The conservatives came fiercely and vowed to put Jia Huan to death.
The reformists headed by Zhao Heng tried their best to defend Jia Huan, but they were weak and unable to withstand the attack of the conservatives.
Even Emperor Chongkang had to make compromises.
The conservatives advocated sending people to arrest Jia Huan and bring him back to Beijing, and then hand him over to the three departments for trial.
However, this was flatly rejected by Emperor Chongkang.
In the end, Emperor Chongkang ordered Jia Huan to return to Beijing to defend himself.
Soon, Tianguan came to Ping'an County with the imperial edict.
After receiving the imperial edict, Jia Huan packed up and escorted Bai Ziye to Beijing with the tax money he had just collected and a cart of crops.
In fact, Jia Huan had already expected this day when he was preparing to raid the Cao, Song, and Bai families.
He has also been prepared for it.
After running around for a long time, Jia Huan's carriage has entered the capital.
At this time, the news that Jia Huan was convicted and ordered by the current emperor to go to Beijing to defend himself also reached the Jia family.
After Jia's mother heard the news, she was as frightened as if she was bluffing.
She couldn't help but said to herself: "How could this happen? Brother Huan, this kid, is so confused! Being an official and being a master are the same. It's difficult to be a master without being deaf or mute."
"Why doesn't this child know how to adapt? Why do you do things so seriously? You have offended so many people. This time, I'm afraid it will be dangerous!"
"If Brother Huan falls, our Jia family will lose all hope! Fortunately, Brother Huan is from the East Mansion and has little to do with the West Mansion. Alas..."
Aunt Zhao's face was full of worry when she heard this. She said to herself anxiously: "How come this child is so honest? I told you that you are greedy for money and money. It's true. I didn't ask you to be greedy so much?"
"How can you raid three houses at once? Didn't something happen if you raided them all at once? If Brother Huan has three advantages and two disadvantages, which one should I count on? Woohoo!"
When Sanchun and Daiyu heard the news, their faces turned pale and they were worried about Jia Huan.
Only Mrs. Wang, after hearing the news, was so excited that her cheeks turned red and her whole body trembled.
"Haha, haha, this little beast finally got his comeuppance!"
"I've seen you win the top prize, I've seen you become a county official, I've seen you go to hell! I'm just a bastard, and I don't even think about whether your miserable life is worthy of this incredible wealth!"
"Only my noble destiny, Baoyu, is worthy of all this! After your death, the title of Ningguo Mansion may fall to me, Baoyu!..."
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Not long after, Jia Huan entered the palace and was soon summoned to the Jinluan Palace.
At this time, the court meeting had not dispersed yet.
Many things were discussed today, of course the most important thing was how to punish Jia Huan, the county magistrate.
After entering the Jinluan Hall, Jia Huan paid no attention to the vicious glances coming from all directions, but saluted:
"I am here to see Your Majesty, and I respectfully wish you His Majesty's greetings."
"This time Wei Chen came to Beijing and took advantage of this opportunity to escort back the tax money we just collected from Ping'an County."
"The fourteen gentry families in Ping'an County are reasonable, understand the righteousness, and appreciate the emperor's holy will. Therefore, they take the initiative to report the number of their fields and actively pay taxes."
"These fourteen gentry families have a total of more than 230,000 acres of land and collected a total of 47,200 taels of tax money."
"As for those ordinary people's families, I think they have already paid spring taxes and are living a hard life, so I decided to exempt them from taxes this year."
"The people of Ping'an County learned that this was His Majesty's favor, and they were all grateful. When they heard that the minister was coming to Beijing today, they intercepted him along the road and stuffed a cart full of farm products. They said it was His Majesty's favor and had nothing to repay."
"These crops are all grown by themselves. I would like to express their gratitude and ask Your Majesty to eat them freshly."
Before Jia Huan came, Emperor Chongkang was in a state of uncertainty.
Jia Huan must be saved, but the conservatives will not give up. Emperor Chongkang was thinking about countermeasures in his mind.
But this time Jia Huan came and brought him two big surprises.
The first one is that he actually brought tax money! And one county collected more than 40,000 taels of silver, and this was without paying taxes to the people.
The second is that because of the tax exemption, the people of Ping'an County are grateful to him. He actually gave him a cart of farm produce.
Although the things were despicable, Emperor Chongkang was really moved by this fist and heart.
In all the years he has been emperor, this is the first time he has received a sincere gift from the people.
Well, the real situation is that Jia Huan actually bought these gifts, and then found some people, stopped their carriage on the road, and stuffed them into the carriage.
Jia Huan doesn't want to be caught in the act because of such a trivial matter.
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What surprised Emperor Chongkang even more was the cleverness of Jia Huan.
These two things he brought were really a big surprise!
Originally, he was still struggling to break the game, but with these two things, wouldn't the point of breaking the game come now?
How many days has Jia Huan been in Ping'an County? And then the new law was successfully implemented, and even the taxes were collected so quickly?
And the people cheered and were happy about the new law. Isn't this exactly what they want to achieve with the reform?
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongkang didn't give other ministers a chance to speak. He immediately stood up from the dragon throne in surprise.
He couldn't wait to ask: "Is what Jia Aiqing said true? Did you really escort all the tax money into Beijing? And some people gave me a cart of farm produce?"
Jia Huan said frankly: "Of course it is true. How dare I deceive you? These things are now outside the palace."
Emperor Chongkang said loudly: "Come, bring all the tax money and agricultural products to the front of the palace."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Emperor Chongkang was overjoyed and strode out of the Jinluan Hall and waited in the square outside.
All the officials in Jinluan Hall had no choice but to follow Emperor Chongkang out.
Those conservative officials could not help but feel itchy with hatred.
When Jia Huan entered the palace, it was when they were at their strongest.
At that time, as long as they attack in groups, it will be difficult for the Jia family's children to resist.
However, I never expected that the Jia family boy had ulterior motives and actually escorted the tax money back directly.
And His Majesty took the opportunity to leave the palace, thus completely destroying the momentum they had built up previously.
How can they not hate in their hearts?
Not long after, several carriages were driven in.
The first two vehicles were filled with tax money. Jia Huan stepped forward and lifted the tarpaulin covering them, using the key to open the boxes one after another. The white money was immediately exposed to everyone's sight.
Emperor Chongkang said happily: "Okay!"
However, he crossed the two carriages in front and walked directly to the last carriage.
He had seen a lot of money, but this was the first time he saw the crops given to him by the people in person.
Emperor Chongkang couldn't wait to lift the tarpaulin covering the carriage and looked at the cart of crops with joy.
(End of chapter)
