"Mother, how is this possible, if I sell a large number of properties in Jiangnan Weaving, this has to make others look at our family, and I can't afford to lose this face"

Zhen Shijia's face was full of disbelief.

At the same time, he immediately and resolutely refused.

Whether it is a family or an official, they all want to be more or less face-saving, and some people even regard their face as more important than their lives.

Selling property is a shameful thing, at least it will be said that it is a loser, and at worst, it will be speculated by others whether something happened to their family?

Qiao Mu couldn't bear it anymore, and raised his hand and raised his cane to hit his thighs and calves:

"Face, face, face or life is important, face is important or family is important?

Am I not clear enough?

What's more, did I have you to sell it loudly and openly? Can't you send some people to secretly ship it to other places and sell it?

Could it be that you still expect your mother and me to repay all the money you owe, you sold me! ”

"Mother, don't be angry!

Oh, mother, you're really beaten! ”

Zhen Shijia was beaten to his feet in an instant, and he was used to being pampered, so how could he endure the pain, but he also explained while escaping:

"Mother, I am a small cane to suffer a big battle, this is not unfilial piety, this is not foolishness, it is filial piety."

Qiao Mu was stunned by him and laughed, so he simply stopped beating and threw his crutches aside:

"Okay, don't be stupid!

Then you mean I'm stupid for my mother.

Let me tell you, you have to pay back the money you owe to the treasury, and you have to pay it back if you don't, otherwise I will personally go to the capital to ask the saint for sin, and I will never lie. ”

"Mother, why bother.

We're not the only ones who take over.

We are not the only ones who owe money.

This court is up and down.

But whoever is qualified to borrow money from the treasury, who does not owe tens of thousands of taels of silver to the treasury.

If no one pays it back, just our family, won't this become the enemy of the enemy, and when the time comes, our family will not be isolated by other officials and nobles, and your son and I should not be the officials! ”

Of course, Zhen Shijia refused for a reason.

If this matter is just a matter of debt repayment, it is justified, then it is easy to do, the key is that there are too many people involved, and no one else will pay it back, so you can pay it back with an awl, then you can't mix it up in the officialdom or even the court.

What's the use of just currying favor with the emperor.

The emperor can remember you for a while, can he still remember you for a lifetime, when he just repaid the money, others made some slanderous rumors, the emperor will definitely not take it seriously, and even have to reprimand, but after three or five years after the money is repaid, others still hold grudges and slander, so it is really impossible to say.

"Since you're not good.

Then prepare the money.

I'll pay it back when the time comes.

I don't believe they would dare to impeach me!

Then you will say that it was because of my persecution that you were compelled to give me the money.

It can be better some.

The silver must be returned, there is no doubt about this, and also, don't send silver to the six princes in the future, I will tell Zhen'er about the specific situation, I believe she will understand.

If you're fine, go back and raise money.

I'm also going to tidy up the treasury and see if I can make up as much as I can, and try to pay off my debts.

The treasury's debt is over there.

Whenever the treasury is short of silver for disaster relief, the emperor will think of you who are in debt.

Think about it, what do you think when others owe you money to live a comfortable life, but you can't take out the money to do something?

The emperor is also a human being.

He also has the emotions that others have.

That's all I have to say, if you still can't figure it out, then you can resign this official as soon as possible, and come back and be an honest rich man. ”

In fact, many things can be figured out with a little careful thinking, but some people are reluctant to think deeply, or to know the relevant situation, but they are not willing to admit it at all.

I'd rather be a turtle with a shrunken head.

Conform.

Thinking about some things like not blaming the public anyway.

But I don't want to think about it, other people's families owe tens of thousands, and the more is only a million, but their family owes a full five million taels, and the law does not blame the public, that is not to punish the ordinary people, and the leaders still have to be punished, and their family is one of the groups that owes the most money to the treasury.

If the emperor wants to find trouble, of course, he will first settle accounts with people like their family who owe the most money.

Zhen Shijia lowered his head and pondered for a long time, carefully thinking about what his mother said, and after thinking about it, he also felt that it really made sense, and said with a long sigh:

"Mother, it's still thoughtful.

I'm too short-sighted, owing tens of thousands of taels and owing millions of taels is indeed different, even if the current saint can bear it, I'm afraid the next saint, alas!

I'm going to go back and sell my property. ”

After thinking about it, Zhen Shijia naturally no longer hesitated, turned around and left very happily, quickly went home to clean up the warehouse, and prepared to sell the property and return it to the treasury.

After her son left, Qiao Mu also hurriedly recruited the big housekeeper and asked the big housekeeper not to worry about the birthday banquet for the first time, and take her to the warehouse to tidy up the warehouse first to see how many things were still in the warehouse.

This look is really eye-opening.

The imperial gifts in this treasury are probably much more than the imperial gifts of many princes and princesses, and as far as the eye can see, almost half of the things in the entire treasury are given by the first emperor, the emperor, successively, the first empress dowager and others, and the remaining half is given by the original son and some officials.

However, although it looks very spectacular, there are not many things that can be exchanged for money, because the things given by the emperor must not be sold, so first of all, half of the things are missing, and the remaining half of the things are also a lot of valuable things, but the more valuable things are, the more difficult it is to sell, antiques and curios, etc., far less than houses and land are easy to sell.

Even if it is 100,000 hectares of land, as long as it is released at the market price, it can be sold in two or three days at most.

But if it is a top-level jade carving worth 100,000 taels of silver, it is normal to not be able to meet the person you want, and you can't sell it for three or five years.

Because land and real estate are things that everyone likes and likes to hoard, not to mention the nobles of the family in this era, even ordinary rich families and wealthy businessmen and the like also like to hoard land to buy real estate.

But it's an antique.

Unless you really like it, or someone who wants to buy it as a gift, who will buy it?

"How much cash is left in the treasury?"

Since Qiao Mu said that he would help with the advance of one million taels, he would definitely not miss the appointment, so he immediately asked the big housekeeper on the side about the silver in stock at home.

"Back to the old lady's words.

You still have about 10,000 taels of gold and 100,000 taels of silver in your private treasury, and about 50,000 taels of silver in your public treasury. ”

Steward Yu replied honestly.

"That's all there is, and that's not enough.

You look at the treasure house to pick out the celebrity calligraphy and painting and other things, to see how much silver can be sold, I am still short of 750,000 taels, if the value of celebrity calligraphy and painting is not enough, then pick some handicrafts, large jade Buddha statues to take out and sell.

If that's not enough, then you have to. ”

Qiao Mu said as he spoke, and couldn't help but stare at his big butler a little distracted, whether it was in the palace or in the Hou Mansion, almost all of the servants were corrupt, if it wasn't enough, maybe they could have it by copying the slave's home, but there was no need to be too anxious, it still had to be investigated.