The eldest son of the red mansion

Jia Ke had made up her mind a long time ago about the interspatial ring, and only told her successor to let him rely on this secret to guarantee the Jia family's glory for hundreds of years.

Jia Ke paused for a while, and then said: "If one day I'm gone and there's nothing left to say, you can clean my body yourself and see what's left. Remember, don't leave anything behind. Let others touch my dead body."

Jia Ke felt that this was the only secret he could leave to future generations to ensure the prosperity of the family. Naturally, the less people knew about it, the better.The reason why I want to tell Qin Keqing the truth now is because I am afraid that if one day, I don't have time to say it, I will go home.Give Qin Keqing this clue, and his descendants will also have some hope of finding it.

"After you go back, order Qiaoling of the mansion to clean up and go serve the second girl."

Jia Ke thought that this Qiaoling had lived in her house for so many years, and she was considered safe.

Back then, in order to help Aunt Zhang send a message, Qiaoling traveled hundreds of miles begging and came to her own village. With her loyalty, she was asked to serve Jia Yingchun, so Jia Ke was relieved.

And with Qiao Ling, Jia Ke can also know the news of Jia Yingchun from time to time, which makes Jia Yingchun's life better.

In case of any urgent matter, after so many years in the Marquis of Wuyang, Qiaoling can come to see Qin Keqing with ease, and can also prevent Jia She, the father, from selling Jia Yingchun like in the dream of the Red Chamber.

Even when Jia Lian and Jia Amnesty saw something, they probably wouldn't dare to take any action. After all, Qiao Ling was sent by Hou Hu of Wuyang.

Chapter 444 Confrontation

After Jia Ke went back, everything about Jia Yingchun was handed over to Qin Keqing, and Qin Keqing did not disappoint Jia Ke's expectations.From that day on, she took over all of Jia Yingchun's affairs.

From this day on, Jia Yingchun started to live and became better. No matter how much Wang Xifeng gave her monthly money, the Marquis of Wuyang would give her another share according to her status.

All of Jia Yingchun's meals are now in charge of the Marquis of Wuyang's mansion, and it is also listed separately in the Zhuijin Building where Jia Yingchun lives. A small kitchen is arranged for Jia Yingchun, and a cook is sent.

These treatments made Jia Baoyu a little jealous. Although he was the most favored son in the Rongguo Mansion, he didn't have such treatment as a small kitchen.

And soon Mother Jia knew about it, and she was puzzled about it at first, but she quickly put it aside and didn't care about it.Regarding Jia Ke's affairs, Jia's mother has always been very tolerant.

After Jia Lian knew about this, his face was gloomy for several days.But he didn't dare to say anything to Jia Ke face to face, so he could only hold back his breath.Since then, the relationship between the two has become more and more distant.

After Jia Ke finished dealing with Jia Yingchun's matter, she seemed to let go of one thing on her mind.He refocused his energy on matters in the court.

During this period of time, the emperor appeared again.During an early morning court, Jia Ke was unexpectedly attacked.

In an early morning meeting in July, all the ministers paid homage to the emperor.I thought it was nothing serious. After dealing with some trivial matters, everyone can go back to their respective homes.

Suddenly the emperor stood up from the throne, went to the imperial steps and said to the ministers: "My dear ministers, we have finished discussing other matters. I have something to announce to you here."

All the ministers saw that since the emperor has something to do, then everyone should listen, anyway, it's okay to come home a little later.

The emperor saw that all the ministers were standing there respectfully listening to his teachings, and the smiles on his face grew more and more, "All the lovers also know that there are floods in the south this year, and there is a drought in Shaanxi. We can’t make ends meet. Therefore, we will discuss with everyone to see if there is any way to increase revenue and reduce expenditure.”

When the emperor said this, all the officials below felt a little helpless.There were natural and man-made disasters this year, and another 300 million taels of silver were lost.Naturally, it was stretched.Now the emperor wants to increase income and reduce expenditure, how can there be such a good thing.

Seeing that everyone was silent, the emperor was not angry, but still smiled and said to everyone: "Since you have nothing to do, I will say one."

"We are deciding to raise the tax rate by [-]% this year. What do you love me think?" The emperor began to smile when he said this.

He thought about this method for a long time. He thought that the tax of the imperial court was not high in the first place. It was only [-] in [-] tax. If he increased it by [-]%, it would only be changed to [-] in [-]. Although the common people would suffer some losses, they would not just live. not go down.Wait until next year's economic situation improves, and then cut taxes by yourself.

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, the ministers below were in an uproar.

Now that the court is in its prime, the ministers in the court still have some conscience.They know that it is not easy for the people. Although it seems that the imperial court only pays one tax per fifteen, in fact the tax is several times that.After all, the officials below have to live, and they have to live well.The money will naturally come from the common people.I'm afraid that the emperor is the only one in the world who doesn't know about this matter.

The ministers below began to worry that if it was the current taxation, the people would still be able to survive.If three more layers are added, the people below will increase these three layers of taxes several times to collect.How will the people live then?

While all the ministers were discussing there, Liu Yu, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, was the first to stand up and support the emperor. The emperor's thoughts."

