The Untouchable Daiyu of the Red Chamber

When Mother Jia learned that Lai's family was copied, Nanny Lai had already been beaten.

If it was in the past, Jia's mother would definitely not follow, but before Zhou Rui's family copied 5 to 5000 taels of silver, Jia's mother was also taken aback.Jia's mother felt that Zhou Rui's family had a face in front of the Wang family, and their net worth was as high as [-] taels;It is one's own arm that depends on the family, and a net worth of [-] to [-] is a huge amount.

But seeing Jia Amnesty commanding people to carry the money copied from Zhou Rui's family to the treasury, Jia's mother felt that the Lai family's family property was only a lot more than Zhou Rui's.

Only Yuanyang replied: "The old man didn't know where he brought people from outside. He surrounded the front and back doors of the house and didn't let people in or out. People from outside searched Lai's house. Mr. Lai saw strangers blocking the entrance to our house." The door was rushing forward with the guards, and those strongmen who guarded the door didn't give the chief executive any face, and knocked him to the ground. The escaped Lai family couldn't get the news, so they shouted outside the door anxiously. Only then did the steward know that Lai’s house had been confiscated. Now it is said that the confiscation is over, and the elder is instructing people to carry things to the warehouse.”

When Jia Mu heard this, she was not very excited, but said: "Someone go and ask, how much money has the Lai family made over the years?"

Mother Jia is really not excited, but frustrated.Although she has a small structure, she is not stupid, and now she has realized that everything that happened started when the Lin family returned to Beijing.He forced Wang away first, then dealt with Zhou Rui, and now he chopped off his own arm.The eldest son has been ruled by him with the word filial piety for decades, and now he can't suppress it anymore.This Rongguo Mansion, a place where he has been the master of the house for decades, is no longer a place where he can be the master.

Yuanyang looked at Jiamu's tired face, as if she had aged many years in an instant, and said cautiously: "Listen to Mr. Lin, there are about 20 taels."

When Jia Mu heard this, she twitched the corner of her mouth, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said suddenly, "Help me up."

In the end, Mother Jia went to the stone house to meet Nanny Lai. No one knew what the master and servant had said.I just heard that after Mother Jia came out of the stone house, she stopped protecting the Lai family and told Jia Amnesty that he would handle it.

Cleaning up Lai's house, plus Zhou Rui's house that was cleaned up before, and folding some big furniture and decorations that are not used in the business, originally the money owed by Rongguo Mansion can be collected, but now it is suddenly necessary to clear the accumulated debt, and the money is not enough. The Rongguo family, during these days, there are countless pawns of gold, silver, copper and tin in the market.

The so-called luxury goods have been rare since ancient times. There are so many of these things on the market, not only are the prices extremely low, but few people even buy them.Even those pawnshops are afraid of things falling into their hands.Besides, those who do pawn business earn a profit from the working capital in their hands. If they put all the funds in, do they still want to do business in the future?

So the current situation is that the luxury goods market is oversaturated, and merchants who leave Beijing will buy some by the way and bring them to other places to earn a difference. Gold, silver, copper and tin big guys, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc. Difficult shot.Even when merchants from other places buy them and take them away, they also pick up small and unique ones that are easy to carry, and the bids are not high.Those clumsy and big guys are usually very stylish in the room, and they are also in short supply, but now they can't be exchanged for cash.

At such times, Jia Lian begged to come to the Lin family.

The Lin family is rich. In addition to increasing income and reducing expenditure, the ancestors of the Lin family are different from the Jia family. The former dynasty of the Lin family was aristocratic. cheap.So not only did the Lin family not have to raise money, they even had money to collect some ancient books, calligraphy and paintings during these days.

Buying someone else's house is buying, and buying her mother's house is also buying, so Jia Lian asked her aunt if she could take over the things in her hand, otherwise Rongguo Mansion would really not pay the debt.

Jia Min felt very soft-hearted when he saw Jia Lian. How can I put it this way? For the Rongguo Mansion, it is disgraceful to deal with the Wang family. As far as he is concerned, it is natural to hope that Jia Lian will have something to offer.At least for the present test, Jia Min hoped that the Lin family would help Jia forgive him.But according to Jia Lian, the Rongguo Mansion was still short of about 10 taels of silver.Since it was not a trivial matter, Jia Min did not make the decision privately, and discussed the matter with Lin Ruhai and Daiyu.

In fact, if the things in Jia's big treasury were converted at market prices, they would not be short of money.What Jia Lian said was short of 10 taels was short of cash.But if the entire Rongguo Mansion works together, it is not impossible to get out 10 taels of silver.

