Chapter 201 Why did Lin Ruhai commit suicide to plead guilty?
Although there is only one level difference between the second grade and the third grade, the difference at this level is huge.
In the Qing Dynasty, no matter whether it was a civil or military officer, anyone who achieved the second rank or above was considered to be a high-ranking official.
In other words, the transition from the second rank to the third rank is the watershed for high-ranking officials.
Now, Emperor Tianzhi suddenly announced that the rank of the commander of the Jinyi Mansion would be upgraded from the third rank to the second rank, and Jia Yun was promoted to the second rank military attaché. Naturally, Jia Yun was inevitably excited.
There are three reasons why Emperor Tianzhi promoted Jia Yun this time.
First, the coal mining industry has made Emperor Tianzhi very profitable this year!
Last year, Jia Yun told Emperor Tianzhi that he was 90% sure that the coal mining industry could help Emperor Tianzhi earn hundreds of thousands of taels of silver by the end of this year.
The results were much better than Jia Yun expected. It is already the end of this year. In the past year, Anhui's coal mining industry has helped Emperor Tianzhi earn 800,000 taels of silver!
Even Jia Yun and Cheng Huanian earned 60,000 taels of silver from this industry!
This is only the benefit in the first year. The coal mining industry is currently limited to Anhui. According to the current momentum, the coal mining industry in Qing Dynasty will become more and more profitable in the future!
The effect was so good because of the full support of Emperor Tianzhi, because of Jia Yun's severe crackdown on private coal in Huainan, because of the full assistance of Anhui Governor Xie Baichuan and Shouchun Town Commander Qin Houxiang, because of the excellent ability of Fan Gongxing, the censor of coal patrol, and because of the
The best selling of honeycomb briquettes...
This is undoubtedly Jia Yun's great contribution.
This great achievement is enough for Jia Yun to be promoted to a second-grade official!
Secondly, over the past few months, Jia Yun's performance as the commander of the Jinyi Mansion satisfied Emperor Tianzhi.
Thirdly, Emperor Tianzhi has assigned an important task to Jia Yun this time. Jia Yun needs to have the status of a second-grade high-ranking official to be more convenient to carry out this important task...
This time, Emperor Tianzhi did not transfer Jia Yun to the rank of Minister of Sanzhi, deputy general, etc. from the rank of military attache of the second rank, but directly upgraded the rank of the commander of the Jinyi Mansion from the third rank to the second rank.
This is not surprising at all.
Compared with the status and power of the commander of the Jinyi Mansion, the rank of the third-grade official does not match. He should indeed be promoted to a high-ranking official of the second-grade, let alone the second-grade official. Even the second-grade official is qualified.
And now Emperor Tianzhi is very satisfied with Jia Yun, the commander of Jinyi Mansion, and now there is an important task that requires Jia Yun to carry out as the commander of Jinyi Mansion, so he will naturally let Jia Yun continue to work in this position, otherwise
Jia Yun will be transferred.
Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace who was as highly regarded by Emperor Tianzhi as Jia Yun, was standing in the bright room of Qianqing Palace.
Looking at Jia Yun who was thanking Emperor Tianzhi in front of him, Dai Quan smacked his lips and secretly sighed in his heart: A commander of the Jinyi Mansion who had just come of age this year and a doctor in the Coal Mine Division of the Ministry of Industry was now a second-grade senior official.
Tsk tsk, this Jia Yun’s holy family is not unimportant!
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After talking about promoting Jia Yun, Emperor Tianzhi immediately asked: "Have you heard about Lin Ruhai, the salt censor of the two Huaihe Rivers, who committed suicide to plead guilty?"
Jia Yun paused and said, "Weichen just heard some rumors and doesn't know the specific situation."
Yes, Lin Ruhai, the salt censor of the Huaihe River Basin, Lin Daiyu’s father, suddenly committed suicide on the third day of September three months ago to plead guilty!
