Red House Shoufu

Chapter 269 Annual Gifts and Rewards

The laws of the country are strict, especially when the rule of man is greater than the rule of law. If Wang Zisheng's incident happens, Wang Ziteng and Wang Ren will not be able to escape.

Wang Ren is no longer a thing, but he is also Wang Xifeng's own brother. Jia Lian also doesn't want his late father-in-law and mother-in-law to have no one to inherit the incense in the end.

Of course Lin Shu understood Jia Lian's worries, but according to his understanding of the emperor and the situation in the court, even if Wang Zisheng was the chief envoy in this matter, it would still be Wang Zisheng who was responsible.

As for how the emperor will deal with Wang Ziteng, it is estimated that the housekeeper is lax at best, fined, grounded, or cut off a few less important posts.

After all, the imperial court is now in a time of internal and external troubles, Gao Yongyi's power has not been completely eradicated, and the situation in the court cannot be chaotic, so Wang Ziteng, the commander of the Beijing camp, cannot fall.

If the dog is in a hurry, he will jump over the wall. If the prince falls down, those people in the Beijing camp may do something unspeakable.

Lin Shu told Jia Lian his speculation, and reminded: "The embroidered clothes guard must have reported this matter to His Majesty. It is better to be still than to move. Let's just wait quietly."

Wang Lun had already found out about the collusion between the Wang family of the ruling county uncle and the bandits in Miyun Mountain.Instructing the bandits to massacre the village was so rough that it didn't look like Wang Ziteng's handwriting at all. Lin Shu could basically conclude that this matter was done by Wang Zisheng.

As for the reason, either it was because the reputation of the county magistrate's mansion was damaged by Wang's Zhuangzi, and Wang Ziteng took his anger out on Wang Zisheng, who was in charge of household affairs.

Then there is Wang Zisheng, a miser who loves food and money and wants to get it done once and for all.Anyway, Wang Zisheng is used to absurdity, and Lin Shu didn't find it strange at all to do such extremely stupid things.

Moreover, this incident might weaken the strength of the Wang family again, so they just took this opportunity to see if Wang Ren could be taken out of the county magistrate's mansion to live alone.

Some time ago, Wang Ren was sent to the front of the Hexi Army by Wang Ziteng, and it was estimated that he had already arrived in Shanxi.

Fortunately, this time, Jia Amnesty came forward to write a letter to the old man in the army, at least he could protect Wang Ren from being used as cannon fodder.But as long as Wang Ren is still living with Wang Ziteng, one day Wang Ziteng will use Wang Ren as a bargaining chip to attack the Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Lian simply wanted to help his wife, while Lin Shu was still thinking about whether he could use Wang Ren to deal with Wang Ziteng.The purpose of the two is different, but the things to do are basically the same.

After a brief exchange of opinions, the two brothers changed the topic tacitly when Wang Xifeng and Daiyu looked over.

At lunch, Wang Momo arranged for the cook to bring the mandarin duck hot pot. Lin Shu ate a clear soup hot pot with great resentment smelling the smell of pepper, and after seeing off Jia Lian and his wife, he got sulky and went to sleep under the covers.

Recently, Daiyu felt that she was the elder sister, taking care of her childish elder brother.After covering Lin Shu with a quilt, he closed the door softly, and went back to the study to arrange the New Year's gift starting tomorrow.

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Starting from the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, Lin Shu was on the way to give gifts for three consecutive days.From Prince Zhongshun's mansion, the four great scholars from the cabinet, the chief teacher Qian Qianli's mansion, the old Lin family and his own friends of the same year came to visit in turn.

Fortunately, everyone knows that there will be many mansions to visit before the New Year's Eve, and naturally the matter of keeping guests will not be mentioned. Lin Shu took the time to make a big circle around the capital, and finally visited Dai The people on the list drawn up by Yu.

"Oh, it's finally finished! No, no, my legs don't feel like mine anymore!"

