Jia Cong was a hands-off shopkeeper. After gathering the people, he ignored everything. Gong Kun led his two disciples to arrange the things behind him. Jia Cong, the boss of Ling O'clock Reading, slipped away to Prince Ning's Mansion the next day to ask for an audience. The Sixth Prince never thought about it at all.
It was a bit of a surprise when he came, and he came out to welcome him into the study.
Jia Cong saluted, winked and said, "I have something to ask the prince for."
The Sixth Prince smiled and said, "It's no big deal, just say it." Seeing his eyes rolling around, he ordered everyone to go down.
Jia Cong whispered: "Actually, there's more than one."
The Sixth Prince said, "Just tell me."
Jia Cong said: "First of all, I heard that the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is resigning. Will this position be vacant in a few days?"
The Sixth Prince glanced at him and said with a smile: "Is it possible that you want to be one?"
Jia Cong shook his head: "I would like to recommend a relative of my family, Mr. Wang Ziteng."
The Sixth Prince was startled and looked a little strange: "Master Wang?"
Jia Cong nodded: "To be honest, my family intends to join hands with the Wang family and the Xue family to get some seafood for business. Lingnan is really important."
The Sixth Prince understood immediately and smiled slightly: "Where is the historian?"
Jia Cong shook his head and said: "The whole family of the Shi family is incompetent and does not want to take them to play. Because most of the important docks are in Guangdong and Guangxi. In recent years, sea goods have become very popular. I heard that Western goods from our country are also very popular with their nobles.
, all transactions are huge profits. It’s just that the imperial court’s maritime ban is too severe. If you princes are willing, you can also make a fortune together. It is more comfortable to make money from Westerners than to steal the territory of ordinary people."
The Sixth Prince couldn't help but smile and said: "You talk like an adult, who taught you that?"
Jia Cong blinked: "Guess."
The Sixth Prince snorted: "I am not that interested. It's just that the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is a high official in the border areas. I said it doesn't count."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Isn't it true that the nine provinces have been inspected and inspected as a border official? Mr. Wang is very loyal to the old sage. If my father had the ability, he would recommend him, but he does not have that ability."
A smile appeared on the corner of the Sixth Prince's mouth, his eyes rolled quietly, and he said, "I'll give it a try, but I may not be able to succeed."
Jia Cong raised his hand and said, "The only way you really make money is when you make money. Please leave it to Your Majesty."
The Sixth Prince smiled and said: "I never responded to you. What else is there?"
Jia Cong immediately drooped his face: "Um... I heard that the prince has some friendship with our Dongfu people? Two days ago, my second sister-in-law sent someone from the house to find a big girl of mine. She talked in a roundabout way for a long time, as if to say
Two months ago, Uncle Jing's funeral was held. Brother Zhen, a relative of some kind, hooked up with my second brother and visited him many times in the past few days. They didn't bother to care about the second brother's debauchery, they were just afraid that something would happen to him. When?
It's not good to seduce him, it has to be during the funeral. My brother has just touched a small fourth-grade official, and his butt is not yet warm from sitting on it. If the official knows, it's over."
The Sixth Prince asked curiously: "Shouldn't you go find your father about this matter? Why do you want to find me?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "It's no use looking for my father. What kind of temper is my brother like? He is most likely to suffer from women. If the root cause is not solved, my father will stop him this time and there will be another time. To be honest, I
I suspect it was Jia Rong who instigated this. I beat him up once in the early years, but he never let it out and it was so uncomfortable."
The Sixth Prince shook his head: "That's unreasonable. That's all. If it's such a bad thing, I'll tell you, just stay out of the way."
Jia Cong hurriedly bowed deeply: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The Sixth Prince waved his hand and said, "It's just a trivial matter."
Jia Cong whispered again: "Um...there is something I shouldn't ask. I just want to ask."
The Sixth Prince asked what was going on.
"That day I went to pick up my uncle back to Beijing, but why didn't brother Xianwang go? They have such a good relationship, and he came to pick me up four years ago. Could it be that there was a quarrel?"
The Sixth Prince stared at him for a long time. Jia Cong just acted stupid and stared blankly. The Sixth Prince asked, "Did Lin Ruhai ask you to ask?"
Jia Cong curled his lips: "I dare to tell him that I won't be beaten to death! I am very good in front of Uncle Lin. I only play when I am studying."
The Sixth Prince looked at him again and sighed: "That's all, I won't embarrass you anymore, and don't ask about irrelevant things. He himself knows the friendship between Lin Hai and Lao Jiu. Anyway, I look at him better.
You are closer to the third child."
Jia Cong said "Oh", knowing that there must be some problems between the wise king and Jin Shang, so he remained silent.
Suddenly the Sixth Prince asked him again: "Your senior brother is not young anymore. When is he going to take the exam?" Jia Cong thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Lin and Mr. Su haven't spoken yet."
The Sixth Prince knew that it was his husband who had the final say on Jarvis's imperial examination matters, but the two loyal ministers were both saints, so he sighed lightly.
