In Jinling Zhen Mansion, Zhen Yingjia looked at his old mother who was crying bitterly, and felt that his temples hurt. He waved his hand helplessly and asked his brother, son, and nephews to go out. After waiting for the mother and son to be left in the house, Zhen Yingjia said coldly to Jia's mother: "Does the mother want her son to lose his life?" ”

Old Mrs. Zhen raised her head and looked at Zhen Yingjia in shock, "Is it really so serious?" ”

"Mother only saw the emperor's secret decree to you, but I didn't know that the emperor also gave her son a secret decree, and the words revealed that the dissatisfaction with her son's appointment in Yangzhou in the past two years, the emperor is now just issuing a secret decree, giving us a chance to take the initiative to repay the money, if we don't agree with the emperor's wishes, next time it will be a clear decree, and when the time comes, it is not too much to take the son to get those silver taels in the past two years, and it is not too much to destroy the family."

"However, the friendship between our family and the emperor ......"

"Mother! He is the emperor, and our family is also the emperor's minion, how dare he claim to have friendship with the emperor? With just your words, the imperial history can be included in our family's crime of contempt for the emperor! ”

"The emperor was brought up by me, and he listened to me the most when he was a child!" Old Lady Zhen muttered quietly.

"You also said that it was when you were a child!"

"I don't care, you give me ideas, that's 10 million taels of silver, and I don't want to be lustful if I hand it over!" As she spoke, Mrs. Zhen began to cry again.

Zhen Yingjia's head began to hurt again, "Okay, mother, don't cry yet, I'll discuss it with my younger brother, when we borrowed money from the treasury at that time, we hadn't separated yet." After a while, he reminded: "Mother, don't make any more extraneous branches, don't forget that you have received a secret order." You shouldn't have called your brother and kids today. ”

Mrs. Zhen sobbed and said, "I was about to die as soon as I received the secret order, so I thought about it so much!" ”

"In short, my mother must have a number in her heart, the silver must be repaid, as for how to pay it back, I will discuss it with my younger brother, if we don't pay it back, our whole family will wait for death!"

Mrs. Zhen suddenly cried louder, and slapped her thigh with her hand while crying. Zhen Yingjia no longer persuaded and turned to leave.

called his younger brother Zhen Yingwu to the study, and Zhen Yingjia told Zhen Yingwu what happened.

"Now that the holy decree has been issued, we have to pay it back, and we have to pay it back if we don't."

Zhen Yingwu's brows furrowed, "Why did the emperor think of this stubble?" ”

"Now that there have been two major disasters in the north for two consecutive years, there is almost no harvest in the fields, and it depends on the grain and taxes in the south of the Yangtze River, and there are always times when things are bad. Coupled with the Northwest War a few years ago, as well as the emperor's several southern tours, the household department lost tens of millions of taels of silver, it is estimated that the emperor is really stretched, otherwise with the emperor's generosity to the old ministers, he would not open his mouth. Didn't you see it, are all holy decrees secret? ”

"But why did the emperor let us be this bird?"

"I guess someone proposed to let the emperor find someone who is easy to handle and be the first."

"Who is so blind, looking for our Zhen family's stubble? Let me know that this man must not die well! ”

"Okay, now the key is to hurry up and get the silver together first, and then talk about the rest."

"What does big brother mean ......"

"I mean according to the proportion when the family was separated at that time, we brothers shared it together."

"How can this work, I have spent a lot of money over the years, and my income is small, how can I have so much money!"

"What do you want, don't forget, we hadn't separated when we borrowed the silver at that time, and it stands to reason that the foreign debt should be half of the two of us."

"I'm not as good as my eldest brother, I have a big fat shortage, and I haven't lost any money in the past two years."

"You don't have to say anything cool, you didn't take less when you split up, in the past two years, you have read the lawsuits, released the profits, don't you know?"

"My little silver is less than a fraction of my eldest brother's!"

"That's it! If we don't pay back the money as soon as possible, what awaits us is to exterminate our families. Think about it! ”

Ten days later, Zhen Yingjia collected the 10 million taels of silver owed to the treasury. handed the emperor a fold and demanded that all the silver owed to the treasury be returned to relieve the emperor's worries. This is like water in an oil pot, and many people who owe money to the treasury secretly scolded the ancestors of the Zhen family for eight generations.

