The atmosphere in Rongqing Hall of Rongfu is solemn.
Jia Rong walked in along the door curtain raised by the maid, and immediately saw Jia Min sitting next to the old lady, her brows full of worry.
Obviously, he was affected by the sudden impeachment storm in the court.
On both sides, Mr. Pardon and Mr. Zheng were sitting, as well as Mrs. Xing and Mrs. Wang. It was a standard high-level meeting in the Rong Mansion.
He went up to greet them one by one, found a chair at random, sat at the bottom, and listened quietly to what the old lady and others had to say.
He was suddenly called over by someone sent from Rong Mansion.
I didn’t know what was going on before, how could I not be clear now?
Just from the solemn atmosphere in the room, he knew that everyone in Rong Mansion, including Jia Min, didn't know why Lin Ruhai was suddenly impeached?
It seems that the previous turmoil in the court has nothing to do with Lin Ruhai, the chief envoy of Shanxi Province, right?
Of course, there is some involvement. It should be that Lin Ruhai previously served as the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor, that's all.
"Okay, old lady, just tell me if you have anything to do. I have to go back to see my grandson, so I don't have much free time!"
Master Pardon was the first to speak, and said impatiently: "The discussion will end early!"
The old lady gave the guy a hard look and said angrily: "It's not like we don't have a nanny, so we don't care about family affairs anymore!"
"Isn't it just the impeachment of my brother-in-law? I can't do anything about it!"
Master Pardon said it very straightforwardly: "Of course, if I am needed, I will not refuse!"
If it had been before, he wouldn't have spoken at all.
Now, for the future of my beloved grandson, I naturally have to behave in front of my sister Jia Min.
"Min'er, do you know what happened this time?"
The old lady was too lazy to pay attention to this guy, and turned around and asked: "Why are there suddenly so many people in the court who want to impeach my uncle?"
"Mother, I don't know either!"
Jia Min was very depressed. She really didn't know what was going on inside.
Of course, she understands that there is no love without reason in this world, and there is no hatred without reason. There must be something behind her husband's sudden impeachment.
However, she didn't know anything about it and was very worried.
"Second brother, you are well-informed in the General Administration Department. Do you know the secrets here?"
The old lady frowned slightly, turned to look at Mr. Zheng Er, and said in a deep voice: "If there is anything inappropriate, we have to make preparations in advance!"
What she was worried about was that the ultimate target of Lin Ruhai's impeachment in the court was the Rong Mansion. It would be bad if she was not prepared.
"No specific news!"
Mr. Zheng Er was a little embarrassed, shook his head and said: "But I did hear a few colleagues vaguely say that those guys who impeached my brother-in-law were just venting their anger!"
Vent anger?
The old lady was a little confused and dissatisfied.
Is it possible that those guys who just lost the court battle think Lin Ruhai is easy to bully?
Or do they simply look down on Rong Mansion?
"Old lady, there's no need to ask, I know the secrets to this matter!"
At this time, Jia Rong suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention.
"Oh, Brother Rong knows the inside story?"
The old lady didn't believe it and asked, "Tell me, what exactly is going on?"
Jia Min and the others sitting there also looked at Jia Rong with bright eyes.
"The thing is simple to say. Didn't Uncle Lin fall into the position of Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor, and it was difficult to escape for a while, and the situation became more and more dangerous!"
"Based on the current situation, if Uncle Lin can't get out in time, I'm afraid my aunt, Daiyu and Brother Yu will encounter unexpected disasters!"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the senior officials of the Rong Mansion, including the old lady, all changed. They did not expect that the situation of Lin Ruhai's family was so difficult.
Subconsciously looking at Jia Min, Jia Min frowned and said slowly: "I'm not sure whether the situation at that time was as bad as Brother Rong said!"
"But it's true that Ruhai had a bad relationship with Yangzhou salt merchants at that time!"
The old lady said: "How dare a bunch of salt merchants target a high official in the court?"
"Oh, it is said that people die for money and birds die for food!"
Jia Rong said with a smile: "Uncle Lin is a capable official. When he was the salt inspector, the annual salt tax exceeded 10 million taels, and at the highest point it even reached 13 million taels!"
"But right now, the salt tax revenue of the Yangzhou Salt Inspector's Office in the past two years has only been around 9 million taels. How huge is the gap?"
