Cross the Sea in the Red Chamber

Chapter 55

Although Jiang Yuan's original intention was to take the opportunity to deal with the Jia family, but it was more to provoke a new round of disputes between the aristocratic family and the nobles.

The military parade was indeed used to frighten these two groups, to let them know that His Highness the Crown Prince is not easy to bully, and to let them be more honest.But if these two groups don't even dare to pinch each other, it's not in line with Jiang Yuan's original intention.

Will you deal with an opponent who can't be sued no matter what?Won't.

If you can't get any sweetness, then the struggle will be meaningless at all.But if one of them sees even a little bit of light, these guys will swarm up like ants seeing honey, and devour their opponents.

On the side of Xungui, the official was demoted, but on the other side, the aristocratic family directly dismissed the official and became a commoner. The gap between the two is too big. What will the two sides think about such an unbalanced result?

Xungui will feel that he is still valued by His Majesty the Emperor, otherwise, why are they also impeached, and his side is just demoted, but the aristocratic family's side fell to the bottom all of a sudden?Since there is still a holy family on his side, for the sake of a larger living space, Xungui will definitely try to "take advantage of the victory" and suppress the disadvantaged family.

And how will the family react to Xungui's counterattack?Whether they want it or not, the war has already begun and they must fight to the end.Because in their eyes, His Majesty the Emperor is obviously even more dissatisfied with the existence of the aristocratic family. If they shrink back at this time, then there will be no place for them in the entire court in the future, and the hundreds of years of family inheritance will be destroyed. Therefore, they Must fight to the death to protect his family.

In this way, the two parties will enter into an endless loop of you biting me and biting you, biting each other until they kill each other.

The reason why the Jia family was demoted instead of dismissed, Jiang Yuan naturally had his own ideas.

The so-called soft people are afraid of hard things, hard people are afraid of horizontal ones, and horizontal ones are afraid of death.If the Jia family is suppressed to the end by the family and dismissed from office, then the meaning of being attacked by the family will be lost, and the point of the family's spear will be removed from the head of the Jia family to deal with other powerful nobles.But the Jia family was just demoted.

That Chu Chen from the Chu family was dismissed from office, and Jia Zheng was just demoted. How could the Chu family let it go?So how could the desperately fighting family group let go of the enemy's Jia family?The so-called grievances and debtors are the Jia family who provoked this dispute. They don't want to get rid of the family's attack. Compared with letting them be wealthy civilians, isn't it more uncomfortable to be attacked and suppressed like this? ?

Jiang Yuan was right in thinking this way, who knew that the actual effect was even better than he thought, the aristocratic family hadn't done anything yet, but Jia's own side started to quarrel, when his subordinates delivered the latest situation of Jia's mansion When he came up, even Jiang Yuan, who was always calm, was taken aback for a moment.

The Jia family's information is not top-secret. Jiang Yuan received it while sitting in the backyard, and Yuehua was sitting next to him. Seeing his blank look, she was also a little interested, and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter?" ? Is there something wrong with the Jia family?"

Jiang Yuan passed the note in his hand to his wife. The note said that Jia Amnesty made a big disturbance in Jia's mansion and made Jia's mother faint...

Jiang Yuan didn't know that Jia's mother's coma was just the beginning of the incident, after Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang received the letter from Jia Amnesty to drive Jia Baoyu away, they both hurried over.

Jia Zheng's prudishness is still there for the last sake of his own face, and he refuses to say anything about asking his elder brother to keep Baoyu.But Mrs. Wang is different. This former noble lady has undergone fundamental changes under the cruel torture of this period of time. What kind of Bodhisattva heart?What dignified and generous?She doesn't want any of these face-saving things!Anyway, the face of the head wife is gone, and the husband has also degenerated into a sesame official from the ninth rank. Who is he still showing such a dignified and magnanimous appearance? !

Although Mrs. Wang had some pimples about Jiamu taking Baoyu away in her heart, she was always yelling and scolding, but she knew very well in her heart that if Baoyu lived in Jia's house all day, then the whole family would stay in the old house. The wife has weight in her heart, and Baoyu can have a brighter future by virtue of her noble status. In the future, she can also marry a wife with a higher status and be able to sit in a higher official position.

But if Baoyu was kicked out by Jia Amnesty, then he was just the second son of a ninth-rank official.This kind of status not only does not help him at all, the husband he invites, the care he receives, and even the people he interacts with will drop a lot. No one will take him seriously, and no one wants to associate with him. It's not good that the child is so useless.

Even if the old lady is still willing to take their family seriously, this weight will undoubtedly decrease due to being far away.Without the old lady's support, they would have to be driven out of Jia's mansion by Jia Amnesty, and they couldn't even live in Lixiangyuan?At that point, what is the difference between them and those branches of the Jia family who are shy and begging for work?After a few years, wouldn't he be obliterated by everyone and completely become a commoner?

no!No matter what you say, you can't let Baoyu leave Jia's mansion!

Mrs. Wang strengthened her belief, and directly started the mode of crying, making trouble, and hanging herself, and started spitting as soon as she stood in the courtyard, "Uncle, are you going to force the old lady to death before you give up? If there is something wrong with the old lady , can you take responsibility?"

