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Chapter 306 Liang Jiugong Visits Rongguo Mansion

In Rongguo Mansion.

"My lord, my lord, Mr. Liang is here, and the old lady asked you to greet him in person!"

Jia She, who was appreciating antiques with Zhang Lingxuan in his yard, was stunned when he heard these words. Manager Liang?Who?
The servant who came to deliver the letter was running out of breath, Ling Xuan hurriedly said: "You should make it clear, who is here?"

"Yes...it's the chief eunuch of the inner court, Liang Jiugong. He has already arrived at the door of our house. The concierge went to tell the old lady first, and the old lady said that the elder should change his clothes immediately and go to greet him in person!"

As soon as they heard the words "Liang Jiugong", both Jia She and his wife came to their senses. Ling Xuan hurriedly ordered someone to get clothes for Jia She, and then said to the servant: "Got it, go back to the old lady, Just say that the uncle will go immediately."

Here the servant turned around and ran away again, but Jia Amnesty was still at a loss: "Liang Jiugong? What the hell, what is he doing at our house?"

Zhang Lingxuan didn't listen, and said: "How do we know this? Our family has no friendship with this Liang Jiugong, and he has never been here before. I think the emperor sent him here. This Liang Jiugong But the big red man next to the emperor, he suddenly came, either to deliver a message for the saint, or to make eyes for the saint. I am also surprised here, our family has never had any major incidents, how can it attract the attention of the emperor? Did Liang Jiugong come here?"

Zhang Lingxuan's words reminded Jia Amnesty that his heart skipped a beat, could it be because of the Ning Manor's affairs?The clan has just been divided, and the ancestral hall of the Rongguo Mansion has not been built yet, does the Emperor intend to dispose of the Ning Mansion?

Jia Amnesty was extremely apprehensive, and he didn't dare to delay at all. After changing his clothes, he hurried to meet Liang Jiugong.But when Liang Jiugong saw Jia She, he was in private clothes and only brought one of his little apprentices with him. It looked like he was here to visit.

"Hey, this is General Jia? I've heard of you for a long time."

Jia She hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Don't dare, I'll invite you from afar."

Jia Amnesty personally led Liang Jiugong to the flower hall of the main hall of Rongguo Mansion, and served the guests with high-quality fragrant tea and exquisite pastries.Liang Jiugong also exchanged some pleasantries, and took a few sips of tea before he started the topic: "General Jia ordered the Rongguo Mansion to be built, is it comfortable to live in?"

Jia Amnesty's eyelids twitched, hey, Mr. Liang, there is something in his words.

Jia Amnesty had no choice but to say: "But I am ashamed to rely on the shadow of my ancestors."

Liang Jiugong picked up the teacup with a half-smile, took another sip, and said leisurely, "I heard that when this mansion was built, the Jia family didn't have that much money. Our Emperor Taizong 'borrowed' some money." 10 taels of silver was given to the Jia family to build this house, right?"

Not to mention, I'm afraid that only Jia Mu and Jia She in the Rongguo Mansion know about this matter, not even Jia Zheng.

At that time, Jia Yuan, the first generation of Rongguo Duke, conquered the world with Emperor Taizong Huang Taiji and became a founding hero.But at that time, although the Qing Dynasty was victorious and confiscated many valuable things, the world was unstable and money was used everywhere. Emperor Taizong wanted to reward these ministers, but he did not have that much spare power, so he just confiscated the capital. The mansion of the former Ming officials who came here was allocated to the heroes under him to live in.

Later, the court became stable, and Taizong Huang Taiji indeed rewarded Jia Yuan and his family of four kings and eight princes with several 10 taels of silver for rebuilding the mansion. The plaque for building Rongguo Mansion was also bestowed by Emperor Taizong at that time.

But isn't this money a reward?When did the Jia family owe money to the court?Or is there something unknown inside this?

What a ghost!If you take the money from the emperor's family, naturally you will get it if the emperor says it is a reward, and if the emperor says it is a loan, then you will borrow it. How can you still have a temper?Besides, there was no imperial edict at that time, but the eunuchs carried the money from the palace. There was no basis for it. Of course, it was what the emperor said.

Jia Amnesty had black lines in his head, but he didn't dare to refute, he just said: "Father-in-law Rong Bing, I'm afraid my mother will know more about this matter, if father-in-law is free, I would like to sit in my mother's courtyard ?”

Liang Jiugong nodded and said: "Since we're here, it's time to meet the old lady and lead the way."

Well, Jia Amnesty knew that he was not Liang Jiugong's opponent, and he couldn't hear his subtext, so let Jia's mother face him by herself.

When they came to Jia Mu's yard, the old man was waiting at the door early. Seeing Liang Jiugong, he smiled and said, "What kind of wind brought Manager Liang here? Is this the first time you have come to Rongguo Mansion? Come on, come on, Sit down quickly, the old woman doesn’t have any good tea for the father-in-law, so the father-in-law will just use it, if you really can’t get used to it, then it’s the old woman’s fault, and the father-in-law can exchange this for some good tea.”

Mother Jia gave Yuanyang a wink, and Yuanyang hurriedly took out a dark gray money bag with exquisite embroidery, and handed it to Liang Jiugong with both hands. Liang Jiugong's apprentice opened the money bag and looked at it. The shot is generous, much better than his son.

Liang Jiugong was also willing to give Jiamu this face, accepted the bag of gold, and exchanged a few words with Jiamu.

Suddenly, he looked distressed and said: "Madam, can you back away, I really have something important to tell the old lady and the old man here today."

When Jia Mu heard the words, she dared not obey, and immediately retreated to the left and right, leaving only four people in the room.

Liang Jiugong said: "This time, the emperor asked me to ask you, old man, when will the money owed to the emperor be paid back? Oh, it was the money that Emperor Taizong rewarded to build this house. Naturally, it was said to be a reward at the beginning, but today the emperor said It was borrowed, old lady, do you know what is the reason here?"

"This……"

Mother Jia didn't live in vain all these years, she just connected the cause and effect of the matter after thinking about it, and she cried inwardly.

It is estimated that the emperor is going to take action against Ningguo Mansion, that's why Liang Jiugong was asked to come and give Rongguo Mansion a step down, so that when the emperor sent Jia's family down, he would have a reason to lift up and put it down gently on Rongguo Mansion.In the final analysis, the Rongguo Mansion has done so much evil just by the group of slaves under it for so many years. If they want to punish the Rongguo Mansion, they need as many witnesses as they want.

But now, the emperor unexpectedly asked Liang Jiugong to come to ask for money, obviously to give the Rongguo Mansion a chance, whether it is owed money or tribute silver, in short, the Rongguo Mansion handed over a large amount of silver to the court. No matter how you put it, it is a credit, the emperor is not good at picking people after they have done meritorious service, if this is the case, it will be regarded as hurting the old minister's heart.

(End of this chapter)