The Rich and the Idlers of the Red Chamber

Jia Amnesty's affairs are causing a lot of trouble. The water conservancy printing machine has greatly reduced the cost of books. The price of ordinary books on the market has been reduced by [-]%, and it is estimated that it will drop even more in the future. In the final analysis, it is right Scholars are beneficial, not to mention, Jia Amnesty did not rely on this to compete with the people for profit, and distributed all the benefits. Although he got some money, for most people, this is not unacceptable.

As for some people's sour remarks, saying that Jia She is obsessed with strange skills and obscene skills, and does not do business properly, there is nothing to say. Jia She is not a scholar with an imperial examination background. It's good for everyone when a group of nobles fight for power and profit together, but you are chattering away, and you think the water is not muddy enough!

Jia Amnesty was straightforward here, but there was someone chattering over there. He directly contacted Zhang Jialin's family, took out some rare and rare books from each family's collection, printed a batch at once, and donated them to the public with great fanfare. Hanlin Academy, now, even the most sour scholars can't say anything.

"Enhou is really good at making money!" Together with Zhang Jialin's family, Jia Amnesty donated a batch of books. The sage knew it, so there is no reason not to reward them. The two families were given the four books of "Scholarly Family" inscribed by the imperial pen. However, Jia Amnesty was given the four characters of "Searching Things to Know", which is quite appropriate. In addition, he was rewarded with some high-quality four treasures of the study, such as Chengxintang Paper, Lake Brush and Duan Inkstone. I got an errand to announce the decree to Jia Amnesty.

After Jia She saved Tu Mingyi and Tu Mingyun back then, the two princes walked around with Jia She as serious relatives and friends. Tu Mingyi has always been a little uncomfortable with Xungui, and he is a bit old-fashioned, and He was extremely narrow-minded, and felt that Jia She was lazy because he relied on his talent and learning but refused to serve the court, so he couldn't talk to Jia She.

But Tu Mingyun is different, he communicates more frequently with Jia She, and he learned from Jia She that his father really wants to live forever. I showed it, anyway, I just showed my filial piety to the saint, and I did all the things that should be done properly. I didn't have much contact with those outsiders. I put on a look of not much ambition, but I became a saint. Eyes, often have the opportunity to accompany the driver.

Jia She has always been unreliable from all parties, has no real power, and is a bit weird by nature. The saint is also at ease with him. When Tu Mingyun and Jia She are together, they are discussing only strange flowers and weeds. Jia Amnesty didn't have a brain twitch anymore, so he just wore a pair of pants with Tu Mingyun, so it didn't arouse any taboo.

After Tu Mingyun announced the decree, Jia Amnesty took the reward and ordered his servants to take it down for safekeeping, and then he heard what Tu Mingyun said.

Jia She said with a smile: "A gentleman loves money, and he gets it in a proper way. I am not like Your Highness. The prince has a salary of 1 taels a year, and there is also the Huangzhuang property rewarded by the saint. I want to raise a big family here. With a salary of a few hundred taels a year, it’s not enough for me to raise two pots of flowers, so naturally I’ll find a way to raise more money! Besides, I’m not greedy!”

Tu Mingyun curled his lips, what a salary of 1 taels a year, really relying on the salary, his family would starve to death early.He didn't want to form a clique for personal gain, and he didn't have any capable men under his command, and he didn't have much extra income throughout the year, but he lived three days and two lives. As a prince, he couldn't do worse than other brothers, which made the saint feel disrespectful. Therefore, life is still quite a bit Tight.

On the other hand, Jia She, when did he ever suffer from poverty? He didn't say anything before the separation. After the separation, let alone the family property that the Rongguo Mansion gave him, it was the dowry left to Jia She by the former wife. What a big industry.Jia She is good at planting flowers, and the best ones naturally entered the palace, but the others were not ordinary. For a good book of peonies, many people would spend thousands of taels of silver without blinking an eye.Jia Amnesty looked like he didn't know about the business, but in recent years, no family with some background in Beijing has not had a high-grade plant cultivated by Baihuayuan in their garden.It is said that in the south of the Yangtze River, the high-grade products from Baihuayuan can at least be exchanged for a bucket of bright pearls!It can be seen how much Jia She has earned in these years.

Compared with Jia She, I am a pauper!Tu Mingyun also knew that it would be of no use to put on Jia She's airs here, and Jia She would not accept this.That's right, when Jia She was born, it was the time when the Rongguo Mansion was at its most prosperous. His grandfather was the Duke of the State, and his father was the Duke of the State. If Jia Daishan's mother hadn't doted on Jia She, Jia She would have almost entered the palace as the prince's companion.

Jia She was also raised with gold and jade since he was a child. Although the Shi family has always disliked this son, Jia She's heart has been cultivated long ago.After Tu Mingyun realized that Jia She didn't really have much awe towards these princes in his bones, his attitude towards Jia She became much more casual.Of course, this is also because Jia She is indeed a capable person. He is capable, but he is not arrogant about his talents and has no ambitions. For such a person, even if he is a little bit short in etiquette, it is nothing!

