Red Mansion Royal Cat

Chapter 301

If Jia Cong had no intuitive impression of the term "wealth can rival a country" before, then when Cao Jiugong returned to Beijing with the money he copied from Shanxi, he really understood the term "wealth can rival a country" for the first time.

The eight Shanxi merchants, Qiao, Chang, Cao, Hou, Qu, Kang, Fan, and Kong, were confiscated. Among them, Qiao, Cao, Hou, and Qu were fairly discerning. With more than half of the family property and the guarantee of important officials in the court, only half of his life was recovered.

Carloads of money were sent to the palace, old Pixiu Wen Tongxuan's eyes were red, and as soon as he took off his official hat, he lay down at the gate of the palace.

"I don't care about it, if you don't send half of it to the bank of the household department, you Cao Jiugong will let someone step on the old man's body and enter the palace!"

This old rascal...

The person who carried the money naturally did not dare to push the cart over the old Shangshu's body, so he could only stop in front of the palace gate and wait for the order from the chief officer.

Cao Jiugong also has a toothache. This is not hundreds of thousands, tens of millions of silver, enough for the court to squander for more than a few years.

No one could believe that the eight masters of the Shanxi Merchants copied half of the money and found 600 million taels of silver. This still didn't count the Zhuangzi, shops, silk, pearls and jade of these few companies.

The most shocking thing is to count these places where money is kept.

Behind the rockery, in the garden, and even under the latrines are the places where they buried their silver. When boxes of silver were dug out, they filled the deep houses of these families.

This group of misers, whose children and grandchildren were dead, could still stand on their feet. When the money was taken away, they all collapsed on the ground, fainted, passed out, and some even died directly.

Jia Cong sat down on the cash box, and listened with relish to the captain of the Long Guard, parroting his tongue, telling the story of Shanxi one by one.

"More than 600 million taels of silver, my lord, the little one didn't take much rest along the way, for fear that if the carriage jolted, a few silver ingots would fall out."

"That's really hard-working brothers of the Dragon Guard, don't worry, Cao Dudu will definitely give you a holiday when the money is sent to the warehouse."

Jia Cong stood on the cash box and patted the captain on the shoulder, then jumped out of the car, came to Wen Tongxuan, knelt down and said, "Master, you can't get money like this. The boy has an idea." , I don’t know if the boss is willing to listen.”

Wen Tongxuan immediately sat up and grabbed Jia Cong's arm: "Boy Cong, don't frame me, or I will go to lie down at the gate of your house today."

"It's absolutely true, I guarantee that the Minister of Finance can at least get this amount..."

Jia Cong showed eight white teeth, smiled and raised a finger: "This is much more than a year's autumn tax, and it is enough for the treasurer to live leisurely for a whole year."

Wen Tongxuan's heart was moved, and he leaned over and asked in a low voice: "What can I do? Cao Jiugong does not agree to divide the money, and His Majesty does not want to see me. The Ministry of Households really has no money, otherwise the old man would not have made such a plan. The bluestone slab at the gate of the palace is so hot that the old man's buttocks are almost cooked..."

The corners of Jia Cong's mouth twitched, of course the emperor doesn't want to see you.If you get a share of money when you see him, then you will feel at ease, and the emperor will have to feel uncomfortable for a while.

"Hurry up and tell me, if you don't talk about it, the old man will go to the gate of Rongguo Mansion and lie down!"

Come on, boy, I can't afford to mess with you.

"Boy, I once heard His Majesty say that the household department cannot do without you. The bluestone slab is very hot today, and you are already sixty years old. After all, you have been in the sun for a long time. It is hot and dry. It's normal to beg for a skeleton with a sickness."

The old man was not convinced by his old age, so he blew his beard and stared at him immediately: "Nonsense! I'm only 59, and I'm only six in two months... Huh? Why do I feel dizzy..."

……

The Minister of Finance suddenly fainted and was carried to the imperial hospital. Cao Jiugong watched the singing of the old and the young from beginning to end, and couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.

