The Red Mansion Is Like a Jade Gentleman

Chapter 247 Secret Letter

After Lin Hai comforted Kong Jiayi a few words, he went to the study to read the secret letter brought back by Kong Jiayi!

It is said to be a secret letter, but in fact, even if Master Lin wrote to Lin Hai about what happened in the capital during this period, it is not a secret letter!But the content on the last piece of paper is the reason why Lin Hai really paid attention to it.

Lin Hai really wanted to know how Master Lin hooked up with the Yuan family.

That's right, in Lin Hai's eyes, the marriage between the Lin family and the Yuan family is a purely political marriage, not what the monk said at all, and the birth dates are very consistent.Although Lin Hai expressed his satisfaction with this marriage in his heart, Lin Hai still wanted to know whether this matter was what he imagined.

Can't wait to open the envelope, Lin Hai looked at ten lines at a glance.Sure enough, things were not very different from what he had imagined. This was simply a play written, directed and acted by the Lin family, the Yuan family, the old man, and Emperor Xuande.

Its purpose is to confuse everyone, and at the same time to cover up the subsequent actions of Emperor Xuande.

After Lin Hai read the letter, he was immediately depressed!

Is there anything wrong.

Why did Emperor Xuande always go to the Lin family when he had something to do? The Lin family almost became Emperor Xuande's exclusive firefighters!

Why did you say that!

The reason is very simple, the group of foreigners in the north finally decided to make a big fight after these few years of fighting together!Now Fengchao's silver and grain reserves are still no problem for this battle.

But what about the days after the war?

You can't live on a tight schedule!

At this time, it is up to Lin Hai to make money for him!

Salt administration!

The most important taxes in the world come from Jiangnan, and the most important taxes in Jiangnan come from Suzhou.

But in fact, there should be another sentence behind this, that is: the officials in the south of the Yangtze River who make money the fastest are from salt officials.

Corruption of salt officials is not corruption. If the prefects and prefects want to get money, they will get a bad official reputation.The salt official didn't say anything, and acted according to the rules.It is enough to collect the filial piety of the salt merchants as usual.In the three years of Qing Zhifu, one hundred thousand snowflake silver, at least a zero can be added to the end of Yanguan.

Although Lin Hai had heard of this sentence before, he didn't take it seriously. After all, there is a limit to what an official can earn. Fish hard, and keep it within that bottom line.

But after being a patrol salt censor for a year.Lin Hai changed his opinion.

Salt officials make money, that's not called making money, that's called pie in the sky.Just pick it up!

In just one year, the income in silver alone was more than [-], and the value of the other treasures received was probably more than twice that.Lin Hai didn't dare to buy too many properties, for fear of being caught in the eyes of interested people.But if you are the only one who has not purchased any property.Then you are the most dazzling, so you followed the trend and bought two Zhuangzi.

The most valuable things here are large jade bonsai, coral, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and small pieces of jewelry and jade, because these things are valuable at any time, and there is still room for appreciation at certain times .

As for the three things that Lin Hai likes the most, they were sent by his acquaintance, Mr. Song.

The first piece.It is a blue Ru kiln brush washer, and it is a congratulatory gift from Master Song to congratulate Lin Hai for being the inspector of salt.This is the tradition of salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, when every inspector of the salt censor takes office.You have to give gifts, and you can't do it if you don't accept them. If you don't accept them, you will look down on them. If you don't accept them, you will know how powerful these salt merchants are in the future!

This is something priceless.Lin Hai doesn't know how valuable the Ru Kiln brush washer in this era is, but he does.In the year he traveled here, a 900-year-old Ru kiln celadon-glazed sunflower brush washer in the Northern Song Dynasty was sold at a sky-high price of 2670 million US dollars, which is enough to prove how valuable this thing is.

The second piece is a set of gold and silver wares from the Tang Dynasty, which was sent by Master Song during the summer routine of paying tribute to Bing Jing.

The gorgeous patterns are actually in the style of ancient Rome and Persia. The craftsmen who made this thing may have traveled thousands of miles from the Silk Road to Chang'an, the most prosperous place at that time. It is a miracle that it is so well preserved!

The third piece, which pleased Lin Hai the most, turned out to be a pair of Wang Xizhi's running script.Although it is not the most famous "Lanting Collection Preface" and "Quick Snow and Sunny Post", it is enough to make Lin Hai happy, after all, this is an authentic work.

In such a short one year, I have harvested so many things, it's no wonder everyone is quite an official!

Of course, Lin Hai would not be so idiotic to keep all these things private. If Emperor Xuande would die in the future like the first emperor, Lin Hai would definitely not worry about this issue. Money, naturally, the more the better !

