dognovel Chapter 39 Money is more important than life
Chapter 39 Money is more important than life
This time, several sons and grandsons of the loyal and righteous Marquis were arrested.
Ning Yi said coldly: "Old man, don't think you can hide it from this prince."
"No one can save you today. Either you confess the truth, or your entire family, young and old, will be buried with you."
The old slave's face turned pale, and he shouted in panic: "My Lord, My Lord..."
Marquis Zhongyi was anxious: "'Wu Lingyun', you are in my mansion... wuwuwuwu..."
After Qin Haifeng stuffed a smelly sock into his mouth, he became completely obedient.
Ning Yi sneered: "Old man, you are quite tough. In that case..."
"Haifeng, beat his sons and grandsons to death."
Just a few servants, no big deal.
At Qin Haifeng's command, several people were pinned to the ground and beaten wildly by the guards with spears.
The old man's sons rolled on the ground screaming: "Dad, please tell me quickly."
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me, Dad. Tell me now, or our whole family will be beaten to death."
"Grandpa, save me, save me..."
The old man's face was extremely pale, his hands were clenched tightly, and he refused to speak.
Seeing that his son and grandson were already exhausted.
Ning Yi sneered: "You are so hard-hearted that you don't even take your son and grandson seriously."
"Those little ones, beat them to death for me too."
Qin Haifeng took a look at the child who was only a few years old and was held in the arms of several women.
"Your Highness, this..."
Ning Yi gave him a cold look.
Qin Haifeng had no choice but to step forward and forcibly pull the child away from the women.
The children screamed in fear.
Their mother also knelt down and begged.
The scene was in chaos, but Ning Yi remained unmoved.
"Old man, I can guarantee that if you tell me, your whole family will leave the capital safely. Otherwise, I will not stop until your whole family is dead today."
Watching several great-grandchildren being pinned to the ground and screaming for mercy.
Finally, the old servant couldn't bear it any longer: "Your Highness, I say, I say, this old servant says, please release my family."
Zhongyi Hou, whose mouth was stuffed, whimpered anxiously, his eyes wide open.
The old servant asked in panic, "Your Highness, if I tell you, can you really forgive my family?"
Ning Yi looked down at him and said, "Old thing, is it worth it for this prince to lose his reputation for you?"
The old servant was asked by Qin Haifeng to go to the back garden.
The big black guy hurried back to report: "Your Highness, there are so many, so many..."
Ning Yi raised his eyebrows: "Move them all away."
This time there is indeed a lot of silver.
Even Zhou Bao was so shocked that he asked the Royal Guards to help move the things.
Marquis Zhongyi, who had become a coward, simply fell to the ground and fainted.
Hundreds of horse-drawn carriages pulled out boxes of gold and silver from the house of Marquis Zhongyi.
The dignitaries who were still looking around nearby were so frightened that they dropped their broken furniture and closed the door.
In the Prime Minister's Mansion, the Fourth Prince was still furious and slammed the table: "His Sixth Prince is such a piece of shit."
"To curry favor with the emperor, they even mobilized the imperial guards. How shameless!"
The Prime Minister also looked unhappy.
I had to pay a full five million taels of my own money to finally get over the fundraising issue. I felt very sad and wronged.
Naturally, he hated the Sixth Prince.
"Your Highness, don't worry about this. The Sixth Prince is just being clever."
If anything happens in the palace, they will be informed immediately.
The Sixth Prince went to the palace to borrow the Imperial Guards to guard the disaster relief funds, wasn't it just to show his selflessness to the Emperor?
At this time, the housekeeper hurried in and muttered something to the prime minister's ear.
The Prime Minister's expression changed immediately and inexplicably.
The fourth prince was surprised: "Prime Minister, what happened?"
The Prime Minister chuckled and said, "Sixth Prince, this truly opens my eyes."
"Sixth Brother?" the Fourth Prince asked hastily, "What's he up to again?"