Daiyu directly pointed it out: "I reckon, my grandmother's family has 10 taels, but if they have silver, they refuse to take it out."

Lin Ruhai didn't speak, but nodded slightly, agreeing with Daiyu's statement.

Neither her husband nor daughter supported her, so Jia Min felt a little embarrassed and said, "If not, I can tidy up my dowry and get together the 10 taels."

Daiyu immediately stopped her and said, "Grandmother and uncle are reluctant to bring out their things, and Lian's son and sister-in-law are also holding onto the dowry tightly. Why does mother put on her own dowry? I have a way, our family can borrow the money. Give it to the uncle, but the uncle needs to take the land deed of Zhuangzi as a mortgage, and if it is not paid for temporarily, it can be repaid in batches with the interest from the Zhuangzi every year."

Jia Min pondered for a while, and said: "It's good to be so natural, but does it seem that our family is too ruthless? This time, my mother's family has suffered heavy losses. If we continue to act like this, it will hurt our relationship."

Daiyu's words were quite blunt, but they were all true: "If my grandparents' family is not merciless, it's not like my family's money is not willing to give it out, but they are eyeing our family. It’s taken out, it’s still short, it’s okay for our family to borrow it for the time being. Now that my grandfather’s family has not reached that stage of land, our family will be taken advantage of. Isn’t it the same reason as when the imperial court lent money to the honorable family? Is it? I borrowed from my grandfather's house today, will I borrow from other relatives tomorrow?"

In fact, Daiyu really didn't care about money in her previous life, but after living two lifetimes and seeing how many people turned against each other because of money disputes, Daiyu felt that it was reasonable for her brothers to settle accounts clearly.Besides, Sheng Mien fights Mi Qiu, once the money is borrowed today, it will be useless in the future.Moreover, if a gentleman loves money, it is good to get it in a proper way. There is no need to regard money as noble as dung.

Sure enough, Jia Min chuckled: "You are also a young lady from a scholarly family. Your father never cared about it, and I didn't teach you these things. How come Yu'er has acquired such a coppery smell." Jia Min swallowed that stinking word back.

Where did you learn it?In the previous life, he was fed up with the beatings by the society, so he naturally understood.

But Daiyu didn't say anything more, Lin Ruhai took over the conversation and said: "Yu'er's words are very reasonable. As the saying goes, it's more ruthless to do so, but it also saves a lot of worries."

Seeing that both father and son had said that, Jia Min said nothing more.Call Jia Lian and ask him how he can borrow money by depositing the land deed and making a written note?Jia Lian had been anxious for a long time, so he naturally agreed.

Later, when I went to the study to discuss the next important matter, Lin Ruhai asked Daiyu with a smile: "Yu'er clearly knows that the money borrowed by your uncle's family will be repaid, so why insist on taking the mortgage?"

Daiyu said: "This time I won't accept the mortgage from my uncle's family. In the future, if our family members come to borrow money, will they accept the mortgage or make a written document? Not to mention others, if people like Lin Mu know that our family has borrowed money My uncle's family has 10 taels, and there is no evidence of a mortgage, so they must come to the door to fight against the wind. Even if we can't get the money, I'm afraid it will be known to everyone, and our family's reputation will be ruined for nothing, so why bother with those future troubles?"

Lin Ruhai frowned when he thought of Lin Mu, his cousin, and stopped talking about it.

In the days that followed, the capital city was bustling.First, Ningrong and Rong's two houses collected all the owed money, and directly pulled it to the household department to write off the account.

Because of the special identities of the few people who actively responded to this matter, this simple action of clearing their debts has long been interpreted as [-] or [-] political motives.

Lin Ruhai is the Secretary of the Household Department, the wife and brother of the prince; Jia Jing is the minister of the military department, and the prince's companion; although Jia Amnesty has no real shortage, but he is Jia Daishan's eldest son, who is Jia Daishan?He is a confidant of Emperor Taizong.This means that Taizong's cronies and the prince's cronies are all gathered.

No matter whether you are a prince or aristocrat or a high-ranking official, what is the most important thing if you want to be rich for a long time?Look at the direction of the wind.

After Jia Jing and Jia Amnesty took the money to the household department to write off the accounts, what Man Jingcheng guessed was: the emperor promoted Lin Ruhai this time, and this series of actions is to further transfer power to the East Palace, right?Otherwise, why are these three companies the ones who started this matter?

