When the Xia Dynasty was founded, the Communist Party of China wreaked havoc on the Central Plains for nearly a hundred years. It can be said that all industries were withered and people's livelihood was in ruins.
At that time, let alone the common people, even the meritorious families who had just followed Taizu to conquer the world did not have much money to maintain the growing family.
Emperor Taizu couldn't bear the hardships faced by his old friends who were conquering the world. Not only were they generously rewarded, but they also set the rule that they could borrow money from the treasury of the Ministry of Revenue to tide them over.
Unfortunately, the rules are good, but the people who borrow money are not.
Over the past hundred years, there have been several large boxes of IOUs piled up in the household department, but very few people have paid them back.
Especially during the Zhaowu period, His Majesty Tian Khan's martial arts was perfect, and Daxia almost reached its peak moment in a thousand years.
One day, Liu Ji was bored and paid a private visit incognito. He saw a new scholar who was renting a dilapidated house in Nancheng because his salary was not enough to support his family. My mother was seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment, so she set up a stall to sell calligraphy while she was sleeping.
How could Liu Ji, who had always been proud of his benevolent sage, endure this? He immediately issued an imperial edict that civil and military officials and those with financial difficulties could also borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
As a result, all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty went to the Ministry of Household Affairs one after another, ranging from tens of thousands to nearly a thousand. Later, he wrote a letter of thanks for this matter, and the General Affairs Department was filled with almost thousands of words of gratitude...
Even a noble man like Lin Ruhai followed the trend and borrowed 1,888 taels of silver. Jia Cong once asked why.
Lin Ruhai's original words at that time were: The Supreme Emperor was using his imperial edict to demonstrate his divine grace. If you don't borrow it, you are ungrateful!
Although this is nonsense, it was indeed politically correct and fashionable at the time.
When old Pixiu Wen Tongxuan took office as the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, the God of Wealth of Great Xia walked around the Bank of the Ministry of Finance. When he entered, he didn't recognize his relatives, but when he came out, he felt as if he were mourning for his heir.
Is that the Daxia Hubu Bank? So poor that even a rat would starve to death!
Then, in the spring of the first year of Yuanyou, there was a discount to pay for the money owed by the household department. Unfortunately, the new emperor's throne was unstable at that time. The saint after recovery returned to the court again. This kind of slap in the face was not even heard by the Supreme Emperor. Don't want to hear it.
Not only did Wen Tongxuan get scolded, but he also issued another decree that regardless of rank in the civil and military affairs of the DPRK, those who were in difficulty could go to the Ministry of Household Affairs to borrow money to tide them over.
As a result, by this summer, there was almost no silver in the bank of the Ministry of Household Affairs. It was almost impossible to hold on until the autumn taxes arrived in Beijing, and the skylight was almost opened.
From then on, Wen Tongxuan transformed into an old man and could only go in and out of the household department unless necessary. Not to mention the ministers borrowing money, even if the Supreme Emperor and the emperor wanted to take away a tael of silver from the household department, he could take the household bank with him. The second saint was blocked by his account book, nagging about his lack of money all the time.
"We are building a garden for the empress, and that is for the royal family. Isn't it natural for the Ministry of Household Affairs to provide money? Why should we pay it back?"
If Mrs. Wang's words really spread, ha!
Wen Lao Pixiu really knew how to write debt collection poems on the wall of Rongguo Mansion, as Master Pardon said.
Even though the old lady had the same idea in mind, she was much smarter. After the eldest son quarreled with the second daughter-in-law, he never mentioned the borrowing of money from the Ministry of Finance, and even asked how much money he owed the Ministry of Finance in total...
"Old lady, father, uncle, second uncle, Mr. Wen just sent a note a few days ago to ask your majesty to prepare a call for the debt. Even if our family doesn't have enough money to repay the debt for a while, then don't make the hole bigger. If you don’t pay the money by then, you will be in trouble!”
well!