Therefore, Tu Mingyun said a little sourly: "What Enhou said, if you really count it, my palace is not as well-off as yours!" When he said this, his heart moved, and he sighed: "Enhou should also know, The national treasury has been empty for the past few years. If there is anything to do, the royal father has to pay from the internal treasury! The royal father has no money, and we princes are living a tight life. If Enhou has any ideas, he will help How about I show you the way?"

Jia She was dumbfounded. This dynasty was founded for a hundred years, and the ancestral home of the disciples was in the south, and they started their rebellion from the south. Therefore, starting from Taizu, several emperors of this dynasty liked to tour the south. After visiting five or six times, four of them lived in Zhen's house. Concubine Zhen was also favored by the saint during his third southern tour, and was brought back to the palace. She moved almost three times a day. It didn't take a few years for a beauty to become a noble concubine.

The Zhen family took over four times, and also had a daughter who was a noble concubine, and a grandson who was a prince. He became more and more arrogant in the south of the Yangtze River, and became the emperor of the land.The sage thought that the Zhen family owed a lot of treasury money, so first let the Zhen family take charge of the Jiangnan Salt Administration. The Zhen family has formed a habit of withholding tax money, but they don't use it to pay off the debt, but enjoy it by themselves , There are quite a few people who know about this, but for the saint, firstly, the old lady of the Zhen family is the saint's nurse, and secondly, there is Zhen Guifei and two princes, so they have always turned a blind eye.

Of course, the Zhen family owed a lot of money to Ku Yin. There were few Chinese and military officials, nobles and even clans who had not borrowed money from Ku Yin. There is no interest, and no borrowing is for nothing. Some people just follow the trend and borrow some symbolically, and some simply borrow tens of hundreds of taels, which is similar to making up the number.

Even if these are accumulated, they are actually not too big a sum, but those big households who owe money are not small sums, and they are often tens of thousands to 10 taels. The amount of money owed by the driver is 200 million or so, which is not worth it, not to mention how much tax money the Zhen family has withheld for so many years.

As for the other people, some of them were picked up or for other reasons. Many people felt that the money they spent was also spent for the royal family, so they felt at ease and never paid it back.Then there are some honorable clansmen who are living a tight life. They have no real power and lost the foundation left by their ancestors. The annual salary of the imperial court can't even support the ordinary scenes. They want to return to the original life. , What should I do, go to the sage to cry poorly, and the sage will give a verbal permission, and a sum of money can be directly received from the household branch.

The saint is getting old, and he had a few sons before, so he doesn't want to make a big deal. Besides, most of the people who owe Kuyin are old ministers. .It's just that when a large amount of money is needed, it will inevitably be a little stretched.That is, before, because of the rebellion of several princes, many people's houses were searched, and the saint left most of the cash to the treasury, so the Ministry of Households was considered a little more generous.

As for the prince Tu Mingyun, he was rather aggrieved. The first few princes were assigned to the mansion earlier, and the Huangzhuang they were assigned was not bad. Those villa heads in Huangzhuang are not easy to get along with, and it is normal to play tricks in private, and it is not easy for Tu Mingyun to go to war for this matter. Later, some elder brothers broke things, and their Huangzhuang was naturally confiscated After coming back, the problem is that there are still a row of younger brothers who have not opened the house, and naturally it is not Tu Mingyun's turn.

Tu Mingyun really felt that he didn't have enough money to spend. Jia She finally remembered what he had forgotten at the beginning. The money owed has always been a big trouble. Who knows how much the Jia family owed, but he remembered Madam Tai said before that when the late emperor was here, the Jia family also took over in the south. It seems that in order to compensate the army that followed the second Duke Rongning, they borrowed a sum of money from the treasury. As for how much, Jia She is not sure, but it is not a small amount after thinking about it.

Thinking of this, Jia Amnesty couldn't help feeling rejoicing, fortunately he separated from his family, otherwise, wouldn't he have to pay the debt himself?As for the Rongguo Mansion, let's see what Jia Zheng does and who else he can rely on this time.However, at the Ningguo Mansion, you still have to talk to Jia Daihua, no matter what happens, you have to find a good opportunity to pay off the owed money as soon as possible.

At this moment, Tu Mingyun was crying poor in front of himself, Jia She thought about it, and suddenly said: "My lord doesn't have to cry poor here, I really have a way to make money here, but I'm afraid the lord can't swallow it alone." !"

Tu Mingyun was just talking about it, but Jia She really had an idea to make money, so he couldn't help but widen his eyes, and asked: "What method, how much can I have, I am a prince and prince, why can't I swallow it?"

Jia Amnesty got up directly and said: "I can't explain this clearly. The prince and I will go and have a look, and we will find out!" As he said, he led Tu Mingyun directly to the workshop where he often stayed recently.