Jia Lian, the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion, had a son. The family members of various high-ranking officials in the capital bought up all the eggs in the capital just by "giving them porridge and rice".
This matter seems to be just a matter of firewood, rice, oil and salt, but in fact it partly shows the power of the four princes and the surrounding forces, and partly it shows how many people are plotting secretly - the Jia family has received so many congratulatory gifts, how can it be unfair?
What’s the reason for making such a fuss about having grandson’s wife full of wine? At that time, the Rongguo Mansion, which wants to save face, had better be more grandiose than the Ningguo Mansion’s previous funeral for the grandson’s daughter-in-law. In this way, wouldn’t it be a god-given opportunity? Anyone who has a festival with the Jia family
, taking the opportunity to go to court to impeach "eye candy"; and those who want to seize the opportunity to attack the Jia family are a great opportunity for the loyal king, Shangshu Ling Sinanxing, and even the emperor to "show loyalty" to the Jia family.
Chance.
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For example, at this time, in the "Osmanthus Xia Family" mansion in the southeast of the capital, the sturdy Sun Shaozu was rubbing his hands and rushing into the main room excitedly.
The house is very spacious, with beams and beams, and the wood used for the doors and windows are all top-quality fir. However, the owner of the house is rich but not noble, and follows the etiquette system.
It uses red paint, and brackets are not allowed to be decorated with colorful decorations, only colorful flowers." Therefore, it can only be built to be three rooms wide and five bays deep. The roof can only be a simple two-slope hard gable roof with beams, columns, doors and windows in the middle.
Only powdery green oil should be used for paint, otherwise it will be a serious crime of "exceeding the regulations".
However, the owner of the house obviously still wanted to show off his wealth, so he put a lot of thought into the colorful paintings and decorations of his house.
Since we can only use "colorful mixed flowers", we should avoid the imperial-specific color painting styles such as Hexi and Xuanzi, and only use its powder-gold technique, and then individually design many more complicated patterns to combine all the patterns.
The places that can be painted with color are filled with landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, and all the places that can be painted with gold powder are painted with golden light. Even the furniture in the house is painted with this method, and all the flowers are painted with golden light.
In this golden light of wealth, sitting in the middle is a widow in plain clothes in her forties.
Nowadays, the Osmanthus Xia family, one of the richest in the capital, is in the hands of the Xia family's grandma, who has been widowed for fifteen years.
But even though they have thousands of hectares of fertile land and hundreds of mansions, all the Osmanthus Bureaus inside and outside the capital are named Xia, and even the osmanthus displays and bonsai in the palace are tributes from her family, the Xia family is still just a merchant after all.
At the feet of the emperor, on the ground of the capital, wealth is inferior to wealth.
So when the grandma of the Xia family, who only had a seventeen-year-old daughter by her side, heard that the hereditary commander of Datong, Shanxi, had sent an official matchmaker to propose marriage, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep for several nights.
For fear that the son-in-law, who was an official, would regret it, he even skipped the engagement, and the marriage was finalized in less than half a month.
The Xia family got married to an official, and from then on they felt superior to others and were very proud of themselves. It was when the mother-in-law looked at her son-in-law that it became more and more interesting. When she saw Sun Shaozu's face full of joy, she immediately stood up and asked with a smile:
"How is it? It's done?"
Sun Shaozu now also has a large share of the Xia family's property, and he acts arrogantly in the officialdom, and his words are also full of confidence:
"That's right! We've spent twelve thousand taels of silver. Not to mention the prime minister, even the emperor will feel weak after seeing him!"
He picked up the gold-painted peony covered bowl on the table, raised his head and drank it all, sat down on the huanghuali chair full of carvings of five blessings and longevity, grinned widely and said:
"I just got the news, the transfer order will be sent out tomorrow!
Lord Si personally called me by name with the Minister of War, saying that I was skilled in bow and horse and worthy of a big job, so he transferred me from Datong Prefecture, where I wielded swords and guns, to Ping'an Prefecture, which was too stable and had plenty of oil and water.
