Shangjing, port.
Early in the morning, a large number of well-dressed servants, stewards, and maids came to the port. They quickly arranged carpets, flowers, banners and other items. It seemed that some important person was coming.
But as the capital city of Middle-earth, even the third-grade officials who returned to the capital to report on their duties might not be so impressive, so the person coming here would make people curious.
Could it be some kind of royal relative?
Soon, five large boats slowly docked. Jia She took the lead, followed by Jia Lan, and hurriedly greeted them.
After a long time, after boxes of things were moved down, Manager Chen slowly got off the boat. Lin Daiyu followed suit and looked around blankly. When they saw Jia She and the others, their eyes lit up, they waved and shouted: "Uncle!"
Jia She smiled and nodded at her, then hurriedly stepped forward, bowed deeply to Manager Chen, and said, "Manager Chen."
Manager Chen nodded, smiled, and exchanged casual greetings with the two descendants of the princes.
A seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, let alone a close minister of the emperor.
Now that the Emperor's health was deteriorating, when Wang Ziteng was promoted to the position of ruler of the Nine Houses, he held a high and powerful position. Soon after the four major families were happy, they discovered something was wrong.
Nowadays, all the divisions and lieutenants in the capital seem to have nothing to do with the four major families. It is even more difficult to do anything, such as smuggling goods through customs declaration at the city gate.
Of course, King Beijing and Yi Zhong were very active among civil servants for a thousand years, and their reputations were so great that they even invited Jia Zheng to a banquet today, saying they wanted to promote him.
Jia She doesn't care, he just wants to make some connections and do his own thing now.
During these days, he suddenly fell in love with ancient fans. There was a stone fool who had more than twenty ancient fans in his hands, all of which were from Xiang Fei, Palm Bamboo, Elk, and Polygonatum odorifera. All of them had original paintings by ancient people.
When Jia She found out, he first ordered Jia Lian to find Shi Duozi and pay a lot of money to buy it.
The fan is a family heirloom of Stone Dude and he insists not to sell it. He became angry and falsely accused Shi Duazi of "arrears of official silver", but the local Shangguan did not accept the case.
Today I heard that the famous person in front of the emperor personally sent his niece back, so I thought of building a relationship and getting the ancient fan, otherwise I wouldn't be able to sleep well.
Of course, he was a little embarrassed to come over, so he pulled Jialan over who was studying at home.
In his eyes, a noble family like them didn't need to read any books at all. As long as they knew a few words, stuffed some money, and found connections, there was no need to worry about being an official.
After chatting for a while, Mr. Chen looked up at the sky and said with a smile: "Our family has important matters to report to the Lord, so this little girl Daiyu entrusted two generals to send them to the Lin Mansion."
The Shangjing Lin Mansion was a mansion given to Lin Ruhai by the Holy Emperor himself. The maids, furniture, guards and other items and servants had all been prepared, and they were all from the palace, which showed that they valued the Lin family.
Jia She quickly echoed: "Don't worry, Mr. Chen, Daiyu is my niece, I will take good care of her. Speaking of which, I have something to report to Mr. Chen."
Manager Chen was surprised: "What's the matter?"
"I want Mr. Chen to know that there is a well-connected businessman in Yingtian who openly defaulted on paying taxes to the court. A friend of mine discovered it and reported it to the prefect of Yingtian, but no one responded.
This tax is related to the destiny of our country. If one person does this, if others follow suit, won't it mean that one day our country's treasury will be empty and our national strength will be weakened? Please also ask Mr. Chen to make the decision! "Jia Sheyi said sternly.
Mr. Chen:......
I am the most famous person in front of the emperor, the chief eunuch, and the first person in the chamberlain. You want me to help with such a small matter?
The key is, you don’t want to spend money yet? Are you OK?
After a moment of silence, Manager Chen said solemnly: "General Jia is worthy of being a loyal minister of the imperial court. Even if he is idle at home, he is still worried about the world and the imperial court. Don't worry, I will report this matter to His Majesty when I return!"
"Hahaha, Mr. Chen is overly praised. Mr. Chen, please go away!" Jia She said happily.
I didn't expect that Jia She had such ability.
In a few days, will the Holy One reward him with gold, silver, silk, or even give him a title? Oops, will I have one more concubine then?
When Mr. Chen walked away, Jia She's face turned away, and then he looked at Lin Daiyu, thought for a moment and said, "Jia Lan, take someone to send your niece home. I have other important things to do when I go back."
This reception of the imperial edict must be well arranged!
Jia Lan bent down and bowed, and said politely: "Yes!"
Jia She shook his head and left directly.
Jia Lan is really obsessed with studying. The Jia family is a family of generals, so what's the use of studying?
Lin Daiyu felt aggrieved at the back. Why didn't her uncle pay attention to her?
"Sister-in-law, let's go. I'll take you to the mansion given to you by the Holy One. It's huge there!" Jia Lan stepped forward and said seriously.