Then he ordered his subordinates to continue to move money into the palace. Jia Cong dug a hole for the emperor, whistled and leisurely returned to Rongguo Mansion.

The emperor frequently scolds Wen Tongxuan for being an old Pixiu, but in fact he is similar, the elder brother doesn't laugh at the second brother, they all have the same temperament.

More than half of the Shanxi merchants were abolished, and so much money was stolen, enough for the court to relax for a year.Now that you have money, let's spend more on the Ministry of Industry.

Wen Tongxuan is an extremely qualified household secretary, and the old man has never been stingy in the research of firearms and the construction of sea ships and warships.

Mr. She is still walking around with monkeys in South Vietnam, so Jia Cong naturally wants to help the old man get more money from the emperor's private treasury.

Moreover, the emperor is not a faint king, but he is poor and afraid, so he picks and searches every time...

"You bastard, turn your elbows out, I should hang him from a tree and give him a good meal!"

Liu Heng looked at the book that still had the fragrance of ink, and the anger in his heart rushed to his forehead.

This old Pixiu has really become a genius, he imitated the book of begging for bones given to him by others.

Don't you just want money?
"Come here, tell old man Wen that I will give him 500 million taels of silver, don't embarrass yourself in the Tai Hospital, and go back to the household department immediately!"

"My lord, Wen Shangshu said that if he didn't have 500 million taels, he would beg for bones."

"What? Fifteen million taels? Why doesn't he grab it!"

Thinking of the hard-fought inner treasury being divided up so much money, the emperor's liver began to ache.

"600 million, no more..."

The little eunuch was panting as he ran, sending messages back and forth, and the Qinzheng Palace roared one after another.

"700 million! You tell Wen Tongxuan, don't go too far!"

"I'm going to kill this old Pixiu..."

"800 million... If you dare to talk nonsense, I will definitely kill him!"

Wen Tongxuan had the bottom line in his heart, gritted his teeth and lay in the imperial hospital crying, abruptly took 1000 million taels of silver from the pocket of the emperor.

Filling up the silver cellar he had dug first, the old Pixiu smiled contentedly.

Over the years, I have been saving money like a hamster, and I have finally filled up this silver cellar. 500 million taels of silver, even if all the money on the outside was spent, with this 500 million as a base, Wen Tongxuan was confident that Daxia could survive the most difficult period.

Clang!

After the silver cellar was blocked, Wen Tongxuan looked at the boxes of silver in the bank of the household department, and waved his hand: "Go and call the people from the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to come over, I have money, let them report the number to me. Build me a firearm, build a sea boat for me. Marquis Rong Guo is still suffering in the south, Cong boy has helped me a lot, so this old man just pretended to be a public servant and took care of the black monkeys in South Vietnam first!"

……

Wen Tongxuan's selfishness was actually a matter that the emperor and the chief minister had already agreed upon. The Ministry of Industry had trained a large number of qualified craftsmen in the past six months. If it wasn't for the lack of money, the imperial guards would have been replaced with the latest guns and artillery.

The steady stream of silver was replaced with molten iron, which was cast into cylinders. Jia Cong felt happy when he saw the black muzzle.

The British Duke Zhang Yue selected the best [-] troops from the Beijing camp to form an advance team and head south.All the existing firearms in the Beijing camp are gathered, and they plan to go to southern Xinjiang for a good drill.

Now southern Xinjiang seems to be in danger, but in fact, the DPRK and China no longer regard the war in southern Xinjiang as the most urgent thing.

He didn't directly send troops to the south. The main reason is that after discussing with the cabinet and the big bosses of the governor's mansion, the emperor felt that the hasty deployment of troops caused too many casualties, and the gains outweighed the losses.

Anyway, the battle line has been pushed to the territory of South Vietnam, so let the twelve guards of the Beijing camp rotate, and it will be training.

Of course, it is also possible to continuously test Daxia's new firearms in actual combat in southern Xinjiang.After Jia Cong finished reading the letter in hand, he couldn't help but think to himself, these old foxes in the court really have more hearts than one.

