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Chapter 122: One stone stirs up a thousand waves (please subscribe)

A sudden memorial blew up the entire court.

All the courtiers were stunned by the content of the memorial.

Even the Supreme Emperor was alarmed and remained silent for a while.

The content of the memorial was very simple. It said that the court was currently facing a severe financial crisis, and that large amounts of money and grain were needed to stabilize the situation across the country.

However, the imperial court was unable to provide enough money and food, causing the local situation to become increasingly worse.

Then, the memorial made it very clear that the imperial court still had a huge sum of money, but no one paid attention to it, that is, the national treasury owed tens of millions of taels of silver.

Therefore, at the end of the memorial, it was written that for the sake of the stability of the country, please send someone to clear the money owed now!

One stone caused a thousand waves!

The officials above the court were all stunned and denounced the contents of the memorial, thinking that it was too inconsiderate of the lower-level officials who lived a difficult life.

If there were no money owed from the treasury to help make ends meet, the families of low-level officials might really starve to death!

That was really a big joke, and the Daqian Dynasty was completely disgraced.

The cabinet bosses only made light of the lives of lower-level officials, and their opposition was neither intense nor intense.

The ones who really reacted fiercely were the royal family members and distinguished ministers!
They were all frothing at the mouth and had an extremely heated attitude. They even blushed and shouted slogans that the guy who wrote such a memorial was a traitor to the country.

There is no way, the majority of the treasury's debt to Yinzhong is all on them!

Today, I look solemn on the outside, but I am happy in my heart!

He had long wanted to collect the money owed to the treasury, but he had been restrained by the Supreme Emperor and could not speak rashly.

Moreover, once you speak about this matter, you will offend most of the courtiers and most of the emperor's relatives. If you don't have the courage to burn the boat, bringing it up is courting death!
The current emperor has not hinted to his confidants before, but none of them have followed up, and he is helpless.You can't force people to take risks, right? Do you need a reputation?
Although the current emperor is not so obsessed with his posthumous reputation, he has no intention of actively throwing dirt on himself.

But I never expected that Jia Zheng, an honest man in my impression, would dare to take such a trick!
Of course, he wanted to spread the contents of the book as soon as possible to show his eagerness.

No, the important ministers of the third rank and above in the court reacted immediately, and this was the reason why the current fierce opposition situation emerged.

Of course, while trying all kinds of excuses to stop him, he will inevitably think more about it. How could Jia Zheng suddenly fall into such a trap? Is his brain going crazy?

Naturally, no results were discussed at this court meeting.

But most of the courtiers realized from the current emperor's attitude that things would not be that simple.

No, the Supreme Emperor didn't hum. He seemed to be acquiescing!
This is not possible, we must stop the current call for payment of money owed to the national treasury!
Mr. Zheng Er naturally knows that once his discount is published, it will definitely cause a storm.

He also felt a little guilty, so he simply found an excuse to ask for leave and go back home, so he stayed in the big study and waited for the news.

Jia Huan was also with the big study at this time. This was the follow-up benefit of his previous "stepping out for his father" and he had become one of the core staff of the big study.

Besides, he had brought this up before, so naturally he had to be there to help with suggestions.

Compared to Mr. Zheng, who was a little guilty when things came to a close, he was more confident.

Since the suggestion was made, the follow-up plan has been planned for a long time, and it still needs the help of those emotional guys, otherwise it will be difficult for the second master Zheng to be cruel.

"Is it really okay?"

Mr. Zheng Er walked around in circles in the big study for an unknown amount of time. He finally got tired and sat down, and subconsciously asked another question.

Why add the word 'again'? It's because he asked this question for the ninth time today.

"Don't worry, sir, there will be no problem!"

Jia Huan did not feel irritated, and said with relief: "Our purpose is very clear, that is, the master's official position must reach a certain height to avoid the recurrence of the previous embarrassment!"

"If we really support you now, we will have ways to deal with it!"

"Didn't I check the accounts of the mansion before? As long as the money owed by Ning Rong's second mansion is paid, it will be a huge sum of money!"

When he said this, Jia Huan himself felt very strange.

Originally, I just thought that the issue of Rong Mansion owing money that often appeared in Red Mansions fan fiction was nothing.

After careful calculation, I was surprised to find that there was indeed money owed, and the amount was quite large. The Rong Mansion had a huge amount of 80 taels!
The Ning Mansion was even more exaggerated, reaching 120 million taels!
When he first learned about it, Jia Huan himself was shocked!
In the original work of Red Mansions, there is no such plot at all.

Jia Huan guessed that the Jia family in the capital was in ruins not long after the death of the Supreme Emperor.

Even before the emperor at that time had time to use such means, Ning Rong's second mansion collapsed.

In short, this investigation into the money owed to the government treasury surprised both him and Mr. Zheng.

Some people don't understand. The government should never be short of money. How could it be possible to borrow 80 taels from the national treasury?

Under Jia Huan's instigation, Mr. Zheng Er went to the old lady to ask for the reason. Even if the old lady had not handled these matters, she must have known something about them.

