After Li Gui finished speaking, he turned around and went to the stable. After a while, he took a horse out of the stable and rode straight to the palace.
Jin Chuan'er was relieved when she saw that Li Gui had left. Then she hurried back to report the news to Mrs. Wang.
Li Gui did not dare to delay and came to the entrance of the palace, but was immediately stopped by the imperial army. There was no place where he could ride a horse.
Li Gui also knew that the rules here were strict and did not dare to resist at all. After dismounting, he took out a certain amount of money from his arms and put it in the hands of the forbidden soldier. Then he kept bowing and said: "This military master, I am from Rongguo Mansion.
.If there is something urgent to see our uncle, please let me know."
When the Forbidden Army soldiers heard that they were looking for Jia Ke, their faces were serious, and they immediately relaxed. You must know that Jia Ke is their immediate boss, how can a small soldier dare to offend him?
"Brother, please wait here for a while. I will go in and inform you, and ask the eunuch on duty inside to go to the military aircraft and say hello to you."
When Li Gui heard that this man was so easy to talk to, he felt relieved. But he also knew how to deal with the world, so he took out a certain amount of money from his pocket, which was his last private money, and then handed it to the soldier with a pained look on his face.
, he had saved all this money with great difficulty. This was because Jia Baoyu was generous and always dealt with his subordinates like them. Otherwise, how could he have so much money.
After Li Gui gave the silver to the soldier, he said: "When I go inside and talk to my father-in-law, please help me give this amount of money to my father-in-law as a fee for running errands. I can't thank you enough."
The Forbidden Army soldier looked at Li Gui and couldn't help but nodded. Sure enough, he came from a big family and understood the ways of the world. If he didn't give money to the eunuch inside, he didn't know when he would be able to give him the message.
At this time, Jia Ke was in the Military Aircraft Department handling the report of the floods in the Huaihe and Huaihe areas during this period. Although the imperial envoys had been sent to suppress the corrupt officials in various places, the situation was still not very optimistic.
Jia Ke's main task now is to rush to allocate grain and grass from various places to the disaster area. However, due to serious corruption in grain storage channels in various places, there is not much food left.
The five to six million dans of grain in the capital now have to cope with the drought in Shaanxi, and their emperor is very poor. He has so much money in his pocket that he just won't take it out. Therefore, Jia really has to worry about food.
Ke has a headache.
Jia Ke is discussing with the people in the Military Aircraft Department where they can increase revenue and reduce expenditure, scrape together some money, and then purchase a batch of grain from Jiangnan to meet unexpected needs.
"Master Jia, money everywhere is tight this year, and I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult for all departments to help." Although Liu Yu is the emperor's confidant and has always been against Jia Ke, he really did not cause any trouble to Jia Ke on this matter.
, on the contrary, it is actively helpful.
Jia Ke stared and said, "The food and wages in various places are indeed insufficient this year. Where did the money go? Everyone should have an idea by now."
Jia Ke is still angry when he talks about this matter. The emperor also obviously embezzled 3 million taels of silver. Now at the critical moment, just to gain a good reputation, you also used the 3 million taels in the name of the inner treasury.
Two taels of silver were returned to the Ministry of Accounts. This also solved everyone's difficulties.
Who would have thought that this emperor had so much money that at this critical moment, he had not even spit out the money.
When Liu Yu heard Jia Ke's words, he felt angry and angry in his heart, but he couldn't say anything about this matter. After all, the emperor did something wrong.
But Liu Yu couldn't let Jia Ke confirm this. It was the emperor who did it. So he said: "This year's water transportation is indeed a bit unreasonable. With so much silver, the ship capsized overnight, and they said it was salvage
If we don't pay the money, that would be unreasonable. Besides, hasn't the emperor already allocated 1 million taels of silver from the inner treasury? The emperor has tried his best."
Jia Ke did not talk nonsense with him on this matter, but said directly: "Let's not talk about those distant things, let's talk about now. We have neither money nor food. How can we wait for the world to be in chaos?"
Liu Yu had nothing to say now, but Sun Yan, the Minister of Punishment, stood up and said: "I have a way to make money. It just violates the laws of the imperial court. It is hard to say whether it is good or bad."
When Jia Ke heard that he had a solution, he didn't care about anything else. "Tell me, what time has it been? Let's talk about it if you have anything to say."
Sun Yan, the Minister of Punishment, had some hesitation on his face, but finally gritted his teeth and said: "Another way is to use atonement money. Nowadays, many children of wealthy families have broken the law, and some are even sentenced to beheading.
Life, no matter how much money you pay, you are willing to do it.”
After Sun Yan said this, he sat there silently. As the saying goes, princes who break the law are as guilty as the common people. If this method is really implemented and the rich can get away with money, wouldn't the world be in chaos?
