After the Gu of the Red Chamber

Tu Mingyu was somewhat complacent at the beginning, after all, he had collected all the difficult debts from the Li family, so if he thought about it, how difficult would it be to collect the money owed by the Shi family?

The Shi family has a big business, not like the Li family, it really can't squeeze the oil out, so it's difficult to pay back, according to Tu Mingyu's thinking, he has personally collected the debt, the Shi family should pay it back no matter what One or two.

Unexpectedly, this Shi family didn't play cards according to the rules at all. Although they welcomed him in in a proper manner, they refused to meet. , not only Shan Guogong, but even Mrs. Shi, the boss of the Shi family... and others refused to meet, blindly letting him wait in the lobby.

Tu Mingyu was furious, so he wanted to use the previous trick at Li's house—robbing!

Don't look at Li's father is a scholar, when he refused to pay back the money before, he used all kinds of methods to evade it, and wanted to use his father-in-law's identity to point fingers. In the end, Tu Mingyu was also annoyed, so he asked the guards to grab it directly. Pick up the money of the Li family.

Regardless of the fact that the Li family has been calling them poor, in fact, on the first day, he also found property worth around 2000 taels from the Li family. It can be seen that few officials are really poor, but they just don't want to pay their debts.

Tu Mingyu didn't have a good impression of the Shi family in the first place, and when he saw the Shi family's many evasions, he ordered the guards to rob him in a rage.

Gao Ming, who was on the sidelines, was taken aback, "Prince, it seems..."

That's all for the Li family. Although the Li family has a prince, they are still an ordinary family and a prince's family. Even if they are bullied a lot, they can only recognize them by touch.

But this Shi family is different. After all, the Shi family is also the home of the founding father of the country, and there are many guards in the house.

Tu Mingyu still said: "Go!"

Tu Mingyu's eyes were slightly cold, "Could it be that the one who owes the debt is the uncle, and I have to pay the Shi family to be careful."

He is not used to the bad temper of the Shi family.

Seeing that Gao Ming was still worried, Tu Mingyu smiled nonchalantly and said, "If it really becomes a big mess, at worst I'll ask Father to make the decision."

He also wished that the Shi family would make trouble, so that he could give the second sister-in-law eye drops.

His second sister-in-law is too kind, and she is too fond of the emperor's father. In comparison, the Li family is really useless. Although the quality of this wife has nothing to do with the succession of the throne, the emperor still retains the title of the second sister-in-law. It can be seen that she is really satisfied with the second sister-in-law.

Mrs. Li is hopeless, all he can do is to help the second sister-in-law's impression in his father's mind.

Gao Ming's lips parted slightly, although he felt that it was inappropriate, but in the end it was all right, anyway, what the prince said was correct, it is only natural to pay back the debts, besides, they are also collecting debts according to the order, so it is not wrong.

The guards of the Prince's Mansion had some experience after what happened to the Li family. A group of people rushed straight into the inner room like wolves and tigers. Unexpectedly, those guards were just about to step into the inner room when they were immediately beaten by Shi Guangzhu, who had been waiting for a long time. out.

Shi Guangzhu was invincible with one man guarding the gate, unceremoniously took a long spear, picked out all the guards of the Prince's Mansion, and shouted: "Who dares to come in!"

Shi Guangzhu is the grandson of the Duke of Shan and the nephew of the Crown Princess. He is usually very low-key, unlike Feng Ziying, King of Beijing... and others who like to make friends, and spend most of their time living in other courtyards in the suburbs of Beijing. Obviously, even Tu Mingyu knew for the first time that Shi Guangzhu had such good martial arts.

Tu Mingyu saw that none of the guards he brought was Shi Guangzhu's enemy once, his face darkened, and he said displeasedly: "Shi Guangzhu, how dare you resist the order!"

