The most rigid Jia Amnesty in the history of the Red Chamber

The current Minister of the Household Department is named Zeng Kuo, and the corners of Zeng Kuo's mouth twitched when he heard that the yamen servant said that the first-class general Jia Amnesty had asked to see him and had brought several carts of gifts.

At this time, Zeng Kuo hadn't opened Jia She's post yet, so he didn't know Jia She's reason for coming.A well-known dude in the capital like Jia She, who was born in a noble family, often did simple and rude things, such as donating money to an official or something.Because of inherent prejudice, Zeng Kuo thought that Jia Amnesty was here to bribe.

Bribing and dragging a whole load of gifts to the gate of the yamen, who are you trying to drag into the water?Was Jia Amnesty sent by one of his political enemies?

Thinking of this, Zeng Kuo resolutely rejected Jia Amnesty's request for a meeting, as resolute as if he wanted to keep his virginity.

The yamen servant listened to Shangshu's order and naturally stopped Jia Amnesty's request to see him.

Hearing the yamen servant's reply, Jia She was stunned for a moment, there are actually people in this world who are too eager to pay back the money?

In fact, Zeng Kuo can't be blamed for this.

The servants of Rongguo Mansion are all clueless.Although the matter of Rongguo Mansion's sub-mansion was insisted by Jia Mu, only Jia Zhen came forward to witness, several masters of Rongguo Mansion, father and son of the Shi family, and Wang Ziteng participated; The city knows.In addition to those servants who were sold out, as well as the rumors from the Rongguo Mansion, there were various speculations and rumors about the recent events in the Rongguo Mansion.

In short, no matter how you guess it, the fact that Shi Hui and Wang Ziteng each gave Jia Amnesty 10 taels of silver was exposed.

Lai's and Zhou Rui's homes were confiscated, and except for finding the poor owner's property and returning it to the poor owner, the rest of the money went to the Rongguo Mansion.As for the huge amount of money copied out, besides making people greedy, there are also rumors that the rich people's wine and meat are smelly.Look, the slaves of the Rongguo Mansion are richer than many middle-level officials and eunuchs. It can be seen how many people's fat and anointing these noble families have plundered?

In short, good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles away. Even if the things that happened in Rongguo Mansion are covered in clouds and mist, and outsiders don't really know it, the reputation of Rongguo Mansion has once again dropped a lot.The reason why it didn't plummet is because Rongguo Mansion's remaining reputation is less than a thousand feet.

The case of Jia's family shocked the rich and powerful in the capital quite a lot.The main reason is that when the common people talked about this matter, they were filled with righteous indignation, and at the same time, they would only talk about how the official family bullied men and women, and ran amok; they would not talk about how the Jia family was.You said that your Jia family's lack of strict control has caused the whole circle of human rights and nobles to be scolded.

Anyway, quite a few people in the capital knew about the financial power of the Rongguo Mansion, and it fell into the hands of Jia Amnesty.

At this time, Jia Amnesty dragged the carload of expensive furniture directly outside the gate of the household department, begging to see the secretary of the household department.

One must know that when Jia Zheng was awarded the title of principal, at that time the Rongguo Mansion was still in charge of Jia's mother, and it was quite generous for Jia Zheng to bribe a boss.

There are many such things, and there are always some rumors from various ministries, and Zeng Kuo has also heard about it.

With all kinds of antecedents, Jia Amnesty asked for a meeting with a generous gift, so it is no wonder that Zeng Kuo was thinking about it.After all, Jia Zheng, a brother, never relents in bribery, and Jia Amnesty has a bad reputation, so Zeng Kuo naturally had to guard against making political mistakes.As a humble scholar, he finally climbed up, but if he made a mistake and was caught, no one would take care of him.

In this way, Jia Amnesty was rejected.

If you eat it, you can eat it, at worst, go back to the mansion first, and change to go to the court to mention this matter by yourself tomorrow.

It's not that Jia Amnesty didn't think about what the Ministry of Household Affairs would do for himself.It's just that as a time traveler, he doesn't want to go to court.Firstly, he had to wait outside the Donghua Gate early in the morning and late at night; secondly, he didn't want to prostrate at the Golden Luan Hall and shouted long live.Therefore, Jia Amnesty first tried the way of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Of course, this road was blocked, Jia Amnesty had no choice but to go back and find another way.

Jia She ordered Lin Zhixiao to turn the car around, ready to go back to the mansion first, and at this moment, the turning point came.Jia Amnesty's car was not far away when Zeng Kuo, wearing a baggy official uniform, chased after him out of breath.

