The room was dark, and Jia Yun, who was lying on the bed at this time, was not asleep yet and was thinking about how to settle down in the future.

Although beautiful maids are good, they all require money to support them.

According to the current expenses of the mansion, it is necessary to plan carefully.

The money and food in the house, so-called provision for rainy days, may expand the way to make money.

When the mansion is completed in the future, the money will flow like water. When it comes time to spend money, you will be short of money. That would be terrible.

Suddenly, Jia Yun remembered that Xue Pan had come to tell him that he could make a profit by setting up a bridge...

As far as Jia Yun knew, the four major families in Jinling were in the same spirit, and the Jia family was raided. Obviously, the Xue family was not much better, and they must have been implicated.

According to the current situation, although Jia Yun has been expelled from the clan, in the eyes of outsiders, Jia Yun's gains outweigh the losses, but in his own eyes, this is an unexpected blessing.

Anyone who has read A Dream of Red Mansions knows the ending of the Jia family. After the house was confiscated, the Jia family was completely ruined.

Although Jia Yun's impression is not that clear, it seems that the apparent reason for the confiscation of the Jia Mansion was that those in power in the Jia Mansion used their power for personal gain, colluded with foreign officials, took civilian girls as concubines, and oppressed the common people.

However, the dignified Duke's Mansion is still a dual-governed family. It is obviously not a small matter for such a prominent house to be ransacked.

Miss Jia, who is also Jia Yun's eldest aunt, is currently serving as the female historian in the palace, and will soon be favored by Emperor Chongming and eventually become a concubine.

Jia Yuanchun was selected as the female history officer in the palace because of her virtuous, filial and talented people. Although she is said to be a female history officer, she is actually a palace maid. She is just a senior palace maid and does not have to do those trivial matters. She serves the empress dowager, emperor, empress and concubines.

Logically speaking, there are generally two situations when an emperor makes a palace maid a concubine. One is that the palace maid is very outstanding and the emperor likes her very much, and the other is that she has a very strong political background.

Jia Yuanchun had been in the palace for many years and was working as a female historian. It is impossible that Emperor Chongming had never met Jia Yuanchun. There were three thousand beauties in the harem. Why Emperor Chongming suddenly made Jia Yuanchun his concubine? The relationship is very strange if you think about it carefully.

Of course, this is also because Jia Yun knew the loneliness of the Jia family, and Jia Yun was working as an errand around Emperor Chongming, so he had this idea. If it were anyone else, the guess would be that Jia Yuanchun was awarded the title of concubine because of his filial piety and talent, and was favored by Emperor Chongming.

Already.

Even now, Jia Yun also has such thoughts, but he is not so sure.

If, as Jia Yun thought, Jia Yuanchun's appointment as concubine was due to political reasons, and he knew the fate of Jia's family, it would be even less likely for Jia Yun to get involved and cause a scandal.

It turned out that Jia Yun was the eldest son of the concubine of Duke Ning. With his status, he could not be involved. Even if he had not done anything bad, he would still be implicated.

Later, due to the arrangement of Jia's mother, Jia Yun moved to the side branch. Logically speaking, Jia Yun should not be implicated.

Yes, everything in the world is unpredictable, and who can ensure that it will happen?

After all, he was originally from the family lineage, and with Jia Yun's current position, he could easily be plotted by someone.

Now that Jia Yun has been expelled from his clan, even if the Jia family is punished by three clans, it will not be implicated in Jia Yun. With this, the hidden crisis in the Jia family has been relieved.

It seems unsafe to have anything to do with the Xue family...

Shaking his head, Jia Yun decided not to wade into the muddy waters of the Xue family, lest someone find the reason and the gain outweighs the loss.

Getting back to the topic, the way to make money is nothing more than doing business.

Although the imperial court explicitly prohibited officials from competing for profits with the people, it did not allow officials' children to engage in business.

However, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Just be a behind-the-scenes boss. Many powerful people in Beijing use this method. The smarter ones, the businessmen below need protection, and naturally they will give them free money every year.

Seeking shelter is called profit.

However, Jia Yun didn't know much about the business world. As for patronage, there were many powerful people in the capital, but none of them were powerful enough to offend others easily.

Jia Yun felt that these two methods were extremely unwise, and perhaps this side approach was still not suitable for him.

After thinking for a moment, Jia Yun felt that it would be a good idea to be a landlord. Earlier, the Xue family gave Jia Yun a prosperous shop, which he rented out under the arrangement of the housekeeper. There is also a lot of rent every year, and Jia Yun now has some spare money.

You can also buy some affordable shops and rent them out, so that you can make money every year.

Not only that, Jia Yun can also be a small landowner. He originally had dozens of acres of land, but now it is all handed over to tenant farmers. Jia Yun will also make money every year. If it is difficult to find a shop, he may buy some land.

Jia Yun will not engage in forced sales and force others to sell their land at low prices. However, Jia Yun also has some power now, and may be able to use his power to find some cheap land.

Jia Yun knew that some prisoners also had land when they ransacked their homes. Part of the land would be handed over to the state treasury, and part of it would be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for sale.

Gao Xian, the chief steward in the palace, has a good relationship with Jia Yun, and may be able to do something about it...

As for these matters, as long as they do not break the law and everything follows formal procedures, Emperor Chongming will not be dissatisfied, unless Jia Yun is despised by Emperor Chongming and looks for Jia Yun's reasons.

If this is the case, even if Jia Yun has nothing to do with his sleeves, Jia Yun will still not be able to please him.

As the saying goes: "If the king wants his ministers to die, they will have to die." This is the truth.

Although the formal method brings in less money, it is still stable. Jia Yun does not seek extravagance and desires, but is free and at ease.

If you don't follow the example of those noble families who have one or two hundred people at home, they can go out in glory and spend a lot of money.

If there are too many people in the house in the future and the family cannot survive, let some people out as early as possible to save money.

However, this era is not as simple as sending people away in later generations, but the harsh words behind them are really quite destructive.

If word spreads that even the servants, wives, maids, servants, and handymen can no longer support themselves, what does that mean? It can only mean that your family is about to collapse, and it can easily be regarded as a sign of decline.

Although Jia Yun doesn't care about these gossips, he must consider other people in the mansion.

As the saying goes, when you look at the food and eat it, tailor it to your taste, and the rules of the house should be set.

Most of the people who will enter the mansion in the future will be Lin Daiyu. If Lin Daiyu marries her in the future, given Jia Mu's love for Lin Daiyu, even if Jia Yun is expelled from the clan now, there will definitely be no shortage of those Lao Shizi's companions.

If they reject her all at once, it will bring down Lin Daiyu's face, which is not easy to handle.

What's more, with Jia Yun's current explicit income and hidden income, it's not that he can't afford it, but he still has to distinguish between one and two.

Shaking his head, Jia Yun didn't want to think about this for the time being. After all, Lin Daiyu lost her father. It would take some time for Lin Daiyu to marry into Jia Yun's mansion. There was no rush and she would make arrangements later.

Now it's time to think about the future.

After thinking for a while, Jia Yun set a goal, which was to hug the emperor's lap tightly, not to form cliques or selfish interests, and to do his duty as a guard.

As for the core of political power, Jia Yun would not touch it. A military general who interacts with civil servants is a fool and is seeking death.

Jia Yun's current position is that of the Emperor's Guard. As long as he follows the Emperor closely, everything else is not a problem.

Setting the tone for the future, Jia Yun took it easy, closed his eyes and fell asleep...
Chapter completed!