Shi Guangzhu raised his eyebrows slightly, "I don't know if the crown prince has a clear order from the Holy Majesty? If there is a clear order from the Holy Majesty to allow the crown prince to harass the female relatives in my stone mansion, I, Shi Guangzhu, will not say anything and am willing to be punished."

Tu Mingyu was surprised immediately, and he said displeasedly: "How can Gu come to harass the female family members of your mansion, Guangzhu, don't change your concept secretly, trying to get away with it."

Shi Guangzhu pointed at the guards who had been beaten out by him, and said bluntly: "In that case, why did the prince send these people to forcefully enter the backyard of my Shifu?"

Shi Guangzhu said lingeringly: "Although our Shi family is not as good as before, it is still the family of the Duke of the state. The female family members of the Shi family will never be bullied."

Tu Mingyu's face turned blue and white, it was really ugly.

"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Tu Mingyu laughed back angrily, "Okay! Gu will come again tomorrow, and I won't believe that Gu Gong can still not pay back the money!"

Repaying the debt is the holy will, and he doesn't believe that the Shi family dares to disobey the holy will.

Tu Mingyu walked away in a huff. Originally, he wanted to gather all the troops and force Shan Guogong to pay back the money tomorrow, but he was a little naive after all. He never expected that before he had time to act, he would be punished by Shan Guogong. I filed a complaint.

Shan Guogong cried a lot of tears and snot at the court meeting, and described Tu Mingyu's behavior of stealing money from the door as evil deeds. , still can't get up... and so on.

Tu Mingyu jumped his feet angrily, and quickly explained: "It's because your Shi family refused to return the money, that's why I—"

Shi Guangzhu quickly replied: "The crown prince should go to the Shi family's tent to collect the owed money, or wait until my father comes back. Why are you so eager to go to the backyard of my Shi mansion?"

Tu Mingyu said angrily: "The tent of the Shi family said that there was no money, and the Duke of the State also evaded it a lot. Now that the Beirong is invading, and the victims in Henan are waiting to be fed, that can bear the slightest mistake! Solitude is also a matter of urgency. !"

He gathered himself together, and scolded: "Mr. Shan Guo has been living on my salary for many years, and I should have the heart to serve the court. Now that it is delayed for one more day, I don't know how many more people will die in Henan. Could it be that Mr. Shan Guo is doing it for personal gain?" , so you don’t put the lives of the victims in Henan in your eyes?”

Tu Mingyu's words were really embarrassing, he just missed pointing at Shan Guogong's nose and scolding him for his ulterior motives.

Shan Guogong said coldly: "This old man owes money. Even if the old man sells the land, he will find a way to return it to the court, but I don't know what the old man's money has to do with the women in my house? How can the prince ask for money? How can I pay it back?" Was it on the head of the female relatives in my mansion?"

Tu Mingyu was dumbfounded, he knew that the Shi family would not repay the money so easily, and he probably didn't have much money on the account, so he put his mind on the dowry of the women's family members in the Shi mansion.

Shan Guogong said again: "Since I am the one who owes the debt, the prince should come to the old man to collect the debt. Even if the house was searched, there is no reason to copy the woman's dowry. The prince robbed my family's dowry. I don't know why. reason?"

Anyone with a discerning eye can understand the prince's thoughts. The reason why the Li family was impoverished in an instant was not because the prince refused to let go of the dowry of the female relatives, so he just snatched it; The dowry has nothing to do with it, and there is no reason to rob a woman's dowry to pay off the debt.

The Li family doesn't dare to care if they don't care about it, but their Shi family... it's not so easy to talk about.

It was the first time I went to the Shi family to collect debts, but in the end I got a bad fortune, and was reprimanded by my father, telling him to go back and study the Dajin law. After Tu Mingyu returned home, his face was really ugly, and he kept cursing The Duke doesn't know good from bad!

After the staff knew about this, they couldn't help sighing: "The prince is too Meng Lang."

How can I say that this Shi family is not an ordinary family, the prince should take it easy and not be in a hurry.

