Amnesty's daily life

The past 50 years have passed slowly and quickly, as if when the end is out of sight, suddenly the new year is approaching.

Compared with the Rongguo Mansion, which was in turmoil and chaos, there were many happy events among other close relatives and friends, especially a lot of new people.

At the other end of the Zhang family, apart from the newly entered Xu Xian, two children were also welcomed.In March, Erfang's second son, Ke Geer, was born. Half a year later, in September, Sanfang also had a second son named Nan Geer.

The Ningguo Mansion next door followed closely behind. In mid-October when the first snow fell, they finally welcomed their first grandson, named Brother Rong, which made their family very happy. After all, Ningguo The heirs of the government have never been very prosperous.

There was also the Wang family. Although there was a funeral ahead, except for Wang Ren and Wang Xifeng, the siblings, everyone else was already out of their filial piety.In the same year, after several years of marriage, Wang Ziteng finally got a child. Although it was a daughter, he was very happy.Followed by Brother Feng from above calling out the Dharma, his nickname is Brother Luan, and his real name is Wang Xiluan.

Every family seemed to have happy events. In the Rongguo Mansion, Nala Shuxian also got her wish and adopted her sister and son under her own name, barely considered a baby.However, for Mrs. Wang, she really lost a child.Fortunately, Zhu Ge'er's body has gradually recovered, so even though his heart is still full of pity and reluctance, after a long time, he slowly looked away.Moreover, the lost child was too young at that time, Mrs. Wang's body was never healthy, and she never fell to the root of the disease because of it.

However, in this year, even though the back houses of each household seemed to be safe and healthy, there were turbulent storms secretly.

Under such circumstances, the 51st year of Duan Leap has arrived, and the undercurrents hidden in the dark in the past will all be detonated in this year, turning into violent storms and sweeping across the entire capital and even the land of Kyushu.And the first thing to bear the brunt is the imperial edict of Emperor Changqing, declaring: In the prosperous age, Ding will be nourished, and there will never be any blessings.

The so-called "prosperous age, never increasing taxes", literally means that the country is prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the imperial court orders never to increase taxes.

Of course, this is just an appearance.

The truth is, that shit is pure bullshit! !

The so-called taxation mainly refers to the land tax and the small tax. Nowadays, the two-tax system is implemented in the whole world.

However, as early as hundreds of years ago during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, the royal family of the Li and Tang Dynasties had announced the merger of the two taxes into a single land tax.The merger here is just to pay the two taxes together, which means that there are fewer tax items, but the total amount of tax to be paid remains unchanged. This is for the convenience of tax payment and has no real meaning.

During the years of war and chaos, the land of Kyushu was full of smoke and flames, splitting countless small countries.Perhaps it was due to the excessive cost of the war, or some other reason. In short, the various royal families successively collected small taxes from the people. Of course, under the premise of the original land tax, the additional collection was equivalent to paying two taxes.

This situation continued until the middle of the previous dynasty. A so-called insightful person who was full and had nothing to do suggested that the two taxes be merged again on the grounds of reducing the burden on the people.Naturally, it is still following the practice of Li Tang's royal family, but the tax items are combined, and the taxes and fees remain unchanged.

After the Tu family conquered the current country, due to years of wars and rebellions in various places, they once again collected small taxes from the people. Of course, they still had to pay the land taxes that should have been paid before.After that, it was Emperor Changqing's turn to advocate the integration of the two taxes, and promised never to increase the tax.

"Well, if the Holy Majesty can really guarantee that he will never increase the reward, this matter is indeed beneficial to the common people, otherwise it is just looking for something to do in a hurry."

Seeing that there was no one around, Twelve couldn't help complaining to Nala Shuxian.In the past year, he spent most of his time at the Zhang family, and because Nala Shuxian had spoken beforehand, he had been tossed a lot.After finally looking forward to finding a reliable instructor at the Rongguo Mansion, he hurried back.As a result, before staying for many days, I heard such speechless news.

