The Red Mansions Across the Four Seas

Chapter 303 The Immortal Edict

Another news that Baochai brought was that Luo Hanlin wanted to divide the alliance of the four major families of Jia Wang Xue Shi through marriage.

Now, Jia Min must pay attention to this issue.If Luo Hanlin's plot is allowed to succeed, the damage to the four major families will definitely be revealed in the near future.

For this Luo Hanlin, Jia Min has a headache now.

One is that he is far away in Bukui now, and he is beyond the reach of the imperial capital.Due to the long distance, once something happened, it was too late to take any remedial measures.

The second is that the Luo family has relatively strong strength.In addition to Luo Qihua, who is ranked second among military ministers, there is also a large number of disciples cultivated by the Luo family through Ludong Academy, which is a very strong force.

The third is that he has not found the obvious weakness of the Luo family, so he has no way of attacking it.

However, there are still things that can be done right now.

At present, the remaining girls in the mansion are Daiyu, Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, and Shi Xiangyun who often goes to Jia's mansion.

Daiyu is prepared for Baoyu, and she is the granddaughter of the old lady. Even if someone proposes marriage, she probably won't be able to pass the old lady's test.Therefore, Daiyu need not worry.

Tanchun has a pungent personality and has her own ideas. She will marry far away in the future.It seems that it is not her turn at present.

Xichun is still young, so don't worry until it's time to talk about marriage.

If something goes wrong, it will probably be caused by Yingchun and Shi Xiangyun.The two have reached the age of marriage, and in the original work of the Red Chamber, the marriage is very unsatisfactory.

Shi Xiangyun is married to Wei Ruolan, but from now on, Wei Ruolan is living well, in good health, and has no illnesses. It seems that the matter of Wei Ruolan's early death has changed.

Regardless of family background or character, Shi Xiangyun's marriage to Wei Ruolan is a relatively happy result.Jia Min decided to talk to Wei Ruolan and get this done as soon as possible.

All that is left is Yingchun, and the most urgent task now is to prevent Yingchun from marrying Sun Yaozu.

Jia Lian came from Baochai, who had already told him everything.

"This Miss Bao is truly courageous and resourceful, and she has deep affection for Fourth Brother Min."

Jia Lian not only admired.

Baochai's behavior really made him feel admirable.

"Miss Bao told you about Luo Hanlin?"

"Speaking of which, alas, this Luo Hanlin is really too much to do such a despicable thing."

"I've been thinking about this matter just now, and the second girl is the one I'm most worried about. That's why I asked you to discuss it."

So Jia Min told Jia Lian his analysis.

Yingchun is Jia Lian's younger sister, so she should talk to Jia Lian.

"That Luo Hanlin has contacts with Niu Jizong, Sun Yaozu and others. Niu Jizong and his four families have a rift with us, so they probably won't propose marriage. The most likely person here is Sun Yaozu."

Naturally, Jia Min would not say that Yingchun was married to Sun Yaozu in the past, but now it is unreasonable to say this, and no one would believe it.

As for whether Sun Yaozu had any relationship with Luo Hanlin, he actually didn't know, but there was a possibility.Besides, Jia Lian has no way to verify it, so he will basically take it seriously.

"That Sun Yaozu, I also heard that he has a violent temper and is willing to commit violence if he disagrees with him. Besides, he is addicted to gambling. What I mean is that if the Sun family proposes a marriage, they must be very careful, so as not to harm the second girl's life in the future."

"Of course, the second girl is going to go out after all. It's just that she needs to carefully examine the person she is going to marry."

"I think so too. Tonight, I will revise the book and tell my father and mother. Tell them to be careful. If the Sun family proposes a marriage, they will directly refuse."

After checking with Jia Lian, Wei Ruolan was called again.

Wei Ruolan knew more or less about the girls in Jia's mansion, and she had heard about Shi Xiangyun as well.Hearing what Jia Min said, he was naturally overjoyed, and happily went back to write a letter to his family, asking them to propose marriage.

In the evening, Jia Min hosted a banquet for Zhao Bancheng and others. The senior officers of the government corps and officials such as Yang Lin attended together, and the guests and hosts had a good time.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, Jia Min sneaked into Shen Bingyi's room, and the two enjoyed the joy of fish and water, lingering all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Jia Min went directly to Bukui Street, walked around for a while, and after eating outside, he pretended to finish his inspection outside and returned to the barracks.

After returning, they called Feng Ziying, Yang Lin, and Zhao Bancheng to a meeting to study the construction of the city wall.

It is now August, and there are still a few months before winter. There is a lot of work to do in the early stage, so we must start as soon as possible.

Although the winter in Bukui is extremely cold, building a city wall is different from building ordinary houses.Its main engineering volume is earthwork, so it can be constructed even in winter.

There was a debate at the meeting about the size of the walls.Yang Lin and others advocated building according to the original perimeter of 24 miles, while Jia Min doubled this standard at once and built according to the perimeter of [-] miles.

Although others raised doubts, under Jia Min's insistence, he adopted his opinion and decided to build a 24-mile-long city wall.

