Rice Fields in the Red Chamber

Lin Mo didn't know whether the Jia family could escape this liquidation. He was just doing his best and obeying the destiny. What did the beautiful girls in the world of the Red Chamber have to do with him?

If he hadn't somehow become Lin Daiyu's cheap brother, he wouldn't have paid attention to these girls who have lived in the boudoir for a long time.

Now that Rongguo Mansion has been decided to let it go, if after he blatantly released so much water, Rongguo Mansion can still follow the old path of being ransacked and exterminated, then there is no one to blame.

Nowadays, he still pays great attention to his own reputation. He knows that the few families who are going to attack are veteran officials from the late emperor's reign. Due to my filial piety to the late emperor, no matter how much I want to do something to these old officials, I still bear it now.

It has been a year since the late emperor passed away, and now he can't take it any longer, why don't we just deal with those people directly?

Lin Mo agreed with this move with both hands. If His Majesty the Emperor is not allowed to express the anger in his heart, if he endures it any longer, he will either be crazy now or the courtiers will be crazy.

Consciously ransacking his home is not a matter of half a penny to him, Lin Mo still stays at home with peace of mind and works hard to complete the tasks assigned to him today, and by the way complete his lifelong event.

However, there is a saying that goes, "When a man sits at home, the pot comes from the sky."

He always thought that he was a good-natured young man who kept his own place and would not be caught by anyone. One day, a big-hearted Lin surnamed Hain Hou received an imperial decree that he increased his workload, but his salary was still so small. The whole person is bewildered.

Tu Qian asked him puzzled, "Unhappy?"

Lin Mo rolled his eyes, annoyed, "Look at what's written in the imperial decree for yourself. It's a strange thing when I'm happy."

In recent years, Tuqian has been placed in the household department today, and this time he was directly named to handle the debt owed by the household department. Therefore, on the first day of Lin Mo's return to work, this newly released couple, at the same time We went to the household department together in a carriage, and went into the intense and preoccupied work.

Lin Mo complained, "Your Majesty is also big-hearted. The two of us have something to do with each other. His old man still puts both of us in the household department and deals with the same thing. Isn't he afraid that we will be guarded and stolen?"

Tu Qian laughed and said, "Then, will Ah Mo do it?"

Lin Mo didn't like to hear these words, "What do you think? The young master is not short of money, why do such thankless things!"

"That's the end of it. Looking at the entire Dajin officialdom, is there anyone who can face piles of gold and silver without being tempted?"

Lin Mo: ...Okay, this excuse is very powerful, there is nothing wrong with it!

Today's sage wants to recover the money owed by the Ministry of Households. In fact, rumors have already spread, but those who have received the real news, and only those current confidants and ministers, have divided their attitudes towards this matter. They are also divided into two camps .

Some people think that the law does not blame the public. The original intention of the first emperor to allow officials to borrow money from the treasury was to compensate for the shortfalls caused by the first emperor and his elders to the courtiers along the way during several southern tours.

As for how borrowing money from the treasury later became a collective activity of various ministers, no one knows. These people think that since the original intention of the former emperor to borrow money was good, as the successor of the former emperor today, it is better not to destroy it. When the first emperor's dynasty fell, the method of favoring all officials was good.

The words of these people made Mr. Qian Laiqian, the Minister of the Ministry of Households, very disapproving. He sneered, "It is only natural to pay back the debt. The former emperor only lent the money from the treasury to the ministers who lived in real life, not as a gift to them. , this point, Mr. Yang must make a clear distinction. The former must be repaid, while the latter does not need to be repaid. You know, Mr. Yang, the Ministry of Households is still suppressing the IOUs of those officials who borrowed money. You said that the first Is the emperor really not going to let the borrower pay back the money?"

Lin Mo looked sideways, this guy is really brave, he dared to speak like that in front of these people.

As he said that, the old man also took out a piece of tissue paper and opened it. The tissue paper was so big that Mr. Qian simply spread it on the floor of the imperial study.

Only then did everyone see that a large horizontal and vertical square frame was drawn on the silk paper, and the frame was subdivided into many small grids. The grids clearly listed those who had borrowed money from the treasury over the years. People, and the period when they borrowed silver, how many years ago, the sum of the money borrowed, and even calculated the interest payable for borrowing silver for so many years.

Tu Qian asked Lin Mo to make this form. Prince Zhaorui had been with Lin Mo for so many years, and he had long admired his unique accounting method. He took it out for a try today, and it really worked.

In order to let the ministers of the DPRK and China understand clearly, Lin Mo deliberately did not use Arabic numerals to record.

Even so, as soon as this form came out, everything was immediately clear and clear.

Those officials who insisted on not recovering the owed money were all silent after seeing this form, and some immediately changed their minds. Although a small number of people still did not support the recovery of the owed money, they did not dare to speak nonsense in front of today's up.

Didn't you see that handsome face is as black as ink today before the imperial case?

The matter is now settled, but what to do in the future is for them to think about it carefully.

Although the matter of repaying the money owed by the household department is just a beginning, I am not going to hide it from everyone now, and I have left some out. After all, those who owe money must be prepared in advance, right?