After he finished speaking, Jia Ke categorically denied: "This method is absolutely impossible. Criminal law is the last guarantee in the world and the last fairness in the world. If there is injustice even here, then what else do the people have to reason with?
Now with this method, it seems that we have obtained money and can rescue the people in the disaster area. But once this method is implemented, it will bring disaster for thousands of years, and from now on, the court will have no peace."
Liu Yu is now completely on Jia Ke's side. He knows the harm of this method to the imperial court. "Master Jia is right. This is the root of the imperial court. Don't say such things again in the future."
If Liu Yu hadn't considered that Sun Yan was also from the emperor's family, he would have taken part in his crime of causing trouble in front of the emperor.
When Sun Yan heard what the two of them said, he accepted it humbly on the surface. But in his heart, he had his own ideas. This time he had to submit this method to the emperor no matter what, and he wanted the emperor to personally issue a decree for the world to implement it. This was his
A one-time mission.
But Old Mengming turned a blind eye to their argument, holding an idle book and shaking his head while reading. Now Old Mengming finally understood that he had offended many people in his life, and when he was old, he once occupied a team.
Only today. Now that he has reached the peak of his life, there is no need to fight with them to the death. Now the world still depends on young people.
Jia Ke finally came up with a way, "Aren't there people donating officials in various places now? The money these people gave us ended up being cheaper for those corrupt officials, and very few of them ended up in the hands of the imperial court.
Less. Why don’t we change the regulations? From now on, the imperial court will no longer charge money for donating officials. Instead, we will donate grain, which will then be sent to grain storage channels for disaster relief."
When Liu Yu heard this method, he found it very interesting. In this way, he could at least survive this period of time, and the grain storage road would also be able to have more food.
"Master Jia's method is good. I think it is feasible. Why don't we work together and report it to the emperor first to see what Long Live the Lord means?" Liu Yu said excitedly, if Jia Ke's method can work.
, then this year’s two disasters will be considered a thing of the past.
Sun Yan said disapprovingly: "Mr. Jia's method seems good, but in my opinion, it is nothing more than a mirror."
When Liu Yu heard Sun Yan pouring cold water on him again, he finally couldn't help it, "Master Sun, what are you talking about? What's wrong with Master Jia's approach? Please explain it clearly to me."
Sun Yan picked up the teacup from the table, took a sip slowly, and then said: "How much food do you think the world has? Although the rich have some food, if they use silver taels to get food, the rich households in Jiangnan would be willing to do so.
, have you thought about those people on both sides of the Yellow River? Those people haven't started to make trouble yet."
Liu Yu immediately understood what he meant. The price of grains in the south of the Yangtze River and the north of the Yangtze River was very different. Exchanging grain with silver was of great benefit to the south of the Yangtze River, but for the gentry in the north of the Yangtze River, it was just a lot more expenses. In this way,
How can these people do anything?
Moreover, this will make the contradiction between the north and the south more acute. The south is originally a gathering of people and has a comfortable life. Therefore, there are many more people studying than in the north. Furthermore, the reading atmosphere of people in the south is better than that in the north.
This resulted in the results of every examination and visit being that southerners accounted for more than 2/3 of the list, which had already aroused dissatisfaction among northerners.
If this policy is introduced now, it will be obvious that the southerners have taken advantage, and the northerners will even lag behind in the opportunity to donate officials. If they are taken advantage of by the southerners, I am afraid that the court will lose the hearts and minds of the northern gentry.
In terms of resisting the northern Tatars, we still have to rely on these tough northerners. If the northerners give up their picks together, I'm afraid the court will be in trouble in the end.
Liu Yu couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Jia, your suggestion is still a bit ill-considered. Let's think of other ways."
Jia Ke still has a way to solve the problem of whether to donate silver or food to the north and the south. As long as they are allowed to do it themselves, those who are willing to donate food will donate food, and those who are willing to donate silver will donate silver. The matter will be solved. But Jia Ke
Ke thought for a while and swallowed his words again. The most difficult thing now should be why the emperor is so anxious. The world is not his own now.
When Sun Yan saw Jia Ke silent, he immediately said: "The matter is urgent now. I think my method is still feasible. Why not just do it for a few months first. It won't be too late to abolish it next year. This will at least allow the court to understand."
Get through this year’s difficulties.”
Although Liu Yu didn't want to admit it, Sun Yan's method was indeed the best solution he could think of.
Liu Yu then handed over his hands and said to Jia Ke: "Master Jia, why don't we write down Sun Yan's method in an excerpt and let the emperor read it."
Jia Ke said expressionlessly: "I don't care about this matter. You write the note yourself and hand it to the emperor. I'll pretend you didn't see it."
Jia Ke doesn't want to be involved in this matter. This is a huge scandal. If it is recorded in the history books, it will take a few lifetimes to turn things over.