Chapter 833 The Rongguo Mansion is still in a mess
When these words came out, Mrs. Wang was so frightened that her face turned pale, and Jia Mu also had a cold face. Jia She and Jia Zheng, who came after hearing the news, couldn't help but become nervous. Jia She clamored to return the gifts from the Zhen family, and Jia Zheng
Zheng Zhe said:
"Since His Majesty wants to raid the Zhen family, the Zhen family must have committed a serious crime."
"An innocent family like us really shouldn't have anything to do with such a family."
Jia Lian's expression remained normal, but deep down he felt helpless.
The two masters of the Jia Mansion looked panicked. How could they support the Rongguo Mansion with such magnanimity?
But of the two, one is Jia Lian's father and the other is Jia Lian's second uncle.
From the perspective of etiquette, he couldn't do anything to them.
On the other hand, when Jia Mu heard that the Zhen family was about to be raided, she was also very surprised and said:
"The Zhen family is our old relative. The gift from their family, although they say it is for me, is actually for me to send it to the palace for the eldest girl."
"I didn't expect that there was such a reason. His family almost concealed it!"
As she spoke, she said with some fear:
"Fortunately, Lian'er knew it early. If the date for Jiao Fang's family members to enter the palace has passed, I would have sent this gift to the palace for the eldest daughter."
"When the empress gives it to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, if she is asked about the source, wouldn't she be harmed?"
"Lian'er, you have really made a great contribution this time!"
While praising Jia Lian, Jia's mother lamented that there were so many people in Rongguo Mansion, but none of them could do anything. There was also a first-grade general and a fifth-grade scholar of politics. As a result, such a big thing as the Zhen family was being confiscated.
You can't hear the slightest news, and you have to rely on your descendants to spread the word.
"Old lady, eldest master, second master!"
"The Zhen family's house was confiscated because of a deficit. Do you want to pay back the debt accumulated in our family first?"
Jia Lian then said that the Rongguo Mansion owed 1.8 million taels to the Ministry of Household Affairs. Jia Lian had been in the General Affairs Department for two years and had a lot of experience. In addition, he had been intimately involved with Sister Feng. He was no longer just following the second-fang's disciples.
I'm a junior member of the general service.
After knowing the fate of the Zhen family, Jia Lian thought of what Lin Zhao had hinted to him, worried that the Rongguo Mansion would be confiscated and wanted to take the initiative to repay the money.
Now that the Rongguo Mansion was controlled by the Second Fang, thinking about Leng Zixing's antique shop, Jia Lian only needed to think carefully to guess that the Second Fang had plenty of money, but the Gongzhong was probably empty.
Therefore, he wanted to take advantage of the repayment to improve his second house.
However, he also knew that this matter would probably not work.
After all, Rongguo Mansion is a century-old mansion, and it is not his decision to decide the affairs of the entire family. When Jia She heard that Jia Lian wanted to repay the money owed to the Ministry of Revenue, he immediately scolded Jia Lian and said:
"You have so much money. If you don't use it to honor me, why should you give it to the Ministry of Finance?"
"The money we borrowed was all spent on picking up the driver. When did the court ask us to pay it back?"
"If other people in Beijing knew what you said, they wouldn't know how to scold us!"
He didn't know the importance of scolding Jia Lian, because he was worried that if word of this spread, it would offend other nobles and prevent Rongguo Mansion from gaining a foothold among the nobles in the capital.
Jia Lian had long been accustomed to being scolded by Jia She, and he ignored it completely.
As for Jia Zheng, although he thinks Jia Lian's proposal makes sense, he thinks that the first and second houses have not been separated. If the Rongguo Mansion pays back the money owed to him, he will have to pay for it. Therefore, he has to look at his nose and his nose, so he doesn't care about this.
Make a statement.
On the other hand, Jia Mu, because she had more knowledge, did not rush to make a decision. Instead, she asked Jia Lian:
"Lian'er, you are in the General Affairs Department and have many eyes and ears. What do you think His Majesty thinks? Do you want us nobles to pay back the money we owed you when you took over?"
This is true, but if the emperor really wants to arrange for the Ministry of Household Affairs to investigate, should everyone use this sentence to push back?
Besides, now even families like the Zhen family are being raided, and the investigation of deficits has reached its final moment at the local level. If this continues, this fire will spread to the capital!
"Wait a minute, according to the imperial court's decree, this household secretary is the uncle of the Lin family. Although the uncle next door is upright, he is still obsessed with old friendships. How could the emperor let him force my Jia family to pay off the debt? In this way, the Rongguo Mansion still has
If you can survive for a while, some things need to be arranged as soon as possible!"
Thinking in his heart, Jia Lian did not say it out loud, but just said to Jia Mu:
"How can we, as ministers, dare to speculate on His Majesty's intentions?"
