Flowers on the other side [Comprehensive Red House]

The battle reports of Jinghai Hou Shi Lang and Military Minister Hu Xiao came to Beijing again, and the courtiers and common people who didn't know the details were all jubilant.And the important ministers of the Six Departments and the Nine Ministers, after reading the joint brochure of Shi Lang and Hu Xiao issued by the sage, were silent.If the sage hadn't acted in advance five years ago, urging the Ministry of Industry to develop artillery and firearms, and established those docks in partnership, then the loser in the Okinawa waters would have been a big scene.

"Saint," Guo Shangshu cleared his throat, breaking the silence. "Should the imperial court increase its efforts in the development of artillery?"

Jia Daishan went on to say: "All the warships must be renewed." He waved the booklet in his hand and said: "If there are no new warships, the old ships cannot withstand the new artillery."

Mrs. Zhang brought Li Shilang from the household department to the cabinet meeting. Li Shilang held the account book in his hand and said: "Although the household department has received a lot of money, it has also been spent in the past two years."

As soon as Li Shilang Balabala reported the number, everyone listened silently.In fact, if he doesn't report it, everyone has a general idea of ​​how much money the Ministry of Households can give.

Jia Daishan remembered what his son said, and he knew that it was the meaning of a saint, and this is the best time.

"Saint, the ancestors of the veteran borrowed 80 silver from the treasury, and left a message to the younger generation to be frugal, and to return the money earlier. The old minister is incompetent, and he followed the saint and made some money in the two years of ocean business. .Now that the imperial court uses the money, the old minister will scrape together half of it first. I will ask the sage to show mercy for the rest, and let the old minister raise money slowly, okay?"

Everyone in the room stared blankly at Jia Daishan, Zhang Taifu secretly gave a thumbs up, good praise!No wonder the Supreme Emperor regarded Jia Daishan as his confidant. Seeing how Jia Daishan helped the sage to solve his problems, the sage would take him as his confidant in the future.The son-in-law and father and son can be trusted by the saint, and after he becomes an official, the son can also rely on more.

Zhang Taifu's thoughts turned, seeing the sage's face pleased, he opened his mouth and said: "Mr. Rong, this old man can't bear to see you domineering. Now this old man has to pay homage to you who are so loyal to the king. A salute."

Jia Daishan hurriedly returned the gift, "Old Madam Fu, don't hurry up, Lao Jia can't afford your gift. Although half of the silver borrowed by the ancestors was used to resettle disabled soldiers, the other half was used to build My own house is gone. Now that the court uses silver, it is only natural to pay back the money."

Others also praised Jia Daishan.

The sage and other officials spoke slowly only after they had spoken.

"Duke Rong is sympathetic to the court, loyal to state affairs, and sharing my worries. What commendation do you think you can give to Duke Rong? It can also set an example for other courtiers who are in debt."

What do others say about this, Jia Daishan is already the Duke of the state, and he can be named a king with a different surname?That is to harm Jia Daishan.As for Jia Amnesty, he was the son of Duke Rong and a powerful general of the third rank, so he couldn't be granted a title.

Qi Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites tentatively suggested, "Saint, how about extending grace to the second son of Duke Rong?"

"How to tweet?"

Qi Shangshu said: "The second son of Rong Guogong was selected as a scholar. Why not give him the title of Juren and the name of Supervisor, so that he can directly participate in Chunwei in the future?"

The sage nodded and asked the others, "My gentlemen, how is this good?"

good, very good, excellent.

Jia Daishan was also very happy. He knew the level of his second son. He had been studying for more than ten years, and it was Wang Hanlin who taught him every day, so he barely became a scholar.He was a little afraid of his second son, and he couldn't pass the annual scholar's homework assessment, but now it's the best.He stood up and made a pilgrimage to give thanks.

"The old minister repays the money owed to the ancestors. It is a matter of ability. The saint is so generous, and the veteran can only repay the state affairs with diligence." Jia Daishan became agitated as he spoke, and kowtowed to the saint on his knees, "Thank you for the great grace of the saint."

The saint hurriedly asked Wangcai to help Rong Guogong.

After solving the pressure on silver, the sage brought up the matter of salt tax and kitchen households.

"From my point of view, the Northern Song Dynasty used the method of drying seawater to make salt. Today, kitchen households still make salt by burning marinade. Not to mention the waste of manpower, there is also a lot of waste of firewood and iron pots. I wonder if it is possible to use the method of the Northern Song Dynasty to make salt. ?”

Regarding what the sage said, except for Jia Daishan who pretended not to understand, everyone else was thinking about the method of making salt in the Northern Song Dynasty.In the end, it was Qi Shangshu who said: "Sage, since this method is recorded in the book, I have to read all the books and find out this method."

"It depends on the family of the ministers."

The cabinet meeting was adjourned, and Jia Daishan went back to the mansion to deposit 40 snowflakes and silver to the household department. The next day, the imperial decree gave Jia Zheng a supervisor.Locked Jia Zhengxi in the study and cried a lot. When he came out, he was very embarrassed to face his family.In the process of studying with his brother-in-law, he found that he was far inferior to his brother-in-law. After barely being a scholar, he dared not say that he would stop studying in the future.Depressed and hesitant every day, I don’t know how it will end in the future. Do I still have to go to the Juren examination with my son when I am 40 years old?Sometimes he wished he could wake up overnight and return to his childhood so that he could learn martial arts.

When Shi heard that Jia Daishan had returned 40 silver, his heart ached.

"My lord, the sage didn't say that he would pay back the money." 40 for a supervisor?The second son has this 40, and his children and grandchildren can live well for several lifetimes.