Moreover, people with high officials and rich salary are all smart people. One of the characteristics of smart people is that they are easy to think a lot. When they think of this, everyone thinks that Emperor Taizong is really far-sighted. I am afraid that the illness three years ago was just pretending to lure snakes out of the hole on purpose. .Otherwise, why did he get well soon after a serious illness, not to mention that the way for the crown prince to ascend the throne has been cleared a lot?

If Emperor Taizong knew that his courtiers thought so, he would just sneer.But the ministers didn't dare to go to Taizong to ask for proof even if they thought so.So this speculation is getting more and more true.

Of course, there were officials who had good friends with Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing, and privately inquired about what Emperor Taizong meant. Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing didn't give a correct answer, so they smiled meaningfully.

How do you make the inquirer understand this smile?As long as the rumors are true, and the false ones have also become true, how else can you understand it?Therefore, after this word was spread, it became what Lin Shangshu of the Ministry of Households and Jia Shilang of the Ministry of War said.

It's that easy to guide public opinion. Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing didn't let out any rumors, and naturally someone spread the truth for them.In the political arena, rhythm is also required.

Originally, clearing accumulated debts was a long-standing and difficult problem.In addition to the fact that some families are no longer available, those who signed and pledged at the Ministry of Household Affairs are no longer alive, and the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs has changed several times.But this rhythm is in the vicinity of Lin Ruhai, Jia Jing and others, and with the fact that Zhen Yingjia was convicted not long ago, and the second prince was excused, who would dare to go against the dual meaning of the emperor and the prince?

As a result, many people raised money honestly.After the Ningrong Second Mansion returned the money, it was followed by the Nan'an Palace.The king of Nan'an County is still leading the army and has real power. He is the most afraid to go against the will of the court for a little money; otherwise, the loss of the job is not worth the loss.Besides, because it has always had real power, the Nan'an Palace has a solid foundation. Although it owed a lot back then, it was not to the point of hurting the muscles and bones, so the money Nan'an Palace should be considered straightforward.

The Ningrong Second Mansion went first, followed by the Nan'an Prince's Mansion, and the other four kings and eight lords naturally followed suit.Other families who owed money to the household department also began to pay back the money one after another. Seeing this, Wang Ziteng naturally had to count the money to clear the old accounts of the Wang family.

To be honest, with a family as rich as the Nan'an Palace, it would be a pain to return the money.But depending on the direction of the wind, the money must be paid back, it is better to pay it back earlier, to make a good impression on Emperor Taizong, Nan'an Palace is so active.

If you want to say which one is not so painful to spend this money, Wang Ziteng is the first choice.Just the 20 taels of gold obtained from Jia Wang's is worth [-] taels.If you Ningrong Second Mansion wants to do something, I will use the money from your Rongguo Mansion to pay back the money owed.

Therefore, Wang Ziteng, who was not very distressed, also took the gold he got from Wang's Zhuangzi to the household department to write off the account.

When Lin Shangshu heard about this, he took a sneak peek at the warehouse.Seeing that the money owed by the Wang family was indeed yellow and orange bricks, Lin Ruhai glanced in the direction of the Ningrong Second Mansion without any trace, and went back to work as if nothing had happened.

Even if Jia Amnesty is now ineffective, Ning Rong and Duke Ning Rong are riches and nobles who have fought for thousands of horses, and Wang Ziteng is so arrogant that he owes silver with the gold at the bottom of the Rongguo Mansion, so he is not afraid of flashing his waist.

As a result, Wang Ziteng's waist really shone.

On the second day after Wang Ziteng canceled the account, Jia Amnesty sued Wang Ziteng before the imperial court with a complaint.

Jia Amnesty knelt down in front of Emperor Taizong and cried, crying that Jia Yuan had made great contributions back then, and he was injured all over his body, so he left early, and he had not been loved by his grandfather for a few days; Married a royal daughter-in-law as a daughter-in-law, cooperated with the inside and outside, and even stole all the money that Jia Daishan left to his children and grandchildren.

Emperor Taizong's successful ascension to the throne was due to Jia Daishan's support.Now that Jia Daishan's eldest son is crying in front of him, Emperor Taizong asked carefully, now that many families have paid back the money owed, why did you insist that the gold that Wang Ziteng pulled to the Ministry of Household belonged to your family?And bitten to death is Jia Daishan left?

Jia Amnesty then continued to cry: "The emperor is always in control. If I don't have evidence, how dare I go before the emperor and make trouble? It's just that this prince is too deceitful. I need to seek justice. In the future when the Ministry of Criminal Justice will try the case, I will have my own evidence to present."

