Chapter 703 Deja Vu

The Rong Mansion is just a big sieve, and it can't hide any secrets at all.

Especially for the old lady who is the core of the Rong Mansion, if she doesn't keep it secret intentionally, what she wants to do or what she says will be spread everywhere very quickly.

The same thing happened this time!

The news that the old lady was dissatisfied with Mr. Ningfu Rong spread throughout the entire circle of servants in an instant, and then to Ningfu. Qin Keqing was the first to hear it.

To be honest, she was really speechless towards the old lady from Dongfu.

This level of fighting for power and profit is enough.

With the education Qin Keqing received, how could he not see what the old lady was thinking?

But the problem is, even if you can control Uncle Rong, you still have to let Uncle Rong do something in the end, which is very funny.

In other words, the talent gap among the Jia family in Beijing has reached a serious level.

Uncle Rong in the mansion is trying his best to train the children of the clan, even the scholars and children are not spared.

Under such circumstances, there is really no need to fight for power.

In addition to showing his level of internal fighting, the clan leader's name sounds nicer, but the resources in the clan that he can actually use are still the same.

To be honest, the clearer he understood the situation in Ningrong's second house, the less worries Qin Keqing felt.

The decline of Ning Rong's second mansion was so rapid that even its foundation began to be consumed.

Qin Keqing doesn't know much about the situation in Rong Mansion. The situation in Kening Mansion is already quite bad.

From what she learned, when Jia Zhen was the head of a family, she spent money like water, and her income and consumption were completely out of proportion.

The most amazing thing is that Jia Zhen actually opened Laoku!

What is Laoku?

That was established by the first generation Ning Guogong as the final guarantee for the Ning Mansion.

The main thing is to save silver. The first generation Ning Guogong saved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and the second generation of Ning Mansion head Jia Daihua also saved hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

According to the account books, the old inventory of silver exceeds 1.5 million taels!

Not including other jewelry, paintings, antiques, etc., it can be said that he is very wealthy.

But when Qin Keqing came in and cooperated with Mrs. Zhao to check the warehouse, she found that the old warehouse had been opened and the silver in it was missing by 800,000 taels.

That's eight hundred thousand taels of silver, which is definitely an astonishing figure.

At the same time, I counted the public money and found that there was something obviously wrong with the consumption in the past ten years. The amount of money spent unexpectedly reached 400,000 taels.

It’s almost like a joke!

Needless to say, Mrs. Zhao and Qin Keqing understood something instantly, and their hearts became heavy and depressed.

Fortunately, her husband Jia Rong doesn't care. He owns the nugget shop and the dividends he gets from establishing the polo league, which amounts to hundreds of thousands taels every year, and it gets higher every year.

Although this huge income did not go into the Ning Mansion's public school, Jia Rong, as the head of the Ning Mansion, never asked for a penny from the public school.

Just to maintain the operation of the Ning Mansion, the income from the public house is enough, and there is still a lot of surplus.

"No matter what the master did with so much money, let's just pretend we don't know!"

"In fact, I really don't know what exactly the master has done, and I don't want to know!"

"If there is any money left in the public house in the future, slowly fill up the holes in the old treasury, so that you can feel more at ease!"

After listening to her husband Jia Rong's instructions, Qin Keqing felt inexplicably at peace.

Obviously, Jia Rong adopts a blind attitude towards certain things.

Regardless of whether this was effective or not, Qin Keqing was secretly relieved.

Without further ado, Qin Keqing couldn't sit still after hearing the rumors from Rong Mansion.

Regardless of whether she disapproved of it in her heart, she had to make it clear to Mrs. Zhao as soon as possible, so as not to bring disaster to Chi Yu.

"Let the old lady over there do the hard work, I don't know what the point is?"

Mrs. Zhao actually heard the news, and her reaction was similar to Qin Keqing's, and she was very disapproving.

"I'm just afraid that the uncle will feel uncomfortable!"

Qin Keqing expressed his uneasiness, but he was still very satisfied with her husband Jia Rong.

