Chapter 316: Managing the Family Strictly

Seeing that Jia Zheng also declined, others tried to persuade Jia Lian again.

Also, when Jia Jing was determined to become a Taoist priest, the only powerful people in the two governments were Jia Lian and Jia Zheng.

As for the others, they want to be clan leaders, but they know they don’t have the ability.

If nothing else, spending a large amount of money and goods every year to subsidize the tribe is something that no one except the heirs of Ningrong's second house can do.

"Brother Lian, just take over this responsibility. It doesn't matter if you are busy. Anyway, there are many people in our clan. If you really don't have time or need to travel far away, the clan is so busy. There are so many people, you can arrange whoever you want to be the agent of the clan, who dares not to listen to you?"

Xu Shi agreed to that sentence. The more unintentional he showed, the more he showed no selfishness. Others want to recommend you more and more.

And for the Jia family, if they want someone to act as the patriarch, it is undoubtedly the most advantageous to let Jia Lian take the position.

The contemporary productivity is low, and it is impossible to make a fortune relying on a little land and real estate. Doing business is also difficult, unless you can do business all over the north and south like the Xue family did.

Therefore, only by becoming an official can one make a fortune.

Just look at Jia Lian, how many rewards from the emperor did he receive in just one or two years?

I’m afraid that the combined output of the 100,000 or 200,000 acres of farmland in the two prefectures is not as much as what Jia Lian earns alone!

Let such a person be the leader of the clan, and if a little bit of it leaks out from his fingers, it will also make them get rich.

"That's right, Brother Lian, just listen to the old men and accept it. Except for you, no one in our generation can bear this heavy responsibility."< br />
People of the same generation also began to echo the sentiment.

Now that the matter has come to this, if we refuse any more, it will not be in line with Jia Lian's original intention of regulating the family.

So he stood up, bowed to the elders of the tribe above him, and then straightened up and said: "Thanks to the trust of all my fellow tribesmen, I will be disrespectful to you."

"Haha, that is, the second brother Lian must be the leader of the clan."

At present, those who can enter the family meeting hall are at least the jade generation and the grass generation. qualifications.

So, when several people of the same generation as Jia Lian heard that Jia Lian agreed, they immediately gathered around. Obviously, when Jia Lian takes office as a new official, there will definitely be a shortage of people under his command. Once Jia Lian is remembered by his performance at this time, he will just arrange for them to manage some affairs, which is not just a job.

JiaLian nodded to these people, accepted their flattery, and then said to the clan elders again: "However, this junior is a martial artist and believes in the laws of the first generation of old masters to govern the family strictly.

Therefore, if I act as the clan leader, I am afraid that the clan will not be as relaxed as before when Brother Zhen was there.

At that time, if there is anything to offend, the juniors are here, please ask the elders first Forgive me."

"This..."

Jia Dairu and others did not expect that Jia Lian's attitude changed so quickly.

But he still said immediately: "Whatever Brother Lian said, it is definitely good to govern the family strictly. As long as it can contribute to the long-term stability of the family, I believe everyone in the family will support it. Yours, there is no word for tolerance or not."

Jia Dairu was very grateful to Jia Lian for his help in the matter of his grandson, so he trusted Jia Lian very much.

But other people thought that even if the family was strictly governed, the ones who would suffer would be the unscrupulous children of the jade generation and the grass generation. They thought it would be no big deal with their elders, so they all smiled. Yes.

said that as long as it was good for the family, Jia Lian could do whatever he wanted, and it would be best to restore the family to its heyday during Taizu's time.

"Since all the elders have agreed, I will not be polite to you.

"It happens that I will leave Beijing in about a month. Before that, I will First formulate a simple set of family management methods, and select a few people from the clan to help manage the affairs of the clan."

Upon hearing that Jia Lian wanted to choose assistants, in addition to Jia Zheng, Jia Jing, etc. People, other tribesmen are more or less excited.

"I don't know, Brother Lian... ah no, the patriarch wants to choose someone to help. It just so happens that my boy Heng is busy at home, how about..." An elder from the literary generation, While trying to please Jia Lian, he began to recommend his stupid son.

Even the servants of the two houses still have monthly money. If you go out to do errands, there will be extra rewards.

Assisting the patriarch in managing family affairs is definitely not in vain.

Thinking of this, other people began to follow suit and started to recommend themselves.

Jia Lian did not comment on these voices, and waited for them to naturally subside, and then said: "I haven't thought about the specific regulations and explanations yet. I will definitely have to convene the clan elders to unanimously approve them. Implementation.

But I will say something ugly first. If you really want to contribute to family affairs, I will naturally welcome you.

If you have poor moral character, or you are too lazy to eat , I still advise uncles not to send people to me. NoOtherwise, I am afraid that what I will get is not a benefit, but a big board in front of the ancestral hall, which will make it difficult for all my uncles. ”

What Jia Lian said in a joking tone caused many people who had just recommended themselves to start laughing and cover it up with a joke. As for how many people really took it to heart? I don’t know anymore.

