"Tell me, why does the emperor want to go through a wedding ceremony?" Ou Mengmeng nodded and patted his hand gently. I am a soft-spoken scholar, but in the past few years, I have actually hinted that Jia She will do the dirty work. Thinking about what qualifications he had to speak against him, he quickly changed the topic.
"Then who knows? It wasn't your idea, was it?" Jia She asked hurriedly. No matter how you look at it, this matter has something to do with my mother.
"Go away! If it was my idea, would I still ask you?" Ou Mengmeng quickly gave him a look, which is what happened in the original novel. She just couldn't figure it out, so she asked the indigenous son what was wrong with it. So modern people are really not as smart as the ancients.
"However, it sounds quite motherly." Jia She said without fear of death.
"What's the use of saving relatives for the new emperor? Apart from making some money and hurting the people of King Beijing, what's the use?" Ou Mengmeng didn't say that she came up with the idea to make them have no money. So the new emperor came up with this idea. I didn’t know who came up with this idea before, but it wasn’t her.
"It's okay to injure the capital! At the beginning of the wedding ceremony, the emperor issued an order to collect the debts owed by the Ministry of Revenue. For the sake of the empress, the Zhen family paid back the debt of 800,000 taels of silver from the Ministry of Revenue. 800,000 taels! Even if we let this matter go, our family will have to sell it. Land and land, right? After paying back the money, do they still have money to support the capital? My eldest uncle’s family only got one hundred thousand taels. We have done projects, and reconstruction is more expensive than new construction. The Wang family in Beijing has secretly released two hundred thousand taels. A Zhuangzi came out and was bought by Yuan'er. I guess it's not possible! I really feel bad for them." Jia She laughed.
As soon as everyone became aware of what happened this time, some people went to the Ministry of Household Affairs to borrow money. The new emperor took the opportunity to get angry and began to collect the debts owed by the Ministry of Revenue. He said that if he had no money, he would not build a garden. He also decreed that if there were any concubines who were in debt to the Ministry of Household Affairs, they were not allowed to visit the bride, and the green head card was also cancelled.
For example, if there is a concubine in the inner court of the Zhen family, would they dare not to return it? You have money to build a garden, but no money to pay off the debt? What's more, it's a trivial matter to not pay it back. Taking off the green card is a big deal. It's the life of the daughter in the palace.
After receiving the letter, Jia She was only worried if the old lady had not brought Jia Yuan out. What if I told that idiot Wang, I made an agreement with the Four Kings and Six Dukes to pave the way for Jia Yuan. If this is really the case, Jia She himself has also consolidated the property of Rong Mansion in private. Even though the current Rong Mansion has returned Lai Da and Wang Shimo's property, Lai Da and others still have no regard for their own property. He was careful, so what he retrieved was much better than what he had ink before. Even so, the current Rong Mansion cannot afford a new provincial residence.
"So, this time, the emperor killed two birds with one stone?" Ou Mengmeng nodded and thought, it is good to clear the debts of the household department. The old saint claimed to be kind, but he left a lot of mess. Now……
"Mom has thought of it." Jia She saw his mother's smile and knew what her mother had thought of.
"I just remembered that the matter of visiting relatives was the idea of the old saint. And the new emperor took the opportunity to retaliate this time, making it seem like the father and son sang a double act and tricked the emperor and his ministers into it." Ou Mengmeng thought about it and felt that Very interesting, "Then tell me, why did the old saint do this?"
"You really are. Of the empresses in the palace now, only the empress of the Zhen family belongs to the old sage. It is interesting for the old sage to think so about such a big event." Jia She said hurriedly.
"When you say that, I understand better." Ou Mengmeng smiled, supported his arm, and put down his leg, "Except for the Zhen family, the other mothers' natal families in the palace are all members of the old saint. . You have forgotten that the new emperor’s empress is a guard who the old saint pointed at and said that if his daughter has reached the age, she should point it to the third son of the emperor as his concubine. Who can marry a daughter-in-law so casually! Now this is called a good story. It is said that the emperor and his ministers are in harmony! The concubines before the new emperor were all appointed by the old man. Now, allowing these women to marry is somewhat of a favor. "
"Although only the Zhen family owes money, the other families are all loyal ministers of the old man. So this time, the emperor took advantage of the old man's Zhang Liang plan to use his own ladder." Jia She nodded, then shook his head, "This father and son , why bother coming?"
"The royal father and son have more than a thousand tricks in total. Therefore, the old man can't understand, what a wonderful retirement life? If you don't live it well, you are asking for trouble!" Ou Mengmeng shook her head, but when she thought about it, those modern business tycoons Until the moment of death, he will not let go of his power, let alone the old saint who holds the world in his hands.
After many years, it is strange that he is willing to retire under those circumstances. Being able to endure it for four years without causing any major troubles can be considered a sign of restraint.
"I'm still unwilling." Jia She thought about it. "Even the son, who had been on the east road before, was also unwilling. Now that I think about it, the mother was right not to choose her son. Once the relatives came out, the son often I think if Yuan'er was still in the palace, the Jia family's wealth would not be enough to defeat her."
"The Zhen family paid back 800,000 taels of silver in one breath. The Zhen family is also ruthless. Even though we have been frugal in recent years, we have made various sources of income. The total family property is only about one million, right? After all, the Zhen family still belongs to Jiangnan Tirenyuan. President, I'm afraid that the merchants from Jiangnan will give you some face and make money easier than us. But this time the money is returned and the Zhen family will die faster. Let the official ship prepare. When the children have had enough fun, they arrive in Jinling. Let's leave." Ou Mengmeng said hurriedly.
"Yes." Jia She understood that if the Zhen family dared to accept the money, they would have a noose around their necks. Jiangnan is probably going to be in chaos.
The Zhen family is only superficially beautiful now, and the Wang family in Beijing should be better than the Jia family, but only stronger.
How could the provincial relatives and friends' garden be built without one or two million taels? Now the Zhen family no longer has a problem of running out of money, but the Wang family of Beijing is also in dire straits. As long as people are impatient and want to find fault, it will be easy. So now Jia She also heard that the royal family was not trying to destroy the wealth of these families, but was trying to kill these families. Jia She shuddered.
"It's also a good thing that the Jia family almost took over and owed the Ministry of Household Affairs hundreds of thousands of silver. Fortunately, your father was smart and the people in the house were able to help. The luckiest thing is that the old man The saint did not stay, so he could sell the garden when he left office. Otherwise..." Ou Mengmeng thought about that time in Jia Mu's memory, and she felt a little disappointed in her memory. I feel that if the old sage could have come that time, the Jia family would not be so completely defeated now.
"Otherwise, why did Zhen Yingjia insist on contacting us again? In fact, they must have no idea, right? Their family has received four trips. The 800,000 taels were all spent for the old saint, and now they are paying it back for their daughter. Zhen Yingjia probably feels like she's losing money if she has to pay it back again. But now, among the four princes and eight princes, and the noble old ministers, our family is the only one who has escaped unscathed." Jia She felt a little proud.
"It's not that we were the only ones who escaped unscathed, but they were unwilling to retreat. As for Zhen Yingjia, you don't have to deal with this bad guy. Stupid!" Ou Mengmeng shook her head.
