After my rebirth, I married my ex-husband and his uncle

Chapter 85 I Can Only Pay 20 Taels

Qin Fenghua almost couldn't hold back his laughter when he heard the empress dowager's words of running on people.

Emperor Yongjia thought about what the Empress Dowager said, and felt that it was right, so he angrily replied to Concubine Chang Gui, "Just kneel outside, kneel to death, and just go to accompany your bastard brother."

Concubine Chang Gui was yelled at by Emperor Yongjia, and she dared not speak up, and never dared to beg for mercy.She was also bitter in her heart, she didn't expect that she just followed Xiao Li's desire to clean up Qin Fenghua, and now it turned into this situation.How does this end?
Over there, Mrs. Li was still unconvinced, and when she was about to yell out something, Zuo Tong swiftly stuffed a piece of stinky black cloth into her mouth, and shouted: "How dare you talk nonsense in front of your majesty and empress!"

"Since the emperor can't make up his mind, let the Ai family make up your mind for you." The queen mother said.

Emperor Yongjia thought for a while, but he didn't object. Just when he was about to agree, Wang Yanyou walked up to him and said, "Your Majesty, Dali Temple Minister Chang Xia asks to see you."

This is the whole family coming. Emperor Yongjia thought about it, but kneeling outside was not an option, so he said to Wang Yan: "Call them all in."

Wang Yan took the order.After a while, Chang Xia, Minister of Dali Temple, helped Grand Master Chang into the Palace of Compassion.

"My ministers refer to Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, and Imperial Concubine." The two Chang adults saluted in unison.

Before the emperor asked him to speak, Grand Master Chang said: "Your Majesty, I have committed a crime, please forgive me."

Chang Xia also followed his father and leaned over to plead guilty: "I am also guilty, I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

If you want to talk about why Emperor Yongjia favored and reused the Chang family, it was because the Chang family was very winking, aware of current affairs, and knew not to embarrass Emperor Yongjia. At this moment, before Emperor Yongjia could speak, the Chang family showed weakness and pleaded guilty.

Emperor Yongjia was very satisfied, hummed a single syllable from his throat, and said: "Tell me, what is your crime?"

Grand Master Chang knelt down again, almost touching the ground, and said: "The old minister has two crimes, one is not strict in teaching the son, causing the rebellious son to indulge himself and make a big mistake, and the other is not being able to restrain the wife, causing the wife to offend the holy car , the minister deserves death.”

After Grand Master Chang finished speaking, Chang Xia also knelt down on the ground with his father more respectfully, echoed with the same attitude as Grand Master Chang: "I deserve death for my crimes."

After all, the Chang family is the ministers of Emperor Yongjia, and now they have confessed their mistakes piously, and they have no intention of provoking his emperor's authority. Emperor Yongjia was very satisfied, so he said to the queen mother: "Mother, knowing the mistakes can make things better. Since the Chang family has admitted their mistakes, from my point of view, since Chang Hui is dead, Taishi Chang will be fined for one year for not being strict in managing the family, and Chang Xia will be fined for half a year for not being strict with his younger brother." Emperor Yongjia turned his eyes and looked at Xiao Li. Shi, with a cold face, said, "As for Xiao Li, if you offend your superiors, you will be rebellious, your imperial order will be taken away, and you will be whipped fifty times. The rest of the matter is Chang Aiqing's family affairs, so I will not interfere."

Taishi Chang understood Emperor Yongjia's meaning, it was his intention to divorce Xiao Li, even though he couldn't bear it, but the emperor's order was difficult, Taishi Chang and Chang Xia still kowtowed in fear and respect.

As for Concubine Chang Gui, Emperor Yongjia didn't criticize her too much because she was in the palace and unable to restrain her stepmother and younger brother.It's just a simple three-month ban.

The Empress Dowager was not very satisfied with Emperor Yongjia's gentle handling, so she said: "The emperor has said so, and the Ai family naturally has no objection, but..." She hugged Rong Rong again and said, "The Ai family's sweetheart Princess Rong was terribly frightened by that fellow Chang Hui, and your Chang family must take out some gold and silver to make amends to the Rong Palace."