Now that Jia Lian has been confirmed as the acting clan leader, there are naturally some matters that need to be handed over.

For example, Jia Jing originally wanted the steward to get the account books related to the clan property. Give it to Jia Lian.

But Jia Lian said no, the two houses are close, and when you need it, just order someone to take it.

After all, the family ancestral hall is In Ning Guo Mansion, Jia Lian never thought about moving the patriarch's affairs out of Ning Guo Mansion.

Anyway, he was not worried that the 200 slaves from Ning Guo Mansion would not listen to him. As long as Jia Jing returned If you want to become a monk, the people in Ningguo Mansion must listen to his orders.

So it is the same if you put it in Dongkuaoyuan.

It’s just right, so that it can be justified in the future. He came to Ningguo Mansion.

Although he really didn’t care about the foundation of Ningguo Mansion, he didn’t bother to occupy it. After all, how could there be any reason to rob his own son’s things?

After saying these things , when it was time for the gentlemen to rest and change clothes, under Jia Zheng’s arrangement, everyone went to the mourning hall to offer incense to Jia Zhen.

This is also the process of keeping a wake, and the actions in it are solemn and solemn. , there is no need to go into details.

In order to make room for the gentlemen, the ladies of the clan who were wearing linen and mourning and keeping vigil in the mourning hall stood up and moved around.

Seeing the crowd, Jia Baoyu immediately went up to protect Second Sister You and Third Sister You, blocking the tribesmen and servants.

Seeing the Second Sister You and Third Sister You looking at him in surprise, He immediately showed a sunny boy's smile: "There are many people, and if you look carefully, they insulted the two sisters..."

When the second sister You and the third sister heard this, they were stunned and covered their mouths one after another. Snickering.

Having been in the Jia family for so long, of course they also recognize Jia Baoyu.

Everyone knows that Jia Baoyu is the most favored young man in the Jia family. The old lady’s darling, no one else can touch her.

However, since that day when this boy came to kowtow to Jia Zhen, he seemed to have lost his soul when he saw their sisters. , came to pester them.

For this reason, he was laughed at by the sisters-in-law and aunts in his clan, but he didn’t care, which surprised both Second Sister You and Third Sister You.

On the other hand, people with noble backgrounds like Jia Baoyu, were so obsessed with them, which made Second Sister You and Third Sister You secretly happy, and naturally they did not resent Jia Baoyu's attentive overtures.

In order to protect Second Sister You and Third Sister You and prevent the young boy in his eyes from colliding with the tribesmen, Jia Baoyu blocked the intersection, hindering the traffic, and the people walked naturally slowly.

Just as Jia Zheng burned a stick of incense, he followed the flow of people and saw Jia Baoyu crowded among the women, and immediately snorted coldly.

Hearing the sound, Jia Baoyu looked up and saw his father, and was immediately frightened.

Seeing him glaring at me sternly, he quickly lowered his head and stepped aside like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Jia Zheng glanced at the two pretty girls next to him with his peripheral vision. Seeing their outstanding colors, he didn't know that Jia Baoyu was fascinated by the beauty, and his expression became more and more evil.

"What are you doing here? Didn't I ask you to serve the old lady? If you don't do business all day long, you will be asked to expose your skin sooner or later."

"I , the old lady asked me to come out. When she saw what Brother Lian said, she asked him to go to the inner hall and said that she had something to ask him..."

Jia Baoyu was frightened and finally thought of business.

"Oh, the old lady called me? In that case, let's go."

Jia Lian followed Jia Zheng and heard Jia Baoyu's words and explained to him. Around.

…

Lead Jia Baoyu to the inner hall, and sure enough, Jia’s mother is here.

There are more women here than usual in Rongqing Hall.

In addition to the female relatives of the two houses, there are also some aunts, widowed sisters-in-law, and cousins ​​from other houses. Perhaps because they were outnumbered, they had no intention of retreating when Jia Lian came in.

Everyone looked at Jia Lian with their eyes.

Even if they are members of the same clan, they rarely have a chance to look at Jia Lian. They are all a little curious about what this Lian brother (Lian's second brother), who has become famous and flourishing, looks like.

In addition to the female family members of the Jia family, there is also a middle-aged woman in her forties sitting closest to Jia Mu.

This middle-aged woman is the biological mother of Second Sister You and Third Sister You, and also You’s stepmother.

It is rumored that Mrs. You was a romantic when she was young, so even with a pair of prostitutes, she married You's father and filled in the house.

At that time, the You family was still a relatively small family. It was only after Father You died that it began to decline.

This old lady You,Jia Lian has seen it twice. Judging from its remaining appearance, the rumors may be true.

"Lian'er, I heard that you have received an errand from the emperor again?"