Jia Cong sighed and carried Yuanchun out of the palace: "Eldest sister is still suffering in the palace, we can't cause her any more trouble. Your Majesty is not a saint, but he has always been thinking about the money owed by the Ministry of Finance... "
Needless to say, some of the words here are actually understood more or less what it means.
Jia Jing had already sensed the little fat man's thoughts. He stroked his beard and said, "Brother Cong is right. The honor and disgrace of the empress belong to your majesty. It's time for us to consider paying back the money we owe."
"Return the owed silver?"
Jia Mu's face looked very bad. Are you asking for her money?
The old lady frowned and asked: "There have been floods and droughts in the past few years. There is almost no harvest in the village, and the government has to subsidize it. The income of shops in various places is also not as good as every year, and there is still more money to be made."
Where does the money come from to support the old and the weak in the clan and still owe money? "
"Yes, now I have to build a garden for my mother-in-law to visit her relatives, and I don't have enough money..."
In the middle of Mrs. Wang's words, Jia Jing waved her hand and said, "You can pay back part of the money you owe. At least you have to have an attitude. There is no need to discuss this matter again. As for building a garden..."
"The garden will be built behind our two mansions, freeing up part of the Huifang Garden of the East Mansion and the East Courtyard of the West Mansion, so that we can save the money to buy the land. The East Mansion will provide another 50,000 taels of silver, and each of the Amnesty Brother and the Zheng Brother will Pay out fifty thousand."
At this point, Jia Jing turned his eyes back to the old lady again and said with a hint: "Auntie, let's build a garden for your mother-in-law this time, so we don't have to bother all the in-laws."
Mother Jia's face immediately turned red. Not to mention, the old lady was thinking about whether she should use this opportunity to pay for old friends with in-laws such as the Wang family, the Shi family, and even the Lin family...
"Jing'er, our mother-in-law has received divine favor, and every family is honored. Wouldn't some help reduce our family's burden?"
The old lady said dissatisfiedly: "Such a big garden costs money inside and outside, what can one hundred and fifty thousand taels be enough for?"
"When it's not enough, I need to make up for it. What's it like asking relatives for money?"
Jia She looked at Mrs. Wang with disdain and snorted coldly: "My younger brothers and sisters were very generous when they went to Wang's house to get money. They took tens of thousands of taels to their parents' house. It was only a hundred thousand taels of silver. There was no shortage at all!" Z.br>
"Uncle..."
"Boss, shut up!"
Seeing the second daughter-in-law wailing and aggrieved, the old lady took Yuanchun into consideration and spoke out to stop her eldest son's strange behavior.
At this time, there was a knock at the door, and the person who came in was Baochai of the Xue family who was living in Lixiangyuan. Baochai approached and bowed to the elders present and gave a blessing ceremony.
Then he handed a brocade box to Yuanyang and said: "Holy grace has come from heaven. Our queen is going back to the hometown to visit the bride. How can we not congratulate her on such a great joy? When my mother heard that she needed to build a garden for the visit, she thought of doing her best. force……"
"ah!"
Although Yuanyang had seen a lot of things with the old lady, the thick pile of banknotes still shocked her.
I saw Yuanyang placing the opened brocade box in front of the old lady. The old lady also exclaimed: "Bao girl, this..."
Baochai smiled: "The cash at home is limited, so we can only scrape together so much. Today, my brother went out to inquire. Not only the Zhen family, but also Zhou Gui's family, Fang Bin's family, and Liu Taifei's family are already ordering stones and wood. , the lowest estimate is three to four hundred thousand taels. My mother asked my brother to collect the one hundred thousand taels of silver. If it is not enough, she will ask my brother to go back to the south of the Yangtze River in a few days to collect the money from the south!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? The Japanese riots in the south are so serious, how dare you let Brother Pan go back to the south..."