Moreover, the original hereditary rank of fourth-level commander was just a false title. This time, I was promoted by two ranks, directly promoted to the rank of commander. From now on, the military power of Ping'an Prefecture will be held in my hand.
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Hehe, now, I, Sun Shaozu, am also a third-rank official. Even Jia Zhen, the eldest son of Ningguo Mansion, does not dare to call himself a senior official when he meets a certain family, so he can only treat me with courtesy."
When the eldest grandma of the Xia family heard this, she was so happy that she clapped her hands and rushed over with a smile on her face and asked:
"Oh, this is great. In the future, if you become a third-grade official, won't my daughter also become a third-grade imperial wife?"
Overjoyed, he couldn't help but pull his neck and shout behind him:
"Jin Gui! My son, you are really worried about your wife this time! My ancestors have appeared. From now on, our family will also be a family of officials. We have to arrange the necessary arrogance quickly! Oh, we
This money is really well spent!”
Sun Shaozu suddenly spurted out a burst of cold air from his nostrils:
"The more than ten thousand silver was not wasted, but the five thousand taels I spent on the Jia family cannot be wasted!"
The eldest grandma of the Xia family knew that before Sun Shaozu came to propose marriage to the Xia family, he had relied on Jia She to collect money but failed to use his official position. She came to visit her several times under the pretext to urge her. Sun Shaozu felt guilty when he saw Jia She, who had great dignity, and simply walked away.
They pressed hard and directly sent an official matchmaker to the door to marry Jia Yingchun, the second lady of Rongguo Mansion. Although
Although the matter was rejected by the first-rank general Jia She, Grandma Xia always felt uncomfortable in her heart. When she heard this, she curled her lips, hugged her shoulders and sneered:
"That's exactly what you said! Five thousand taels of silver is not a small amount. Since I haven't bought anything, if we can give it out, we can get it back!"
"Mom is right!"
Seventeen-year-old Xia Jingui put one hand on her hips and held a fried burnt bone in the other. She was still chewing the burnt bone between her red lips as she strode out with a smile:
"If the Jia family doesn't give it, huh! Just send that Yingchun lady from his family to be a little wife. I'd be happy to do that, and it would save my precious cicada."
She is tall and slender, with quite a bit of coquettishness, but her mouth is a little bit big and her eyes are a little protruding. The maid Bao Chan who follows behind her is naturally not as good as her in everything. When she hears about her, she is so frightened that she quickly lowers her head.
He stared intently at the gold-painted and multi-colored plate he held in his hand. On the plate were piles of freshly made burnt bones.
Jin Gui, the eldest daughter of the Xia family, loved chewing bones most in her life. She would slaughter three to five chickens and ducks alive every day and give all the meat to her servants. She would only fry the bones and burn them with wine.
Everything in the world has its cause and effect. However, a Zhongshan wolf like Sun Shaozu had to contend with a vulgar and vicious beauty like Xia Jingui. It was Huang Ying who caught the kite's foot - both of them had the right ring.
As soon as Sun Shaozu saw her coming, he didn't care that his mother-in-law was by his side. He grabbed Xia Jingui's waist, kissed her cheek first, then bit into her half-eaten burnt bones, and started chewing:
"Hey, it's easy for you, my little beauty!
This time we are hugging Mr. Sinan Xingsi's lap. With this support, Heng Heng Jia She cried and begged to have his daughter wash my feet, but I didn't want it!
When Jia Daishan was alive, he looked down on Si Nanxing. Now that Si Nanxing has become the sole prime minister of the dynasty, how can the Jia family be unlucky? Yao Qianzhi, the old coffin boy, wrote to the emperor from his hometown to recommend Jia Lian. Si Nanxing
No one can do anything if they don't agree.
Heng Heng Jia She received five thousand silver from me, so I will sue him for selling his official position and conferring title, forming a clique for personal gain!"