"It's just the money owed by the Zhen family. I heard that a lot of it was owed when I picked up the driver."
"Now that the Zhen family is going to be ransacked because of the money they owe, those of us who also owe money to the driver will have to pay it back."
Jia She interjected: "It's just a matter of defeating the enemy. Although our Rongguo Mansion owes a lot of money, even if we want to pay it back, we have to wait for others to pay it back before we can prepare."
He said this, and seeing everyone nodding, he looked at Jia Zheng: "But the gift from the Zhen family is too hot to touch, and it must be returned no matter what. This matter must be settled!"
Mother Jia nodded: "We can't take away the things from the second son's family and the Zhen family, so we should return them immediately. We would rather have something happen to them and our family give up some money than to incriminate our family at this time."
"With the queen in the palace here, even if something happens to the Jia family, our second wife will be safe."
Mrs. Wang thought of this in her mind and turned a deaf ear to everyone's words. She only smiled at Jia Mu and said: "Don't worry, ancestors, my wife knows it well. How can we let them drag down our family? On the note I gave to their family,
The date written is the date when the Zhen family woman came to Beijing to visit our house a few years ago. The property entrusted to us at that time was not considered as our family harboring stolen goods. At most, it could only be regarded as our family helping the Zhen family save a sum of money.
Moreover, I also wrote it very clearly on the receipt. These belongings were prepared by their old lady in order to bring their precious jade to Beijing for marriage. They will leave it with us first. After they have approved the marriage, they will then ask our family to do it.
I took it out when I was in Baoshan, so it won't be a burden to our family."
Jia Mu just felt relieved: "That's good. In other words, there is no need to return these things for the time being. Wait and see. If the saint checks out the receipt and asks people to come to our house to move things, you are not allowed to stop them. They will move as much as they need.
How much should I give to others? If the saint didn't check it out, it can be regarded as the saint leaving a little way out for the Zhen family for the sake of the old saint. When the news about this matter has passed, you can send the things to others so that they can also have something.
It’s not a waste of time for our relatives if we have a way to survive.”
Jia Lian listened on the sidelines and looked at each other with Sister Feng, knowing that the matter was irreversible.
It's so urgent that the elders in the family are still calculating and calculating for trivial interests. It's really heartbreaking.
Seeing that the matter was irreversible, the charge of harboring stolen goods in the house was probably not going to go away. Jia Lian and Sister Feng sighed in their hearts, but they had to suppress their discomfort and smile on their faces.
After returning to the back room to rest, the two of them invited Grandma Li. After a careful discussion, the three of them gave away all the things they could at home in the name of providing bedding to Xichun, Qiaojie and the others.
, and asked Lin Zhao for help and made him the first prosecutor. He just wanted to accumulate more credit so that the crime would not involve himself and his children in the future.
The affairs of the Zhen family were handled very quickly. Emperor Xiaode ordered Prince Zhongshun to take charge of the matter, and the third division assistant, Jin Yiwei, personally went to Jiangnan to deal with it.
It only took more than a month to end it before the Dragon Boat Festival. The method of disposal was also very simple and crude. All men who were officials were executed, and all innocent men and women were declassified into slaves. All the family property was confiscated. The old mother of the Zhen family wanted to breastfeed him.
The emperor gave him a village to live in his old age. The officials from Jiangnan Province who were involved in the Zhen family were dealt with in the same way.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, Lin Ruhai and his wife finally arrived in the capital.
After leaving the pier and leaving the house, countless relatives and friends came to meet them. After finally dealing with them, they went to see the saint again. After returning, the family finally had some free time of their own.
The family was enjoying themselves happily, sharing the family happiness. Privately, Lin Zhao asked: "Since Your Majesty has arranged for my father to serve as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he must have explained the matter of tracing the money owed."
Lin Ruhai nodded and said: "Yes, since Your Majesty has arranged for me to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, I can only put aside the debts owed by the nobles for now, because Your Majesty plans to concentrate on dealing with Jinchuan and Jinchuan this year, and there cannot be any dissatisfaction in the capital."
stable."
Lin Zhao nodded, appreciating Emperor Xiaode's skill.
One by one, the frogs were boiled in warm water. This group of nobles had completely fallen into his hands and allowed him to rub them.
He is indeed a man of great talent and strategy.
"Speaking of which, my father has already met with the saint. It will take a few more days to report to the Ministry of Household Affairs. How about going to visit some other relatives?"
Lin Ruhai shook his head: "Everyone who needs to visit owes money, so it is best to visit relatives after taking office. However, your marriage has to be put on the agenda. Your mother has nagged her several times and is very angry with Miss Xue.
I like it.”
Lin Zhao's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but smile.