"Our family doesn't have to pay taxes, why do you care about those nosy things?" Nala Shuxian gave Twelve a look, her face was full of your idle look.

What can twelve say?Explain this kind of thing to Nala Shuxian again, will the country be unstable?However, this is obviously not feasible, even if Nala Shuxian was a descendant of a country in her previous life, her knowledge is not enough to understand the twists and turns in taxation.There is no way around this, you expect a lady from a family who was raised by a young girl to understand land rent and population tax...

"Okay, don't mention this." Twelve didn't plan to bother explaining this to Nala Shuxian at all. Even if Nala Shuxian saw the displacement of the people with her own eyes, she might only get some silver rewards. It is impossible to think deeply, and it is absolutely impossible to think about fundamentally solving the problem now.

"Tell me how you plan to solve our family's affairs." Nala Shuxian pressed her finger between her eyebrows with a headache. Even if she didn't understand history, she still knew about some major events.

For example, not long after Emperor Kangxi of the previous life advocated "in a prosperous age, we will never add gifts", he appointed Prince Yong at that time to take over the household department and specialize in debt collection.

discuss!debt!

Regardless of whether it is the Changqing Emperor in this life or the Kangxi Emperor in the previous life, in all fairness, they are all generous and benevolent masters.But the problem is, they are generous and kind, but fourth master has never inherited this trait at all.

Let’s just say that the Qing Dynasty in the previous life was better.

After many years of war and chaos, the national treasury has become empty, but Emperor Kangxi still generously lent silver taels to the struggling Eight Banners and court officials. It doesn't matter if they don't charge interest. In the end, even the principal can't be recovered, so the trouble will be big.Not to mention that there are similar officials who are corrupt and break the law, accept bribes, and even have clear statements to show the legality of accepting bribes.For example, three festivals and two longevity, respecting ice and charcoal, burning silver and so on, there are only things you can't think of, and there is no one who can't do it.

But who made Emperor Kangxi a benevolent monarch?Kindness and generosity have reached the end, even if they want to use harsh methods, they are powerless.

Then, fourth master took over.

Thinking of those people who were played to death by Lord Yongzheng in the previous life, Nala Shuxian only felt a throbbing pain in her brain.In fact, in the previous life, the Nala family was really nothing during the Kangxi period. At that time, the Tong family dominated the court. In comparison, the Nala family was really not even worthy of carrying shoes for the Tong family.It is precisely because of this that during the Yongzheng period, the Nala family was not liquidated at all. Of course, in fact, there was nothing to liquidate. Things are not seen by Yongzheng Lord at all.

Unfortunately, that was the previous life.

Because of the decline of the Nala family in the previous life, at the same time, he showed his loyalty very quickly, so he was able to pass on the whole beard and tail.Unfortunately, in this life, many relatives and friends, including the Rongguo Mansion, all stood on the opposite side of the Fourth Prince.Nala Shuxian simply didn't want to think about it any further, it was really impossible for her to have a good ending.

"Then just pay back the money honestly." Twelve replied very happily, "Who is Huang Mafa? It would be a great pleasure for the host and guest to talk about feelings with him, but if you talk about money with him... Sigh!"

If other people talk about money and hurt feelings, then talking about money with Lord Yongzheng will hurt your life!

Twelve was cursing in his heart, while looking at La Shuxian, seeing that she was silent, he became a little anxious: "Mother, why are you hesitating? That is equivalent to Huang Mafa Think about it, anyone who doesn’t like Huang Mafa, or who has offended him, will all go to heaven in the reign of Yongzheng! Even if there are some who don’t directly kill them for a while, that’s just because of scruples Influence, think about the Tong family, how capable Tong Banchao used to be, but in the fourth year of Yongzheng, Long Kedo went in, and within two years he went to heaven, as for our family..."