Lin Daiyu felt better now and looked at Jia Lan: "Oh, General Jia, Daiyu is so polite!"
Jialan scratched his head, his face turned red and he was very embarrassed.
"Meow!" the little yellow cat stood on the shovel's head and shouted.
Let’s eat! It’s been an hour, why haven’t we started eating yet?
Lin Daiyu:......
Lele, who is so good at eating, is still a little bit away from bankruptcy.
Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.
Emperor Qing was reviewing the memorial, and after a while there were blue veins on his forehead. It was obvious that the actions of officials from various places were really irritating.
After Manager Chen came in and saluted, he began to report: "Your Majesty, the Lianghuai Salt Collection is hosted by Mr. Lin Ruhai. Together with the atonement silver, the total is 21,233,432 taels of silver.
Half of them have been escorted to the treasury, another quarter has entered the Supreme Emperor's inner treasury, and the remaining quarter is in His Majesty's inner treasury. "
Emperor Qing then relaxed his brows. It was obvious that this large sum of money was an urgent need for him and the court.
As for giving a quarter to the Supreme Emperor, it was a matter of course. The Supreme Emperor was old but not dead yet. If he was made unhappy, he could still flip the table over at any time.
Although he has a huge advantage now, even if he flips the table, the odds and advantage are with him. But if he really pushed the Supreme Being to the point of overturning the table, then how will history remember him in the future?
Unfilial? Still unkind?
After pondering for a while, Emperor Qing looked at the memorial and said curiously: "It is said that the officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are united, so why did Lin Ruhai go so smoothly this time when he ransacked the house and asked the misers to hand over the atonement silver?
Could it be that the four major families took action? "
Logically speaking, Lin Ruhai is the son-in-law of the Jia family. If there are capable people from the four major families, they can recognize the reality, survive with broken arms, and repent in time, it is really possible.
Manager Chen seemed to remember something, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, of course it didn't go well at the beginning. After Mr. Lin presented the evidence, two families were dissatisfied and even wanted to gather their servants to attack the government office.
Then Mrs. Lin took action, leading five hundred Jinwu Guards to directly suppress the rebellion in the name of suppressing the rebellion. She shot in and out of the crowd with a spear, leaving no one invincible.
In the end, the long street was stained with blood. Mrs. Lin calmly asked the others if they were convinced. Those people knelt in a pool of blood and all swore to the sky to express their sincere submission. "
Emperor Qing:? ? ?
Is this the daughter of the Jia family? Sure enough, you can convince people with virtue.
After a long silence, Emperor Qing continued to ask: "I read the memorial handed over by Lin Ruhai. In the past six months, he dismissed half of the officials of the Lianghuai Salt Transport. How did he do it?"
Governing a big country is like cooking a small one. No matter what you do, you must be cautious, especially when large numbers of people are involved, which can easily lead to mutiny.
Especially for someone like Lin Ruhai, most of the officials and minor officials were locals, and they had a large number of people. If half of them were fired, wouldn't he be afraid that the local officials would unite to send him away?
Manager Chen smiled and said: "Master Lin, taking advantage of Mrs. Lin's momentum at that time, directly announced that half of the officials would be dismissed.
But it is up to those people to decide which half, and for the remaining half of the officials, their salaries will be doubled or tripled according to their merits. It is also up to them to decide which half. "
Emperor Qing was stunned for a moment, then nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "You know how to adapt, how to advance and retreat, you are indeed my wise minister."
"Thousand-mile horses are always there, but Bo Le is not often used. It is because His Majesty is discerning and generous, that Master Lin sacrificed his life to repay and did such a feat!" Manager Chen quickly agreed.
Emperor Qing's smile became even brighter: "You old guy, how about putting your efforts on flattery on other things? What about the back? Then Lin Ruhai just dismissed half of the people he pushed out?"
Manager Chen was a little aggrieved: "What I said is the truth!
As for what happened later, Mr. Lin removed half of the people who were publicly dismissed, leaving the first half on the list, and the last half of the list of those who received a salary increase, and dismissed all the others for investigation.
If anyone is dissatisfied, the Jinwu Guards will come to his house the next day to check the accounts!
As a result, no one asked Mr. Lin to make trouble. Many people directly reported their former colleagues, and some even started fighting. "
Hearing this result, Emperor Qing frowned, speculated for a while, and suddenly realized that this handling was really wonderful.
Those who are expected to be dismissed, among other things, must have little power and power. Even if they want to be greedy, such people cannot be greedy. Most likely they will still be those who are not gregarious or even not greedy in daily life.
As for those who have introduced salary increases, the more they increase, they must be extremely powerful and greedy. What such people fear most is being investigated.
In this way, it is very likely that the selected subordinates will be those who can do practical things, have little greed, and do not have much association. Management convenience aside, the person who was supposed to be fired but was promoted and increased his salary must be loyal to Lin Ruhai.
"Wonderful!" Emperor Qing patted the table and praised.
After sighing for a while, Emperor Qing didn't pay much attention to Lin Ruhai's discussion of improving the treatment of salt workers after the memorial.
