"If it wasn't for the fact that your ancestors have made contributions to the Great Jin, I would have chased all of you out of this hall.”
The Emperor looked at all the civil and military officials bowing and snorted coldly. He stood up from the dragon throne and pointed at the officials below and began to reprimand them.
Of course, like Jia Lian, he didn't mention any names.
Because there were too many people who owed money, the emperor had to give them some dignity.
However, he had said it clearly.
No matter what, the Emperor's words had already been influenced by Jia Lian to the point of being threatening.
"We know our sins!"
After hearing the Emperor's words, they all knew that the Emperor was really angry.
Hence, they all obediently admitted their mistakes.
This time, even if they wanted to renege on their debt, they couldn't.
However, even if they returned the money, they would not gain any good feelings from the Emperor. In fact, the Emperor had already sentenced their descendants to death in his heart for their official career.
This was like saying that when you were in trouble, I lent you money to help you tide over the difficulties, but when I came back, you didn't pay me back and insisted on forcing me to put down my face to force you to pay me back. Even if I paid back the money, it would leave dissatisfaction in my heart.
As for their relationship, it ended because of this.
For people like Jia Lian, who donated food with interest, it was like sending charcoal in the snow.
Jia Lian was stabbing into the soft spot of the Emperor's heart, and with this group of people beside him, he was making a comparison.
How could the Emperor not remember Jia Lian's kindness and loyalty?
In the future, how could Jia Lian be missing out on a good thing?
Jia Lian also paid back the money and donated the grain to the Imperial Court with his heart bleeding. After all, this was not a small sum to Jia Lian.
It is better to suffer alone than to suffer together. I enjoy the blessings alone and bear the hardships together.
I've already offended you guys, so I'll just offend you guys to the death and hurt you guys with me.
"Sage, this subject impeaches Lord Shi of the Bowling Marquis's Mansion, Lord Shi of the Zhongjing Marquis's Mansion, Lord Niu of the Defender Duke's Mansion, Lord Liu of the Managing Duke's Mansion, Chen Yi of the Qi Duke's Mansion, Lord Ma of the Managing Duke's Mansion, and the Yi Duke's Mansion…
He and Lord Jia Zhen of the Duke of Ningguo's Mansion owe the court money for a long time and should be recovered…"
"In addition, these clans owe the Imperial Court a huge amount of money. They live a luxurious life but do not pay back the money they owe the Imperial Court, so it is only right to add interest to these clans.”
Jia Lian looked at the scene in front of him and knew that the time had come.
Therefore, he directly sued the eight dukes, the twelve marquises, and the two constables.
He directly gave them the final blow, as if he was beating a drowning dog.
Even the Ningguo Manor, which was related by blood, was sued.
This look of disregarding all relatives and friends really opened the eyes of the civil and military officials.
As for why Jia Lian added the word 'Fu' and 'Daren' at the end of his impeachment, it was because other than the four kings with different surnames, the eight dukes and twelve marquises were only hanging the signboards of the Public House and the Marquis 'House to support their appearances.
In reality, the eight dukes and twelve marquises had more or less been demoted.
Currently, the highest rank among the eight dukes was only an earl.
He addressed them as 'Your Lord', because all the people he impeached had higher official positions than him. Calling them by their names would be offending their superiors.
And Jia Zhen, like Jia She, was only staring at the Lord who had donated an official position and was not qualified to attend the court.
He was probably still lying in bed in a gentle place.
Jia Lian had impeached a lot of people this time, but there was only one family left.
This family wasn't one of the eight dukes and twelve marquises, but it was enough to make Jia Lian worry.
This was the Zhen family of Jinling (not Zhen Yinglian's family, Zhen Yinglian's family had long been ruined.），Their family was also considered a family with meritorious deeds, but they did not have many meritorious deeds, so they had always stayed in their hometown in Jinling.
The Zhen family of Jinling had a good relationship with the Rong Mansion. They had been relatives for decades.
The Zhen family used to be a small family, and it was the living Old Lady Zhen who made them rise.
She was one of the Retired Emperor's favorite concubines.
Back then, the Retired Emperor had been received by the Zhen family quite a few times. Just the Zhen family had received the Retired Emperor's dragon carriage no less than seven times.
Each time, the Zhen family had spent a lot of money.
In the end, the Zhen family had no choice but to borrow money from the imperial court.
The Retired Emperor also agreed. This was also the beginning of the Zhen family.
Only then did the noble families follow suit and compete.
One had to know that although the Zhen family had spent a lot of money at that time, this divine favor was something that everyone was envious of.
Just based on this favor, who wouldn't give you some face and look up to you in the Great Jin Dynasty?
Jia Lian didn't impeach the Zhen family because the Retired Emperor and Old Lady Zhen were still alive.
Jia Lian's impeachment was purely out of selfishness, he wanted to drag a few more people down with him.
It would be strange if the person who pulled the scapegoat onto the horse's leg wasn't kicked hard.
Jia Zheng pointed at Jia Lian from the side until his entire body was trembling in anger. Jia Lian was too ruthless this time.
He was so angry that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
Jia Lian's actions had offended the Rong Mansion's accumulated connections.
How could he endure this?
Those who were impeached by Jia Lian almost couldn't help but beat Jia Lian to death.
They didn't know how they had offended Jia Lian, for him to actually treat them like this.
Just repaying the silver owed by the imperial court was already enough to hurt them, and now they wanted benefits.
This was really forcing them to a dead end!
"Yes…"
Seeing Jia Lian righteously using him as a tool, the Emperor could no longer pretend to be angry.
With a smile on his face, he waved his hand and agreed.
Jia Lian's impeachment this time didn't offend many people, but the interest it brought to him was obvious.
The Emperor thought that it would be good if he could get back the silver he owed. Now that Jia Lian had given him a way to get the interest, how could he not accept it?
The most important thing was that Jia Lian had given him benefits, and Jia Lian had drawn all the hatred onto himself.
No one said that they were complaining about him, the emperor, on this matter.
While everyone was having their own selfish motives, they did not know that everyone present had been schemed against by Jia Lian.
Jia Lian's true thoughts, other than dragging him down to accompany him in heartache, were that he knew the plot.
Jia Lian knew that the families he impeached, even the Zhen family of Jinling that he didn't impeach, would end up in a state of decline.
Jia Lian knew that nothing good would come out of hanging out with them.
Although Wang Ziteng was very capable and even managed to enter the cabinet, he was too close to the Rong Mansion and the Xue family. In the end, he was promoted to the cabinet and died of illness on his way back to the capital.
One had to know that Wang Ziteng was a military general and had fought many battles, big and small. In the end, he suddenly fell ill and died on the way to his appointment. No one would believe that there was nothing fishy about this.
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