She wiped her eyes, as if she was wiping her tears, "Baoyu is a child, how much can he eat, or how much can he use? Are you forcing Baoyu, the old lady, or dealing with him?" Your own brother?! Is it not enough to separate the family first? Are you willing to kill our whole family this time? At that time, no one will compete with you for the family property, and you can even get the old lady’s share of the money. Accepted all of them, right?! You can tolerate even girl Xichun from the East Mansion, why can't you tolerate your own nephew?"

After such a big commotion, Mrs. Xing, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng also hurried over from their respective yards. When they arrived here, they happened to hear Mrs. Wang's words, which made the always stingy Mrs. Xing furious.

She rolled her eyes, snorted twice, and said strangely: "How much did your young master eat? How much did you use? You really dare to say. Xichun is just a sensible and obedient girl. Compared with the young master of your family's devil king?"

She pointed to the position of the green gauze cabinet, and said loudly: "This young master of your family is wearing silk and satin, and is using gold, silver and jade in his hands. servants, four wet nurses, four bookboys, plus a needleworker and a sweeper, there are at least a dozen other people serving him...not counting the maids and servants below."

"As for eating, this young master didn't spend a lot of gold and silver on one meal? The bird's nest and shark's fin are nothing ordinary, and even the fresh fruit from the south, and the dim sum made in the palace don't know how much he ate. And Well..." The cheeks on Mrs. Xing's face trembled, and her face was full of disgust, "Which one of the maids in the yard has rouge on their lips, has he never tasted it? I wish I could eat a piece of it every day. What about the box of rouge and gouache. Doesn’t it cost money for the best rouge? On the surface, his monthly rate is ten taels of silver, which is not enough for the second master Bao to spend a day. My good second brother, you How much is this monthly salary?"

What he said was extremely mean, and Jia Zheng who was standing next to him blushed. If he hadn't known that this was not the time, he would have rushed to beat Jia Baoyu severely to vent his anger.

Mrs. Xing pulled her face, her eyes were full of contempt, and she said coldly: "If it weren't for your second wife's burden, life in this mansion would be so difficult? For the matter of your family's Yuanchun, our master has already paid 80 million taels It's snowflakes and silver, don't you want to continue to raise your sons for you now?"

"My second younger brother, you can read, and your younger siblings are also from high-ranking families. They are not as shameless and impolite as a little girl from a small family like me. You should take your son back early to raise yourself That's right. Who knows if this person from a high-ranking family has been taught by his family, and any court training has been ignored, but this face has been gained. I am afraid it is thicker than the corner of the city wall. A deaf-mute acts as if he can't see or hear anything."

She glanced at the bisha cupboard, "Your young master is really difficult to raise. I'm afraid he might spend tens of thousands of taels of silver a year? The serious man in my house is not as expensive as the second master Lian." The half of the second master, such a precious relative, we and other poor families can't afford it, so let's take it back as soon as possible."

Mrs. Xing stood there and muttered a few words in a low voice. She said that she was muttering in a low voice, and everyone in the yard could hear her talking to herself, "They all become officials after studying. That Lin Ruhailin also knows that every year Sending 5000 taels of silver to my daughter to subsidize expenses, this is a truly decent person. Unlike some people, who would like to break a penny into two and use it, and throw their son into someone else's house. He refused to pay a tael of silver, but asked others to offer him like an offering to a god or Buddha. Woolen cloth."

This Mrs. Xing couldn't say a word of good things, and she slipped away with bad words. This series of combined punches hit Jia Zheng's family in the face so hard that they couldn't justify themselves.

Jia Lian was stunned at this moment, how could he know that this stepmother, who usually doesn't talk much, still has such a level, she was stunned for a while listening to it.Wang Xifeng, who was the most talkative on weekdays, also had nothing to say. Standing behind Jia Lian, she opened her mouth in amazement, and was completely taken aback by Mrs. Xing, who was so different from her usual image.

Jia Amnesty narrowed his eyes and nodded in satisfaction. His wife, the wife of the continuation, was indeed a little out of tune on weekdays, but she was very outstanding at critical moments, and finally she did not marry in vain.

Mrs. Xing was praised by her master, and when she was in a good mood, she began to criticize everyone in the second room, "When it comes to fighting for family property, you second room really have the face to speak. The ancestor's family business has been saved in the old treasury for so many years. Yinzi, but your house is good. You raised a daughter who lost money, ruined the entire ancestral family business, and had to sell the shop and sell the land to fill it. I still want to ask, is it you I feel that I can't get much anyway, so I just lost all of them, so that no one can get it? It's not good for others!"

She raised her head, her legs were spread apart, her hands were on her hips, and she cursed people like scissors, "Speaking of filial piety, your second wife is really filial. Having a child during the filial piety has tarnished the family style of Jia's family. Before his death, the old lady gave you a lifelong favor to ask your second room for a sixth-rank chief position, but now? The second brother is really a capable person. Over the years, the official has become more and more The younger you are, the lower rank you are now, there is no place to surrender if you want to surrender. If you want to surrender again, you will be a small official in the warehouse. You are really a glorious lintel. Anyone who knows the ancestors will be furious. I wish I could be angry. come over."

