Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 41 Verification of Accounts
Let’s not talk about the two immortals sighing here, let’s talk about Jia Rui.

Now everyone in their family is getting busy because of Jia Rui's marriage.

Because Jia Rui is not young now, and now that he is engaged, he should get married soon, so Mrs. Wang has already started to prepare in advance.

But at the beginning of preparing for the marriage, Mrs. Wang felt a little tricky.

One must know that Xue Baochai was born in a wealthy family. Although his status is lower than Jia Rui's, he is rich.

When making a betrothal to such a family, the betrothal gift must not be light.

But now Jia Rui's family, although not to mention the end of the world, but the family's money is not much.

It was just some time ago that Jia Rui received several carbon tributes, and then he had some savings. Otherwise, he spent money to buy an official position some time ago, and took three thousand silver from home. Now he can run away mice at home. .

But even so, it is not something Jia Rui's family can afford now to have a decent wedding.

Of course, it can be kept simple because of omissions, but Jia Rui is now a third-rank official and an important minister of the court. If the wedding ceremony is too shabby, Jia Rui will lose face.

In the living room, the grandparents and grandchildren were all frowning with their ledgers.

Jia Rui sat down and rubbed his forehead with his hands. After a long time, he rolled his eyes and then said:

"Old man, old lady, you don't have to worry about money. The grandson will send the silver over in two days."

After Jia Dairu finished listening, his brows were wrinkled and his face darkened.

"You bastard, don't play those petty tricks. If something goes wrong, what do you want me to do with your grandmother?"

It turned out that as soon as Jia Rui spoke, Jia Dairu already knew what this guy was going to do. He wanted to take carbon respect and bribes!

Jia Rui did not follow his grandfather this time, but said nonchalantly:
"Don't worry, old man. The Forbidden Captain I manage still has some shops and income in Beijing. Except for part of the money to maintain the operation of the Forbidden Dragon, I, the Commander of the Forbidden Dragon, can withdraw the rest at will."

Speaking of this, Jia Rui added another sentence, "This is the acquiescence of the Supreme Emperor, and the commanders of the Dragon Guards have always done this."

It turned out that Jia Rui thought of those spy outlets in Jingzhong, the controller of Captain Long.

These outlets are not only the support points for Long Jinwei's intelligence exploration, but also one of the important sources of Long Jinwei's income.

In the past, Jia Rui didn't interfere with the affairs of this stall, mainly because Dai Quan was solely responsible for it.

However, some time ago, Dai Quan transferred the matter to Jia Rui, but the managers and shopkeepers of those outlets did not come to greet Jia Rui.

This gave Jia Rui the idea of ​​changing a group of people and letting his cronies take over.

Just this time, I can make a fortune by cleaning up these shopkeepers.

Jia Dairu didn't know about this, he heard that the Supreme Emperor acquiesced, and all the commanders of Long Jinwei followed this, so he didn't say anything.

Mrs. Wang did not speak just now, until the grandparents and grandchildren had finished their business, then she said:
"Since that's the case, I'm going to find a matchmaker to propose marriage to Xue's house today."

Originally, Mrs. Wang was worried that her family's money would lose face, but now that the matter of money has been settled, she can boldly propose marriage with confidence.

The next day, Jia Rui visited the palace as usual, and saw that the Supreme Emperor had nothing to say, so he left the palace and returned to the residence of Captain Long outside the palace.

Returning to the Longjinwei Yamen, sitting on the main seat in the middle, Jia Rui's expression changed.

"Come here, call the stewards of the eighteen stations in Beijing."

One of the clerks who had been serving Jia Rui all the time, after hearing Jia Rui's words, had a look of joy on his face.

Mr. Jia is ready to clean up these princes who are outside.

Regarding this matter, the scribes and stewards in the yamen were naturally very supportive and approved of it.

No matter how you say it, these people are still officials in the Long Jinwei Yamen, and the managers of the external branches should show their respect.