"You want to say, our house looks good, it's still a state mansion, but if it falls into the hands of that person, I'm afraid it will be cleaned up immediately?" Nala Shuxian has no doubt that her family's last In fact, there are only two endings.

First, the new emperor was convicted and imprisoned immediately after he ascended the throne, and his family was ransacked and his family wiped out.

Second, there are too many people who are going to die, so they will stay for two or three years, and they will be killed when it is their turn.

But she didn't want either of these endings.

Nala Shuxian looked up at the beautifully carved beams, her face was full of vicissitudes.If she had a choice, she would rather immediately go back to fight with that lowly concubine Lingfei than compete with that master.

They are not of the same grade, are they?

An ant may shake a tree, that's not stupid, it's stupid!

"So hurry up and pay back the money! Before the master ran out of patience, he paid off all the principal and interest. There is a saying that knowing the mistakes can make a big difference. As long as we stay low and do small things, with the master's temper I won’t be picky. Besides, I’m still looking forward to the three yuan and the first when the new emperor ascends the throne and opens Enke!” Twelve’s eyes widened, and his tone was full of firmness, “Mother, you should turn around first. Return the bills in order, and try to compare them with the account department to see if there are any omissions. If you encounter any ambiguous bills, just add them, even if you pay more money, you must not cheat that master's money Ouch, if we cheat his money, he will cheat our lives later on!"

"It's up to you." Nala Shuxian cast an angry look across the face, then got up and walked around the screen into the innermost inner room, took out an account book from the hidden compartment in the canopy bed, After returning, he fell directly in front of Twelve, "Look."

Twelve subconsciously reached out and took it, but immediately opened his eyes and opened his mouth in shock.

Back then, when the Emperor Taizu imitated Shun on his tour, many families had picked him up, including the Rongguo Mansion.To be precise, it was still the Jia family at that time, and the two brothers Jia Yan and Jia Yuan had not yet been conferred the title of duke of the country, so naturally there was no such thing as Ning Rong's second mansion.At that time, the Jia family was still supervising the construction of sea boats and repairing seawalls in Yangzhou, Suzhou, and only planned to pick them up once.It is also because of the pick-up that many expenses are borrowed from the treasury.Although it was borrowed, no one planned to repay it. After all, the borrowed money was eventually used by Emperor Taizu.However, borrowing money from the treasury requires a receipt, on which the names of Jia Yan and Jia Yuan are clearly written.

This is just one of them.

Later, the two brothers Jia Yan and Jia Yuan were bestowed the titles of Duke Ning and Duke Rong respectively by Taizu, and got the mansion again. However, after many years of wars, even the capital, which was once blooming with flowers, was desolate everywhere.And because Jia's family is brothers, both of them are dukes of the state, and they are highly valued by Emperor Taizu, so what was bestowed back then was actually a prince's mansion.

Under the prince is the king of the county, and under the king of the county is the duke of the state.Although it was said that the two Dukes jointly inherited this huge Prince's Mansion, they still surpassed it.Since it has been surpassed, then change it!

In the huge Prince's Mansion, the most prosperous main hall in the middle was completely demolished, separated by a wall, and divided into two houses of equal size on average.Because Ningguo Gong Jiayan is the elder brother and Rongguo Gong Jia Yuan is the younger brother, Ningguo Mansion is in the east and Rongguo Mansion is in the west.As for the various things inside, on the one hand, the specifications did not match, and on the other hand, due to disrepair, it was said to be a renovation, but in fact, it was almost bulldozed and rebuilt two houses.Even the outermost walls and gates were overthrown and rebuilt.

These are all white money! !

Although the two princes of the state both had a lot of money, the Emperor Taizu at that time waved his hand and took it from the state treasury!So, another debt.

"When I picked up the driver in Yangzhou, Gusu, I withdrew a million taels of silver from the treasury. Even if one person has half, our mansion and the East mansion each have 50 taels. Calculate half, then our house owes 60 taels." Twelve was at a loss, even though he used to be the elder brother of the emperor, he had never seen so much money! !