After Jia Cong left, the Sixth Prince felt that he was making a fuss over the affairs of relatives and women in Ningguo Mansion, so he sent people to check Eryou. He learned that they had almost recommended these two women to Jia Zheng as their concubines, and later they
Pushing it to Jia Lian, he was shocked! He cursed: "I don't know what's right! No wonder he is so angry. I have told him many times that Rongguo Mansion can only win over but not offend." He ordered Jia Zhen to deal with these two women as soon as possible, and they should not be allowed to do anything else.
To harass the Rongguo Mansion. Jia Zhen argued, "It's just a small romantic thing." The Sixth Prince scolded, "It's just a small romantic thing. Why do people come to me to complain?" There was no choice but to get a good dowry from Second Sister You.
She was married to the son of an oil mill owner. Because she refused to marry at will, Third Sister You twisted her hair in anger to become a sister-in-law. Wang Xifeng learned from the boy who followed Jia Lian that Second Sister You was married. She was filial and promiscuous.
After the charges were cleared, he no longer cared about it. Later, the second sister You and Jia Lian continued to have an affair.
On this day, Lin Hai came back from the Yamen. The servant said that Mr. Cong had been waiting for a long time and called him over.
Jia Cong smiled, saluted, and said, "Uncle, I have something to tell you."
Lin Hai glanced at him: "It must not be a good thing."
Jia Cong said: "It's hard to say. It might be a good thing not to protect everything."
The two masters and apprentices sat down in Lin Hai's study. Jia Cong said: "It's so annoying, the saint. He knows that the errands of the Ministry of Revenue are the most difficult, but he still wants you to go. It would be better to stay in the Hanlin Academy."
Lin Hai glared at him: "It is the duty of a minister to share the emperor's worries."
Jia Cong sighed: "He is really useless to people. If the world is at peace, the national treasury is abundant, and the beetles are becoming more and more rampant, it would be good to use him as a teacher. But where are the beetles now? They are all obstacles, okay? Tax money
It's gone before it even hits the road, and the treasury is extremely poor. You have to use ruthless villains or rampant fools to get money, or even clever little foxes. I've never heard of that.
Use gentlemen to deal with ruffians."
Lin Hai raised his head and looked at him: "According to you, who can this villain, Leng Tou Qing and Little Fox be?"
Jia Cong thought for a while: "I only know one villain, but it's a pity that he died. That was Han Guang, the former magistrate of Taiyuan. That guy was really a villain."
Lin Hai nodded and said: "I heard your sister told you about your stay in Taiyuan. This person is really a villain, but his abilities are limited and he cannot take on big responsibilities. What else?"
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Aren't Leng Tou Qing and the little fox just my father and me?"
Lin Hai didn't even know whether to laugh or cry, and raised his hand to give him a hug.
Jia Cong rubbed his forehead and said aggrievedly: "I came to advise you, sir, and you beat me."
Lin Hai knew that he had many evil ideas, so he deliberately took a sip of tea and asked slowly: "What ideas do you have?"
Jia Cong said: "Money is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. Let's not talk about reducing expenditure. My uncle cannot control the backers behind corrupt officials. Therefore, the only way is to increase revenue."
“Why open source?”
Jia Cong said: "Open the sea ban."
Lin Hai waved his hand: "Moti, the sea ban was originally closed by the old saint."
Jia Cong said: "Then smuggling."
Lin Hai glared at him: "Nonsense!"
Jia Cong said with a smile: "Uncle, to be honest, there must be a lot of smugglers."
Lin Hai asked: "How did you know?"
Jia Cong said: "Guess. I once heard a gentleman say that businessmen pursue profit. If a business has half the profit of the capital, he will dare to take risks; if he can double the profit, he will not be afraid of breaking the law; if he can make a profit, he will not be afraid of breaking the law.
With three times the profit, businessmen will dare to do anything. The profit from sea goods is so huge that there will definitely be people who are not afraid of death to make money. Blockage cannot stop it."
Lin Hai sighed: "This gentleman is indeed very talented. There are indeed many smugglers of overseas goods."
Jia Cong said: "Since the old sage refused to open the sea ban, there will be more smuggling. Since there is so much smuggling, many can only be sold secretly. Originally, there is a tax on sea goods entering the customs, and smuggled goods naturally do not have this. Selling
There was originally a tax at that time, but since it was sold secretly, the treasury lost another amount. Anyway, the court is already in such chaos, and absurdities are everywhere, and I am not afraid of being more absurd."
Lin Hai scolded: "Nonsense! Where is the chaos in the court?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes and remained silent.
After a while, Lin Hai sighed, stood up and walked to the window with his hands behind his back.
Jia Cong followed him and tugged at the corner of his clothes: "Sell the seafood as you like, regardless of whether it is genuine or smuggled. Anyway, you can collect some tax money, so that you, the old man, don't think about the empty treasury all day long.
worry."
