After the Rebirth of the Red Chamber

The sage is a benevolent monarch, and he is really tolerant of courtiers.

It has been decades since the founding of the country, and there have been more officials from really poor backgrounds.

Just 11 years ago, a very clean and honest censor, because he was frugal on food and expenses because of seeing a doctor and taking medicine for his mother, fainted from hunger.

After the sage asked about the situation, he was very grateful for his filial piety, and was afraid that there would be more than one person like him in the court, but he refused to let people know because of his face, so he issued a decree to allow officials in the court to borrow money from the treasury.

What, you said why not a private library?

Because most of the nephew's money has been borrowed by the nobles.

The food and clothing expenses of the entire royal family are all provided by the nephew.

This time, those nobles who founded the country did not borrow any more, but many civil and military officials who were less advanced borrowed a lot one after another.

And for the past ten years, I have only borrowed and never repaid.

In fact, their mentality is also easy to understand: the nobles have borrowed so much, and have not seen a single repayment.How much did they borrow, how could the saint care about this little money with them?

But in fact, how many founding honors are there?How many courtiers are there?

With so many courtiers, you can borrow a little, and I can borrow a little. The sum of the sums has long exceeded the sum of what the nobles have borrowed.

And does the sage really not want it?

Don't make trouble, saints also have to eat, so how can they not understand the importance of money and food?

But a sage is a benevolent king, so how dare you ask for it yourself?

Those who borrowed money at the beginning were really poor; those who followed suit mostly had the idea of ​​not borrowing in vain.

Therefore, if the sages don't ask for it, they are happy to pretend to be stupid and don't return it.

Those who have been delayed for a while are just like the nobles who borrowed money from their nephews during the Tai_zu period: those who have no money really can't pay it back, and those who have money are afraid of being the first bird.

Therefore, there is the current embarrassing situation: the court really needs money, but the treasury can't get it out.

The sage's complexion suddenly fell, and he didn't know how to speak for a moment.

He hoped that his loyal confidant would open the mouth to smooth the topic for him, but at this moment, who would dare to speak first?

Even the nobles who showed their loyalty just now are all quails, shrinking their necks and saying nothing.

The sage took a deep breath, and announced his retreat as if nothing had happened, and he led the palace people away without even listening to the courtiers' farewell.

Jia Jing didn't leave in a hurry, Hou Lin and Niu Deng also stayed behind tacitly.

Seeing that Jia Jing didn't leave, Jia Daishan also walked a few steps slowly to distance himself from others.

After everyone had left, Niu Deng stared at Jia Jing and asked, "You asked us to stay, what's the matter?"

Jia Jing didn't speak, but looked at Hou Lin.

Hou Lin understood, and said with a smile: "I just got a pot of good Huiquan wine, if you don't dislike it, come to my house for a little gathering?"

As soon as he heard that there was wine, Niu Deng's eyes lit up: "You didn't say it earlier. Go, go, go!" After speaking, he pulled Hou Lin and walked out.

Jia Daishan said to Jia Jing without crying or laughing: "His father is such a stable person, how could he be so reckless?"

Jia Jing said: "The same rice feeds a variety of people, not to mention this kind of temperament, it may not be bad."

Thinking of liking such honest people nowadays, Jia Daishan nodded in agreement.

A group of four people went out of the palace gate, each got on their horses, and was urged by Niu Deng to the Duke Xiu's mansion.

The mansions of the eight founding heroes were all built by the same batch, and they were all according to the specifications set by the Taizu, with similar layouts.

Like Ningrong and Rongfu, Tai_zu also proposed a plaque for the main hall of Xiuguo Gongfu, called "Chunhe Hall".

But since they came under the banner of drinking, they couldn't be placed in the main hall, but in an octagonal pavilion by the garden.

The place is open on all sides, and the four of them are sitting opposite each other. No matter which direction people come, they can find them immediately.

Niu Deng drank three cups first to relieve his addiction, and then he asked about the serious business: "Don't be foolish, what's the matter, you guys just talk about it."

Jia Jing didn't hesitate anymore, and said bluntly: "Of course it's a matter in court today."

Niu Deng frowned: "What about the empty treasury?"

Although his temperament is careless, but sometimes surprisingly sharp.

"That's right," Jia Jing said, "Do you think that the Ministry of Household Affairs' statement that the national treasury is empty is actually true or false?"

Hou Lin said: "At least half of the heads are empty."

Jia Daishan also said: "Whenever a sage needs money, it's a common practice for the household department to cry for poverty."

Niu Deng rolled his eyes and said, "What does this have to do with us? Anyway, it won't shorten our food and grass."

Jia Jing smiled and nodded in agreement with a smile: "Brother Niu is right, what the Minister of the Household Department said is true or not has nothing to do with us."

"Jing'er, what on earth are you trying to say? Don't hold your breath."

Jia Daishan is quite convinced of this nephew now, so his tone doesn't mean to put seniority on him.

But Jia Jing suddenly asked: "Everyone owes money to their nephew, right?"

