Quick wear is not a cannon fodder

Not to mention, the Wu family was really panicked when they heard that these families were going to file a lawsuit. After all, although there was no IOU, so many families were going to file a lawsuit. Then the Yamen would probably not stand on the side of the Wu family and not recognize Wu. Of course, the yamen are the ones telling the story. A casual trial by the yamen will reveal that they indeed owe so much money. When the yamen determines that what these people say is true, they will definitely ask them to pay back the money.

In addition, the Wu family was even more afraid that the censor would impeach their own family, so when the Wu family saw what these people said, they could only bite the bullet and agree, and they would find a way to pay back the money.

They said they wanted to pay back the money, but they had spent all the money, so where would they get the money to pay back the money?

So these huge debts suddenly forced the Wu family into a desperate situation.

Many people in Beijing looked at this farce and felt that the Wu family was ridiculous. How dare they squander so much money from other people's families! Didn't the Wu family ever think that their family could not always be prosperous but would one day be in ruins? After all, there is no such thing as a prosperous family in this world! In this case, didn't they think that when they were down and out, these people would come up and step on them and force them to spit out their money? By then, the Wu family, which is already in a state of decline, will be even worse. If you think about it, how dare you take millions of other people's money and squander it at will? Is there something wrong with their brains?

——Or maybe Liu Shoufu felt that the Wu family was unreliable, so he didn't cooperate with them, because they were indeed such ridiculous and unreliable people.

Although all the money was spent, the money had to be paid back because it was impossible for these people to fight against the Wu family.

There was no way. At first, the Wu family hoped that the emperor would get better, but the emperor never got better. Then they asked around and heard from the doctors that it was difficult to get better after a stroke.

In other words, the emperor will never get better, and their family will not be able to get better again.

In this case, the Wu family can only try to sell their belongings in order to pay back some money to these people and avoid being troubled by them.

Since it was impossible to repay everyone, the Wu family counted up the money owed to these families to see which family owed the least.

This is their plan. It is impossible to repay everyone's money anyway, so they want to try to see if they can pay back the money starting from the family with the least money, and then pay back as much as they can.

With the money scraped from the family, families with less money can repay more families, so that the number of families who cause trouble for them can be reduced. At that time, only a small number of big-head families will be left. If they can't afford it, they can just pay it off. He said that his family had no money, and if they were willing, they could pay it back slowly in the future. Anyway, the number of people who came to trouble them had reduced a lot, and there was only a little left, so it would be easier for them to deal with it. It was better than being besieged by many people now.

The Wu family's method was good. After counting the few families, the Wu family found that there wasn't much, so they immediately paid it back. Those families took the money and left, no longer gathering in front of the Wu family to cause trouble.

These families are all families who found that the Wu family was unreliable and stopped dealing with the Wu family. The reason why they dare not continue to deal with the Wu family and are not afraid of the Wu family's revenge is because these families are not as unlucky as the Liu family and urgently need help from the Wu family. The Wu family has a big hand, so it is not easy for the Wu family to borrow money and continue to blackmail, extort, and extort money. After all, the Wu family is not reliable in the first place. It is just to scare people. If the other party is really not Although they were angry about borrowing money from them, they wanted to be serious and cause trouble for those families, and they were also afraid that those families would sue the censor and ask the censor to impeach them for extortion, extortion, and extortion. Therefore, even if the Wu family did not continue to borrow money, Even if they are angry, they can't do anything to them. After all, they know that the emperor has no power at all, so if they really want to blackmail, extort, or extort money, even if the censor impeaches them, the emperor will not be able to protect them.

But the Liu family and other people who wanted to take advantage of the Wu family were different. They had already committed a crime and were unlucky. If they dared not to continue supplying, they did not need to directly trouble those families. They only had to tell those families in front of the emperor. If the emperor punishes people harshly, he can avenge them. Those people also know this truth, so they are honest and obedient and let them blackmail, extort, and extort.

There are actually very few families like this. After all, the Wu family's reputation as a blood-sucking family later spread, and no one dared to stick to them.

Although there are few such families, they all borrow large amounts, and those with smaller amounts are more numerous, but the amounts are not large. Therefore, the Wu family quickly sent away most of the people who came to ask for money, leaving only the Liu family and a few others. As a big borrower, the Wu family said that the money was not enough. If they wanted, they could wait for them to pay back slowly. Otherwise, they would not be able to pay back even if they were forced to death.

Other families also know what the situation of the Wu family is, but if the amount is not fixed, given the character of the Wu family, they will not be able to repay their family's money until the end of time.

So now the several families made an agreement with the Wu family. The Wu family had to use the salary issued to them by the court every year, as well as the output of the official land to repay the debt, leaving only a little ration for the Wu family.

The Wu family lived a comfortable life before, but now they only have food to eat. How can that be done? However, when the Wu family protested, those people said they would go to the Yamen to file a complaint. The Wu family still didn't want to die, let alone seize the title and confiscate the family, so I could only agree honestly.

Although the emperor has fallen now, the Wu family's annual income in the future will only be the salary and the output of the official land. What can be distributed to each family is just a drop in the bucket, but it is better than nothing.

Besides, they also forced the Wu family to sell everything that could be sold in the Duke's palace, especially the women's clothes, jewelry, cloth, etc. All the expensive ones were used to pay off the debt, and at least they got a little blood back.

So after these people left, the Wu family had nothing except the Duke's Mansion given by the emperor which could not be sold. No matter whether they were men or women, they had no valuable jewelry and no expensive clothes. From now on, they will only be able to eat simple meals, because those creditors only left them enough money to eat to prevent them from starving to death, and did not leave any extra money at all.

It was difficult to switch from extravagance to frugality, and the Wu family could not bear such a life, so soon many of the servants in the house were sold off.

I used to have money and bought a lot of servants, but now my life has become tighter. I can wear better clothes and wait for fewer people, but I can't afford to eat worse, so I can only leave my servants. People sold some.

Those servants had no complaints when they were sold, because the Wu family had no money, so they cut their salaries significantly. In addition, with the emperor's fall, the Wu family would have no future. In this case, it would be better to be sold. They went to other wealthy families in the capital with promising prospects and more monthly income, so even if these servants were sold, they did not complain. On the contrary, those servants who were regarded as confidants and were not sold were actually a little envious of these people who were sold, because These people who were regarded as confidants had no choice but to stay in the house and live a hard life if they were not betrayed by the Wu family. These people were used to living a good life before, so how could they be willing to do so.

But their identities were in the hands of the Wu family, so they didn't dare to say anything.