Wang Ziteng is a majestic envoy of the Beijing camp, and he is not a good stubble who can be slaughtered by others. Once Jia Amnesty filed a complaint, Wang Ziteng would naturally have to defend himself. He also went to the imperial court to recall the achievements of the Wang family ancestors, and vowed to seek justice. , the Wang family will not be wronged by this injustice.

Why, your Jia family is the founding hero, but my Wang family is not?Crying about the merits of the ancestors, who wouldn't?

Emperor Taizong was disturbed by the two of them, so he pushed the case to the Ministry of Punishment, and chose a day for trial.To be honest, although the case of [-] taels of gold is considered a major case, it is a civil dispute after all, and should have been tried in Shuntian Prefecture.That is to say, after Jia Amnesty was Rong Guogong, he went directly to Taizong and cried for Jia Daishan, saying that the money was Jia Daishan's bottom money, and threw the case to the Ministry of Punishment to show his respect for the old officials.

After the Ministry of Punishment was promoted, Wang Ziteng naturally wanted to defend himself.After Wang Ziteng spoke with reason and evidence, both the Ministry of Justice and the Minister of Justice felt that Jia She was making trouble for no reason, so Jia She said: "Strictly speaking, the gold was not left by my father. At that time, it was hidden in the compartment of the museum shelf in the warehouse. It was only passed on orally to the heir to the title. Therefore, this money was left to my father by my grandfather, and my father left it to me. All the descendants of my Jia family are not allowed to use it unless it is absolutely necessary. This money. And every gold brick of this money is stamped with my Jia family's mark."

Many big families have this kind of money in the bottom of the box, and it is true that only the heirs are told.The purpose is to make a comeback when encountering wars and turmoil, or family fortunes.Because Jia She brought this matter to the imperial court, Jia She didn't say anything about the decline of the family, only said that the money was reserved for the successors of the Jia family, and it must not be lost in his own hands, and he would have no face to see his ancestors in the future.

Rongguo Mansion is the mansion of the state of the dynasty, if it is said that the family is in decline, then how poor are the people of the Li people?If you encounter critics, you can't say that you are cursing the court's inability to govern the country.

Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai have both explained to Jia Shen what words are taboo after going to court, even though Jia Shen is not stingy, they really didn't say anything that stepped on the line.

Wang Ziteng was surprised when he heard Jia She said that there was a mark on the bottom of each gold brick.

Wang Ziteng was able to be the military envoy of the Beijing camp, so he was naturally a bold and careful person.He persuaded the Wang family to get this sum of gold out of Jia's house, and the oriole got it by cheating.But he dared to come to the Ministry of Accounts because the money was checked and there was no mark.

The gold and silver ingots of rich families are often marked on the bottom, like a seal, but Wang Ziteng has checked the Jia family's money repeatedly, and there is no such thing.Only there is a thin line at the bottom of the gold ingot. Wang Ziteng thought that there was something wrong with the mold when it was melted.But such a line can't be used as a sign of your Rongguo Mansion?

So Wang Ziteng said again: "What nonsense is General Jia talking about? My money belongs to my royal family. When it was fused, there was no words related to the royal family at all, only a thin line on the bottom of the gold ingot. My lord, you might as well go and have a look at some of the gold ingots that this official exchanged for the Ministry of Households. See if this official is telling the truth, or if General Jia is spitting blood."

After finishing speaking, Wang Ziteng glared at Jia She again and said angrily: "Jia She, you slandered me first, fabricated evidence, and contempt the court later. After I am innocent today, I want you to parade in the street to apologize and restore the reputation of my royal family." !"

Prince Tengjiu had been in the army for a long time, and usually he was calm and pretentious, but this stare made Jia She a little timid.But how Wang Ziteng would react and how he would deal with it, Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing had anticipated all kinds of situations, and they had carefully taught themselves.Seeing that the development of this matter has been within Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing's expectations up to now, Jia Amnesty has a certainty in his heart, so he stared back and said, "Prince Teng, we might as well wait and see who is parading in the street!"

In terms of rank, Jia Amnesty and Wang Ziteng were still higher than the servant, and the two giant Buddhas did not dare to offend the servant, so they had to call the yamen servants to present the evidence.As a servant, he is naturally considerate. As soon as he received this somewhat strange case, Yu Shilang sent someone to the Ministry of Accounts to borrow evidence.

Now that the tray was being dragged up, Yu Shilang first asked Wang Ziteng if these were the gold ingots that he had returned to the Ministry of Households. I also insisted on it, and signed it.

Both Jia Amnesty and Wang Ziteng believed that the same batch of gold ingots belonged to their own family. After checking by Yu Shilang, there was indeed a thin line at the bottom of this batch of gold ingots, which matched Wang Ziteng's description.