This was a big deal, and the entire court was shocked. How could Jia Yun not know about it?
When Jia Yun just heard about this, she was stunned for a while, she was really shocked!
How could Lin Ruhai commit suicide to plead guilty? Didn't he die of illness?
Emperor Tianzhi said: "I have a copy of Lin Ruhai's apology letter here. Please take a closer look."
With that said, Emperor Tianzhi asked Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, to hand a written apology letter to Jia Yun.
Jia Yun was confused: Why did Emperor Tianzhi suddenly tell me about Lin Ruhai? And he specifically asked me to read Lin Ruhai's confession letter?
But now Jia Yun couldn't think too much. After taking Lin Ruhai's apology letter from Dai Quan, she immediately read it carefully...
First of all, Lin Ruhai's handwriting is very good, and secondly, this posthumous manuscript is written with great literary talent and is soul-stirring.
As expected of Lin Ruhai, who was born in Wentanhua!
The content of the posthumous manuscript is roughly as follows:
Lin Ruhai apologized for not completing the donation reminder.
Last year, when Emperor Tianzhi was short of money, he asked the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou to donate two million taels of silver. As a result, the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou only donated 450,000 taels of silver, a shortage of 1.55 million taels.
Emperor Tianzhi gave Lin Ruhai one year to urge him to donate the money. After one year, Lin Ruhai only collected 200,000 taels of silver, which was far from the 1,550,000 taels.
Lin Ruhai also used the tone of "a handful of bitter tears" to explain why he failed to complete the donation reminder and also talked about the various shortcomings of the Lianghuai Salt Industry...
Finally, Lin Ruhai asked Emperor Tianzhi not to offend his family.
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Now, after Jia Yunzai carefully read Lin Ruhai's legacy, she couldn't help but think about why Lin Ruhai committed suicide instead of dying of illness.
Jia Yun suddenly realized it after recalling the original work!
There are inconsistencies in the description of Lin Ruhai's death in the original work.
The original work writes that at the end of the winter of the tenth year of the Red Mansion, Lin Ruhai sent a letter to Rongguo Mansion, saying that he was seriously ill and wanted to take Lin Daiyu back.
Mother Jia was so depressed that she hurriedly asked Lin Daiyu to return to Yangzhou. She also asked Jia Lian to accompany her and told Jia Lian to bring Lin Daiyu back.
It is written later that shortly after Jia Lian and Lin Daiyu left, Zhao'er, the slave who had followed Jia Lian to Yangzhou, came back. Zhao'er said that he was sent back by Jia Lian and that Lin Ruhai died on the third day of September. Jia Lian took Lin Daiyu with him to send Lin Ruhai away.
Ling went to Suzhou and sent him back to report the news, ask for instructions from Jia Mu, and also asked him to bring some big woolen clothes.
This is a contradiction in the context, and the contradiction is very obvious. It does not seem that Cao Cao accidentally caused it, but it seems that he did it deliberately.
If Lin Ruhai died on the third day of September, why did his letter that he was seriously ill not be sent to Rongguo Mansion until the end of winter?
If Lin Ruhai died on the third day of September of the following year, then the timeline would be even more wrong. Even the timeline for the construction of the Grand View Garden that followed would be chaotic...
In her previous life, Jia Yun was very confused when she read this. She checked various information but could not find a reasonable answer.
And now Jia Yun has solved the mystery!
Cao Gong's grandfather Cao Yin also held the position of the Salt Censor of the Lianghuai River. At that time, the salt industry of the Lianghuai River was in a mess, and "A Dream of Red Mansions" is a tragedy of great significance. Cao Gong would not have given Lin Ruhai the position of the Salt Censor of the Lianghuai River.
Write a good ending, it is only reasonable that Lin Ruhai does not have a good ending!
