Chapter 1900 Ren Zijuan Cunning Rabbit Three Cave, Information Basket

Looking at Jia Zhen's flattering eyes, Feng Ziying sighed in her heart, thinking that this person was the patriarch of the Jia family and the head of the Ningguo Mansion. He was so arrogant, but now he has fallen to this level. He can't but say that life is impermanent.

Taking the letter that Jia Zhen carefully took out from her arms, Feng Ziying looked at the seal. Jia Zhen probably hadn't read it, or Jia Jing had specially warned it.

 Opening the letter, Feng Ziying glanced at ten lines and read it quickly.

The letter did not say much. It only said that due to the current situation, being divided between the north and the south, the Jia family was in a bad situation. He also hoped that Feng Ziying would protect the Jia family for the sake of family friends.

  It can be said that the content expressed in this letter is meaningless. It depends more on what Jia Zhen says.

"Brother Zhen, it seems that your trip to Nanjing is not going well?" Feng Ziying put down the letter and looked at the other party, "I heard that you have been an official in Nanjing for a few days. How come you suddenly thought of returning to the capital city? Are you here? Don’t you know that in the Jia family’s rebellion case, She Shibo, Baoyu, Brother Huan and Brother Rong are all still in prison. If you come back from this trip, you will inevitably have to go to prison. What a treat."

Jia Zhen trembled, her face full of helplessness and frustration, "Ziying, I don't want to be vain in front of you anymore. To be honest, I don't want to come back. No matter what happens in Nanjing, the Jia family is one of the four great families. , my father still has some face in front of Prince Yohitada, it is more than enough for me to live a leisurely life, but it is a pity that the master does not allow it, insists on me coming back, and asks me to come back to you for help by naming him, no matter what the result, I must obey ,…"

"Oh?" Feng Ziying was surprised again. Jia Jing had calculated enough against him. Did he think he could save the Jia family? "Master Jing thinks so highly of me? But what can I do? All I can do is take you to the Longjing Lieutenant or the Criminal Department to surrender, and see if you can get a lighter treatment."

"The master said that everything is at your discretion, Ziying. Whether you go to jail or be sent into exile, it's all up to you." Jia Zhen also looked at Feng Ziying pitifully, "I don't know what the master is thinking. The Jia family is now If this is the case, what can I do if I surrender?"

"I don't know what Mr. Jing is thinking, but I know that Mr. Jing must have a deep meaning in doing this. At least if Brother Zhen surrenders, the court will not make it too difficult for you. Maybe Brother Errong will be able to take advantage of it and follow him. Feng Ziying was very thoughtful, "What did Mr. Jing tell you before he left?"

Jia Zhen looked dejected. It seemed that he was bound to go to prison. He didn't want to taste the prison, but his father insisted on sending him back, which made him very depressed and helpless.

From his point of view, it doesn't matter if he stays in Nanjing. Anyway, he just hangs around and can't do anything. If the imperial army really wants to attack, all he needs to do is raise his hands and surrender. With so many officials in Nanjing, do they still care? Is he a little official who is just hanging around?

"The master didn't say anything. He just said that he is struggling to survive now and is having a hard time..." Jia Zhen was not interested in saying anything more. He was focused on the impending jail sentence.

Feng Ziying was different. He believed that Jia Jing had some intention in sending Jia Zhen back, and it was not just to protect Jia Zhen and his son. However, Jia Jing might be worried that Jia Zhen would be intercepted on the road, or even Being held and tortured by Nanjing, it was impossible for Long Jinwei, who obeyed Prince Yi Zhong in Nanjing, not to monitor the important officials of the puppet dynasty. Therefore, there were many things that Jia Jing would not say explicitly, but he should have inadvertently revealed them to Jia Zhen in his daily life. Even Jia Zhen may not understand the meaning, but after discussing it in detail, she can dig out a lot of things worth studying.

"Well, it's difficult. Brother Zhen, you have been following Mr. Jing for such a long time. Who does he usually meet, who does he have a good relationship with, who does he hate, and what are his conflicts? You should know something about these, right? "Feng Ziying asked patiently and unhurriedly: "Please tell me in detail what you have done with Mr. Jing in the past two months. Maybe this is the purpose of Mr. Jing asking you to come back. Maybe you can There is no need to walk around the imperial prison, maybe Brother Errong will be able to come out early."

"Really?" Jia Zhen perked up, immediately started thinking, and began to carefully recall all the things she had experienced with her father in the past few months, "My father indeed kept me by his side, and he never avoided me in anything. Before, I thought that the master wanted to train me so that I could be reused in the future, but after thinking about it, I thought it was impossible. However, when the master meets with guests and talks about things, I am always waiting by the side, and sometimes I have to help with transcribing. Transcribing some documents,…”

Jia Zhen slowly came back to her senses, and smiled with some self-mockery: "I said, why did the master treat me so suddenly? I never saw him treat me like this when I was young. I see,..."