Yu Shilang asked Jia Amnesty: "General Jia, you said that these gold ingots originally belonged to your family, and that there was a mark of the Rongguo Mansion on the gold ingots. After inspection by the official, a thin line appeared on the gold ingots. , there is no sign, but it is consistent with what Mr. Wang said. Are you deliberately falsely accusing Mr. Wang?"

Jia Amnesty did not lie, these gold ingots were really left by Jia Yuan, and there were indeed marks on them, but it was very concealed.

At the beginning, Jia Wang ordered Zhou Rui to steal the gold in the middle of the night, not only was Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai counted, but also Sister Feng noticed and sent Zhaoer to follow her.After Jia Amnesty knew that Wang Shi had really acted recklessly, he was so angry that he wanted to take someone to beat him to Rongxi Hall to force Wang Shi to return the gold.

It was because both Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai had backhands, used this batch of gold as bait, and spent a lot of time talking before persuading Jia She to come down.At that time, Jia Amnesty also asked Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing to be sureties, and if the gold was not recovered, they would pay for it.Lin Ruhai really agreed.So when the Jia family had no money to repay the money, Jia Lian went to the Lin family for help, but Jia Amnesty didn't care at all.

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing were so predictable that today they really had a chance to recover the gold, and they could sue a prince Teng by the way.

Jia Amnesty said unhurriedly: "This gold ingot was indeed left by Shangyuan Gong, the ancestor of the Jia family. You might as well find a craftsman to peel off the gold leaf along the thin line at the bottom of the gold ingot. There is a Yuanzi stamped on the ingot, which is the name of the ancestor Yuangong."

As soon as these words came out, Wang Ziteng's heart jumped wildly.Although he has been in the officialdom for a long time, he will not turn pale with fright, and he knows that he is on the right track.

As far as Jia She is concerned, he definitely does not have the scheming ability to set up such a series of schemes, and it is also because the sufferer is Jia She, and Wang Ziteng did not pay attention to him, after all, he was careless.

Lin Ruhai, Jia Jing!It must have been a poisonous plan set by these two people, and they actually came to invite the king into the urn for themselves.Wang Ziteng clenched his fists, and the veins on his fists were bulging, but at this moment he was in the court of the Ministry of Punishment, what else could he do?Wang Ziteng felt that he had never been so powerless as at this moment.

The Ministry of Criminal Affairs handles major cases, important cases and cases of royal family members on a daily basis. There are all kinds of talents, that is, the Ministry of Criminal Justice has ready-made extremely powerful craftsmen.

Yu Shilang sent a craftsman to come, and ordered the craftsman to push the gold ingot apart as Jia She said. Inside was also a yellow-orange pure gold ingot, which was in excellent condition, and there was a "source" mark on the bottom.

Back then, Jia Yuan was a powerful general under the command of Emperor Tai|Zu. When he fought in the world, he won countless trophies, including a batch of gold of excellent quality.

At that time, Jia’s family was not short of silver. When Jia Yuan built the government’s mansion, he built a hidden compartment in the warehouse, financed the batch of gold, and recast the mark to hide it.Later, I felt that such a bright mark was too ostentatious, if one day the Jia family really fell, and the Jia family's children took out such fine and marked gold ingots, they might attract people to covet them and kill their lives.He also ordered someone to make a batch of extremely thin gold foil and wrap it around the gold ingot. The thin line at the bottom of the gold ingot is where the gold foil closes.

When Jia Yuan was alive, he was known as General Chang Sheng. Apart from being a handsome man of his generation who commanded well, he also had a formidable swordsmith under his command.The swordsmith is familiar with the method of smelting, so he is naturally a skilled craftsman. Forging extremely thin gold foil, it looks as if it is indistinguishable when wrapped around the gold ingot, as if it is melted into it.

I'm afraid Jia Yuan didn't expect that he made such a batch of gold press box bottoms, and now it would come in handy for this kind of use.

It wasn't until the craftsman peeled off the gold leaf that Wang Ziteng was so angry that he almost spurted blood.He always thought that Jia She was stupid and Wang was greedy, so he took advantage of the temperaments of these two people to use the news that the court urged him to pay back the money he owed, and sent a praying mantis to catch cicadas and an oriole behind him. What about the falcon?

Because it was Wang Ziteng who confirmed that the batch of gold belonging to the household department belonged to the royal family, and then peeled off the gold foil after it was returned to the mortgage, even if Wang Ziteng wanted to deny it, he couldn't.

The fact that Wang Ziteng conspired to seize the wealth of his in-laws was the key evidence.