In fact, it stands to reason that Qin Keqing should be in charge of the Rongguo Mansion. However, in order to crack down on the Wang family who was jumping up and down, Jia Lian once suggested that the old lady form a parliament-like thing to manage the Rongguo Mansion.
As a result, in this nondescript "parliament", three of the eight concubines of the Wang family were still included, not to mention the old lady's own people.
Those who are in power are still the same people. Although in terms of results, the rate of corruption of these people has been slightly stopped, it is of no use.
This kind of approach of changing the soup without changing the medicine is of no use to any system, so Jia Lian took the opportunity to overturn the table this time!
Continuing to let those naughty slaves hang around in front of your eyes is purely not biting but disgusting.
Also, the reputation of the Jia clan in Shenjing City in recent years has not been very good. Those Jia clan members also need to be on guard against minor changes, but now that the year is approaching, it is not appropriate to make a big fuss, so let’s hold off for a moment...
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At night, Wang Xifengxiang was dripping with sweat. She lay on the quilt without any scruples, exposing her thrilling buttocks to Jia Lian's eyes. She really didn't have the strength to move at all.
Didn’t the ladies say that men only have so much time? How could a husband like me...
Jia Lian moved a few more times, but saw that Wang Xifeng was still limp and motionless, and couldn't help but feel a little unmotivated. However, from the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Qiao Ping'er not far away with her back to this side and her earlobes turning red.
Then she lay down and whispered in Wang Xifeng's ear, who was begging for mercy. Wang Xifeng raised her hand and patted Jia Lian's chest with some shame and anger. She was really scared, so she could only nodded...
In the early morning of the next day, a refreshed Jia Lian personally carried Ping'er, who had become a wife for the first time last night, to the east wing of Wang Xifeng's courtyard and placed her there.
Ping'er and Zhiyu are different, at least in Jia Lian's mind, Zhiyu is the one who grew up with Jia Lian after all, so she must be given some dignity during the ceremony.
But Ping'er, I don't mean to say that I don't respect her, but after all, I still don't have that weight. Jia Lian can take it if he wants it. At most, he can show more pity in the future. Qiao Ping'er's temperament is indeed worthy of this love!
He put Ping'er, who was only wearing middle coat, into the quilt in the east wing room. However, Jia Lian's hands felt a bit cold in the quilt. He got up and turned around, about to ask someone to bring in some soup pots, thermoses, etc., but it happened that this
At that time, Caiming, who was next to Zhiyu and Wang Xifeng, had already brought in a few things to keep warm.
The two of them put these warm things into her bed under Ping'er's shy eyes. Caiming looked at Ping'er with teasing and envy in her eyes. She was concerned that Jia Lian was still there and did not speak, but she still gave them to her.
With a blessing expression, she and Zhiyu went out again.
Jia Lian saw Ping'er's shy smile with a gentle smile, and her eyes filled with tenderness, and couldn't help but reach out and caress her delicate face.
"Good Ping'er, your young lady has only been in the house for a few days, but it's hard to rush to allocate a courtyard to you. When Feng'er becomes pregnant in the future, I will naturally make arrangements for you."
"I know, you don't have to worry about me..."
Ping'er's slightly hoarse but still soft voice was thin and crisp, gently stirring Jia Lian's mood. He bent down and kissed Ping'er's forehead gently.
"You have a good rest today. If you need anything, just ask someone to take care of you. I will tell Feng'er, be good."
After saying that, Jia Lian got up and left the east wing and came to Wang Xifeng. She had almost finished washing up. When she saw Jia Lian coming back, she said jealously:
"I'm actually back. I thought you had to sleep in the east wing again."
Jia Lian was not annoyed, and the smile on his face did not change. He just stretched out his hand and gently scratched the bridge of Wang Xifeng's fair and straight nose.
"You're saying weird things again. You promised yourself last night...Okay, hurry up and wash up and come do morning exercises with me."
This morning exercise is a serious morning exercise. Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng are already proficient in Jia's Tai Chi, and they are often pulled by Jia Lian to get up early for morning exercises.
Although there are no serious problems with their bodies, they cannot be called strong and they still need to be recuperated, otherwise Jia Lian would not dare to give them his final moments.
After two slow but strenuous punches, Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng went to Qin Keqing's courtyard. After having breakfast together, the three of them began to do their own business.
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"So, then Li Yunhao can be considered a Confucian genius? He became enlightened after studying at the age of fifteen and has been cultivating his Qi for two years...
The new year is approaching, but there shouldn't be many things that need him to take care of, so I asked someone to leave a message for the Li family, saying that I had a close relationship with the Confucian seniors at White Deer Academy and wanted to get to know the new generation of geniuses in the Confucian sect.