No, this is no longer a question of seeing so much money.But... in debt! !

——If you don’t pay it back, you will immediately go to heaven to owe your debts!

"Strictly speaking, it's only a little more. I just made a rough estimate." Nala Shuxian pointed to the account book, and let Twelve take a closer look at each stroke, "Look, when you withdraw the silver from the treasury, you don't have to pay for it." It’s not done in one go. Like this one, you need to supervise the construction of a garden, the kind of pure southern garden with rockery, flowing water, carved railings and jade. For this alone, no less than fifty sums of money were withdrawn from the national treasury. It can be 5 taels, or as little as 3000 taels. In addition, our family was located in the Jiangnan area at that time, and in many cases, the money was moved first and then made up every few years, so the accounts were messy."

"Whether it's messy or not, that means our family has to pay back at least 80 taels of silver?!"

When he asked this sentence, Twelve was already in a bad mood.

80 taels of silver! ! !

In the previous life, the Kangxi Dynasty had established a rule that whenever an adult elder brother leaves the palace to open a mansion, he can get 23 taels of Anjia silver.However, that was the rule of the Kangxi Dynasty, not the Qianlong Dynasty.At least Twelve can swear on his conscience that he didn't get a penny.Of course, he had a mansion, and he was not short of manpower and money. He would get a lot of rewards during festivals, and if he really had no money to spend, he could ask Qianlong for it.However, the legendary Anjia Yinzi...

This is really not.

"Yes, more or less." Nala Shuxian said with difficulty hiding her sorrow, "There is another thing, even though the money was shared by the Ningrong and Rongfu at the time, we can indeed divide it equally. One point, Twelve, you must remember that even if we pay off the debt, if the Ningguo Mansion refuses to pay back when it dies, the family will be ransacked and the family will be wiped out, and we will still be buried with us."

twelve:"……"

——Huang Mafa, if you don't collect debts, I will still be your good grandson!

However, that is impossible.

After a while, Twelve finally insisted and said: "Then just pay the debt honestly, let's not take chances. I will take the account book to find the stupid father. If he insists on not paying the money, I will , Let him die!"

After talking about this sentence, Twelve sadly dragged his book and left, his wise and mighty Huang Mafa!I'm about to die at your hands, Sun Shi! !

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Others say that when you share happiness, you can turn one happiness into two.Of course, if you encounter something sad, when someone bears it with you, the sadness will be reduced by half.

Therefore, when Twelve saw the stupid father's face, he never could believe it, to be desolate, and then to have nothing to love in life, and finally stayed in the daze of doubting life.

To be precise, Twelve knew that the Rongguo Mansion was burdened with the debt owed by the state treasury, but he just didn't expect such a huge amount, and he was also jointly and severally responsible for the Ningguo Mansion.Therefore, despite the shock, Twelve quickly accepted this fact, and immediately found a co-bearer—stupid father Jia She.

But what about Jia Amnesty? !

As the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, even though Jia's mother was somewhat biased, he still lived a life of gold and jade since childhood.After reaching the crown, he first married a wife he liked, and gave birth to three sons in a row. Even though the eldest son, Brother Hu, died young, after all, so much time had passed. Jia She was able to accept this fact calmly, and even regarded it as For the biggest ups and downs and trials in this life.However, on this day, he felt that he was about to lose his wits, and owed 80 taels of silver...

and many more.

"Cong'er, you usually look very smart, but now you are a little irritable. Isn't it just the money owed by the treasury? Don't say that the Holy Majesty never came to ask for it, even if you do ask for it in the future Now, let’s cry and cry poorly, and talk about things with the love of our fathers in the past, and it will definitely be wiped away. Besides, think about it, the one who owes money now is the uncle! I’m so afraid!"

Jia She raised his head shyly, looking proud of his intelligence.

Twelve just wanted to hehe twice.