"The maximum gap even reached five million taels. That is, when Uncle Lin was at his most ruthless, it cost Yangzhou salt merchants five million taels in salt tax!"
The old lady and the rest of the Rong Mansion were speechless and shocked in their hearts.
They never expected that Lin Ruhai would cut off the Yangzhou salt merchant's financial path so shockingly, and it was no wonder that the other party would take revenge.
"As long as Uncle Lin is overthrown, we can save millions of taels of salt tax every year. How could those salt merchants not take action?"
Jia Rong spoke calmly and continued: "Old lady, among the big guys behind the Yangzhou salt merchants, which one is not more powerful than Uncle Lin?"
"As long as it's not a blatant rebellion by killing officials and destroying the salt patrol censor's family, we can still survive!"
"You must know that in the hundreds of years since the founding of Daqian, not just one or two of the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censors died inexplicably or even unjustly!"
He said this in an understatement, but when the old lady and others heard it, it made them feel chills in their hearts.
Jia Min's face turned pale. She didn't expect that her family's situation would be so dangerous during their stay in Yangzhou.
"I didn't expect that the situation like the sea would be so dangerous!"
The old lady's face was very ugly, and her mood was quite complicated.
She had never thought about why Rong Mansion failed to notice Lin Ruhai's situation and help him at the critical moment.
But I thought that Lin Ruhai encountered such a dangerous environment and did not take the initiative to say hello to Rongfu. Is this looking down on others?
People are always like this. What they like to consider most is their own interests and feelings.
Anyway, Lin Ruhai's family is doing well now, and they obviously got through the difficulties successfully.
The old lady didn't care about the Lin family's situation, but she cared about whether the Lin family's attitude toward Rong Mansion was sincere.
As for the mentality of the people in the Rong Mansion, Jia Rong knew quite well, even if she didn't say that she was clear.
He is selfish, follows others, flatters others, and is ruthless towards his own people, let alone outsiders.
In their eyes, Lin Ruhai was a standard outsider.
In the story of Red Mansions, Lin Ruhai had no choice but to send Lin Daiyu to the capital. It is impossible that the senior officials of the Rong Mansion were not aware of the situation inside.
But what the old lady did was just entertain Lin Daiyu warmly, and didn't pay any attention to Lin Ruhai's situation.
As a result, when Lin Ruhai was about to die, he hurriedly sent Lian Er to finish the job and swept away Lin Ruhai's family property.
If the Rong Mansion wants to rise and re-enter the top elite circles in the capital, it is useless to rely on the wealth of millions of people. On the contrary, doing so will directly destroy the character. How can other forces dare to have close contacts with the Rong Mansion?
Even if Yuanchun is granted the title of concubine, the core boss of the Founding Group has basically no intention of dealing with the Rong Mansion.
Otherwise, Wang Ziteng would never die outside the capital so easily.
The second master of the government would not get such a deceptive position as Liangdao, but he was toyed with by the Qingke and Changsui around him.
As for Jia Min, her impression of Rongfu should still be at its peak before she got married.
At that time, the Rong Mansion strongly supported Lin Ruhai's rise to power. She thought that the current Rong Mansion still supported Lin Ruhai as always.
So there are some things that need to be explained clearly, otherwise the old lady would think that Lin Ruhai could jump out of the fire pit of Yangzhou because of Rongfu's contribution.
Next, he said something that made everyone present look shocked.
"Uncle Lin has always been considered a confidant of the Emperor because of his background. Being able to get the position of Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor before he was forty is naturally the Emperor's intention!"
"In this way, Uncle Lin is naturally not popular nowadays. But Uncle Lin's performance in the position of Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor is too outstanding. If he is replaced rashly, it is likely to affect the salt tax revenue!"
"I don't know why, but the emperor did not take advantage of Uncle Lin's outstanding performance to transfer Uncle Lin from the position of Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor. Instead, he kept Uncle Lin in the position for three consecutive terms!"
"This is not a good thing. The salt tax has a wide range of implications. There can be millions or even millions of taels of silver in the interests of the entanglement. One bad move may offend some top bosses to death!"
"You may not know it, but now we are going along with the trend, and we plan to let Uncle Lin sit in the position of Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor until he dies!"
This is a bit too scary.
The old lady and the group who listened carefully had a look of horror on their faces.
"Impossible, how can you be so cruel today?"
