"I'll send someone to prepare it for you later. Work overtime tonight and pull it away when the Ministry of Revenue comes tomorrow.”
Wang Xifeng said excitedly to Jia Lian.
In Wang Xifeng's mind, it was ten thousand times better to help the emperor when he was in trouble than to suck up to the emperor every day when he was not in trouble.
After all, the Emperor did not lack bootlickers. What the Emperor lacked was someone who could be used in matters.
At this moment, Wang Xifeng understood everything.
At the same time, his admiration for Jia Lian was like a surging river.
The gaze that she looked at Jia Lian with was as gentle as water, wishing that she could melt Jia Lian.
Her beautiful eyes were filled with love and admiration.
Feeling Wang Xifeng's gaze, Jia Lian felt extremely proud.
…
The next morning…
The civil and military officials stood in four rows in the Yin and Yang Palace.
Jia Lian and his uncle Jia Zheng stood in the last row.
Looking at Jia Zheng's sulky face, Jia Lian couldn't be bothered with him.
Now, Jia Zheng was very angry with Jia Lian's actions, and he didn't even know how to scold Jia Lian for his disobedience.
But facing Jia Zheng, Jia Lian didn't even take a fancy to him.
He had accomplished nothing in his life. If Jia Daishan hadn't asked for an official position for him before he died, he would probably still be a commoner.
Moreover, if it wasn't for Jia Daishan's previous achievements, Jia Zheng would have been demoted again and again.
The key was whether Jia Zheng had the ability or not. Not only did he have a particularly big temper, but he also cared about his face no less than Grandmother Jia.
As for his personality, he was a person who looked serious on the surface and had a stomach ache.
Even a fool would not believe that he did not know what Madam Wang had done.
"Reporting that the Sage's disaster relief funds for Shi Prefecture and Ji Prefecture will take about ten days to arrive.
At that time, the disaster relief food can temporarily solve the disaster in Jizhou.”
Liu Wen stood up and reported to the Emperor.
"Reporting to the Sage, our Rong Kingdom Manor has prepared 350,000 dan of grain to donate to the Imperial Court for disaster relief.”
After Liu Wen Hui finished reporting, Jia Lian didn't wait for anyone to speak before jumping out and reporting to the Emperor in a loud voice in front of all the officials.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, the expressions of the officials changed drastically, especially those who owed the court money and did not return it. They felt as if they had been slapped in the face by Jia Lian.
Not far away from Jia Lian, Jia Zheng's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
In his heart, this grain should have been his.
Now that Jia Lian had donated it, he was digging his own flesh.
Everything in Rong Mansion was taboo for him.
Now, he wished he could drag Jia Lian back and strangle him to death.
After a night of careful consideration, Jia Lian felt that he had spent money to please the emperor and gain the emperor's favor, but he couldn't just spend the money himself.
Jia Lian wants all the credit and forces you to pay with me.
Anyway, he had already offended all the people he should offend. He did not recommend offending another side.
After all, if a fellow Daoist dies, a poor Daoist won't die. I'll also be heartbroken if I pay 350,000 dans of grain.
Since I'm feeling sorry for you, shouldn't our old relatives feel sorry for you too?
"Hahahaha, good. Minister Jia is indeed from Rongguo Mansion. He is indeed more aware of the emperor's kindness than some people.”
Hearing that Jia Lian had actually donated 350,000 stone stones, the Emperor couldn't be happier.
After praising Jia Lian with a smile on his face, he said meaningfully.
The Emperor's words made many officials below look unsightly, so no one dared to reply. After all, it would cost money to speak now.
They could not bear to donate money to the imperial court for the people to eat.
Even if they wasted it, it was still theirs.
And Jia Zheng's face had turned the color of a pig's liver because of the Emperor's words.
It seemed to him that the Emperor was talking about him.
It made him feel that Jia Lian had spent his money to flatter the emperor, and he, the owner of the money, had been scolded and made him lose his dignity.
But what Jia Zheng did not know was that his existence had long been ignored by the Emperor.
In other words, his existence was not enough to enter the emperor's eyes. Even the emperor could not remember his name when he saw him.
The emperor referred to those families who had been indebted to the emperor for generations and owed the court money.
But Jia Zheng was quite self-conscious and took the cue.
To put it bluntly, the Emperor didn't even have the right to scold Jia Zheng, but he insisted on being scolded.
Most importantly, the people who scolded him did not know who he was.
"This subject has been deeply indebted to the Emperor for generations. I feel that the Emperor's grace is vast and mighty, and I don't want some families to take advantage of the Imperial Court. They are afraid that they will be too slow. When the Imperial Court needs them, they won't even dare to fart.”
"At this moment, I don't even want to be associated with such a family. They're really a group of ungrateful wolves who don't have the heart to be loyal to the monarch and the country.”
Hearing the Emperor's words, Jia Lian felt even more confident. He held his head high and puffed out his chest as he began to mock the Emperor.
"Shut up, brat…"
"Impudent, you're scolding…"
"The Sage clearly understands that we have no such intentions. It's just that our family's difficulties are that we can't gather the money owed to the Imperial Court, Your Majesty.”
"A Saint must not listen to the slanderous words of such a treacherous official!”
"Jia Lian, do you really not care about our friendship?”
As soon as Jia Lian finished speaking, the faces of the ministers who owed the court money changed. They were so angry that they jumped up and down, some pointing at Jia Lian and cursing, while others explained to the Emperor.
The first half of Jia Lian's words was already ruthless enough, but the second half was even more insulting. They were ungrateful wolves who did not know how to be loyal to the emperor and love the country. If the emperor took this seriously, even if it was not good to punish them now, their future careers and the careers of their children and grandchildren would be ruined.
This was simply cutting off their escape route. How could they not be anxious?
Moreover, Jia Lian was their junior. In terms of seniority, Jia Lian had to address them as uncles, but today, they were actually scolded by Jia Lian.
Although Jia Lian didn't scold anyone by name, other than Jia Zheng, who else was a fool?
Each and every one of them was extremely shrewd. Which one of them didn't know who Jia Lian was talking about?
"Bastard, hurry up and admit your mistake. Do you really want to destroy Rong Mansion?”
Jia Zheng saw that Jia Lian was about to offend all his relatives, and even his closest historian was offended by Jia Lian. He could no longer hold it in.
His green face roared at Jia Lian in a low voice.
"All of you, be quiet…"
Looking at the rising and falling noise in the court, the Emperor suppressed his laughter and directly slapped the table, pretending to be angry as he berated the noisy officials.
Following the Emperor's noisy speech, the Imperial Court immediately fell silent…
"We are guilty."
The emperor was angry and all the officials bowed and pleaded guilty in unison.
"Humph!"
"Is Minister Jia wrong? I don't need to say which one Minister Jia is talking about. I'm sure you all know in your hearts.”
"How many of you have been deeply indebted to the Emperor for generations? When there's nothing going on in the court, all of you actually express your loyalty to me, saying how loyal you are to the Emperor and how you love your country, and how capable you are…"
"But now? If something happens, I'll see that none of you are useful.”
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