Tu Mingyu smiled wryly and said, "How come Gu doesn't understand this truth, but disaster relief is imminent, and I really can't wait for the money."

After collecting the money owed by the Li family, the emperor specially asked Xia Dequan to say something. The inside and outside of the words were that he thought that his speed of collecting debts was too slow, and he had no choice but to think of crossing the country. Gong, just robbed the dowry of the female relatives of the Shi family.

The Shi family is also the family of the princes, and all the women who married back then were the daughters of the family. When the wives of the Shi family came in, they were not ten-mile red makeup, and they were envied. The women of the Shi family have more money than the men of the Shi family. If you don't rob the women of the Shi family, who will you rob?

Gao Ming's lips parted slightly, and finally he didn't say anything, not to mention that the prince seemed to treat others kindly, but in fact he was the most headstrong in his heart, and he didn't listen to anyone's persuasion. It's not that he didn't persuade the prince before, but the prince still wanted to start with the dowry after all, it's strange who.

The staff sighed for a long time. Originally, the prince’s start was not bad, but now he is caught by the Shi family for harassing the female relatives, and coupled with the robbery of the female relatives’ dowry, it can be said that he has committed a big taboo. The long-faced errand has really become a hot potato now, and it's not like throwing it away or accepting it.

After pondering for a long time, he tentatively asked: "Should the crown prince collect the debt from Duke Qi's government first?"

Qi Guogong's daughter is the concubine Chen of His Royal Highness, and she gave birth to a son for the prince, and she is the most favored in the mansion. Based on this point, Sun's natal family should come to Duke Qi's mansion to help out.

As long as the Duke of Qi's government takes this attitude, it will be difficult for the other families to drag on their debts.

"This is inappropriate!" Tu Mingyu refused without even thinking about it, "The Duke of Qi's government has helped me a lot, if I break up with the Duke of Qi's government because of mere debts, the loss outweighs the gain."

It's not that he never thought of attacking Duke Qi's mansion first, but when he saw the money owed by Duke Guo of Qi, he gave up his idea. There was no other reason, the Duke of Qi's mansion owed too much!

The silver owed by Qi Guogong is not only a few tens of thousands of taels, but a few 10 taels!

Because of Concubine Chen, he also had a little understanding of the family background of the Duke of Qi's mansion. If there were only tens of thousands of taels of silver, the Duke of Qi's mansion would be able to pay for it. In case of two thousand and two, I am afraid that adding the dowry of the women's family members of the Duke of Qi's mansion will not be enough.

Under the influence of selfishness, Tu Mingyu wanted to collect the debts from Duke Qi's government later, preferably after he had received the military expenses and disaster relief money that his father asked for.

Don't look at Tu Mingyu's inability to handle affairs, but in terms of thinking about Shangyi, he is much better than the waste prince and others.He knew in his heart that his father would be in a hurry to collect debts because the money would be used soon. If the money he received was enough for military expenses and disaster relief, the rest of the family would not be bothered to collect money. Therefore, out of selfishness, he Put Qi Guogong's mansion at the end.

The prince has spoken so bluntly, and it is not easy for the staff to ask the prince to go directly to the Duke of Qi for surgery. Besides, although the prince said that he has selfish intentions, it is also reasonable. Whether the prince is from the mother's family or the wife's family, he is the only one who can do it. The most important thing is the relative of the Duke of Qi's mansion. If even the Duke of Qi's mansion is divorced, the prince will really be alone.

However, if the debt is not collected, it will not be done. Everyone was silent for a long time, and finally Gao Ming suggested: "Why don't we change households."

There are so many people who owe money, they don't have to keep their eyes on the mansion of Shan Guogong and Qi Guogong.

"Change household!?" Tu Mingyu pondered slightly, and finally said with emotion: "It's also because I got into a misunderstanding."

Not to mention anything else, among the eight founders of the country, which family did not owe money to the treasury, there is no need to stick to that one, just pick another one.