But, to be honest, the stewards of these stations belonged to Long Jinwei on the surface, but in fact they were not birds of Long Jinwei at all, and completely obeyed the orders of Eunuch Dai in the palace.

Therefore, the scribes and petty officials in Long Jinwei's yamen did not receive the filial piety of these stewards at all, so they had long been jealous of these people.

But they have been unable to fight others, so they can only endure.

This time is good, Mr. Jia wants to deal with this group of people, if all these shops and business are in the hands of Long Jinwei, they can also enjoy some bonuses.

Therefore, the people below immediately dispatched people to various businesses in Beijing to spread the word.

Jia Rui sat on the main seat in the main hall, and waited for two hours before people came to Long Jinwei to report one after another.

Those in charge outside entered Long Jinwei and looked at each other with disdain on the corners of their mouths.

On the side of the Supreme Emperor, Dai Quan was asked to hand over the intelligence organizations controlled by Captain Long to Jia Rui's hands.

Naturally, Dai Quan did not dare to disobey, so he handed over to his subordinates.

But Dai Quan is the majestic head of the inner palace, and the intelligence organization under his control has gone to sea, and Long Jinwei is only a small fly in the entire intelligence organization, so naturally Dai Quan doesn't need to personally intervene .

But even this little fly has its own owner, and those with vested interests under him naturally don't want the business and rights in the present to disappear, so this implies that these managers and managers are against Jia Rui.

Although these bottom-level people are among the fifth and sixth among the poor, they don't know much about the situation at the top.

So they didn't know that this was the decision of the Supreme Emperor, and they followed the orders of the superiors who thought they were backers and had trouble with Jia Rui!

Jia Rui looked at these people who came in, each one was rude, and knew that these guys were determined to do right with him.

Since this is the case, there is no need to give them a good face.

"Come here, please take a rest in the side room."

The people below were stunned when they heard this. Jia Rui obviously wanted to put them under house arrest. Is this okay?
"Master Jia, we are also officials of the imperial court. Why would you put us under house arrest for no reason?"

"I'm going to the Imperial Horse Supervisor, I'll ask Ma Gong to inform you to go!"

Jia Rui said coldly: "Lieutenant Long Jin has the final say now, if you are not convinced, you can go to whoever you like after I finish the work."

Originally, Jia Rui wanted to give them some way of life, find out what happened, and just drive them out of Long Banwei, but now seeing their attitude, Jia Rui became murderous.

Then Jia Rui clapped his hands, and dozens of Longjing Lieutenants broke out from outside. Then they worked in groups of two and forced the group into one of Longjingwei's prisons.

Long Jinwei also controls part of the intelligence organization, and sometimes he has to do some shameful things, so there is a dungeon in Long Jinwei's yamen.

Now it's time for these people to use it first.

After these people were all dragged out, Jia Rui immediately summoned Long Jinwei's scribes and petty officials and ordered them to go to Long Jinwei's intelligence station in Beijing to check their accounts.

This is also Jia Rui's experience from his previous life. To catch these people's tricks, check the financial accounts, and check one by one.

In this way, Jia Rui didn't go home for three consecutive days, and just sat in the guard of the Dragon Guard.

After three days of rigorous checking of the accounts, the clue Jia Rui wanted was finally found.

Each of these shopkeepers is really courageous.

In the past one or two years, he only handed over 300 silver to Captain Long every year.

These seventeen or eighteen shops add up to nearly 5000 taels.

Except for part of these silver taels to make up for the expenses of Long Jinwei, the remaining 2000 or nearly 3000 taels are what Jia Rui, the commander of Long Jinwei, can get.

However, the silver does not belong to Jia Rui alone, and part of it needs to be handed over to Dai Quan. Speaking of which, Jia Rui can only get 2000 taels of silver per year.

Who would believe this?For a third-rank official, the extra income in the yamen is only 2000 taels a year.

(End of this chapter)