The eldest son of the red mansion

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After Li Gui finished speaking, he turned his head and went to the stable. After a while, he led a horse out of the stable.He rode straight to the palace.

Seeing that Li Gui had already left, Jin Chuan'er felt relieved.Then hurriedly went back to report to Mrs. Wang.

Li Gui didn't dare to delay and arrived at the gate of the palace, he was immediately stopped by the forbidden army, this is a place where he can ride a horse.

Li Gui also knew that the rules here are strict, and he didn't dare to resist at all. After dismounting from his horse, he took out a certain amount of money from his arms and put it in the hands of the forbidden army, then kept bowing and said, "Master, I am from the Rongguo Mansion." If you need to see our uncle urgently, please let me know."

When the Forbidden Army soldier heard that he was looking for Jia Ke's serious face, he immediately relaxed.One must know that Jia Ke is their immediate boss, how could he dare to offend him as a soldier?

"Brother, you wait here for a while, I will go in and give you a notice, and ask the eunuch on duty to go to the military plane to say hello to you."

Li Gui felt relaxed when he heard that this person was so easy to talk to.But he also knew the ways of the world, so he took out a certain amount of money from his bosom, which was his last private money, and handed it to the soldier with a painful face. Jia Baoyu is generous, and he has always done extraordinary things to his subordinates, otherwise how could he have so much money.

After Li Gui gave the money to the soldier, he said: "When I go inside and talk to my father-in-law, please help me to give this set of money to my father-in-law as an errand fee. I am grateful here."

The imperial soldier looked at Li Gui and couldn't help but nodded. He really came from a big family and knew the ways of the world. If he didn't send money to the eunuch inside, he didn't know when he would be able to pass the words to him.

At this time, Jia Ke was in the Military Aircraft Office dealing with reports on the floods in the Lianghuai area during this period. Although the imperial envoys have been dispatched and corrupt officials from various places have been suppressed, the situation is still not very optimistic.

Jia Ke's main task now is to allocate food and grass from various places to the disaster area.However, due to the serious corruption and corruption in the grain storage roads in various places, there is not much grain left.

Now there are 600 million dans of grain in the capital to support the drought in Shaanxi, and their emperor is penniless, with so much silver in his internal storage, he just doesn't take it out.Therefore, food is really a headache for Jia Ke.

Jia Ke is discussing with these people in the Military Aircraft Department, where can we increase income and reduce expenditure, collect some silver taels, and then buy a batch of grain from Jiangnan to meet unexpected needs.

"My lord, this year's money is tight everywhere, and I'm afraid it will be a bit embarrassing for all the departments to collect money." Although Liu Yu is the emperor's confidant and has always been against Jia Ke, he really didn't cause Jia Ke any trouble in this matter. , but actively help.

Jia Ke stared and said, "There is indeed a shortage of food and wages in various places this year. Where did the money go? Everyone should know by now."

When Jia Ke talked about this, he was still full of anger.The emperor is also openly greedy for 300 million taels of silver. Now that the critical moment has come, you just want to gain a good reputation and return the 300 million taels of silver to the Ministry of Households in the name of the internal treasury.This also solved everyone's embarrassment.

How could I have imagined that the emperor would be penniless, and at this critical moment, he still hadn't spit out the money.

When Liu Yu heard Jia Ke's words, he felt angry and angry, but he couldn't say anything about this matter.After all, it was indeed the emperor's fault.

But Liu Yu couldn't let Jia Ke tell the truth, it was the emperor who did it.So he said: "This year's water transportation is indeed a bit unreasonable. With so much silver, the ship capsized overnight, and it was said that the salvage could not be salvaged. It is unreasonable. And the emperor has allocated 100 million from the internal treasury. Two silver? The emperor has tried his best."

But Jia Ke didn't talk nonsense with him on this matter, but said directly: "Let's not talk about those distant things, let's talk about the present. There is no money and no food. Do we have to wait for the world to be in chaos?"

Liu Yu has nothing to say now, but Sun Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, stood up and said: "I said that I have a way to get money. It just violates the court's laws and regulations. It's hard to say."

As soon as Jia Ke heard that he had a solution, he ignored the others, "Say, what time is it, and if you have anything to say, let's discuss it."

Sun Yan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, had some hesitation on his face, and finally he gritted his teeth and said: "There is another way to redeem the crime. Now there are many children of wealthy families who have broken the law, and some even have to be beheaded. Life, no matter how much money you pay, you are willing.”

After Sun Yan said this, he sat there silently. As the saying goes, a prince who breaks the law is as guilty as the common people.If this method is really implemented, the rich can use money to excuse, then the world will not be in chaos?