As for which one to choose...

Everyone looked at each other and said in unison: "Then let's start with the Rongguo Mansion first."

Although the Rongguo Mansion is also a Duke's mansion, it has declined long after Jia Daishan passed away, so it cannot be compared with other Duke's mansions.

Furthermore, there is not half a man in the Rongguo mansion in the court hall. Neither Jia Zheng nor Jia She is even qualified to participate in the court meeting. The emperor's father sued, if he didn't pick them, who would he pick?

Gao Ming sighed with emotion, "Actually, Ningguo Mansion is not bad, but it just has... has..."

Gao Ming paused, really didn't know how to address Qin Keqing, so he could only vaguely say: "With Grandma Qin around, it's hard to make a move."

Speaking of which, the Rongguo Mansion is not up to the mark, but the Ningguo Mansion is even more so. The Rongguo Mansion still has a few in-laws to support the scene, and Mrs. Jia has many close friends in Beijing. If there is a trouble, it must not be underestimated.

However, the Ningguo Mansion didn't even have any in-laws to support the situation. It's just that they were lucky and married the daughter of the deposed prince, which made it difficult for them to start.

"It's a family if you take it in." Tu Mingyu was quite open-minded, "I'll talk about it after I have enough money."

Don't look at the Rongguo Mansion's disappointment, but he borrowed a lot of money, only a little less than Qi Guogong's mansion.

Ever since, Tu Mingyu gathered his men and horses and went straight to Rongguo Mansion to collect debts.

After Jia Amnesty heard the prince's intention, he subconsciously licked his ears, and then licked his ears again, "The wind is too strong, I didn't hear clearly what you said."

Tu Mingyu held back his breath and said: "Master Jia, your Rongguo Mansion borrowed a total of 42 taels of silver from the treasury, and it's time to pay it back."

Jia She was surprised, "When did I borrow so much money?"

This time he was really sitting at home, and the disaster came from heaven.

Because of the Book Gu, he was forced to stay in the mansion as an otaku for several months. Although he knew that the crown prince demanded the money owed, he thought that the Jia family had never borrowed any money, so the money he owed would be ignored. He didn't take this matter to heart, so he knew that the crown prince's sudden visit was to ask him to pay off the debt.

The conscience of heaven and earth, he has a rich private house, and he has the inheritance left to him by his grandparents. He has no worries about food and drink, but he has never reached out to the treasury. How could he suddenly owe so much money! ?

Tu Mingyu's face darkened slightly, "Could it be that Mr. Jia wants to renege on his debt!?"

If Shan Guogong said this today, he might retreat a little bit, but Jia Amnesty just wants to be lazy!

Think beautiful!

"But I really haven't borrowed any money!" Jia Amnesty hopped his feet anxiously. No matter who it was, they suddenly knew that they had a full debt of 42 taels. It would be strange if they didn't get mad.

Jia She is not good, nonsense is definitely the first class. Under Jia She's insistence, Tu Mingyu had to ask someone to bring over the IOUs that the Rongguo Mansion has accumulated over the years, except that there is about 30 taels of silver. The other IOUs left by Jia Daishan all bear Jia Zheng's signature.

Jia Amnesty looked at the IOUs with a rather strange expression, "You put Jia Zheng's account on me?"

Even if the Rongguo Mansion has not yet separated, there is no one called the elder brother to pay the younger brother's debts, right?Not to mention that there is still a full 12 taels of silver. As a first-class general, his yearly silver is only 1 taels a year. It would take him 12 years without eating or drinking to pay back.

Even if it was Tu Mingyu, his face turned red once in a while. When he asked someone to sort out the IOUs of the Rongguo Mansion, he didn't notice that the IOUs in recent years were actually issued by Jia Zheng!

If it was placed in an ordinary family, it would be nothing if the younger brother came to the treasury to borrow money under the order of the elder brother. However, the Rongguo Mansion is different from other families. Everyone knows that Jia Amnesty and Jia Zheng are at odds. It's strange that Zheng used his name to borrow money.