Especially Mr. Shoufu, who proposed to train troops in rounds. This old man is at most a hundred catties, and he has grown eight hundred and one minds.

dong dong dong...

"Come in."

Jia Cong originally thought that it was Baoyu who wanted to invite him to attend some kind of poetry meeting with cups of water, but he didn't want it to be Yuanyang, the big maid next to the old lady.

"what's up?"

Yuanyang's status in the mansion is not low, even Baoyu, the old lady's heart, will call her sister when she sees her.

But she didn't dare to take the big picture in front of Jia Cong, and bowed her knees and said: "Third Master, Second Master sent an urgent letter from Jinling. At two o'clock in the seventh day of the seventh month, Second Mistress gave birth to a daughter..."

Half a month had passed since the Qixi Festival, and Jia Cong had been thinking about his brother and sister-in-law in the south, so he wrote three letters to Jinling.

The Rongxi Hall was already crowded with brothers and sisters, big and small, and the old lady happily talked to Madam Xing about whether to send more people to the south.

Jia Cong handed the letter to Yingchun, shook his head and said, "I don't need it for the time being, Second Brother already has enough manpower, and they live in Zhenfusi Yamen, if we send people there again, it will only cause trouble for Second Brother."

The old lady pondered for a while and nodded, "That's true. When the fifth daughter-in-law went to Jinling with Brother Yun, the nanny and everything went with her. I think there will be no shortage of people for the time being..."

Jia Lian is the successor of the Rongguo Mansion, even if she only gave birth to a daughter this time, she will be the eldest daughter of the Rongguo Mansion, with a noble status.

In the words of the old lady, marrying a prince and becoming a concubine in the future is nothing more than normal.After thinking about everything, Jia Wu, the deputy commander of the soldiers who stayed at Rongguo Mansion, personally led the team and sent several carts of things to Jinling.

Not to mention gold and silver among them, just the uncles and aunts of the eldest sister have put several golden locks on them.

Especially Xiao Xichun, she put the toys she had saved into a whole big box, which made everyone laugh.

It was as if all hardships were rewarded, Ningrong Jia's family finally passed the most dangerous time.

First, son-in-law Lin Ruhai had an heir, then Yuanchun gave birth to a son, and now Jia Lian and his wife, who have been married for several years without any movement, have a daughter.

Hearing the news, a wave of relatives and friends came to Rongguo Mansion to congratulate him, which made Jia Cong, who was planning to study hard, a little uncomfortable.

After a few days of hustle and bustle, the news had just subsided, and Jia Cong hadn't breathed a sigh of relief when the news of Jia Zheng's return to Beijing to report on his work reached the Rongguo Mansion.

This time, Master Jing, who has always been calm, was taken aback. The Zhejiang boy trial fraud case was suppressed by the cabinet. The people from the third department had already gone south to investigate, but there was no definitive conclusion.

The only good news is that this case has little to do with Jia Zheng.

"Brother Zheng sent the note by himself and wanted to go back to Beijing to report on his duties. Originally, the cabinet rejected his request. Unexpectedly, His Majesty let Xia Dajian go to the cabinet and asked the great minister to use the seal on the edict. And it was passed in secret, except for your majesty. I don’t even know about the elders in the cabinet, or the six ministers.”

Mr. Jing is also confused by the weirdness of this matter. He has not finished his three years of studying politics, so what kind of job should he say?
Now that the people from the third division are investigating the case in Zhejiang, even if Jia Zheng is not involved in the case, he should cooperate with the third division to find out the fraud case of the boy's test. Why did he come back to the capital?

The old lady is also very clear about the rules in the officialdom, and the second son's anomaly this time makes her restless.

"Jing'er, go to the palace to inquire about the situation. Zheng'er is not as good as you and the boss. I'm really afraid that he will cause some trouble."

"Let me go. Uncle Jing will go to the palace. I don't know how many people will not be able to sleep. My grandson has been to the palace a lot, and I know him very well!"

Jia Cong took over this matter, firstly because Jia Jing's goal was too big, and secondly because he was more familiar in the palace.