"
"yes!"
When Li Jiazi wanted to marry Yuanchun, Jia Lian naturally had to check it. However, judging from the current investigation, Li Yunhao did not have a bad reputation or misdeeds, so Jia Lian decided to meet this man.
Although Jia Lian does appreciate the Li family's family rules very much, this is just the basis and does not explain much. Yuanchun is the first sister in the family, and Jia Lian cannot be too cautious.
It is only proper to meet him and examine him.
Jia Lian was about to go out to study in the Jia clan. A few years ago, Jia Lian asked Jia Xiazhou, the innate grandmaster of the Jia family, to come forward to rectify the clan culture. At that time, Jia Zhen, the clan leader, was worried about Rongguo Mansion seizing power and tried to make a fuss.
After a few attempts, but after Jia Lian asked Jia Jing to write him a letter, the business immediately stopped.
Since then, Jia Clan Academy has begun to implement semi-closed management, and all the children of the Jia family who have entered the school have lived an education model similar to that of a modern military academy.
Naturally, some people couldn't stand it at first, and some started to make trouble, but after all, the Jia clan in Shenjing City was centered on the Ning Rong Mansion, and the decisions of Jia Jing and Jia Lian could not be changed by a few ordinary clan members after two quarrels.
Although the laws of the clan are extremely strict on people, correspondingly, in this era, I don’t know how many people rely on the clan to survive. Jia Lian’s initial thought was: As long as he does not do evil things and does not violate the laws of nature, he is not that much
He has the strength to reform something, especially when he himself is also a vested interest.
If he hadn't been the nominal head of the Rongguo Mansion, many things wouldn't have been so easy.
After all the ethnic studies are re-screened, the students who enroll will first go through a military training. The intensity in the early stage is similar to the standards for the admission of high school freshmen in later generations of universities. However, this type of military training is not the only one that lasts three or four years.
But normalization!
Within Ethnic Studies, students are roughly divided into three grades: junior, middle, and senior according to their age and learning progress. Eight-legged essays and Confucian classics are not the mainstream courses. They are an elective course for the upper grades. The main courses for the lower grades are literacy, understanding, etc.
and other basic level education content, while the middle grade students begin to test the qualifications of each extraordinary system, and begin to gain access to the preliminary practice of each system based on the qualifications.
In the senior year, students begin to learn how to make a living, and choose elective courses based on their future development direction, such as navigation, naval warfare, colonization, governance, and the languages of Western countries.
This is the plan, and it has been implemented for nearly three years. The oldest among the earliest batch of students in Jia Clan Studies are approaching graduation, and it is almost time to test the results.
You must know that for this clan education, Jia Lian invested nearly 30,000 taels of silver every year.
It is easy to be an instructor in military training. The Jia family in the army does not say that they can respond to every call, but they still have a hundred responses.
Just for the daily training, at least three doctors were present, there were also carefully arranged meals, and teachers who taught various miscellaneous skills. These costs were not small. In the later period, there were also those who seriously taught the practice of martial arts and Confucianism.
Teacher, these all cost a lot of money.
As for refining gods, it seems that this type of qualification is really rare. There are nearly a hundred children of the Jia family in the clan school, and none of them have the appearance of refining gods.
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Many of the rules of the Daqing Dynasty were inherited from the uniforms of the former Ming Dynasty. Starting from the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, all major government offices began to have holidays. Except for the government offices that must be manned, there were not many people in the government offices.
Baode's four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the smiles on the faces of people in the streets and alleys of Shenjing City have gradually increased.
Taking advantage of the Spring Festival, the biggest festive festival of the year, approaching, which also happened to be the holiday period, more and more distinguished officials and even royal family members came to visit Rongguo Mansion.
Even Jia Zhen, Jia Rong and his son from the neighboring government were specially invited to help greet the guests. The higher-ranking dignitaries were invited to the East Road Courtyard to be received by Jia She, the civil servants were received by Jia Zheng, and the rest
Then it goes to Jia Zhen.
Naturally, the old lady led a group of daughters-in-law to receive the royal concubines who came to the door. No one else knew about it, but the old lady was happy to do so.
Ever since Jia Daishan, the old lady has never been so praised by concubines of the same or higher level. She misses this kind of life very much.
This excitement lasted until the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, the eve of the Lunar New Year. Not to mention Jia She and Jia Zheng, even Jia Zhen and Jia Rong, who were captured as young men, were already exhausted.
But everyone was excited in their hearts. Even Jia Zhen did not complain at all. The two Ningrong mansions could truly be called brothers and clans who suffered both losses and prosperity.
