Corrupt official in the Red Chamber

Chapter 77

"How can we use so many?"

Xue Baochai gave Jia Rui a white look, "I know what you're thinking, but enough is enough to last long."

Jia Rui thought for a moment, then looked at the serious Xue Baochai and nodded involuntarily.

Xue Baochai is thoughtful, and she is indeed the most transparent woman among the twelve beauties in Jinling.

"Okay, just follow Grandma Rui's advice." Jia Rui agreed while teasing.

Xue Baochai and Jia Rui stayed together for a long time, and knew that his husband was sometimes a bit dissolute in front of his own people, so although he was a little shy, he was not angry.

"When will you leave the capital?"

"I'll go to the Household Department in the next two days to supervise the people in the Household Department to collect grain and grass and raise silver."

When Jia Rui said this, there was some worry in his eyes.

Now that the world is peaceful, the greedy hearts of the officials in the household department have also begun to slowly rise.

If I don't keep an eye on it, I'm afraid that 30 dans of grain will only be 10 dans in my hands, not to mention money, it would be nice to give myself [-] taels.

You must know that the Supreme Emperor dug these things out of the treasury, and he even pointed them to Shandong. The victims were here. If nothing can be done without them, the Supreme Emperor may have to eat some melon even if he continues to protect himself. .

The next day, Jia Rui got up early and put on his official uniform, then went to Hubu in a hurry, holding Shang Fang's sword and a few servants on horseback.

Because Jia Rui was holding Shang Fang's sword, Li Jianmin, Minister of the Household Department, led the main officials of the Household Department to welcome Jia Rui at the gate of the Yamen.

Jia Rui didn't dare to procrastinate, so he got off his horse from a distance, came to Li Jianmin in a few steps, nodded and said: "Master, how dare you work your old man to come out, just send someone to greet me. .”

"Don't dare, Mr. Jia is now an imperial envoy, and the subordinate officials will naturally greet him in person."

They exchanged some polite words at the gate of the yamen, and after that, Li Jianmin personally led Jia Rui to the main hall of the household department.

Afterwards, the guests and hosts were seated separately, and the servants served fragrant tea.

Li Jianmin took a sip from his teacup, and then asked, "Master Jia is here this time, isn't it for the food and money for disaster relief?"

"To tell you the truth, my lord, this time the matter is urgent, so I have to come and watch it in person. Only in this way can I rest assured."

Li Jianmin smiled slightly, and then said: "Master Jia, I can't trust you. In this case, Jiang Lan."

"The subordinate is here."

An official in his 30s came out.

"You've been a little tired these days, so bring Mr. Jia lightly to provide food and money for disaster relief."

"The subordinate obeys the order."

Jia Rui glanced sideways at the official, and found that he was upright, with the appearance of a loyal man.

I just don't know whether this person is the loyal Taishanghuang or the loyal emperor.

And from today's meeting, Jia Rui keenly noticed that Li Jianmin's attitude was not as friendly as he imagined.

Originally, Jia Rui thought that he should be the emperor's confidant if he could hold the important position of Minister of the Household Department, but today's appearance made Jia Rui feel a little bit worried.

At the same time, Jia Rui expressed his appreciation for his decision to personally come to the household department to supervise this time.

It has to be me, I have the foresight, if I don't look at these guys, who knows if these officials of the household department who don't know why will fool me?

Then Li Jianmin left first on the grounds that he was busy with business, leaving only Jia Rui and Jiang Lan in the main hall.

"Master Jia, when shall we start?"

"Get started today!"

"Okay, then let's go to the granary outside the city now and start counting immediately."

Seeing that this man was so happy and unambiguous, Jia Rui immediately followed him on horseback and in a sedan chair, heading straight to the countryside.

In fact, Jia Rui was still fooled by him. One must know that there are not only granaries outside the city, but also several granaries inside the city.

But Jia Rui didn't know this!After running with this person all morning, I finally arrived at the place.

After that, the person ordered the items in the warehouse, opened the warehouse, counted the quantity himself, and helped Jia Rui take out the grain.

Jia Rui was not good at these things, so he could only stand by and watch him do it.

To say that the grain of 30 is either more or more, or not more, in one afternoon, [-] to [-] dans were lightened.

According to this progress, the food inventory can be completed within two or three days.

Jia Rui looked at the mountain-like pile of grain and felt satisfied.

Seeing that it was getting late, Jia Rui hurriedly got up and left.

After Jia Rui left, Jiang Lan and the warehouse official looked at each other, and then a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths.

"Sir, there won't be any problems this time, right?"

"Master Shangshu personally arranged it, you said if there will be any problems,"

"Amitabha, this year's deficit has finally been reduced by half, and I can rest assured to sleep well."

Jiang Lan stroked his beard and said, "But don't be careless. Let the people below work harder these days and fool this man away. Then we can have a good New Year."

"Don't worry, my lord, there will be no mistakes."

Not to mention these two people muttering here, but Jia Rui returned home and found that Xue Baochai was not there.

It turned out that there was another problem with Xue Pan.

However, this response should be a trivial matter, so no one told Jia Rui.

For this uncle, Jia Rui really had no choice.

Speaking of which, this uncle was indeed loyal to him. When he first traveled through time, he was short of money and was forced to pay for debts. It was this uncle's generous donation that allowed him to overcome the difficulties.

But if you want to say that you have a good impression of him, Jia Rui really can't speak against his conscience.

This guy is a troublemaker and gets into trouble every now and then.

Fortunately, Jia Rui had already solved the household registration problem for him, but because of this, Xue Pan was even more unscrupulous.

So during this time, Jia Rui never asked about Xue Pan, because he was afraid that this guy would get him into trouble again.

After lighting the lamp, Xue Baochai finally came back.

"How is it? What's wrong with your brother?"

Xue Baochai sat down with a worried face, and then said: "Today, there is a word in the palace that the work of palace flowers in the future will be handed over to someone else, and let our family find another way."

Jia Rui was stunned for a moment. You must know that every plant and tree in the palace is more than ten times more expensive than outside, and the price is more than twenty times. Don't look at this little palace flower, the benefits are not small.

"What's going on?" Jia Rui couldn't believe it.

You know, I am a celebrity in front of the Supreme Emperor, which of the eunuchs in the palace doesn't flatter me?
In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs also has acquaintances, so how could someone dismiss Xue Pan's errand now?

"My brother is a fool. Originally, he had to give the palace 3 to 1 taels of silver every year. This year, the family didn't get enough money, so my brother was short of [-] taels. I don't know which god I offended, so I was called People wear small shoes."

Jia Rui frowned, this time Xue Pan couldn't handle things well.

You must know that although the things sold to the palace are dozens of times more than those outside, the profit is not something that the emperor merchant can make alone. He needs to manage it up and down, but even this can be regarded as a lucrative profit.

Now that Xue Pan has deducted half of the benefits originally allocated to the palace, people will naturally have to wear small shoes for him.

When encountering such a thing, Jia Rui had no way to go to the Supreme Emperor to discuss it.

Who told Xue Pan to break the rules first?
"Then what are you going to do with your family?"

"What else can I do? Just bear it!" Xue Baochai stared at Jia Rui with two watery eyes and said aggrievedly.

Jia Rui nodded. For now, this is the only way to go, because now he is going to leave Beijing soon, and he has no time to deal with such trivial matters.

However, looking at the pleading eyes, Jia Rui still couldn't bear it, so he said: "In this case, why not let your brother go south with me, and find him some way to make money in my Shandong Province, and use this Make up for the losses."

(End of this chapter)