The emperor saw that Zhen Yingjia was so knowledgeable, so he quickly called the Hubu Shangshu to Jinling to receive the silver.

Within two days, Jia Daishan, the Duke of Rongguo, took more than a dozen big carriages, mighty, and pulled 3.4 million taels of silver to the Yamen of the Ministry of Household with great fanfare.

The next day, the emperor announced that the Duke of Rongguo entered the palace.

"You old boy is obedient, tell me honestly, is it your son-in-law who gave you a tip-off!"

"Hey, the emperor, his brainless will only listen to the emperor's words, his mouth is so tight that people only grit his teeth with hatred, you go outside to inquire, how many people want to win him over and trick him, and there is one to please him? Count on him to report the news in the next life! ”

"Then how did you get the money back so quickly?"

"Wechen will be honest with you! In fact, Weichen has long wanted to pay it back, and the silver has been sealed in my family's treasury, but I am afraid of being a bird, so as soon as the Zhen family comes out, I will quickly follow! ”

"You're smart, and you're not a good bird, but you're in a good name."

"Hey, hey! Your Majesty, this is all good for you to teach! ”

"Nonsense! When did I teach you this? ”

"Hey, hey! How did the emperor forget, in the northwest back then, you taught Weichen to learn the art of war, and Weichen can now be regarded as a living learner, right? ”

"Humph! will quibble! The emperor scolded, but a smile appeared on his face.

"Weichen is obedient, listen to the emperor's words! Look, you let me practice calligraphy at home, I've been practicing for more than half a year, can you see if you've grown? Jia Daishan said and took out the words he wrote from his arms, and then handed them to Shi Gonggong, who then presented them to the emperor.

The emperor took it and opened it to see, "Well, it has indeed grown a lot, it can be seen that he is obedient and practices at home every day." ”

"The emperor has an order, how dare Weichen disobey!"

"Okay, I'm going to continue practicing when I go back, and now it's just a small success, you know?"

"Wechen obeyed. Just look at me and say I'm the most obedient! ”

"Let's go. Don't bother me here, enter the palace once a month in the future, and bring the words you practiced to me for inspection. ”

Jia Daishan walked out of the imperial study, wiped the sweat on his forehead, let out a sigh, and left the palace with a calm expression.

On the second day, the emperor issued two holy decrees, one was sent to Jinling to Mrs. Zhen, and the old lady Zhen was rewarded with a royal village, which is located in the suburbs of Beijing, with 800 acres of fertile land in the village, 500 acres of mountains and forests, and a small lake, with good scenery and high yield. This can be regarded as compensation for Mrs. Zhen.

Another holy decree was given to Rong Guofu and a gold medal was awarded to Rong Guogong. For a time, Rongguofu was like a city, and Rongguofu had a transcendent status in the capital from then on, as long as Rongguofu did not rebel, it could ensure peace and prosperity for generations.

After Zhen Yingjia learned the news, he angrily smashed all the things in the room. He was the first to return the silver, not to mention the target of public criticism, and he also lost a lot of money. I got a Huangzhuang, which was still for my mother, and when my mother died, the Huangzhuang would be taken back. He Jia Dai is good at picking up people's teeth and wisdom, but he has won the emperor's heart, and he has a good reputation for righteousness. He resented the emperor's unkindness to him, and was also jealous of Jia Daishan's good luck. But no matter how much he hated, he was angry, and no matter how unwilling he was, he had no choice but to knock out his teeth and swallow blood.

Subsequently, the Wang family and some families who owed the treasury silver returned the silver one after another, and the Lin family also returned the 50,000 taels of silver owed by Mr. Lin. At one time there were twenty million taels of silver in the treasury.

The emperor has been in a good mood recently, and he privately rewarded Lin Ruhai with a lot of good things. Since then, he has relied more on Lin Ruhai, and often comes to him for questioning. This makes Lin Ruhai busy every day, except for being able to eat with Jia Min in the morning, when he goes home at night, Jia Min often falls asleep.

After working like this for a month, this day was just in time for Concubine Ru's birthday, and the emperor was invited to dinner, Lin Ruhai was finally able to get out and go home early to accompany his daughter-in-law.