Siheyuan: I have broken space

Wang Xifeng and Heping'er didn't know what to say. They didn't know much about official affairs. Except for Wang Ziteng who often lived in the military camp, people like Jia Zheng stayed at home all day long and talked to Qingke every day.

Wang Xifeng asked: "The Construction Department is also their errand. What can be better than the Queen's visit to the Queen? How can you collect money for doing things for the Queen?"

In fact, Jia Lian couldn't figure it out, so he asked someone specifically to find out.

"This is not to collect additional money, but to compensate for the losses of other yamen. The construction department is an important figure in each yamen. This is the emperor's filial piety towards the emperor."

"Let's talk about Mr. Lu who is in charge of door and window inspection. He is the technical director of the glass factory and is responsible for developing new glass products. He can earn tens of thousands of taels of silver for the glass factory one day."

"If the emperor hadn't said that this was to show his filial piety to the Supreme Emperor, King Zhongshun would not have been willing to let him go."

Wang Xifeng was shocked. Who is this person? She can earn so much money in one day. She worked so hard to make loan sharks and only earns a few thousand taels a year. This is not enough for others to earn in one day.

"Second Master is just trying to coax us. How can we make so much money?"

Jia Lian took a sip of tea and said, "I didn't believe it at first. Later, I invited a petty official to drink, and I got the exact news from him. Glass was originally introduced from the West, and the glass products developed by this man were

It can even cause those Westerners to break their heads. You can tell me whether it is powerful or not."

At this time, Wang Xifeng and Heping'er were silent. Wang Xifeng's dowry included a glass kang screen, which was bought when the Wang family was in charge of Nanyang trade. It cost several thousand taels back then.

Nowadays, the glass products of the imperial court can beat the Westerners, which is really remarkable.

Next, Jia Lian talked about the resumes of other officials, all of which were very amazing and very important.

To put it simply, he is the chief officer of each department. Without this person, he cannot do his job.

So, is it too much to ask so many elite soldiers and generals to take time out to work for your family and get hundreds of taels of silver?

It's definitely not too much. If you go to one department after another and negotiate with each other, it will cost ten times more. In this way, you may not be able to allocate time well.

The money collected by the Construction Department is shared by all yamen and all officials. Even the family members of those empresses do not dare to oppose these regulations. This is not against the emperor, but against all the officials in the court.

What Jia Lian didn't know was that Jia Zheng had received the benefits brought by the money. Although it was not much and he didn't like it, he was still proud of it.

In all his years at the Ministry of Industry, in addition to his salary, he had never received any additional rewards. Now that he has a wife in his family, he has also benefited.

If anyone objects, he is not willing.

In the end, Wang Xifeng could only say helplessly: "Come on, now I can only beg the old lady and my wife to get enough money to repair the yard. I originally thought that repairing the yard would be a nice job, but who knew it would be so troublesome.

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Jia Lian touched the silver in his arms, feeling that he really didn't want the garden to be repaired so quickly.

Originally, the fees charged by the Construction Department were not so high, but all parties wanted benefits. The fees charged by the Construction Department not only provided benefits to court officials, but also included a kickback for those who were responsible for giving gifts, such as Jia Lian.

Those fees were raised so abruptly. Once they were raised, there was no way they could be lowered.

This idea was not brought up by Wang Tingxuan, he only mentioned the charging issue. It was someone under King Zhongshun who came up with it in order to grab credit.

By the time Wang Tingxuan found out, there was nothing he could do to stop it.

The harm of this matter is not small. If other affairs of the court were to be handled in this way, the order of the court would be ruined.

When Wang Tingxuan stopped him, King Zhongshun said something to make him give up the idea.

"In order to raise money, the emperor tacitly allowed Dai Quan to sell his official position. The harm of that is not greater than this. Tingxuan, I am also aware of the harm, but the biggest harm to the court is that those incompetent powerful people occupy most of the official positions. The court

There is simply no way to implement the decree.”

Although the Chu State was only a century old, its problems were very serious. Corruption of officials and land annexation were the two biggest problems.

The root of these two problems lies in aristocratic families and noble families.

If we cannot solve this root cause, we cannot solve the problems of the imperial court.

In the eyes of the Emperor and King Zhongshun, using this method to dismantle their power is indeed much better than using the hilt of a knife.

Even if the emperor wants to use the hilt of the knife, the chances of winning are not high.

Why does the Supreme Emperor treat the old ministers headed by the four princes and eight princes so favorably? Is it really nostalgia?

How is that possible.

If the Supreme Emperor is really such a person, he will never be able to secure the throne.

Among the four princes and eight princes, except for the Prince of Beijing County who handed over military power early, other families still have a lot of military power in their hands.

Although the Jia family does not have military power in their hands, most of the military power in the Jia family is actually held by Wang Ziteng.

With Wang Ziteng's methods, he had already conquered most of them. If Wang Ziteng were more ruthless, whether the Jia family could exist or not would depend on his wishes.

This is the current situation.

The emperor is now relying on a few recipes presented by Wang Tingxuan to start accumulating wealth and winning people's hearts. This all takes time.

In order not to attract the attention of the aristocratic families, the emperor chose this method of self-destruction.

Through self-blame, outsiders feel that the emperor has a bad reputation. If there is really something, Qingjun is a very good excuse.

In fact, the emperor was digging into the foundation of the family in this way.

Just look at the Jia family and you will know that Wang Xifeng took control of the Iron Kan Temple and hurt the general's heart.

The Jia family relied on military power to make their fortune.

As the wife of the eldest son of the Rongguo Mansion (although the Jia family did not recognize it), Wang Xifeng attacked one of her own people for a mere three thousand taels of silver.

This makes how others dare to seek refuge with the Jia family, and how can those generals who have an old relationship with the Jia family dare to trust the Jia family.

Wang Xifeng sighed and said: "Aunt Xue and my wife are also having a falling out. I don't know if the provincial villa can be built."

Jia Lian said: "The old lady wants sister Lin to marry Baoyu, but Uncle Lin doesn't like Baoyu, and the old man went to propose marriage but failed. Isn't this what Mrs. Zhenghe wants? Why don't we just decide on the marriage between Baoyu and Xue's sister?

It’s over.”

Wang Xifeng asked Ping'er to go outside and look at people, and said, "Do you think the old lady and the madam are really willing to let Baoyu marry Baochai?"

Jia Lian said: "So what if you don't want to be reconciled? Who else can Baoyu marry besides Sister Xue? Oh, you can also marry Sister Yun. The two of them have been on good terms since they were young."

"What sister Yun has, she might as well marry Baochai. At least the Xue family has more money than the Shi family."

Compared to Xue Baochai, Jia Lian was relatively familiar with Shi Xiangyun. Shi Xiangyun had lived in Jia's family since he was a child, and they used to meet him often.

"Sister Yun is also the legitimate daughter of the Hou family. There are two princes in the Shi family. According to your opinion, she is not as good as Sister Xue."

Wang Xifeng also didn't care who Jia Baoyu married. According to his original thinking, of course it would be best for him to marry Lin Daiyu. The Lin family had money, and Lin Daiyu was a master who didn't like to take care of things.

Now, Lin Daiyu will definitely not marry Jia Baoyu, so she can only make other plans.

Aunt Xue invited Mrs. Wang Ziteng to come forward, and Wang Xifeng was even more unwilling to get involved. Instead, she hoped that Jia Baoyu's marriage would be settled quickly so that she would not be caught in the middle.