People around the Supreme Emperor came to pay homage to Jia She. The relationship was so great that several people in power in the Jia family paid great attention to it.
It's just that Jia Zheng prides himself on being an innocent scholar and disdains friendship with internal eunuchs, so he only allows Jia Lian and Jia Zhen to receive him.
The eunuch named Wang really just came to worship. He sat for a while and said some pretentious words before leaving.
After sending him out, Jia Lian's eyes narrowed as he watched the opponent's car go away.
Now, he finally understood why so many people hated eunuchs.
He had met several eunuchs in the Daming Palace before. Whether it was Dai Quan or Qiu Shian, Jia Lian felt that they were quite good and friendly. In comparison, this dog eunuch is very uncomfortable.
It was as if the other party was just here to show off their power.
It is said that the master is known from his servants, and strange secrets are passed down to both the government and the public. In his later years, the Supreme Emperor changed his past style and liked luxury and great achievements...
These, I'm afraid, are groundless.
Of course, no matter what, he was not the one to offend the Supreme Emperor, so he would naturally not criticize the Supreme Emperor's behavior.
Moreover, the Supreme Emperor asked this dead eunuch to pay homage to Jia She. It was a good thing for him and the Jia family. It showed that the Supreme Emperor still cared about the families of these meritorious officials.
Honorable people live a decent life, and most of this respect comes from the Holy Family.
So, Jia Zhen, who was sent out the same way as him, looked at Jia Lian and said with half envy and half sourness: "Brother Lian, congratulations, I didn't expect that even Chonghua Palace would send people to pay homage to the great master.
It can be seen that the Supreme Emperor and his elders still remember your mansion..."
Jia Zhen is too old to Jia Lian and is well aware of the status of Rongguo Mansion in the government and the opposition when Jia Daishan was alive.
Apart from anything else, when his grandfather Jia Daihua died, there was no sound at all in the palace.
They still have a big house, which is really sad to think about.
Jia Lian responded to Jia Zhen's words casually, then turned around and saw Lin Zhixiao coming up and saying:
"Second Master, the old lady asks you to come over."
Lin Zhixiao had come here a long time ago. He saw Jia Lian and Jia Zhen talking to the eunuchs in the palace, so he didn't dare to disturb them. He waited until Jia Lian was free before he stepped forward to speak.
Jia Lian was not surprised when he heard this.
Jia She's funeral was very elaborate. It was the first time for him and Wang Xifeng to host such a big event, so Jia's mother was a little worried. Over the past few days, she had told her many times overtly and secretly that she was worried that they would not handle it properly. .
Since the old man had given so much money, Jia Lian Nian naturally listened to whatever opinions he could.
This time I don’t know why. So he bowed to Jia Zhen, asked him to take more care of her outside, and then walked to Jia's mother's courtyard.
When we got to the verandah, we heard some women chatting in the yard.
They were either sitting on the steps, or standing with a broom in their hands, saying, "So, it is really difficult for the master and the wife to have a good fortune here.
This time the eldest master went, and the money needed to spend on the funeral for a month was gone.
You also know, Mr. Master, how he can keep the money in his hands for a day and a half. I heard that over the years, not only have they failed to accumulate wealth, but they have also suffered losses.
In this case, don’t I have to supplement the money for the funeral arrangements with the master and his wife..."
"Didn't you hear that the old lady paid for it?"
"The old lady has some money, most of which are from the officials here. I heard that she even took out several thousand taels of extra money to pay for the funeral of the old man."
"Is there such a thing? Didn't it mean that the eldest master and the second master have separated their families a long time ago? Even if the eldest master himself cannot manage the family and loses money, how can it be that the eldest wife, the second master Lian and the second mistress Lian, they If you don’t have any money, why do you need your wife to pay for it?”
"It's not like you don't know what kind of person the eldest lady is, asking her to get money? She has to be able to get it!
Let’s talk about Second Grandma Lian and Second Master Lian...
Second Mistress Lian is naturally rich. I heard that the dowry she received as a dowry back then was huge, let alone the tens of thousands of dollars she had earned overtly and covertly over the years as the head of the house! It’s just that asking Second Mistress Lian to use money to hold a funeral for her father-in-law is not justifiable, let alone Second Mistress Lian. How easy is it to get her money? If she really had to ask her to take it, it would probably be because she had no money. She had never treated the eldest man and his wife as her parents-in-law...
As for Second Master Lian, he is naturally filial. It's just that after all, he only became an official in the past two years and started to earn money from the family, so the money he had must be limited, so naturally it was all in the hands of Mistress Lian.
Based on this calculation, can we, the master and his wife, not come up with this money? Only our husband and wife are good people and kind-hearted, so they are willing to be so generous and careless. What would other people say when they encounter such a situation? "
The ladies chatted angrily about the gossip in the house, and they were all in high spirits.
They all relied on the Dongkua courtyard to attend to their funerals. Most of the masters and grandmothers were not in this courtyard, so they had nothing to worry about.
"Forget what you said. After all, we are all members of the same family, and the old lady is still here. How can we completely separate ourselves? Just like our Rongguo Mansion's friendship with other mansions, we have not been doing it here. Apart from asking Mr. Lian to come over and help with the housekeeping, the eldest master actually didn't care at all.
But let me comment on it for you. Regardless of whether it is good or bad, good or bad, there are always comings and goings between each house. No one will make a fortune from this, right?