In the end, the governance of the world depends on the few smart people who stand above ordinary people. As long as those smart people are conquered, the world will be stable.
As for those ordinary people, as long as they can live in Hukou and live a comfortable life, with their vision and knowledge, they may not care about who the person standing above them is for the rest of their lives.
The study was quiet for a while, and Manager Chen slowly said: "I have to congratulate Your Majesty.
According to Mr. Lin's estimation, with the improvement of salt production technology and the salary of salt workers, once Mrs. Lin leads the troops to merge the small private salt ponds in Huaihe and Huaihe areas, and then regulates the release of salt, it is expected that the court will actually earn more than 3 million yuan from the salt tax alone next year. two.
If water transportation, tariffs, etc. from various places are further regulated, our country's salt tax is likely to return to the level of 20 million taels at the peak of the previous dynasty within ten years. "
"Twenty million taels per year?" Emperor Qing felt his heart surge when he heard this number.
With so much money, disaster relief, border defense, and even shipping can be easily solved. This is a prosperous age!
You must know that the 20 million taels obtained from the house raid were the total loss of silver in the past 20 years.
"Okay, okay! Lin Qing's family are really important ministers of our country! They deserve a reward, they deserve a big reward!" Emperor Qing was overjoyed.
Manager Chen's eyes lit up and he hinted: "Your Majesty, this time I will bring Miss Daiyu back. She is smart, smart, simple and elegant. She is really a good match!"
Emperor Qing:? ? ?
Manager Chen doesn't know, doesn't he know yet? According to Jinwuwei's report, Lin Daiyu was innocent, but she was simply fierce.
Breaking someone into pieces with one punch, what kind of strength is this?
If Lin Daiyu were to marry a prince, he could almost imagine his scene a hundred years later. The Jia family controlled the army and city defense, and the Lin family controlled the civil officials. Then Lin Daiyu sat on the Fengtian Hall and asked the civil and military officials.
"I am the Supreme, who agrees and who opposes?"
Isn't this the proper second person from Wu Zhou?
"Okay, you go down!" Emperor Qing waved his hand.
He really had to think carefully about how to reward him.
If the reward is too great, given the abilities of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, they may not be rewarded at all in the future. If they are less, it will chill the hearts of those who really want to do things.
If you want to be a good leader, it's difficult just to have clear rewards and punishments.
"Yes." Manager Chen resigned reluctantly.
Miss Lin is pretty, cute, soft and frail, she is really a good match!
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Lin Mansion.
Located at the south gate of the palace: the Meridian Gate is only about a thousand feet away from Yudao Street. It is not only the only way for officials to go to court, but also the offices of most departments such as the Ministry of Revenue are also nearby.
It can be said that this is the safest street in the world, and it is also the street where you can see the most dignitaries.
In the house, Lin Daiyu, together with sisters Yingchun and Tanchun, were feeding their younger brother Lin Enran who had just moved in.
In the morning, Mrs. Jia gave an order to the daughters' families in the mansion. They must come to the Lin Mansion to take care of their granddaughter in their free time every day.
After feeding him a few mouthfuls, Lin Daiyu swallowed a mouthful of water and put the spoon directly into her mouth.
"Bah~"
Then, his eyes lit up. The food cooked by the royal chef in the palace tasted surprisingly good.
Yingchun asked curiously: "Sister Lin, is it delicious?"
"It tastes good. Come on, try it too!"
After a while, the four little girls finished a bowl of unknown lotion.
younger brother:? ? ?
This woman and that cat were his lifelong enemies!
"Meow~" The little yellow cat jumped over and then became furious.
You don’t even ask him to eat!
Suck!
Even the bottom of the bowl was licked clean by him.
younger brother:......
After arguing for a while and asking the cook to make another dinner for her brother, Lin Daiyu suddenly thought of an important question.
"Lele, tell me, if His Majesty rewards me with 10,000 taels of silver, and I suddenly fall ill and need 9,999 taels of silver for treatment, what will you do?"
The little yellow cat was stunned and hesitated for a while.
"Meow~"
what to do? Of course it’s done in a glamorous way! After all, he is a former shit shoveling officer. With the gift of fifty taels, I bought a wreath worth ten taels. I also used another hundred taels to hire a troupe to sing for three days and three nights. I spent the rest on my own!
Besides, if you loved me, you wouldn't have such an expensive disease!
Lin Daiyu, who was full of expectations, was dumbfounded, then she clenched her fists and started fighting with the little yellow cat angrily.
"Smelly Lele, I will fight with you!"
Obviously, the battle in Yangzhou made her understand one thing deeply: practicing martial arts is to make people feel calm and talk to her!
"Meow~"
Oh, you little shit-shoveling official, you don’t overestimate your abilities! Look at my unique Tai Chi skill: double peaks piercing the ears!
Yingchun and the others next to them were dumbfounded when they saw that one person and one cat would soon turn the courtyard into a mess.
Sister Lin, how awesome!
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