Lin Hai sighed: "Where is the face of the imperial court?"
Jia Cong said disdainfully: "It's about face again. I really don't know why you adults value face more than your inner self. The saint wants the court's face. It won't be too late to take care of it after the old saint leaves."
Lin Hai scolded "nonsense."
Jia Cong smiled and said no more.
Lin Hai thought about it at home for a few days, and finally found a day to go to the palace to meet the saint and tell the story. He did not bring up Jia Cong, but only said that he was wandering on the street when a child quietly pulled him and asked, "
Sir, do you want sea goods?" This kind of thing happens often in Beijing, and Lin Hai has actually encountered it. Most of them are smuggled goods. He said that he thought that the imperial court could not help smuggling and lost two taxes, so it was better to simply allow smuggling.
Seafood is sold well.
After hearing the words, the saint was stunned for a long time and sighed: "It's a pity that you, an old Confucian scholar, can say such words. But if this is the case, the imperial court will really not be able to come to power. Besides, there is also the Yushitai."
Lin Haidao: "I have thought about it. Some entry documents, the saint can order people to secretly sell them. Anyway, they are already for sale, who sells them? Not if the saint sells them himself. Those smuggling merchants can buy the documents from the imperial court.
Why do we need to take risks and secretly sell the business after that? As for the Yushitai, the incompetent rotten scholars are not aware of these things at all. They only focus on whether the saint's words and deeds are out of order, whether the officials are gambling with prostitutes,
Just drink and listen to the opera during the filial piety period."
The saint still hesitated and said after a long time: "Let me think about it for a few more days."
Lin Hai hurriedly resigned. However, he walked to the gate of Daming Palace and came back. He knelt down and said: "I heard about something a few days ago, because the saint probably knew it already and didn't say much. It was just a simple thought yesterday.
When I got up, I suddenly felt that some of the details that I know may not be able to be found by people from the imperial court."
The sage said: "Just tell me."
Lin Haidao: "Not long after I returned to Beijing, my three disciples, Chen, recounted their respective experiences in the past three years, and then mentioned that they were almost killed by market gangsters on their way to Chang'an at the beginning of the year." He then told Jia Cong and the others what he heard from Lin Daiyu.
I recounted what happened in Taiyuan Mansion. "Han Guang was also a dignified official of the imperial court, but he was killed by gangsters in the market. I heard that the case was not solved. Talking about it, this matter has made the imperial court more and more disgraceful."
Because Jia Cong didn't tell Daiyu who was behind Han Guang and the Wang family in Taiyuan, and only regarded it as a dispute between officials and market gangsters, Lin Hai naturally didn't know either. The court and Han Jiu have been investigating this matter for a long time, and the saint has found out.
The Wang family member who was his son was stunned for a long time after hearing this and said, "I understand."
Lin Hai immediately understood that the Wang family had a strong background and hurriedly kowtowed and resigned.
Because of the many entanglements between Liu Xianglian and You Sanjie in the original work, Jia Cong was always a little uneasy. After receiving Wang Xifeng's thank you gift and hearing that You Sanjie had become a monk, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he would never see this person again.
It had nothing to do with it, but within a month, something happened again.
On this day, a woman who followed Yuanchun hurried back to Rongguo Mansion to ask for help, saying that someone was making trouble outside Shuiyue Nunnery. Jia Lian, Jia Huan and Jia Cong were not there at that time. Since Yuanchun took charge of the family school, Jia Lan's life was easy
He had a great time and studied well. Hearing that something had happened to his aunt, he hurriedly led a dozen boys outside the north gate. When Jia She heard the news, the boy had already disappeared. Jia She was so angry that
He cursed: "You can't even ride a horse firmly and you dare to lead people into a fight!" Gao Mang rushed to protect him.
Coincidentally, both Yang Heng and Yao'er were playing tricks in Gaomang Courtyard. Yao'er was cautious and said: "There is a eldest girl from Rongguo Mansion living in Shuiyue Nunnery, and everyone knows it. Even though they don't know the origin of the other party, they dare to provoke Rongguo Mansion.
The person who came here must not be an ordinary person. We are afraid that we will have to deal with it hard." Then he led the brothers from Lixiangyuan and ordered people to go to the Taiping Escort Bureau to move the people.
When he arrived at Shuiyue Temple, Jia Lan had people force him to the side of the road and could not get close to the mountain gate. There was also a man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, pointing at him and scolding him. Jia Lan had never seen such a common person before, and he was actually stupid. Gao Mang quickly led him
He led the people over to surround Jia Lan, then he rode forward, stopped in front of Jia Lan, pointed at the man and asked, "Who is so rampant in front of the Buddhist Pure Land?"
That man was not stupid. When he saw that these newcomers had thick arms and bright eyes, they were definitely not little scholars like Jia Lan. He also moved his horse and retreated. He saw a white-faced and long-bearded man among the group of people opposite.
, proudly arched his hands: "Xiaguan is the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun's palace."