In the hall of the Holy Madam's Mansion

Qiao Mu first asked all the servants to go down.

Then, he asked with a serious expression:

“Let’s talk about other things when they come.

I'll only ask you two questions.

How much money do you owe to the treasury?

How much money have you embezzled and bribed in recent years?”

Qiao Mu's problem is very sharp.

If someone else asked, maybe Zhen Sega might be killed and silenced.

But now it's his mother asking.

I could only smile bitterly and said helplessly:

"Mom, who did you hear some nonsense?

Our family has always been obedient and self-righteous, so how could we do such corruption? As for the money we owe to the treasury…”

"Shut up!

Do you think I'm blind or deaf?

Do you think your mother was in vain for decades in the palace? Tell me honestly.

There is no concealment or fiction."

Yuanzi was actually very clear about her son's embezzlement and bribery, but Yuanzi believed that her son's embezzlement and bribery was allowed by the superiors, and had returned the embezzlement to the treasury silver.

But until the house was confiscated, she realized that her son had not paid back a penny and had always owed millions of taels of silver in the treasury. Think about it, if he owed ordinary people, his creditors wanted to kill people, let alone owing millions of taels of silver in the royal family.

Isn't this asking for death?

"Mom, what's wrong with you?

Didn’t you always ignore these things? Why did you suddenly say that today? Who said it…”

Zhen Sega is still breaking the topic.

Qiaomu tapped the ground with a crutch and said angrily:

"What, do you want to kill someone?

Who do you think you can hide what you do?

Do you think someone is not responsible for you, and your corruption and bribery will not be impeached by the Censor?

You idiot!

Return the treasury silver to me as soon as possible.”

"Mom, what does this mean?

Isn’t the money our family owes the treasury all because of four times? This is the money our family spent for the royal family, so we have to pay it back. This is too…”

Zhen Sejia is still a little confused.

In his opinion, the reason why their family owed the national treasury 5 million taels of silver was because their family had taken four trips. The emperor went to Jiangnan's palaces, including all the food and food, were all purchased by his family.

Even though the money was spent on the emperor, why did they have to pay back the debts they owe?

No matter how you think about it, it's wrong.

"Why do you think the emperor asked you to come here to do Jiangnan weaving, why do you allow you to interfere in the Jiangnan Salt Administration, and even allow you to sell salt intake.

Do you think it's because you trust you?

That was because you were worried that you could not afford to pay back the treasury, so you specially found money for you. I originally thought you could understand the thoughts of the emperor, but today I realized that you have not returned a penny to the treasury until now. What are you trying to do?

You idiot!”

The original body has always been very clear about the emperor's meaning. It is precisely because of this that she turned a blind eye to her son's corruption and bribery, because she knew that this was what the emperor allowed and that as long as the owed money was paid, she would not be investigated.

But the original body really didn't expect that his son would be so stupid that he thought the treasury would not have to pay back the money.

Qiao Mu can only point out directly at this time.

My understanding is too poor, I can only explain it clearly.

"This...is actually the case?"

Zhen Sejia had always thought that the reason why he was able to be appreciated by the emperor was because of his outstanding ability and took his mother away.

I never thought there was this level.

But now what his mother said.

It's really interesting.

I was so scared that I was sweating coldly, feeling a sense of panic that I had been monitored by the emperor.

"Mom, what should I do?"

"What should I do? You haven't told me how much money I owe to the treasury, and how much have you embezzled?

I'm not saying it quickly, I'll also be in charge of the staff."

Qiaomu suddenly asked at him angrily.

"Okay, mom, I'll say it now.

When we first took over, our family had no money, so the whole family could only squeeze out 50,000 taels of silver, but the 50,000 taels of silver could not even be used for the foundation of the palace, so we borrowed 1.5 million taels of silver from the treasury to build the palace.

Later, it cost another 500,000 taels to take over.

The second time I spent 600,000 taels.

The third time was that the emperor stayed for a short time, he only spent 400,000 taels of silver.

The fourth time was also 600,000 taels.

These are borrowed treasury.

In addition, the annual maintenance costs and service costs of the palace are about 100,000 taels.

Total, I owe the national treasury five million taels.

As for filial piety and silver.

Every year, merchants will send about a few thousand taels and tens of thousands of taels to honor them. Salt merchants will give more, and on average, they can get more than 600,000 taels a year.

The salt merchant can cut down the salt intake.

There are about 400,000 taels per year.

The newly replaced salt inspector is quite rigorous recently. This year, it may be less than 200,000 yuan. Over the years, it should be around 5 million. Some merchants give away antique treasures, which is not easy to estimate, so I can't say."

Speaking of the money that was embezzled later, Zhen Sega himself really couldn't say the word embezzled.

So I only talk about filial piety and silver.

"Since you can fill the hole in the treasury, then you can take some time to pay back the money you owed to the treasury."

As soon as Qiao Mu finished speaking, he saw Zhen Sega's head lowering deeper, and immediately realized that there might be some questions in him that he had not explained.

He hurriedly asked again: "What's the problem?"

"Mom, the money at home is probably not enough.

The sixth prince needs money, so as the sixth prince’s grandfather, I will have to pay some money.”

The original granddaughter who entered the imperial palace to be a concubine was Zhen Sega's daughter.

Of course, there are also original operations.

For example, let your granddaughter come to the palace from time to time to see you, and by the way, you will meet the emperor by chance.

In this way, the original granddaughter naturally became a little familiar with the emperor. In addition, the original granddaughter told all the emperor's habits and temperaments. After deliberately praising her, the original granddaughter naturally had a good relationship with the emperor.

He even became a favorite concubine and gave birth to the sixth prince.

After having a prince, Zhen Sega became more courageous, and at the same time she also had some ideas about the throne and wanted to push her grandson to the throne. In this way, their Zhen family will be able to maintain a hundred years of glory.

"Do you want to win over the throne for money?

This is really a bad idea. Do you think the emperor has no fear of those princes who are already adults and even have big sons and daughters?

Then tell me how many are left?"

Qiaomu glared at him and continued to ask.

"Uh... there are about two million taels..."

Zhen Sega's head was still low.

"After you go back today, you will sell all the antiques in your mansion. Anyway, you will sell all the things you can sell. You can make up as much money as you can. At least I will raise another two million for me, and I can also take out another million taels here.

The treasury's silver cannot be dragged down any more.

The Lord should have a number of how much you can embezzle every year. If you delay it, the Lord may be a little dissatisfied with you. Do you understand?"

The original body is very clear about the emperor's personality.

It is very clear that the current emperor has the kind of temperament of love that can be added to his knees, and evil that can fall into the abyss. If he has a good impression of someone, he may reward him or even be stingy with the title. However, once he feels bad, he may turn against him instantly and involve the entire clan.

If he doesn't pay back the money within his endurance period, he will be in no way.
Chapter completed!