The Jia family, Rong Mansion, owed more than 800,000 taels of silver to the national treasury. Other than Rong Mansion, the other noble families of Ningguo Mansion and the Zhen family all owed money to the national treasury.
Moreover, this money was lent out by the Retired Emperor. The Retired Emperor was too embarrassed to ask for it, and the Emperor had no way of asking.
Although the Ministry of Revenue had urged them many times, none of them had paid back the money.
He had thought that the money he had given out had become a bad debt.
However, who knew that Jia Lian would make an unprecedented trip to the Ministry of Revenue to pay back the money owed by Rong Mansion.
One had to know that this was not just the money of the imperial court. If the money was returned, the Rong Mansion would indirectly offend the other families.
After all, if you pay back the money, what about those who don't?
The most important thing was that these families who owed the national treasury money were all old relatives of Rong Mansion.
It was precisely because of this that it was difficult for the imperial court to ask for money.
Although Liu Wen was happy that Jia Lian came over and said that he was giving money, he still didn't believe it.
However, the imperial court was in dire need of money. There were many places that needed money, but the money in the national treasury had long since run out.
Therefore, Liu Wen did not believe that Jia Lian, the heir of Rong Mansion, would take the initiative to return the money, but he was still looking forward to it.
As the Minister of Revenue, he was in charge of the national treasury. Every day, he carefully calculated and distributed money to the local military officials. God knew how difficult it was for him.
If they couldn't fight, they would be blocked every day. Otherwise, they would be impeached in the imperial court for not paying.
If he had the 800,000 taels of silver from the Rong Mansion, he would be much more relaxed.
"At that time, I had to pay back the money, but you also know that my parents don't care about it.”
"A while ago, my uncle's family returned the right to manage the house. I want to return the money I owe the court first.
However, the Rong Mansion, which has such a huge public account, actually has no money…"
Seeing Liu Wen's excited look, Jia Lian spread his hands and helplessly explained to Liu Wen.
"You ran out of money and came here to make fun of me, not me.”
Jia Lian's words were like taking off his pants and farting in Liu Wen's ears, making him happy for nothing.
Liu Wen said to Jia Lian in a bad mood and did not want to bother with Jia Lian anymore.
He had a lot of things to do and didn't have the time to make trouble for Jia Lian.
If Jia Lian didn't have the support of the Rong Mansion, he would have been beaten out.
He was an important official of the imperial court, a second-grade official, the Minister of Revenue. He was an existence that could make the capital tremble with just a stomp of his foot.
"Milord, don't be anxious. How would this little nephew have the guts to tease Milord!
What I mean is that the Rong Mansion is poor, but all the money in the mansion has been stolen by the slaves in the family.”
"But these slaves are all respectable in Rong Mansion. They are highly regarded by our ancestor and Second Mistress.
Therefore, I came here this time to use the Ministry of Revenue to help me eliminate the evil slaves in my family…"
"Bring these evil slaves to justice. When the time comes, I will return the one million taels of silver to the Imperial Court with interest.
I'm not afraid of offending people. As long as the Ministry of Revenue is willing to help, I can make the Ministry of Revenue take the money away.”
Seeing Liu Wen's unhappy expression, Jia Lian hurriedly stepped forward and explained to Liu Wen in a tempting manner.
As for the extra 200,000 taels, Jia Lian did it on purpose. Firstly, he was selling the imperial court so that the Emperor would remember his favor.
Secondly, Jia Lian had to make Grandmother Jia and Madam Wang angry.
At this moment, Grandmother Jia and Madam Wang had already regarded Rong Mansion as the second branch.
Losing 200,000 taels of silver would not only make their hearts ache, but they would also offend their old relatives by taking the initiative to repay the debt to the imperial court.
Also…this time, Jia Lian did not just want those rich slaves to take the money from Rong State Manor. This time, Jia Lian's real purpose was to take the money that Madam Wang had taken.
The money that the slaves had pocketed was at least a million taels of silver, while Madam Wang had pocketed a lot more. She had pocketed at least three million taels of silver.
And Jia Lian didn't plan to announce that he wanted the three million taels of silver back, but directly pocketed it.
He only left behind some of the leftovers after the slaves returned them to the imperial court.
As for why he did this, firstly, it was to make a fortune in silence, and secondly, it was to not let the father of his body, Jia She, know.
If Jia She found out, this money would not be able to withstand his losses.
Similarly, Jia Lian also had a way to make Madam Wang not dare to open her mouth.
Although the money belonged to the Rong Mansion, it could not be exposed to Madam Wang.
"Are you serious?"
Hearing Jia Lian's fearless words, Liu Wen looked at Jia Lian in shock and asked.
Not to mention how many people Jia Lian would offend because of this matter, he could not refuse this one million taels of silver.
"It's true. I've already prepared two hundred good men. As long as you lead the soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue to raid the homes of those evil slaves, this one million taels of silver will be taken away by you.”
Jia Lian saw Liu Wen's intention and immediately gave Liu Wen a bold and generous reply.
"Good! I'll believe you this once…"
"However, the soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue cannot be moved easily. We should call the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen to raid the house of the evil slaves.”
Liu Wen saw that Jia Lian didn't seem to be faking it, so he gritted his teeth and agreed.
However, even if he took the lead, the Ministry of Revenue officers could not be easily moved.
Because it was not a small matter to move the soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue. It was not a joke to be killed.
However, it would be different if they called the officers and soldiers of the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen.
After all, each of them had their own duties. The Shuntian Prefecture Yamen was in charge of such matters, and with the officers and soldiers of the Shuntian Prefecture Yamen present, he would be leading the officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue to collect the money owed.
He didn't interfere with the internal affairs of the Rong Mansion, but…he brought the soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue to support Jia Lian.
"That's good!"
Jia Lian was not the least bit dissatisfied when he heard that Shuntian Prefecture's yamen was invited to go with them. Instead, he was exceptionally happy.
The more people he called, the easier it would be to handle the rest.
First of all, in terms of imposing manner, he directly suppressed Madam Wang, making it impossible for Madam Wang to come up with a countermeasure in a short period of time.
Besides, not only would it be easier to confiscate the house if there were more people, but they would also be able to confiscate the house cleanly.
Just like that, after Jia Lian and Liu Wen talked about some specific matters in detail, they went their separate ways.
Jia Lian immediately dispatched his 200 elite Brocade Guards, while Liu Wen ordered the Ministry of Revenue to gather the soldiers while sending someone to inform the Shuntian Prefect to lead a team to the Rong Mansion as soon as possible.
When they arrived at the Rong Mansion, Jia Lian and the two hundred elite Brocade Guards immediately surrounded the house of the slaves and waited for the Shuntian Prefect to rush over with the yamen runners of the Shuntian Prefect.
As for the Rong Mansion, there were officers and soldiers from the Ministry of Revenue guarding it. They could not let a slave escape.
When the raid was over, the Shuntian government would send in the runners from the Yamen to arrest them.
The soldiers of the Ministry of Revenue went out to count the silver.
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