Zhen Fei rises up in the Red Chamber

Although the members of the Lin family did not publicize their anti-corruption actions to the outside world, many people still followed in their footsteps and made a fuss at home. It's just that such actions are very secretive.The reason for this situation, speaking of it, was due to Zhen Ji.No way, his money-saving joke is really classic, so when the wives of various families talk about their children, they sometimes say it accidentally.

There are basically no idiots who can become the mistresses of various families. Naturally, they can hear the information here, and they will naturally take action immediately.On the other hand, the servants who might get the news in the end kept their mouths tightly closed. There are two reasons for this situation. The first one is that those who can know about this matter have basically cleaned up their house. At this moment, the servants of each family are tense, afraid that the master will catch some pigtails and drive them out. You must know that the current people in this aristocratic family live a smaller life than ordinary people. It's all good. Those who are current generations, or those who have death contracts, have their wealth and lives in the hands of the master. At such a time, they dare not disobey any order of the master. The other is Because they also somewhat want to watch a good show in their hearts, gloating at others' misfortune.My own family is like this, if those other families also have such thoughts, then what will happen to the stewards of other families who were more arrogant than them in the past?It must be even worse if you think about it, they are more greedy than their own people, so they are determined not to let them have the time and possibility to prepare.

Why do you feel that these people will have time to deal with the news?This is very simple. Although there is no class revolution in this world, classes will always exist. That is to say, those servants are naturally a class. A good position may easily cause disputes, and even step on others to seek more benefits for oneself, but there are not many people who really want to report the tricks in these things to the master, let alone those who are in charge I'm not a fool, I know the importance of these things, if I'm not my own person, and if I've already gagged my mouth with money, then it's irrelevant, I don't know, no, it's too ostentatious.

So, under such circumstances, it is really too easy for the master to be deceived. After all, no master would go shopping to find out the market by himself!Who has ever seen masters with big businesses go to the streets to buy vegetables and fabrics in clothing stores one by one?Not to mention that in the homes of these big families, many things are not bought from outside, and many of them are delivered from their own farms, or things in their own shops, and it is easier for them to give trust to these.But they forget that even if they are trustworthy and loyal store managers and shopkeepers, the amount that can be reported to them every year is only one year's profit, and there will be no specific price or anything, and the same is true in the village. They will not tell the master about these prices. As for the things that are not available in the shops of various villages and need to be purchased, no one will care about the price. In this way, they have completely lost touch with the prices outside, so To be honest, no one really thought that there would be such a loophole after all the calculations.

Since Zhen Ji's joke slowly spread, it was the day when all the purchasing managers' nightmares in the entire capital began. If it wasn't for them not being able to figure out what happened, the master's family became shrewd all of a sudden. , actually wanted to check the price of goods, probably at this moment they are all thinking about how to beat Zhen Ji with a sap, because they are afraid of identity issues, they will be imprisoned to die, there is no way to directly make a move, and it is estimated that the villain will definitely not is a decimal.

Such secretive families are spreading anti-corruption actions little by little. Although on the surface these things are handled very cleanly, none of the uninformed people outside know these things, but one person does. Clearly, that person is the emperor.

When he saw that the secret reports of four or five families started to clean up the affairs of each house, he began to pay attention to it. For one or two families, it can be said that each house has moths, but if this The range of moth families began to expand, from civil servants to military officials, from middle-class families to noble families, all of them had such problems, so it was definitely not a moth problem, but a system problem. His first reaction was to investigate, It is necessary to check the purchasing system of these people to see what is wrong with it. As an emperor, he definitely has a natural sensitivity to the system.

After waiting for the situation of each family to be clarified, he immediately did one thing, that is, let his hidden guards start to check his own imperial merchants. One nature, I also occasionally met those officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the officials of the Internal Treasury, all of which belong to this type of official position. Since these officials and eunuchs can make mistakes, it is also hard to say here.

Who in this world is most afraid of the word seriousness. Even if these people have no corruption, basically none of them can stand the investigation, and no one has anything dirty, right? As long as they are officials Yes, no one can guarantee that they have never bullied others, let alone these officials who belong to the emperor's subjects. Although the official positions are not too high, the power is actually not small, and the amount of oil and water is so enviable. Those who can persevere and not be tempted are like saints.

