Jia Min's Counterattack

Jinling Zhen's Mansion, Zhen Yingjia looked at her crying old mother, and felt a sharp pain in her temple.He waved helplessly, telling his younger brother, son, and nephews to go out.After the mother and son were left in the room, Zhen Yingjia said to Jia's mother coldly, "Does mother want her son to die?"

The old lady Zhen raised her head and looked at Zhen Yingjia in shock, "Is it really so serious?"

"Mother only saw the secret decree given to you by the emperor, but she didn't know that the emperor also gave her son a secret decree. The words revealed that she was dissatisfied with his son's tenure in Yangzhou for the past two years. Now the emperor just issued a secret decree and gave us a voluntary repayment." If we don't agree with the emperor's wishes, next time we will issue a decree, and at that time, it is not too much to steal the family and exterminate the family with the silver taels that the son has obtained in the past two years."

"But, the friendship between our family and the emperor..."

"Mother! He is the emperor, and our family is also the emperor's slaves. How dare we claim to have friendship with the emperor? With your words alone, Yushi can be accused of contempt for the emperor by our family!"

"I brought up the emperor with my own hands. He listened to me the most when he was a child!" Old lady Zhen muttered softly.

"You also said that it was when I was a child!"

"I don't care, you give me an idea, that's 1000 million taels of silver, if I hand it all over, I'll kill my old man!" As he said, the old lady Zhen started to cry again.

Zhen Yingjia's head started to hurt again, "Okay, mother, don't cry, let me discuss with my brother, when we borrowed money from the treasury, we hadn't separated yet." After a while, he reminded: "Mother Don't make any more troubles, don't forget that you have received a secret order. You shouldn't have called your brother and children here today."

The old lady Zhen said sobbingly: "I almost died of panic when I received the secret decree, so I still think about it so much!"

"In short, mother must have an idea in mind, and the money must be paid back. As for how to pay it back, I will discuss with my younger brother. If we don't pay it back, our whole family will die!"

The old lady Zhen suddenly cried louder, and slapped her thigh with her hand while crying.Zhen Yingjia didn't persuade her anymore, and turned to leave.

Called his younger brother Zhen Yingwu into the study, and Zhen Yingjia told Zhen Yingwu the whole story.

"Now that the imperial decree has been issued, we have to pay it back, and we have to pay it back if we don't."

Zhen Yingwu frowned tightly, "Why did the emperor think of this?"

"Nowadays there have been catastrophes in the north for two consecutive years, and the fields are almost useless. It all depends on the food and taxes from the south of the Yangtze River. There will always be times when it will not work. In addition to the Northwest War in the past few years, and the emperor's southern tours, The household department is short of several tens of millions of taels of silver. I guess the emperor is really stretched. Otherwise, with the generosity of the emperor to the old ministers, he would not open his mouth. Didn’t see, are the imperial decrees all secret decrees?”

"But why did the emperor let us be the early bird?"

"I guess someone suggested that the emperor should find someone easy to be the first one."

"Who is so blind to find fault with our Zhen family? Let me know, that person will definitely die!"

"Okay, now the key is to collect all the money and pay it back first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

"What does that brother mean..."

"I mean, according to the ratio when the family was separated at that time, we two brothers will share together."

"How can I do this? I have spent a lot of money these years, and I have little income. How can I have so much money!"

"What do you think, don't forget, when we borrowed the money, we hadn't separated yet. It stands to reason that the foreign debt should be divided between the two of us."

"I'm no better than my elder brother. I have a big vacancy. I've earned a lot of money in the past two years."

"You don't have to say anything sarcastic. You didn't take less money when you separated. In the past two years, you have been watching lawsuits and paying interest. Don't you know?"

"My little silver is not as much as big brother's fraction!"

"Okay! If we don't pay back the money as soon as possible, what awaits us will be ransacking our family. You should think about it carefully!"

Ten days later, Zhen Yingjia collected the 1000 million taels of silver owed to the state treasury.He handed over the memorial to the emperor, demanding that all the money owed to the state treasury be returned in order to relieve the emperor's worries.This is like water in a frying pan. Many families who owe money to the state treasury secretly scolded the eight generations of the Zhen family's ancestors.

