Hearing Jia Lian's explanation, Jia She's anger subsided by 30%. His expression kept changing as he said to Jia Lian,"
"Do you know how the relatives of Rong Mansion will view us after we pay back the money owed by the imperial court?”
Jia She panted heavily as he spoke to Jia Lian.
"Of course I know, but my son naturally has his reasons for doing so.”
Jia Lian held his head high and puffed out his chest as he answered Jia She without any hesitation.
"What kind of logic can you have?"
Jia She's expression was gloomy and uncertain as he looked at Jia Lian and asked.
He really hadn't thought about the past because he only cared about his own happiness.
He didn't expect the Rong Mansion to have become like this.
At this moment, he only felt a wave of lingering fear after hearing Jia Lian's words.
"The Imperial Court is currently in need of money, and we owe the Imperial Court money, yet we are living a luxurious life every day. Do you think that the Imperial Court will resent us?”
Jia Lian looked straight at Jia She and asked.
Hearing Jia Lian's words, Jia She's heart skipped a beat as cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Besides, the family that owes money to the Imperial Court has never done anything outrageous.
Now that we seem to be in the limelight, if we accumulate to the point where they can't tolerate us anymore, do you think we can still be saved?”
"When the imperial edict is issued, not to mention you and me, even the huge Rong Mansion will be reduced to ashes in an instant.
Moreover, our family is different from other families.”
"There is an Empress in our palace. This might seem to be glorious, but if that Empress in the palace makes a wrong step, not only will something happen to her, but it will also implicate the entire Rong and Ning Manors.”
"If that Empress in the Palace gains power, do you think she will take care of our First household?
You have to know that the Empress in the Palace was born in the Second household.”
"She became the Empress because she used our money and connections. When the time comes, she won't help us.”
"After all, a Rong Mansion and a noble title can save the second branch from fighting for decades or even a lifetime.”
Jia Lian could tell that Jia She was afraid and continued to tell Jia She about the stakes,
As for the destruction of the Jia Clan, Shi Clan, and other clans, Jia Lian thought that it should have something to do with Jia Yuanchun's family visit.
In the original novel, when Jia Yuanchun returned home to visit her relatives and saw the Grand View Garden, she felt that the Grand View Garden was too luxurious.
And at that time, the Jia Clan had not repaid the silver owed to the Imperial Court.
Put yourself in my shoes. I borrowed money from you and didn't pay you back when you were in trouble. I even let you watch my extravagant life.
If it was anyone who lent you money, they would definitely explode.
Moreover, this was at the level of a country.
As a noble of the country, if you don't think about how to serve the country and only think about harming the country and sucking the country's blood, then what's the point of keeping you?
It had to be known that owing silver was only a fuse. The real reason for the fall was that the court could not generate any benefits and had done something outrageous to the court first, or that they had taken the wrong side.
"I'm old…I'll leave the matters at home to you in the future.”
Although Jia She was a silkpants, he was not stupid. Growing up in such a family, he knew a lot of things from what he heard and saw.
Now that he heard Jia Lian's words, he was completely terrified.
He let out a long breath and felt a little haggard.
He waved his hand and looked a little dispirited.
After giving Jia Lian some instructions, he turned around and left, not interfering with the matters in the residence.
He was used to being idle, and it was just a joke for him to manage the Rong Mansion. Moreover, he had not used his brain for decades, and his brain was rusty.
Now, it was better to directly give power to Jia Lian.
Seeing Jia She leave in a downcast manner, Jia Lian's lips curled into a smile.
The servant who brought Jia She over was dumbfounded.
For a moment, he stood rooted to the ground, at a loss.
He had called Jia She over to punish Jia Lian. Now that Jia She had left, what would happen to his family?
"You seem to be a servant in the second household.”
After Jia She left, Jia Lian looked at this dumbstruck servant and felt his eyes widen.
After all, his predecessor and Wang Xifeng had always lived in Madam Wang's courtyard.
"Second Master, please spare my life!”
The servant immediately shivered when he heard this and knelt down in front of Jia Lian with a thud.
He kept kowtowing to Jia Lian and apologizing, hoping that Jia Lian would spare his life.
"Humph! The dog slave had learned to complain and ask the master to punish him, right?”
Jia Lian's face darkened when he saw the servant begging for mercy. He kicked the servant to the ground.
Then, he pointed at the servant and cursed.
This kick almost made the servant lose his breath.
He could only fall to the ground and tremble.
"The two of you, capture him and send him to the Shuntian Prefecture soldiers.
Also, tell Second Grandmother that the people on the list must be strictly counted. They must not let such a slave go.”
Jia Lian gave an order to the two Brocade Guards behind him and left with his hands behind his back.
The news that Jia Lian had asked the Ministry of Revenue and Shuntian Prefecture to raid his house instantly swept through the capital like a gust of wind.
This enigmatic operation, coupled with the fact that he had returned a million taels of silver to the court with interest, made everyone wonder if Jia Lian was possessed.
The families who also owed the court money were all cursing Jia Lian for his crazy behavior.
The money they owed the court was not a small sum. If they were asked to take out so much money, they really could not take it out at once. Even if they could take it out, there was not much left at home to support the family's expenses.
Moreover, they had no intention of returning the money. This was not because they were so powerful that they did not even put the imperial court in their eyes, but because the money they had borrowed back then was not spent on them.
Instead, it was spent on the Retired Emperor. When the Retired Emperor was in power, it was fun. He often traveled in the dragon carriage. Basically, the noble families would rush to receive him.
And each time, just one family would spend almost a million taels of silver.
One had to know that the annual tax revenue of the Great Jin Dynasty was only slightly more than eight million taels.
And receiving the emperor was a kind of glory. In order to please the Retired Emperor at that time, he basically emptied his family's wealth.
What if their family's assets were emptied and they could not maintain their daily luxurious lives?
Naturally, it was the Retired Emperor who borrowed money first. The Retired Emperor had opened his mouth and directly borrowed 1.8 million taels of silver from the national treasury. This was the first time since ancient times.
To be able to borrow money from the national treasury was a great honor. To the outside world, this was a heavenly grace.
This was the first family, and the other families followed suit.
He spent all the savings accumulated by several generations of his family on the Retired Emperor and then went to the national treasury for reimbursement.
In this way, the meaning of receiving him changed.
In a big family that was receiving the emperor, this was not spending money but could still make the Retired Emperor happy. It could also let the world see how much favor their family had.
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