Sure enough, the old lady pondered for a long time and remembered some past events, and then the answer to the mystery was revealed.In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, there was a shortage of money everywhere!

Of course, according to the old lady, there must be no shortage of founding heroes.

After all, they were the victors who put down the war, and the private seizures alone were an astonishing amount.

But private property is private property and cannot be confused with money from the national treasury.

The expenses of the Rongguo Mansion itself are not small. The main reason is that the number of soldiers under Duke Rongguo is large, and they all need money from the mansion to support them. How can there be any spare money to spend on other things?
As for the treasury's lack of silver, it appeared during the reign of the Supreme Emperor.

This person likes to toss, because he lived in Jinling for a period of time in his childhood, and the special economic status of the south made him especially like to go to Jiangnan.

Every time the emperor went out, he would spend at least millions of taels of silver. If the hidden expenses were added up, even 500 million taels would not be able to bear it.

Then, Rongfu, whose ancestral home is in Jinling, was lucky enough to pick up someone once, and borrowed 80 taels of silver from the treasury to pay for the reception, without even thinking about repaying it.

The reason is simple. The money was all used to pick up the driver. Why should Rongfu pay it back?
The situation in the Ning Mansion is similar. As a clan leader, the expenses are even greater. The pick-up cost a total of 120 million taels of silver, all of which were borrowed from the treasury.
It's not that he didn't have money to take care of him. At that time, Ningrong's second mansion was at its peak, and all industries were booming. How could he not be able to spend millions of taels of silver?
Again, the money was spent on receiving the emperor, so why should we pay for it privately?
When the old lady remembered these things, her tone was full of disapproval.

Jia Rong and Qin Keqing from the Ning Mansion did not have such strong confidence. They were worried and could only plan to follow in the footsteps of the Rong Mansion.

As for Mr. Zheng Er, at first I thought the old lady was right. Why should I pay back such money?
Jia Huan just asked a few questions lightly, but he had nothing to say and his expression became quite interesting.

"When you borrowed money from the treasury, did you write an IOU?"

"Does it make sense to reason with the royal family?"

Isn't this a joke? Maybe if the Supreme Emperor admits his fault, then all subsequent emperors will also accept his fault?

His meaning is very simple. It will be clear when the memorial from the second master Zheng is handed over and see how the current emperor reacts.

At this time, the imperial court is short of money. Why don't you seize the opportunity and take advantage of it?
Mr. Zheng Er breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "Brother Huan, you are right!"

If they really still owed silver, Ning Rong and his two mansions combined would have 200 million taels.

It is estimated that the Shi family and the Wang family all owe more or less money, and the total amount is estimated to be about one million taels.

The total amount of silver owed by the four major families in Jinling alone is enough to amount to 300 million taels!
Even if only this amount of money is returned to the treasury, it is enough to reward several third-grade officials today.

Thinking of this, my heart can’t help but feel hot!
At this moment, a boy outside the door called: "Sir, the two princes of the Shi family are here!"

Mr. Zheng Er suddenly stood up and thought to himself.

He strode to the door to greet us with a smile on his face: "The two cousins ​​are here!"

"Cunzhou, what's going on? Why did you hand over such a memorial to Jin Jin?"

Before entering the door, the voice of Lord Bowling came clearly.

"Yes, Brother Cunzhou, you shocked the entire court this time!"

This sound...It was from Marquis Zhongjing, whom I had seen and heard from afar during the Chinese New Year dinner.

The three of them entered the door and saw that there was only one child, Jia Huan, in the big study room. The two Shi Hous were stunned for a moment and didn't say anything, they just nodded and said hello.

Jia Huan hurriedly stood up to greet him. He didn't dare to neglect it. Mr. Zheng paid most attention to this.

When they were seated, Jia Huan quickly served tea and poured water.

"Two cousins, it's not that I want to cause trouble, it's just that I have been greatly stimulated before!"

Mr. Zheng Er smiled bitterly and said helplessly: "My two cousins ​​should know about what happened before!"

"At that time, I was impeached by the veteran censor, and I was sprayed with a lot of tea. In the end, no one came forward to help stop it, let alone target the other party!"

"I feel quite unwilling. Why?"

His tone was quite calm at first, but as he spoke, he became more and more excited, and it was clear that he was feeling a lot of pain in his heart.

The two Shi Hou looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Although they are all marquises and belong to super-grade titles, their actual official positions are not high.

One is a fourth-rank official of the Fifth Military Governor's Mansion, and the other is a fifth-rank official of the Ministry of War.

They are qualified to participate in Umrah gatherings, but they rarely participate and cannot afford to embarrass that person.

Even if there is a big court meeting, I don’t want to go if I have an excuse.

There is no way they can do it. Their positions in the court meeting are higher than those of their immediate bosses.

Regardless of whether the Minister of War or the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army was embarrassed or not, the two brothers were quite embarrassed anyway.

It can only be said that fortunately, the two brothers found excuses not to attend that court meeting, otherwise the situation would probably have become more intense.

Grandpa Zheng Er is being targeted, they will definitely come forward!
(End of this chapter)