"The Sixth Prince borrowed the Imperial Guards, but instead of guarding the fundraising funds, he went to plunder the mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty."
"Searching property? Marquis Zhongyi?" The Fourth Prince was stunned: "Just that skinny monkey?"
"How did this guy offend Lao Liu and get copied?"
The Prime Minister briefly explained what had happened.
The fourth prince said with a pah, "Sixth Prince has gone crazy because of poverty."
"Even skinny monkeys are copied? How much can you earn by copying?"
"Huh..." The Fourth Prince reacted: "Prime Minister, how about we use this as a reason to accuse him of insulting a founding hero?"
The Fourth Prince naturally wouldn't let go of such a good opportunity.
The Prime Minister, on the contrary, shook his head slightly: "Your Highness, we should not interfere in this matter."
"Why?" The Fourth Prince was unconvinced.
The Prime Minister said leisurely, "First, they are nobles who have been united for many years. If we help them, it will not be of much use. Instead, the higher-ups will think that we are meddling."
The Fourth Prince curled his lips and said, "The Prime Minister is right."
If you get involved, Emperor Wu will think that you are very idle and have nothing better to do, so why do you take part in everything?
The Prime Minister continued, "Secondly, the Sixth Prince confiscated the Loyalty Marquis's residence to provide disaster relief."
"In order to provide disaster relief, are we going to confiscate all the property?" The Fourth Prince rolled his eyes.
"Haha." The Prime Minister laughed and said, "Your Highness, do you know how much the Sixth Prince copied?"
"How many?"
"Twenty-five million taels." The Prime Minister put down his teacup, his tone filled with shock.
"So much." The Fourth Prince stood up suddenly. "He's just a small loyal and righteous marquis, but he can hide so much silver. He's not afraid of dying of it."
The Prime Minister sighed, "I am also surprised. The nobles keep complaining about being poor, but they are secretly amassing wealth so cruelly. This is obvious."
"The Emperor personally issued an order, and he only donated 500 taels, and even deliberately sold his old furniture. Isn't this just mocking the Emperor?"
"They value money more than their lives. They deserve to be raided. They don't understand that money is just something outside of one's body."
The Prime Minister said it simply, but the Fourth Prince looked strange.
He remembered that when he just took out five million taels, the prime minister got angry and smashed a lot of teacups and vases.
But now that you are talking about Marquis Zhongyi, you are almost the same.
Of course, this also includes the Fourth Prince himself.
"Prime Minister, will the nobles collectively report him, Lao Liu?"
The Prime Minister pondered this and shook his head slightly: "If I were a noble, I would naturally not do that."
Reporting this matter to the emperor would be even worse.
There are more than 20 million taels, and you use 500 taels to fool people. Aren't you afraid of being charged with deceiving the emperor?
The Fourth Prince frowned: "Could it be that I was fooled by this bastard?"
He even raided the homes of the nobles, yet they didn't dare to sue him. How could he seek justice?
The Prime Minister smiled indifferently and said, "Don't worry about this, Fourth Prince."
"No matter how much trouble the Sixth Prince stirs up in the capital, disaster relief ultimately relies on the local people. No matter how far he stretches his arms, he can't reach Jiangdong."
The Fourth Prince nodded in understanding: "What the Prime Minister said is correct."
"Hehe, when the time comes, if the sixth brother uses more than ten times the money and grain, and the result is the same as the previous disaster relief, the emperor will be the first one to not forgive him."
"Your Highness, this time he has offended all the nobles collectively, and the court is even more isolated and helpless." The prime minister added.
......
Ning Yi had just finished raiding the mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty, and this time the other nobles took the initiative to take the silver.
The Duke received five million taels, the Marquis three million taels, and the Earl one million taels.
No one dared to refuse casually. The Marquis of Zhongyi was still unconscious, and no one wanted to offend the Sixth Prince's arrogance and domineering attitude.