The old lady didn't believe it: "Always letting Ruhai serve as the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor is a sign of trust today!"
Jia Min's face became paler and paler, as if she had thought of something and was in a trance.
"Didn't I say it before, the Yangzhou salt merchants are not a good person!"
Jia Rong said calmly: "Uncle Lin can stay in Yangzhou for a year or two. If it lasts for three or more years, how much money will the Yangzhou salt merchants lose?"
"Destroying a person's wealth is like killing his parents. Will the Yangzhou Salt Chamber of Commerce be polite to Uncle Lin?"
"Brother Rong, how do you know this?"
The old lady was not a good person either. She quickly reacted and said suspiciously: "Such a secret matter even includes the current and emperor's attitude. How could you possibly know about it?"
"Old lady, there were many outstanding students in ethnic studies around Uncle Lin at that time who were learning experience there!"
Jia Rong chuckled and said: "As for the current attitude towards the emperor, I also learned from Uncle Lin. As the person involved, how could Uncle Lin not feel the strong malice from the capital?"
The old lady's face fell, and she was quite dissatisfied. She had a lot of dislike for Lin Ruhai, feeling that Lin Ruhai was too incompetent.
For such a matter, he did not communicate with Rongfu in advance, but even told Jia Rong, isn't he looking down on Rongfu?
She also didn't think about it. Lin Ruhai was in such a difficult situation at the time. How could she easily tell him after she knew something about Rong Mansion's behavior?
Maybe, Rongfu will feel that he has no value, and may even stab him in the back.
I really can't say anything about this kind of thing. It's better not to test the relatives in Rongfu, otherwise none of the relatives may be able to do it in the end.
The atmosphere in the main room of Rongqing Hall was quite solemn. The old lady and other Rongfu bosses all felt as if it was hard to breathe, as if a huge stone was pressing on their chests.
Even though he knew that Lin Ruhai was fine now, hearing about the dangerous situation he was in at that time still gave him a sense of oppression as dark clouds were closing in on him.
Ask yourself, if they encounter such a situation, they will definitely end up with a narrow escape, unless they take the initiative to resign.
But if you do this, you will offend the emperor and the present at the same time, which is no joke.
Jia Min's mind went blank and her hands subconsciously twisted together.
Seeing that the atmosphere was almost exaggerated, Jia Rong then chuckled and said: "Uncle Lin has a family and a wife, especially the direct descendant of the Lin family where he belongs. How can he, an adult male, be willing to die? He naturally wants to save himself!"
For some reason, everyone including the old lady secretly breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.
This is the most normal operation. An ant can still survive, let alone Lin Ruhai, who has a family and a business and is responsible for inheriting the family business.
"At that time, I gave Uncle Lin a bold suggestion and asked him to try out a method of drying sea salt!"
Jia Rong said happily: "Uncle Lin also made a lot of determination and decided to take a risk with a burnt-out mentality, and it turned out to be a success!"
"Uncle Lin immediately informed Jin Jin of the news in a confidential way. Even if Jin Jin felt unhappy, he had to pinch his nose and transfer Uncle Lin away from Yangzhou!"
"Otherwise, Uncle Lin, who figured out how to make sea salt, will definitely die!"
"Once the news is leaked, who will dare to work for the royal family in the future?"
These words were like thunder, which directly shook the hearts of the Rongfu bosses present, and it was difficult to calm down the turbulent emotions in their hearts for a long time.
"Brother Rong, are you saying that you invented the method of making sea salt?"
The old lady's expression changed and her voice trembled a little.
"That's natural!"
Jia Rong chuckled and said: "This is not a top secret. It is recorded in the books, but it is just a few words. We still need to try it!"
"I can responsibly say that all the big families on the southeastern coast have mastered the method of drying sea salt, they just keep it secret!"
"It is estimated that they also used some tricks to collect most of the relevant ancient books in order to keep the secrets from being leaked!"
Another bombshell hit, and the big guys in the Rong Mansion were a little confused.
The old lady who originally wanted to blame Jia Rong immediately shut up and swallowed the words she was about to blurt out.
However, she was still a little reluctant and said: "Why didn't you tell us about such a thing in advance, so that the Rong Mansion could prepare in advance!"
As for what preparations should be made in advance, it is natural to participate in the development of Jinmen salt drying field as early as possible. How much profit can Rongfu get by then...