Now that the West Palace is so prosperous, his East Palace will naturally benefit from it. Apart from other things, if he captures the fiefdoms of Luzon, Java, and Manila in the coming year, it is not too much for him to follow behind to gain some credit, earn a few small fiefdoms, and honor his ancestors, right?
Finally, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, the old lady of Ningrong's Second Mansion decided to invite Jia Zhen, Jia Rong, Youshi and others from Dongfu to Rongqing Hall to spend the New Year lively.
There may be some intention to reward Jia Zhen and his son for their hard work in recent days, but why wouldn't Jia Zhen and Jia Rong be happy to get closer to the old lady and Jia Lian?
Especially Jia Lian, they no longer understand who the princes and princes who have been visiting him in an endless stream in recent days are targeting.
But Jia Lian rarely showed up, and even Jia Zhen's relationship with Jia Lian was not close. They even blushed because of ethnic studies.
But this time, even though Jia Lian never showed up to socialize, but left the welcoming and sending errands to them, Jia Zhen did not show the slightest complaint.
It’s so realistic!
Even on New Year's Eve, Jia Lian took the initiative to bring a wine glass to Jia Zhen, and Jia Rong and his son toasted. Both of them looked flattered.
"Brother Zhen, Rong'er, I'd like to toast you two glasses of wine. You two have been suffering a lot these days."
"What the hell, Brother Lian, this is a foreigner's talk. I can't write two characters of Jia in one stroke, not to mention that I, the elder brother, am also the clan leader."
"That's it, Second Uncle Lian, please don't be polite. I don't know how many young people in the clan want to run errands for you, but they don't have the chance. My nephew will be able to brag a lot in the future."
Jia Lian looked at Jia Rong. This boy was indeed a good boy. He had a handsome face, a handsome figure, and was dressed in beautiful clothes.
"Rong'er is less than a year younger than me, right?"
"Uncle Hui Lian, yes, thank you Uncle Lian for still remembering it."
"Haha, good boy. Brother Zhen, have you arranged a marriage for Rong'er? You have to let Rong'er have an heir as soon as possible, otherwise I will have to ask you to accompany me to Nanyang from now on!"
"this……"
Jia Zhen was a little panicked. Was he going to go to the battlefield?
He could see the guilty conscience of this guy, but Jia Lian still continued to lure him. When he saw this guy, he thought of some very bad scenes, so he might as well let him go to Nanyang to die.
Jia Rong is already the limit of what Jia Lian can tolerate!
The old lady over there was calling Jia Lian cheerfully again. After nodding to Jia Zhen, he walked towards the old lady.
"Brother Lian, my eldest sister is about to give birth to a baby. What gifts have you prepared for her?"
This is Shi Xiangyun who is the most noisy among all the little ones.
"The etiquette of giving birth to a child requires a surprise. Nothing should be revealed in advance."
"Hmph, brother Lian is so stingy!"
"You're still telling me that this may be the last child your eldest sister will have at home, so your gifts must be thoughtful."
"Brother Lian, your gift must be given last, otherwise we will not accept it!"
"That's right..."
"Sister, how about I give Xiangxiang to you, give it to you to keep for a few days, and then you can return it to me..."
"Well done to you Xichun..."
"Hehe, big sister, please spare me, I won't dare to do it again..."
"..."
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In the following days, Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng were extremely busy again. Because in the past few days, most of the energy of the Rongguo Mansion was busy receiving an endless stream of guests, but their own preparations for the New Year were somewhat inadequate.
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jia Lian could no longer hide. He had to take his new daughters-in-law Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng, who had entered the family this year, to visit their relatives one by one and pay New Year's greetings to their grandfather Zhang Ju's house.
Of the four princes, eight princes, and twelve princes, there are only a dozen or so families that still have a presence in Shenjing City, plus a few that are close to each other, and about twenty relatives and friends who came all the way to pay their respects for the New Year, and spent half a morning.
Time passed like this.
Of course, the three of them never really knelt down to worship anyone from any family, they just went through the motions. However, they did not accept the gifts at all, and they were the kind that the elders would not dare to refuse.
With Jia Lian's current status, he could still visit them to pay New Year's greetings as he did in previous years. This was an extremely close gesture. The dissatisfaction of these old relatives and friends about Jia Lian not showing up to receive them some time ago disappeared without a trace.
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Finally, I took my two daughters-in-law to rest at my grandfather's house for a while, and then I took Qin Keqing and Wang Xifeng home after they had recovered.
It's a bit stuck. Originally, when Dagang came here, he arranged a lot of content about the world of riding and slashing, but it seems that everyone doesn't like it. It's being adjusted. Please give me some time.