Jia Ke flatly denied it after he finished speaking: "This method is absolutely impossible. The criminal law is the last guarantee and the last fairness in the world. If there is injustice in this place, then what is the common people's reasoning? With this method now, it seems that we have obtained money and can rescue the people in the disaster-stricken area. But once this method is implemented, it will be a disaster for thousands of years, and there will be no peace for the imperial court from now on."

Liu Yu is also completely on Jia Ke's side now, he knows the harm this method will do to the court, "Master Jia is right, this is the root of the court. Don't say such things in the future."

If it wasn't for the fact that Sun Yan is also from the emperor's lineage, Liu Yu would have already committed the crime of disrupting the court in front of the emperor.

When Sun Yan saw what the two of them said, he accepted it humbly on the surface.But he has his own ideas in his heart, this time he must pass this method to the emperor no matter what, and let the emperor personally order the world to implement it, this is his task this time.

On the other hand, Lao Mengming turned a blind eye to their argument, holding an idle book and shaking his head to read it.The old Meng Ming now understands that he has offended others all his life, and when he was old, he occupied the team once, and only then did he become what he is today.Now that he has reached the pinnacle of his life, there is no need to really fight to the death with them. Now the world still depends on the young people.

Jia Ke finally came up with a way, "Aren't we all donating officials now? The money these people donate is not all cheap in the end, and those corrupt officials are very few in the hands of the court." Less. Why don’t we change the regulations so that in the future, the court will donate money to donate officials, instead it will donate grain, and then send it to the grain storage road to be used for disaster relief in various places.”

When Liu Yu heard this method, he found it very interesting. In this way, he could at least survive this period of time, and the grain storage road would be more abundant.

"Lord Jia's method is good. I think it's feasible. Why don't we make a report together and report to the emperor to see what the old man thinks." Liu Yu said excitedly, if Jia Ke's method can work , then the two disasters this year are considered to be over.

But Sun Yan said disapprovingly: "Master Jia's method looks good, but in my opinion, it's nothing more than a mirror image."

When Liu Yu heard Sun Yan splashing cold water again, he finally couldn't help it anymore, "Master Sun, what are you talking about? What's wrong with Master Jia's method? Please explain it clearly to me."

Sun Yan picked up the teacup from the table, took a sip slowly, and then said: "How much food do you think the world has? Those rich and rich have some food, but if you use two silver for the food, those rich households in the south of the Yangtze River would rather , have you thought about those people on both sides of the Yellow River? Those people are still making trouble."

Liu Yu immediately understood what he meant. The price of grain in Jiangnan and Jiangbei was very different. Trading grain with silver was of great benefit to Jiangnan, but for the gentry in Jiangbei, it was a lot of expenditure for nothing.In this way, how can these people do anything.

And doing so will make the conflict between the North and the South more acute. The South is originally a gathering of humanities and a comfortable life.Therefore, there are many more people who study than in the north, and what's more, the reading atmosphere of people in the south exceeds that in the north.

As a result of every test and visit, people from the south accounted for more than 2/3 of the list, which already aroused the dissatisfaction of the northerners.

If this policy is introduced now, it is obvious that the southerners have taken advantage of it, and the northerners will even lag behind in the opportunity to donate officials. If the southerners take the lead, I am afraid that the imperial court will lose the support of the northern gentry.

In terms of resisting the northern Tatars, it is still up to these tough northerners. If the northerners put down their picks together, the court may not be able to deal with it in the end.

Liu Yu couldn't help but sighed, "Master Jia, your suggestion is still a little ill-considered, let's think of another way."

Jia Ke still has a solution to the question of whether to donate silver or food to the north and the south.As long as they are allowed to do their own thing, those who are willing to donate food and those who are willing to donate silver will solve the problem.But Jia Ke thought about it, and then swallowed the words back.The most difficult thing now should be why the emperor himself is in a hurry, the world is not his own now.

Seeing that Jia Ke kept silent, Sun Yan immediately said: "The matter is urgent now. I think my method is still feasible. It is better to go ahead for a few months. It will not be too late to abolish it next year. This will at least save the court. Overcome this year's difficulties."

Although Liu Yu didn't want to admit it, Sun Yan's solution was indeed the best solution he could think of.

Liu Yu then cupped his hands and said to Jia Ke: "Lord Jia, why don't we write Sun Yan's method into a booklet for the emperor to read."

Jia Ke said with a blank face: "I don't care about this matter. You write the notes yourself and hand them to the emperor yourself. I will pretend that I didn't see it."

Jia Ke didn't want to be involved in this matter, it was a huge scandal.If you let it be recorded in the history books, you will not be able to turn over in a few lifetimes.

(End of this chapter)