wants to get out of the inner house and watch the world unfold. These posts sent by the second generation of governors gave her the best chance.
"Zicuckoo, go ahead and reply one by one. Just say that I don't want to bother you today. I will send a message to all the mansions someday, asking all the girls to come to Rongguo Mansion to get together."
Lin Ruhai just returned to Beijing early this morning. After submitting the invitation letter, the Yi Cheng of Guanyi once said that there were more than ten governors from various places lining up in front of him, and they would not be summoned until tomorrow anyway.
Unexpectedly, not long after lunch, a chamberlain came to the palace to convey the emperor's oral instructions. He summoned the ministers, Zhengzhi Qing, Youdu Yushi, and Lin Ruhai, the imperial envoy who inspected the salt administration of the prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River, to meet at the Qinzheng Hall.
Those who chatted with Lin Ruhai in Guanyi once again refreshed their understanding of this person. Sure enough, Jian was a figure in the emperor's heart. They had been waiting in Guanyi for two or three days before Lin Tanhua returned to Beijing. After two or three hours, the emperor's summons came.
"Lin Aiqing is indispensable for the great improvement of the salt policy. As Aiqing said, it is time to expand the salt field."
Lin Ruhai rectified the Jiangnan salt class within one year, cracked down on illegal salt, wiped out salt bandits, opened salt farms, and stabilized salt prices.
The price of a pound of official salt has been reduced by Lin Ruhai from three cents to four cents of silver to one cent and two cents of silver.
Lin Ruhai is confident that in a year's time, the price of salt will be reduced by half, and the history of people unable to afford salt will be completely ended.
The drop in salt prices not only did not reduce the salt tax, but due to the reduction of private salt and the expansion of official salt sales, the transaction volume of official salt increased by more than ten times. The salt tax just trickled eastward into the sea. In only half a year, Lin Ruhai He escorted more than four million taels of silver back to the capital.
Liu Heng's evaluation of Lin Ruhai was once again raised to a higher level. He is a true minister!
Loyal, honest, incorruptible, and capable, he is truly a perfect candidate for Prime Minister!
It’s just that my body and bones are not very good...
"Come here, send the imperial doctor over."
Liu Heng is an extremely contradictory person, and his attitude towards his courtiers can be said to be polarized.
He treats corrupt officials like a storm, but he always makes loyal ministers feel like a spring breeze, and his warmth can melt the ice outside.
The imperial doctor arrived quickly. After some inspection and examination, Liu Heng carefully asked the imperial doctor Lin Ruhai's physical condition.
Knowing that he was mentally exhausted and that if he didn't take a good rest, his lifespan might be affected, the emperor immediately gave Lin Ruhai a "reprimand".
"Lin Aiqing, you have to remember that you still have a wife and a child in Beijing. Your son is just one year old..."
"There are many ministers in the dynasty, but I only have so few people at my disposal. Aiqing is the crown prince appointed by my father, and is the pillar of the dynasty. I intend to let you join the cabinet to assist the government, but look at you. In his forties, his energy level is not as high as that of old guy Wen Pixiu."
"Let's take a good rest when we return to Beijing this time. I will arrange for appropriate people to handle the errands of Jiangnan Salt Administration."
Lin Ruhai became anxious when he heard this. He had only done half of the Yanzheng matter. How could he
Can you change people easily?
"Your Majesty, minister..."
Liu Heng waved his hand and interrupted the second half of Lin Ruhai's sentence: "There is no need to discuss, I don't want to lose my right-hand man! Don't worry, the salt administration is on the right track. I will choose a suitable person and carry out the work step by step. .”
As for the choice...
Lao Shisan has been enjoying his little life in Wenwen Village every day recently, and I am not so comfortable, so why don't you go to the beach and bask in salt for me, hum!
"Your Majesty, Wen Tongxuan, Minister of Household Affairs, would like to see you."
As soon as the chamberlain informed him, Liu Heng's teeth started to hurt. This old guy...
The emperor waved his hands irritably and said, "Just say I'm busy, no see!"
"Old minister, I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
It was a pity that Wen Tongxuan knew the emperor's temper well, so he pushed aside the chamberlain guarding the door outside Qinzheng Hall, squeezed in directly, and laughed with his hands folded.
"I heard that Dr. Lin went to Beijing with this year's salt tax money, so what...hey!"
"Old man Wen, I will fight with you until death!"
The emperor was so angry at the old man that he threw a handwritten letter to Wen Tongxuan.
As soon as the money was delivered to the capital, the old man would come looking for it like a hunting dog, smelling the smell of the money.