Feng Ziying also laughed. This Jia Jing is also a good person. He takes his son with him and lets him participate in everything. However, he also knows that Jia Zhen is not capable, so he only lets him listen and watch more, but does not let him know. He got involved and became a living VCR recorder.

If the situation in Nanjing is good, then Jia Zhen naturally does not need to return to the capital. If he feels that the situation is not good, he will send Jia Zhen, the "living information basket", back to the north, and find him directly, and ask Jia Zhen to send his Tell yourself what you see and hear, and you will naturally know where Nanbian's weaknesses and shortcomings are.

"Brother Zhen, this is Mr. Jing's careful consideration. He belongs to a high-ranking family. This involves the life and death of the family. There is no scheming to do. Since Mr. Jing has bet on Prince Yi Zhong so early, he must have some last resort reasons. And the whole story, but in the Jia family of Ningguo Mansion, there are only you and Brother Rong. Once he makes a mistake, he will never be able to turn around, or even turn around, but he can pass you and Brother Rong. I have to find another way to make a living. Even I have to admire this move." Feng Ziying said with a smile: "Tell me, tell me what you have seen and heard around Mr. Jing in the past few months, down to the smallest detail. Explain everything to me in detail, whatever you can recall, especially the details that you don’t quite understand, and remember and explain them clearly."

At this time, Jia Zhen put aside other fantasies and began to reminisce. Feng Ziying gave him a stick of incense and asked him to go through many things in his mind. There was a sequence and priority. Jin Chuaner was also asked to go. Call Wang Wenyan over and record and sort it out. The other two people can also sum it up to see if there is anything else that has not been considered or asked.

This lecture was rambling for more than two hours. It made Jia Zhen's mouth dry and she had to change her tea twice. However, for Feng Ziying and Wang Wenyan, it was a great gain.

The imperial court was in a difficult situation. There were even wars on all sides. It was like a paper lantern. It looked like it would be broken at any moment, or even about to collapse. However, the south side was also golden and jade, but inside it was ruined. The internal difficulties were probably not much better than those of the imperial court.

Jia Zhen went down, and Feng Ziying discussed it carefully with Wang Wenyan, "It seems that the Fujian people are impatient and are becoming more and more dissatisfied with the situation in South Zhili, Zhejiang and Jiangxi. They probably feel marginalized. , and the Nanjing Puppet Dynasty demanded a ban on the export of goods from Zhangzhou and Quanzhou, which is obviously too biased. It does not stop Ningbo, but wants to ban Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. Isn't this bullying? "

"Ningbo is the most important foreign trade port in the entire south of the Yangtze River. Japan, Korea, Ryukyu, Southeast Asia and the north also have huge shipbuilding and fishing industries. How can we stop it? If we really want to block Ningbo, it will divide the Zhejiang gentry. Yi Zhong Even the prince can't do it." Wang Wenyan shook his head, "The influence of the Zhejiang gentry is much stronger in the puppet dynasty than in the imperial court. They suppress the Fujian people, so they can only change the target and sacrifice the Fujian people. Unlike our imperial court Here, the power of the Fujian scholars is stronger."

"It's also because of the Fujian Navy." Feng Ziying nodded, "Shen Yourong has great influence in the Fujian Navy. Now the Fujian Navy seems to be impartial and unwilling to intervene. In fact, they use Penghu and Zhangquan as their bases to ensure that From the south, goods from Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and Dongfan are transported northward smoothly, and even Ningbo and Songjiang are also like this. The puppet government has no choice but to find a way from the land. Isn't this a sacrifice of the fundamentals to the inferiors?"

"It seems that the earliest Yuan Cong faction of Prince Yi Zhong represented by Jia Jing and Zhen Yingjia has a big conflict with Tang Binyin and his Jiangnan scholar faction. There also seems to be a conflict between Jia Jing and Zhen Yingjia. The conflict is not small. Zhen Yingjia, I I know that Jia Jing is greedy and short-sighted. However, Prince Yi Zhong wanted to reward the Zhen family for working for him in Jiangnan for so many years, so he gave the Zhen brothers a lot of power. Jia Jing is very constrained, and Jia Jing, the 'Minister of Household Affairs', is very tired from his work, which also shows that Prince Yi Zhong is not using the people around him appropriately."

Wang Wenyan has made great efforts to understand the Jiangnan party and knows the inside story very well.

"They want to establish Jiangnan Town, but where the money will come from, there is no result yet. It seems that the Yangzhou salt merchants have followed Zhen Yingjia's path and are unwilling to spend more, and want to pass the responsibility to Su Hu Chang's house, this is Tang Binyin's base, and this is another dead end."

Feng Ziying listened to Wang Wenyan's thorough explanation and also laughed, "After all, Prince Yi Zhong lacks enough prestige to suppress these people, or Xu went out too much, and now he doesn't have enough. Tang Binyin It is also difficult to reach a balance with Jia Jing and others. Jiangnan is also in disarray, and it is difficult to form a joint force. Such a 'court' will only be a bunch of corrupt Confucianism and corrupt businessmen who are fighting for power and profit..."

 (End of this chapter)