Because of the relationship between Lin Mo and Lin Daiyu, Ningrong and Rongfu got the news in advance.

At this time, the masters and sons of the two governments were gathering at Jiamu's Rongqing Hall to discuss the matter.

Standing in the hall, Jia Amnesty poked his neck and said bitterly at Mother Jia: "Before my father died that day, in front of my mother, elder brother Jing, several elders in the clan, and me and my second brother, He said clearly that the 90 taels of silver specially set aside by the public are intended to be returned to the Ministry of Accounts for loan!

On the same day, my father ordered Tete to take out the 90 taels from his private treasury and put it in the farthest corner of the public treasury, just waiting for the day when the saint wants to collect the owed money, he can directly carry it back and return it.

When Mrs. Zhang was seriously ill that day, when her mother withdrew her housekeeping rights, the 90 taels remained untouched, and the seal was never removed.Today, the siblings said they had never seen this 90 taels!I would like to ask my siblings, where did the whole 90 taels of silver go! "

Jia She was really angry by the news that one Buddha was born, and the second Buddha ascended to heaven. You don't need to ask him to know that in more than ten years, he can steal a full 90 taels of silver as his own. Yes, other than his good brother and sister Jia Wang, don't think of anyone else!

As for whether Jia's mother made any moves, Jia Amnesty could guess a thing or two from Jia's mother's occasionally guilty eyes.

Even if Mother Jia didn't do it herself, she must have accepted Jia Wang's filial piety afterwards!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, Jia Amnesty trembled all over, almost fainting.

Jia Lian noticed Jia She's strangeness, got up quickly and carefully helped Jia She to sit on the grand teacher's chair under Jia's mother.

Wang Xifeng held the hot tea with great winking, and Jia Lian rubbed Jia She's chest, fearing that if Jia She was not paying attention, it would be bad if there were some accidents.

Jia Zheng never cared about the common affairs of the mansion. When he first heard that such a big theft happened in the mansion, he was filled with righteous indignation and went to fight against the thief with his brother. Then he heard what Jia She said later. He actually pointed out that his first wife, Jia Wang, embezzled the 90 taels for private use, so he quit immediately.

"Brother, what do you mean by this? Mrs. Wang has been in charge of the family for so many years, and has always been conscientious. How could she do such a thing of stealing her husband's money?!"

Jia Zheng, who was eager to argue, didn't notice that his casual sentence directly designated Wang's behavior as theft, which is one of the seven thefts!

Mrs. Wang turned pale when she heard Jia Zheng's pig teammate's words. Feeling guilty, she looked around, hoping that other people didn't think of this, otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous!

Under Jia Lian's careful service, Jia Amnesty finally got over his breath, and when he came back to his senses, he heard Jia Zheng say this, and sneered, "Hmph, don't need to say anything else, I just want to ask you, Zhang's disease back then Later, when you handed over the keys to the mansion, you personally counted the public treasury for your mother, didn’t you? At that time, I pointed out the 90 taels, was the amount correct?”

Jia Zheng nodded, "There is nothing wrong with it, 90 taels, not a lot."

"Hehe, that's right. For more than ten years, my younger siblings have been in charge of the central government of Rongguo Mansion. Except for her, no one else in the mansion can even touch the door of the public treasury. My good brother, what kind of How can someone get a full 90 taels of silver out of the public treasury of our Rongguo Mansion?! Just tell me!"

Mother Jia loved the youngest son the most, she couldn't bear to be questioned by the eldest son like this, she clapped the young couple next to her and shouted sharply: "Okay, let's not say a few words."

Jia's mother has the highest seniority and highest rank in the Jia family. After years of accumulating prestige, even Jia Zhen, who is the patriarch of the Jia family, was overwhelmed when facing her.

When she opened her mouth, Rongqingtang, which was still a little noisy just now, suddenly became quiet.

Mother Jia was very satisfied with everyone's performance. As she got older and the Wang family became more prosperous, her prestige in the Jia family was no longer what it used to be. How long has it been since she had this kind of carefree feeling?

Jia Mu's eyes were cloudy, and she was no longer as clear as before. Jia Amnesty suddenly realized that Jia Mu was old, and she was no longer the straightforward Mrs. Rong Guo.

Jia Mu said, "Lian'er, was it true what Brother Lin told you that day? Have you ever found out clearly?"

What Jia Mu was referring to was another layer of meaning deliberately revealed in Lin Mo's words at that time.

Jia Lian understood the meaning of her words, nodded and said: "Of course it is true. Today, at the court, the matter of recovering the money owed by the household department has been raised in the Golden Palace. The sage personally ordered that Prince Zhaorui be in charge. In this matter, the cousin of the Lin family will assist. In short, the recovery of the owed money is a certainty."

A pair of beautiful peach blossom eyes stared at Jiamu's eyes, "The old lady still remembers, Jiangnan Zhen's family!"

The Jiangnan Zhen family was ransacked at the beginning of this year, and everyone knew the real reason why the Zhen family was ransacked!

If the Zhen family had produced two princes, what would happen to them?