Jia Min's real idea was to build a 48-mile city wall.However, this idea is too surprising, so I will not mention it for the time being.

Next, the preliminary work such as budget, site survey, preparation of construction plan, and construction period will be carried out separately.

The construction of the city wall required a lot of labor.Winter is the slack season for farming, and some migrants can be allocated to participate in the construction of the city wall.However, these people were still not enough, so it was finally decided that Zhao Bancheng and the others would go back and recruit refugees to Bukui.

There was a drought in Henan this year, and many refugees have already wandered around. Recruiting them not only solved the problem of labor force, but also resettled the refugees.In the future, after the city wall is completed, there is still hope that these people will stay in Bu Kui to settle down in their homes and enrich Bu Kui's population.

Refugees are not the same as exiles.

Exiles are prisoners who have been exiled for crimes.Refugees are floating population who are forced to leave their homeland for some reason and move around. They are not criminals.

Refugees are mainly caused by floods, droughts, famine, wars, land mergers, heavy taxes and other reasons. They have lost land, houses, livestock, farm tools and other properties, and it is difficult to survive in their hometowns, so they have to move to other places. .

Throughout the dynasties, refugees have been a headache for the court.

First of all, refugees will cause a large number of deaths, resulting in a reduction in the country's population, shortage of soldiers, reduction of tax sources, emptiness of the treasury, and decline of national strength.

Secondly, refugees will have a serious impact on social order.In the process of migration, the refugees will have conflicts with the locals in order to compete for various resources.

As the poorest bottom class, in order to survive, they often take risks, kill, rob, steal, and even form gangs to rebel.

Therefore, if the livelihood and resettlement problems of some refugees can be solved by building the city wall, it will also be a major contribution to the imperial court.

At the end of the [-]th day of the eighth month of Ding Chou's year, Jiang Mingqian, the servant of the Ministry of Punishment and ordered to inspect Bukui, arrived at the south gate of Bukui.

Bu Kui Dusi Yamen Dusi Jia Min, Chief of Staff Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, Wei Ruolan, other senior officers of the Fubing Regiment, Dusi Yamen Dianshi Yang Lin and other officials were waiting at the south gate to welcome them.

When the imperial convoy arrived at the city gate, Jia Min and others hurried forward to greet them.

Jiang Ming got off his horse before, took square steps, stopped first, and waited for Jia Min and others to arrive.

After the ceremony, the atmosphere relaxed.

"Your Imperial Envoy has worked hard all the way, please move into the city."

"Huaiyuan, your city wall is very new, it's the first time I've seen such a city wall."

Jiang Shilang and Jia Min were already acquaintances, so they talked casually.

"Master Imperial Envoy, to be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a city wall. When I first saw it, I almost cried."

"Haha, Huaiyuan is being polite. If you say you will cry, I won't believe it."

"However, the imperial envoy came just in time, and the officials are preparing to build the city wall. If the lord comes again next year, the city wall will be repaired."

"Oh? The city wall is going to be built so soon? This is a huge project."

"I will make a detailed statement to my lord in the future, and I ask my lord to give me more guidance."

"I don't dare to give advice on doing things in Huaiyuan. You have arrived in Bukui in such a short period of time. None of the five hundred people on the way died or escaped. At first, even I didn't believe it. You How is it done?"

"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that I treat them better, explain the truth to them, and I have more people, so the guards are tighter."

"Huaiyuan's words are an understatement, but it is difficult to do it. After all these years, you are still the first one. Even the emperor is very happy."

"I don't dare to claim credit, but I just do my best for the emperor."

"Huaiyuan, although we are acquaintances, but this time, this official is on a mission to inspect the affairs of Bu Kuiliu. When the time comes, I will have to tell the truth to the emperor. If there is any offence, it will be a helpless act. .”

"The imperial envoy should be like this. In any case, the subordinate officials dare not complain. However, everything that the subordinate officials do is not afraid of inspections. Although the imperial envoy can do as he pleases, if I need to cooperate, there is nothing wrong with it. "

"Okay, you should be frank and frank, this is the fundamental way to be an official. Okay, Huaiyuan, the good words are finished, now it's time to deliver the emperor's oral order."

Although the emperor's oral decree is not a formal imperial decree, it has the same effect as the written imperial decree.

So Jia Min and others knelt down, ready to receive the order.

Jiang Shilang looked at the Bu Kui officials who were kneeling all over the ground, and couldn't help but feel a little complicated.

Alas, this decree is probably the first case in my dynasty.

"Bukui Dusi Jia Min, who became famous at a young age, has an uncertain temperament, and occupies a high position. It should be ambitious in the world, and it is not appropriate to linger on children's affairs. Jia Min is not allowed to marry before the age of 20. I respect this."

At this moment, the person kneeling on the ground was dumbfounded.

Is this a decree?How could there be such an edict?How could the emperor issue such an imperial decree?impossible?

Marriage of a man and a woman is originally a unified human relationship, even the heavens will not prohibit it.This decree is a bit too wicked, right?
By the way, it must be a false edict.

(End of this chapter)