In the seventh year of the Red Mansion, Lin Ruhai sent Lin Daiyu to Rongguo Mansion. The main reason was not that Lin Daiyu's mother Jia Min passed away. Jia's mother thought that Lin Daiyu had no one to rely on and sent someone to pick her up.
The main reason is that the Lianghuai Salt Industry is a mess. Lin Ruhai realizes that his end will not be good, and does not want Lin Daiyu to be affected, so he sends Lin Daiyu to Rongguo Mansion. With the protection of Rongguo Mansion, as long as his crime is not very serious, Lin Daiyu
Nothing will happen!
When Lin Daiyu returned to Yangzhou, the reason why Jia Mu was depressed was not mainly because of her feelings of farewell to Lin Daiyu, but because Jia Mu was worried about Lin Ruhai committing suicide to plead guilty!
So Zhaoer followed Jia Lian to Yangzhou and came back soon to report and ask Jia Mu for instructions!
So, why didn't Cao Gong write this incident directly?
The answer is very simple. When Cao Gong wrote the original work, he had to avoid various taboos, and the fact that Lin Ruhai committed suicide as the salt censor of Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers to plead guilty was something that needed to be avoided.
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"finish watching?"
Seeing that Jia Yun didn't respond after looking at the manuscript for a while, Emperor Tianzhi couldn't wait any longer.
Jia Yun responded: "Go back to the emperor, Wei Chen has finished reading."
Emperor Tianzhi said: "After Lin Ruhai committed suicide to plead guilty, I sent the new salt inspector Zou Jin to Yangzhou. I also have a secret book about Zou Jin here. Please take a closer look."
With that said, Emperor Tianzhi asked Dai Quan, the eunuch in charge of the palace, to hand a secret document to Jia Yun.
Jia Yun was even more puzzled: What on earth was this Emperor Tianzhi planning? He specifically asked me to read Lin Ruhai's apology letter, and now he specifically asked me to read Zou Jin's secret book?
In fact, Jia Yun has already made some assumptions about this doubt.
In his opinion, Emperor Tianzhi would not do this for no reason, there must be a reason!
What's the reason?
He is probably going to be assigned a task, and this task is probably related to Lin Ruhai or even Lianghuai Salt Industry!
Still unable to think too much at the moment, Jia Yun immediately took a closer look at Zou Jin's secret book.
The contents of the secret are roughly:
According to the order of Emperor Tianzhi, Zou Jin investigated the death of Lin Ruhai in Yangzhou, and also investigated the donation of the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou...
Based on the results of the investigation, Zou Jin believed that Lin Ruhai was indeed guilty, but the crime was not serious.
Although Lin Ruhai also had some corruption cases, compared to other officials involved in the Lianghuai Salt Industry, Lin Ruhai, as the Lianghuai Salt Patrol Censor, was considered to be incorruptible.
The responsibility for not completing the donation collection lies not only with Lin Ruhai, but also with the eight major salt merchants in Yangzhou, as well as the various shortcomings of the Lianghuai Salt Industry...
Zou Jin also asked Emperor Tianzhi for help in a secret compromise. He alone, as the newly appointed salt censor of the Lianghuai River, could not complete the collection of donations, let alone solve the various shortcomings of the Lianghuai salt industry.
Based on Lin Ruhai's remains and Zou Jin's secret information, Jia Yun also believes that Lin Ruhai is indeed guilty, but the crime is not very serious.
Lianghuai Salt Industry is indeed a big mess!
Lin Ruhai, who was relatively clean and honest, could serve as the Salt Patrol Censor for several years without being murdered and still achieve something, which is already quite good.
If Lin Ruhai had not served as the salt censor of the Huaihe River Basin, he should have become a good official with great achievements based on his talent and ability.
It's a pity that he was given the position of the Salt Censor of the Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers.
But now this very difficult seat is taken by Zou Jin.
And this Zou Jin was quite courageous. He dared to directly ask Emperor Tianzhi for help in a secret compromise. He directly and frankly stated that he alone, the newly appointed Salt Censor of Huaihe and Huaihe Rivers, could not complete the collection of donations, let alone solve the two problems.