"General Jia, please stay!" Zeng Kuo shouted while running.

Jia Amnesty has been practicing for almost two months, not only is the wind blade much stronger than when he first crossed, even the five senses are sharper than before.Jia She had already heard Zeng Kuo chasing him out, but Jia She didn't make a sound.

He just wanted to make a fortune in silence and raise more supplies, but he didn't want to expose his strength too much, so Jia She knew that his hearing could not be much better than ordinary people.

Fortunately, Lin Zhixiao was also a young man in his twenties, and his hearing was pretty good. He soon heard Zeng Kuo shouting, asking Jia Amnesty, and stopped the car.

Zeng Kuo caught up, held the door of the car, took a few breaths, and said: "General Jia, I have an urgent matter to deal with this morning, so I was delayed. I just saw General Jia's post. If you are negligent, I would like to invite General Jia." Forgive me."

Lin Zhixiao drew up the curtain, Jia Amnesty jumped out of the car, and said: "Master Zeng is in charge of the household department, and he is indeed dealing with a lot of problems every day. It is my fault that I asked to see you rashly."

This is the advantage of Jia She not going to the early court. Even if he has a false title, he is still a first-class general. When he meets an important minister like Hubu Shangshu, he can just bow his hands and salute.The handshake of the ancients is similar to shaking hands with the later generations, and it will not give people a sense of inequality in personality.But kneeling is different. Traveling through the previous decades of life, Jia She has no concept of kneeling to strangers.

In order to survive, Jia Amnesty is not unable to adapt to the current background, but it is best to avoid such unpleasant things as kneeling.

The reason why Zeng Kuo chased him out was of course because he heard that Jia She had brought several carts of goods, and he was curious in his heart, how many gifts did Jia She, this dude, give him.

This kind of mood is also easy to understand. The Ministry of Household Management is in charge of the national household registration, money and food, and of course Zeng Kuo has countless opportunities to accept bribes.He was able to secure his position as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Although he is not very clean, and he accepts everything like three festivals and two birthdays, but he is by no means unprincipled greed, and he is determined not to accept bribes that should not be accepted. of.

Obviously, Jia Amnesty's bribes belonged to the category that shouldn't be accepted.Of course, although Zeng Kuo knew that the gift from Jia She could not be accepted, Zeng Kuo couldn't help but wonder how much money he missed.Therefore, the post posted by Jia Amnesty was removed, which Zeng Kuo mistakenly thought was a "gift list".

Looking at it this way, Zeng Kuo couldn't sit still, no, he was afraid of offending Jia She, so he chased him out personally to make amends.

Although there was a cool breeze blowing outside the yamen for half an hour, Jia She's debt owed was still smooth.

The 60 taels of cash was quickly settled, and the furniture and decorations worth 20 taels, Zeng Kuo looked at them with difficulty.

If it is said that these furniture should be converted into silver, it will definitely not be exchanged for 20 taels; if it is not discounted, there are many civil and military officials who owe the imperial court silver taels, and Jia She is the first one who voluntarily repays the silver. , You can't dampen people's enthusiasm like this, can you?

Zeng Kuo first apologized to Jia She, and then said good things about the two carts. He put the furniture and decorations into the warehouse for the time being, and wrote the notes overnight, waiting for the court the next day, and reported the matter to Jing Huai emperor.

Jia Amnesty thanked Zeng Kuo and came out from the household department.He knew that as the first person to pay back the money, as long as Emperor Jinghuai was a sane person, he would probably agree to pay off the debt at the original price of the furniture and decorations.Not only will the debt be repaid at the original price, but it should also be expressed.

Of course, Emperor Jinghuai might just be abnormal.Otherwise, how could there be an extra emperor in the original book?How many emperors will abdicate if they do well?

Regardless of whether he is normal or not, in any case, among the 100 million property that Jia Amnesty brought from Jiamu, Erfang, Shijia, and Wang's family in the last one, the total amount of cash and silver is 60 taels; the rest are farms and shops. .

Sending all the furniture to the household department is full of sincerity; in the eyes of the world, it is a waste of money and money.He believed that with Jia Daishan's deathbed manuscript, Jia Zheng could obtain an official position and political status. Not only would Emperor Jinghuai not mind him paying off the debt with furniture, but he would probably reveal the background of his original wife because of this incident.

After paying back the money, the 'poor' Jia Amnesty went back to Jia's mansion with ease.Of course, Lin Zhixiao, the newly-appointed chief accountant of the Rongguo Mansion who accompanied Jia She to the Ministry of Household Affairs, felt very pained.