Mother Jia pulled Baochai to her, caressed the back of her hand, praised her as a good girl, and rejected her several times. Finally, despite the frowning objections of Jia Jing and Jia She, she accepted the brocade box full of banknotes.
Seeing that Jia She was about to get angry, Jia Cong quickly pulled his sleeve and whispered: "It's just a loan. If I don't accept it, the Xue family will feel uneasy!"
After a brief moment of displeasure, Jia Jing understood the reason why the Xue family did this. If it were another family, he would have returned the banknote despite the dissatisfaction of the old lady, but the Xue family now wanted to try their best to tie up with the Jia family, so they might as well accept the wishes of this orphan and widowed mother.
"Mother, look, look, in the end, it is your own family that is better!"
Mrs. Wang and Yourong Yan, after receiving the one hundred thousand taels of silver notes from their sister, immediately felt confident to speak and started to tremble.
She even took Baochai's other hand and said with a smile on her face: "Girl Baochai is such a good girl. When the empress goes home to visit the bride, my aunt will tell the empress and ask her to give you and Baoyu a gift..."
"Brothers and sisters!"
Seeing that Mrs. Wang was going to be stupid again, Jia Jing, who was holding back his dissatisfaction, immediately turned cold and frosty.
After he stopped Mrs. Wang from being stupid, he said leisurely: "Brother Zheng, write an IOU, and then Lian's daughter-in-law will personally deliver it to Lixiangyuan!"
"Jinggong, there is no need to be like this. Mother said this is a gift...
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Baochai quickly spoke out to stop her, but Jia Jing shook his head: "Girl, as long as you get what you want, this money is still a loan. Brother Cong, it's freezing cold, please send Girl Bao back!"
Tsk tsk...
Is this going to cause a quarrel?
Jia Cong quickly winked at Baochai. The smart Baochai immediately noticed the strange atmosphere in the Rongxi Hall, and Yingying said goodbye to Jia Cong and exited the Rongxi Hall.
As soon as he left the house, he heard Jia Jing's angry voice: "Brother and sister, you don't understand at all what should be said and what shouldn't be said! Why, are you so short of money that you want to sell your son?"
"Sister Bao, you don't need to take Aunt Second's words to heart..."
"What did my aunt say? I didn't hear it!"
Baochai smiled brightly, shook her head slightly, and the steps on her bun trembled slightly, shining brightly.
What a smart girl, but unfortunately she was born at the wrong time.
Jia Cong smiled bitterly and said, "Before Sister Bao came, Uncle Jing just told the old lady that he didn't plan to build the garden this time with his in-laws..."
Before Jia Cong could finish speaking, Baochai covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Ah? Then my family ruined Jing Gong's plan?"
"That's not true. Even if you don't send it, with my second aunt's temperament, she will definitely go to your house to borrow money. In front of Uncle Jing and my father, there is a witness to the whereabouts of this money. After all, It’s better than entering the second aunt’s private treasury!”
Although it is not appropriate to say bad things about Wang in front of his niece, there are some things that Baochai still has to keep in mind.
Fortunately, during her stay in Beijing, Baochai had already figured out the situation of each room in the Jia family, so she didn't mind Jia Cong's outspokenness and nodded.
The two of them whispered about setting up a garden and marrying each other. It wasn't until Baochai was sent back to Lixiangyuan that Jia Cong put away the smile on his face and walked towards Daiyu's yard with a cold face.
The Xue family deliberately sent money, which disrupted Jia Jing's plan, but it was nothing. But what does Mrs. Wang mean when she says it’s better to have family members? Are you criticizing the Lin family?
Yes, they are all in-laws, and the Xue family immediately sent 100,000 taels of silver notes. The Lin family is one of the most wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River. As the niece of the Jia family, she didn't even have a nice word of congratulations!
Mrs. Wang's thoughts were all on her face, and Jia Cong couldn't tell.
Humph, my good second aunt, it seems that if I don’t beat you, you really can’t do it!
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