Therefore, since all the return gifts from our Rongguo Mansion are handled by us, then naturally all the gifts should be received by us, right? "
"That's the truth...I know what you mean. You mean that when Second Master Lian and Second Mistress Lian were handling the funeral affairs for the eldest master, they confiscated all the gifts sent from various mansions. There was no Send it to the official here for registration?"
"That's not true! There used to be nothing going on in the Grand Master's courtyard, so that's all.
But nowadays, for the elder's funeral, all the mansions basically send people to bring memorial gifts. Even if they don't make it in time, they still send people to deliver them.
Everyone knows that these favors are dealt with in one stroke, so naturally there should be a leader to prevent trouble.
However, I heard from the people in the steward's room that Second Mistress Lian and the others had no intention of concluding this account on this side. Just look at it, this will be a confusing account in the future.
That’s why I said, it’s difficult for the master and his wife to manage this family..."
"According to what you said, it is indeed the case. The fact that Mr. Lian and Mrs. Lian did this is not upright. It is just because the master and his wife are affable people and the elders cannot argue with them.
Alas, it’s a shame they had the nerve to use the money given by my wife to take care of the eldest man’s funeral..."
Jia Lian stood in the wide corridor, blocked by the pillars, and although he did not understand what they said in full, he still got a general idea.
He wasn't surprised or even angry.
Because similar rumors didn't just come out today, he had heard about it from Zhao'er and others.
This is the first time I heard it with my own ears.
Jia Lian was very sure that this was Mrs. Wang's handiwork. They just want to use the pressure of public opinion to make him and Wang Xifeng obediently send all the gifts received from this funeral here to register...
Speaking of this, there is a reason.
Although Dongkuaoyuan has been separated for ten years, it is not completely independent.
For example, Jia Zheng has indeed always been responsible for the courtesy exchanges with various noble families. After all, other people have no intention of sorting out the relationships within your Rongguo Mansion, and it is impossible for them to establish contacts with two Rongguo Mansion at the same time. Each time they send a gift to Rongguo Mansion, they will give two gifts...
In the past, because Jia She lived alone in Dongkuaoyuan, he ignored everything. Everyone he interacted with was personal, so he didn't interfere. Jia Zheng accepts all the gifts and also prepares all the gifts to be sent to other people's homes. This is okay.
But this time when Jia She died, something big happened, and the Rongguo Mansion's nondescript way of dividing the family exposed the problem.
When other people come to worship with offerings, they naturally have to go to the mourning hall. The mourning hall is located in the East Crossing Courtyard, so the sacrifices are naturally sent to the East Crossing Courtyard.
A family with one hundred or two hundred taels of silver would be worth several thousand taels of silver after a few days!
According to the previous rules, this money should indeed be sent to the official treasury here to be accounted for. This is the right thing. In the future, if someone else's family has something to do, they can repay the gift according to this account...
This is the truth... But how can Jia Lian and Sister Feng easily hand over the things that fall into the hands of Jia Lian and Sister Feng?
After all, if they are all talking about "reason", then the family property of Rongguo Mansion should belong to their eldest family, and Jia Zheng and others can only get a small share...
Didn’t their big house say nothing for so many years? Now there is only one sacrificial gift, and it is still the only opportunity that Jia She has given his life to take advantage of. What happened to Zhan Zhan?
Therefore, in Rongguofu, rationality has long ceased to exist.
Jia Lian is not like Jia Zheng who is obsessed with face, so naturally he will not force Sister Feng to send over the things she has got. At worst, she will give them a bill in the end.
Perhaps Mrs. Wang was angry because of this.
Really, she was half-forced by Jia Mu to use money to pay for Jia She's funeral. In the end, she lost all the benefits and was given another trick by Jia Lian and others!
When she realized this problem before, she had hinted at what Sister Feng should do to be "reasonable".
Sister Feng only said that most of the sacrificial gifts brought by others were things for funerals, and she didn't have much money. It just so happened that there was still a shortfall in the money for Jia She's funeral, so after Jia She's funeral, we would see if there was any surplus. If there was, all of it would be transferred to the official.
After all, you can’t do anything wrong to the great master’s funeral, right?
Sister Feng also followed Jia Lian's instructions and hinted to Mrs. Wang that it was time to settle the undelivered portion of the three thousand taels of silver promised that day...
Because Jia's mother was worried that Jia Lian would not be able to act as a director, she had only given two thousand of her six thousand silver so far, saying that she would give out the rest later.
Mrs. Wang followed suit. She only gave one thousand of her three thousand silver. The other two thousand were said to have not been transferred yet and would be transferred over in a few days.
On the other hand, Jia Lian took his people and went directly to the accounting office to collect the four thousand taels of silver from the officials that Jia Mu and others had agreed to.
Anyway, he has been the housekeeper here for these years. If he wants money, Lin Zhixiao dare not refuse to give it!
Lin Zhixiao is in charge of the bank.
If Jia Lian and others did not send the sacrificial gift, Mrs. Wang would naturally not send the remaining two thousand silver. Just like that, she already felt that she was at a loss.
Perhaps there was no good way, so Mrs. Wang could only achieve her goal by ruining their reputation.
Therefore, these mothers-in-law have been promoting the reputation of Jia Zheng and his wife everywhere in the past two days and exposing the shameless behavior of Jia Lian and his wife.
From this point of view, Mrs. Wang is just a housewife after all. There is a city government, and she cannot be considered far-sighted after all.