The Empress Dowager didn't wait for Emperor Yongjia and Taishi Chang to open their mouths, and continued directly: "Ai family, the Rong Palace doesn't want much for this spiritual loss fee, just 1 taels of silver."

When Chang Guifei at the side heard this, her hands in her sleeves shook violently.

Chang Xia, the Minister of Dali Temple who was kneeling, also felt dizzy when she heard the number, and almost fell to the ground, unable to kneel steadily.

Chang Xia is in charge of many paved fields under the name of the Chang family, so she naturally knows the income of the Chang family.The salaries of officials in the Great Xia Dynasty are not rich, and it can even be said to be meager compared with previous dynasties.Although he was an official in the court with his father, he did not collect money in private and accepted bribes, but the 1 taels of silver was really too much, so much that the Changfu could not get the silver and had to sell the property of the seller.

Chang Xia is greedy for money, and he doesn't care about kowtowing and pleading guilty, but when it comes to losing money, he really just pinches his seven orifices and pokes at his rich lungs. It was so heartbreaking, so he raised his head suddenly, and said eagerly: "Your Majesty, empress, one... 1 taels of silver is really too much, and the Changfu can't afford it!"

"You can't get 1 taels of silver?" Emperor Yongjia was surprised. He didn't really believe it. He naturally knew that the ministers of the imperial court were collecting money in private, but he understood the truth that when the water was clear, there would be no fish. Emperor Yongjia only wanted to not overdo it. , and they all turn a blind eye.And as the emperor's close ministers, how could the Chang family not even be able to come up with 1 taels.

Chang Xia cried poorly: "Your Majesty, you also know that in the past few years, there have been continuous natural disasters, and the farm under the name of the minister's family has not been able to collect rent. My father pitied the tenants for their difficult lives. Not only did they waive the rent for the tenants, but they even paid for it themselves. Subsidize money to farmers for farming. Moreover, the Chang family also subsidizes orphans in several charity homes in central Beijing, and the expenses are not small," Chang Xia said pitifully, "So the minister's family really can't afford 1 taels of silver. Nah!"

Emperor Yongjia was quite surprised when he heard that, he didn't expect the Chang family to do so many good deeds silently, then he remembered and asked: "I remember last year when the Yellow River broke its embankment, your Chang family took the lead in donating the most money, right?"

Master Qing Chang of Dali Temple wiped away a drop of poor old tears that did not exist in the corner of his eyes, and said modestly: "Don't dare, this is what I should do."

After hearing this, Emperor Yongjia was very relieved, thinking that he had not misunderstood the Chang family, and the Chang family was indeed a loyal minister. From this point of view, the Chang family could not afford 1 taels of silver, so he turned to the queen mother, and wanted to pay compensation with the queen mother Discuss to make a half discount: "Mother, look, the Chang family is in trouble, and they can't afford this money. Otherwise, according to Erchen, how about a half discount, 5000 taels of silver?"

But before the Queen Mother could say anything, Chang Xia hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, there was a severe drought in Guanzhong the year before last, and the Chang family also donated silver to the treasury. Now the Chang family really can't come up with a huge sum of 5000 taels of silver!"

Emperor Yongjia turned his head, stared at Chang Xia in surprise, and blurted out: "Is your Chang family so poor?"

Chang Xia nodded shyly, saying yes.

Emperor Yongjia frowned, and asked: "Then Chang Aiqing said, how much money can be paid to Princess Rong?"

Chang Xia straightened up on her knees, mustered up her courage, looked into Emperor Yongjia's eyes, and compared a number.

"Two thousand?" Emperor Yongjia asked.

Chang Xia shook her head.

Emperor Yongjia was full of contempt, and guessed again: "Don't tell me it is two hundred."

Chang Xia shook her head again, and said slowly, "It's 20 taels!"

(End of this chapter)