Since ancient times, the role of the big court meeting is often not as good as that of the small court meeting, and the process is basically a set routine, and fishing abounds in the Fengtian Palace.

Even the Cabinet Auxiliary Political University Scholars often close their eyes with their hands in their hands. Only the God of Wealth in Great Xia, Hubu Shangshu Wen Tongxuan has to fight with people every time the court meets.

"I said, no money! No money! No money! ”

Wen Tongxuan was surrounded by a group of people asking for money, and he was forced to take out the magic weapon again......

Thump!

I saw the God of Wealth sitting in the main hall and howled: "Your Majesty, the household really has no money." It took 800,000 yuan to control the river, 2 million were sent by Jiubian, and 3 million were finally sent by the salt class, and there was a drought again. The autumn tax had not yet arrived in Beijing, and even rats starved to death in the silver and grain depots of the household department. ”

After hugging for a long time, Wen Tongxuan suddenly looked at the emperor on the dragon chair with resentment, and muttered: "If the minister is not mistaken, at the end of June, Jiangnan sent more than 10 million taels of silver ......."

Well?

Liu Heng's originally slightly narrowed eyes opened instantly, and he gritted his teeth. This old Pixiu, who has been howling together for a long time, is playing the idea of Neiku!

"Lord Wealth, I have discovered an extremely interesting thing. As long as I save some silver, a mouse will starve to death in the silver treasury and grain depot of the household, don't you think it's interesting? ”

Wen Tongxuan put his hands together and smiled.

"Six million, only six million."

Liu Heng almost scolded, the old man deceived people too much......

"Only three million, do you want it?"

"Five million, five million less, this household Shangshu abdicates and makes way for Xian!"

"Wen Qing, this silver, I am useful."

Liu Hengqiang resisted the urge to kill this old thing, gritted his teeth and said: "It's just four million, is there more!" ”

"Obey."

Wen Tongxuan immediately came to his senses, and after getting up from the ground, he stretched out his hand to Xia Shouzhong on the side, and the green tendons on Xia Shouzhong's forehead began to beat suddenly.

It's done, it's expected to be three million, and now it's one million more, and the household can have a long time, so I'll add a chicken leg to reward myself for lunch today!

It's a pity that Wen Tongxuan's good mood didn't last even a few breaths, and as soon as he heard that the household was rich, he was immediately surrounded by a group of people. Another wave of begging for money began in the main hall.

There was a mess in the Fengtian Palace, and after Xu Jin closed his eyes and survived the usual process, he suddenly walked out of the team of the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

"Xu Jin, the right of the Imperial Palace, impeached officials at all levels of the Ministry of Households, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, Zongzheng Temple, Dali Temple, and Shuntianfu, and was not strict in governing and neglecting the government, resulting in a severe drought this summer, and tens of millions of people in the five provinces of the north were displaced, and starvation was everywhere......"

Purr ......

In the heat of summer, when the sun rises, the only trace of coolness disappears. Jia Cong, who had not yet woken up, leaned against the cool silk pillar, blowing bubbles and falling asleep.

Suddenly, he felt that someone was poking him in the face, and after opening his eyes in a daze, he realized that it was his eldest nephew Jia Rong.

"Third Uncle Cong, Mr. Qingteng has quarreled with someone!"

Well?

Jia Cong wiped a handful of saliva from the corner of his mouth, turned his head to look, and saw that the teacher Xu Jin was fighting alone against several old men in purple and red official robes, talking eloquently.

"The lower officials are not right about things, not people, in July, the lower officials were ordered to inspect the nineteen counties under the rule of Shuntian Mansion, and the counties and counties are full of displaced people......

"Da Zongzheng, you are right when you say that the disaster relief is not about the Zongzheng Temple. But the clan enclosure has been enclosed in the river, so that the place can not sort out the water conservancy, do you say is it the responsibility of the Zongzheng Temple? ”

"Minister of Finance, the lower officials found out that the household department sent the disaster relief money and grain to Shuntian Mansion, and every time the household department passes through a person's hand, it will be less than tens of thousands of taels of silver, and when it comes to the county, it is already a blessing to have half of it. May I ask the Minister of Finance, did the silver treasury and grain depot of the household department starve to death rats, did they also fatten up rats? ”

"Lord Wang, how can disaster relief have nothing to do with the Ministry of Industry? In the second year of Yuan You, the imperial court spent a lot of money to renovate the water conservancy of Shuntian Mansion, but the lower officials inspected the entire Shuntian Mansion, and eight of the ten water wheels were unusable. May I ask Lord Wang, is the manufacturing skill of the master craftsman of the Ministry of Industry not as good as that of the carpenter in the village? ”

"Lord Cai, Lord Tang, Lord Lu, the common people have no way to redress their grievances, and they all went to Qincha Xingyuan to complain, and there is no news from the Criminal Department, Dali Temple and Shuntianfu Yamen. Can't you all be so busy that you can't see or hear the suffering of the common people? ”

……

Xu Jin's words were conclusive, and the music in his hand recorded extremely detailed data, and several elders were speechless.

"Alas! Natural disasters are inevitable, but the original Shuntianfu is fully capable of reducing the impact of the drought on the people. Not to mention anything else, although Shuntianfu is not as dense as the Jiangnan River network, but with the water conservancy renovated in the second year of Yuanyou, how can Tianzhong have no harvest? ”

Xu Jin held up the thick recital with both hands and bowed down: "Your Majesty, in this recital, the minister recorded in detail the use of the rivers and ditches in the nineteen counties under the rule of Shuntianfu. Among them, nearly seventy percent of the water conservancy public vessels are used for private purposes, and most of them are occupied by clan relatives and nobles and wealthy families. There are even more mountains and rivers that are occupied by big clans, and the minister doesn't know whether the whole world is not the king's land, whether it is right or wrong! ”

The silence above the main hall was terrifying, and those clan relatives and nobles all shrunk their necks and began to remember whether their Zhuangzi in Gyeonggi had done these things......