Sure enough, people need experience.
When he first arrived in Yangzhou to take up his post, Lin Ruhai was full of enthusiasm and was essentially a scholar.
But after so many years, he has gone through training and become a feudal official. Every move he makes shows his skill.
As long as he shows his skills in his position as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he will be unstoppable from joining the cabinet.
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The next day, Jia Lian and Sister Feng took Xichun, Sister Qiao, and Jia over early, bringing with them the post from Rongguo Mansion.
Sister Feng's family is very close to the Lin family, and she knows everything she knows.
Lin Ruhai and Lin Zhao received Jia Lian in front, while Jia Min and Daiyu received the female family members in the back house.
Everyone was talking about the news in Beijing, and inevitably they also talked about the Zhen family. Sister Feng sighed: "The Zhen family turned out to be such a wealthy family. The four women who came to visit our house that year wore better clothes than those from ordinary wealthy families.
The ancestors were not lacking in anything. Now that the storm has passed, everyone is disgraced, sticking a piece of straw in the roadside, and selling it on the roadside. The women and innocent children and grandchildren of the Zhen family are better off. The old lady misses the old love and lives.
The second master Lian bought it, and then asked the prince of Nan'an to cancel their slave status, and gave them money to help them return to the south. However, these expenses were all paid from the things sent by the Zhen family in the warehouse, but these were all done.
After that, they said that the tens of thousands of taels of silver that the Zhen family had deposited in our house last year were gone."
Sister Feng sneered and said: "But how could they hide it from me? Those who bought the Zhen family can't get more than two thousand taels of silver. I personally sent the gift to Prince Nan'an, which is only more than ten thousand taels of silver. The gift can only cost the female family members.
One person is one hundred taels, and the man is only two hundred taels per person. The old lady Baoyu of the Zhen family thought that he looked similar to Baoyu and loved the house as much as the crow, so she gave him an extra five hundred taels of silver. In the end, the ten people only had three thousand taels of silver. In the end, the mansion
They have made more than 20,000 taels of benefits and gained a good reputation. It doesn’t look like it to me. They are just a bunch of weak women and children. The eldest man is Zhen Baoyu. He is the only one with our family.
Baoyu is almost the same. She is spoiled and spoiled. How can she stand up to the trouble? The girl from the Zhen family is famous for her beauty. This group of people went on the road with so much money, which was like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth. Grandma Li told me that
, I asked our ancestors to carry out their good deeds and let Lin Zhixiao lead people to escort them all the way back to the old lady of the Zhen family."
After hearing this, Jia Min nodded and said: "For so many years, Feng Yatou has become a Bodhisattva with a heart and a practitioner. It is really a blessing that Lian'er can have a daughter-in-law like you."
Sister Feng said hurriedly: "Oh, my good aunt, please stop making fun of me. I was fooled back then and almost even Sheng'er was killed. How dare you not be alert?"
Jia Min naturally knew this, so she just sighed and said nothing more.
After chatting for a while, Sister Feng took a sip of tea to moisten her mouth. She suddenly remembered something and said to Jia Min: "Aunt, the land in the south of the Yangtze River is fertile, and Jin Yiwei is the executor of this house raid. The government wants to ask my cousin to help with the purchase."
What about the property? I wonder what regulations my cousin has on this matter?"
Although Lin Zhao was elevated from his position in the Jinyi Guard Hall by the emperor's decree, he was still the Left Commander of the Jinyi Guards, above the commander of the Jinyi Guards. What question did he really want to ask? Do all the Jinyi Guards have a good eye?
of?
Jia Min smiled and said: "Jin Yiwei set out for Jiangnan yesterday. Before departure, he checked the auction plan for the items. It sounds like it has been decided. When I was chatting with Brother Zhao and the master, I heard in a daze that all the houses and shops this time
, Land and items must be bought and sold at market prices. His Majesty has instructed the Jinyi Guards to implement it, the Dragon Guards to supervise it, and the Prince and Prime Minister Zhongshun. No one is allowed to engage in favoritism. If caught, he will be dealt with strictly. Feng Yatou will also tell the old lady about the situation when she goes back.
, this time is not a trivial matter, if you really want it to be good, you have to prepare more money."
When Sister Feng heard about it, she sneered and said: "The old lady is not interested in this, but the eldest wife and the second wife have many ideas, but how can they spare the money? It's just that Cousin Lin is the left commander of the Jinyi Guard, and he has a deep affection, so he thought
It’s a white wolf with empty gloves. But now that there is a check and balance among the three powers, they know that all their efforts have been in vain, so they can’t complain anymore.” With that, he sent Nanny Li and Xiao Hong back to reply.
Jia Min and Daiyu also sighed at the same time, but didn't say anything more.