Hou Lin and Jia Daishan looked at each other, and both vaguely guessed what he wanted to say.

But neither of them said anything, just nodded in agreement:

"Yes, my father borrowed 40 taels."

"The Rongguo Mansion must have borrowed 60 yuan."

Niu Deng said: "Who didn't borrow it among the founding honors? It was a gift from the Taizu. Can you not borrow it?"

Now that batch of silver is still piled up in his family's public treasury to collect ashes.

When the father went there, he gave thousands of reminders, and once someone in Xungui paid back the money, let him quickly set up a car and bring the money into the palace to cancel the account.

"It's not easy to take advantage of the royal family." These were the last words his father Niu Jin left in this world.

"Yes, this is Tai-zu's grace."

Jia Jing sighed, "However, Tai-zu has passed away for many years, and our titles have also begun to decline one after another. As the saying goes, a gentleman will be killed in the fifth generation. If the emperor of later generations suddenly remembered this account , want to ask for it back, but the descendants of future generations have fallen, so what should we do?"

"This... won't it?"

None of the three believed it.

Jia Jingxin said: Why not?After the sixth prince ascended the throne in the previous life, wouldn't it be liquidated?As long as the treasury is poor enough, even the emperor can't care about face.

But this can't be said clearly, Jia Jing just sighed: "After all, it was lent to us, not rewarded to us."

This time, it was Niu Deng who nodded first: "That's right, since it's a loan, wouldn't it be natural for the descendants to come to collect the debt?"

Hou Lin frowned and remained silent.

It's not that he can't come up with the money, just like the Niu family, the Hou family's public treasury also set aside money for debt repayment.

It's just that I didn't want to be the first bird after delaying it for so many years.

Now, are you trying to break the tone set by your own family?

Relatively speaking, Jia Daishan was the most relaxed, Nian Xu smiled and said: "Although Jing'er doesn't care too much about small things, he never suffers in big things. What's up with you, let's talk about it as soon as possible."

Hou Lin and Niu Deng also looked at Jia Jing when they heard the words.

Niu Deng said: "When my brother was at home, the sky praised you as a flower. Today I want to see and see."

Niu Deng's younger brother is Niu Ben, who played with Jia Jing since childhood.

"Don't dare." Jia Jing cupped his hands modestly and said seriously, "Before that, I have one more question to ask you all."

Hou Lin said: "Please tell me."

Jia Jing then asked: "Is the silver borrowed by the ancestors still there?"

Although he was asking a question, he knew in his heart that the population of the four families sitting here had never been large, and the ostentation had never been big. The money must still be collected in the public treasury.

Sure enough, several people looked at each other and nodded.

Niu Deng said: "The wealth saved by our ancestors is enough, our family has been useless."

Hou Lin smiled wryly and said, "Who dares to use this money?"

Jia Daishan also said: "After all, it's not my own, it's hot to hold."

Jia Jing raised his head and drank a glass of wine, looked around the three of them, and said in a bewitching tone: "Don't you all think that this is a good time to write off the account?"

"This... our family has reserved this money, but it is not necessarily the case for other families."

Hou Lin hesitated for a moment, before expressing his concerns, "For example, Duke Qi's mansion has always been grand, and it often provides for the empress and the third prince in the palace, as well as Brother Dai Shan's Yue Family Shihou's Mansion. The population has always been prosperous. There are several reasons for this. I am really not sure whether they have spent the money. If they have already spent it, we will pay back the money, which is the same as forcing someone to pay it back. Isn’t this an act of enmity? .”

Niu Deng didn't think so much at first, but when he heard Hou Lin's words, he was also surprised: "So, the money can't be repaid?"

Jia Daishan sighed, apparently also very worried.

Jia Jingdao: "Right now is the time for the sage to spend money. If we have money but don't pay it back, the sage won't say anything publicly, but who knows what he thinks in private. Besides, now that we are in charge of the family and know how to be frugal, if our descendants The next generation will produce someone like Qi Guogong, and it will be impossible to pay it back at that time."

This is the truth, and several people hesitated.

Jia Jing said again: "We don't make much fanfare. Anyway, we borrowed money from our nephew, and we quietly returned it to the saint. Tomorrow, the saint will speak in the court hall, saying that it is the food and grass for the expedition, and the nephew can pay in advance. In this way Now that the sage has gained face, he will naturally remember our kindness in his heart. Not to mention what will happen when the next generation takes over the title, but now that we are all going out to fight, the civil servants in the court will definitely cause trouble. If the sage is willing to protect One or two, we don't have to be afraid of anything."

When the word "Xijue" was mentioned, the three people sitting here were all excited.

Don't talk about others, just look at Niu Deng.

His grandfather was the second-class prince of Yufeng, and he became the second-class prince in his father's generation.

When it was passed down to his generation, it fell directly to the first-class general.

Why is this, and is it not because there is no Sacred Heart?

If a few 10 taels of silver can buy the Sacred Heart, let alone paying back the money, he would be willing to give it for nothing.

It's just, how do you pay back so much money quietly?

Send money to a saint, you can't give silver notes, right?