If it were someone else, the old man who owed the money would really work.It's the same even if it's loan sharks from outside. Just think about it, no matter how cruel the loan sharks are, most of them will tie people up and force them to take out the house deeds and land deeds to sell them off, or sell the female family members to pay off debts, unless it is If you are in a hurry, usually you will not kill people.Even in the most tragic situation, the person who owed loan sharks would be killed, and there would be no situation where the whole family would be executed.

But that grandpa?Hehe, it is said that the one who owes money is the uncle, and that grandfather is the ancestor! !

No money to pay off debts?Then copy the house.

Not enough wealth?The descendants will continue to return.

Do not obey?Dismissal and investigation, ransacking of families, confiscation of family property, if this is not enough, then forget it.

"Father, I didn't scare you. If there is still room for change, I will tell you these things. Let's just pay off the debt, or the whole family will go to the underworld to find the old man. What should I do, you see Do it!"

After saying this, Twelve heads left without looking back, leaving Jia She alone holding the account book in his hand, shivering in the biting cold wind.

It seemed that there was really no other choice.

……

More than a month after the Emperor Changqing announced the imperial decree that "the flourishing age will nourish the Ding, and never add gifts", the fourth prince was ordered to take over the household department and specialize in debt collection.

After hearing the news, Jia Amnesty instantly despaired.If he thought that Twelve was talking nonsense before, but the four princes have taken over the household department. Although Emperor Changqing ordered him to collect debts, Jia She believed that Twelve must have come from some special channels. Got the inside scoop.For example, the Zhang family.

Of course, these are not very important. The most important thing now is how to collect the money owed and pay it back as soon as possible. After all, the fourth prince is notoriously a cold-faced prince.

That evening, as soon as Jia She returned to Rongguo Mansion, he hurriedly sneaked Twelve Tires to him, opened his mouth and asked, "Prince Lian really went to the Ministry of Household Affairs, Cong Er, do you think we should sell our property immediately, okay?" Pay back the owed money as soon as possible?"

Twelve was originally on the martial arts training ground. Although he had learned riding and archery in his previous life, it was too long ago, and secondly, the quality of this knowledge has little to do with his body, but his martial arts has a lot to do with it.Not to mention, after the bones of his body have shrunk by more than half, Twelve felt that he might have to start practicing from the beginning, because what he knew in the previous life would not be able to do it now at all!Fortunately, the instructor invited by the Rongguo Mansion did not have much hope for him, but it allowed Twelve to start practicing from the basics as he wished.

The so-called foundation is to squat and learn some simple boxing techniques.

"I'm still practicing martial arts! By the way, who is Prince Lian?" Twelve was at a loss, his imperial Mafa, you have so many vests!

"Prince Lian is His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince. He was conferred the title of Prince long ago, probably in the year when your father and I took the imperial examination." Jia She said not very sure.

However, these are enough.Twelve nodded clearly. In his previous life, his emperor Mafa was conferred the title of Prince He Shuoyong in the year when the crown prince was restored.It's just, Prince Lian... why don't you just tell him to pick up the prince!

After complaining in his heart for a while, Twelve asked hesitantly: "Apart from Prince Lian, have the other princes ever been conferred?"

"The eldest prince is a great general, plus the king of Shun County. But you don't have to pay attention to him. He was imprisoned by the Holy Majesty two years ago. I'm afraid he won't be able to get out in this life." Jia Amnesty thought for a while, and then said, " There is no need to mention His Royal Highness the prince, he is the prince! There is also the third prince who has a good relationship with me, he was conferred the title of Prince Wen; after that is the fifth prince, Prince Kang; Brother, but passed away a long time ago and was not titled; the seventh prince is the king of Zhuangjun. The rest have not been crowned kings yet."

"Oh, I understand." Twelve nodded insincerely, roughly similar to the previous life, and now it seems that the most obvious difference should be the third prince, Prince Wen.A few years ago, he thought it was a faux pas, and he just waited for the opportunity to show up as soon as possible. As a result, several years have passed. Apart from staying in the Qingyun library every day, the third prince, Prince Wen, occasionally went to the Imperial College. He has a good reputation among literati, but unfortunately he has no power.

