How many years has Jia's mother been a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law with Mrs. Wang, Mrs. Wang knows him, and he also knows Mrs. Wang. When listening to Jia Jiu talk about the deficit, Jia's mother felt very bad. He turned his gaze to Mrs. Wang, he really hoped that this daughter-in-law would not be so stupid. But in fact, Mrs. Wang's expression disappointed him.

Thinking that her eldest granddaughter's splendid future was actually ruined by this stupid daughter-in-law, Jia's mother had no intention of visiting this provincial villa.

Jia Mu had a gloomy face, returned to the courtyard where she was staying, and also took Mrs. Wang away. As for the others, Jia Mu didn't care. Not to mention Shi Xiangyun.

As soon as Mrs. Jia Muwang left, Aunt Xue came over to talk to Jia Jiu in person: "Jia Junjun, is what you said true?" Mother's matter, is it really related to this deficit? ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "Auntie, do you know that the last strategy of this year's examination is a deficit?" ”

Aunt Xue was shocked, and she heard Jia Jiu say: "If it weren't for Long Yan's anger, Long Live wouldn't have suddenly come up with such an outrageous question." ”

Tanchun was also anxious, and hurriedly said, "Really? ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "Isn't it for this?" You must know that most of the questions in the previous year's examinations were found in the Four Books and Five Classics, otherwise, they were found in the history books. This is cold, and suddenly talking about this deficit, but it's the first time. In previous years, this kind of question would only be tested when it came to the temple examination. Who would have thought that he would take the exam in the general examination?! This year's imperial examination is really unexpected. ”

Tanchun said in a low voice: "There are signs so early?!" ”

Over there, Shi Xiangyun said a few words to Jia Baoyu, and then pulled Jia Baoyu over to find Jia Jiu: "Second sister." You're a little confused just now. ”

Jia Jiu said with a smile: "What did Sister Yun say?" I don't quite understand. ”

Shi Xiangyun said: "It's only been a long time, and the second sister actually forgot about it." Is the second sister the same as the old lady, and she is also old? ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Sister Yun's mouth." It's getting more and more unforgiving. I just asked, and you replied to me so many times, and in the end you still didn't give me an answer. Sister Yun, don't go around the corner, tell me directly, what is it for. Luckily? ”

Jia Jiu's attitude is not friendly, and Shi Xiangyun is used to being pampered. Where can you stand such idleness? Immediately, his cheeks puffed out.

It's still Jia Baoyu, and after making a gesture with Jia Jiu, he said: "When Sister Bao said I was a child just now. The second sister seems to have a look of approval. I discussed with Sister Yun for a long time, but I still don't know why. Second sister, can you sue me for the reason? ”

Jia Jiu sighed and said, "Let's take this deficit as an example." How many people in this capital have borrowed money from the imperial court but have not paid it back. DID YOU KNOW? ”

Jia Baoyu shook his head.

Jia Jiu replied: "Almost all of them have borrowed it. ”

Jia Baoyu was stunned. said: "All the people have borrowed, is everyone so short of money?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "At the beginning, when our family was still in the south, the family borrowed a sum of silver from the treasury in order to welcome the driver, but as a result, this silver could not be repaid until the death of the ancestor, and even became the heart disease of the ancestor. This is still a matter of the time of Emperor Taizu. And it's just us. Our family took over the drive once during the period of Emperor Taizu, but the Zhen family took it four times. The cost here. You think about it. ”

Jia Baoyu said: "This is just to put the royal silver on the royal body." Second sister, am I right? ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "On the surface, it's true. Our Jia Jiamei invited pets and took the royal silver money to use on Emperor Taizu's body. On the face of it, it is. But in the eyes of outsiders, it was Emperor Taizu who trusted our family very much, so he was fortunate to have our family and lived in our house for many days. Therefore, some people took a fancy to Emperor Taizu's trust in our family, begged our family to do something, and sent a large amount of money to our family, or find an excuse to give rich gifts, or what our family wants to do to provide a convenient door for our family. In a certain way, we entertain long live, which seems to be a pleasing expense, but in other places, we still have gains. And these harvests are very hidden and belong only to our family. ”

Jia Baoyu listened very carefully.

