Emperor Qing's biggest punishment for King Beijing's family was to take the opportunity to deal with a few heinous people, and of course confiscate their money.
In the end, the inner treasury produced more than three million taels of silver.
Emperor Qing sometimes didn't understand that he, a majestic emperor, wished he could break off every penny and spend it as two pence. Why were these wealthy families so rich, as if they were falling from the sky?
In the next few times, he saw clearly that he and several cabinet bachelors had decided on the food, wine, armor and weapons to be rewarded to the border troops.
Before the next day, that night, the price of grain, coal, and iron ore in the capital skyrocketed, some even doubled several times, and then when various departments went to purchase, there was a lot of filth again.
Shuo Shu! It would be unfair to say that everyone in the imperial court was killed, but if every other person was killed, it was probably not a mistake.
These people deserve to die!
But Emperor Qing finally endured it. First of all, this has been happening since ancient times. It is almost a common practice. No matter whether it is big or small, there must be a group of people who take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune.
People are not saints. If there is no benefit or sweetness, do you think these smart people will serve their country loyally?
Secondly, there were too many people involved, and many of them were even his own relatives and brothers, so it was difficult to start.
As soon as the Supreme Emperor left, he joined forces with others and eliminated dissidents. I am afraid that history will record that he has no tolerance for others.
Sitting on the throne for a long time, Emperor Qing felt that there were so many things going on in the world, and there seemed to be problems everywhere.
Floods, droughts, locusts, plagues, enemies were watching from the south to the north on the border. The money confiscated from homes seemed to have been spent in the warehouse for a few days before the ministers found various reasons to spend it.
According to them, if he does not spend the money, it seems that the court will perish, and then he will be the king of the country.
But after the money was spent, Emperor Qing didn't seem to notice any changes.
Hundreds of officials sang praises and the world was at peace, but the Jinwu Guards everywhere responded. Disaster victims were everywhere, and people in the world except Guangdong and Guangxi were in dire straits.
There are even two rebel forces appearing in various places: Tianli Sect and White Lotus Sect. It is said that these forces are victims of the disaster who have gathered together, but they can destroy the city faster than his regular army.
This is outrageous.
He really couldn't understand how those thin and weak civilians who didn't have enough to eat could defeat those military formations with full armor and sharp weapons.
Is the whole world playing him?
It's better to love Lin Ruhai. In the land of Guangdong and Guangxi, there are millions of people, everyone can have enough to eat, and they can also subsidize the court a lot of money every six months.
But the memorials to Lin Ruhai from all the officials came like a snowflake, mainly because of their deviant methods.
Governor Lin is not like other officials who talk and negotiate with local big players, he just does things.
Anyone who delays the governor's work, whether it is a gentry or a family, only needs one trick: be polite first and then attack with force, and convince others with reason.
If someone is secretly sabotaging, the governor will not follow the rules and will slowly search for evidence. He will raid the homes of anyone he suspects, putting everyone in the local government at risk.
Then Emperor Qing discovered that although the official memorial said that the people of these two provinces had suffered from the governor for a long time, what the Jinwu Guards handed over showed that the people were actually living a good life.
Could it be that the people that Baiguan refers to and the people he understands are not the same kind of people?
Afterwards, Lin Ruhai's memorial was also handed over, with only one sentence: In troubled times, you should use heavy code, and only by killing decisively can things be done.
Emperor Qing could understand, but many of the things Lin Ruhai did in Guangdong and Guangxi were indeed different from the rules set by his ancestors, which made him very embarrassed.
He still remembered what the Supreme Emperor said to him before he died: the people should not suffer too much, otherwise they would resist, but they should not eat too much and live too easily, otherwise they would think more.
Who is right?
After a long silence, Emperor Qing decided not to help each other.
He is the emperor, and being a good referee is just a matter of doing it, but being off the field personally is a low level.
"Go ahead and tell me that from now on, as long as there are memorials about Guangdong and Guangxi, all memorials will be ignored." Emperor Qing said in a deep voice.
"yes!"
Jia Mansion.
Jia She and Jia Zhen have done a lot of shit over the years, and Emperor Qing's character of settling accounts after his fall will naturally not let them go. Their property, estates, etc. were all confiscated.
Although it is said that the death of the person has wiped out the account, aren't these two still dead?
This made the Jia family, which was already financially strapped, even worse. Every morning when Jia's mother wanted to eat a bowl of bird's nest, she had to think carefully about it.
It's so difficult to live this life.
Therefore, Jia's mother gave Jia Baoyu many instructions and instructions throughout the day.
"Study hard and make progress every day. Your future is the future of Jia's family. The whole family depends on you!"