No one can say that he is a saint these days, so when the emperor saw the report sent by the secret guard, he almost had a myocardial infarction. For the first time, he found out that he was actually the number one Kaizi in the world, and it was everyone who fooled him. No matter what it is, even if it is the most common, as long as it enters the palace, the price is nearly [-] times higher than the price outside, and there are even many things that are still outdated and belong to outside shops. The goods that are almost unsalable, although these are used by some of the lowest rough eunuchs and palace people, he can't see them, but don't forget that their purchase price is based on the second season's new style. Ten times came in.This really made the emperor have the urge to vomit blood.

A bowl of medicine fell into the emperor's stomach, and a bowl of medicine fell to the ground and turned into eight petals.The room was silent, even the eunuchs on duty outside couldn't help their legs and feet began to tremble, and they murmured to themselves, I don't know who angered the emperor again, I don't know who caused trouble again, you know, the emperor hasn't dropped anything like this for a long time .

"I was so merciful in the past, go and deal with this matter."

When the emperor said this, his eyes were cold, and his face became a little hideous under the candlelight.The entire palace began to chill, and the emperor was so angry that he bled for thousands of miles.It's always fun. Of course, such things are also family ugliness. The emperor also needs face. He won't handle it too much. He can't let everyone know that he is being taken advantage of. Although he feels, in fact Those who should know knew it long ago, but he still had to cover it with a fig leaf, so soon, the news of defective products in the palace spread like this, and then the Ministry of Internal Affairs began to be unlucky, Purchased defective products to enter the palace, and let the emperor know. Seeing that this is not bad luck, many related people directly confiscated their homes and dismissed them for the crime of dereliction of duty. There are also several directly responsible persons, namely In the past, the officials who were in charge of receiving the imperial merchants and inspecting the goods had the most money and the most powerful ones were convicted of deceiving the emperor and contempt of the imperial power, and the whole family was sent to prison.Even several imperial merchants were fined a large sum of money, and several of them were deprived of their imperial merchant brands.

When the matter reached this stage, the fool also knew that something big happened in the palace, but not everyone dared to inquire about such a thing, so everyone pretended not to know, anyway, it was a matter belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they had nothing to do with it. big relationship.Only those who had sorted out the corruption problem at home were very thoughtful, and carefully sorted out the officials who were pulled down one by one, and their eyes immediately lit up.

Look at their official positions, look at the final punishment method, how can they still not understand, I am afraid that the emperor, like his own family, has discovered those things, and the things in the palace are definitely more important than theirs. The son must be big, this is for sure, how much can their family buy, and how many should there be in the palace?The entire palace, from top to bottom, is afraid that the daily expenses will be comparable to that of a family like them for a year.

With this thought, these people immediately turned their attention to the people whose homes had been ransacked, and began to use their skills to inquire about the property of these people.

It's actually normal for them to behave like this, because according to the practice of previous years, except for the selected and particularly precious items in the palace, the things obtained from the house raids are basically unnecessary in the palace, and there is nowhere to hide so many things. That is also a waste, not to mention that the ransacking of the house belongs to the income of the imperial court and the national treasury. Even if it is a family now, there are some inside and outside, public and private matters that need to be paid attention to.As for the household department, for them, there is nothing worthwhile.Therefore, the final destination of these things that were regarded as very good objects in the past is to be released and sold to various officials.Even in order to release things as soon as possible and change the line, the price will probably be very low, and it may even reach [-]%. In this way, it is simply offering benefits to everyone. Cheap right?

Especially those Tiandi Zhuangzi, there are many officials in the capital, there are many aristocratic families, and there are more big families. As a result, the surrounding land is really tight. As a result, these lands have become hot items for sale after every house raid , I don’t know how many people are staring there, wanting to buy more property for themselves, even those shops are also very marketable, there are not too many of them, some are in good locations, and several may even compete.On the contrary, those ancient books, calligraphy and paintings are only interested in those literati, and some furniture and decorations are the favorites of ordinary officials. Adding such things can make a few more pieces available for those who don't have much background , or something that puts out a long face.The remaining antiques, gold and jade are dispensable. Every time such a thing happens, these are the worst sellers in the end, because no one is short of such things, and in the end there are many It went to some antique shops.