She showed a contemptuous sneer, "The reason why the old lady fainted was not because of Jia Baoyu, the second young master of your family. No wonder you keep saying that you want to keep Baoyu. This Baoyu's ability to restrain people is so powerful. My wife and our first wife are killed, so your second wife can take over all the property without bloodshed? You are really good at calculating, and others can't learn it if they want to."

Mrs. Xing's shrew aura is in full swing, and Mrs. Wang is no match at all.The Xing family came from a poor family background, and her father passed away early on. If she wasn't a little bit better, she would have been bullied to death by outsiders and those two brothers.In the past, she didn't show it because it wasn't necessary, but now she is invincible when it is needed!

"If you are not convinced, you can report to the higher authorities. The old man Jinkou said that you don't repair the wefts in the second room. This will happen again when you use your son to defeat your mother and elder brother. Good second brother, you, a small official from the ninth rank, will do it." It's over!"

Mrs. Xing breathed a sigh of relief, and it was over, but these words were all on point, and Mrs. Wang couldn't even talk back.

Mrs. Wang's biggest reliance is her elder brother Wang Ziteng, but Wang Ziteng is not in Beijing at all now, her biggest reliance is gone, and she naturally loses confidence when speaking.What she can talk about now is nothing more than killing the old lady with one bite, but the old lady just opened his mouth and said that it was Bao Yuke who fainted the old lady, and now the whole mansion is owned by the big room, not them What is it?

There was no other way, Madam Wang gritted her teeth and used her last trump card. She hadn't planned to use it so early, but when things got to this point, she couldn't use it if she didn't want to.She said with a gloomy face: "I didn't want to say it at first. This is what your eldest brother forced me to do. Do you think you have no excuse to fall into my hands?"

Everyone present was shocked when these words came out.Jia Amnesty didn't care at first, but seeing Mrs. Wang's stern expression, she felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly waved away all the servants and maids in the yard, and brought the people from the second room into a spacious side room next to it.

Seeing that there were only four people in the first room and a couple in the second room in the entire room, no outsiders were present.Jia She then frowned and said, "Mr. Wang, what did you mean by that?"

"What do you mean?" Mrs. Wang snorted coldly, "I hold a handle in my hand that is enough for you to seize the title. Do you still want to quarrel with me now?"

"What excuse do you have?" Jia She frowned. Mrs. Wang didn't even bother to turn her back, and her tone was very confident. It seemed that she was really holding something important, but what was it? ?

Mrs. Wang raised her eyebrows and said: "Although I am a girl, I don't know a few big characters, but I do understand the laws promulgated by the court. When Emperor Taizong was in power, there was a chief assistant who was banned for some reason. Exempted from officials and ransacked the house, and the whole family was handed over to the border? Because of 'taking interest off the law'!"

She probably didn't know what the words "interest-taking over law" are, so although she pronounced the words very hard, her pronunciation was a bit vague, "It's not illegal to give us loan sharks, but if the interest is too high, you will be expelled from the government, and the family will be confiscated." Charged. Unfortunately, some time ago, I found your daughter-in-law, my good niece Wang Xifeng, and jointly put a sum of usury to subsidize the family, which just exceeded the interest given by the government..."

Mrs. Wang raised the corners of her mouth, as if she was holding a winning ticket, and said in a low voice: "Although the money was released by the two families together, the stamp on the booklet is from your eldest wife. My good niece is the main culprit. If I publicize this matter, my lord will lose his official position and lose money at most, but your eldest family will confiscate the house and distribute it! I didn't want to break it up. After all, it is not a good thing to hurt others and yourself. This is your eldest family. My! Since you don't want our family to live well, then our two families will have to suffer together!"

It was such a big deal that the Chief Assistant was dismissed from office and seized the title. Even though Jia She is a dandy, how could he not know it!The matter of loan sharks is inherently detrimental to morality, and if others find out, it will be a catastrophe!

Now the aristocratic family is keeping a close eye on their Jia family, waiting for them to show their tails, and will kill them, but the big Wang family and the small Wang family dare to make such a thing, isn't it because they are afraid of their whole family? Can't die? !

Did Jia Zheng just lose his job and lose money?Will the Chu family let Jia Zheng go?If it's just the emperor's disposition, it's fine, but if the aristocratic family kills them and refuses to let go, and there are other troubles, it will force their whole family to die!Their entire branch of the Rongguo Mansion is considered to be in debt, and the ancestral family business is completely destroyed!

Jia She only felt his anger welling up, his eyes turned black, and he slapped Mrs. Wang's face hard, slapping her around in a circle and falling to the ground.Before Mrs. Wang could yell out, Jia She also slapped Wang Xifeng on the face with the same slap. Wang Xifeng was also slapped on the face, right on top of Mrs. Wang who was lying on the ground, smacking her voice. I pressed it back.

Jia She pointed fiercely at the two ignorant wives of the Wang family, gritted his teeth and forced out a sentence, "If the Jia family dies, no one else needs to do it. I will strangle you two sluts to death with my own hands!"