But the problem is that the original book clearly stated that the abdication and the Supreme Emperor, so it can be judged that Emperor Xuande did not die in the end, but directly abdicated. When the new emperor ascended the throne, he was still alive.

No one knows how long Emperor Xuande can live, so for the sake of insurance, Lin Hai had to find a safe way to solve this matter.Who knows if Emperor Xuande would tell the new emperor about him on a whim at that time!

So for the sake of long-term interests, Lin Hai decided to play a game of 'corruption by order'.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish. I believe that Emperor Xuande also understood this sentence. There have been many tricks in the salt road since ancient times, so it is impossible for Lin Hai to be completely clean, just to grasp the degree.

Therefore, the annual account book and the collected finances were handed over to Emperor Xuande along with the salt tax of the year. The account book summarized how many items were received each year, how much they were worth, and how much money was collected?How much in total?Then let him stamp a seal on the ledger and hand it back to him. No matter what happens in the future, Lin Hai will have no way out.

Of course, in order not to make Emperor Xuande jealous, Lin Hai originally decided to give half of the embezzled money to Emperor Xuande.

But now that he is married to the Yuan family, Lin Hai's little head is spinning again!According to the current situation, there is absolutely no need for Lin Hai to hand over the embezzled things to Emperor Xuande, and he can completely give up this method of embezzlement by order!

Emperor Xuande let the Lin family marry the Yuan family, not only to give the Yuan family some benefits, but more importantly, to stabilize Lin Hai and win Lin Hai over.

Sounds a little ridiculous, doesn't it.

An emperor wants to win over an official.

But in fact, that was the case. Emperor Xuande wanted Lin Hai to contribute to the salt administration, and he wanted Lin Hai to hold on to the salt administration, and not give others a chance to intervene.

First, it's for taxes.If a large part of Jiangnan's tax revenue is divided according to industry, salt and weaving are definitely big taxpayers, but there are also many tax evaders.

Second, it is for the future throne.Several princes under Emperor Xuande have grown up. Although Emperor Xuande has already canonized the prince, this prince is even more tragic than the tragic prince in the Kangxi Dynasty.At least before he was abolished, he was still Emperor Kangxi's heart, no prince could compare to him, and he had enjoyed decades of favor.

And this prince, although he is the real eldest son, but because the former empress was not favored by Emperor Xuande, so although His Royal Highness is a prince, he has not been favored by Emperor Xuande at all.

Now Emperor Xuande's favorite is the fifth prince, the son born to him by the woman he likes, because Empress Liu is the successor, and the fifth prince is also the son of the first son, so it is really hard to say which prince will be the next emperor.

It was for this reason that all the princes below had ambitions and wanted to sit on that chair.Not to mention the unfavored prince, so what if the favored prince, Kangxi's prince was favored before he was abolished, but he was still pulled down!

Therefore, it can be expected that when these princes grow up in the future, the competition for the throne will be fierce.

Seizing the heir apparent and fighting for the throne are all supported by money.

And Jiangnan is a good place to make money, especially the two pieces of Yanzheng weaving, so Emperor Xuande has settled now, and he wants to ensure that in the future, he has enough power in Jiangnan and enough influence to control it. Jiangnan, so as not to let Jiangnan fall to the prince under him.

As an emperor, he was delighted that the princes were so talented just now, but he also hated that the princes kept staring at the chair under his buttocks.

The daughter of the Zhen family was accepted as a concubine, and the marriage between the Lin family and the Yuan family was all for the sake of this group of princes who are growing up. When they make moves against Jiangnan in the future, they can have some scruples. After all, Jiangning Weaving and Xunyan Yushi They all have the right to listen directly to the emperor, and their memorials are handed over directly to the emperor instead of going to the cabinet. Under normal circumstances, they can't do any small tricks.

The corner of Lin Hai's mouth twitched slightly. According to the current trend, he was much better than the original owner was facing at that time!

However, some things still need to be prepared early!

Looking at the letter in his hand, Lin Hai's eyes flickered slightly.

At least Lin Chang had to prepare some things for him, otherwise Lin Hai was really worried that the Jia family would watch over him. He had to look for it. He didn't know how to break the relationship between the Lin family and the Jia family.

Non-toxic and not husband, small amount is not a gentleman!

Even if the Jia family hasn't done anything to offend the Lin family yet, Lin Hai feels that it is necessary to plan ahead. The image of the Jia family bullying Sister Lin has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people!

"Papa" slapped the air twice, and Lin Hai said to himself: "Let the nails buried in the Jia family, the Shi family, the Wang family, and the Xue family take action, and while the Zhen family is about to expand its influence , putting a few nails in for me."

A gust of wind blew outside the room, and nothing seemed to change, but Lin Hai knew that someone had already started to carry it out!