This time, seeing so many people's homes being ransacked at once, officials in the capital city who knew they had nothing to do with it, and felt safe, all naturally focused on these actual interests.But what they didn't expect was that this time the emperor had also learned to be smart. After suffering a loss and knowing that he was always being taken advantage of, he really wanted to take out these officials and let them bleed to make up for his losses.Fortunately, after these people ransacked their homes, they copied a lot of money, which made the Ministry of Households a windfall, which made the emperor feel a little bit more balanced, otherwise he might have to think about how to lower the prices of these things. Go up and up.If this is the case, then it is estimated that the harem concubine's visit to relatives will be held 40 years earlier.

But even so, the emperor is not going to continue to suffer. In order to make himself smarter, so that he can see clearly the family background of these officials, and see clearly the loyalty and incorruptibility of these officials to him, the emperor first asked people to inquire After knowing the market prices of all the objects, I started to brainstorm ideas on how to sell things at a good price.

This is really embarrassing to those ministers who were dragged by the emperor to have a small meeting. Although it is said that they can have such a small meeting, it shows that their family is worthy of the emperor's trust and something to be proud of, but they all He is a person who is specialized in being an official, but he is really not proficient in business, so what advice can he give?They don't even have to take care of their own affairs.

But even if they don't understand, they can't say it in front of the emperor, let alone have some suggestions, otherwise, wouldn't they tell the emperor that they are all parallel imports?After that, do they still hang out?It is not an easy task to regain the Sacred Heart after losing it.So these ministers were really frowning, worrying about their hearts, and their minds were working fast, thinking of one solution after another that they thought was feasible.

In the end, someone still gave reasonable suggestions. For professional matters, let professionals handle them. For example, invite the owner of the most famous and time-honored antique brand in Beijing to come over and ask him to talk about what he can do.

For this owner, who have been businessmen all their lives, this is the most glorious moment for their ancestors for eighteen generations. They actually have the opportunity to meet all the important officials in the court. Yes, they are important officials. The emperor will not meet this old guy, no? He didn't want to listen to the old man's suggestion immediately, and he didn't want to discriminate against the businessman. On the [-]th, he needed to consider the feelings of the nobles in the court. Strong backlash, scholars, farmers, businessmen, this is the level of rules established for thousands of years, and it cannot be overturned at will.It is already a great courtesy for these important ministers to come forward.It is estimated that the censors can spray his saliva for several days for this.

Fortunately, this kind of effort is worth it. They really gave a good suggestion, that is, auction, give a reserve price, and then directly let those who want to buy raise the price themselves.In this way, the imperial court has no reputation for money-grubbing, and each family can still be satisfied, accept, and even scruple that all the families, officials, and even the most popular Tian Zhuangzi in the entire capital can be directly divided into thousands of acres. , Several types of hundreds of acres are auctioned separately, which can not only obtain higher profits, but also allow low-level officials who had no chance to buy good land, which can be regarded as a new land division in an alternative way.Not more more, less less.And with competition, the final transaction price would not be lower than [-]% or even [-]% of the original price.It's not that the auction won't be popular, but because each family comes here with the idea of ​​picking up cheap, if it's too high, maybe they won't be willing to sell.

As for those other things, even if they are not popular, according to the guess of the old owner, they can still be sold for about 1000% of the value of the items. In this way, it can be said that the court can earn about 300% more than the original way of handling.Don't look at it as only 500%, you have to know that this is the family property of several officials, or the families with the most oil and water in the capital, even if a family's family property is 250 million, 400% of the cash and bank notes are removed, [-] million, After getting rid of this big house, there are some other worthless things that can be put on display for sale, how come there are more than [-] million yuan. In the past, [-]% could only get [-] million yuan, but now?That is more than [-] million, what is this concept?According to today's prices, the extra money can be used to rebuild the city walls of the capital.It can be seen how big the floating here is.

As for why these people have so much money?Dear, if you can sell eggs for two pennies to the palace, you will become a man for one tael of silver. How much do you think they can embezzle?Even if the entire department is divided up together, even if all the related people are stuffed together, these people will definitely be able to accumulate such a family business, and even to a certain extent, they are a joint Heshen, It's a secret salt merchant.