As soon as Jia Mu saw Jia Lian, she waved.

Jia Lian bowed to Mrs.

"Send the princess to get married? Why would the emperor entrust such a big errand to you?"

Jia Mu seemed to be shocked. She glanced at the ladies in the hall.

Others naturally listened with sharp ears.

After all, they had only read about marriage in dramas before, but they never imagined that it would happen in front of them now.

"I don’t know about this grandson. The imperial court has its own considerations. As an official of the imperial court, the grandson can only obey the orders. How can he dare to ask the reason." The more casual Jia Lian explained, the more ordered he became. The women were shocked.

Didn’t it mean that Second Master Lian lost his holy family and even his official position because of Second Mistress Lian?

Why doesn’t it look like that?

Are ministers the emperor doesn’t like qualified to send the emperor’s daughter to marry?

Jia Mu also continued to ask: "In that case, when will you leave and when will you come back?"

"Your Majesty said that it will be delayed in about a month, at least. One year."

"So long..."

Jia Mu murmured and asked: "In addition to appointing you as the emissary to see the bride, does the Emperor have anything else? There are no other purposes, such as your official position..."

When Jia Lian heard Jia Mu's question, he seemed to have guessed something. He nodded with a smile and said: "Although the journey is long and not easy, But after all, I am on an errand for His Majesty, and it is a matter for the Imperial Envoy.

So Your Majesty said that when I come back from the errand, Sun Erguan will be reinstated."

As for being promoted or something, there is no need to talk about it here.

When the day of promotion comes, naturally everyone will know about it. When the time comes, the effect will be much better than if you take the initiative to say it yourself.

"Huh, that's good..."

Jia Mu took a long breath, looked at Jia Lian twice to make sure he was not lying, and then looked at You Lao Niang Others: "You don't know that when he made a mistake and was dismissed by the emperor, I was worried about him.

Now it's finally better.

Since the emperor is willing to send him new errands, he must have forgiven his mistakes.

In this way, those of us who are long-termAs a senior, I felt at ease. ”

This is why Jia Mu wanted to question Jia Lian in front of everyone.

In fact, she only confirmed Jia Lian’s matter after hearing the news. It has passed.

At this time, it can be considered as a publicity for Jia Lian, so that everyone in the family knows that Jia Lian has not lost the holy family, and their Rongguo Mansion still has unlimited wealth.

"Yes, yes, how could the emperor leave a talented minister like Brother Lian alone?

No, he is already an imperial envoy... Oh my God, I have never seen an imperial envoy in my life. I have to take a good look at it today so that I can get lucky..." A wife from the Jia family He said with a slightly exaggerated smile, and used this excuse to brazenly appreciate Jia Lian's masculinity.

Others, such as Mrs. You, naturally joined in the praise.

Just when they were enjoying themselves, Jia Baoyu walked closer to Jia Lian and asked in a low voice: "Second brother Lian, you want to send a princess for marriage, but I don't know which princess you are sending? "

Jia Lian frowned slightly, "It's Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoyang. ”

When Princess Zhaoyang said this, most people did not react. However, Daiyu, Tanchun and others who were very close to Jia Lian all looked surprised.

Jia Baoyu was even more shocked and asked without thinking: "Isn't that the princess who asked Brother Lian to marry her? ”

Huh?

Jia Baoyu’s words attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.

For the rest of the Jia family, they only They knew that there was a princess who fell in love with Jia Lian and wanted to force Jia Lian to divorce his wife and marry another one.

But they didn’t know which princess it was. After all, for them, there were several princesses in the royal family, and they all Not sure.

“Exactly. ”

This is a fact, there is nothing to hide.

Hearing Jia Lian’s admission, Jia Baoyu and others didn’t know what to say. They had forced Lian’s second brother to marry her but he couldn’t. The princess is going to get married now, and second brother Lian happens to be her messenger?

Why does it feel so weird.

In the eyes of housekeeper Jia Baoyu and others Jia Lian himself couldn't help but reflect again.

Before, he only thought it was Princess Zhaoyang's last willfulness, but Emperor Ningkang just needed someone like him to go to Oara, so he agreed.< br />
At this time, I couldn’t help but think deeply about whether Princess Zhaoyang’s move had any other purpose.

I couldn’t think of any possibility for the moment, so Jia Lian only told her in her heart Myself, please be more careful on this trip.Shen also passed by.

Because of Jia Baoyu’s gossip, some women in the hall also had gossip topics.

Seeing them discussing the princess, Jia’s mother scolded Jia Baoyu: “Baoyu, the matter of your second brother Lian and second sister-in-law Lian has passed. Don’t mention it again in the future. , do you know?”

He mentioned Jia Baoyu clearly, but actually reminded everyone.

"Oh." Of course Jia Baoyu didn't know what Jia Mu was thinking, so she said oh.