The eldest son of the red mansion

In the next few days, Jia Yuanchun invited Jia Kejian to her Palace of Compassion and Peace, and told him about this matter.

After listening to Jia Yuanchun's words, Jia Ke thought for a while and said, "Big sister has made up her mind?"

After hearing this, Jia Yuanchun said helplessly, "There is no other way."

Jia Ke knew Jia Yuanchun's difficulties, so she made the decision for her, "Since this is the case, there is nothing to say. If people in the world ask you, you will say that you cannot do without your son, and you will be with him in the future."

Jia Yuanchun also laughed after hearing this explanation, isn't that the case?I feel sorry for my son, what else can people in the world say?

So the last item of Emperor Daxing's funeral was also decided.

Jia Ke did not neglect after leaving Jia Yuanchun's place, and immediately ordered the people in the Ministry of Rites to seal up the tomb of Emperor Daxing according to the original etiquette.

Before sealing the imperial mausoleum, the coffin of the former empress was lifted out and buried in a random place in the mausoleum of the concubine.

As a result, in the emperor's mausoleum, there was not even a single accompanying person.

At the same time, the temple name of Emperor Daxing was recorded in the Historical Records, Emperor Sizongli.

And this temple name is very bad, which shows how poor Jia Ke's sense of the emperor is.

On the last day of the ceremony, Jia Kehe and the civil and military ministers came to the mausoleum of Emperor Daxing in person, ordered people to seal the Vajra Wall, and then lowered the Qianjin Gate. From now on, if there are no special circumstances, the mausoleum will be closed Will never open again.

Up to now, all the processes have been concluded in a hurry. Although there are many according to the etiquette, compared with the first emperor, it is very simple.

From now on, the world can be said to have entered a new era. From now on, Jia Ke will rule the world in the name of the regent.

Chapter 625 Salt Matter

Soon it will be the time of Chinese New Year, and the Jia family's New Year's celebration will naturally be more lively this year.

And Jia Ke also came back from the palace several times, one to visit the old lady, and the other to offer incense to the ancestors of the Jia family.

After these things were over, Jia Ke returned to the palace.

After the beginning of spring, the imperial court has more affairs every year, especially the arrangement of spring plowing, which is the top priority of the year, which is related to the stability of the imperial court in the next year.

In the year when Jia Ke ruled the world with integrity, he didn't want anything to go wrong.So Jia Ke successively issued several decrees in the name of the regent.Officials from all over the country are required to pay attention to spring plowing, and the chief officials from all over the place must go to the fields in person.

There is a way that what is good at the top must be followed at the bottom.Jia Ke's statement made the officials below who were eager to get promoted naturally put on a show.

Therefore, this year, the county magistrates and state officials in various places have suffered a lot in the fields, but they did not complain. Instead, they praised Jia Ke one by one, saying that he cared about the suffering of the people.

And during this time, another incident occurred in the salt factories in Huainan.

It turns out that the salt produced by the salt farms this year is much more than in previous years, but the salt merchants have imported a lot less salt than in previous years.

The stewards of the salt factory felt bad when they saw this situation. Although they were already fed by the salt merchants, what the salt merchants did this time was a little too much.

If the court finds out, how should they explain to the court?

So the stewards of a salt factory communicated with each other to discuss, and then they collectively invited all the major salt merchants in Huainan to a restaurant.

The salt merchants in Huainan are headed by Wang Yinggeng, who is not a good idiot. After he arrives at the restaurant, he doesn't pay attention to the management of the saltworks he has fed.

And the stewards of the salt factory got a lot of money from him, and now they begged him in front of him, they were naturally humble.

Sitting in the middle, Wang Yinggeng didn't take the soft words of those in charge seriously.

"This year, the demand for salt in various places has decreased a lot, and these salt merchants have no way to serve the imperial court. I think you should find another way."

Among the extended staff, there was a man named Li Yingtai. Although this man was also respected by the salt merchants, he still had a bit of selfishness.

After hearing Wang Yinggeng's words, Li Yingtai was a little annoyed, "Mr. Wang, this matter is not about our salt factory. If the salt tax paid this year and the profit of the salt factory are reduced, the court blames it. Mr. Wang, what do you want?" Can you afford it?"