"These are not important, but tell me, did your grandfather carefully teach you what to do in the future? By the way, I seem to remember that it was a common practice to borrow money from the treasury back then. Maybe the Zhang family also borrowed it?" Jia Amnesty said somewhat uncertainly.

Twelve nodded: "Yes, I asked. Because everyone borrowed money from the treasury back then, my grandfather felt embarrassed not to borrow money, so he followed suit and borrowed 1000 taels of silver symbolically."

"Only 1000 taels?" Jia She was very sad, "Look at my old Mount Tai, how reliable it is! Then look at our house..."

"You want to say that being unreliable is hereditary, right?" Twelve stretched his neck to look at Jia She's face, but he got a dick, "You don't have to hit me when you're out of breath?"

"You were the one who beat you!" Jia Amnesty said angrily, "There is no need to mention that the Zhang family owes money. If the left and right are serious, your grandfather will definitely pay it back immediately."

"You still use your afterthought? My grandfather asked me to remind you, why are you worrying about him?" Twelve covered his forehead with a look of grievance, but he was secretly laughing, his grandfather's signboard is really useful, Didn't Jia Amnesty have any doubts even now?As for the money owed by the Zhang family is real, Twelve also reminded him a little bit, but the old man of the Zhang family was originally an old fox, and he knew the elegance by hearing the strings.Twelve had just started, and he said that he knew it well, he would definitely not fail to pay back the money, but at the same time, he would not be the first bird.Besides, the 1000 taels of silver owed should not cause trouble.

"That's right, your grandfather is extremely smart, why should I remind you?"

Jia She sighed faintly, remembering that it was his turn to go to the imperial study room tomorrow, he felt a little faint.It's okay to be tortured by Emperor Changqing on weekdays, but it's nothing more than being forced to write imperial edicts to write expositions, and it's okay if you get used to it.

But tomorrow, what if I meet the fourth prince, Prince Lian, in the imperial study?My family owed so much money, could it be possible for him to sell it immediately?The Rongguo Mansion owed 80 taels of silver, not 80 taels, nor 8000 taels, and even if it was 8 taels, he would go all out and collect it immediately, but 80 taels!In a while, where can he find so much money?

"Afraid?" Twelve gave Jia She a look of disgust, but now Jia She was immersed in endless sadness and despair, and didn't notice this detail at all.Suddenly, Twelve was helpless.

In fact, although that master was very cruel, it was done step by step. At least the first debt collector was quite normal.It's just that the good debt collectors don't pay back, forcing him to come up with all kinds of decisive methods.Such as temporarily suspending the job until the debt is paid off before returning to work, followed by door-to-door debt collection, and then directly bringing soldiers to search the house...

Therefore, there is still time for everything, as long as the owed money is paid back before the master is completely blackened, there will be no problem.

Thinking this way, Twelve said straightforwardly to Jia She: "Don't worry about our family, after all, most of those families who owe a lot of money have contacts with our family, and it may not be a good thing to rush to be the top bird." Son. We might as well wait until the old man comes to press for the debt, and our house will return the owed money smoothly. Father, don't rush to sell the property, open the public warehouse directly when you turn around, and let the old man slowly Let’s pick. I reckon, even if there are not enough things in the warehouse, plus our mansion’s shops in the capital, Zhuangzi in the suburbs, etc., there should be enough.”

What Twelve Du said is so clear, Jia Amnesty would be really stupid if he still didn't understand.Fortunately, although he is not very smart, he is still a long way from being stupid, so he just nodded in agreement.

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There are two flowers on each table.

The Rongguo Mansion has set the tone, but Prince Lian himself doesn't know that, in fact, he is already very busy with debt collection.These days, it is not easy to be a creditor, let alone Nala Shuxian and Twelve who are aware of the development of the matter, in the eyes of others, it is indeed the debtor who is the uncle.