As soon as Lin Shu entered the study, he picked up Bai Jingjing, who was snoring with her hands on the recliner, and after lying down, she stroked the cat and complained incessantly.

Xueyan heard the sound and came to pinch Lin Shu's legs, Daiyu handed over a cup of hot tea, and said to Lin Shu: "Brother is wrong, there are Ning Rong's two houses and uncle's house to go."

Lin Shu went back, embed himself in the soft blanket on the recliner, closed his eyes and shook his head: "Forget it, let's rest for two days, wait until the 25th. Kowtow and bow, smiling face It's all stiff."

There are many old and rare elders in each family's house, and a few of them can be said to be Lin Ruhai's teachers and elders.Lin Shu, this little disciple and grandson, had to meet in a grand ceremony, so that he could legitimately inherit Lin Ruhai's mantle and the connections he left behind.

However, after being tired, Lin Shu walked around and basically maintained the personal connections run by several generations of the Lin family.

Especially the political resources left by Lin Ruhai, just the uncles in that circle are basically the most noble people among the civil servants.

In the same year, Lin Shu had to marvel at how many friends Lin Tanhua made, his vision was poisonous, and his reputation was good.

Some of these people's official ranks are not as high as Lin Shu's, but if you make a list of these people, you can see that when they gather together, they will be a very powerful force.

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As soon as the new year is over, the Lin family begins to prepare for the ancestor worship on New Year's Eve and celebrate the Spring Festival.

Lin Lu has already purchased a large amount of ingredients, and Daiyu has started to take stock of the accounts of various shops and Zhuangzi this year. There is a certain amount of rewards and punishments, and distributed the New Year's expenses to the hands of the various stewards.

As for the farmers, servants, and shop assistants further down, Daiyu did not intervene, but arranged for reliable people to secretly supervise the distribution of the stewards.

Fortunately, the rules of the Lin family were very strict, and the Lin family gave the steward a lot of salary, basically there were no major mistakes.

By the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, the chores at home had been arranged, and Lin Shu took Daiyu to visit Wang Qi's family with heavy New Year gifts.

The future eldest brother-in-law Wang Huan was waiting at the gate of the mansion early, and when he saw the Lin family's carriage approaching, he hurried up to greet him.

"Follow me into the mansion quickly, it's too cold outside!"

The clothes Wang Huan wore today looked gorgeous, but they were obviously a little thin.As soon as the cold wind blew, he couldn't help shivering, his lips were a little clear.

Lin Shu asked curiously, "Why is brother Wei Zhong wearing such thin clothes?"

"How is it? How about this dress?"

At the mention of this, Wang Huan Leng was no longer cold. He stretched out his arms and walked around in front of Lin Shu and Dai Yu, showing them his clothes.

"Gorgeous and elegant, but not suitable for this weather!"

After Lin Shu's evaluation, Daiyu also said: "This embroidery method looks familiar to me, I seem to have seen it somewhere."

Wang Huan glanced at Daiyu appreciatively, and praised: "As expected of Sister Lin, she has a good eye. This is embroidered for me by my second sister..."

Lin Shu looked at Wang Huan like an idiot, and said with contempt: "So today you wore it on purpose to show off to us brothers and sisters? Brother Peacock?"

call……

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Wang Huan quickly put his hands into his sleeves, shrinking his neck: "I miscalculated, go into the house quickly, I'm about to freeze to death."

As soon as the three of them entered the front hall, Wang Huan ran to the stove, guarding the stove like a cat, not wanting to move.

Lin Shu and Daiyu saluted and greeted Wang Qi and his wife who were sitting in the hall, Wang Xiaoshi took Daiyu to greet her, and Lin Shu turned his gaze to Wang Yuan who was making tea.

It really answered the poem: Ping Ping curled up for more than thirteen, and cardamom tipped at the beginning of February.

　Thank you Qingshan Yelangan for your reward, I will stop here tonight, good night!
　　
　
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