Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 193

Since ancient times, the role of the big court meeting is often not as good as that of the small court meeting. The process is basically a set routine, and fishing abounds in Fengtian Temple.

Even the assistant political scholars in the cabinet often put their hands in their hands and close their eyes to rest their minds.Only Daxia's stingy God of Wealth, Hubu Shangshu Wen Tongxuan has to fight with people every time the court meets.

"I said, no money! No money! No money!"

Wen Tongxuan was surrounded by a group of people begging for money, and was forced to come up with a magic weapon again...

thump!

I saw God of Wealth sitting in the main hall and howling: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Households is really out of money. Zhihe has to leave 80 yuan, Jiubian sent 200 million yuan, and finally the salt department sent 300 million yuan. There was another drought. The autumn tax has not yet arrived in Beijing, and the silver and grain depots of the household department have starved to death."

After complaining for a long time, Wen Tongxuan suddenly looked at the emperor on the dragon chair with resentment, and muttered: "If I remember correctly, at the end of June, Jiangnan sent more than 1000 million taels of silver..."

Ok?
Liu Heng opened his slightly squinted eyes instantly, and gritted his teeth.This old Pixiu, who co-authored and wailed for a long time was trying to get Neiku's idea!

"God of Wealth, I found something very interesting. As long as I save some money, a mouse will starve to death in the bank and grain depot of the household department. Don't you think it's very interesting?"

Wen Tongxuan folded his hands and smiled.

"600 million, I only need 600 million."

Liu Heng almost cursed, the old man is too bullying...

"Only 300 million, do you want it?"

"500 million, 500 million ministers are missing, the Minister of the Household Department abdicates to let the virtuous!"

"Wenqing, I will use this money."

Liu Heng resisted the urge to hack this old man to death, and gritted his teeth: "It's only 400 million, is there more!"

"The minister obeys the order."

Wen Tongxuan immediately regained his energy. After getting up from the ground, he stretched out his hand to Xia Shouzhong who was beside him. The veins on Xia Shouzhong's forehead began to throb.

It's done, it's expected to be 300 million, and now it's 100 million more, and the household department can be extravagant for a while, let's add a chicken leg to lunch today to reward yourself!

It's a pity that Wen Tongxuan's good mood didn't persist for a while, and when he heard that the household department was rich, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people.There was another wave of begging for money in the main hall.

The Fengtian Hall was in a mess. After Xu Jin closed his eyes and rested his mind to get through the routine process, he suddenly walked out of the team of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Xu Jin, the censor of Youqin Capital of the Chendu Chayuan, impeached officials at all levels from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, Zongzheng Temple, Dali Temple, and Shuntian Mansion. They were lax in governing and negligent in governing, resulting in a severe drought this summer. Tens of millions of people in five provinces were displaced and starved to death everywhere..."

snoring snoring...

In the hot summer, when the sun rises, the remaining coolness disappears.Jia Cong, who hadn't woken up yet, leaned against the cool pillar and fell asleep blowing bubbles.

Suddenly he felt someone poking his face, and opened his eyes in a daze, only to realize that it was his eldest nephew Jia Rong.

"Uncle Cong, Mr. Qingteng has quarreled with someone!"

Ok?
Jia Cong wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth, turned his head to look, and saw the teacher Xu Jin fighting several elders in purple official robes alone, talking freely.

"The lower officials are right about things and not about people. In July, the lower officials were ordered to inspect the [-] counties under the Shuntian Prefecture. The counties and counties are full of refugees..."

"Da Zongzheng, you said that the disaster relief has nothing to do with Zongzheng Temple. That's true. However, the clan's enclosure has been enclosed in the river, which makes it impossible to organize water conservancy. Do you think it is Zongzheng Temple's responsibility?"

"Minister of Finance, the lower officials found out that the household department sent the disaster relief money and food to Shuntian Mansion. Every time the household department passed a hand, it would lose tens of thousands of taels of silver. When it reaches the county, half of it is already a blessing." Fortunately, I would like to ask the Minister of Finance, if the rats were starved to death in the bank and grain depots of the Ministry of Households, did they also fatten the rats?"

"Lord Wang, how can disaster relief have nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry? In the second year of Yuanyou, the imperial court spent a huge amount of money to renovate the water conservancy of Shuntian Mansion, but the officials inspected the entire Shuntian Mansion. The rivers and canals were silted up, and eight of the ten waterwheels were unusable. May I ask, Master Wang, is the craftsman of the Ministry of Industry inferior to the carpenter in the village?"

"Lord Cai, Lord Tang, and Lord Lu, the common people have nowhere to redress their grievances, and they all went to the imperial envoy to file a complaint. There is no news from the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion. Don't tell me you are so busy that you can't see or hear the common people? Suffering?"

……

Xu Jin's words were convincing, and the memorial in his hand recorded extremely detailed data, and several elders were refuted speechless.

"Alas! Natural disasters are inevitable, but originally Shuntian Mansion was fully capable of reducing the impact of severe drought on the people. Not to mention anything else, although Shuntian Mansion is not as dense as Jiangnan's river network, but with the water conservancy repaired in the second year of Yuanyou, how can Tian Zhong be sloppy?" No income?"

Xu Jin held up the thick memorial with both hands, and bowed down: "Your Majesty, in this memorial, I have recorded in detail the use of rivers and ditches in the [-] counties under the Shuntian Prefecture. Nearly [-]% of the water conservancy facilities are used for private use, and many Occupied by noble clansmen and rich families. There are also mountains and rivers, occupied by big clans, I don’t know if the saying that the whole world is the king’s land is right or wrong!”