Seeing that Zhen Yingjia was so knowledgeable, the emperor quickly called the Minister of Hubu to Jinling to receive the silver.

Within two days, Rong Guogong Jia Daishan took more than a dozen large carriages, and pulled 340 million taels of silver to the Yamen of the Household Department with great fanfare. The Duke made several bows.

The next day, the emperor declared that Rong Guogong entered the palace.

"You're a good boy, tell me honestly, did your son-in-law tip you off!"

"Oh, your majesty, he only listens to the emperor's words with his brain, and his mouth is so tight that it makes people hate him. You can go outside and ask, how many people want to win him over, how many people want to win him over, and which one will you please? Count on him to tip off the news, in the next life!"

"Then why did you return the money so quickly?"

"Weichen, let me tell you the truth! In fact, Weichen has long wanted to pay back the money, and the money has been sealed in my family's warehouse, but I was afraid of being a bird in the first place. It doesn't matter that as soon as the Zhen family came out, I immediately followed!"

"You are smart. You are not the first bird, but you have a good reputation."

"Hey! Your majesty, you taught me this!"

"Nonsense! When did I teach you this!"

"Hey! Why did the emperor forget that you were the one who taught me the art of war in the Northwest back then, and now I can use what I've learned and put to good use!"

"Hmph! You'll make excuses!" The emperor cursed, but a smile appeared on his face.

"My minister is obedient, listen to the emperor! Look, you let me practice calligraphy at home. I have been practicing for more than half a year. Can you see if I have improved?" Jia Daishan took out his handwriting from his bosom as he spoke. The word, and then handed it to Eunuch Shi, and then Eunuch Shi presented it to the emperor.

The emperor took it over and opened it to look, "Well, it has indeed improved a lot, it can be seen that I am obedient, and I practice at home every day."

"The emperor has a decree, how dare I refuse to obey!"

"Okay, I have to continue practicing when I go back, and now I'm just a small success, you know?"

"My minister complies with the order. If you look at me, just say that I am the most obedient!"

"Let's go. Don't bother me here. From now on, I will go to the palace once a month and bring you the calligraphy you practiced for me to check."

Jia Daishan stumbled out of the imperial study, wiped the sweat from his forehead, heaved a sigh of relief, and left the palace calmly.

On the second day, the emperor issued two imperial decrees, one of which was sent to Jinling and given to Mrs. Zhen, and awarded Mrs. Zhen with a Huangzhuang. The Huangzhuang is located in the suburbs of Beijing. There is also a small lake with good scenery and high prospects.This can be regarded as compensation for Mrs. Zhen.

Another imperial decree was given to the Rongguo Mansion, and a gold medal was awarded to Duke Rongguo.For a time, the Rongguo Mansion was full of people, and the Rongguo Mansion had a detached position in the capital. As long as the Rongguo Mansion did not seek rebellion, it could guarantee the safety and prosperity of the generations.

After Zhen Yingjia heard the news, she smashed everything in the room angrily.I was the first to return the silver, not only became the target of public criticism, but also lost a large amount of money.I got a Huangzhuang, which was still given to my mother. In the future, when my mother passed away, Huangzhuang would be taken back.He Jia Daishan picked up the wisdom of others, but won the emperor's heart, and even gained a good reputation for righteousness.He resented the emperor for being unkind to him, and also envied Jia Daishan's good luck.But no matter how much he hated, no matter how angry, no matter how unwilling he was, there was nothing he could do now, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow his blood.

Afterwards, the Wang family and other families who owed money to the treasury returned the money one after another, and the Lin family also returned the 5 taels of silver owed by Mr. Lin.For a while, there were 2000 million taels of silver in the treasury.

The emperor is in a good mood recently, and privately rewarded Lin Ruhai with a lot of good things.From then on, she relied more on Lin Ruhai, and often asked him for questions.This made Lin Ruhai so busy that he couldn't go home every day. Apart from being able to have dinner with Jia Min in the morning, when he returned home at night, Jia Min often fell asleep.

After working like this for a month, this day coincided with the concubine's birthday, and invited the emperor to have dinner, Lin Ruhai was finally able to escape, and went home early to accompany his wife.