Not to mention how much you value yourself, at least you deserve a lot of respect.

In addition, it means being responsible.

She didn't marry into the Ning Mansion without a mission.

As a result, her husband Jia Rong made it very clear that if you don't want to bother, don't worry about things outside.

In fact, he did the same.

As the Ning Mansion went through several rectifications, various access control rules became more and more strict. Although it was said that water was not allowed to enter, the outside contact was temporarily blocked.

Although it is only temporary, Qin Keqing is already quite satisfied, and can even be said to be mostly at ease.

If you can block it once, you can naturally block it more times.

The key is that her husband Jia Rong's responsibility and ability to act are what makes Qin Keqing most at ease.

In addition, she always feels that her husband Jia Rong is a little too strong.

Not to mention that he is just fifteen years old, and his height is over 1.7 meters, which is definitely tall among his peers, and his body is extremely strong.

Watching him practice martial arts diligently every day, I always feel very safe.

When Jia Rong returned home at night, Qin Keqing took the initiative to tell the rumors in detail.

Finally, he said worriedly: "Uncle, will everything be okay?"

"What can happen?"

Jia Rong chuckled lightly and said unconcernedly: "No matter how much the old lady of Xifu wants to let her go, there will be no trouble!"

"If she really struggles too much, she will regret it when the results of the martial arts examination come out!"

"Master, are you so confident?"

"nature!"

Jia Rong chuckled and said: "If the imperial court allows elite soldiers in the army to participate in martial arts competitions, I am afraid that no one else will have a chance!"

Qin Keqing was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

She is not a lady who knows nothing. Although her education did not include much about Guan Yu's military, she still has a normal understanding of the army.

"By the way, sir, I heard that you want to collect the money owed to the loan department now?"

The conversation changed and Qin Keqing talked about another news that has been making a lot of noise in the capital recently.

As for why she calls Jia Rong "Uncle", it is also because her father-in-law Jia Zhen and grandfather Jia Jing are still alive, so it is difficult to call her "Master".

If you call Jia Rong ‘Master’, what should you do if your father-in-law and grandfather meet in person?

There can't be a grand master and grand master, right?

In recent years, the imperial court has been in trouble several times because of the empty treasury.

Although Daqian has been at peace for a hundred years, it only means that military disasters and man-made disasters have decreased. It does not mean that there will be no natural disasters.

On the contrary, Daqian has a vast territory, covering almost all landforms and most climatic characteristics, and there are constant natural disasters every year.

What the court needs to do is, of course, allocate money for disaster relief.

Today we are still paying more attention to people's livelihood. This may be because the emperor is restraining us from doing so.

But the fact is that whenever disaster information is sent from below and confirmed, the imperial court will provide disaster relief as soon as possible.

However, the money in the Ministry of Household Affairs is not enough for the current generation to maximize their "benevolence and righteousness", and they are often criticized by the current generation for the empty treasury.

But there was no way. Before the emperor retired on his own initiative, he opened a very bad opportunity, which was to allow officials to borrow money from the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Originally, the original intention of such a policy was good, but unfortunately it changed after implementation.

The poor officials who deserved the most care did not borrow much, and the real big borrowers were relatives of the emperor and court officials.

I heard that each of the princes who borrowed the most money exceeded two million taels.

You must know that the annual tax revenue of the entire Daqian Dynasty was only 20 to 30 million taels.

But after statistics, the total amount of money lent by the Ministry of Accounts has exceeded ten million taels.

In today's world, which is plagued by money, how can we not gnash our teeth with hatred towards those who owe money?

From the late period of the emperor's reign to the current emperor, there have been rumors that officials who owe money should pay back the money.

It was just that due to various reasons, it was not implemented in the end.

Jia Rong was a little curious. This situation was similar to the situation in normal history during the Kangxi and Yong Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty.

The only thing that has changed is that Daqian is a standard Han dynasty. In addition, it has been nearly a hundred years since the founding of the country, so it is quite scrupulous about acting too harshly.
To be continued...