Furthermore, Tu Mingyu came from the royal family, where brotherhood is the most indifferent, and suddenly turned into a conspiracy. He never expected that since Jia Zheng had such a scheming plan, he would use money from the treasury to plot against Chengjue's elder brother.

Tu Mingyu also secretly blamed the petty officials in charge of the state treasury. Although the state treasury allows officials to borrow money, it still depends on what kind of officials they are. If there is no Rongguo Mansion, Jia Zheng will only be a sixth-rank official. Forget it, he is qualified to borrow so much money!

"Hey, I don't care about Jia Zheng's debts for the time being, but..." Tu Mingyu also knew that it would be unkind to ask Jia Amnesty to repay Jia Zheng's debts, so he asked Jia Zheng's IOUs to be collected separately, pointing at Jia Daishan The leftover IOU, "This 30 taels of silver must have been borrowed by your Rongguo Mansion."

The father's debt was repaid by the son, and Jia Daishan's debt was pursued by Jia She, and he was not guilty at all.

Jia Amnesty pursed his lips tightly and remained silent for a while, feeling a bit embarrassed.

He didn't stay at home for nothing during this time, because Mrs. Wang was closed in the family temple, the old lady was too old, and she didn't have the energy to manage affairs, and the matter of marrying the second child to the second wife had never been settled, and he thought Wang Xifeng was too much. Shrewd and capable, he was afraid that Wang Xifeng would favor his own family and wronged Baoyu, and finally had to pull Mrs. Xing as the housekeeper.

Although Mrs. Xing is the housekeeper, but because Mrs. Xing's prestige is not enough, she can't suppress her subordinates, so she had to ask Jia She in the end. I didn't expect that after the management, it was Jia She who was in charge instead of Mrs. Xing. up.

Even Jia Amnesty didn't expect that he had some talents as a housekeeper, but he managed the entire Jia family submissively, and he really caught a lot of moths.

When Jia Amnesty caught her, the first person to offend was Jia Mu, whoever called Jia's daughter-in-law has a fine tradition, which is to subsidize the private house from the public treasury. It was no exception, but once Jia She was in charge of the house, the things that happened in the past would naturally not happen.

Going to the public treasury is going to go into his purse, what can be tolerated by the official, not only the majority of Jia Mu's staff has been cut off, even Lai Nanny almost loses face, almost being amnesty by the enraged Jia It was caught and sold directly, which shows how the public treasury has been emptied by these people.

Mother Jia felt that Jia She was in the way, so she used to mock him with unseemly remarks about the male housekeeper, but Jia She always went in one ear and out the other, thinking that she had bad ears and couldn't hear anything.

Compared with the housekeeper Quan, Jia Mu's little bitter words are nothing, and only when he manages the house himself, he knows where all his money goes. Thinking about the daily expenses of the second child's house, he is fully responsible for it. Several times, if you dare to say that he is extravagant, he will vomit terribly.

I really don't know if they were all born from the same father, how can Jia Zheng's face be so much thicker than others?

Also because he managed the house himself, Jia She became more and more aware of the situation in the Rongguo Mansion. If the Rongguo Mansion had been ruthless a few years ago, it would not be impossible for them to take out the 30 taels of silver. .

What's more, the lesson of the fourth concubine Li's selling her dowry is right in front of her eyes. Before the last step, Jia Amnesty was unwilling to sell the Rongguo Mansion's property, which made it easier for others.

But looking at the prince's expression, if he didn't show it at all, the prince might be the first one to refuse to let him go.

With an idea, he suddenly smiled and said: "Pay it back, naturally you will pay it back, is it justified to pay back the debt?"

He almost forgot. Speaking of which, he and Jia Zheng haven't separated yet.

Jia She laughed strangely, and led the prince directly to Rongxi Hall.