The silence above the main hall was terrible, and those clan and noble relatives all shrank their necks, and began to recall whether their family's Zhuangzi in Gyeonggi had done such things...

Xia Shouzhong delivered the memorial presented by Xu Jin to the emperor. Every time the emperor turned a page, he would look at a certain courtier in the palace.

"It's over, Your Majesty is looking at me. Could it be that the prodigal girls in the family really let people do these things?"

"God, what did Madam do, why does Your Majesty want to see me?"

"Huh? I... I... I didn't buy Zhuangzi in Shuntian Mansion. What does Your Majesty think of me?"

Snapped!
Liu Heng suddenly closed the half-read memorial, and coldly glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall.

"Xu Qing, I gave you the Heavenly Son Sword to take charge of this disaster relief. Since you discovered the problem in Shuntian Mansion, you can handle it. If you are below the third rank, you can cut it first and then play it. The divisions must not interfere, and must actively cooperate... ..."

"Father, my son, I beg you to assist Mr. Qingteng in helping the victims."

Liu Hong, who suddenly walked out of the line of clan members, surprised everyone. The young eagle's political career is about to start?

After watching the excitement, Jia Cong finally knew that it was time for him to play, so he walked out from the whispering team and bowed down: "My minister Jia Cong begs for orders, and I am willing to follow Master Xu to help the victims and catch mice!"

"At your request, the fourth son of the emperor, Liu Hong, is the deputy envoy of the imperial envoy, and Habayashi will lead Jia Cong to lead the three hundred Yu Linlang to guard the imperial envoy to inspect the place!"

The emperor walked away without waiting for the courtiers in the palace to react.Xia Shouzhong quickly shook off the dust in his hands, and shouted: "Retire!"

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"Father, how much money does our family still owe to the household department?"

Jia Cong lay on the table and looked at the account books spread out. Such cumbersome records made him dizzy.

After spending a lot of thought, I finally sorted out the above figures. In Rongguo Mansion's account, there is only less than 5 taels of cash left, which also includes the [-] taels of cash in the treasury, which cannot be easily moved.

Lying on the rocking chair and humming a ditty, Master She said leisurely without even raising his eyelids, "Our family is 15, and the East Mansion is [-]."

"so much?"

Jia Cong scratched his head, picked up a pen and began to calculate the annual income and expenditure.

In the past few years, there have been floods and droughts, and the income of Zhuangzi can be said to be terrible, and it often needs money from the government to support it.

The income in the shop is not bad, and the business route jointly operated with the Xue family since last year has improved, and about 1 taels of silver can be delivered every three months.

In addition to the cost, after one year, you can earn about 3 taels of silver.But if you want to repay the debt owed by the Ministry of Accounts, there is still too much difference.

The Rongguo family has a big business and a lot of expenditure.

The treasury seems to be full of gold, silver and jade, but most of those are gifts from the emperor, and they cannot be exchanged for silver flowers.

Jia Cong couldn't help having a headache and said, "Father, our family has no money!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, the matter of raising pearls you mentioned last time has already taken shape. Brother Yun has found a suitable place in Guangdong. When the time comes, let alone tens of thousands of taels, even a few hundred thousand taels will not be a big deal. .”

Master She suddenly told Jia Cong good news. It turned out that Jia Cong had muttered about the method of pearl cultivation last year.

"Wenchang Miscellaneous Notes" contains: "There is a method of raising pearls. Take a slightly larger clam, soak it in clean water, wait for it to open, and throw it with beads... Frequently change the water, and it will become pearls in autumn!"

Pearls are a luxury that is in great demand. If you want to cultivate good pearls, you will draw a lot of silver from the pockets of those wealthy merchants.

Jia Yun is a rare talent in the Jia clan. Although he is not interested in studying the imperial examinations or joining the army, he has excellent economic acumen.

Master She directly made the decision and asked him to take a few mature and prudent shopkeepers in his family and take the post from the mansion to Guangdong to find land and raise pearls.

At the beginning of last month, Jia Yun sent a letter saying that the Zhuchang had already been bought, and it will be harvested in the next autumn.

Although Jia Cong was delighted that pearl cultivation was on the right track, he still looked depressed and muttered: "The water far away can't solve the fire near the fire. My son will think about it and see where I can get some silver..."

"Why are you so anxious for money?"

Jia She sat up suspiciously, lifted the little black fat man off the table, and asked seriously: "Did your second brother take you to a brothel before, did you catch some bad habits?"

Your father and I can be Huahua Taisui, but not your kid.My hope in this life is pinned on you!
Jia Cong rolled his eyes, and replied speechlessly: "Father, what are you thinking, my son is planning to start a business partnership with His Highness Fourth Highness, and is going to invest some capital in it."

When it comes to the future crown prince, Master She has to be cautious: "What business? The saint and His Majesty will let you mess around with His Highness the Fourth?"

Jia Cong ran to the door, looked around, closed the door and window, and ran back to Elder Xi to explain in a low voice.

"Teacher, please open the sea, and His Majesty has agreed. It is planned to open a shipping company in Quanzhou and do business overseas. Xia Qian, the father-in-law's godson, will be in charge of setting up a fleet to sail to the West. My son has discussed with the Fourth Highness, and I plan to participate in a share... ..."

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