He was already smart, and when he heard Jia Jiu say this, he also understood: "Our family asked the imperial court to borrow silver and entertain Emperor Taizu, so that people can see that our family has a close relationship with the royal family." Therefore, people outside dare not offend our family, not only to send money to our family, but even if our family wants to be an official, they will have a good position. Our family's expenses on Emperor Taizu were compensated from another angle, but the arrears of the treasury became a bad debt. ”

Jia Jiu nodded and said, "It seems that you can also see the problem." ”

Jia Baoyu nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Although there are still many things that he doesn't understand very well, he knows that this cousin is right. borrowed silver from the imperial court and entertained the emperor, it can be said that the Jia family did not have a copper plate, but they gained fame, or prestige, and then these prestige brought a steady stream of benefits to the Jia family. It is equivalent to saying that the Jia family used the silver money of the imperial court to seek countless benefits for themselves, but the interests of the imperial court have been damaged more than once. And the deficit was before the court asked them for the first one.

Jia Baoyu felt that the imperial court was really too magnanimous.

Shi Xiangyun said on the side: "But what does this have to do with Baoyu being a child?" ”

Jia Jiu replied: "Just like what I just said, like our family, there are more than one or two families who have borrowed from the imperial court to benefit their own families. Everyone used the imperial court to gain benefits for themselves, either to occupy a high position by means of the prestige of the imperial court, or to obtain a high position through various means. Ah Da Mo laughed at Ah Er. Those of us who owe a deficit naturally become some kind of Cheng dù group. There is power in the hand, and there is money in the hand. Who dares to offend? And is it a group of offenses? ”

Shi Xiangyun was startled and said, "Second sister, in your eyes." Are all the elders like that? ”

If Jia Jiu nodded, Shi Xiangyun would scold him for being unfilial.

On the contrary, it was Jia Baoyu, who had never heard of these things.

He shook his head. After a long while, Fang Cai said, "Second sister, and then?" ”

Jia Jiu looked at him, and then continued: "Those of us who owe a deficit have formed a small group and hold power, if at this time, there are two people. One owes a deficit, and the other does not owe a deficit. Which one do you think the Shangguan who owes the deficit will be closer? ”

Jia Baoyu wanted to say. Of course, it's the one who has no money to lose. But in fact, his intellect told him that the correct answer should be to the one who owes the deficit.

Jia Baoyu was confused.

He didn't understand the cause and effect in it.

Jia Jiu didn't embarrass him, but asked him to go back and think about it.

This is also the most helpless place in the world. Everybody knows. The second person is a person of high moral character. But it was the first one to be accepted by the world. Even Jia Jiu himself couldn't say what was going on in this world.

Those officials who do not have a deficit will definitely be troubled in the officialdom, but the officials who owe a deficit will be happy with each other. As a result, more and more officials borrowed money from the state treasury, and the interests of the state were harmed again and again. So much so that in the end extraordinary measures had to be taken.

However, if extraordinary measures are taken, there will definitely be negative effects. And this negative effect will be borne by the state in the end

Jia Jiu admired the courage of that king in another time and space, although the other party was just a big slave owner. However, Jia Jiu didn't think that Banzai would have the determination and ability to eradicate this tumor at once, nor did he think that the Emperor Taishang would give up buying people's hearts.

Because of the open and secret struggle between the two generations of kings, the country is afraid that it has begun to decline irreversibly.

And what should I do?

After being confused for so long, Jia Jiu finally found the most critical point.

But how to untie this knot and keep the country moving forward while keeping itself is a difficult problem.

When Shi Xiangyun found Jia Jiu, Xue Baochai had already pulled Aunt Xue to the side, Aunt Xue was really uneasy, and said, "Bao girl, what do you say about this?" If the mother doesn't go up, then our family's imperial merchant signboard will be in trouble. ”

Xue Baochai thought for a while and said, "Mom, don't you think that our family will pay it back for your aunt?" ”

Aunt Xue wrung her handkerchief and didn't speak. But his answer was clearly written on his face.

Xue Baochai almost didn't faint.