Wang Yinggeng was a little silent after hearing this. This is indeed something he was worried about. To be honest this year, the amount of salt used in various places has not decreased, and it is even a little more than in previous years.It's just that the current patrolling salt censor is not like Lin Ruhai who didn't get in at all. This person has been bribed by them, so these salt merchants dare to be so unscrupulous.

It should be said that besides buying salt from regular salt factories, these salt merchants’ main source of income is their own private cooking of private salt.

If the patrolling salt censors were more strict, they would not dare to be unscrupulous, and the court could still get a lot of salt tax and the profits of the salt factory.

For example, Wang Yingtai has completely bribed the salt patrol envoy now, so he is no longer in charge, so these salt merchants in the south of the Yangtze River have become unscrupulous in the past few years.

The stewards of these salt factories are also well aware of this matter, but their main purpose is to make some money when they serve as officials.

Now hearing the words of these severely punished managers, these people are also a little worried. If the salt tax is too low this year, the court will check it out, and they will feel uncomfortable.

What worries Wang Yinggeng even more is that the Shanxi merchants in Shanxi have always been eyeing salt trafficking. If this incident gives them a handle, let them mobilize their power in the court. With the protection of some officials, I'm afraid they won't be able to pass Jia Ke's test.

After Wang Yinggeng thought it through, he said to the managers of the salt factory: "In this case, I will make up another 80 taels of silver. What do you think?"

The stewards of the salt factories all looked at each other in blank dismay after hearing this, saying that the 80 silver cars can make up for the profits of the original factories, but the salt tax is not what the 80 silver cars can make up for, and it may not be able to settle without 200 million cars The grievances of those bigwigs in the court.

So all the stewards of the salt factory looked at each other, and finally focused their eyes on Li Yingtai.

Li Yingtai naturally did his part, he stood up with a gloomy expression and said to Wang Yinggeng, "Boss Wang, are you kidding us?"

Wang Yinggeng was not in a hurry to go, he picked up the wine glass and drank a glass of wine, and then took another mouthful of the braised carp with ease.

Only then slowly raised his head, Li Yingtai looked at him and said: "Master Li, I took out 80 taels from my own pocket, and I am already taking care of the court's face. I am afraid that it will be too much for us salt merchants to pay for it." Impossible, I think Master Li should think of another way."

After Li Yingtai heard this, he laughed loudly, "Boss Wang, can't you see the situation clearly? No matter how powerful you are, can you compare to the Zhen family in Jiangnan? I think Boss Wang should hurry up and make up the tax and money." , it’s convenient for everyone, otherwise, disaster will come from the sky, and I’m afraid we won’t be able to protect our lives.”

Wang Yinggeng was furious after hearing this. Isn't this a curse on his family's destruction?Now that the face has been torn apart, there is no need to joke with these little people here.

Even Wang Yinggeng stopped talking, stood up, turned around and left the restaurant, while the other salt merchants saw that their leading brothers had gone, so they also turned and left one by one.

The remaining stewards of the salt factory began to complain about Li Yingtai.

"Master Li is too impulsive. Boss Wang is so angry. How will we get along here in the future?"

"I think Mr. Li should hurry up and apologize to Boss Wang, so there may be room for relaxation."

After hearing these words, Li Yingtai sneered at the stewards of the salt factory.

"You are still worried about offending Wang Yingtai. If you can't pay the money in a few days, you won't be able to keep the first one of us."

Li Yingtai's words silenced all these stewards.

Seeing that these people were all silent, Li Yingtai continued: "Since Wang Yinggeng is not benevolent, don't blame us people for being unrighteous. I think we should tell the truth. The court owed so much money, so naturally we have to send someone down." Check and see how Wang Yingtai ends up."

And after listening to all the managers, they also felt that this was the only way to go, they couldn't pay Wang Yinggeng himself to wipe his ass.

So after they went back, they jointly reported to Jia Ke, saying that this year, the salt merchants bought much less salt than in previous years, and the profits of the salt factory and the salt tax were greatly reduced. check.

These styles are not fuel-efficient lamps. Knowing that something big is going to happen this time, they hastily withdrew their savings, many of which were put into the official accounts, and tried to settle the accounts. In this way, they lost a lot of money. There is less money, but at least the official prestige and life can be preserved. As long as this position does not move, the money will still be recovered in a year or two.

The Xunyan Yushi also knew that something was wrong. This time, if the imperial court found out that his property and life could not be saved, he also went to Wang Yinggeng's mansion several times to report to him.