In the winter of this year, the capital was still busy. After last year's kidnapping case caused a heated discussion in the entire capital, the auction held by the Ministry of Household Affairs was even more exciting than the previous house raids.Not to mention others, even Master Zhen has been excited for several days. Ever since he found out about the rules of the farm auction, Master Zhen has started to raise money. 5000 taels is really a big deal. When Zhen Hui heard this number, he thought his father had taken out the coffin.As for Master Zhen?He has already made an agreement with Mrs. Zhen that if he is lucky, he plans to take at least five hundred acres of land, and make the capital land into one thousand acres.Even the shop is going to buy one or two, and the annual rent alone is already very enviable.There is also a house, if he can buy a house with four entrances and a good location, that is his favorite. In this way, he doesn't have to endure the somewhat ugly layout of his house.The more I think about it, the more I think the money is not enough!

Speaking of it, the land is the most fundamental and the most exciting thing. Master Zhen used to have no money to buy, but no land to buy, unless he was willing to buy it farther than Tongzhou. Now it’s all right. I finally got a chance, but there are too many people who dream of such a dream, especially those officials who have saved a lot of money and have no place to buy land like him in the past, they all look like they are going to go into battle shirtless look like.So Master Zhen was a little uncertain whether he would be able to fulfill his wish smoothly.

On the contrary, Mrs. Zhen is more affordable. What she likes more is the precious wood, and some complete sets of furniture.You must know that their family has two sons who are going to get married in the future, and a daughter who is going to get married. At that time, furniture and so on are still very important. Even if it is not the most precious wood, it must be above average.There are also those decorations and antiques, which are also important. It is good to keep them as betrothal gifts and dowry in the future.If you want to know some precious objects, after passing this village, this store will disappear, and there may not be places to buy them elsewhere.

For these things, Mr. Zhen and Mrs. Zhen had a rare disagreement, and they even argued. In the end, Mr. Zhen surrendered. There was no way out. What the wife said was also true. The daughter-in-law had prepared the dowry since she was born. Everyone's consensus, he can't ignore it completely, for the sake of his daughter, the compromising Master Zhen finally decided to spend a quarter of the money to buy these things.Hey, the family still doesn't have enough money, and he still wants to buy some ancient and rare books!

Everyone was eagerly looking forward to the start of the auction, only Zhen Hui was a little dazed and didn't know what he was thinking.If someone could get into his mind, I'm afraid he would feel a little confused right now, because he was constantly recalling whether he had heard that his country had a history of auctions in the feudal era.It's really surprising that such an event with such a modern process has occurred here, and what is going on to re-divide the size and grade of the fields, this really doesn't look like the handiwork of those civil servants!Could it be that besides whether the butterfly incident happened or not, he can still have the brain of the butterfly man?This is a big joke.

Zhen Hui's dazed state didn't last long, because his father found him. The reason is very simple. This father, who is becoming less and less like a father, came to raise money. He knows his son's small coffers. , It is estimated that 1000 taels can be touched. If you don’t take it out at this time and use it at home, how long will it be?

Master Zhen's action almost scared Zhen Hui to death, his little treasury was his heart, how could he just give it away?After all, he finally gave 500 meanings. Of course, as a son, he is also very helpful to his father.

Dad doesn't have enough money?This is easy to handle. Since there is nothing to pay back the money owed by the treasury, go to the treasury to borrow 1 taels first, and then repay 2000 taels a year without interest. Such a good loan condition does not need to be a fool .Of course, paying back the money is a must, and punctuality is even more important. Reputation is the most important thing for literati, not to mention that there is an emperor watching here.As for why not pay it all at once?Attitude is everything you know?As long as you pay back the money, you are a good comrade, and you don't have to worry about being settled by Qiuhou.Especially when there are so many old rascals who refuse to pay back the money there to compare.

There are actually quite a few smart people like Zhen Hui. Just as Mr. Zhen walked towards the auction site in high spirits, the latest statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs showed that over a period of time, more than one hundred people came to the treasury to borrow money. , and the total loaned out silver exceeded 300 million.Fortunately, Mr. Zhen, an honest boy, was the first to write down the specific repayment plan and time, so that the people in the household department could finally feel a little comforted, and don't have to worry about all of them becoming bad debts and bad debts.Otherwise, they might cry to death right now.