"Stupid words from a woman's family. Killing people to pay the debt and paying the money. I owe money to the royal family. I can hide from the first day of the lunar new year but not the fifteenth. When the saint asks for it, it will be ransacking the house."

"But... it's 40." What Shi didn't say in his heart, if you want to pay back such a large amount of money, you have to tell me anyway.And I have been a housekeeper for more than 20 years, and I didn't know that the mansion could take out 40 silver at once!

"The ancestor borrowed this money back then as a last resort. He had to accommodate the disabled soldiers who had followed him for many years, and he had to pick him up," Jia Daishan looked at Shi's distressed look, and guessed most of her thoughts.

"If you don't borrow any money, Tai/Zu will suspect the Rongguo Mansion. Now that the saint wants to use the money, it's time to pay it back. The remaining half will have to be returned when the opportunity is right."

"I still have to pay back 40?" Shi's voice broke a bit.

"You don't have to worry about these, I have my own arrangements. It doesn't affect the married daughter or the family. By the way, you might as well remind your natal family that they have to pay back some money, otherwise the saint will have trouble."

"The historian also has to pay back?"

"It's fine if you don't pay it back. It just depends on whether my uncle still wants the future of a few nephews."

Not repaying the money is linked to the future, Shi Shi took a breath, and understood the greatness of not repaying the money.She sighed, and hurriedly sent her dowry daughter-in-law back to Baolinghou's mansion to explain the matter clearly.

Jia Daishan and his son had a first-class status in the eyes of the Supreme Emperor and the saints, and they both paid back half of the owed money. Others thought that compared with the Rongguo Mansion, they were too far apart in the eyes of the saints.When the servant of the household department led people to say that the imperial court was going to use silver to make cannons, and when the owed silver could be repaid, most of the people paid more than half of it.For example, Lin Hai paid back the total amount of nearly ten thousand taels owed by his ancestors in full.

In front of the Supreme Being, the sage did not shy away from Jia Daishan's leading role in repaying the money owed, but the Supreme Emperor was a little jealous.The Supreme Emperor called Jia Daishan over, and his tone was quite unkind.

"Mr. Rong, you know that I am raising funds for the Western Expedition. You have money to marry your daughter-in-law, and if you have money to mold in the house, why don't you have money to help me raise military expenses?"

Hey, Jia Daishan called out to hit Tianqu.

"My lord, have you forgotten the old minister's hint? The old minister said it before marrying his daughter-in-law."

Taishang blinked, apparently remembering.

"Old Jia, you are still not authentic. You owe me money, and you know that I am waiting for the money to be used, and you don't just send it back. What kind of explicit hints are you playing with me? I think you are separated from me."

Jia Daishan saw that the saint was still so unreasonable after decades, so he got up and confessed.

He whispered to the emperor: "My lord, the veteran only paid back half of it. If I had paid it back then, I wouldn't be able to take the lead now. In a few years, if the emperor or the saint wants to use it again, the veteran will have to pay it again." Make up half of the remaining half, and set an example for those who owe money."

After hearing Jia Daishan's words, the Empress nodded, it was not too bad.Forget it, I don't care about Lao Jia anymore.Just store the silver in the courtier's house and see who dares not send it back when it is really needed.

Jia Daishan finally coaxed Taishang to smile.

"Old Jia, I remember that your grandson is more than a year older than your grandson. Why didn't you bring your grandson in to show me?"

"It's more than a year older than the grandson, maybe two years old."

Speaking of the eldest grandson, Jia Daishan seemed to be smiling from the corners of his eyes and brows.

"The old minister will bring his grandson over tomorrow to show the majesty. It's just that the old minister is used to him, and he is afraid that he will offend the nobles in the palace."

"Okay, Lao Jia put away your tricks. Enhou was in the palace all those years, and he almost didn't have sex with Mingyun."

Jia Daishan smiled dryly, "It's a saint who rewards him. According to the rules, he should have been beaten to death a hundred and eighty times."

"That's why the two children hit it off."

Jia Daishan understood what the Supreme Being was thinking, and after thanking the saint, he returned home happily.

Jia Daishan went back to the mansion and talked to the eldest son about the plan of the crown prince. Jia She said: "Father, Hu'er is still a bit young. My son was almost nine years old when he entered the palace to accompany the crown prince."

"It's not much difference by one year, but it's going to be hard work for those who get up early and work late at night."

Jia Daishan couldn't bear to part with his eldest grandson, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"Father, when my son entered the palace, I didn't see you being reluctant."

"You were one year older than Hu'er at that time."

Jia She: ...

I just said that there is not much difference in one year?

Jia She went back to the room and talked to Zhang about entering the palace, but Zhang was reluctant to part with his son.

"Husband, you were taught by my father at that time, but now I don't know who it is."

"Yizhen, my father-in-law chose me at that time?" Jia She salivated and crawled along.

"Go," Mrs. Zhang pushed away Jia Amnesty's big face, and patted the youngest son in her arms, "Be careful to wake him up."

"Leave it to his nanny, you have to take good care of yourself, there are still decades to come."

Jia Amnesty got up and called the second son's nanny to come in and took the child away.

"Yizhen, don't worry, Hu'er won't suffer if she enters the palace. I also fought with the crown prince for more than half a year before we shook hands and made peace."

Regardless of Jia Daishan's preparations for bringing his eldest grandson into the palace, Jia Jing and Lu Wang, Minister of Honglu Temple, happily announced the good news to the saint: the negotiation with the East India Company for the redemption of the man was reached.