Prince Lian is upright and rigorous. After being entrusted with important tasks by Emperor Changqing, he immediately went to the household department to sort out the detailed list of debts owed over the years.However, as the old Zhang family said before, it was a custom to borrow money from the treasury a few decades ago, and everyone did it like this, which made those who didn't borrow money feel weird.Among them, there were those who casually borrowed 1000 taels of silver like the old master of the Zhang family to go along with it, and of course there were those who couldn't hold back after tasting the sweetness.

Just think about it, if there is a place where you only need to write a note and hand it in, you can get the money in a few days, even without any mortgage, and no one will urge you to pay it back...

Who can not be tempted? !

People like the Zhang family are in the minority.The Zhang family is a Qingliu, scholars, they don't pay much attention to ostentation, and they don't care much about food and drink, and the ancestors were originally from a wealthy family, and all the children are very competitive. There is no shortage of money at all.Of course, there is the most important point. The Zhang family has always believed in the cycle of cause and effect, and always felt that there would be no such thing as a pie in the sky. Even if Emperor Taizu didn't pursue it, Emperor Changqing wouldn't pursue it. After that?If you meet a stingy emperor, the ancestors will be happy, will the descendants still live?

With this in mind, the Zhang family only borrowed 1000 taels of silver from the national treasury in a symbolic way, which did not let the Zhang family stand out from the crowd, and left a retreat for future generations.Once we really meet the stingy emperor, we will return the money honestly, even if the interest is counted, it will cost 2000 taels, and any more will become loan sharks. No good things come.

It's a pity that most people don't think as deeply and transparently as the Zhang family.Because of this, Prince Lian looked at the thick stack of detailed bills of owed money in his hand, and felt his eyebrows twitching, and the veins on his forehead were even more exposed.

No one knew that after Prince Lian took over the drudgery of recovering the owed silver, he went to check the national treasury.He originally thought that no matter how empty the national treasury was, there should be tens of millions of taels of silver anyway?In fact, there are only less than 700 million taels of silver left in the treasury. This is because the past two years have been relatively peaceful. If there is another war, it is estimated that the treasury will be turned upside down.

"A bunch of bastards! Look at these, there are 30 companies that have borrowed more than 27 taels of silver, all relying on the kindness and generosity of the Holy One, and none of them regard themselves as outsiders! Do you really think the national treasury is his family's private treasury? Huh, wait Come on, take these people first!"

Prince Lian was already known as a cold-faced prince, but when he was furious, his surroundings were filled with icy murderous aura.

At the same time, this also proves that the guess of the old man of the Zhang family is correct. Even if the higher-ups really want to collect debts, it is impossible to attack the Zhang family. After all, 1000 taels of silver is too inconspicuous, and the Zhang family can wait for the people in front of them. If you can't support it anymore, just pay back the owed money quietly.

In the 51st year of Duan Leap, at the end of April, Prince Yong began to collect debts from various ministries.

The three provinces and six ministries also owe money to the state treasury, but it is easy to ask for money from the public house. If they don't pay it back, they will deduct the money from the top.At the beginning, all the ministries thought that Prince Lian was joking, but who knew that they were still teasing each other, and Prince Lian had already reached out to the ministers of the ministries.

not yet?If you don't pay it back, go home and rest. When will you pay back the money owed, and then come back and resume your post.

This move was so ruthless that as soon as the news came out, Jia Zheng hid in the Rongguo Mansion with his neck shrunk under the pretext of being unwell, thinking he was a quail.He is just a fifth-rank member of the Ministry of Industry, Wailang. Firstly, he has a very leisurely career, and secondly, there is a high-ranking official at the top of the peak. He will definitely be fine...

Fantasy is beautiful, reality is cruel.

On a holiday in mid-May, Prince Lian led people to Ningrong Street in person.