Various disadvantages of Huai salt industry.
However, isn’t this a manifestation of cleverness?
Zou Jin has just taken over as the Salt Censor of the Huaihe River. At this time, it is still too late to honestly state the situation to Emperor Tianzhi and ask for help. If he delays doing this for a year or two, it will probably be too late, and Emperor Tianzhi will probably blame him.
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"finish watching?"
Seeing that Jia Yun looked at Mi Zhe for a while without responding this time, Emperor Tianzhi couldn't wait any longer.
Jia Yun responded: "Go back to the emperor, Wei Chen has finished reading."
Emperor Tianzhi immediately asked: "Do you know why I suddenly let you see Lin Ruhai's posthumous manuscript and Zou Jin's secret book today?"
Jia Yun paused and said: "Wei Chen dare not try to figure out the emperor's thoughts, but I think it is the emperor's intention to do this."
In fact, after reading Zou Jin's secret book, Jia Yun has already further speculated on the answer to this question!
Emperor Tianzhi said: "Zou Jin asked me for help in the secret. I plan to send you to Yangzhou to assist Zou Jin in urging donations and to track down the corrupt officials involved in the Lianghuai Salt Industry!"
Jia Yun: "..."
Although Jia Yun had already guessed the answer, now that she heard the order from Emperor Tianzhi himself, Jia Yun still felt speechless, as if some grass and mud horses were galloping in her heart.
Lianghuai Salt Industry is really a big mess!
Even Lin Ruhai was tricked to death here.
Even ministers like Zou Jin, who had a distinguished identity and strong abilities, found it extremely difficult and had to ask Emperor Tianzhi for help...
Now, he, the commander of the Jinyi Mansion, is about to enter this mess, and Emperor Tianzhi is going to throw his sword into this mess.
Jia Yun hurriedly knelt down and said: "Back to the emperor, the emperor has an edict. The humble minister should devote himself to death and die. However, the minister's position is limited, and he is also very unfamiliar with the Lianghuai salt industry. I am afraid that he will not be able to take on such a big responsibility."
Emperor Tianzhi snorted: "You, Jia Yun, are actually afraid of one day?"
Jia Yun: "..."
Emperor Tianzhi said in a deep voice: "This matter belongs to you, don't refuse!"
Jia Yun: "..."
Emperor Tianzhi added: "I also know that this matter is not trivial. There are many corrupt officials involved in the Lianghuai Salt Industry, including some of the royal relatives, princes and ministers in the capital."
"I will fully support you in your investigation. Don't be afraid of offending anyone. As long as what you investigate is true, no matter who it is, even if it is a prince or king, I will protect you from retaliation!"
Jia Yun: "..."
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Jia Yun's meeting with Emperor Tianzhi took most of an hour this time.
More than half an hour later, Jia Yun walked out of the Qianqing Palace and looked at the sky and then at the surrounding palaces. Well, there was no snow in the sky, but the winter sunshine was shining brightly.
It's just that the ground is covered with snow from the previous days, which is melting under the sunlight...
It's snowing and it's not cold, it's snowing.
Even so, with Jia Yun's strong physical fitness and strong cold resistance ability, she would not feel very cold easily.
But now, Jia Yun feels very cold.
It’s not that my body is cold, it’s that my heart is cold!
Although he had just been promoted to a high-ranking official of the second rank, he was no longer excited about it. Instead, his heart was full of sorrow.
He knew that after offending the circle of the Four Kings and Founding Wu Xun, he would offend another very powerful circle. This circle was the official circle related to the Lianghuai Salt Industry!
He has really become a knife in the hands of Emperor Tianzhi!
The position of commander of Jinyi Mansion is really very dangerous!
well!
With a quiet sigh, Jia Yun walked out of the palace, her back looking lonely and solemn!