He said, "Mom, we can't do this." Who knew that there was a first time in this matter, and there would be no second time? According to my aunt's temperament, if we pay him back this time, will he borrow the deficit again next time and ask us to go back again? Mom, once this thing is opened, it will be endless. We can't. ”

Aunt Xue said: "But our family's imperial merchant signboard ......"

Xue Baochai said: "Mom, Niangniang is a palace concubine after all, and now that something like this has happened, how much energy does he still have in his heart?" Besides, how much money have we already posted to my aunt for this? How much did my aunt help us? If we had been on the side of the second sister, we would have already arrived at this signboard. ”

Aunt Xue said: "However, your aunt is no longer close, and it is also your aunt......"

Xue Baochai said: "That's right, my aunt is also the most ruthless against our Xue family." ”

Aunt Xue has always been a soft person, and she doesn't have many opinions. Otherwise, Mrs. Wang would not have been told a few times, and she would have sent silver to Mrs. Wang again and again. But Xue Baochai is not the Xue Baochai in the original book. At least, after going through so many things, his heart is harder than before, and his attitude is more resolute than before.

I only heard him say: "Mom, you have to listen to me no matter what." You have to remember, my good aunt is notoriously a mother. ”

Aunt Xue didn't like her daughter to talk about her sister like this, but he had to admit that her daughter was reasonable.

After hesitating for a long time, Aunt Xue said, "That's it, you have always been a child with ideas." You can do whatever you want. ”

Today's Xue Baochai is full-fledged, and even Aunt Xue can't help him.

Maybe he made sense of his son, and he could make his daughter change her mind?

On the other side, as soon as Jia Mu returned to her room, she didn't care about the presence of the girls, so she shouted angrily: "Wang, you kneel down for me!" ”

Mother Jia was rarely so angry, where did Mrs. Wang dare to disobey, so she had to bow her head and kneel.

If Mrs. Wang is not Jia Yuanchun's biological mother, if Jia Yuanchun is not the imperial concubine, Jia's mother wants her son to divorce his wife. This time, Jia Mu really regretted it.

I knew that this daughter-in-law was a person who did not know how to repent. He should have let him die in the first place.

Jia Mu hated to let people call Jia Zheng.

Although Jia Zheng didn't know why his mother was so angry, he still hurried over, and as soon as he entered the house, he saw Mrs. Wang kneeling on the ground, and Jia's mother sitting on it angry.

Jia Zheng hurriedly asked Jia's mother to say goodbye.

"The son has seen his mother. But the daughter-in-law is not sensible, which makes you angry. You are angry, and your son is angry for you. ”

Others can't take care of Mrs. Wang, but Jia Zheng is Mrs. Wang's husband, but he can manage it.

Jia Mu snorted and said, "Brother Parrot, come on." ”

Jia Zheng thought it was not a big deal, but he didn't expect that it would be a big event related to his daughter's future and his future!

Not only Jia's mother is waiting for Jia Yuanchun's canonization ceremony, but Jia Zheng is also waiting for her daughter's canonization ceremony. In Jia Zheng's mind, his daughter's canonization ceremony should have started a long time ago, why did it drag on for so long? Jia Zheng also muttered in his heart.

He never thought that it was because Mrs. Wang did something stupid.

Jia Zheng couldn't believe it, but Mrs. Wang said: "But old lady, everyone does this......"

Jia Mu said: "Everyone does this! That's a good thing to say! Don't think I don't know anything! When the family was first separated, all the deficits were borne by the boss alone. Although you have not received much property, there is not a single copper plate in this shortfall. It is this provincial villa, and it is also the silver from the Xue family, and the second girl also has 10 million taels of silver. Thou shalt sue me, and thou wilt need so much silver there? Isn't the previous lesson enough? ”

Jia Zheng was startled, and hurriedly asked Mrs. Wang, "How much did you borrow?" ”

Madame Wang hesitated for a moment and stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred thousand?"

Mrs. Wang replied, "It's two million." ”

Jia Zheng shook for a while, and almost fell, and even Jia Mu gasped and said, "Two million taels of silver!" You're so daring! Do you know how much silver the imperial court pays for a year's salt tax?! And thou hast borrowed two million taels of silver at once. No wonder Niangniang's canonization ceremony has been missing for a long time! (To be continued......)