The Rongguo Mansion was robbed by thieves, and most of the family property was stolen. With great difficulty, they managed to scrape together 100 million family assets by extorting money from their in-laws. In the blink of an eye, the money owed to their ancestors was repaid, and there was only one mansion, Zhuangzi, and shop left.He is a big manager of the warehouse, and his buttocks are not even warmed up, so he will not be able to pay the monthly silver for the next month.They are all warehouse managers, why is he so miserable?

Not to mention what was going on in the Rongguo Mansion, Jia Amnesty was waiting for news from the court after paying off the money owed.And in the court, there was a lot of commotion because of Jia Amnesty's actions.

This dynasty has a small court in five days and a large court in ten days.Coincidentally, the day after Jia Amnesty repaid the money owed was the Dachaohui.

Although the Hubu Shangshu has a high position and weight, it is actually quite difficult to do.Back then when Tai|Zu had just won the country, he inherited all the properties of the previous dynasty and accumulated countless spoils of war. At that time, the national treasury was full.So Tai|Zu swiped his pen, and most of the courtiers who wanted to borrow silver got what they wanted; but after so many years, none of them paid it back.

The newly-built imperial court is full of waste, and money is needed everywhere. Gradually, the national treasury is somewhat out of balance.After several decades like this, when Zeng Kuo took the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the tax burden for one year has not been confiscated. They are all waiting for the money to be transferred from the household.Although Zeng Kuo has a high position and authority, sometimes Zeng Kuo feels that he is the clever woman who can't cook without rice.

At this time, Jia Amnesty took the initiative to repay the owed money, which not only relieved Zeng Kuo's urgent need, but also made a political achievement.Naturally, Zeng Kuo would bring this matter up immediately.

So, the court meeting began, the Minister of the Ministry of War walked out of the train, and asked Emperor Jinghuai to issue an order to let the Ministry of Households allocate this year's military salary and build new weapons and supplies; The Ministry allocated funds to repair the defenses of the Yellow River during this winter's dry season; even the Ministry of Rites came out to make a fuss.As for where the money to repair the palace comes from?The Minister of the Ministry of Industry played it himself and asked the Ministry of Households to dial it.

When all the ministries finished playing, they all stared at Zeng Kuo.

Zeng Kuo walked out of the train holding the wat board, and played the story of yesterday's return of the silver by the first-class general Jia Amnesty.

Just now, the ministers of various ministries who held up the wat board and demanded the money just wanted to beat Jia She to death, no, killing Jia She was not enough, they simply beat Zeng Kuo to death together.Dare to feel that Zeng Kuo is an official from a humble family, and his ancestors didn't owe the treasury money, so he cheated everyone with peace of mind, and didn't even give him a preparation time?

The Shangshu of the Ministry of War and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites owe money to the treasury themselves; the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry is considered a clean stream, and they have no debts, but the son of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry married a lady from the Niu family of the Duke of Zhenguo, and his in-laws owe money.

Knowing that the national treasury is empty, I still see Tian'er looking at the opportunity to ask for funds. There is no real vacancy. The first-class general Jia She with a title has already paid back the money owed to his ancestors. So should the high-ranking adults pay it back? Why don't you pay it back?

Zeng Kuo's seemingly business-like report gave eye drops to the group of colleagues who were looking for him to transfer money.

When the courtiers heard this, most of them wished to crush Jia She to death; Emperor Jing Huai smiled while stroking his beard, which naturally expressed his affirmation and praise for Jia She's behavior.

Emperor Jinghuai was in a good mood, from Jia Daishan to Jia Amnesty, he also said that I personally bestowed the word Enhou, and praised Jia Amnesty to the fullest.As for those who owe money to the imperial court, although Emperor Jinghuai didn't mention a single word, the meaning is clear: Everyone who owes money can do it.

The civil and military officials whose ancestors owed money, or their relatives and friends who owed money to the officials although their own family did not, all had their own wonderful expressions on their faces.

But the most exciting ones are Shi Hui and Wang Ziteng.These two people are different from Jia Amnesty, because they are really short of Ren, so they are qualified to go to court.Standing in the middle of the train, the two of them heard that Jia She had repaid the money owed and was praised by Emperor Jinghuai, they wished to have Jia She killed.

Jia Enhou still owes money?The money he brought to the Ministry of Households and his own 10 taels!

Both Shi Hui and Wang Ziteng felt that their hearts, which had not healed from old wounds, were torn apart again, and the pain was even worse.