Xia Shouzhong sent Xu Jin's recital to the emperor, and every time the emperor turned a page, he would look at a certain courtier in the palace.

"It's over, Your Majesty has seen me. Could it be that the losers in the family really let people do these things? ”

"God, what did Madame do, why did Your Majesty want to see me?"

"Huh? I...... I...... I didn't buy a Zhuangzi in Shuntian Mansion, what does Your Majesty see me doing? ”

Syllable!

Liu Heng suddenly closed the half-seen recital, and coldly glanced at the civil and military officials in the hall.

"Xu Qing, I gave you the Sword of the Son of Heaven to take charge of this disaster relief. Since you have discovered the problem of Shuntianfu, it is up to you to deal with it. Below the third grade, you can cut it first and then play, and you must not interfere, and you must actively cooperate with ......"

"Father, the son-in-law asks for help, and is willing to assist Mr. Qingteng in helping the victims."

Liu Hong, who suddenly walked out of the clan queue, surprised everyone, and the young eagle's political career is about to begin?

Jia Cong, who had watched the excitement, finally knew that it was time for him to play, so he walked out of the whispering team and bowed down: "Minister Jia Cong asks for his life, and is willing to follow Master Xu to help the victims and catch mice!" ”

"Zhun Er's request, Liu Hong, the fourth son of the emperor, is the deputy envoy of the Qin Mission, and Yu Linlang will lead Jia Cong with three hundred Yu Lin Lang to guard the Qin Mission!"

The emperor didn't wait for the courtiers in the palace to react, and walked away. Xia Shouzhong hurriedly shook off the dust in his hand and shouted: "Retreat!" ”

……

"Dad, how much money does our family still owe to the household department?"

Jia Cong lay on the table and looked at the spread out account book, this cumbersome record made him dizzy.

After a lot of thought, I finally sorted out the above figures, and there were only less than 50,000 taels of cash left in the account of Rongguo Mansion, which also included 30,000 ballast silver in the treasury, which could not be easily moved.

Lying on the rocking chair and humming a little song, the old man didn't even raise his eyelids, and said leisurely: "Our family is 150,000, and the Dongfu is 80,000." ”

"So much?"

Jia Cong scratched his brain, picked up his pen and began to calculate the annual income and expenses.

In the past few years, there have been floods and droughts, and the income of Zhuangzi can be said to be miserable, and it often needs to be supported by the government's allocation of money.

The income in the shop is not bad, and the business route that has been jointly operated with the Xue family since last year has improved, and it can send about 10,000 taels of silver every three months.

Throwing out the cost, in a year, it can earn about 30,000 taels of silver. But if you want to repay the arrears of the household, there is still too much short.

The Rongguo family has a big business and a large expenditure.

The treasury seems to be full of gold, silver and jade, but most of them are imperial gifts, and they cannot be exchanged for silver flowers.

Jia Cong couldn't help but have a headache and said, "Dad, our family has no money!" ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, the matter of raising pearls you said last time has already been raised, Brother Yun has found a suitable place in Guangdong, don't say tens of thousands of taels of silver at that time, even hundreds of thousands of taels are not a thing."

Master Pardon suddenly gave Jia Cong a good news, it turned out that Jia Cong had muttered about the method of pearl cultivation last year.

"Wenchang Miscellaneous Records" contains: "There is a method of raising pearls, take a slightly larger clam, soak it in water, serve its opening, and rush to cast it with beads...... Frequent exchange of water, after autumn will become a pearl!"

Pearls are a luxury item that is in great demand, and good beads that want to be cultivated will take out a lot of silver from the pockets of those wealthy merchants.

Jia Yun is a rare talent in the Jia clan, although he is not interested in studying the imperial examination and the road to the army, his economic acumen is extremely good.

The old man pardoned the old man directly and asked him to take a few old and respectful shopkeepers in the family to Guangdong to find land and raise pearls with the posts in the house.

At the beginning of last month, Jia Yun sent a letter that the pearl field had been bought, and it was waiting for the harvest next autumn.

Although Jia Cong was pleased that pearl farming was on the right track, he still looked depressed and muttered: "Far water can't solve the near fire, my son will ponder and ponder again, see where he can get some silver......

"Why are you in such a hurry to ask for silver?"

Jia Yu sat up suspiciously, took the little black fat man off the table, and asked solemnly: "Did your second brother take you to visit the Qinglou before, and contracted some bad problems?" ”

I can be a flower Tai Sui for your father, but you can't be a kid. Lao Tzu's hopes in this life are all pinned on you!

Jia Cong rolled his eyes and replied speechlessly: "Dad, what are you thinking, my son is planning to partner with His Royal Highness to do business, and he is going to invest some capital in it." ”

When it comes to the future crown prince, Lord Pardon has to be cautious: "What business? The saint and His Majesty will let you mess around with the Four Highnesses? ”

Jia Cong ran to the door, looked around, closed the doors and windows, and ran back to the side of the old man to explain in a whisper.

"The teacher asks for the opening of the sea, and His Majesty has agreed. It is planned to open a city office in Quanzhou and do business overseas. Xia Qian, the godson of Xia Gonggong, was in charge of forming a fleet to go to the Western Ocean. The son has discussed with the Fourth Highness and plans to participate in the ......"

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