Just reach out and cut his silver in half.
Not giving? The old man took off his official hat skillfully, lay down on the ground of Qinzheng Hall and started to behave.
Once again, two million taels of silver that had not yet been warmed were taken out of the emperor's pocket.
Although Lin Ruhai had heard about it for a long time, when he saw with his own eyes that Wen Tongxuan took away two million taels of silver from the emperor's pocket, he had a clearer understanding of the Prime Minister of Great Xia.
At the same time, his perception of the emperor was once again improved - he was a monarch who could be bullied and was respectable and admirable.
Wen Tongxuan happily carried the emperor's handwriting and said to Lin Ruhai, who walked out of the Qinzheng Hall together: "Ruhai, since His Majesty asked you to come to the Hubu Hall, I will tell you today that the most important thing is to be a Hubu Hall official. A little bit..."
"shameless!"
Um? Okay, why do you keep swearing?
"What I mean is that when you are a Hubu hall official, you can't lose face. The people below want money, and you have to lose face and cry about poverty. Hubu has one million taels, but in your mouth, it is only one hundred thousand taels."
"It's better not to lose face when asking for money from Your Majesty. Your Majesty earns one million taels, of which 500,000 taels will be sent to the Ministry of Revenue. If you don't give it, you will go wherever Your Majesty goes. Even if Your Majesty goes to the harem to rest, you will have to pay for it." Lying at the entrance of the harem, weeping!"
Wen Tongxuan has been working as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue for almost ten years. His nominal title has been promoted several times, but his actual position has been delayed.
It's not that the Second Sage doesn't value this person, it's actually that Old Wen Pixiu is in the household department, which can make the Second Sage feel at ease.
Not to mention anything else, the Second Saint had long known that Old Pixiu had built a secret room in the Treasury of the Ministry of Finance. Even though the country's money expenditure in the past ten years was huge, he still saved five million taels of silver secretly like a hamster saving food.
The emperor would be so angry every time he was such a loyal minister, but he would always give him various supplements after scolding him.
On the way out of the palace, Lin Ruhai listened to Wen Tongxuan's "guidance" with a wry smile.
The old man is so mighty, but he is useless in school!
After saying goodbye outside the door of the Household Department, Lin Ruhai looked up at the gold-lacquered and red-backed plaque hanging on the eaves of the door and smiled helplessly.
"Girl, Third Master, I have left the palace."
When Jia Cong and Daiyu got off the carriage, Lin Ruhai saw the young children from a distance, and the smile on his face became even bigger.
He rubbed his daughter and future son-in-law who were greeting him one by one, and said with a smile: "The emperor has given me a favor and promised to be the left minister of the household department to my father, so I don't have to go back to Jiangnan!"
After nightfall, the bustle of Rongxi Hall temporarily came to an end.
The children all went back to rest. The old lady looked at her son-in-law sitting at the bottom and sighed.
"When you were appointed to Jiangnan from outside the Hanlin Academy, you left for more than ten years. Now you have made it through, but poor old lady Min'er has no chance to return to the capital."
Lin Ruhai frowned slightly. He knew that the old lady had complaints about him after all, but in the end it was him who failed his parents-in-law's instructions and caused his wife to suffer.
It is unlikely that this was caused by the involvement of my wife’s family, and it was also due to my original negligence.
Alas, this is a confused account, the kind that cannot be calculated clearly.
He stood up and knelt down, and said solemnly: "Mother-in-law, my son-in-law has already asked the palace for a royal decree for his wife. My son-in-law's first wife will always be Min'er."
The old lady slapped her hand heavily on the table: "What are you doing? I'm not forcing you not to marry a second wife. Do I want Brother Mo to be known as a bastard for the rest of his life?"
Lin Ruhai shook his head and said slowly: "Actually, my son-in-law has thought about this before and planned to record Brother Mo under Min'er's name..."
"Nonsense!"
The old lady stood up angrily: "You are now an official of Liubu Hall, and you will have countless social events in the future. If you don't even have a serious wife at home, how will you interact with others?"
"this……"
Lin Ruhai is a straight man and has never thought about the inner house. After being reminded by the old lady, I suddenly had a headache when I thought of this.
It's okay if you are working abroad, but there are many examples of people who travel in officialdom without a family.
But now that he has returned to Beijing to take up a post, intercourse with the inner house is inevitable.
The old lady was angry and funny when she saw her son-in-law was speechless.
No matter whether she was a son or a son-in-law, there was no one who could make her worry free.