As soon as Liu Yu finished speaking, the old Meng Ming next to him couldn't help it.Seeing him jumping out, standing beside Liu Yu and pointing at him, he scolded: "Well, you are a treacherous official who has brought disaster to the country and the people. I used to think that you just had different ideas in your heart. I didn't expect you to hide such a disaster."

When the emperor was happy, he saw that old Meng Ming was the first to stand up and scold Liu Yu, and he felt annoyed for a while. He was not scolding Liu Yu, but he was clearly scolding himself.

"Meng Ming, you are also the minister of military aircraft, how can you speak rudely in the court and still not return me to the class." The emperor roared loudly at Meng Ming, shaking the whole gate of Qianqing.

When Meng Ming heard the emperor's words, he quickly turned around, knelt in front of the emperor and said, "Long live, this tax increase method must never be implemented. If this policy is implemented, the world will be in chaos."

"Meng Ming, don't rely on the old to sell the old, tell me, why is the world in chaos? I still don't believe it, just add a few layers of taxes and the world will be reversed." The emperor's temper has also come up now, insisting on letting Meng Ming made it clear in front of everyone.

If it was someone else, they would have retreated by now.But this old Meng Ming is a young man, despite his age, his temper is the same as when he was young.

"Long Live Lord, after being the emperor for so long, I'm afraid I'm still confused." Meng Ming also went all out, and said sarcastically to the emperor.

When the emperor heard his disrespectful words, how could he bear to say directly to the warriors in front of the palace: "Take this old man down for me, and put him in the dungeon. After hearing this, he will be punished."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, four or five warriors rushed to the palace to take old Meng Ming.

At this moment, Jia Ke couldn't stand it any longer. Anyway, old Meng Ming had helped him before, and he was on his side during this time, so he must not look at him and be dealt with by the emperor like this.

"Long Live Lord, please calm down. Minister Jia Ke, please forgive him this time because of the extrajudicial kindness of Long Live Lord." As soon as Jia Ke stepped forward to intercede, the golden armored warriors did not dare to tie up old Meng Ming again.Just standing there in a daze, not knowing who to listen to.

The emperor is also a clever one, he was just annoyed just now.Now it is embarrassing to see a few warriors standing there in front of the temple, knowing that they dare not do anything because of Jia Ke.So the donkey had no choice but to wave to them and let them go down first.

The emperor calmed down his anger for a while, and then asked: "Meng Ming, Jia Ke begged you for mercy, and I will forgive you this time. Now you know that you are wrong."

Unexpectedly, Meng Ming is now a strong order, he straightened his neck and said to the emperor: "What I said just now is the truth, there is nothing wrong with it."

When the emperor heard this, he immediately became angry again, "Okay, then tell me. What is wrong? I will forgive you if you are right. If you are wrong, today is your death day."

Old Meng Ming is now willing to go all out, and he raised his hand to the emperor, and then said: "The emperor probably doesn't know, how much is the salary of this dynasty?"

The emperor stood there with a sneer and said, "Why do I still starve all of you ministers? You don't look like you have no money to eat."

Old Mengming raised his head and said: "I'm afraid the emperor doesn't know. As the Minister of Military Affairs, the Imperial Academy's salary is only 180 taels a year. If I live on this money, I'm afraid I'll starve to death. Not to mention Those little officials of the sixth and seventh ranks."

The emperor was really shocked when he heard this. Although he had been emperor for several years, he had never cared about the salaries of the ministers.He always thought that each of these ministers was well-clothed and well-fed, which was bestowed by him, the emperor.

At this time Liu Yu stood up and faced Old Meng Ming, "My lord, do you think that Emperor Taizu is unfair?"

Jia Ke saw that Liu Yu had labeled old Meng Ming as soon as he came up, and also came out and said to him: "Don't frame others indiscriminately. When did the old man say such a thing? Could it be that you saw that he was disrespectful to you just now, so now you have to do it in public." framed him."

When Liu Yu wanted to say something, the emperor said angrily from above, "Shut up, both of you. You can talk after listening to what this old man has to say."

When Jia Ke heard that the emperor was so rude, she didn't intend to argue with him, so she silently retreated to the class.

Liu Yu had no one to quarrel with him, so he could only stand aside and watch what Old Meng Ming had to say.

Old Meng Ming continued, "Does the Emperor think that with this little money, we can still support our family?"

Old Meng Ming's words only made the emperor speechless, but he was even more dissatisfied with this old guy in his heart, how could any courtier in the court fail the emperor like this.

Seeing that the emperor did not speak, old Mengming continued to raise his head and said: "Since the people below have no money to support their families, they naturally have to find other ways. They can only work hard on taxation. Now the emperor collects a lot of money." If the tax is divided, the people below dare to collect three points."

When the emperor heard what old Meng Ming said, his face turned black.Only now did he understand that his dynasty was not as stable as he imagined.If old Meng Ming hadn't confided in him today, he would have thought that the common people would live and work in peace and contentment.

The emperor did not become angry, but stood up and walked to the imperial steps, and gave the ministers below a hard look.

Seeing the emperor's unkind expression, all the ministers lowered their heads and carefully observed their feet, as if there were some flowers on them.