Ersheng treated him like his own grandson (son), so it was not easy to inquire about this matter.

……

Jia Cong arrived at the palace well-versedly, since he gave old Paixiu a tricky idea last time, he hasn't been in the palace for half a month.

He touched his aching buttocks, sighed and moved towards the entrance of the main hall of Qinzheng Hall.

"Huh? Lord President..."

Lu Yang, the censor of Zuodu, walked over in stride. After seeing Jia Cong who was dawdling, he raised his eyebrows and patted him on the shoulder: "Oh, isn't this our Lord Cat? I heard that you have been suffering lately. I read the classics of saints, and I plan to pass the junior Sanyuan exam next year. Let me tell you, think about it when you grow up, and learn from your teacher, how about getting a Liuyuanlang exam?"

Jia Cong almost stumbled when he was photographed, and replied with a grin: "Your Excellency is joking, you don't know how much the kid weighs? Just give it a try, give it a try..."

"Your boy is a monkey spirit, and you are born with Su Hui. It is not easy to pass the exam..."

Joking aside, when the two came to the gate of Qinzheng Palace, Lu Yang whispered in Jia Cong's ear: "Your second uncle will do something earth-shattering, you'd better not be shy and be careful of your Majesty's board... ..."

After finishing speaking, he bowed and stood, and the little eunuch at the door was already reporting inside.

"Lv Yang, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, please see me!"

"Jia Cong, the first-class son of Ziyang County, please see me!"

……

Jia Zheng's current appearance startled Jia Cong. The white and clean Mr. Zheng was dark and thin at the moment, not a bit of elegance, but his eyes were like eagles, revealing an undisguised murderous look.

Jia Cong refrained from asking, and stood aside after paying his respects to the emperor, waiting for the emperor to speak.

"Lu Qing, you have also read Jia Qing's secret memorial. The imperial examination is a grand ceremony for talents in the country, and the boy's examination is the cornerstone of the imperial examination. Now some people are even hollowing out the cornerstone. It is really unimaginable and eye-opening. The inspector censor of the procuratorate in Zhejiang has also become their helper, if Jia Qing hadn't been careful, maybe this would have become the soul of the sword."

"My lord is guilty..."

The emperor raised his hand and interrupted Lu Yang's plea.

"Don't come here. I ordered you not to listen to your useless words. Now that Jia Qing has brought back so many clues, I order you to investigate the case closely. Cut off all the tentacles!"

Oh~ Xilin Party!

Jia Cong finally understood why the second uncle was in such a mess, and why he became what he is now.

If we talk about the biggest cancer in Jiangnan, the first is the local rich merchants and gentry headed by the Zhen family, who control the government and economy in Jiangnan.

The second is that the Xilin Party is the main force, combined with the combination of large and small academies, to form a school power that can influence half of the south of the Yangtze River.

Shocking fraud cases broke out in this year's Children's Trial in Zhejiang. To put it bluntly, the political lords who parachuted into Zhejiang exceeded the expectations of the Xilin Party members.

Who made Master Zheng such a pedantic person?The emperor bestowed him with the post of education and administration, and when he went to Zhejiang, he would inspect the affairs of education and administration in various prefectures and counties.

Especially the admission of the county examination and the government examination, the political lord will pay close attention to it.He retrieved the trial archives of boys from various prefectures and counties in Zhejiang for the past three years, and at the same time inspected various places in micro-services.

This inspection almost made Mr. Zheng faint from anger.Talented people are not listed on the list, as long as they have a relationship with Xilin, even if they can't do doggerel, they can be high school talents.

So Mr. Zheng paid close attention to this year's academic examination arrangement. The Xilin party members originally thought that the second generation Xun, who became a political student by relying on his nepotism, was a greedy and lustful person who gave money and women at the same time.

I don't want to give it away, it's like poking the lungs of Mr. Zheng, causing them a lot of trouble...

Monthly ticket recommendation ticket

　I will stop here tonight and continue tomorrow.Good night!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)