"Okay, this matter is not urgent at the moment. You are tired from traveling and traveling. Go and have a good rest first. We will talk about it in detail tomorrow."
On New Year's Eve, Rongguo Mansion was full of joy and laughter.
Lin Ruhai sent a letter before returning to Beijing, so the old lady asked someone to clear out the Lixiangyuan with a side door.
Brother Mo is already over a year old. Not only can he call out daddy, mommy, brother and sister, but he can also walk a few steps crookedly.
Lin Ruhai held the Shui Shui baby in her arms, feeling happy that the wrinkles on her face were gone.
He talked to Jinse for most of the night last night, and he couldn't be more grateful to the old lady.
It was true that the old lady complained about him, and it was also true that his wife finally remained silent when she suffered.
But Jinse's successful delivery was inseparable from the protection and care of the Rongguo Mansion and the old lady.
You must know that he was assassinated more than ten times during his more than a year in Nanzhili. If Jinse really followed him to Nanzhili, he would probably have died long ago.
"Stay..."
"It's daddy."
"Sidudai..."
"Daddy!"
"Stay!"
Okay, just stay there.
Jinse put a tiger hat on her son's head in a gentle and virtuous manner, took out her handkerchief and wiped Shui Shui's face clean.
"Master, you've thought about it, you really don't want to move out?"
Lin Ruhai shook his head: "At least we won't move for the time being. The situation in the capital is still unclear. Your Majesty has basically mastered the power of the government now. I am afraid there will be big moves in the next two years. You, Yu'er and Mo Ge'er stay in Rong. Only with the government can I rest assured."
Speaking of this, Lin Ruhai suddenly asked: "Did someone say something in your ear? Don't you want to continue living in Rongguo Mansion? Or is someone making things difficult for you?"
"No, it's not..."
Jin Se knew that Lin Ruhai had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "I am just worried that if I continue to live in Rongguo Mansion, it will hinder my future. After all, there is a difference between civil and military affairs."
"You think too much."
Lin Ruhai could feel Jin Se's true feelings, and freed up a hand to hug him: "Don't worry about these, the difference between civil and military is no longer important when you reach my rank. Besides, this is Rongguo Mansion, my honor The poor son-in-law of the government can live here for a year or two, which is not too much. Anyone who dares to talk about such a thing will have Brother Cong knock on the door..."
"Pfft..."
"Who does uncle want me to hit?"
The two heads at the door made Jinse's whole body turn red with embarrassment, and the drooling baby in Lin Ruhai's arms smiled toothlessly.
"Sister, brother, sister, brother..."
Daiyu was holding the saliva baby and playing a hand-eating game on the couch, while Lin Ruhai was testing her son-in-law's homework.
"The meaning of your scriptures is enough to pass the boy test, but your strategy is very problematic."
After Lin Ruhai read several policy papers handed over by Jia Cong, he began to lecture seriously.
"Although the most important thing about policy is that it is meaningful, but you are too concrete. If you don't talk about anything else, is the improvement of taxation something that you, a kid, can talk about?"
"Before you take over the power, what you have to do is to live in harmony with the light, rather than stand out from the crowd and show eagerness. You have to understand a truth, if a tree is beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy it; if your behavior is higher than others, the crowd will destroy it. That’s not true.”
"Even if you, Jia Cong, are in the emperor's heart, you cannot become the target of public criticism."
"The most indispensable thing in the world is the person who is in the emperor's heart!" ap.
Lin Ruhai couldn't help but raise his forehead as he looked at these increasingly fierce policy discussions.
If these strategies of Brother Cong were only presented directly to the emperor, they would definitely be first-rate good articles.
But if you put it in the examination room, you will most likely be dismissed directly by the examiner.
If you don't do it well, you'll be accused of being unconventional and trying to be famous.
He looked at Jia Cong, who was looking unconvinced, and had to patiently say: "Do you know what your teacher Xu Qingteng's strategy was like when he was the top scholar and the top scholar? Everything was stable, but there was a hint of novelty in it. The examiners of that session were very cautious Your teacher’s highest praise is stability.”
Jia Cong had never heard of this before, so he couldn't help but become curious.
"Could it be said that the teacher never mentioned the new political law during the imperial examination?"
Lin Ruhai raised his hand and rubbed Jia Cong's head, and said earnestly: "Silly boy, the first requirement for selecting officials in the imperial court is not talent, but stability. When Xu Qingteng was in the Hanlin Academy, he never publicized it The new coup law is to start raising your hopes when you are in office, and keep them silently for ten years. Once you announce it, it will be known to the world. You must learn from your teacher and seek changes while maintaining stability!"
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