Because Ningguo Mansion was the long house, and the names of the two families were also written on the money owed at that time, so Prince Lian visited Ningguo Mansion first, and Jia Jing, brother Zhen and his son welcomed them in, and at the same time sent people to go to Ningguo Mansion. Notify Rongguo Mansion.

Jia Zheng has been staying in the family school in the front yard all day since he returned home to "recover his illness". child.Therefore, he changed his strategy and stayed with Brother Zhu whenever he was free. First, he wanted to prevent things like last year from happening again, and second, he wanted to cultivate a father-son bond.

Of course, the former has a significant effect, but unfortunately the latter is obviously too much.At least from Twelve's point of view, who occasionally went to study at home, Zhu Ge'er became more and more afraid of Jia Zheng as they got along with each other for a long time.

However, studying at home also has its advantages. When Jia Jing sent someone to inform, Jia Zheng got the news first, and after tidying up his clothes, he hurried to the Ningguo Mansion next door.Of course, I didn't forget to have people deliver letters to Rongqing Hall and Rongxi Hall respectively.

When Jia Zheng arrived in a hurry, the middle door of Ningguo Mansion was opened wide, Jia Jing and brother Zhen knelt down on the ground, crying with tears and snot about their poverty, as if Ningguo Mansion had really arrived Eat the embarrassment of the last meal but not the next meal.

To be honest, Jia Zheng was a little embarrassed, but soon he realized it, and then he bowed and ran to Jia Jing's side, then knelt down on the ground, kowtowed to Prince Lian, who had an extremely ugly complexion, and cried out that his family was poor. It's almost time to get rid of the pot, and I tried my best to let Prince Lian understand that Ningrong and Rong's Second House still doesn't pay the money owed.

Prince Lian's complexion was livid, his frowning could kill a fly, not to mention the black air behind his back was about to condense into substance.

If the Ningrong Second Mansion is counted as one family, then he has already left the No.19 house.Like the first eighteen families, he didn't even open his mouth to explain why he came. Everyone knelt down and kowtowed to him, crying and complaining that life was not easy and their family was poor.It’s just like the men from Ning Rong’s second residence are just men, even Jia Jing, who is the oldest, is only ten years older than him. In the previous houses, there were even old ladies over eighty years old who knelt down for him. Come down and kowtow to beg for mercy.

That's right, everyone has difficulties, and every family can't pay the debt, so what should he do?It’s fine to disappoint the Holy Majesty, but the treasury is empty, what if there is a dispute on the border, or there is a rebellion somewhere, even if there is a flood or drought?Which one does not need money?However, what is lacking in the national treasury now is silver!

"His Royal Highness Lian is sympathetic!"

Just when Prince Lian was thinking about how to force Ning Rong and the Second House to pay back the money owed, Mother Jia arrived, and it was Mrs. Wang who supported her, almost scrambling over.

With just one glance, Prince Lian realized that he was going to return empty-handed again today.

When it comes to begging for money owed, what you fear the most is not that the other party will bully you, but that the other party kneels and begs to kowtow without regard for face.If the person kneeling and begging to kowtow is still an old man, it is basically impossible to recover the owed money.Prince Lian has already gone to [-] houses, and every time he loses to the other old man.There is no way, these families who owe a lot of money have meritorious ancestors, and some of them even fought with the emperor Taizu.It's nothing more than crying, one is not good, the old man passed out, so is he forcing people to death?Or should we retreat resignedly?

At that time, Prince Lian was still young and had not experienced many things, so naturally he had not developed a heart of stone.Therefore, when he saw Mrs. Wang supporting Jiamu coming, he almost couldn't help sighing.

However, before Prince Lian could vent out the frustration in his heart, Jia Amnesty rushed in like a life-threatening rush, only three or five steps behind Jia Mu.

As soon as he saw Prince Lian, Jia She felt as if he saw his long-lost father, he rushed over with bright eyes, and did not forget to stop on the way.