"When will I pass the imperial examination? If I fail, the Jia family will be lonely. How can I have the face to meet my ancestors in the future? I'm afraid you don't have one either, right?"
"If you don't work hard, not to mention those innocent ladies, even the maids in the house won't be able to support them. If they get sick, if they go to Miss Lin for treatment, can you afford the consultation fee?"
"Some people say, stop doing it when you are tired! But do you dare to take a rest?
If you are poor in the streets, no one cares about you, but if you are rich in the mountains, you have distant relatives. If you don’t believe it, look at the wine in the glass. Each glass is first served to the powerful. People without money and power are really not as good as ghosts, and soup without salt is really not as good as water!”
…
In the study, Jia Baoyu lay down for a while and then got up to read. After a while, he fell asleep on the table. After a while, he woke up full of guilt.
It seems that if he sleeps for a while, he will feel sorry for the whole family and even himself.
In the end, even when he went out to play and had a few words with the maid, he felt guilty because it was a complete waste of study time.
It's not good to eat; it's not good to sleep; it's not good to play. But he really can't read this crappy book.
Why, why are the hopes of the whole family placed on him, just because he is a boy, just because he has been pampered since he was a child, and has all the delicious and fun things by himself?
So tired, so tired!
Lying on the bed and sighing, Jia Baoyu suddenly felt that life was meaningless.
Is Emperor Qing sick? Why do you have to target the Jia family? Why don't you go to Sister Lin to trouble her? She can treat those young women for dozens or even hundreds of taels at a time.
Suddenly, the jade hanging around his neck appeared with a burst of brilliance. After shaking for a while, it trembled again, and a paragraph of text was projected in the void.
【Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to...really live?】
【whether.】
The two words "yes" and "no" on it looked like a small block, and the word 'yes' was bright red all over, emitting a blood-red light, as if there was a voice whispering in his heart.
Choose it, choose it!
Jia Baoyu pondered for a moment, and based on the knowledge he had read in those miscellaneous novels, he knew deeply that there must be a monster when something goes wrong, and there was something fishy about it.
Without hesitation, stick out your finger and choose no!
"Buzz~" The air vibrated, and the words glowed brightly and then gathered into a whirlpool. Before Jia Baoyu could react, some strange force seemed to suck him in.
After a while.
"Plop~" The body left on the spot immediately fell to the ground in a coma.
…
"Who am I and where am I? How did I get here?"
Jia Baoyu, who slowly woke up, asked three questions about his soul, and then realized that he was still in the original room, but everything here seemed to have changed.
The decoration, furniture and even the walls seemed to have gone through a long period of time and were stained.
Pushing the door open and going out, the huge Jia Mansion was also dilapidated and desolate. After walking around, not even a single animal was found, let alone a human being.
Fortunately, it's clear sky and daytime here, otherwise he might have been thinking about washing his pants.
"Papa." "Ah! It hurts so much. Stop hitting!" "Papa!" "Ancestor, I was wrong!"
Seemingly hearing a strange sound, Jia Baoyu turned towards the direction of Ningguo Mansion. As soon as he arrived in the main courtyard, he saw two old men holding down Jia Rong, Jia Zhen and Jia She beating them.
Without mercy, the three of them were beaten to a bloody pulp in a matter of seconds.
"You dare to beat the emperor's relatives in broad daylight. You don't want to live anymore!" Jia Baoyu stepped forward and cursed.
Although he is lazy, he has to be said to be courageous. Maybe this is the fearlessness of the ignorant.
The two old men looked up and were shocked when they saw Jia Baoyu.
"Why did you get in?"
Jia Baoyu then took a closer look at the two old men. They were tall and tall. Although they were covered in coarse cloth, their faces were very familiar. They seemed to resemble his father. When he thought about it carefully, he found that they were exactly the same as the portraits of the Jia family's ancestors in the ancestral hall.
Moreover, aren’t Jia Zhen and Uncle Jia She both in coma? Then this is the underworld?
Suddenly, a chill arose on the soles of the young master's feet, extending from his buttocks, spine, and then directly to the top of his head.
Seems weird!
"Boy, I know you are scared, but don't be scared. You should all know us. We are your ancestors and uncles, and they won't harm you.
Tell me what happened, how did you enter our dream world?" Rong Guogong asked strangely.
Jia Baoyu thought the same thing. With his strength, even if this was a fake ancestor, he wouldn't be able to defeat him. He might as well take it seriously.
"Ancestor." The young man immediately called out affectionately, and then introduced himself and the Jia family.
Later, he understood what kind of place it was.
