Just when Jia Rong was taking charge of clan studies and focusing most of his attention on clan studies and the internal affairs of the Jia clan, it was extremely lively outside.
Rumors that had been circulating in the inner city of the capital finally reached the southern region after a long journey, causing an uproar immediately.
Today, we want to reform the salt policy and use sun-dried salt instead of boiled salt to make big profits. How is this possible? How can the emperor compete with the people for profit?
In short, there were all kinds of voices, and they put on a posture of being as high as the sky and the emperor as far away as possible, as if they were not afraid of spies from the royal family at all.
In fact, the southern gentry group has always been bold and reckless.
As a land of wealth and grain taxation in Daqian, the number of spies from the royal family and the court in the south is absolutely so large that some beings cannot believe it.
The head of the Xue family, one of the four major families in Jinling, was the spy leader installed by the royal family in Jiangnan. Unfortunately, this lard was deceived and actually participated in the fight for the throne.
As a result, after Xue Pan secured his position, Xue Pan's father suddenly died suddenly.
Not only that, Lin Ruhai, who was still in office in Yangzhou, had the qualifications to go up the secret fold and go directly to the heaven.
As for other professional or unprofessional spies, there are definitely a lot of them.
But so what?
The southern gentry group always makes various voices, many of which have extreme content.
Anyway, there are many scholars in the south and their influence is quite large.
If you casually make some inappropriate remarks through the mouths of scholars, you can still get a lot of praise from the people.
Among all scholars, it seems that they are born with the qualifications to comment on the court. I don’t know when this custom was formed, especially in the south.
Under such circumstances, the emperor, who was slightly less generous, might not be able to eat for several days and became angry after hearing this.
In fact, what the southern gentry group said through the mouths of scholars has not spread to the capital.
In other words, it was suppressed by certain forces working together.
Just like in the modern era, the officials and people in the capital regard non-capital beings as bumpkins who cannot stand on the stage.
Even if the imperial court and other forces did not come forward, it would be difficult for rumors from the south to spread widely in the capital city.
Unless, those sensational rhetoric and rumors related to one's own vital interests are likely to become popular for a while.
Obviously, even if the southern gentry group is clever, they will not play so crazy. Do you really think that the royal blade can't kill them?
Jia Rong was able to get the news immediately, mainly because of the information from the Jinling clan, which was quite comprehensive.
In other words, since the Jia clan in the capital showed signs of re-emerging and became more and more powerful day by day, the Jinling clan, which had been alienated from the clan in the capital, actively joined forces again.
His attitude is enthusiastic and positive, and I want to kneel down and call him grandpa.
If they didn't want to save some face, they might have to send many of their clan members to study in clan schools and establish relationships.
If it weren't for the fact that Daqian is a patriarchal society and clan relations cannot be cut off at all, I'm afraid Jia Rong would kick the Jinling clan away.
Fortunately, the Jinling clan didn't come up with any unreasonable ideas and send the clan's children to harm the clan's academic culture, otherwise he might really get angry.
But just like that, Jia Rong's attitude towards the Jinling clan's overtures was aloof and lukewarm.
It's not that he is heartless, it's that the Jinling clan is a bunch of losers who fail to succeed but fail to succeed.
In other words, he was a capable, ambitious and hard-working person who followed the Second Duke Ning Rong on the battlefield in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and carved a bright future by following the dragon's merits.
As for the clansmen who stayed in their hometown in Jinling, to put it harshly, they were even worse than a guard dog.
Otherwise, during the heyday of the Ningrong and Ningfus, they would not have been able to take advantage of the situation and jump from big landowners to important local squires and powerful forces.
Their ability to dominate Jinling and even influence the operation of the government relies almost exclusively on the influence and deterrence of the capital.
As for myself, in Jinling, not to mention the numerous property acquisitions with money, even the talented people have not been able to win one or two, it has been more than a hundred years.
The number of members of the Jinling clan exceeded 1,500 during the peak period of the Ningrong Mansion.
There are so many clan members, but none of the descendants in the next generation are talented in reading?
Not to mention, Jinling is a place where literary style flourishes and is the cultural and educational center of the south.
Obviously, the fact is that it is not that there are no children with strong academic talents in the clan, but that the clan does not have reliable means of cultivating future generations.
Just like the previous Jia family school in Beijing, how could a genius emerge in such a school atmosphere?
It can only be said that the situation on the Jinling clan's side may be even worse.
Because the younger generations there have more choices.
As the cultural and educational center of the South, one can imagine the number of private schools with famous names.
Not to mention, there are academies in various places that do not accept disciples.
Anyone who disdains clan learning can send their children to regular private schools for enlightenment by spending a little money.
But more than a hundred years have passed, but there are no children who have become talented through other channels.
It can only be said that the Jinling clan has serious problems. The clan elders who are in charge of clan power probably haven’t done anything good that is conducive to the development of the clan’s children.
In addition, the gap between the rich and the poor in the Jinling clan may be more serious than imagined, otherwise it is impossible for the descendants of the branch to really have no future at all.
In one case, the morale may be completely corrupted, which is also one of the key factors affecting the success of future generations of the clan.
In short, the Jinling clan gave him the feeling that it was quite unreliable.
Not only the feeling, but in fact the Jinling clan's execution ability is also very poor.
Rumors had been circulating in the capital before, and the main ones were aimed at Lin Ruhai, who was believed to be relegated to Jinmen, with no hope of recovery in the future.
Of course Jia Rong didn't think so. He was well prepared and wrote a direct letter asking the Jinling clan to purchase an offshore ship and go straight to Tianjin from the southern coastal port.
The purpose is simple, just in case.
As a result, there was no news for three consecutive months, and the rumors about Lin Ruhai disappeared. However, the Jinling clan received a letter saying that the purchase of sea-going ships had failed.
Hold the grass!
When seeing the content of the reply, one can imagine how bad Jia Rong was.
Damn it, if the purchase of sea-going ships really doesn't go smoothly, wouldn't you be able to send a message as soon as possible?
Fortunately, it was just a casual move, otherwise he would have been tricked to death by the Jinling clan.
Since then, his attitude has become a bit colder.
Unexpectedly, the more he acted like this, the more humble and enthusiastic the Jinling clan's attitude became. The attitude was so good that he almost came to the capital to call him grandpa...