This is the world of nothingness opened up by the Dream Lord, where the ghost spirits reside.
Originally, there was no reincarnation in this world. When a living being dies, even if there is strong resentment, it can only survive for one night at most. When the sun shines the next day, the soul will fly away and dissipate between heaven and earth.
After that, the dream owner used great perseverance and great power to open up this dream world.
The territory of the dream world is vast, covering the entire Central Plains. If there are living beings who die and their souls remain, they will be connected to the dream world and continue to survive.
Of course, survival has its price.
That is, if the soul wants to continue to survive, it must absorb something called dream energy in the dream world in order to maintain its body shape and consciousness.
Otherwise, soon, the soul will gradually lose its memory and become a wandering soul, until it finally dissipates and becomes invisible, becoming the cornerstone of the dream world.
And if you want to absorb the power of dreams, you have to pay a price. Mortal gold and silver are of no use here, but can be used to provide the seven emotions and six desires of the living beings, and the living beings' emotions.
According to the system of the dream world, the anger generated by an ordinary person's anger for half an hour can be exchanged for a piece of dream energy, which can keep the soul intact for a day.
Except for anger, the other seven emotions and six desires are acceptable. Greed, anger, ignorance, love and evil are the currencies that are popular in the dream world.
"Uncle, if I have these so-called emotions and desires, how should I collect them?" Baoyu said confused.
According to what the ancestors said, these dream coins can not only be exchanged for dream energy, but can also be exchanged for anything with the omnipresent dream master. They can even be exchanged for news about mortal relatives, and can be used to do something for mortal relatives.
In addition, the dream owner is omnipotent in the dream world. As long as you have enough money, you can enjoy everything you want in this dream world, gold and silver jewelry, powerful women, delicious food from all over the world, magical weapons and martial arts, flying to the sky and the earth...
You can even be the head of a dynasty.
The people inside are naturally those who cannot sustain their emotions and desires. These people can borrow money from the Dream Master to obtain the Dream Energy on credit, with an annual interest rate of one point.
At this time, Jia She's soul was restored to its original state, and his expression remained unchanged.
It is estimated that all people in the dream world are best at managing their emotions. The result of squeezing their temper every day is that they will not be able to provoke mood swings in most situations.
"The power of the seven emotions generated by the creatures in the dream world will naturally be absorbed by the dream world. After that, as long as you silently recite 'Praise the Dream Lord!' in your heart, you can see the condition of your soul and the amount of your dream money.
"Jia She said calmly.
Jia Baoyu was stunned for a moment, it was so miraculous, and then he became more playful and muttered silently: "Dream Lord Shabi?"
"If you insult the dream owner, the dream money will be reduced by fifty thousand!"
Jia Baoyu:
Lin Mansion, garden.
Lin Daiyu, who was practicing calligraphy and working, suddenly burst into laughter.
Xue Baochai was a little strange and a little angry: "Sister Lin, hum, are you laughing at my poem yesterday? If it is not good, please correct me directly. Why are you laughing at me?"
Lin Daiyu waved her hand: "No, I just remembered some funny things."
Xue Baochai then gave up. Now that the palace had no business, she was free. King Beijing kept asking her to have more contact with Sister Lin. She happened to be fine, so she often came to play.
I don't know if it's fate or coincidence, but Yingchun and other girls also come here often. Last time, Jia's mother sent someone to tell her that Sister Lin had gathered all the sisters here, and she was getting more and more lonely there.
Xue Baochai glanced around the yard. For some reason, although the layout of the rockery, flowing water, mountains and rocks was ordinary, it made people feel relaxed, contented, and even breathing a lot easier.
"Quack, quack~" A frog chirped on the lotus leaves in the lake.
"Sister Lin, let's compose a poem with frogs and compare!" Xue Baochai said confidently.
Lin Daiyu rubbed her hands on Lele's shoulders, who was sleeping soundly. She didn't know why, but he had been sleeping longer and longer recently.
"I'll go first."
As she spoke, the girl picked up the pen, dipped it in ink, and the pen moved like a dragon or a snake.
Xue Baochai walked over and took a look, and was shocked when she saw only the last two sentences.
[If I don’t speak first when spring comes, that insect will dare to make a sound!]
So domineering!
Occupying her position and cultivating her energy, as a princess, Xue Baochai behaved gracefully, but she increasingly felt that this sister Lin seemed different from everyone else.
There is a kind of domineering attitude that looks down on the world.
"Miss Lin, Miss Lin, it's not good. Second Master Bao suddenly passed out. The old lady asked you to go and have a look." Suddenly a maid rushed in from outside and shouted.
